Chapter 590 68. The Man
“Um”
Jasmine had a long, long dream, in which she fought fiercely against Raphael, Elizabeth, or some other lady from Fisher, she couldn’t remember clearly. What she did remember was that she defeated them one by one and chased them all away.
She still remembered that those ladies were no match for her. In reality, all the women she thought were far inferior to her were effortlessly defeated by her, and they all looked at her helplessly as she monopolized Teacher Fisher.
“Jasmine, you this guy”
Perhaps in the dream, those ladies would look at her unwillingly, but Jasmine felt even more furious. A sentence almost slipped from her lips:
“It was obviously I who came first!”
“.”
The ladies that seemed to be there simultaneously fell silent, as if frightened by the current Jasmine, lowering their heads and daring not to look at her.
But that wasn’t enough. Behind her, a calm female voice suddenly rang out,
“Jasmine.”
“.”
Jasmine was slightly startled and turned her head. The shadows representing the ladies dissipated at the same time, revealing the expressionless figure of a beautiful woman in front of her.
“Mother?”
It was the Whale Folk, Xu.
Xu was looking directly at her, scanning her up and down, and then slowly extended her hand towards her, saying,
“Come back with me, Jasmine.”
“Back… but I… haven’t”
“Did you forget our agreement?”
Xu still looked at her without expression, but an undeniable aura spread from her body. She said,
“The time has come, you still haven’t entered the Mythical Rank. If you don’t succeed, you must return to the underwater world with me. Did you forget what you promised me?”
“I”
Jasmine bit her lip but couldn’t refute her mother’s words. She suddenly felt a grievance in her heart and explained,
“But I really tried hard! I tried a lot of ways. Clearly, I arrived at the Mythical Gate long ago but couldn’t enter no matter what. Mother, I don’t have the talent you have. I can’t find the direction, I can’t find a way to enter the Mythical Rank, but as long as I find the right method, I can definitely…”
But Xu remained unmoved, taking a step forward and abruptly reaching out to her. At that moment, her figure suddenly became blurry, becoming unlike the mother she knew, causing Jasmine to suddenly feel fear, as if this fear was lodged in her heart.
She feared this concept.
She didn’t even know why she felt fear towards her mother. In that instant the thought emerged, she felt absurd and guilty, thinking she was failing Xu’s love for her.
But Xu’s hand did not fall anywhere else; it just gently touched her head, interrupting her shrinking back, allowing her tear-filled gaze to look back at Xu.
But in front of her stood not only Xu, but also a male Whale Folk radiating a faint glow, smiling at her, not too far behind Xu.
That Whale Folk had an elegant demeanor but obscured appearance, Jasmine could only vaguely see that he was wearing a golden ring on his left hand’s ring finger and had pale blue long hair cascading to his chest. At a glance, she could recognize his connection to herself.
That was her father, Gouwen.
“.Father?”
Upon Jasmine’s incredulous query, the father she had never met since birth looked slightly startled, then slowly raised his hand, pointing to a direction behind her.
His vague words, seeming hidden beneath the surface of the water, gradually came to her:
“The entrance to the Mythical Rank is over there. Prepare to meet your opportunities and challenges, daughter.”
“.”
Jasmine was about to turn around to see the big door behind her, but everything around her began to fade away. The grand dream dissipated at this moment, leaving only a fleeting glimpse of scarlet that her peripheral vision captured.
“!”
In reality, Jasmine gasped and opened her eyes. What she saw was the dimly lit interior of Eil’s castle. She still lay on a soft bed, wrapped in thick blankets, feeling somewhat sore.
She blinked silently, then looked to her side and saw Fisher, who was already dressed, discussing something with Eil.
“.So you mean we should first close the portals within the dynasty?”
“Yes, but not all of them, just the portals related to Ag and Barbatos. Without their portals, even if they discover something is wrong and rush back to the dynasty, they must pass through any door from the ‘Gate of Ten Desires.’ Getting through there is quite troublesome for us, and it can delay a lot of time, meow~”
Eil was crossing his arms. Although he had just been eager to give Hela a good beating, he now looked like he hadn’t fully woken up, yawning after just a few sentences.
Fortunately, his mind was still clear and logical, but Fisher pondered for a moment and said,
“.Earlier, Hela mentioned to me that they would act against Raphael at the right moment, which is when the Apocalypse Prophecy is activated. I’m worried that if they can’t enter the Demon Dynasty, they will go after Raphael, causing her trouble and ultimately turning into a problem for the entire plan.”
Eil glanced at him with disdain, saying,
“Still claiming you haven’t been brainwashed by that guy Baemon? Do you believe what she said? According to her logic, even if they had to wait for the right moment to act against Raphael, why wouldn’t those two 18-rank Demon Gods just kidnap her and wait for the right time? Why trouble themselves letting her stay in the Dragon Court for so long? You think Ag and Barbatos are brainless?”
“The reason why they haven’t acted against your little Dragon Race girlfriend is definitely for a reason. The timing may be right, but there must be other conditions, conditions that can’t be fulfilled if she is captured. To fulfill this condition, they must not capture her, even having to wait and see her move. So you can rest assured, even if you close the portals, they definitely won’t do anything to that Dragon Race, not even for revenge.”
Fisher pondered for a moment, then nodded,
“How many portals do they have?”
“The number won’t be many, but the problem is that their residences are quite far apart, one at the ‘Curiosity Gate’ and one at the ‘Performance Gate.’ They likely also have to enter their palaces, which will be very troublesome. It’s best to split up and act together to destroy them. Otherwise, if we destroy one first, they will receive notification and rush back through the other’s door.”
Eil sighed and continued,
“And now the most critical issue is not the portals, but we still don’t know where Baemon has hidden the base used to operate the confusion seal. Due to its effect, that base definitely won’t be far from where the false god set the seal; it’s hidden somewhere in the Dynasty but knowing that bastard Baemon’s cunning, it must be hidden in a very secretive place, definitely not in her palace.”
Yes, finding the base was the real trouble, and Fisher had basically no clues about it. The Demon Dynasty was so vast that pinpointing it was like searching for a needle in a haystack.
“That… Teacher Fisher, what exactly is that base you mentioned?”
Just as Fisher and Eil’s conversation fell into brief contemplation, Jasmine, who was lying on the bed, suddenly spoke up, catching their attention simultaneously.
“You’re awake, Jasmine?”
Fisher hurried to the side of the bed to check on her condition, but Jasmine just held his hand to show she was fine.
In fact, at their current rank, they wouldn’t feel uncomfortable. Although Fisher was indeed terrifying in this regard, it only made one feel very tired and hard to sustain but wouldn’t really cause harm to her body.
Meanwhile, Eil yawned. Still crossing his arms, he didn’t respond to her, leaving it to Fisher to explain what that base was.
Fisher generally explained its origin, effects, and its connection to the crimson corruption from the Spirit Realm.
And Eil, still with his arms crossed, added,
“That base is not only the base for the Spirit Realm’s corruption to descend, but also a passport for it to exert power. It embodies the nature of its corresponding authority, allowing it to distort the false god’s seal and release them. However, that base itself is not dangerous after the pollution is severed; it should be that Baemon used some method to apply its chaotic power.”
“Crimson chaotic power.”
Jasmine looked towards the door. In her dark eyes, a hint of spirit seemed to flash, followed by her suddenly saying to Fisher and the others,
“Um, Teacher Fisher, if that’s the case, I think I can… feel where you mentioned that base is…”
“What did you say?”
Fisher and Eil both looked at Jasmine on the bed in surprise, not expecting her to say this.
“You can feel where that thing is?”
Facing Fisher’s incredulous question, Jasmine seemed somewhat uncertain as she gazed at the doorway, as if looking through the walls of the castle, where the burning lava and black obsidian cliffs stretched deep into the heart of the Demon Dynasty.
She seemed to see a trace of swirling crimson mist, which contained extremely rich chaotic power, as if beckoning her.
“Yes, but I can’t tell exactly where it is; I can only feel the presence of that thing.”
“.Really? Just from sleeping beside Fisher you can sense it? How come I don’t have this ability? Is it because I didn’t do as much or as long as you? Or was it something about the position…”
Eil rubbed her chin. She couldn’t help but say, as expected of a Demon God, just a casual remark seemed like a train rushing forth, sweeping over Jasmine’s face, causing her cheeks to blush, and she hurriedly explained,
“It’s not that! I just seemed to have had a dream where my dad told me that my chance to enter the Mythical Rank was right there. Then as I looked over, the dream ended, but I can still feel what my dad said that opportunity is… it’s that thing with the crimson strange aura. I’m not sure if it’s the base you mentioned.”
Hearing Jasmine say “dad,” for some reason, Fisher, who stood by the bed, suddenly felt a sense of guilt.
Could it be that Gouwen was also watching?
That doesn’t make sense; why does it feel like I’m live-streaming everywhere I go? From Renee, Hela, and that group of Chaos Folk, let alone Gouwen?
Although there’s no guarantee they are watching all the time, this inexplicable feeling of possible surveillance is really a bit speechless.
Thanks to Fisher having a strong heart; if anyone else faced such feelings, they would probably be timid, not to mention how bravely and actively he had been risking his life to connect with so many ladies.
But upon thinking carefully, it might not necessarily mean Gouwen was really watching, or even that the dream itself may not have come from Gouwen?
Because if it were Gouwen, and he saw that he had really devoured his daughter completely…
Fisher had no doubt he would go mad and rush out from the Spirit Realm to perform a castration surgery on himself!
Just recalling the shiny golden Fluid Sword from the past, Fisher couldn’t help but feel a chill run down his spine.
“Um, this does seem to be the case. Although I don’t know the specific reason, having a direction is better than none. Let’s go, we can’t delay; let’s put on some clothes and check it out.”
“Oh.”
Jasmine nodded dazedly, and Fisher called Eil, who was about to leave, stopping her and pointing to the gem and letter on the bedside, saying,
“There’s a human who once signed a contract with the Demon God Baal at your doorstep; you mentioned before he was deprived of death. He asked me to bring a letter to you to express gratitude, but I always feel like he wants to ask you for some help.”
“The human king contracted with Beelzebub? When did he move to my doorstep?”
Eil pouted and walked over to the bedside, crudely tearing open the letter to read.
Seeing her reading it, Fisher raised an eyebrow and couldn’t help but ask,
“What’s written on it?”
“.Nothing, it really is just some words of thanks. Looks like after so many years, he finally learned to reflect on himself after being messed up by Beelzebub and realized that seeking help from demons without the corresponding strength is just self-inflicted suffering.”
Eil tossed the letter to Fisher. He glanced at it, and just as Eil had said, it was filled with some dry gratitude, thanking her for taking him in, without any specific content.
He also tossed the letter aside and prepared to set off with them to find the base that Jasmine had sensed.
Inside the Human Allied Forces’ tent, Ag was sitting bored, playing with a dagger in her hand, glancing at Barbatos, who was next to her cleaning his bowstring.
Everything in the tent was very quiet until a flesh-colored worm suddenly burrowed up from the ground, “puffing” as it broke the surface dust, revealing its sharp mouthparts.
Barbatos was also drawn to the emerging worm and turned to watch it slowly crawl towards Ag’s hand.
After the blood-red worm crawled onto her palm, Ag opened her mouth and swallowed the worm in one bite, chewing enthusiastically while making a sound of bones and flesh crushing in her mouth.
Barbatos sighed, turning his head away as if disgusted, using a handkerchief to wipe the great bow he must have cleaned countless times, saying,
“Don’t you ever feel sick when you eat parts of yourself like this?”
Ag, still not satisfied after eating, licked her lips and said,
“Since your cleanliness is so severe, why didn’t you think about giving Cidi a good wash when you were with him?”
“.”
Barbatos’ sharp gaze shot out from where he turned his head, as if about to tear her apart.
But Ag couldn’t be bothered to continue bickering with him. She just stroked her chin and murmured,
“That Fisher is not around that Dragon Race, and that Whale Folk isn’t either. If we don’t maliciously speculate that Fisher and that Whale Folk also have a relationship, it can only mean Fisher is hiding, possibly reading those manuals until the critical moment.”
“Or maybe they left to complete some other task. I can sense the animals I left in the south, and they are not at the Dragon Court.”
“Disappeared?”
Ag squinted her eyes. The more she thought about it, the more she felt that Baemon and that human man had some indescribable connection, but she figured she would still be busy dealing with the trouble in Nali.
She had heard there were recent happenings there, but they were indifferent and unconcerned, hoping only to escape from the false god’s seal as soon as possible.
Unlike Baemon, who was so engrossed in her act that she truly considers herself a loyal inner officer of that human Empress?
The more she thought, the more agitated Ag became.
She rubbed her temples and suddenly sighed,
“Really, if only I could be like that Eil and not think too much and just sleep all day.”
Barbatos sneered and looked at Ag, saying,
“If you feel uncomfortable, just let out your true nature. To me, you are even less than her.”
“Heh, I indeed fall short compared to you guys who can overcome your demon nature.”
Facing Barbatos’ mockery, Ag did not rebut and instead felt he was right.
She didn’t have many complaints; she suddenly sensed something and murmur,
“.Hey, wait, what happened to the gift I gave to Eil earlier? How did it suddenly end up in her castle?”
“Gift? What gift?”
Ag suddenly sat up straight, frowning and saying,
“Last time I asked Eil to hunt down that human beast with a complete manual, I was forced to call her back midway, making her inexplicably angry. I was going to apologize before sleeping, but since her soul has returned to her body, I didn’t enter her castle.
“She doesn’t like others entering her castle without permission; even Beelzebub was beaten by her for that, so I gave a fine weapon source stone to that human king contracted with Beelzebub to wait until Eil wakes up and gives it to her.”
Barbatos couldn’t help but ask,
“Human… you mean Solomon?”
“Ah, that human who was saved by Baemon. She thought the one deceived by Beelzebub was pitiful, so she assigned him a task to lead the little demons, not only acting as a messenger but also quieting those brainless little demons. But why did he suddenly send out the gift? Has Eil woken up?”
Ag nodded, saying,
“That truly is possible. I’m considering whether to seek her help. It seems after she left the Dynasty last time, she encountered someone worth cherishing and even gave the task of hunting down that complete manual person to that man. I was just arguing with her because she gave away a death rune to an outsider.”
“But Eil does have good judgment in people; that bastard was indeed getting involved with that man.”
Ag’s expression suddenly changed, and her words came to a halt, prompting Barbatos to turn and look at her, asking,
“What’s wrong?”
“Not just that I don’t know if I remembered wrong…”
Ag looked at Barbatos with an expressionless face and suddenly said,
“It seems that man who is related to Eil is named Fisher?”
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