novelinnhs Chapter 113 What do you mean I captured a [god]?
Chapter 113 What do you mean I captured a [god]?
Chapter 114 What do you mean I captured a [god]? (4k)
The Starlink journey took only about ten minutes.
At the St. Starson Academy.
Originally, stepping into the academy meant that Rhodes would have to face his former teammate Natalie, or perhaps he had already anticipated the scene of devastation—the infected students.
But—that's not right.
The moment Rhodes stepped into the academy, an eerie feeling instantly arose.
"Something's wrong with the academy, Lilith."
Lilith gently shook her head: "Well, to be precise, it's not that the situation is wrong, it's that the academy is full of marine species."
Rhodes' eyes narrowed. "Indeed, they're waiting for us."
The enemy is in front of me.
Danger.
The feeling that taking one more step would mean certain death made him stay where he was.
Although he had long been prepared for the presence of many monsters in the academy, he truly hadn't expected—
Rhodes' eyes were fixed on the scene before him, and he said calmly, "It seems that—there are some lovely children who have misbehaved."
At the entrance of the St. Stasen Academy is an endless, empty road used for the daily commutes of nobles, and at each end of this road is a lighthouse every meter.
At this moment, each tower is occupied by a humanoid monster with a dark blue body and eyes as blue as the ocean, whose blinking membranes flash by in an instant.
Each fish-like monster exuded a powerful aura of being upgraded four times, and the scales and gills reflecting the sunlight were both eerie and terrifying.
They were like an impenetrable net, surrounding Rhodes and his companions the moment they entered the academy.
They have a more accurate name, which is—[marine species].
One of them, a colossal deep-sea monster resembling a giant, tore open its mouth, its voice as murky as the abyss: "Kara, Rod, Qiwen—?"
"Negotiation, capture, resistance, killing."
"Ten promoted four times, one promoted five times. This level of lineup is nothing special," Rhodes said calmly to the girl beside him. "But the problem is, these people are just blocking the door to arrest us."
"In other words, the academy has long been occupied by marine species."
"The information is incorrect—or rather, they deliberately chose the exact moment we returned to strike."
"It wasn't me, I didn't do anything," Cecilia quickly raised her hands and said with an embarrassed smile.
"I didn't say it was you."
Rhodes looked up at the sky, his expression growing even colder.
At that moment, the sky suddenly changed.
Countless blue slimes, as sticky as slime, began to spread out from the sky like a net.
Like the gaping maw of a ten-thousand-meter-long whale, it instantly swallowed up the entire Stasen Holy Academy.
In just an instant, this blue "curtain" enveloped the entire area within a radius of tens of kilometers.
Rhodes could clearly sense that it was almost impossible to forcibly break through this barrier from the inside, or at least it would take some time to break through.
That was quite a hassle.
Although the situation has become more dangerous, it also means one thing: their goal is almost certainly their group.
Whether it's themselves, Felicity, or Cecilia, they could all be targets they're trying to capture.
Otherwise, the barrier wouldn't have been activated instantly after they entered.
Rhodes turned his gaze to the marine creature before him: "Negotiations? Tell me, what do you want to talk about?"
"Our leader wants you to go there, negotiate with her, and do something for her."
"What if I don't go?"
The deep-sea giant's blue eyes flashed with an eerie light: "That is—death."
"And—the church's saintess is also at the negotiating table."
"You'd better explain what's on the table." The elven dragon sword gleamed in Rhodes' hand.
He is now almost undefeated in battles even after four upgrades, unless he encounters a very strong fourth-upgraded opponent.
Although we can't defeat the deep-sea giant in front of us, the other marine species are nothing to us.
"We—do not have the habit of eating people." The deep-sea giant's mouth made a gurgling sound, seemingly mocking. "We are simply waiting for you to come and negotiate."
"So it's a threat?"
"No, not really. It's just a friendly invitation for you to handle this—"
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"Enough with the nonsense." Suddenly, a clear, girlish bell rang out from behind the deep-sea giant.
This voice interrupted the giant's words and instantly attracted Rhodes and the others' attention.
At a glance.
She had light blue scales like Clara's, fish-like ears, a slender figure, and bright blue eyes.
Without a doubt, it is a marine species with a high lineage.
Her figure slowly emerged from behind the giant, her eyes coldly fixed on Rhodes, and she spoke calmly: "There's no need for those foolish words, Chiven Lance, we have only one goal."
"Release our God."
The words fell.
The scene instantly fell silent.
Even Rhodes was taken aback for a moment.
He had considered the possibility of a troublesome situation, and even the possibility that the other side might try to kill him to worsen the relationship between Lynn and Melanie, but he never expected this—
ha?
Release the spirit?
Is your god a dog? You want me to release him?
What's going on?
Can humans even capture a god dwelling in the deep sea? That's the pinnacle of the world, surpassing ten ascensions and inheriting divine positions!
He held up his finger and pointed to himself, looking completely bewildered.
"When did I capture the god who dwells in the deep sea?"
Holy crap, I've been framed?
Inside the college's conference hall.
This place should have been the meeting hall for professors and the dean of the academy, but now all the students of the St. Starson Academy have been kidnapped in St. Starson Square, and even most of the professors are no exception.
.
After all, there are only three professors in the entire academy who have been promoted four times, and they are no match for the marine species.
Everyone was trapped in the square, and there were sudden riots from time to time because some people fell into demonic ways due to excessive panic and were beheaded.
As a result, the entire square became stained with blood, and the atmosphere grew increasingly horrifying.
It was like a death countdown—as long as Rhodes and his team hadn't resolved their so-called "negotiations"...
Students will keep dying.
Rhodes and his group then entered the conference hall.
The conference hall was quite simple, after all, it was just a place for professors to hold meetings, and even the chairs looked a bit worn out.
However, apart from Rhodes and the others who had just entered, there were already several people sitting in the conference hall.
Besides the high-bloodline marine species that had just led Rhodes and the others, Natalie and the High Priest were sitting opposite two other marine species with equally high bloodlines.
"Natalie," Rod greeted her gently first.
Clang.
Hearing that long-lost voice, Natalie's heart was pounding even though her back was to Rhodes.
But she couldn't show too much excitement or reveal any indecent signs.
Because now—
The enemy is in front of us.
So, she didn't even notice that the number of girls in the group was a little off. She simply nodded slightly to Rhodes and smiled sweetly, "Yes, it's been a long time, a long time, and I'm happy to see everyone. But we can talk about those things later. Let's chat first—"
Natalie's gaze returned to the two marine creatures, and instantly her eyes became pure and clean, as serene as a saint's: "It's a problem with the marine creatures, isn't it?"
Rhodes nodded and sat down in the chair next to Natalie.
"Hmph." The sea creature who led Rhodes sat back in her seat and said haughtily, "Then let's begin to explain the situation. My name is Mirador, Chivenlance."
"So, what exactly happened? We just got back to the academy and we're being told I captured your god or something? Don't you find that ridiculous?"
"Shut up, Chiven Lance." Mirador held out his hand to stop Rhodes, then looked at them seriously. "Let me explain things properly."
"Okay," Rhodes nodded.
"Ahem." Mirado seemed to clear his throat, coughing twice before slowly beginning to speak—
"Two days ago, a group of corrupted demons captured one of our people and threatened her to make her mother release parasites to destroy the St. Starson Academy."
"Because the mother was afraid of being blamed for losing her daughter, she didn't do it in a big way, but rather proceeded cautiously."
"But things went wrong a few days ago when our tribeswoman was killed by a corrupted demon."
"We are not those foolish tribes on the coast who think of solving things through war."
"We know that the girl died at Stasen Academy, so we came here to properly handle this matter."
"This is the origin of negotiation, understand?"
"This is a goodwill act by us to avoid war, please don't misunderstand."
Mirado's eyes grew increasingly cold.
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Rhodes looked at Cecilia.
In an instant, Cecilia hurriedly tried to deny it: "It was all Isadora's doing. The witch who captured your people has been killed, and her body is in the academy's library."
"Oh? Is that so? This kind of thing is irrelevant." Mirado shook his head. "We're not here for revenge, nor are we here to get the [corpse] back."
"Huh? If it's irrelevant, then why bother negotiating with us?"
"Because, well, after that girl died, everything became meaningless. Or rather, the moment she was corrupted by the fallen demonic seed, your countdown to death had already begun."
"What does it mean?"
"ha?"
"I just don't understand what you mean."
Mirado chuckled.
"Don't you understand? Whether it's the fault of that fallen demon or the fault of you humans, it makes no difference."
"Because you killed her and corrupted her, it means that this city, and even the entire eastern part of the empire, will be destroyed."
"Let me tell you a simple story, a story about our great god."
"The god who dwells in the deep sea is an extremely great deity."
"She is a living fossil of life in the world, and the strongest creature that evolved from whales."
"But the ocean environment is too complex and too chaotic. Over the course of history, the ocean has become filled with countless dangers."
Even though these threats are insignificant to the deity, she still cares about our safety.
So the moment she became the goddess of the deep sea, she transformed her body into a deep-sea continent and provided it for us, the sea-dwelling people, to live in.
However, the fact that the gods of the deep sea, with their enormous bodies and boundless energy, can only be bound to a continent or something is something none of our people are willing to accept.
Therefore, we, the people, took the initiative to make an agreement.
Every hundred years, a young girl is sacrificed as the "original form," offered to the Deep Sea God to be devoured and melted, transforming into her human form so that she can roam freely in the mortal realm.
Upon hearing this, Rhodes' eyes froze for a moment. Could it be that—?
wo?
"That's right, the girl killed by that corrupted demon was the chosen Primarch."
"And what's even more unfortunate is that the demon seed deliberately used the power of the fallen demon god to corrupt Lord Deep Sea God."
As a result, the Deep Sea God awakened prematurely in the Primarch and was corrupted by that violent negative emotion.
The current Deep Sea God is extremely weak, constantly emitting uncontrollable distress signals, yet unable to take any action.
Because she is frantically fighting against the pollutant inside her body and trying to regain control of her body's energy.
Yes, that's why we said you're doomed.
There's something very bad I have to tell you—that is, the Deep Sea God unconsciously cried for help because he was in a disadvantageous situation.
In other words, if the human form of the Deep Sea God continues like this, it will degenerate into a demon god.
Do you understand what this means?
Even if the soul of the Deep Sea God in the [Primitive] is only one-twentieth of the original body, it is still an existence that can crush you with a single hand.
If such a being were to become a demon god and go mad, you would certainly die, or rather, your entire eastern part of the country would be doomed!
Or rather, since you dared to let our god destroy one-twentieth of your soul, we will certainly not let you off!
"After all, to put it bluntly, the Fallen Demons are still just you humans, aren't they?"
Rhodes's breath caught in his throat.
Damn it.
A crisis we never expected, a possibility we never anticipated.
Should we send reinforcements? Should we have the imperial capital send people to suppress this avatar of the deep sea god?
No, that's not right—
If there were truly no possibility of change, Mirador would never have used the word "negotiation" to discuss the matter.
Rhodes narrowed his eyes. "So, this has nothing to do with us capturing your god, right? Or rather, you went to all this trouble to come to us because you must have something to do, right?"
Mirado's eyes were serious as he slowly nodded.
"First of all, as we just said, we belong to the conservative faction within our ethnic group and do not want to start a war."
So as long as you can restore Lord Deep Sea God to normal and make amends for your mistakes, I think that with his magnanimity, he won't care about anything you do.
So, the person we're looking for is you, Chiven Lance.
Firstly, you are one of the most prominent people in this city right now, and capturing you would allow us to control the entire situation.
Secondly, it's because you, Chiven Lance, are the strongest soul spirit in this city, and the only one who has the opportunity to help our great god's Primarch escape danger.
"Use your soul to enter the adult world; this is your last chance."