NOVGO.NET Chapter 412: New Soul Delivery?!
Chapter 412: New Soul Delivery?!
Jack MF O’ had just arrived….
Where? Even he wasn’t sure. Red, more red, and even more red.
This wasn’t just a weird place, but it felt positively otherworldly, especially with the system windows floating everywhere, seemingly lost.
[A Certain Lizard Leveled Up!]
[Friendly Eldritch Abomination is Drunk!]
[The Council Has Raised Tax on Upcoming Souls!]
Jack found himself in a sea of red, feeling at peace. His body? It had long been crushed! His soul? It was just floating in the red sea, and there were countless others.
Tiny wisp-like flames were everywhere, drifting through the Red Sea as if a school of fish. Each had the same symbol on their ethereal body, one that looked like መስዋዕትነት
“Ah, so that’s what it is….”
Sacrifices, that’s what they were.
He couldn’t help but give a wry smile. In fairy tales, kings sacrifice virgins to dragons, but in Infinite, dragons sacrificed Demon Kings to… whatever would come.
But just as he was chuckling to himself, there was suddenly a mighty pull! It felt as if a god had decided to yank on his soul as he started drifting toward a specific spot! And then…
— WHOOSH! —
Jack’s Soul popped out.
A fiery cavern, one full of trinkets.
Bone amulets, mummified heads, walls with primitive drawings, a scary-looking sacrificial altar, and blood, LOTS of blood! Then around the place was raw flesh scattered about.
The whole thing was a heavy mix of mystical and unbelievably gory. But amidst the gore were balls of floating energy, souls that went insane as footsteps resounded.
—Tap! Tap! Tap! —
“No, he’s coming back?!”
“Not a second more, please let it end!”
“Let me die, just let me die, already! I’ve already told you all I know!”
Hearing this, Jack knew that whatever was coming would be BRUTAL! And a second later, a duo entered, one that seemed way too disarming for how loud the souls were wailing.
A grandpa lizard, his scales as white as his teeth..
A young lizard, her eyes showing excitement
“Hehe, young one, are you excited? You’ll see, the feel of the souls squirming under your touch, the endless begging, the extraction process: it’s so satisfying!”
By the side, a young lizard girl was happily nodding with every word he uttered as if a diligent student learning from her mentor. Actually, he was even instructing her.
“Now, remember. No matter how worthless the soul is, they’re all a part of the puzzle. Repent enough of them and we’ll very soon unlock the seal on our world. Here, let me show you…”
As the white lizard came forward, Jack could see it better. A lizard-man, shaman-looking, his scales inscribed with runes of power. This guy was the SHIT! In fact…
< Ancestral Crimson Shaman LV 70! ☠🦎🩸>
That’s when he grasped a soul…
“Watch and learn, young one, just like this!”
Magic escaped from his claws, one of fiery darkness that ate at the soul’s essence, powerfully eroding it. As for the bad guy? He didn’t even ask any questions.
The suffering soul started spilling its essence, spilling all it knew, spilling all that made a soul a soul, getting weaker and weaker by the second. But even then, HE kept going.
All until the soul disappeared with a POOF!
Just like that, a soul had been lost! But the scary part wasn’t that Jack would be next; it was the shine in the younger lizard’s eyes, and she couldn’t wait to have her turn!
“Master- can I try? Please, pretty please!” She uttered like a happy bird, one that couldn’t wait to have fun. And as her tiny claws landed on him, Jack knew that this was BAD!
Currently, he was nothing but a soul…
Defensive power? Irrelevant!
Offensive Power? As if!
Handsomeness? Yes.
But just as she was about to grasp him entirely, the shaman suddenly shivered as he exclaimed. “WAIT UP! This one’s from our scaly friend up there?! Keep it for last.”
Had Jack gotten lucky? Was this a scripted event? All he knew was the relief he felt as those claws were real. Then he perked his non-existent ears up, trying to gather info.
There were a few things he wanted to know ASAP!
1. Where was he?
2. Was there a quest?
3. What was the link to the Trial?!
Just like that, he had a front-row seat to what could only be called soul-cruelty, one glowing ball after the other getting roughened and fondled till they screamed for mercy.
And the cause of it was a VERY eager young lizard…
“Master, am I doing this properly?”
“Master, this one’s already dissipating?!”
“Master, let me play with the next one!”
Screams of poor tutored souls, a girl happily butchering them while extracting their essence, and a nodding shaman in the background.
He had said something about unlocking their world. Could it be…?!? Jack gasped— or would have had he had a mouth. And just like that, it kept going until it was finally his turn.
The girl approached him and plunged her claw right inside him! He felt her wriggle inside him. He felt her latching onto him as a gold digger latched to a billionaire. He could—
— REEEEEEEEEE!
The sound came out of nowhere!
One of the trinkets, a mummified head, started screaming murder! Hearing this, the Shaman’s face changed drastically as he left, all the while swearing.
“For scaly’s sake! Can’t those fuckers let repent souls in peace?! Tch— I’ll go see what those decrepit monsters want. You deal with it! Absorb it well; the newborns will need it!”
And in turn, a certain girl beamed with a sadistic smile…
“Yes, Master! Don’t worry, Master! I’ll do it well!”
Jack believed her, and so did the old shaman as he left with a terrifying grin himself. And the lizard had barely left when she exploded in explosive laughter!
“Hehehehehehe! I’ve got you all to myself now!”
“Let’s see, let’s see, what should I start with?”
“This? That? Oh, I’ve got just the thing!”
That’s when power once again exploded out of her, a power so vile and so crazy that it would have made an experienced torturer blush like a schoolgirl in autumn.
She would break this guy to countless pieces, she would absorb all of his energy, or so was the plan. There was just one slight issue: the one in her grasp wasn’t a regular soul!
Eating him? Jack chuckled.
[Effect of Demonic Soul Activating!]
[Warning! Please Select One! Self-Destruct or Fight!]
Was that even a question? No matter what level this girl was, he’d totally destroy her! That’s when he sent his spirit on a counterattack. He’d be the one devouring HERE!
This foolish girl didn’t stand a chance…
< Ancestral Crimson Apprentice Lizzy LV 35!>
But just as his counterattack was starting, she suddenly showed an uncomfortable expression, only to shrug off a certain magic off her and give a refreshed smile.
The nameplate above her head brutally changed…
< Ancestral Crimson Shaman-Princess Lizzy! Lv 90! ☠🦎🩸>
Oy, what the hell?! Jack felt so goddamn cheated! Why the hell was the apprentice higher level than the master?! But he didn’t even have time to process it.
[Ding! Astral Counterattack Started!]
[Reminder: Soul Damage = Permanent Debuff!]
[DO NOT Lose! PS: One Can Create a New Account In—]
This freaking System! Seething with anger, Jack was now getting sent inside the enemy’s consciousness! As for what would await him there, may the gods have mercy!
A soul’s struggle for survival was starting…