novellk Chapter 443 - Chapter 443: Chapter 428: Harmony (1st Update)
Chapter 443 - Chapter 443: Chapter 428: Harmony (1st Update)
Chapter 443: Chapter 428: Harmony (1st Update)
The Holy Spirit Challenge, lasting merely twenty-five days from preparation to conclusion, finally came to an end, and as the champion, Juan Canyun was temporarily unable to ascend the podium to receive his rewards.
Jiang Qiao had some post-challenge work to take care of, the first being the Lady of Calamity waking up in Juan Canyun’s Fureya’s room.
Now, Jiang Qiao floated in the form of a Spiritual Body behind Juan Canyun’s Fureya, who currently had a maternal predisposition dominating her personality traits.
Jiang Qiao wasn’t sure if it was his guidance that caused this, but in any case… Juan Canyun’s Fureya now thought more like a mother than a sister.
Fureya, adopting the identity of an elderly mother, quietly sat beside the bed and watched as the Lady of Calamity awakened.
The Lady of Calamity had many wounds. Juan Canyun’s strikes were unreserved and without hesitation. Fortunately, the Lady of Calamity’s blood was thick enough, and only the injury caused by Juan Canyun’s spear piercing through her had not completely healed, while the rest had returned to their original state.
“I don’t like apologizing to anyone,” said the Lady of Calamity as soon as she opened her eyes and saw Fureya sitting by her side. She sat up from the bed to face Fureya and said, “But I lost…”
“But the Holy Spirit won,” Fureya maintained her expressionless face as always and then comfortingly said to the Lady of Calamity, “You did well too, pirate lady, so there’s no need for guilt.”
“The kid won?” The Lady of Calamity’s joyful mood didn’t last too long before she started looking for Juan Canyun, but Juan Canyun was not in the world of the Holy Spirit. “Where is he?!”
The Lady of Calamity got up from the bed in
Lady Calamity paused here, she had intended to speak fiercely, but now, being pinned down on the bed by Fureya’s gaze… she couldn’t muster any ferocity.
“If there’s a desire to go to war with the Sanctuary of Creation, count me in too, we can take a lot from them, the Pirate City’s covenant with the Devouring God might continue for a long, long time!”
The words spoken by Lady Calamity were all heard by the being behind Fureya… that is, Jiang Qiao.
First, Jiang Qiao was surprised at the speed of Juan Canyun Fureya’s consciousness evolution; she could already stand on her own like some first-tier Fureyas.
Then, there was the information Lady Calamity revealed… a war and peace with the Sanctuary of Creation.
Jiang Qiao still preferred peaceful development; he didn’t think that increasing the combat strength of Spiritual Bodies would be enough to stand up to… an organization that nearly maintained half the cosmic order.
“Is this really up to us to decide?” This question from Fureya came at Jiang Qiao’s behest.
“Of course you can decide. The Sanctuary of Creation isn’t so united internally, Hilze’er’s siblings are the direct proof; they belong to different departments. Here’s a little secret for you, that Hilze’er guy carries the presence of the Lord of Annihilation, the Lord of Annihilation is the one most eager to collect the descendants of the Devouring God and Divine Fragments,” Lady Calamity said.
“God has heard the information you’ve provided, and in the end, God asked me to convey one thing, to focus on the upcoming holiday,” Fureya said.
“Holiday?”
Lady Calamity felt the term somewhat unfamiliar. Plane pirates worked 24 hours a day, all year round; they were either robbing, on the way to a robbery, or planning the next big heist.
“Yes, the NPCs contracted by Spiritual Beings all have holidays and routine activities, our staff… our Contractors’ remuneration should be decent on the cosmic map,” Fureya said on behalf of Jiang Qiao.
“Remuneration? You do manage that a bit better than the Sanctuary of Creation,” Lady Calamity conceded.
By this time, Lady Calamity’s wound had been completely healed by Fureya; she sat up from the bed, patted her chest, and felt that the two mounds on her chest seemed… a little bigger?
“I’m curious… what sort of remuneration does the Sanctuary of Creation offer its Hunters?” Jiang Qiao was indeed intrigued by Lady Calamity’s words.
“Nothing much! Part of my pirate crew comes from the Sanctuary of Creation. The concept of a worker doesn’t exist there; all their members ascended from different worlds as ‘Saints’. These guys celebrated as heroes on their worlds come to do heroic deeds in the sanctuary,” Lady Calamity’s voice dripped with disdain, even disgust.
“Truly heroic deeds?”
“Catastrophes! These ‘Saints’ eliminate calamities practically everywhere on the cosmic map, facing the Void Swarm and abyssal aberrations as their most common foes. By exterminating those swarms and abysses, they indeed save certain worlds, but for the Sanctuary of Creation… they are just gathering materials for study!”
“Your wounds have just been healed, you better lie down and continue to rest,” Fureya said.
Lady Calamity didn’t act willfully this time, genuinely feeling weak. Jiang Qiao gleaned much about the Sanctuary of Creation from Lady Calamity’s narrative.
The organization openly commits itself to saving the world from disasters… a salvation organization. But more aptly, it’s more like a massive arms dealer spanning half the cosmic map.
“I should go see those two Eternals,” Jiang Qiao said.
Compared to this, Jiang Qiao was more concerned about Rosh and Hilze’er’s plans after their defeat.