Sacred Souls: Genesis

Chapter 281: Chapter 273 No! What You Think! (1st Update) Chapter 281: Chapter 273 No! What You Think! (1st Update) The Divine Chosen Ones, hearing the threat of free milk, all sat still and dared not make a sound.

They had thoroughly experienced the savagery and power of the Holy Spirits in recent times… The reason why Divine Grace Town had survived so long on Biland Island was just one… the Holy Spirits had not yet discovered this town!

The Divine Chosen Ones were not afraid to wage war against the Holy Spirits; what they feared was the town being destroyed by the Holy Spirits in the battle.

This town was also key for the gods to completely purify Biland Island.

Certainly, Caramel’s strategy of adding milk without increasing the price could summon countless Holy Spirits to start reclaiming Divine Grace Town through a single post, a mass message, or one live broadcast!

‘Do you want the new rewards planned by Caramel? Go find it, Divine Grace Town! Caramel has hidden treasures of a lifetime in Divine Grace Town!’
The NPC residents of Divine Grace Town are treasures even more valuable than equipment for the players.

“My purpose here is solely to battle with the Holy Spirits, and the gods of this world have already satisfied me in that regard,” Thorne glanced at the wound on the back of his hand.

He had switched his weapon to an iron stick stronger than a twig, which allowed him to use more techniques, hence Thorne had only sustained five abrasions in today’s day-long battle.

It wasn’t a serious injury, but enough to make Thorne pleased to note, ‘These Holy Spirits have grown.’
“Furthermore, I left the Obliteration Legion years ago, my relationship with them is not one of subordination, but cooperation,” Thorne had relied on the Obliteration Legion to search for the descendants of the Devouring God over these years.

Now that Thorne had found plenty of Holy Spirits as opponents, he had no spare time to continue helping the Obliteration Legion.

“As proof, I can tell you some intelligence I recently received; a small elite troop of the Obliteration Legion plans to arrive in your world…”
As soon as Thorne finished speaking… Caramel somewhat uncontrollably wanted to greet Thorne with a cross in hand.

Luckily, Fureya who was sitting next to Caramel once again placed her hand lightly on Caramel’s.

“That elite troop’s arrival in your world is not for destruction and plunder, but to recruit soldiers or seek cooperation with the Holy Spirits.”

Thorne could feel that Fureya sitting next to Caramel, represented the will of the Devouring God.

He also did not wish the visit of the Obliteration Legion to disrupt his own duel with the Holy Spirits.

“The Holy Spirits will not cooperate with the Obliteration Legion.”

Fureya spoke out, and Caramel could not detect any emotion in her voice, as if she was simply stating a very straightforward fact.

Yet, the fact stated by Fureya successfully… made several Divine Chosen in the room laugh, and Caramel’s gaze swept over those who had laughed, seemingly contemplating doing something else while healing them?

“Forgive me, Holy Spirits, your tolerance far exceeds… any religion in this world,” Daylight Divine Chosen was one of those who had laughed, but he harbored no ill intentions.

“Among you, a small part of the Holy Spirits are willing to help everyone in this world, whether they be Magic Thieves, Crystal Disease Infected, or us… This is something I truly admire.”

Daylight Divine Chosen was kind and righteous, not hypocritical; he felt sympathy for the civilians among the Magic Thieves, knowing there were good people among them, but due to positional reasons, he couldn’t help them. The Holy Spirits had cast aside these prejudices.

However… players were helping the Magic Thieves because the rewards offered by the Magic Thieves were better, ok?

Jiang Qiao stood behind Fureya, listening to the Divine Chosen’s assessments of the Holy Spirits, and they were right… If the Obliteration Legion really reached out to the players, they wouldn’t just grab this olive branch, they would likely strip the entire olive tree bare.

The rewards offered by the Obliteration Legion were enticing enough for the players, including entirely new job advancement routes and… level cap increases, rewards that could disrupt the balance of the game.

Yet Jiang Qiao did not intend to accept the gifts from the Obliteration Legion, just as Caramel, having heard all this, began treating the wounds of the other Divine Chosen, deliberately ignoring Thorne’s injuries as if she didn’t see them.

She knew that saving Thorne and cooperating with him could earn a substantial amount of money, but this money belonged to the Annihilation Legion.

Caramel had her principles and boundaries; she could use any means to make money, but cooperating with the Annihilation Legion was not within the scope of her ‘by any means necessary.’
The memory of the Annihilation Legion destroying Jiang City Food Street was still imprinted in Caramel’s mind, and if they did it once, they would do it a second time.

Although the Annihilation Legion is known in the Divine Spirits as the ‘Abyssal Monster’ with the highest rewards, killing them could yield unique special equipment in the game, and the price of Special Equipment on 4396 remains high and does not decrease.

It could also increase the level cap and grant an additional profession, which for most players was an irresistible temptation.

This time, Jiang Qiao could not let all the players take it…

So regarding the arrival of the Annihilation Legion, Jiang Qiao not only needed to arouse the players’ desire to burst out ‘Special Equipment’ and ‘Special Mount’ but also a genuine murderous intent towards the Annihilation Legion.

The method was simple…

“The arrival of the Annihilation Legion should be because of us. Divine Spirits… as long as we stay on this island…” Fureya began to say, but Thorne interrupted her.

“No, this time the Annihilation Legion’s arrival in this world is truly only to recruit you Divine Spirits as soldiers or military, they are busy with the war on Black Tide Island, and the descendants of Devouring God are their perfect partners,” Thorne was as naive in dealing with people as Zhao Mingwei.

He seemed to think that if he just told Caramel that this time the Annihilation Legion came to the game world, and not to invade the real world, but rather to recruit players, Caramel would calm down.

“But this is also a means for them to plunder from us…” Fureya pointed out, referring to the entire Fureya tribe.

In the backstory, Fureya possessed a Divine Fragment of Hai Lan! The Annihilation Legion wanted the Divine Fragment of Hai Lan.

But… this was just the game’s backstory setting.

“No, Ms. Puppet, although I don’t know your origin, the Annihilation Legion really isn’t interested in you,” Thorne flatly denied Fureya’s claim, but he suddenly saw the translucent phantom standing behind Fureya.

That was Jiang Qiao’s phantom, visible only to Thorne.

This time Jiang Qiao did not use the action of threatening Thorne’s neck. This Eternal wasn’t afraid of death, so Jiang Qiao directly took out the book of the system and wrote on it.

‘Keep pestering me and I’ll raise your entrance fee to the instances! One hundred Challenge Vouchers per entry! And then directly assign you to a minor instance with meager rewards.’
Jiang Qiao’s threat worked exceptionally well, and of course, Thorne knew what Challenge Vouchers were.

The main reason he hadn’t had a satisfying battle in the past half-month was… Divine Spirits needed a ticket to fight him! Each Divine Spirit had at least one and at most seven or eight tickets per day!

Whoever set this rule was too stingy!

Of course, Thorne could not defy the rules of Jiang Qiao, the host, otherwise, Jiang Qiao would throw him into a minor instance where the reward was only a cone of ice cream.

Probably only players like Zhao Mingwei and Caramel, who were into masochistic techniques, would be willing to spend Challenge Vouchers on Thorne while enjoying ice cream.

“Yes!” Thorne’s expression became extremely serious and terrifying, “This puppet lady beside you has the Divine Fragment of Devouring God sealed within her. I’m afraid that besides recruiting Divine Spirits, the Annihilation Legion’s arrival this time is also to plunder the Divine Fragment from this puppet lady.”

Caramel looked at Thorne skeptically, then looked at Fureya, who’s face was inscribed with ‘worried, scared’.

Why did she always feel like she was… subtly being fooled?

But having been fooled, Caramel had already recorded the conversation between Fureya and Thorne, and she also received a hidden quest.