Sacred Souls: Genesis

Chapter 376: Chapter 364 I’m going to eat, logging off first (2nd update) Chapter 376: Chapter 364 I’m going to eat, logging off first (2nd update) Lady Calamity did not like this world, for she felt it was profoundly hollow… It always seemed to lack something compared to other worlds.

The sacred spirits residing in this world were also oddly shaped, no… the sacred spirits were naturally oddly shaped.

What mattered most was that her connection to her pirate ship, The Laughing Goddess, had become too weak in this world.

This sense of being surrounded by enemies without any reinforcements made Lady Calamity very uncomfortable… Fortunately, she found Juan Canyun soon after she arrived here.

“You seem quite popular with the ladies?” Lady Calamity glanced at the female players surrounding Juan Canyun.

If this were in Pirate City… she would have shot these brazen plunderers of her coveted treasures long ago.

Yet, there was a sourness inside her that made her very irritable, but Lady Calamity managed to restrain her fiery temper and turned her gaze to Juan Canyun.

“They’re just female fans,” Juan Canyun said.

Wait a second… Why am I explaining myself to an NPC?

“Come with me,” Lady Calamity could no longer wait, the longer she stayed in this strange world, the more danger she faced, so she decided to take matters into her own hands.

“A new quest on Black Tide Island? I’ll accept it first… I’ll do it tomorrow.”

Juan Canyun thought Lady Calamity had come all this way to assign him a quest, but he didn’t have much time left today to run instances.

It was almost the club’s scheduled dinner time, and after sparring with Teacher Thorne all day and then guiding newbies, Juan Canyun hadn’t even had time for lunch and was waiting for this dinner to fill his stomach.

After saying goodbye to the enthusiastic fans around him, he opened the game’s main menu and was about to press the exit button when…

“I said come with me! Kid!”

Suddenly, a pair of handcuffs appeared on the arm Juan Canyun was about to use to click the exit button.

What’s this? Juan Canyun gave the handcuffs a light tug trying to break free, only to discover the other end of the handcuffs was attached to Lady Calamity’s right hand.

Juan Canyun was stunned… He had been playing games for many years and this was the first time he had encountered such a bizarre event. He had been thrown into jail by NPCs countless times, but being shackled to an NPC like this was a first!

A brand-new quest popped up at this moment.

‘Faction Favor Quest — Lady Calamity’s Road to Redemption.

Description: The planar pirates seem to be swayed by the Magic Thief into betraying the sacred spirits, but among them are some beings that Lady Calamity is concerned about. You are now the sacred spirit that Lady Calamity cannot bear to leave behind. She has decided to take you away from the world of the sacred spirits before the betrayal, and you are determined to protect her to the death, until you persuade her to abandon this foolish thought.’
What? What? I don’t want to protect her! I just want to log off and eat! So hungry!

Juan Canyun, seeing the system’s pop-up description, was bewildered anew. He really didn’t want to take on any sudden quests; he just wanted to log off and have dinner. The life or death of Lady Calamity was not really important to him… to be exact, it was incomparable to tonight’s dinner!

Hey… wait, the button to exit the game is still clickable.

Juan Canyun tentatively clicked the exit button again, and a new prompt popped up.

‘You are currently in a combat state; if you choose to exit now, your game character will remain in place.’
Remain in place? Juan Canyun recalled that the map at the entrance of Black Flame Mountain prohibited player PVP, besides, even if he died on the sacred spirit’s main map, at most, he would lose equipment durability.

Hunger unbearable in his stomach, Juan Canyun finally chose to exit the game.

After the ten-second countdown ended…

“Kid, don’t blame me,” the Lady of Calamity said, waving her hand intending to tear through space and leave, but Juan Canyun didn’t respond to her.

She thought Juan Canyun was sulking or something, hence the non-response, but when the Lady of Calamity turned her head to look, Juan Canyun had already closed his eyes, and his body, like a puppet, was being torn at will.

What’s going on?

At that moment, the Lady of Calamity panicked instantly. She stopped the act of tearing through space and turned around to hold Juan Canyun’s body with one hand.

Up close, she noticed the kid was actually… quite cute?

No, that’s not the point right now! Juan Canyun had stopped breathing!

Even though spiritual beings are constructs of energy, they still breathe when they are active, a habit the Lady of Calamity had observed over time.

But at this moment, Juan Canyun’s breathing had stopped; not just his breathing, she couldn’t even hear his heartbeat.

“Hey!”

Clutching Juan Canyun’s ice-cold arm, the Lady of Calamity was in complete panic, her grip inadvertently tightening, yet still, there was no response.

Weren’t spiritual beings supposed to be immortal and indestructible? Why… did he fall unconscious?

Could it be a curse from a god? The Lady of Calamity considered a possibility. The spiritual beings all belonged to the Devouring God. If Juan Canyun decided to follow her, being stripped of his powers would be a natural consequence.

“Wake up!” The Lady of Calamity tried to awaken Juan Canyun, but it was futile. Meanwhile, the guards who had followed her began to shout.

“Milady! Those spiritual beings are looking at us funny!” one guard yelled in alarm.

“How come there’s a level 60 lord monster here?”

“Isn’t she the faction leader of Black Tide Island? How did she spawn at the entrance of Black Flame Mountain? Is it a BUG?”

“BUG or not, the equipment dropped by a wild boss monster has to be better than what’s in the instances, right?”

“Juan Canyun? Isn’t he an attacker of the Pulsating Nuclei? Why is there a player character hanging by that BOSS?”

Being a popular endgame instance, Black Flame Mountain had instantly identified the Lady of Calamity as a hostile target after she had seized Juan Canyun.

The moment her name turned red, it immediately drew the attention of all players outside Black Flame Mountain.

Several bold players directly bombarded Juan Canyun, who was still trying to awaken the Lady of Calamity, with long-range Magic.

Realizing the impending danger, the Lady of Calamity no longer continued her deception, drew her musket, aimed at the players, and pulled the trigger.

In an instant, the news of a level 60 lord monster appearing at the entrance of Black Flame Mountain spread throughout the entire server.

It wasn’t just the players outside Black Flame Mountain waiting to form groups for raids; even the players from the major guilds tackling instances on Black Tide Island were aware of the situation.

“Looks like there’s going to be a big commotion before you wake up, kid,” the Lady of Calamity said, facing players attacking from all directions. The worst scenario she had predicted was now unfolding.