Chapter 71: Ch 71 : Loki’s misfortune

Thorn knelt, his eyes fixed on the magnificent figure of the golden dragon."I greet Demigod Shenlong," he said, his voice filled with reverence for this being who could manifest into a powerful dragon from a shiny liquid, seemingly from billions of miles away. "No need for pleasantries," Shenlong’s voice boomed, deep and calm. "Dive into this container and absorb as much as you can. The more you absorb, the greater the power you will receive." With those words, Shenlong’s form dissolved, mixing back into the remaining liquid in the container. Thorn’s soul automatically flew to the edge of the container, one more step and he would be inside the liquid. This liquid was the Essence of Hope, filled with the energy of countless prayers and desires. With Shenlong’s blessings, anyone who dived into it would have all their wishes and hopes fulfilled. But every use would consume some of the liquid, a fact that gave Thorn a sense of purpose and responsibility. Taking a deep breath, Thorn’s soul plunged into the essence. The next second, his body sank deep into the liquid. His whole form was now surrounded by the essence, working to rebuild his lost body from the ground up. Slowly, his bones began to form, followed by muscles, veins, and other body parts. Sunny watched this scene with pleased eyes, a feeling of fascination washing over him. He hadn’t seen such a sight in his entire life. The creation of a demigod through a divine embryo was not this captivating; it simply morphed into the shape Sunny desired. But the formation of Thorn’s body felt totally different and mesmerizing to Sunny. As Thorn’s new body was forming, and he was gaining talents from Shenlong, constantly fusing these into his soul, Sunny knew this process would take time. A few months in real time, which was something Sunny, a being with a lot of patience, still didn’t like. So he acted. He directly created another subspace in Veridia, a space solely for storing the Essence of Hope. Now, an entire month of forming the body would just be a small amount of time for Sunny. In another place, in the vast expanse of the Realm of Advancement, a figure laughed, a sound of pure glee echoing through the air. "Finally, I left that hellhole! That silly demon gave me the chance to escape, haha!" The voice belonged to Loki, currently in the form of the fastest beast he had ever seen in the realm. He was flying with the fastest speed possible. He wanted to find a place to rest and also to take a few apostles, as his merits were more than enough to acquire the talent for giving blessings and even giving blessings to some of the life forms he would find. He flew towards the cities of the life forms from Veridia. But he was oblivious to the fact that an entity, one he had known for a long time, was following him closely. Back in Sunny’s God space, the all-knowing Thea said in a calm and laughing tone, "Master, Loki is being followed by the demon demigod he worked under for all these years." "Cut down all of his merits. I don’t want any of my life forms blessed by him to cause mischiefs everywhere," Sunny said with a laugh. He knew from Thea that the demon was strong, but not strong enough to contend with Nova. So he asked Nova to teleport to Loki’s location and help him capture the demon. Nova, who would get the merits snatched from Loki, laughed at his misfortune and teleported towards him. While Loki was running at full speed, he suddenly felt a strong space ripple around him. He stopped dead in his tracks, sensing the familiar aura. His mind began racing. "Why did my sister visit me?" His thoughts quickly went over all the possible mischiefs he had committed. Then, he realized the biggest problem he was in and said in a loud voice, "Sister, kill that fiend!" Nova was surprised by Loki’s sudden comment. "Oh, you knew about that demigod following you?" she said in a surprised tone. Loki sighed and thought. "Hah, my guess was correct." Then he said, with a tone filled with reverence for Nova’s strength, "Sister, I was going to bring it towards Veridia so that you could easily take care of it." "Master has already given me all your merits," Nova said, a hint of amusement in her voice. "But I will give it back to you once I deal with this bug." She then teleported behind an invisible figure. This demigod was good at assassinating others, but he was nothing in front of Nova, who could feel the space fabric moving with every move of the demon. She immediately used her Super Strength talent with her space and time magic to directly crush the demon demigod into a mush of blood and bone. Upon the death of his body, the demon’s soul tried to run away but was immediately captured by Nova’s space prison. "I will gift it to Cerberus. He is currently unemployed, anyway," Nova said as she looked at the soul of the demon. Loki gulped upon realizing the true strength of Nova. He decided to transform into her whenever he was in danger. He was truly happy that he wouldn’t have his merits taken for committing this blunder. Nova then used her spatial magic to directly teleport back to the God space. "Master, the task is complete," Nova said, bowing in Sunny’s direction. Sunny nodded at her and then looked towards Loki, who was shivering and bowing in front of Sunny. "Oh! Loki, why are you so nervous?" Sunny said in a tone full of sarcasm. "It’s nothing, Master," Loki tried to maintain his composure, but in front of Sunny, he felt that all his secrets were an open book. "Well, you are now growing brazen enough to fool your sister," Sunny said, looking at both Nova and Loki. Nova looked at Loki with a questioning tone. Loki felt his hairs stand all over his body; he felt like crying. "Well, it’s a deal between you two, so I wouldn’t interfere," Sunny said and then gestured for them to go away.eqwW