Chapter 165 - Fox Temple

Despite the huge youkai-esque shrine being located near the entrance of the X-shaped edge of the northwest, only a handful of people came to the west side of the Ouranos Citadel after the end of the heavenly banquet.

People tend to focus on the middle and east part of the Citadel and the traffic was too amplified on the northeast because of the agricultural land there that had been bought plot by plot by the citizens for them to plant the given bioengineered seeds.

Strangely enough, people didn't notice much that there was a shrine to begin with. As if it was shrouded by some kind of wards of enchantment. Though there were numerous children with unknown information of their parents whereabouts playing around near the west, people just kinda thought it was normal without questioning anything.

As Guda handed out the fruits, she tried her best to avoid making skin contact with the children. Some of them were rather touchy and the fox felt like playing a dodging bullet hell as the kids lunged themselves, only for Guda to slide out of their way gracefully with a smug smile.

The children were strong, a few bumps on the floor won't hurt them.

"Big Sis Guda," said one of the four teenagers, a Feline, slowly approaching with fidgeting hands on her chest. Nervous, as she didn't know how to approach her. "Are you okay?"

"Lrusha, Big Sis Guda is always okay!" said one of the toddlers, reaching his hands that held one of the fruit to the sky. "Is Lrusha okay?"

"Here, take another one and share it with Piyan on the back." Guda gave out another fruit to the energetic child. "Lrusha might want to talk about something."

"Why is your body warm?" Another kid sprung out from the background as he placed the big fruit on his waist. Drooling, he put his finger on his cheek as his thoughts started to wander, "Can we get our usual hugs?"

Behind the drooling kids, there were another three waiting for Guda's answer.

'This will be painful.' Guda casted more enchantment on herself, trying to build layers of protection to the outside so that the kids won't be seared into a well-done steak. A light blue aura could be seen from a naked eye, overlapping with the steaming glow. "I'm kon-huggable now!"

""YAY!""

It took a while for the kids to get distracted and play on their own. There were still many fruits left and Guda wanted to make some dishes after the children's stomachs were nourished.

The temple was quite spacious because Guda's living space was the fifth biggest area within Ouranos Citadel. 35 kids and 4 teenagers, she had saved them on the qualifier of the 3 night trial that was held by the new director of the Citadel.

So basically, all of them were her family now.

"Guda! Let us work on the construction project and help you get more Aur Token!" A young Aiseirighian that was rather tall for his age. Wearing a self-tailored shirt and trousers with good enough quality that people won't even think that they were orphans.

"Mmmhh~ well, if Fumoi insists on doing so, I'll allow it." Guda approached Fumoi and lightly flicked his forehead. "I'm still mad that the three of you left Lrusha alone to handle the others though, repent!"

""Hikhs!""

The three of them, Fumoi, Toyan, and Kulphi, immediately kneeled in fear of their elder sister's anger. Even though Guda was more of a mother to them, she insisted on having them all call her big sister instead.

Lrusha's tail wagged left and right. It was a consensus that was made by them four but 35 kids was too tiring for Lrusha that she was tortured for quite a while in the the other three absence.

"Konnyeh! Now that I'm here to help Lrusha, the three of you can try going to the construction site beside the tavern. Use the stamina pills that I gave and gain some muscle."

""Ay ay! Captain!""

The three of them immediately ran outside like the wind.

"Anything you want to say? Lrusha?"

Lrusha shook her head. "I'm just worried."

"Oh, these?" Guda gestured to her whole rather burning appearance. "I'll make sure that both of you have a good future. I said that back on the catastrophic day, I'll look after all of you. I have no plan on failing that promise."

"I haven't seen you rest…" Lrusha frowned. "Have you ever eaten anything lately?"

"Kon? Of course I do! Look at my belly." Guda puffed her stomach, slapping it with her hands. "I'm a glutton, I ate more than all of you, nyaha."

"But!"

Guda approached the little feline and patted her head, caressing her cat ears.

Lrusha flustered.

The fox then gave her widest happy grin. "As long as I'm here, everything will be fine. I'll be checking the temple storage room, I want you to watch over the other, especially Piyan, she still needs more support."

Lrusha nodded wholeheartedly. "Indeed, Piyan had the worst trauma. I'll make sure to keep her company!"

"Atta girl!"

The temple ground was as lively as ever. Guda had crafted numerous toys to fill the playground. In fact, Guda was the one who built the temple albeit with the help of the forest residents. Going to the back, she opened the store room as she conjured a floating blue fire on her palm.

Spreading more talismans, the papers filled with formation then transformed into numerous will-o-wisps that brighten the store room filled with extra building materials and numerous boxes.

Trying to ensure that nobody was there, Guda casted another enchantment to soundproof the storeroom and locked the door spiritually.

She was immediately on her knees, shivering with red tears falling down from her eye sockets, partially getting seared by her steaming temperature. The blood that clogged her throat was coughed out.

"Uuuhh." She took one empty paper talisman from her pocket space. Scribbling it using the blood from the ground, she implanted the talisman with a pain-tolerant rune before casting it on herself. "Either two or three days left, I need to stock up my talisman in case of emergency…"

Her current expression was the total opposite of her usual smuggish smile. Her sly and suspicious attitude was overwritten by pain and lips biting, frowning and eyes shutting.

Despite the powerful enchantment that took 20% of her spiritual power, the pain on the back of her head was still wailing. Guda could've died if her reaction wasn't fast enough to pull out a defensive talisman.

"That Demon is the most powerful out of all the new generation of Lautus Tunguska's disciples. Jojo Lagoon, who the hell are you?"

The world within this hemisphere had reached the zone of noon. As usual, Foel rushed to the Domeniul Ceresc after a long day of work—even though she was already within the heavenly land most of the day after the disciples' ceremony.

In the garden of the Lord's Mansion, Foel and Tuli exchanged their knowledge in the middle of training Primis in her journey as a cultivator in the Mana Gathering Phase.

"Can I fly now?" Primis clenched her fists and shook it up and down like an eager child. "Primis want to immediately use a flying spell!"

It's clear that a cultivator needed to reach a Golden Orb state to accumulate enough mana for a stable circuit conductivity for a control-type spell such as flying in the air. Because mortal was incapable to fly by nature, they used this energy called mana to create a propelling force from their body and rebels the Neamh's gravitation.

There were numerous flying spell types and each of them had their pros and cons. One of the flying methods was focusing on the limbs as the mediator of the flight, creating a better control in the loss of velocity.

"Only a pure genius is able to use a flying spell, right after they started their journey within the path of usurpation." Tuli reluctantly sneered. "Are you one of the geniuses, Primis?"

"I'm certainly smarter than you! Big Sis Tuli!" said the Ourarian as she puffed her chest and gave her proud smile.

"Urgh, that stings."

"Kekeke, I'm sure that it's still impossible logically, even for a genius." Foel then took out a two meters long sword with numerous runes engraved on the steel. "But a genius always used their head. Or to be precise, they used the method that is outside of the box."

"Ah!" Tuli hammered her palm as if an idea had finally gone through her skull. "A flying sword! It's been many years since someone used that in the Underworld."

"So you fly using the sword?" Primis touched her cheek, gazing to the side of her view. In her mind, she immediately imagined herself flapping her arms like a bird in the sky with a sword in each hand. "How's that scientifically possible?"

After injecting her mana into the engraved runes, the sword began to light up in a bright blue hue. Foel then casted the sword with a flying formation. She then effortlessly sent the sword into the sky, dancing gracefully in sonic speed as it left a glamorous trail of shimmering light before smoothly arriving beside the tanomobi.

"Woah! The sword is flying!"

"Madam Foel is flexing." Tuli chuckled. Foel casually approached the hellspawn with the sword in her hand. The little mouse then bonked Tuli with the blunt edge. "OUCH!"

As if nothing happened, Foel faced Primis with a smile, slightly tilting her head. "On this occasion, we will teach you everything about magic circuits, the coding of spells and formation."