Chapter 178: A husband becomes Trickster Gods' target.

"I also should try to gather water and any other resources. This land has yet to become a land used by the Grooma Kingdom, so this is a golden chance!"

The cat nodded as she couldn't stay oblivious to the husband's excitement. This caused Kyoya to grin like never before, then he ventured deeper into the unknown lands with Akaro by his side.

It was kinda dangerous because those lands were swallowed up by the fog. It wouldn't be strange for Kyoya to meet any opponents from The Grooma Kingdom here. Of course, they weren't really opponents and it was the husband who broke the rules.

Regardless of that, Kyoya would do his best to get the resources. As contrary to other floors, the special floors were as if waiting to be molded. It was not an easy feat and Kyoya knew that he should use this golden chance to the best of his abilities.

In other words, the husband wanted to fill his inventory with the special resources from the forest. He already had some branches and planned to take soil now.

[You have gotten a shovel.]

[Akaro(My Goddess Fiana): This is a convenient power. Shouldn't you focus on something else, though?"

"Guide me, My Goddess!"

[Akaro(My Goddess Fiana): Look at your shovel.]

Kyoya created a shovel with his All Creation System. This didn't need any points and the shovel itself was lacking in quality. Once he began digging, Kyoya quickly found out that it was too hard to get soil.

But he didn't give up on the spot.

While listening to the goddess' words through the game system, Kyoya peeked at his shovel and utilized his eyes to the best. What he wanted was to probe through its construction. This wasn't that strange at all as the shovel truly had solid structure.

[Akaro(My Goddess Fiana): You used your 'mana' which is different from the divine energy. If you used the divine one, then your digging process should've been easier. The same applies to your axe.]

"That's right… But it's hard to control this divine energy without any specific skill or quest…"

[Akaro(My Goddess Fiana): You will need to eventually grasp the game system and all divine energies associated with it. You have to be the one to control your powers.]

It sounded so easy, but to get rid of all the limitations was not so easy at all.

Kyoya could faintly smile at these words, but as the goddess, Akaro had many expectations for the husband. He was fine with these and thanked for all the support wholeheartedly. The husband even kissed her forehead again as if it was already something casual and common between them.

Then, to show that he wasn't looking down on her words and that he aimed at the very top, Kyoya brought his shovel close and began to pour down his divine energy, or at least he attempted to.

It was hard as he said, but Kyoya's tries somewhat gave a result to something new!

A divine golden-red sparks flew through it, then gathered around the shovel's blade. The whole blade began to shine with these colors which was a surprise for both Kyoya and Akaro.

Their eyes dilated as they looked at this treasure that could make the special floor's fog disperse as if nothing. This alone was enough to shock the husband, but then the blade began to quake.

A moment later, it fell off from the shovel and just began levitating in front of Akaro and Kyoya.

"What is going on?"

Before an answer could come out, the golden blade began to wander on its own. It was slow, so Kyoya and Akaro could follow it without any problem, but its speed was increasing slowly.

At some point, Kyoya and Akaro had to run behind it!

"What have I done? This is a damn special floor! We can't run around like that!"

Kyoya also couldn't tell how far he has gone. He couldn't tell his location and it was slowly becoming a problem. If he were to face someone from the Grooma Kingdom, then Kyoya couldn't really tell whether he would be able to survive or not.

His steps slowly halted when the golden blade disappeared.

"What now?"

Not only Kyoya didn't know what happened, he was also in foreign land without any clue. He was worried, but the unknown phenomenon couldn't have happened without any reason as well!

Thus, he stood and waited for something to happen.

And so it did.

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!

The whole earth began to shake.

Even the dominating grayish fog began to tremble and slowly run away from the husband's location as if scared. But for Kyoya, this earthquake felt like someone was grasping the soil and forcefully pulling it out.

Such thoughts felt absurd, but when the cracks began to spread beneath the husband's feet, he began to feel like his imagination was not that far away.

As the earthquake kept escalating, Kyoya reached for his cat and hugged her tightly.

Then, he lost balance and hit the ground loudly.

It was then.

"What the… hell is this?"

His eyes spotted the unknown object that thoroughly dominated the fog. It was all black with many different lights flashing in each window. Those lights caused Akaro to let out a growl that shocked the husband.

Then, Kyoya ran away from his current spot as he could sense more energy leaving the earth's prison through the cracks.

[Akaro(My Goddess Fiana): Those Tricksters! They have planted their divine energies on the special floor!]

It went against the rules set up by other gods when they formed these special floors. Those floors and its nature were meant to be untainted by any energy, so that the strongest believers and each leader could create something akin to divine land for their gods.

And from what Akaro felt, it seemed like The Trickster Gods had something to say in this matter.

It was a huge matter, but Kyoya couldn't really comment on that, though.

He was running for his life…

Boom! Boom! Boom!

"Ugh!"

As the unknown object began to leave the earth, Kyoya became number one target by its main energy - The Trickster God's divine energy. He felt the divine beams of golden energy penetrating his body on each step which was painful.

He never felt such pain, but the husband's eyes were widely open. He also gritted his teeth and painfully withstood everything on his way while running forward! Akaro's eyes were looking deeply into his eyes, but more divine beams began to escape the 'object'.

[Akaro(My Goddess Fiana): This is the pure divine energy from The Trickster Gods! They want to get rid of the competition which is you, the future ninth!]

"AGHHHHHHHH!"

"Kyoya!"

Such scream elicited by the crisis brought by Trickster Gods' energies caused The Goddess Fiana to just speak through her cat form in her ethereal voice. This somewhat made Kyoya grin as he felt blessed and proud for this alone.

In such a pinch situation, it was weird, but Kyoya already took a huge liking to the goddess' voice. It was ethereal, but filled with emotions toward him!

How could he not take a liking to it?

"I will… take us… home…"

This would be so easy if not for these wounds and holes that made the husband look like a cheese. One truly could see the bloody ground through the holes in his body which was a horrifying sight at last.

"Just how big… is this damn… object?"

It just felt impossible to run away!