Chapter 311 Marked

Vincent heaved a sigh of relief. From her words, he realized that it wasn't him that was smelly. It was probably the seal left behind by the blonde goddess or whatever traces she left on him.

He can no longer hold back as he immediately explained his situation. He didn't feel comfortable being called smelly after all.

"Celestial, I'm not sure why you're calling the curse left by the goddess as smelly… However, rest assured that I didn't ask for this curse." Vincent explained.

"Is there a way for you to help me remove it?" He added.

"Hmmm… A curse? No way, it must be a blessing from your goddess." The Celestial answered with certainty as she shook her head.

"Anyway, what's important is that you're helping two Celestials as well. It means that you do not care about this goddess who did this to you. Because if you are, you should be hating all the Celestial Beings."

"I should be hating the Celestials if I'm with the goddess?"

Vincent went silent for a moment as he absorbed her words. It seems that his previous guess was right. When the Celestial Beings arrived here using the Qheglena Spaceship, they fought against the 'guardians' of this world which are the gods and goddesses in the legends.

That would really make sense as it would explain the mysteriousness of the dungeons as well. Since the clues related to the gods and goddesses were found in the dungeons, it should be reasonable to conclude that they were powerful beings that has been living here before the Celestials had arrived.

"May I ask what happened, Celestial? Did you beat the deities after arriving here?"

"Huh? Why are you asking me that? Did these two not tell you?" She asked in confusion. However, she immediately realized something and looked at Tara.

"Wait… Right, you asked if I can still remember what happened to me, don't tell me that you guys lost your memories?"

Tara and Rem didn't reply but their silence meant a lot to the white-haired Celestial. She couldn't help but look at them with pity.

Vincent was the one who answered instead.

"They have been heavily injured before they went to slumber. Furthermore, something seems to be stopping them from providing information about themselves and their past so they can't tell me many things."

"Interesting… These two were probably marked by the Overseer then."

At the mention of the Overseer, Krusk jolted as he could still recall the mission given to him.

He doesn't know why he has to fight the Overseer so he wanted to at least get more information about this being and judge whether he should really do this task. After all, if it's incredibly stronger than him, he would have to consider backing out and letting the others deal with it instead.

"Overseer… Overseer… Do you know him?" Krusk suddenly asked as he sprinted over to the Celestial. He wasn't cautious at all as he seemed defenseless approaching the Celestial.

"Who is this kid? Hmm… You're surprisingly powerful… Demihuman? No… You have a core… Demihumans doesn't have them. A humanoid beast? Interesting." The Celestial seem to be talking to herself as she assessed Krusk who just came out of nowhere.

She then realized that she was actually inside a formation art and blocking her senses…

As soon as she realized this, she swiftly used her Celestial Energy to scan the surroundings. She found out that aside from the four in front of her, there are two others who were outside the Formation Art.

They seem to have planned really well before they decided to wake her up.

"He's a transformed Mythical Beast. A friend of mine… He's only curious about the Overseer because of what his parents told him."

"Ho~ A humanoid beast… You might become friends with the Demihumans…" The Celestial said with her teasing voice as she tapped the Cryogenic Sleep Chamber beside her.

Then, like it has its own life, it disassembled into tiny pieces as they started to cover her body.

All this time, she was talking to them fully naked. Now that Krusk has appeared and realized that there were two others watching her, she probably thought that it was about time to get dressed.

Clink…

It covered her whole body except for her head.

"Demihumans? Are they like me?" Krusk asked curiously after watching her wear her armor.

"Something like that… They're quite powerful with beastly powers… However, they don't have a core which is probably their biggest flaw." She said with a hint of a smile.

"Maybe they went here to get a core?" Krusk innocently asked but the Celestial did not answer.

Vincent listened to them as he felt a bit worried for a different reason. Now that she wore her armor, it would be difficult to fight her.

"Krusk… Get back here. We are still not sure if she's being controlled." Vincent warned.

"What do you mean controlled?"

The white-haired Celestial frowned as she seem to have been offended by Vincent's words.

"The Xonid Legion." Rem reminded.

"Those parasites… They were not completely eliminated as expected. Anyway, I'm not controlled by those parasites. You can easily tell whether someone is controlled by a Xonid by checking their eyes… However, that is only effective if they have fully controlled their target… There are cases in which they will just live inside their target and not control them… It's much more difficult to find them but as long as another Celestial Being used their energy to inspect the body, they would be able to tell whether a Xonid is living inside your body or not.

"Do you want to inspect me?" She added in the end while looking at Tara and Rem.

"Yes…" Tara answered.

The white-haired Celestial wasn't surprised and nodded.

Tara then did as she was told and confirmed that the Celestial this time is safe…

"Whew~"

Vincent heaved a sigh of relief. There is no need for a dangerous battle this time. This is for the better.

The Celestial then asked how they got involved with a Xonid and Vincent told her the full story. Since she was willing to freely share information with them, he didn't mind reciprocating it and he even informed her about the current situation of the continent.

They decided to chat for a long time as Vincent finally had a clear picture of this world's past and perhaps the world's direction.

"As expected, the gods and goddesses were truly beaten until they have to go into hiding, huh…"