Chapter 977: An Angelic Threat

Chapter 977: An Angelic Threat



^So it'll wait until I reach your tower.^ Arad walked toward Yog's statue and sat beneath it, looking at one of the nuns, "How far is Yog's tower from here?"

"A ten-year journey, two years to cross the continent, then a six-year long trip by boat, and then another two years to reach the tower from docking. The tower is on the opposite side of the world; Going there is a life-long commitment and is considered a sacred pilgrimage." She approached with two steps, inspecting Arad's face. "Do you want to go there? No, the goddess said so... no wonder you'll need all the help you can get."

Arad sighed, "Ten years, that's too long." He looked at the church's ceiling with a longing face.

"The pilgrimage was never an easy feat; it's supposed to show the discipline and dedication of the believers against hardship." The nun looked at him with a judging glare, "Are you ready to take on such a holy journey? It's not..."

"I don't care about the journey." Arad cut her mid-speech. "I've spent a little around one year with my wives outside. Spending ten years here will only be a few minutes outside, but I don't feel right living here for that long, knowing and getting to know people in this place better than my family outside." He stood and started waving his hand, forming a small statue of Lilia with earth magic. "One month, I'll finish this and go back home."

Mary came rushing with a brown ceramic jug filled with holy water, almost splashing it everywhere. "My dear! Did I make you wait a lot?" She immediately stopped, seeing him working on an ugly stick figure of dirt.

"What are you doing?" She looked at his hands, "What is a deformed monster? A goblin?"

"Yes, a short, ugly, and haughty little gremlin. She has a face just at the right height for kicking." He showed Mary the statue.

"That's indeed ugly." She nodded; What he had in hand didn't look like Lilia.

One of the priests looked at Mary with a slightly worried face. "That's the goddess; he just sucks at earth magic."

Mary suddenly felt her holy magic dropping; she screamed, "Wait! I didn't know!" She looked up with a scared face, and Arad could hear Lilia laughing inside his head.

A few seconds later; Mary seemed to relax as her holy magic returned. As much as she brings it up, Lilia{Yog} was quite open about her height, almost always making fun of herself. She could've created a new body for herself to use but instead chose to stay like she is just because she likes being a half-elf half-halfling and loves how many halves she has.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

[Arad, you can ignore them. They won't come down or do anything.] Yog's voice immediately boomed in Arad's head. [Giving a threat is their way of giving people motivation to work. But they weren't lying; they were indeed too jealous.] She laughed, [I sent two women down, but I found out that those two boys caught and tied them to take their place.]

^Take that more seriously; angels are too powerful to be left going around like that.^ Arad sighed, [Don't worry, I can at least guarantee that they won't harm you.]

Arad looked back at Mary, "Sorry about that, you can ignore them." He thought they were talking with him, about his mission and how he treated Yog before.

"What?" Mary was still confused, barely able to speak or stand. The exhaustion of the spell coupled with what just happened had drained all the energy from her limbs, making it hard to even stand straight. She looked at Arad with a pale face, "Yeah...the spell is over...it wasn't supposed to be like this."

Arad stood and gave her a helping hand, assisting her up. "Can you walk?" He asked.

"Yeah." She replied, and he guided her inside the church to a private room where she lay on the bed, exhausted. "Thank you." She said, looking at Arad, "That took more out of me than I

expected."

"Those two brats were acting on their own." Arad pulled a chair and took a seat. "Don't stress it out. I bet Yog won't allow them to harm anyone; they serve her after all." He started playing with earth magic. Getting it right now was crucial for his plan.

Arad wasn't just sitting idly as Mary healed him; he was thinking of a plan to reach the other side of the world in less than a month. First, he'll master the basics of magic to kill monsters and defend himself. He'll then create a stone carriage propelled by fire and wind magic that uses magic crystals as fuel.

Mira is the one who came up with the plan for that carriage. The driver would need to sit lying down on his stomach with his feet protruding from the back. He'll cast fire and wind magic out of his feet to move forward, and out of his hands to turn left and right. The main body should be made of something like steel or enchanted wood, but since that will take a lot of time; Arad is thinking of using earth magic instead.

The plan is still incomplete and might change, but that's the best he can come up with now. He considered learning storage magic to store the crystals and potions so he wouldn't need the stone carriage and could fly on his own, but when he remembered how complicated it was, The thought the stone carriage was easier.

Slowly, Arad started thinking rationally about magic, how to use it, and what he could and

couldn't do at a certain time.

[You're a wizard, Arad!]