Chapter 63: Trade (1)

Chapter 63: Trade (1)

Author: FlameYongYongie

Title: Rabbit that fell from the sky.

(Roughly a pulverized corpse.jpg)

ᄂwhere exactly are you saying the rabbit is, Yongyong.

ᄂEven Yongyong has lost his touch now.

ᄂnah that ain’t no rabbit, that’s more like vomit.

ᄂAh, isn't this that thing? The recent strange rumors about corpses suddenly falling from the sky?

ᄂBut isn't that like winning the lottery? I heard rumors that it's an extremely good material.

ᄂSeems like it would sell for a lot.

ᄂEven a fist-sized meteorite is expensive, I wonder how much something like this would cost?

ᄂI heard that in some worlds, there were even wars fought over them.

Recently, posts about monster corpses falling or meteor showers have been appearing frequently in the community.

Of course, there were also many users who reacted negatively to this.

ᄂagain with the fuss?

ᄂseems like everything be catching fire these days LOL

ᄂThere's no one who has actually proven that something fell from the sky, right?

ᄂThey just upload so-called proof posts saying everything fell from the sky whenever they see something a bit strange.

ᄂSome guy even said a silver aurora filled the entire sky.

ᄂisn't this similar to the divine possession trend from before?

ᄂfr fr LOL if you look into it, it's all just delusions and weird dreams LOL all nonsense.

Most people dismissed it as a community happening where people were jumping on the bandwagon, claiming they saw something similar.

This was true for Virdel as well, but she had already organized and reported it separately to the Oradge.

Virdel, who used the somewhat childish alias of Devil King, sighed as she closed the community.

She felt guilty for not being able to properly manage the community's quality recently.

Although she had received permission from the Administrator, she still felt uneasy.

[A message has arrived from the Administrator.]

-Hm? Of course training comes first.

[A message has arrived from the Administrator.]

-You said you're starting to grasp something? Train. Of course, IRL life comes first, doesn't it?

Hmm. She almost felt a little disappointed by his overly casual response, but...

[A message has arrived from the Administrator.]

-Do as you wish.

How could she possibly feel disappointed when he was respecting her wishes?

"Hoo..."

Her eyes shone as she looked at the huge stele in the Heavenly Demon Vault.

"What could it be..."

A long, huge stele emitting a faint blue light was enshrined in the center of the Heavenly Demon Vault.

It should have been covered in dust from being buried in the treasure vault for a long time, but no such thing was visible.

However, as no effects had been discovered so far, it had been dismissed as just a giant night-shining pearl.

And that too, in a secret vault that only successive Heavenly Demon Cult Leaders could enter.

"Hmm."

The front and back of the stele were densely engraved with tiny characters.

These were neither characters used in the Jianghu Murim where she was, nor characters she knew.

Unidentified characters that couldn't be interpreted at all.

She was about to pass over it without much thought, but...

Twitch-

As she quietly stared at the stele, she had a strange sense of déjà vu, as if she could somewhat understand the meaning contained within.

How should she put it... As she kept reading sentences that couldn't be interpreted at all, it almost felt as if the true meaning contained within was being conveyed.

It was a strange sensation that couldn't be described in words.

The same was true for the Sacred Flame of the Heavenly Demon Cult.

A Sacred Flame Stand where small blue flames were burning.

Although it felt hot enough to make it difficult to approach closely, when she actually approached and touched the fire, she didn't feel the heat.

Rather, the Sacred Flame flickered vigorously as if welcoming her.

Moreover, other people couldn't even approach it.

She spent several days examining the stele and Sacred Flame in the Heavenly Demon Vault like that.

Since the Heavenly Demon Vault and the Sacred Flame Stand were far apart, she forcibly ordered the Sacred Flame Stand to be moved to the Heavenly Demon Vault.

She began researching the two things that had bothered her since she first saw them, and it seemed like she was making progress little by little.

She stood up.

She began to move her body, holding the long and crude Heavenly Demon Sword said to have been used by the First Heavenly Demon.

Whoosh-

She moved her body languidly, following the inspiration that came to her.

A movement that was neither martial arts nor dance steps, but something in between.

This was a bewildering result even for her.

[I can't feel the connection with Mother.]

In any case, this meant it was a dimension outside of Sephiroth.

[Right... Let’s think positively.]

Dimensional Travel performed in an unstable Dimensional Passage during an urgent situation.

It wouldn't have been surprising if her body had been torn apart in the cracks between dimensions.

Perhaps it was a stroke of luck that she arrived in such an intact world.

[Still...]

Her physical body began to gradually fade away.

There wasn't much time left.

[Let's find something that can substitute for a body.]

If left like this, her entire body would be corrupted and she wouldn't be able to avoid annihilation.

She closed her eyes and began to resonate with the world.

Fragments of information about the world rushed in.

Hm? What's this?

Martial artists wearing clothes with wide sleeves were engaged in aerial combat while wearing various machines.

The way they were flying around somehow...

Their attire didn't match the civilization level of the world at all.

But this was an emergency situation.

There was no time to pay attention to such trivial matters.

Those things could be looked into after finding a new body.

Ah...! Found one.

A human with extremely high resonance was caught in her senses. Moreover, it somehow smelled faintly of the clan.

With a body like that, I should be able to recover quickly.

Her body burst into silver flames, then transformed into a small, round ball of light.

[Ugh... This feels awful.]

It couldn't possibly feel good to be in a state where only the soul was extracted after losing the physical body. However, it was unavoidable in order to preserve as much of the remaining power and essence of the original body as possible.

[Quickly!]

She flew instantly towards the body with the highest resonance in this world.

I can see it.

A woman wearing red armor.

As she got closer, she couldn't help but marvel. It was nearly impossible to find such a suitable target for possession, after all.

[Come on, hand over your body!]

The silver ball of light instantly approached the girl and attempted to make contact.

And at that moment.

"?"

[Kyaaaaaaak!!]

Beep-

[Power Absorption System Activated]

[Unidentified Energy Source Confirmed]

[Target Analysis]

[FAIL!]

[FAIL!]

[Comparing Similar Case Analysis Data]

[Sacred Flame - 34.68% Match]

[Grade 2 Ether - 2.82% Match]

Beep-

[Proceeding with Absorption]

[ERROR!]

[ERROR!]

[Rapid Absorption System Activated]

[ERROR!]

[ERROR!]

[Unconfirmed System Access Attempt Detected]

[ERROR!]

[Initiating Subsystem Separation as well as Forced Ether Synthesis]

[Progress 0.02%]

Beep-

Virdel, who was briefly conversing with Namgung Jin who had visited the cult, tilted her head.

It was because she heard a voice from the armor bestowed by the Administrator.

[Kyaaaaaaak!! H-Help me!!]

"..."

"What's wrong, /genesisforsaken