Chapter 394

Chapter 394

The fist exploded, Hagan fell to the ground, and the message appeared. Ming Hu glanced at the message, then at the arm he had punched, and thought.

“It only reflects what’s shiny.

Ming Hu’s health had not been reduced by a single point. As expected, the non-shiny parts did not reflect attacks.

“Three minutes.

After checking the shiny and non-shiny areas, Ming Hu began collecting the items dropped near Hagan, remembering that Letos would be summoned in three minutes.

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[You have mastered the Cloak of Flow].

Fortunately or unfortunately, Hagan, a mid-level boss, dropped a number of equipment items unlike the Centurion-class octopuses and regular octopuses he had captured so far. With a satisfied smile on his face, Ming Hu closed his inventory and surveyed his surroundings.

“Where does it come from.

Boss monsters do not appear by summoning like the Centurion and Centurion monsters. They travel directly to you. I say 3 minutes, but I could have cut that down if I knew the direction they were coming from.

“Ugh!

Scanning his surroundings, Ming Hu soon spotted something huge approaching in the distance.

“Letos!

The giant something was a kraken. It was Letos, the kraken from the message. Spotting Letos, Ming Hu began to walk toward him.

[Letos, the leader of the Letos faction].

The distance closed quickly, and after less than three minutes, a message appeared indicating that he had appeared, and the moment it appeared, Letos stopped moving. Ming Hu continued to close the distance between them, whether Letos stopped moving or not.

“…Hmm?

However, the sight of it soon made Ming Hu stop in his tracks.

“What is it?

Ming Hu looked at Letos with a slight frown on his brow. More precisely, he looked at something perched on top of Letos’ head. There was someone perched on top of Letos’ head, looking at Ming Hu.

“Woman?

Ming Hu took a closer look at the person watching him from above Letos’ head, and he couldn’t help but feel a little puzzled. It was a woman, a beautiful and noble-looking woman, looking at him from above his head.

“Wait a minute.

But soon afterward, Ming Hu realized something was wrong.

‘The bridge is…’

There was something wrong with his lower body. It was not a human lower body as Ming Hu knew it; it had too many legs to be human.

“Is it a monster?

The woman looked like a monster, not a human.

That was the moment.

[Ataksha, the god of water and vitality].

[Ataksha looks at you].

A message that appeared out of nowhere.

“…?

Ming Hu looked at the message and scratched his head. The message didn’t make much sense.

“God? God?

After a moment, understanding the content of the message, Ming Hu turned away from it with a surprised expression and faced Ataksha, who was looking at him from above Letos’ head.

“If Ataksha…

Being a newcomer was amazing, but the name Ataxia was the problem. Ataksha, Ming Hu had heard of Ataksha.

“The same God who is supposedly angry with me?

Before capturing Agranecto, the demon king of the Seven Realms, Ming Hu stopped by the temple and was able to speak with Elgav. Through his conversation with Elgav, he learned of the existence of a god named Ataksha and realized that Ataksha was angry with him for capturing the Kraken.

“Hmmm.

Ming Hu cursed under his breath and studied Ataksha’s expression. Was it the kraken he’d killed earlier, or the lampreys he’d just captured? Ataxia’s expression and eyes were grim.

“This is…

This did not feel good. Ming Hu opened the quest window and checked the quest he had received from Refurem.

Refurem, the god of luck and thieves, has a proposition for you: kill the Kraken, a race known to the gods as the Faradon. You don’t know why Leprechaun wants to kill the Kraken, or why he wants to do so. What is your choice: accept Refurem’s offer and kill the Kraken or refuse?

[kraken:1/???]

Quest Difficulty: S

Quest Reward: ???

Slightly decreased affinity with Refurem when declining quests

‘That was a dangerous quest…’

I thought it was a very dangerous quest.

“What are you going to reward them with?

Ming Hu glanced at Ataksha’s mood as she looked at him, then at the quest reward in question marks. The reward was indeed curious.

* * * * *

The third order, which is the most important after the first, second, and third orders.

“I’m bored!”

Elgav, the Lord of the Three Realms, responsible for life and vitality, was wandering around his temple, looking very bored.

“What do I do…”

Elgav pondered what he could do to relieve his boredom.

“They’re annoying and…”

It wasn’t that he didn’t have work to do. Elgav was a god with many worshippers, and he listened to their prayers.

But for Elgav, it was too much of a hassle. Or, to be more precise, it was more exhausting than annoying.

“If I’d known this would happen…”

Elgav remembered the past. Then he smirked and shook his head. It had already passed.

“Elgav!”

That was the moment.

“…!”

Elgav turned uneasily at the sound of a voice calling to him, and looked toward the source of the voice.Ssshhhhhhhhhh.

“You were here?”

There flew an angel with six pure white wings, three pairs, or six wings. The angel’s expression was one of great urgency.

“Uh, yeah.”

Elgav replied in a bewildered voice, seeing the urgency in the angel’s expression. Then the angel continued.

“It’s about time for the High Priestesses’ prayer.”

“…”

Elgav was speechless at the angel’s words.

“…something urgent has come up.”

But that didn’t last long, and Elgav, creating a rush, opened his mouth to speak.

“You’ll be praying for me today, Lariel.”

Elgav spoke to Larel, then quickly created a gate, and before Larel could say anything, he was inside.

Siaak

“Whoa.”

Once on the other side of the gate, Elgav breathed a sigh of relief. Then he looked around.

“I’ll go see Atakshana while I’m here.”

Elgav arrived through the gate to the Fourth Realm. It was overseen by Ataksha, the goddess of water and vitality, and Elgav decided that since he was here, he should see her. It wasn’t long before Elgav was able to reach Ataksha’s temple.

“I’d like to see Elgav.”

“I’d like to see Elgav.”

The angels of the Four Heavens guarding the entrance to the temple greeted Elgav. Elgav smiled at their greeting and walked past them into the temple.

“…Hmm?”

But once inside the temple, Elgav was forced to stop walking.

“No?

I didn’t feel the aura of Ataksha where I should have. Elgav shook his head and turned back to the entrance.

“Where’s Ataksha?”

Elgav asked the angels guarding the entrance.

“It’s…”

“….”

The angels didn’t answer Elgav’s question right away. They looked at each other, their eyes communicating what they should do.

“…”

Elgav frowned at the angels’ reaction.

‘Bastards.

Elgav was an administrator of the Third Realm, a higher level than the Fourth Realm, even if he claimed not to be in control. Elgav did not like the angels’ reaction.

“He had to step out for a moment.”

Did he feel the heart of Elgav? The angel on the right opened his mouth, and as soon as he finished speaking, the angel on the left took over.

“You have traveled directly to Middle-earth.”

Hearing the angels’ words, Elgav was astonished.

“…Middle Earth? In person?”

It was quite remarkable that Ataksha, who normally never left the temple, would go to Middle Earth, and that he did so in person, rather than as a power god.

“Why?”

Elgav asked the angels why Ataksha had traveled directly to Middle Earth.

“We don’t know that.”

“You didn’t say why.”

But the angels did not know why Ataksha had traveled to Middle-earth. Elgav nodded in understanding at the angels’ words and reentered the temple.

“What happened to…

Elgav thought as he walked to Ataksha’s room. What on earth could have happened to cause Ataksha to travel to Middle-earth herself?

“Is it the last name?

Elgav frowned. There was only one thing Elgav knew about Ataksha that would move her directly. A surname from the past that should never be known.

“I don’t think so.

Remembering the castle, Elgav shook his head. Nothing could have happened to the castle. If something had happened, it would mean someone from outside had gotten inside, which was impossible.

“I’ll be right back.

However, Ataksha’s temple was not barred, which meant that he would return soon, and you could ask him at that time.

“But is it really about the last name?

Soon arriving at Ataksha’s room, Elgav raised his right hand as he continued to think.

Siaak

Then a dark black orb appeared. It was a very unpleasant looking orb. Elgav looked at the orb with a satisfied smile and muttered to himself.

“It’s growing very nicely, and at this rate…”

* * * * *

“What do I do?

Looking at Letos, who had stopped moving, and Ataksha, who was looking at him from above, Ming Hu wondered what he should do.

“Hold it?

Ming Hu looked at Letos, this was the Letos he wanted to catch, and Letos had arrived, if he caught him, the quest rewards would be enhanced, and there was a chance that set equipment would drop as well.

“It’s taking Ataksha…

But the ataksha perched on top of his head bothered him.

-What do you want me to do, Mother?

It was then. As Ming Hu was thinking about what to do, Letos opened his mouth to speak. Hearing Letos’ words, Ming Hu turned his head to look at Ataxia, and Ataxia, who had only been looking at Ming Hu, spoke.

“You wait here for a while.”

[Warning!]

[Ataksha is trying to annihilate you].

[Dying to Ataksha reduces your level by 2 as a penalty and reduces all stats by 20% for 48 hours after respawning].

And as Ataksha finished speaking, a message popped up.

“…”

After seeing the message, Ming Hu was speechless. He wondered what he should do, but he didn’t have to wonder. Ming Hu looked away from the message and saw Ataksha coming toward him. Ataksha was moving quite fast and the distance was closing fast.

“Deadly.”

Ming Hu looked at the rapidly closing distance and used the active skill special move built into the Bracelet of Death.

[Item ‘Deadly Bracelet’ physical armor changed to -5000].

[Item ‘Deadly Bracelet’ magic armor changed to -5000].

A message popped up and Ming Hu’s hand began to glow brightly.

“Plastic.”

Ataksha smiled at Minghu’s behavior. Ming Hu saw Ataksha’s smile and thought to himself.

“Let’s see if I can get hit and still feel that way.

The special move dealt twice as much damage as a single punch. The smile on Ataksha’s face would disappear the moment she was struck.

“Don’t you know it yet?”

Ataksha’s smile grew wider as she continued to approach Ming Hu. But Ming Hu didn’t respond to Ataksha’s words. He didn’t care. His mind was filled with thoughts of delivering the killing blow with his traveling strike.

“Now!

Soon enough, it was time to use a traveling strike, and Ming Hu quickly opened his mouth.

“Moving Strike!”

After using a traveling strike, Ming Hu arrived in front of Ataxia and immediately threw a glowing fist at her.

Boom!

Then Ming Hu’s fist slammed into Ataksha’s abdomen, creating a tremendous roar. Ming Hu grinned broadly at the sound.

“…?”

But Ming Hu’s expression quickly hardened at the message that followed.

[You have attacked Ataksha].

[It’s not polite].

[No human power can do damage to a god].