I am the only one here who knows that they are deities…
Night descended after a long wait, and darkness enveloped the entire city.
Wulis no longer hesitated and announced the start of the mission.
Their large gang of more than two hundred wizards then approached the palace and suppressed their auras with magical powder. They snuck into the palace and did not disturb the guards.
Han Xiao’s group of four hid among the group and waited for the mission to enter the final phase.
The journey was extremely smooth, and the wizards very quickly gathered outside the palace of the Great Palace Wizard.
Wu!
Right at this moment, a military horn sounded from within the palace.
The palace doors swung open, and a few dozen wizards charged out from the palace. At the front of the group, an old man stood. He was Vosumede.
“Humph, a bunch of sneaky rats. I have been waiting for all of you for a long time,” Vosumede said proudly. “I have long found out about all of your little schemes over the past half a month and couldn’t be bothered with all of you. Do all of you really think that I was unaware of you sneaking into the capital?
“I have already been operating in the Ocean Boundary Kingdom for fifty years, and my demonic spirit army is hidden all around. I found out the moment you stepped into this city!
“The guards of the palace have already cut off your escape route and are on the way here. It will be impossible for you to escape!”
The moment these words were said, the wizards of the gathering point became jittery.
Wulis stood out from the crowd and said with a deep voice, “Don’t be anxious. The number of wizards in the palace is less than a quarter of ours. We will be able to kill them all before the guards arrive!”
Vosumede suddenly burst out into laughter. “Wulis, is your brain rotten? Have you forgotten about my strongest trump card?”
Vosumede grabbed the necklace on his neck as he said that, and the temperature in the surroundings fell immediately. A cold gust of wind blew over, and more than a thousand demonic spirits appeared.
A gigantic demonic spirit appeared beside Vosumede; it was the Demonic Spirit King.
The two hundred or so wizards of the gathering points took a step back subconsciously and looked at the demonic spirit army nervously.
This was what Vosumede had relied on to rule the wizard world for fifty years. His Demonic Spirit Necklace was able to create and control demonic spirits.
Compared to the anxiousness of the others, Wulis was extremely confident. He held onto the White Sorcerer Wand in his hands. This was the nemesis of the demonic spirit army and also the reason he had dared to challenge Vosumede.
You have a divine weapon, but I do too… Wulis sneered coldly in his heart.
Right at this moment, Wulis suddenly thought about Han Xiao’s group of four. His eyes narrowed, and he decided against using the White Sorcerer Wand.
The divine weapon had to be used at the most appropriate moment. Wulis was extremely wary of Han Xiao’s group of four, and he glanced at them carefully before making a decision.
If four of them are Vosumede’s accomplices and make any moves, I can use the White Sorcerer Wand to kill them!
On the other side, Vosumede stroked his beard and looked extremely calm as though the entire situation was within his grasp.
“Do you know, I have never concerned myself with you? If all of you chose to hide properly, I may have been willing to give you a path of survival. However, you chose to come out and create trouble for me time and time again, even wanting to kill me.
“Ah, your imaginations are as distant as the stars in the skies, and all of you are like a bunch of annoying flies.
“You hid yourselves for fifty years like rats. Do you think that it is possible to overthrow me? How ridiculous!”
As he said that, the luxurious robe on Vosumede’s body began fluttering despite the lack of wind. His powerful magical force burst forth from his body. In the eyes of Wulis and the other wizards of the gathering points, Vosumede’s aura seemed to have become like a towering building, suppressing their very souls.
“What is this?” Wulis and the others were shocked, and their faces turned pale.
“Humph! There is an even more powerful level above the great wizard realm. I made use of fifty years to take this last step…”
Vosumede stretched out his arms and let out arrogant laughter.
“I am now a god!”
The two hundred or so wizards were all dumbfounded, and even Wulis felt his heart falling into despair.
No! The situation has changed, and I cannot save my trump card to deal with a spy that may not even exist.
I must make use of the White Sorcerer Wand to severely wound Vosumede if not the others will die!
Wulis held onto the White Sorcerer Wand tightly and began chanting a series of mnemonics, ready to activate the ‘divine weapon’.
Vosumede obviously did not understand the logic of a bad guy dying because he talked too much. He was still intoxicated with the feeling of the entire situation being in his grasp. He raised his hand and pointed at the crowd as though he was looking down on a bunch of ants.
“You do not understand anything about true strength!”
As those words sounded, Wulis completed his preparations, and his eyes narrowed. He was about to use the White Sorcerer Wand to launch his strongest attack on Vosumede.
Right at this moment, a psionic cannon shot out from within the crowd and smashed onto Vosumede’s arrogant face before anyone could even react.
The speed of the attack was one that did not even allow him to dodge.
Bang!
The flash of light came and went quickly, and Vosumede’s head disappeared without a trace.
His headless body then shook for a while before collapsing on the ground.
Everyone present was stunned silly.
Everyone looked at Vosumede’s headless body, and they could not believe what had happened.
Wait, Vosumede was… dead?
He died like that?
Wulis’ eyes bulged out to the point that they almost fell out.
Was I the one who killed him?
That’s not right… I didn’t even use the divine weapon…
Everyone then thought about the direction from which the ball of light was shot out from. They turned their heads and looked at Han Xiao’s group of four. The wizards of the gathering point then inched away from the four subconsciously.
“Mission complete.” Han Xiao then lowered his palm and opened his interface with satisfaction.
Just a moment ago, the mission had entered the final phase, and Han Xiao had blasted Vosumede’s head off without any hesitation. Despite this fellow looking as though he was extremely powerful, he was no more than a Grade C Super. A single cannon was enough to blow his head.
All the wizards present looked at Han Xiao’s group of four, and before they could even react, a huge change occurred.
Hu!
The moment Vosumede died, all the demonic spirits present lost control and charged out in all directions toward any living being around them.
The two hundred or so wizards immediately snapped back to reality and prepared to face the enemy.
Right at this moment, everyone could clearly see Feidin, who was beside Han Xiao, tapping his forehead and releasing a formless white light to cover the entire region. All the demonic spirits who touched the white light immediately disintegrated.
In the blink of an eye, all the demonic spirits including the Demonic Spirit King were wiped out.
This time, everyone clearly saw what had happened. Their bodies were rooted to the ground, and a look of disbelief could be seen on their faces.
This… What kind of strength was this?
Was Vosumede really killed by these four? With a single hit?
Pa!
The staff in Wulis’ hands dropped on the ground, and his lips b
egan to tremble.
He had tried to make various predictions about what might happen, but never had he expected such a scenario.
To think that the four people who he thought could be spies for the enemy actually had such frightening strength and killed the enemy leader with a single attack.
The White Sorcerer Wand that he had spent so much effort to create was actually completely useless.
“You… who exactly are all of you?”
Wulis looked at Han Xiao’s group of four with bloodshot eyes.
This was also the question in the hearts of everyone present.
Vosumede had been ruling over the wizard world for fifty years and was actually easily killed by four reclusive wizards of dubious origins.
This made all the wizards present feel a sense of defeat.
Wulis was the one who was most affected by the scene before him. He felt as though his insistence over the last fifty years was completely meaningless.
Han Xiao frowned and did not reply. He turned around to look at Tomar instead.
Tomar was excited to the point he almost exploded. From beginning to end, his eyes had been fixed on Han Xiao’s group of four. Upon seeing Han Xiao looking at him, Tomar immediately understood the hint.
The next moment, he walked out from the crowd with agitation and spoke loudly to attract everyone’s attention.
“There isn’t a need for me to hide anything anymore! I have always known their identities. They are deities, true deities! Only deities have such strength!”
Upon hearing that, everyone fell into a daze.
De—deities?
This answer was completely out of their imagination.
Everyone felt as though their world view had been lifted before being slammed back onto the ground.
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After seeing the performance of the four, the audience somewhat believed that they were deities. This seemed to be the only explanation for their unprecedented power.
Ta, ta, ta!
As everyone started to rave about the deities, the royal guards of the Ocean Boundary Kingdom slowly arrived. They had originally heeded the order of Vosumede to surround the wizards, but upon learning that Vosumede had suddenly died, even the court mages were too afraid of the so-called four ‘deities’ and lost the ability to resist.
The subordinate wizards of Vosumede surrendered one after another. Upon learning that Vosumede had been killed, the head of the Royal Guards Corps could not believe it. Once he had confirmed his death, he was overjoyed.
Vosumede was not supported by the majority of people, and they hoped for him to die an early death. However, no one had the ability to kill him, so his death came as good news to a lot of people.
The head of the Royal Guard Corps initially thought that Vosumede had been killed by the head of the wizard assembly points, but the truth from the wizard’s mouth frightened him. He could not help but glance over at the four ‘deities’ before hurriedly dispatching an escort to notify the king.
While it was already late into the night, the atmosphere surrounding the area was weird. Practically everyone around was wide awake and scrutinizing the four of them. Han Xiao did not bother with their reactions and turned his attention to the Mission Completion notification on his user interface.
Having completed the chain mission [Planet Nalun’s Demon King], the talent that he was supposed to obtain as a reward finally arrived.
Talent [Soul Lock]: +20% Psychological Resistance.
Duration of all negative spiritual effects is reduced by 10%.
When you suffer a spiritual attack, you have a 18% – 34% chance to negate the damage. If damage is negated, there is a cooldown time of 30 minutes.
Adding this to my [Advanced Mental Toughness], my spiritual resistance should be at fifty-five percent. However, compared to the addition of resistance, the effect of this damage negation could result in some miracles…
While the cooldown time was pretty long, probably allowing it to only be triggered once in battle, and was uncontrollable, it was still an extremely useful ability. If he had possessed such a talent when he was facing Psyker, he would have had a chance to completely negate this effect.
The chance of triggering the damage negation was only at eighteen percent. Even if he was not too lucky, the chance was still manageable. Han Xiao had long gotten used to looking only at the lower limit of his odds.
At this time, Tomar had already started to popularize the divine names of the four of them among the crowd. Wulis brought a group of people to approach Han Xiao, displaying a cramped expression. He did not seem to know how to properly communicate with the deities, and to come into contact with someone whose life level far exceeded theirs, he was full of awe and anxiety.
“Four Majesties… oh no, Deities. On behalf of all the wizards, I thank you for getting rid of this devil Vosumede. If there are any requests, I’ll try my best to fulfil them…”
Han Xiao kept his interface, looking at the anxious group of people before smiling. “I do have a request, and that is for Tomar to be my emissary. I’ll bring him up to the kingdom of God.”
The emissary of a Deity?
Everyone’s head swiveled toward Tomar, full of envy, surprise, shock, and so on.
Tomar gaped in shock, his brain an absolute blank. He did not believe that Han Xiao was pointing at himself. “This… what is the meaning of this…”
“The meaning is, I’ll take you to the world that the deities live in.” Han Xiao pulled out all the stops in his acting. “Are you willing to?”
Tomar was rendered utterly incoherent by the surprise, and the few words that managed to escape his mouth were gibberish that even the translator could not handle. He frantically nodded, as though he was testing if he could snap his spine by doing so.
Wulis gulped. While he was full of curiosity about deities and their kingdom, he did not know their character and hence did not dare to ask further.
At this moment, the soldier who went to notify the king finally returned, reporting the situation to the head of the Royal Guard Corps.
Immediately, the head walked over to where Han Xiao and the rest were, with a respectful expression.
“Four Deities, Your Excellency Wulis, Your Excellency Tomar, His Majesty hopes that you will grace him with your presence.”
Wulis did not reply but rather turned his head to look at Han Xiao. He understood that the person whom the king wished to see were the deities.
Han Xiao thought about it before nodding and accepting the invite.
Seeing the king of this current regime would not take much time, and it could also help to dispel any worries the new leek Tomar would have.
Seeing this, both Wulis and Tomar quickly agreed as well.
“Please follow me.”
The head guard was overjoyed and quickly escorted them to the main hall.
The king of Ocean Boundary Kingdom had urgently dressed up just to meet them.
When faced with the creatures suspected to be deities, the Ocean Boundary King tried to make himself look dignified. Since it was the first time that he had come in contact with deities, he did not wish to destroy the glory of his kingdom. Unfortunately, his protruding belly had defeated all his attempts.
Upon seeing Han Xiao and the rest in the appearance of the Naluners, his internal nervousness dissipated a lot. At least the appearance of the deities was familiar to him.
“Distinguished Deities, I hereby represent Ocean Boundary Kingdom to welcome you. Forgive me, but please allow me to ask, what exactly is a deity and for what purpose have you all come?”
“Even if I were to tell you, you would not be able to understand the difference in our life levels.” Han Xiao raised a brow, behaving pretentiously. “As for our objective, it was first to get rid of Vosumede, which has been completed. The second objective is to choose an emissary, and I have chosen Tomar.”
The Ocean Boundary King glanced at Tomar, burning his face in
to his heart. He then jolted before asking, “In that case, does it mean that deities are willing to pass down your teachings?”
“Oh, you can put it that way.” Han Xiao nodded. This reasoning was more convenient for him as well.
The eyes of the Ocean Boundary King lit up, and he thought that he had grasped the needs of the deities.
“Since that’s the case, if the four of your Deities are able to perform a miracle and bless the kingdom, I’m willing to create a religion that belongs to you, mobilizing the people of the kingdom to become your believers.”
Han Xiao narrowed his eyes, unsurprised. For a backward civilization, the knowledge of deities existing was equivalent to an opportunity for them to reshape their social structure. In their eyes, the help of deities was more important than the development of science and technology.
He could predict that, with his influence, the trajectory of the development of the Planet Nalun civilization would change. Religion would soon begin to intervene in politics, and there was a great chance of forming a political system that combined both politics and religion.
This time, a new mission suddenly popped up on the interface.
[Display Miracles]
Mission Introduction: The indigenous regime of Planet Nalun treats you as a God and wishes for you to show your ‘miracles’. Maybe you’ll leave a mark on the history of this civilization.
Mission Requirements: Present a ‘miracle* to the Ocean Boundary King (Requires a subversion of the target’s cognition).
Reward: 3,000,000 experience, 1 Planet Legendary Point.
“Oho, there’s even a branch task.” Han Xiao was overjoyed.
In his previous life, during the mid to late versions of the game, players would occasionally visit backwater civilizations to gain Legendary Points. They would pull all sorts of tricks to leave their names in the history of that civilization. This was also a way to gain Legendary Points.
Since he could obtain a Legendary Point, there was no need to reject this task.
Sweeping a glance at the expectant looks of the Ocean Boundary King, Tomar, and Wulis, Han Xiao breathed in deeply before raising his hands. The nanoparticles transformed into countless carving knives, drawing out a map on one of the palace walls.
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