Chapter 93
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Chapter 93: I Brought Gifts, It’s Green!
"This time, 152 comrades sacrificed their lives; all heroically fell in battle before the arrival of the Giant God."
"The experimental work ship was nearly destroyed, and all twenty-two battle vessels were damaged to varying degrees, including nine ships, such as the Son of the Giant God, suffering severe destruction."
"Additionally… Champion chosen knight, Albert Drake, was missing."
In the office of the "Giant God’s Radiance," Sulya listened to the secretary’s report while continuously rubbing her temples.
The mortals’ "net path project" had temporarily halted as the flood of ether raised by the Giant God violently swept her and the other ships back toward Themis.
According to the reports from the search and rescue reconnaissance team, many sections of the net path had collapsed, and there was no need to worry about the demons’ invasion for now.
But nonetheless, this did not hide the "great failure" of the net path project.
Indeed.
At the start of the experiment, they had barely begun digging and ended up uncovering a huge swarm of demons, even attracting a councilor-level demon god; although the mortals, led by the living saint, showed courage and spirit, that was all they had.
A councilor-level demon…
Clearly, twenty-two main ships weren’t enough!
In the end, the Sun Giant God stepped in to save everyone and crushed the arrogant demon god.
Otherwise, the twenty-two main ships, along with the experimental work ship carrying over ten thousand elite sailors, including Sulya, would have been completely lost.
Having only 152 casualties was lucky under the circumstances.
"Immediately handle the arrangements for these 152 fallen comrades, compile a list of the martyrs’ families, and provide comfort according to the rules."
"Also, set up a date for a group memorial service; I will attend personally."
"Arrange an internal review meeting too; we must figure out why this failure happened."
"The publicity department must get moving; I recall I brought back a few demon god eyes; after preparing them, display them publicly to calm the people."
"The Ashen Knights and Purity Officers need to act; besides guarding the net path entrance, find and eliminate any demons and their Chaos followers who’ve sneaked in lately, to stop them from causing trouble!"
"And, there are plenty of demons and Chaos followers locked up in the Purity Prison, right?"
"Tell them to drag everyone out and kill them! Hold a big blood sacrifice! To show our regret and apology to the Sun Giant God…"
…
After being bathed in Holy Light, she saw big gains in her body and strength, and her thinking got much sharper too.
Becoming a node of the "Soul Network," she found she could now "think in parallel," handling multiple tasks at once in an organized way.
So, Sulya’s orders came out clear and steady, one after another.
Her skill at handling government work was amazing, making many people see her as the "philosopher king" crafted by the Sun Giant God, the "bride of the Giant God" who’d lead them to beat chaos.
Sulya didn’t confirm or deny this, and not everyone agreed.
For instance, the chief secretary, a "Giant God Chosen One," often added to Sulya’s plans and rules.
"With all due respect, honored living saint."
The chief secretary gave a small bow and reminded her, "We should prepare a memorial and obituary for Ms. Albert Drake."
"Even though the search team didn’t find her body, both the rescuers and the Rangers who’d lived in the ‘Endless Ether’ of the ‘upper layers of the universe’ believe Ms. Albert Drake had no chance of surviving."
"I think we should make a big deal out of her deeds…"
The situation was chaotic at that moment.
Many might have seen Ms. Albert Drake fearlessly confronting the demon god, hurling the Holy Light spear at Him; but no one saw where Albert Drake was blown away by the raging flood of ether after the arrival of the Giant God.
The search and rescue team even thought she must have been dissolved into basic magical particles by the etheric liquid.
"No."
Sulya decisively rejected this suggestion.
"Albert Drake’s brave actions had caught the attention of the Giant God."
"She had her own mission and fate."
"Let’s worry about ourselves instead…"
"Ah…"
After dismissing the secretaries, Sulya sighed.
"Ultimately, I was still a mortal."
"I was too arrogant to think I could participate in the sacred net path project."
"I didn’t expect to hit a wall before even starting."
Despite that, after this incident, Sulya couldn’t help but ponder a particular question.
"Given that I could blast the eyes of the Chaos Demon God, chaos, even the Chaos God, was not invincible!"
"Especially in places filled with etheric liquid, where magic power was greatly disrupted. In those places, as long as I engaged in close combat, I could surely strike the self-righteous Chaos Demon God!"
"Maybe twenty-two battleships wouldn’t be enough."
"What about two hundred and twenty?"
"How about two thousand two hundred!?"
"If that didn’t work…"
"Then what about twenty-two thousand!?"
"What if the ‘Smashing Claw’ received enough interpretation and upgrades? Or what if we had even more powerful melee weapons!?"
"This way, even if we couldn’t directly kill the demon god, it would be enough to support the Giant God!"
The living saint soon fell into a frenzy of thoughts.
She recalled her first encounter with the Giant God’s treasury—the giant armored insect blocking the sky, dyeing the earth black; giant dragons, raging serpents, deities, everything trembled beneath the swarm’s feet!
"Uh…"
As she thought of this, her head began to hurt again.
The mind-shattering feeling from visiting the Giant God’s information treasury returned.
"I would bear any responsibilities myself."
"I wonder how the Giant God would punish a humble mortal who had broken the net path and continued to be so arrogant…"
"Would He swallow me whole?"
"Well… that didn’t sound too bad."
…
If Trilobite knew the thoughts of the young lady he was "nurturing," he would surely tilt his head and say in a shocked tone, "Young lady, you’re a bit off."
While Sulya was lost in her thoughts…
"The Giant God! The Giant God has returned?"
"Great is the Giant God!"
"Oh my, what is the Giant God going to do!?"
"It seems like He has something in His sacred mouth!"
…
Gasps filled the Soul Network.
Sulya immediately stopped her wandering thoughts and raised the "Giant God’s Radiance."
As she stepped onto the deck, the Giant God passed right by her.
His huge body was still towering, floating in the sea and stirring up huge waves!
He swam toward the continent wrecked by chaos.
"Boom—!"
His big paddle-like limbs stepped onto the land!
"Whoosh… whoosh… whoosh…"
His huge frame shook, breaking the mountains and rattling the earth!
Suddenly, a big basin appeared on the once burnt, flat ground!
—-
Trilobite held a "sapling" in his mouth, digging a hole with a splash.
He heard a long-lost voice.
【Silly host! You finally came back!】
【Honestly, what is this "home" talk? You kept fooling me!】
The tsundere System Lady sounded a bit lost.
But the joy in her tone couldn’t be hidden.
"…"
Trilobite stayed quiet for a while.
【Hey! What are you thinking!? I’m talking to you!】
【Silly host!】
"I’m just savoring your voice."
"It’s so nice."
"I really miss it."
【Wha… what are you saying!?】
【Ugh… so annoying!】
Trilobite pictured a flustered girl with golden twin-tailed hair blushing in his mind.
"Hehehe…"
【What are you laughing about? That’s gross!】
So, Trilobite kept teasing the System Lady… or Miss Themis, while digging the hole.
"Heave-ho—!"
Seeing the hole was deep enough, Trilobite gently placed the sapling, about half a meter tall, into the new hole.
"Whoosh… whoosh…"
After pushing soil into the "hole" with effort, Trilobite pressed the dirt down with his chin.
"Mm…"
"Do you like my gift?"
"It’s green!"