Chapter 521

Chapter 521: Belisarius Forge

After discovering he had drawn a "rugged man" card—or rather, picked it up—Trilobite had two realizations.

The first…

"This System isn’t like those in Azur Lane after all."

"It has both male and female characters."

"Probably similar to FGO or Arknights."

He should have noticed this earlier. The "sisters" he encountered, whether Caretakers or spawn sisters, had certain features that, while not "rare treasures," showed no signs of diminishing appeal.

So getting a "male character" was inevitable.

As for the second realization…

"The System has been good to me!"

"First it gave me a beautiful sister, then I kept finding five more. Only after I got tired of pretty faces did it give me this ‘rugged man’ character."

"But…"

Trilobite found this "rugged man" design perfectly suited his taste.

Unlike many delicate-looking male characters in mobile games, this one radiated a warhammer-like aura. That powered armor, that rough and resolute face, and those fearless, determined eyes!

Trilobite summed it up in two words—Loyal!

It felt exactly like spotting Warhammer miniatures in a game store.

"Excellent!"

"Loyal Warrior, I shall grant you…"

"Uh…"

He’d planned to bestow energy upon this "Space Marine"-style man like he did for the sisters.

Then he remembered how the sisters reacted to receiving energy…

"Never mind."

"That’d be too blasphemous, too disloyal."

"Better skip giving him a divine body…"

"I’ll just enhance his original capabilities gradually."

"Let’s see…"

"Oh!"

"He’s already one of my microorganisms spawn! That simplifies things—just boost his existing ‘Capsule’ and ‘anthrax toxins.’"

Purchasing organs for "multicellular" beings required massive Chaos Energy, but adding functions to single-celled organisms cost far less.

Besides, Trilobite was only upgrading existing capabilities this time.

"Total cost…"

"All in all, just 200 Chaos Energy."

"It seems a bit too partial."

"Why not add some new organelles for him?"

"Let’s give you a few more…"

Trilobite eyed the organelle costing merely 10 Chaos Energy.

"Buzz!"

"Mitochondria it is!"

—-

"Huff… hiss…"

When Glade awoke from slumber once more, he realized…

"No difference."

Though Sulya had detected his awakening through the agile network and welcomed him among the "Extraordinary Ones," Glade noticed the distinction.

She hadn’t called him a "living saint."

Instead, while naming him one of their kind as an "Extraordinary One," she used another peculiar title—"Eternal Chosen of the Giant God."

"Eternal Chosen?"

"Not a bad title."

"Though I didn’t become a living saint, this isn’t half bad."

"Mainly because I lack a Divine Body, right?"

"But… why?"

"What grace has the Giant God granted me?"

Glade’s confusion didn’t stem from shaken faith in the Giant God.

He’d served as Grand Master of the Ashen Knights for years, founding both the Ashen Knights and Purification Agency. Later, following the Giant God’s path, he fought across Bubble Worlds like Valaharl and Triton.

He’d even entered the Ether Dragon’s body, temporarily becoming an "Immunizer."

With greatsword and shotgun, he’d slain countless demons—so many that demons now cried "demon!" at his sight.

Yet the Giant God never noticed him. Though mortals hailed him as "second only to the living saint," he seemed invisible to the divine.

Demons had noticed this gap, attempting to tempt him.

Even deities took interest in this mighty mortal, personally lowering themselves to converse with him.

All for nothing.

Demons were cut down; divine avatars shattered and fled wailing.

Having endured such trials without greed, his only question remained:

What does the Giant God require of me?

Without a Divine Body, how can I aid the Great Plan?

"Huff…"

He took a deep breath and observed himself.

Soon, Glade’s Double Eyes lit up.

"The functions of my body were greatly enhanced!"

"I’m taller than before by more than a head!"

"And…"

"The ‘virtual organs’ given by the Giant God seemed over ten times stronger!"

But these weren’t all the Giant God’s gifts.

Even more surprising was…

"Thump… Thump… Thump…"

Inside his body, it felt like dozens of virtual "small hearts" were beating; like hungry babies demanding "food."

But the "food" they wanted was "Chaos Energy."

Though he didn’t know why, Glade instantly understood what these "small hearts" did.

"By devouring Chaos Energy from demons, those ‘little furnaces’ can turn it into energy for my body or directly into Magic Power!"

"Although this Magic Power can only cast limited spells, one key thing is—it can temporarily make me chaotic and god-like, merging me with my surroundings!?"

"Fantastic!"

"I now know my place in the Great Plan!"

"At the right time, I’ll charge into chaos and even inside the chaos deity’s body, weakening them from within!"

Glade stood up and found his "magical energy powered armor" was completely upgraded too. It was activated by the Giant God’s blood and Reinvented with materials from the "Giant God’s scales," almost becoming a living thing, merging with his body.

It was like his "second body."

"So this is my ‘avatar body’!?"

"But enough!"

"With the new powers from the Giant God, I’ll surely do the Giant God’s task."

The Giant God had already told him the new organ’s name—"Holy Light from the Sun Avatar Organs · Giant God’s Furnace."

—-

"Good!"

"You could say you transformed from bacteria into Protozoa."

"That’s a big step forward."

But just then…

【Warning, your third spawn has been devoured!】

"Third spawn?"

"Wait!"

Third spawn is the white-haired sister, right!?

She represented the species "ancient jumping spider."

Trilobite had just spent a lot of Chaos Energy to upgrade her to "Spark Jumping Spider," planning to use her as a lighter.

And now this happened…

"What’s good about this?!"

"My young lady!"

"My Chaos Energy!"

Trilobite screamed and ran toward the system warning’s direction.

Although tens of thousands of Chaos Energy points weren’t much to him, losing his hard-earned "gorgeous" card like this was a big loss…

He was unwilling!