Chapter 169: keeping myself pure for the right one"

?Authur said, "I see you guys have been through a lot. I promise I will do my best to free you guys."

?Kwame said, "Thankx Mane"

?Steven and the others thanked him as well. Since Authur always kept his promises, they felt some hope that they would be free one day.

?Zora said, "Actually, I also have a city merging token. I received it as a reward for becoming a Demigod."

?Zora and Authur were not aware that Zora was the reason the world had upgraded to the Demigod Grade. If they had known, Zora would have made sure the others weren’t implicated.

?"Nice," Haruka said.

?Jingyi smiled. "This is great. Humans now have two Demigods."

?The others also congratulated her.

?Rik asked, "So does that mean you want us to merge the cities?" Its was easy to figure out the purpose of merging token.

?Zora nodded. "I think that is the only way we can secure our cities. We are already spread too thin."

Steven said " Four cities and two Demigods that’s terrible odds, you guys should consider merging..."

?Haruka agreed. "I think this is the only option left, because I doubt you can come help us without leaving your own city defenseless."

?Zora said honestly, "Yes, I’ve detected many Demigod monsters around the Dream City. I don’t even have the confidence to defend my city, forget about helping you guys."

?Rik then asked, "Boss, what happened to your small city? Weren’t you building a small organization there in case stuff like what happened now actually happened?"

Amélie recalled "Yes i also remember you spending lot of resources for some projects..."

Rik asked "Boss you know where Diana is?"

Ivan stunned "What i thought she was with us..."

Min-jun said "She is always quiet no wonder you thought she was with us"

Haruka asked "Authur you know what happened to her?"

?Authur sighed. He had already expected them to ask about this. After all, his city held the core of the planetary array that was supposed to defend their planet, while Diana was part of the World Council so being the leader it was understandable he kept tabs on her.

?He didn’t know how to tell them about all the fuck-ups he had been doing while under [Zethe-thoth]’s control, also that Diana was the chosen of the same Void God, but since these guys were clean and not manipulated, he decided to tell them everything.

?Still, he carefully asked, "Ivan, Steven, Kwame, Amélie, Min-jun... how bad is the slave contract?"

?Ivan replied, "You can share information that concerns us humans without fear of it leaking. It’s the exact reason we joined this telepathic link; otherwise, we would have ignored you. During the negotiations, I made sure to add a clause protecting our racial secrets."

?Ivan was ranked fifth among them in terms of strength, and he was no pushover when it came to schemes. He had fought for more leeway even when they had all the odds stacked against them.

?"Good, good..." Authur said, praising Ivan twice.

?Then he said, "Where do I begin? Let’s start from the very beginning..."

?He started from the beginning, from the day the System came to their world, and explained how at some point he had been taken over by the Void God [Zethe-thoth].

?The others listened to him, no one speaking up to interrupt him...

?...

?Vikram, aka [Zethe-thoth], sat in his office, leaning back in his seat as if he were sleeping.

?In front of him, Diana was busy studying a cube that had micro magic circles engraved on it

?[Zethe-thoth] smiled without opening his eyes and muttered, "Use my name more... hehe... The more you say my name, the more I expand... Foolish mortals really think I need to parasitize them to control them... Really, the proverb of the frog in the well suits them perfectly."

?Diana looked up and asked, "What?"

?But [Zethe-thoth] ignored her.

?Diana shrugged and continued studying.

Void Magic was tough, but also exciting. The cube was a gift from [Zethe-thoth] for her recent performance. The magic cricles were exciting enough to make her forget what was going on in the outside world.

?...

?After Authur finished telling them everything, no one spoke.

?Jingyi finally said, "So Bharat City is lost, and so is the Desert City, and also your city...."

Rik cursed "Diana that traitorous bitch"

?Haruka shivered. "This is scary. I never noticed anything off about you. Unlike Diana who did some suspicious things from time to time, you looked completely fine to me all this time."

?Authur said, "Yes. Even [The Sleepless Sword] was fooled, and she is a Primordial God."

?Kwame said, "Maan are you sure its safe noe? I think we should even stop saying that things name who knows what means it has..."

?Authur nodded. "Now that you say that, we should forget his name just to be safe..."

?Zora agreed. "Yes, I too think we were careless to even think of him. In the Dream Realm, I have heard of Dream Beasts that can invade your dreams if you just see them once."

Kwame "I don’t want no creepy tentacle on ma shiny heeead"

Rik joked "I am sure it would find it extremely difficult to hide on your bald head"

But Kwame too it seriously, he signed in relief "I hope too"

?...

?[Zethe-thoth] frowned. "Huh?"

?He leaned forward.

?Diana looked up again because this time [Zethe-thoth] had actually opened his eyes, but he still ignored her.

?[Zethe-thoth] muttered, "Is this what they call a stupid person’s luck? The muscle-head of all people figured it out?"

?Then he leaned back, closed his eyes again, and muttered, "No matter. I don’t need to parasitize some puny humans who can’t even reach the Demigod Realm to further my plans."

?...

After decided to not utter the Void God’s name, Zora asked, "What do you guys think?"

?Ivan said heavily, "This is huge..."

?Kwame said, "Yes Definitely bigger than my BBC"

?Authur: "_"

Zora: "_"

Haruka: "_"

Jingyi: "_"

Others: "_"

?Amélie muttered, "Gross..."

?Kwame said, "Wut!!! I ain’t wrong"

?Rik coughed. "No need to assume what is bigger, but this is really some eldritch horror-type of shit."

?Ivan sighed, his voice sounding deeply depressed. "To think we were being played like that..."

?Steven added, "Even a Primordial God was led by the nose. How can we escape something like that...?"

?Jingyi spoke up with conviction. "I think there is no need to feel low and weaken our will. Our ancestors used to say bold things like ’I Shall Seal the Heavens’, ’My Will is Eternal’, ’I will refine the Heaven’, ’I am the Great Love Immortal Venerable’, ’I Swallowed Star’, and ’I Battle through the Heavens’."

?"We should follow in their footsteps and be bold and fearless!" Jingyi declared.

?Authur deadpanned, "I don’t think those are proverbs..."

?Jingyi shot back, "How do you know? Are you claiming you know more about our history and culture than my elders do?"

?"I... No," Authur sighed, giving up.

He then continued, "But she is not wrong. You guys know how much we sacrificed to capture these twelve cities. Now we are down to four, while five have been captured by the Beasts’ World Council. We must make sure we don’t fall any further, and strive to reclaim what is ours and more."

?Authur added, "So I wanted to suggest we merge the cities. Zora has also created the Dream Space, so we can use that to train the next generation in hopes some of them become Demigods soon."

?Haruka asked, "Where will the city be located then, after we merge?"

?Zora answered, "I am not sure. Ivan should know more."

?Ivan explained, "Our cities merged with the Lion King’s city, and the city’s size increased."

?Min-jun chimed in, "Though I noticed the city’s size is now more than twice the combined size of our original cities, so I think the merging process itself expanded the city. But I am not sure if the Lion King used something else to increase the size as well."

Zora "More space would be great..."

?Jingyi said, "I already asked my elders, and they agreed to the merger. They said something along the lines of ’if we remain stubborn to our traditions, then not even our bones will remain after the next monster wave’... hehe."

?Haruka replied, "You are fast. I’ll check with my elders too."

?Rik shrugged. "I got no one to check with. I agree to the merger."

?Kwame asked, "My guy Authur?"

?Authur asked, "Yes?"

?Kwame said, "You betta save us soon from these hairy ass pussy cats"

?Authur chuckled. "Sure. My sword has been itching to cut something for days now..."

?Zora asked, "Should we tell them about that as well?"

?Haruka perked up. "About what? Are there more secrets?"

?Authur said, "We found a possible ally. He looks human."

?Jingyi caught on quickly. "Looks? So he’s not human?"

?Zora explained, "From what we know, he is one of the experiments from the organization."

?Rik whistled. "Damn. And he is willing to work with us?"

?Kwame said, "aaaio diss is messed up"

?Authur said, "We haven’t asked him yet, but I think he should consider it."

?Haruka asked, "What is special about him? You seem to consider him our equal... Is he a Demigod?"

?Authur answered, "No. Not a Demigod, but he is a Chosen, like me..."

?Rik nodded approvingly. "I see. Ties with a God are indeed beneficial, especially a Chosen. If he is willing to ally with us, then he will be of huge help after the Universe merger."

?All of them were aware of the importance of having a Chosen as an ally.

?Steven asked, "So which God’s Chosen is he? Is the God human?"

?Authur stated, "It’s [Blaze]."

?Everyone: "_"

?Steven sputtered, "Are you serious?"

?Jingyi blurted out, "Is he single?"

?Haruka teased, "Jingyi, I didn’t know you were so outgoing. From what I know, you are still a virgin..."

?Jingyi huffed, "That was rude. You could have at least said I’m ’keeping myself pure for the right one’..."

?Haruka laughed. "Hahaha... It would be funny if the Chosen is a child."

?Zora interjected, "He is indeed a child. He should be seven years old."

?Jingyi: "_"

?Haruka burst out laughing. "Hahaha... Oh my Sushi God.... So much for being pure! More like a predator.... haha.... It’s a good thing there is no FBI anymore, otherwise they would come knocking at your door!"

?Jingyi grumbled, "Very funny... How about we focus on the main issue?"

?Kwame said, "Ya mean the [Blaze]? The only Primordial God without da annoying ’Less’ in da title?"

?Authur clarified, "Yes, he is the Chosen of the Primordial God [Blaze]."

?Rik said, "Boss, I think we should ally with him if possible... It would help our planet a lot, especially with all these perverted Invaders who keep popping up like locusts."

?Haruka added, "Yes, we can always ask Jingyi to seduce him if talks don’t work."

?Jingyi replied, "Sure. If you join me in seducing him, I might consider it."

?Haruka: "_"