Chapter 275: The Unwanted Saint-Embodied One

"Waaahhhhhhh!"

"What's going on?" Feng Xue heard the piercing scream beside him; though he had sensed Bi Gelei's approach before the sound reached him, he never expected this embarrassing thing to make such a racket with so many players still around.

Fortunately, the entire Hidden Village was under the effect of a ghostly maze—he immediately had Mo Ying release a wide-area Ghost Clap to forcibly mute the noise, or else what would have happened if players had heard this?

Wait, where are the players?

Feng Xue's expression turned strangely odd: even though the popularity had dropped, the Hidden Village had long maintained thirty to forty players—but now only a handful remained. It was precisely because of these few players that he was certain this wasn't some official server maintenance.

"Even if there are only a few players, you still shouldn't scream like this!"

Feng Xue grabbed Bi Gelei—but suddenly realized something was wrong.

He had assumed she wasn't resisting because she knew she was in the wrong, but now that he was holding her—

"What's going on with you?"

"Waaahhh! This plane is unclean! Saint-Embodied One! A Saint-Embodied One has entered!"

Bi Gelei's wailing was like a child who'd just seen Ju-On after thinking a Zombie Master was scary enough; Feng Xue, however, looked utterly clueless—

"So what exactly is a Saint-Embodied One?"

"Saint-Embodied One? Where is a Saint-Embodied One?"

Before Bi Gelei could answer, Melo grew alert—this made Feng Xue feel an odd twist in his emotions.

"So you all know about this Saint-Embodied One? Is it some game mechanic, like a GM?"

"No, 'Saint-Embodied One' is what we call it in my homeland. We sea folk live peacefully in the ocean, but some heroes keep coming to wreck things. The Saint-Embodied One is the support class that accompanies those heroes—weak on its own, but incredibly annoying. And right now, we're bound by world rules; if we fought, we'd almost certainly lose."

Melo spread his hands, looking troubled, while the bat-form Bi Gelei nodded vigorously:

"Exactly! That's how it is in my world too—they always stick beside the heroes, using all sorts of ridiculous divine arts!"

"Sounds a bit like the traditional healer in an adventure party?" Feng Xue's expression grew odd, but Bi Gelei shook her head:

"Worse than a healer. How to put it? Imagine you're at home eating spicy pig's blood stew, singing happily, then suddenly someone bursts in, smashing, looting, and assaulting—that's the hero's role. The healer or any other support class? Their job is just to make the hero smash better and easier."

"But the Saint-Embodied One? It's when you pick up a weapon to beat someone down, and suddenly this thing jumps out to stop you, snatches the target away, then comes back days later to smash again. And worst of all, you can't kill it—even if you do, it just resurrects automatically. It's as low as a frog's piss."

"Oh, respawn!" Feng Xue ignored Bi Gelei's vampire-style metaphor and immediately visualized it—but this also made him realize a problem—

"You mean, in your original worlds, there were always these Saint-Embodied Ones? But none have appeared in this world before?"

"At least in all the time I've been in this world, I've never seen one. Or if I had, she'd already have dragged a hero here and crushed the Demon King's Castle. After all, even the weakest Saint-Embodied One I've ever encountered could easily defeat me now," Bi Gelei said, her tone thick with irritation.

Feng Xue thought for a moment, then said:

"Let's return to the Demon King's Castle and consult the other Demon Kings!"

"I already sent my familiar to notify them. But since you're closer, I came here in person," Bi Gelei flapped her tiny wings seriously.

"Based on my estimate of the Saint-Embodied One's strength, even all the big ones in the Demon King's Castle combined probably couldn't handle her. Instead of wasting time uniting the sealed ones, you should hurry up and break more seals so I can unleash more power. Even just thirty percent—no, even just one percent of my full strength would be enough to handle a Saint-Embodied One!"

Watching this tiny bat's unconvincing words, Feng Xue sighed and turned to look at Melo. Melo noticed his gaze and nodded:

"I agree with Bi Gelei. Instead of wasting time uniting the sealed, we should focus on freeing more high-tier power."

"Huh? When did you suddenly get smarter?" Bi Gelei finally noticed Melo's intellectual shift—but Melo ignored her entirely and resumed casting spells.

Feng Xue, however, was willing to listen. Though he felt his great fortune would protect him, since his fortune hadn't yet fully formed, he decided to play it safe.

"Little Xiao Lingdang, notify Mary. Tell her about the Saint-Embodied One, and ask her to come to the Hidden Village."

Yes, though Melo and Bi Gelei both seemed to understand the Saint-Embodied One well, given their backgrounds, Feng Xue still decided to consult the more reliable Puppet Master, Young Lady Mary.

Mary's response came unexpectedly fast—barely three seconds after Feng Xue sent the message via Little Xiao Lingdang, the Little Xiao Lingdang sub-unit (cyber-enchanted artifact) left at Mary's side immediately called back:

"What is a Saint-Embodied One?"

"Uh… you don't know?" Feng Xue was surprised; given Melo and Bi Gelei, he'd assumed all the Demon Kings' original worlds had them.

"No, I've never heard that term. Can you describe it in detail? Maybe it's just a different name."

Mary's voice remained calm and serious; combined with her expressionless face, it naturally gave off an air of reliability.

"According to Bi Gelei and the others, it's a class that follows heroes, using divine power to rescue them when they're defeated or even killed—"

"What? You mean the Heavenly Envoys? How could they appear here?" Mary showed rare signs of shock. Feng Xue's heart jumped, but he explained:

"Bi Gelei says she encountered one."

"The Hidden Village? I'm coming right now! Don't fight them—they're as disgusting as chewed gum!" Mary said, then clicked off the call. Feng Xue turned to look at Bi Gelei and Melo, suddenly realizing: this Saint-Embodied One really was deeply disliked in the Demon King circle!

"Looks like we must accelerate the plan!"

Feng Xue thought to himself. Though techniques like converting Qi into Wish-Power or Magic Power into Wish-Power were still unformed, the progress on his Enchantment Technique was decent. Thinking of this, he immediately turned to Melo:

"Hurry up and finish my ship!"

(End of Chapter)