Chapter 2102

Not long after Dominator Sothoth died, the Ancient God Hall changed. Large patches of cracks emerged. Losing its master, this alien space was about to collapse.

With a *rumble*, the alien space shattered. Su Xiao felt a huge force rushing toward him. The next moment, a strong light appeared.

Spatial fluctuations faded quickly. Su Xiao stood up from the ground, blocking the front with one hand and looking at the sky. The sunlight was a bit dazzling.

The surrounding stone buildings presented a brownish-yellow color, the original color of the rock. The land was full of tender green grass. As the breeze blew, some turbid air was blown away.

"Where the hell is this?"

Baha was a bit confused. It wasn't until it saw a group of desperadoes running past that it was certain this was Bone Port.

【Prompt: The Hunter has received the blessing of this world. This blessing does not come from the Reincarnation Paradise.】

【While in this world, the Hunter's Luck attribute will be temporarily increased by 10 points.】

【While in this world, the Hunter's treasure chest drop rate is increased by 19%.】

【While in this world, when the Hunter negotiates with plot characters, he will receive a 15-point True correction.】

【Prompt: Because the Hunter's Charisma attribute is about to slip, this correction will only take effect in a few situations.】

Seeing this prompt, Su Xiao's eyebrows raised. Clearly, killing the Ancient God would gradually restore this world to normal.

The environment was normal now, but that lifeless feeling had only faded a little. What else was affecting the entire world? Presumably, it was other Ancient Gods.

【The Hunter has completed the main mission, second ring.】

【You have obtained an Epic-grade weapon treasure chest (can specify weapon type. The Epic-grade weapon produced by this chest is constant at full score and embedded with 1–2 gems of the same grade).】

【Main mission, third ring (already activated)】

【Main mission: White Goat (third ring)】

Difficulty level: lv. 56

Mission information: Find the White Goat and kill it.

Prompt: The White Goat has a very high probability of actively seeking out the Hunter.

Mission time limit: 13 days.

Mission reward: Glory of Triumph (High-tier authority, visible upon mission completion)

Mission penalty: None

Seeing that the final mission penalty was none, Su Xiao felt something was wrong in his heart. After a long period of exploration, if the Reincarnation Paradise's mission penalty was forced execution, it was actually okay; this was more like a form of urging.

If it was a very light penalty, one had to be careful, because for such a mission, if it couldn't be completed, one would basically die for sure. One would die during the mission.

As for having no penalty, that was equivalent to hitting the jackpot. A mission that didn't even need urging would be dangerous to what extent?

Or rather, for this kind of mission, Su Xiao didn't need to actively search for the mission target at all, but the mission target would come to him, the kind that would not stop until one died.

After checking Amu's injuries and confirming there was nothing serious, Su Xiao walked toward the Sleep House. He needed to let the Sorrowful Maiden help him purify the darkness. At this time, his entire right arm and most of his torso were pitch black, being eroded by a kind of energy. This was caused by killing Sothoth.

Su Xiao hadn't walked out of Bone Port when the sunlight in the sky faded, and dark clouds covered the sky again.

Su Xiao stopped and looked at the plants that had just grown by the roadside. A foxtail grass withered at a speed visible to the naked eye. Not only that, all the buildings began to turn black, and a layer of soft black grime clung to the outer walls.

"White Goat."

Su Xiao looked at the sky. The Ancient God of the next mission target no longer concealed its existence. What Dominator Sothoth had been in charge of was taken over by another Ancient God, so the world returned to its previous state.

Su Xiao didn't care much about this. He now needed to complete two things as quickly as possible: one was to remove the "darkness" on his body. As for the second thing, thinking of this, Su Xiao rubbed his forehead. He needed to arrange for someone to be understood clearly.

Half an hour later, Su Xiao pushed open the door of the Sleep House, holding a straight sword in its sheath. The scabbard was plated with pure silver, outlining complicated patterns. The guard was circular, and there were semi-circular guard rings at the guard and the end of the handle to protect the sword-holder's hand from being slashed by the enemy.

"Thank you, Lord Kukulin."

The Sorrowful Maiden beside the bookshelf spoke for the first time. She bowed to Su Xiao. Seeing the straight sword in Su Xiao's hand, she understood many things.

"..."

Su Xiao sat on the wooden chair under the chandelier and didn't speak.

"Thank you, Lord Kukulin."

The Sorrowful Maiden spoke again, her voice still as gentle as before, without any obvious emotional fluctuations.

"Don't just stand there, clear the darkness on my body."

Su Xiao yawned. He had been perceiving Sothoth under overload, which made him a bit sleepy.

The Sorrowful Maiden came before Su Xiao, knelt on one knee, held Su Xiao's right arm with both hands, pressed Su Xiao's right hand against her forehead, and began to clear the darkness on Su Xiao's body.

*Hiss, hiss, hiss~*

Black silk threads spread to the Sorrowful Maiden's face. This time she cleared it very slowly. Just after clearing most of it, she suddenly went limp and fell to the ground.

"This is... broken?"

Su Xiao grabbed the Sorrowful Maiden's shoulder. After observing, he decided to wind it up again to try.

*Click, click, click... *

After winding it a dozen times, luster appeared in the Sorrowful Maiden's eyes. After she got up and observed for a few seconds, she knelt on one knee again to help Su Xiao clear the darkness.

"I'll leave this sword with you for safekeeping. Puppet, do you want to know why Dawn created you?"

A smile appeared on Su Xiao's face. In the whole matter, Dawn played the image of a guide, but in reality, this woman was extremely paranoid.

"The puppet doesn't need to know. The puppet's mission is to stay here."

The Sorrowful Maiden hadn't been fitted with a heart yet, so she had no subjective thoughts. As for where the Sorrowful Maiden's crystal heart came from, Su Xiao speculated that it was most likely manufactured by Nia, not Dawn.

Among everyone in the Wizard Society, the only one who truly cared about the Sorrowful Maiden was Nia. She hoped the Sorrowful Maiden would have her own opinions.

What was interesting was that after Nia died, the Sorrowful Maiden had been in the Sleep House. Her crystal heart was removed by someone, then obtained by a hunter, who fitted it for her. When that hunter was about to die, he removed the Sorrowful Maiden's crystal heart again.

It could be determined that this wasn't done by Dawn. Although Dawn was paranoid, she always felt guilty toward Nia. After Nia died, Dawn simply "didn't dare" to face the Sorrowful Maiden directly.

The last trace of "darkness" was stripped from Su Xiao's hand. The Sorrowful Maiden picked up the teapot on the table to pour tea for Su Xiao. After killing Sothoth, the Sorrowful Maiden "unlocked" a new ability: pouring tea and water.

"My dear friend, this puppet..."

Su Xiao raised his hand to signal Caesar to be quiet. Caesar understood and laughed even more lewdly.

"You don't even let go of a puppet..."

"..."

"Just kidding, Kukulin. We won't be doing anything very dangerous again, right? Caesar is only good at doing business."

"Of course not dangerous."

A smile appeared on Su Xiao's face. Seeing this, Caesar's heart skipped a beat, and he thought to himself that it was over.

"Before doing that, Baha, you need to master a few new abilities first."

"Won't turn into an Ancient God, right?"

Baha stretched out a wing, looking at the black-blue feathers on it.

"Not at all, just the process won't be too pleasant."

"Compared to your maintenance, Boss, those are just drizzle."

Baha didn't care at all. A large hand gripped its neck—it was Amu, controlled by Su Xiao.

"Ahahaha, Boss, I'll go take a dump first, Ha-ge, save me!"

Looking at the "struggling" Baha, Bubu Wang smiled somewhat wickedly.