Chapter 1365 1365: 1365 Divine Game: Graveyard of Bones 87
Since Order Clock could sculpt them through quests, then could she do the same?
Her second ability just happened to be Establish Rules.
There was still much to verify though.
The rewards granted by Divine Game always came with conditions. Perhaps hidden rules existed within them as well.
She had completely detached herself from the current game like some NPC wandering outside the system.
But the one rule she had not changed was this:
Whenever any Starsea player's maximum HP dropped to the dangerous threshold of 20%, they would immediately be teleported to her side.
This place had practically become Starsea's safe zone.
Every player teleported over arrived with a dark expression.
But BS Rita had now transformed into Starsea's strictest mother.
No matter how unhappy most players were, none of them dared snap at her.
The sole exception...
Who else could it be besides Lightchaser?
For example, right now she was pacing around Rita with her arms crossed.
"This is outrageous. Are you trying to control me?
"Do you not realize the lower my HP gets, the stronger I become?
"Twenty percent is a danger line? Ridiculous. That's when the battle really starts!
"Are you even listening to your most important teacher?"
Rita finally raised her eyes and looked at Lightchaser helplessly.
"You're not allowed to go anyway."
The moment Lightchaser moved more than fifty meters away, she would immediately be teleported back.
The elf was also unwilling to waste soul fire changing the rule.
Soul fire recovered far too slowly.
She already did not have much to begin with.
If she used soul fire just to escape, then she would truly have to directly tank all the bizarre abilities of the Quiet Mountain players.
Divine talent abilities could be left unused during battle.
But one absolutely could not end up unable to use them due to lacking soul fire.
Hearing Lightchaser inhale sharply, Rita gently soothed her.
"You can go if you really want to. I already saved an archive for you anyway. Even if you die, I can just reload your archive and revive you.
"But all the rewards you gained during that time would disappear."
Lightchaser: "..."
The elf, who responded better to softness than force, let out a dramatic "Hah!" toward the sky before carrying her sword over to sit beside Cinders, deliberately flinging her cloak around loudly as she walked.
Cinders was currently eating a lunchbox Nivalis had dug out from the Gacha Machine.
It was still warm.
Contentedly sipping hot soup, she said to Lightchaser:
"BSCicada mocked us for being minors not long ago. Can't you act a little more mature?"
"..."
Lightchaser stared at Cinders with widened eyes, unable to come up with a comeback for a long while.
The other party had attacked her weakest point.
Nearby, Maple Syrup and Mistblade both lowered their heads simultaneously to fuss with loose threads on their clothes.
Rita did not dare speak.
She was worried Lightchaser might redirect her hostility toward her.
If elves counted as adolescents, then what did that make her...
Around them, Starsea players gathered in small groups.
Though they did not understand what BS Rita was doing, they could clearly see the unknown substance beneath the miniature Order Clock steadily decreasing.
Rita did not stop any Starsea player from trying things themselves.
She would even remind them:
"Order Clock has secrets. Study it while you can."
But everyone present could tell that to seize these substances the way BS Rita was doing required utilizing worlds.
And that was something only BS Rita could accomplish.
Aside from hurrying to investigate the so called rewards and secrets, everyone else could only watch helplessly while BS Rita remained busy here.
And she truly was busy.
One hand manipulated worlds to strike the pendulum.
The other occasionally produced a golden apple and took bites from it.
These were all golden apples she had casually produced with Flower of Deceit while removing worlds from Starsea.
Each one represented the sigh of a world.
Yet the endings of these World Sighs were astonishingly similar.
All of them ended with:
[Congratulations, player. Your world is leaving the invasion sequence.]
Gradually, news of this place somehow reached the divine wills.
Just as the King had said, Graveyard of Bones had its own information network.
Every so often, divine wills whose colors clearly differed from ordinary players would wander over to watch the spectacle.
Even Byme, the King, and Lynx Duke had all come by briefly during their awakening periods.
At one point, a Quiet Mountain divine will attempted to drag BS Rita into their timeline.
Unfortunately for them, the order here no longer affected her.
Not only did they fail, they also received a mocking glance from BS Rita.
Just as Rita was wondering how she might attack these already dead wills, a white gold book suddenly emerged from her forehead.
Its pages flipped through the air with a rustling sound before stopping at a specific page.
Everyone held their breath at the sight.
Even Rita herself did not quite understand what was happening.
She still had not properly studied the changes to her order.
Then a feather pen suddenly appeared before that page.
At the same time, white gold flames ignited on the hand this Quiet Mountain will had resting on Rita's shoulder.
The other party frowned slightly and withdrew their hand.
But it was already too late.
A line of text appeared upon the page.
[Demon talent ability "Homesickness" has been recorded.]
Rita: ???
Quiet Mountain divine will: ???
Having already understood what was happening through World Sigh, Rita sincerely said:
"Thank you for the gift from Quiet Mountain."
The Quiet Mountain divine will stammered in disbelief.
"You can't possibly... wait, does this mean... you can use it?"
They could not sense any changes to their own ability.
Nothing seemed lost either.
But an ability this bizarre in the hands of BS Rita surely could not merely be "recorded" for no reason.
Rita nodded, trying to appear calm.
"It's mine now."
As the Recorder, she recorded history and recorded sighs.
Naturally, she could record abilities too.
Although using those abilities consumed enormous amounts of soul fire...
Well, wasn't she currently expanding her soul fire limit anyway?
Not only the Quiet Mountain divine will before her, but even the nearby Starsea players fell silent.
Several minutes later, the divine will departed in a dazed haze.
After discovering this additional function of World Sigh, Rita instantly became energized.
She had Nivalis and B80 act as lookouts.
Whenever anyone approached, she would immediately teleport over and shake hands with them.
The white gold, light formed World Sigh floated beside her head the entire time with absolutely no intention of retracting itself.
At one point, Lightchaser even grumpily offered her own ability for copying.
Rita refused.
"What if it affects you somehow? Even if it looks harmless now, I don't want to take the risk."
At that exact moment, the Starsea Byme who was currently being forcibly held in place by BS Rita clutching her arm was full of question marks.
End of Chapter
