novelraw Chapter 176 -176-Tribal Soul — Queen Kelly
Chapter 176 -176-Tribal Soul — Queen Kelly
Daniel opened his quest log.
[Tribal Soul (Quest Chain)] (Hidden Instance)
Quest Difficulty: Exalted-grade
Objectives:
Raise "Kelly" into a leader of humanity. Pass on to her your ideals for humanity’s survival and place in the world.
...
After reading it, Daniel closed the interface.
Kelly’s importance in his heart rose yet another level.
The quest was actually asking him to cultivate Kelly, and even to teach her his ideals about how humanity should survive and establish itself in the world.
Could Kelly possibly have some extraordinary origin?
He looked at her deeply.
"Look at this battlefield," he suddenly said. "If you had the power to control everything, what would you do?"
Kelly froze for a moment, then smiled.
"If I had that kind of power, I’d make them stop fighting."
Daniel blinked. "And how would you make them stop?"
Kelly put away her smile and answered seriously, "I’d go talk properly with the leaders on both sides."
Daniel laughed and shook his head.
"You’re thinking too simply. The true culprits are the forces standing behind them!"
"I’ll teach you the easiest way."
Kelly looked at him curiously.
Daniel drew in a deep breath. "Beat them into submission. If they refuse, they die!"
"You have to beat them until they’re afraid, until they tremble, until they kneel and beg for mercy!"
"Smash the old world to pieces, then mold an entirely new one from the ruins."
His body slowly rose into the air, while his voice continued to drift into Kelly’s ears.
"The old humanity must die. Only then can a new humanity live."
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—!
He flew into the skies above Starlight City.
At once, the two legendary-grade human leaders stopped fighting and raised their heads to look at him.
"A human?"
"Who are you?"
Daniel did not even spare them a glance.
To reduce the death toll, he did not summon his clones.
He raised Stellar Wrath and aimed it at the Starlight City below.
Skyfall Strike!
In the deep blue sky, countless blazing meteors suddenly appeared.
Like a torrential downpour, they crashed straight into Starlight City!
Boom! Boom! Boom—!
Boom! Boom! Boom—!
Boom! Boom! Boom—!
The endless rain of meteors caused destruction so horrifying that it chilled the soul.
The human warriors, who had been fighting with bloodshot eyes, could not help but look up—and the sight before them stunned them senseless.
The great sturdy city walls, which in the minds of the people had seemed as solid as iron, were smashed into powder in the blink of an eye.
How many powerful warriors had once been each other’s nightmares? And yet under this forbidden spell, they were reduced to ash in an instant.
Terrifying.
It was too terrifying!
The two legendary-grade human leaders trembled all over as they stared at Daniel.
"This is a forbidden spell!"
"A... a forbidden spell!"
"Aren’t forbidden spells supposed to belong only to top races like the Godkin?!"
Countless system notifications exploded in Daniel’s ears.
He ignored every one of them and merely stared coldly at the two legendary-grade experts.
"Surrender, or die?"
The two legendary-grade experts dropped to their knees, trembling.
"We are willing to submit!"
A forbidden spell was a terrifying Strength capable of tearing a hole through the heavens.
Let alone fighting him—they did not even dare move a finger right now.
Daniel looked at them, then suddenly shifted his gaze toward Kelly.
"You are not submitting to me. You are submitting to her."
"From today onward, she is your king!"
"Queen Kelly!"
The two legendary-grade experts stared at Kelly in shock.
At that exact moment, a powerful aura suddenly erupted from Kelly’s body.
It was the aura of a legendary-grade expert!
And yet she herself still looked completely dazed, only tilting her head up in worship as she gazed at that peerless figure in the sky.
How could the two legendary-grade experts dare disobey? They immediately bowed toward Kelly.
"We pay our respects to Queen Kelly!"
"We pay our respects to Queen Kelly!"
...
In front of Luminara Town.
"Black Godfather, are you saying Starlight City was destroyed by stones falling from the sky?"
"You’ve got to be kidding me. Those stones were way too terrifying. Could that have been a forbidden spell?"
"Black Godfather, keep going. What happened after that? And what does history say?"
Black Godfather gave a bitter smile.
"All this information is in the Grand Radiance Library. Do you people seriously never go read it?"
"There are even players who specifically summarized these historical events and posted them on the forums!"
The other players immediately shot back.
"Give me a break. I don’t even care about Earth’s history—why would I read game history?"
"Exactly. Even if we’re going to read something, we’ll read current events. Who has time to dig through ancient history?"
"The Grand Radiance Library’s historical records span a million years. Do you know what that even means?"
"Exactly, exactly! We’re here to play a game, not do archaeology. Stop teasing us and tell us what happened next!"
Black Godfather waved his hand helplessly.
"After that, Queen Kelly appeared!"
"There’s something about Queen Kelly’s identity as an ancestor of humanity that’s... well... how do I put it..."
He hesitated for a moment. "Anyway, when I read the history, I felt like she was basically cheating."
Hearing that, the players grew even more curious.
...
Starlight City.
Daniel hovered in the air like a deity descended from the heavens.
His longbow pointed toward Kelly, while all living beings bowed before her.
"We pay our respects to Queen Kelly!"
The two legendary-grade experts bowed deeply toward Kelly.
"We pay our respects to Queen Kelly!"
The group of children behind Kelly also knelt down one after another.
Rays of light flashed across their bodies, and their strength instantly rose to Exalted-grade.
"We pay our respects to Queen Kelly!"
On the battlefield, the surviving warriors of the two tribes seemed to be struck by some invisible Strength. One after another, they threw down their weapons and knelt before Kelly.
At the same time—
Kelly’s aura began to rise madly, breaking through the threshold of legendary-grade in the blink of an eye.
Daniel flew back to her side.
Kelly suddenly looked a little at a loss and asked in confusion,
"Big Brother Faustus, th-this... what is happening...?"
Daniel smiled faintly.
"I’ve already told you about the kind of human world I want."
"Didn’t you say you wanted to help me make it real?"
Kelly was briefly stunned, then nodded forcefully.
"Of course! Big Brother Faustus, I’m willing to help you."
Daniel said calmly,
"Good. Then be a proper Queen Kelly and do exactly as I told you."
Kelly’s eyes became firm.
"Okay! I’ll listen to Big Brother Faustus!"
"From today onward, I am Queen Kelly!"
Daniel nodded and smiled.
"From now on, all these people are your subjects. Your first task is to settle them properly."
Kelly said, "I’ll take them back to my hometown, Luminara Town! We’ll build a new city there!"
Daniel blinked.
Luminara Town?
That name... why did it sound a little familiar?
It couldn’t possibly be... Luminara, could it?
He shook his head and did not think further about it.
...
Kelly subdued the two legendary-grade experts—
Sili and Karint!
With those two helping her, the scattered remnants of the armies were quickly gathered up.
Daniel watched with his own eyes as that cheerful girl transformed from innocent and inexperienced, to capable, from capable to shrewd, and from shrewd to steady and composed.
Her growth was astonishingly fast—far beyond anything Daniel had imagined!
"Big Brother Faustus, let’s set out."
Kelly revealed a bright, happy smile.
In front of others, she could wear many different faces. But in front of Daniel, she was always that same slightly naïve young girl.
Daniel nodded.
Shua—!
The next moment, just like when they had first left Soul Devouring Vale, the scene inside the instance shifted once more.
This time, everyone around him vanished.
Even Kelly was gone!
In their place stood a small city rising from the ground before him.
Luminara City!