novelraw Chapter 394-1: The Vengeance Goddess’s Reward, Meeting the Master (1)
Chapter 394-1: The Vengeance Goddess’s Reward, Meeting the Master (1)
After a long time, the flames of battle finally died down.
Lin Xun looked at the three Vengeance Goddesses who were limp on the ground before him and sighed over how intense the battle had been and how full of twists the fight was.
As for why there were three goddesses instead of one, that really was something hard to put into words.
In short, the Child of Evil had put his own specialties to full use and, with nothing but his mortal flesh, successfully defeated three deities.
[…]
[The Goddess of Anxiety props herself up, gets to her feet and turns around. Her tall, graceful back faces you as a black robe materializes to cover her enticing figure. She pants lightly as she says that for a mortal body to possess such a powerful physique is truly astonishing…]
[The Goddess of Envy stands and stretches lazily, agreeing that just this mortal body of yours alone can bring a pleasure no less than the ecstasy of vengeance. It really is quite interesting…]
[The Goddess of Retribution drags her sharp nails across your chest as she says that you are a fun little…no, a fun big guy. Your performance has left them very satisfied. They have decided to bestow upon you the reward you deserve…]
[The Goddess of Anxiety hands you the torch she carries, then waves to you. With a beat of the wings on her back, she stirs up a raging gale and vanishes into the sky…]
[You have obtained Vengeance Torch (immortal grade item).][Vengeance Torch (immortal grade item): No matter where the enemy hides, the Vengeance Goddesses will, by the torch’s light, find them and vent their desire for slaughter in vengeance.]
[While carrying this item, you can see through all stealth or disguise effects below the item’s grade.]
[If you are defeated by an enemy, this item will mark that enemy’s position. If you actively use this item, it will brand a permanent Mark of Vengeance on the enemy who defeated you, increasing all damage you deal to that enemy by 50 percent.]
[This effect works on enemies below immortal grade and has no effect on immortal grade or higher enemies.]
[Remaining uses: 3/3]
[The Goddess of Envy stuffs the bloodstained serpent whip into your hand and presses a light kiss to your forehead as a farewell before leaving together with her younger sister…]
[You have obtained Cursed Serpent Whip (immortal grade item).]
[Cursed Serpent Whip (immortal grade item): After finding enemies who hide in the darkness, the Vengeance Goddesses will use the serpent whip to inflict endless pain upon them, thus venting the venomous curses in their hearts.]
[While carrying this item, you are immune to all curse or weakening effects below the item’s grade. (This does not include control-type or slow-type skills.)]
[If you are defeated by an enemy, this item will mark that enemy’s position. If you actively use this item, it will brand a permanent Mark of the Curse on enemies who already bear a Mark of Vengeance, reducing all damage they deal to you by 50 percent.]
[This effect works on enemies below immortal grade and has no effect on immortal grade or higher enemies.]
[Remaining uses: 3/3]
[The Goddess of Retribution extends her scarlet tongue, the barbs upon it leaving mottled bloody marks on your chest. She hands you the sharp dagger she carries with her…]
[You have obtained Resentment Dagger (immortal grade item).]
[Resentment Dagger (immortal grade item): After inflicting endless pain on an enemy, the Vengeance Goddesses will drive a sharp dagger into the enemy’s heart, pouring all resentment into it so the enemy will step into hell bearing infinite despair.]
[While carrying this item, you are immune to all death-type skills below the item’s grade. (Death-type skills are rule-type lethal skills that ignore relative strength.)]
[When you use this item, you can stack the Mark of Vengeance and the Mark of the Curse on an enemy up to three layers.]
[Remaining uses: 1/1]
[When the uses of the above items are exhausted, they will not disappear. Their passive effects will remain. If you can once again win the favor of the Vengeance Goddess Three Sisters, you will have a chance to restore the uses of the three items.]
All three items had very powerful effects. Although they had a limited number of uses, the fact that they would not disappear and would keep their respective passive effects alone already made it worth the price.
And as for the active effects of the three items, they were basically equivalent to having three chances to fight mythic+ grade enemies across realms, and one of those chances could even raise the odds of victory to nearly a guaranteed kill.
[…]
[The Goddess of Retribution leaves your embrace and gets to her feet. Before parting, she gives you a scorching, wild kiss that fills your mouth with blood…]
[Just as she is about to leave, you reach out and grab her…]
[The Goddess of Retribution stops, dangerous light flickering in her eyes. She says slowly that you, mortal, have already received the reward you deserve, trading the ecstasy of vengeance and the pleasure of the flesh for a deity’s boon…]
[If you grow too greedy, favor will turn into punishment.]
[You shake your head to indicate that gaining the favor of all three goddesses is already an incredible stroke of luck. How would you dare demand more reward from the goddesses?]
[What you mean is that a single taste of the ecstasy of vengeance is far from enough. You want to offer the goddesses more performances, bring them more enjoyment…]
[You have already fallen in love with this ecstasy of vengeful slaughter. You cannot wait to make the goddesses even more delighted.]
[The Goddess of Retribution extends a fingertip, smears up some of the blood on your chest, and puts it into her mouth to savor.]
[She reveals an expression of relaxed satisfaction and says she can feel your surging, boundless desire for vengeance… but now is not the time.]
[The game of hunting and vengeance has no end. Prey like you are countless. If your luck is good, you will have a chance to take part in this game again.]
[Having said this, the Goddess of Retribution beats the wings on her back and disappears.]
[Only a single line is left behind, sounding like a threat and also like a reminder.]
[Mortal, leave this world as quickly as possible, and do not dream of challenging the rules…]
Lin Xun’s heart gave a violent thump.
He narrowed his eyes and carefully read the text.
The words of the Vengeance Goddess were brief, but the amount of information hidden within them was immense.
‘The game of hunting and vengeance has no end’ and ‘prey like you are countless’ were both ambiguous phrases.
They could be referring to how the Vengeance Goddesses had already held such hunting games many times on these three islands, or they could be saying that many rounds of the Disciple War had already been carried out here.
From those words alone, there was no way to determine what the hidden truth of this chapter actually was.
But the warning, or rather, reminder, at the end proved that the Vengeance Goddess clearly understood what lay in his heart.
The Vengeance Goddess could not only taste a desire for slaughter from his blood, she could also sense other things from it.
He wanted to find loopholes in the rules and learn the truth of this chapter from the mouth of the one who controlled the game.
The fact that, even knowing his intentions, the Vengeance Goddess still spoke those ambiguous words made her meaning practically leap off the page.
Many rounds of the Disciple War had already been held here.
The Master had held many Disciple Wars in this chapter.
The Vengeance Goddess obviously could have told him the truth directly, yet she could now only hint at information in such a roundabout way. This showed that there was some other existence behind the Vengeance Goddess restricting her.
Whatever could restrict a god necessarily had to be an existence even more powerful than a god.
Putting all this together, Lin Xun could not help wondering whether the Master had joined hands with this chapter’s main god, or rather the evil god of this chapter.