novelraw Chapter 719: The World is a Giant Demi-Human Girl
Chapter 719: The World is a Giant Demi-Human Girl
"Hoh, it's quite lively over here. How long has it been since I've seen such a landscape in the Spirit World..."
Gou Wen stood at the edge of the Cardinal deck. Through the gradually thinning Scarlet Mist before his eyes, he could already faintly see the Angel's Shelter floating in the darkness with its surface bearing twinkling Cardinal lights. Unalike the dead silence during the thousands of years, because of the operation of Cardinals, the entire Shelter before his eyes seemed to have come alive, making Gou Wen uncontrollably exclaim thus.
Fisher's eyes flickered slightly. It was just that unlike what Gou Wen saw, an illusory light flashed in his eyes simultaneously, lighting up the map coordinates in his mind. The terminology appearing before his eyes at this moment was:
[Angels' Main Shelter]
Looking at the blue marker appearing in the map, Fisher closed the illusory interface in his eyes. At this moment, a bit of faint fragrance transmitted to the tip of his nose. Turning his head to look, he saw that at some unknown time Renee had attached herself onto his body weightlessly again.
Her slender gauze skirt at this moment covered her slightly bent white legs. Actually, rather than sitting, the feeling of floating was more prominent.
The purple halo in Renee's eyes flickered slightly. Looking at that massive Shelter and measuring for a long time, only then did she say,
"I surprisingly can't see through the situation inside that Shelter at all, only able to feel the dense aura of Hamon Hamon's Authority. Moreover, I'm already using my main body to check..."
"Main body?"
Fisher glanced at the red mist permeating outside the deck. Despite the dense mist, Fisher indeed also saw a bit of the color of cold moonlight within it.Even the true god Renee's main body was unable to detect the changes within. Gou Wen stroked his chin and analyzed,
"That means to say, the Chaos grown by Hamon Hamon has already reached the extent of forming an Authority?"
"I'm not too clear, there are too many matters in the Spirit World. A thousand years ago the Angels sealed the Shelter along with Hamon Hamon's Chaos. He couldn't escape, so the Gods didn't have the time to care, resulting in now... kya!"
Before Renee could finish her words, her body floating and leaning beside Fisher was abruptly hugged around the waist by him. Her expression changed, and her touchable body also abruptly became soft and leaned against Fisher's back.
Her body also flickered confusingly bright and dark due to shyness, just like a lightbulb with poor contact. But after all, the one making a move was Fisher. Renee's eyes widened and glared at him, yet saw his face was completely serious as he looked at that massive Shelter,
"Fi-"
"Shh!"
Renee paused slightly. Turning her head to look at that Shelter, she instead saw an extremely exaggerated scene.
Only to see that under the vague measurement of Renee's moonlight in the distance, the Shelter before their eyes surprisingly seemed to come alive. The metal surface that was sharp-edged like a mountain and flashing with Cardinal light abruptly became active. On the cold surface a crack opened, and from within a massive vertical-pupil eye opened, looking towards the direction that moonlight transmitted from.
"Rumble rumble rumble..."
Gou Wen was also frightened dumbfounded by this horrifying scene before his eyes. He raised his finger pointing at the Shelter that opened a giant eye. Just as he was about to speak, Fisher opened his mouth a step earlier,
"This Shelter has already been completely alienated by His Authority. No wonder you couldn't see through it, Renee, because the Shelter has already been alienated into a part of Him."
"..."
Renee staying in Fisher's embrace blinked and didn't reply. It was unknown if it was because she was staying in Fisher's embrace that the operation speed of her consciousness crashed or froze.
Fisher simply lowered his head and pinched her waist, as a result making her struggle with a red face in response instantly,
"Yii-"
Fisher postured as if letting go. Only then did she annoyedly shoot a glance at Fisher who was playing a bad trick, coughing lightly and saying,
"...If it's like this, the true situation of the banquet is impossible to know. Entering rashly will probably be dangerous."
Fisher looked at Renee and asked, "Then what about your main body, if it can come..."
"No way!"
Unexpectedly, as soon as Fisher said these words, Renee and Gou Wen both opened their mouths simultaneously to refuse. Fisher raised his eyebrows and looked at Gou Wen. He looked at Renee and said seriously,
"The Moon absolutely cannot leave The Ultimate right now. Dagon has lost consciousness and is powerless to help. Previously when Ramastia merely left for a moment, signs appeared in The Ultimate. If the Moon leaves again, there will be disasters occurring."
"He's right, it's roughly like this..." Renee sighed and said, "In short, the Gods are temporarily unable to leave The Ultimate right now. Once lacking our power, the gap in the Barrier might expand further... In case the foundation of the Barrier is damaged, allowing Authorities to pass through The Ultimate, then everything will be over."
Gou Wen rubbed his head with a headache, saying,
"Let's think of other ways, or should we enter in batches, leaving someone outside to observe the situation?"
"No, I see no need..." Fisher shook his head and interrupted Gou Wen's words. Looking outside the deck, he said, "He has already discovered us."
Only to see on the surface of the massive Shelter before their eyes, that giant eye originally used to observe Renee's moonlight in the distance was already looking at their ship floating in the distance at this moment. Under the gaze of that massive eye that was an unknown number of times larger than them or even the ship, an immense sense of pressure surged into their hearts, making one's mind ill at ease.
Closely following, from that seemingly organic giant eye, its pupil trembled slightly. Like a water drop hanging upside down and reversing, the translucent liquid continuously trembled and grew out in mid-air. In mid-air, it converged again into an inorganic object resembling a coffin, slowly flying over towards Fisher's side.
"It's coming over."
Gou Wen's eyes flashed and he was about to raise his hand. A Blade of Gold in the palm of his hand had already quietly slipped down. However, before he could make a move, he was pressed down onto the spot by Fisher raising his hand. Turning his head to look, he only then realized that all the Cardinals on the ship had begun to flash white light, and one line after another of Angel text flowed on them.
"Welcome, welcome, welcome..."
"Have waited respectfully for a long time... have waited respectfully for a long time..."
"Mr. Fisher... Mr. Fisher..."
Fisher remained expressionless, opening his mouth to say,
"He knows we are here. Since it's like this, there is no need to hide anymore."
"..."
It was precisely at the moment when countless white lights flashed at the side, that coffin-shaped item also approached Fisher and the others' ship. After gently passing through the protective shield on the surface, that thing just like that passed over the top of Fisher and the others' heads and landed behind them.
"Mr. Fisher?"
At this moment, David in the Cardinal control room finally also poked his head out dizzily. Evidently, when the Cardinals on the ship were invaded just now, he suffered a certain degree of impact. Just perfectly seeing that coffin land on the ground.
"Thud!"
Following that coffin-shaped thing slowly landing on the ground, only then did Fisher see clearly that that coffin was originally essentially a Cardinal. Only landing on the ground at this moment did the Cardinal light on its surface begin to flash, just like it started up, bursting out a synthetically synthesized electronic voice,
"Welcome, Mr. Fisher. Excuse me for not going out to meet you..."
"..." Fisher fell silent slightly. A moment later, only then did he say, "Solely greeting me alone. It seems the guest you truly invited is me?"
"Indeed it is so. Or rather, this entire banquet was prepared precisely for you, because what I seek, only you can satisfy. You are of course my honored guest. However, I also welcome the arrival of the other guests."
That coffin Cardinal trembled slightly. Like it couldn't remain closed, a flat crack spread open from the upper end, bearing an appearance of being about to open but not opening yet. It made that originally stiff electronic voice even softer, like it was transforming towards a human voice.
Moreover, it was a female voice.
"So, holding this banquet I am also sincerely intending to invite you and your friends to be guests, no need to be so vigilant. Lord Infinity also doesn't need to peek using her main body. If there are any questions, I will answer honestly, and will not keep private secrets.
"At this moment, receiving Mr. Fisher with a mechanical shell is truly too shabby. Please wait a moment, allow me to change to an even more appropriate posture..."
"Kacha, kacha, kacha!"
Saying thus, the crack on that coffin expanded further. Very quickly, that crack spread up and down, lifting the "coffin lid", from which dense white mist dissipated out.
Fisher of course couldn't relax his vigilance because of a few words from Hamon Hamon. At this moment, seeing that coffin wanting to spread increasingly more, the muscles on his body tensed increasingly, ready to strike according to the situation at any time.
"Tap..."
But in the next second, what was first stretched out from within that white mist, was a massive snake tail covered in purple scales. That snake tail seemed to have been able to only coil and curl up previously due to the cramped space of the coffin. At this moment with the coffin mouth wide open, that snake tail bounced up like a spring, abruptly soaring into the air and then windingly and extremely full of life force rested on the coffin wall.
"Smack..."
A gust of fragrant wind assaulted. That snake tail was merely a part of the thing inside the coffin. Closely following, a pair of female palms possessing fair and slender fingers supported that coffin one on the left and one on the right. Borrowing the force, a graceful body wearing heavy purple gauze was supported by palms and a snake tail standing up.
Fisher's throat rolled slightly. In his black eyes, a beautiful, black-haired beauty flashing with fragrant wind on her body appeared before everyone's eyes with her eyes closed.
"This is..."
The tightly shut eyes of that tall figure with a human head and snake body slowly opened, revealing a pair of ancient-well-without-ripples yellow vertical pupils. Simultaneously, a long snake tongue also quickly darted out and retracted from her red lips, emitting the unique hissing sound of a snake kind,
"Hiss..."
"Are you still satisfied with such an appearance, Mr. Fisher?"
"Satisfied... what?"
Fisher spoke half of it, and the killing-like gaze of Renee beside him looked over, making him say the remaining half of the sentence as fast as possible.
But the problem was, the appearance of this certain snake-shaped demi-human before his eyes was truly far too strange. It wasn't that there were no serpent-kin in reality, and it wasn't that Fisher didn't see the so-called Kakav serpent-kin settlement when passing back to the past ten thousand years ago...
However, was that thing really a serpent-kin?
Fisher always had this feeling every time he saw it. You see those so-called Kakav serpent-kin, having a slender snake body was one thing, but they also redundantly had four short and small arms. If not for their heads being slightly bigger and really looking like snake heads, Fisher felt that that was completely just a skink or something that stood up...
Looking back at this one before his eyes, under the long snake body, a snake tongue lightly spitting out, looked more like the so-called "Snake-Man Species".
However, the Demi-Human Girl Completion Manual on Fisher's chest, which would become exceptionally excited and warm upon encountering new demi-humans, had no reaction at all at this moment. He then knew this thing before his eyes was merely Hamon Hamon's creation, and wasn't a certain demi-human that truly existed.
Seeing Fisher withdraw his gaze, Renee then snorted coldly and hugged her arms. Looking at the graceful gesture-bearing snake-man before her eyes, she asked,
"What, the so-called Chaos from hundreds and thousands of years ago, Hamon Hamon's avatar is such a snake woman with a dissolute body posture?"
When saying these words, Renee was looking at the purple gauze on Hamon Hamon's body. It turned out that purple gauze was too short. Previously when she lay curled up in the coffin it appeared heavy. Rising at this moment, that purple gauze skirt actually at most only reached her waist. However below was exactly her single massive snake tail, so it could also be considered just right.
The expression on Hamon Hamon's face was as calm as a machine. The only difference from the previous fluctuationless electronic voice seemed to only be the timbre. Yet hearing Her ask doubtfully,
"But, the appearance of the avatar you, who is formerly the Mother Goddess, materialized into now isn't also the appearance of a Witch? Did you forget what appearance the Mother Goddess's avatar had previously?"
"..."
This boomerang came too fast, being struck by a single sentence. Especially upon hearing "Mother Goddess's avatar", Fisher, who originally had quite a bit of interest towards Renee's main body, couldn't resist turning his head to look at her even more. Unknown as to why, Renee's complexion suddenly became exceptionally shameful, bearing a flustered and exasperated appearance.
What's wrong, could it be the Mother Goddess's avatar is some very weird thing?
Fisher looked bewilderedly at Gou Wen beside him, only to see Gou Wen also bear an appearance of hesitating to speak, his corners of mouth unable to control themselves from trembling, unknown if he thought of something.
This appearance of you all knowing and only me not knowing made Fisher unhappy. But at this moment, Emhart on his chest quietly squeezed out his head, whispering to Fisher,
"Fisher, some original Kadu texts say... the Mother Goddess's true appearance is a round meat ball... but it has already been destroyed as overstepping and chaotic texts. I've seen these kinds of records before..."
But seeing Sir Book Artifact in his embrace carrying a color of gleeful revenge in his eyes, yet looking timid and gleeful simultaneously was truly contradictory, yet it perfectly manifested vividly on his square face.
"Pfft!"
Fisher turned his head to look at Gou Wen beside him, seeing him somewhat unable to resist laughing, yet very quickly returning to calmness,
"What are you laughing at?" Fisher softly asked.
"Nothing, just suddenly recalled the Mother Goddess's avatar described by that fellow... She said how come this avatar of the Mother Goddess looks like a 'meat tangyuan'..."
That fellow obviously referred to Demi-Human Girl Con.
Simultaneously Gou Wen used his finger to draw a circle, saying, "Tangyuan is a food from that fellow's hometown, using a round dough wrapping sugar, soft and glutinous after cooking. She gifted some to me and Xuan Can before..."
"Enough!"
Renee was so angry her complexion flushed red. That mature-sister-like face burst forth with exceptionally dangerous light. The pressure of a deity overturned upwards, silencing Gou Wen at once.
"You are not allowed to speak anymore!"
Gou Wen hurriedly nodded, indicating he wouldn't speak anymore.
"And you, come over here to me!"
"Ahhhh, Fisher, save me!!"
Emhart was sucked away by the Witch, evidently ominous things were many and auspicious things were few.
"First, my previous incarnation didn't only have that one avatar... No, She simply didn't have this avatar! Secondly, I am not my previous incarnation either..."
Finishing all this, Renee turned her head to look at Fisher with a face full of smiles again,
"Right, Fisher?"
"..."
Fisher nodded, and Renee only then grabbed the begging-for-mercy Emhart in her hands while gnashing her teeth, turning her head to look at Hamon Hamon who didn't say a word before her eyes,
"I turned into this appearance in order to observe reality up close without arousing suspicion, having my own reasons... And you, for what reason do you need to turn into this appearance in the Spirit World?"
"I am for Mr. Fisher."
Hamon Hamon's expression was still calm, stiff like the mechanical Spirit World, yet pointing towards Fisher very decisively, making both Renee and Fisher freeze on the spot simultaneously.
"Because of me?"
Renee turned her head to look at Fisher. Searching through her mind she couldn't recall when Fisher and Hamon Hamon's main body established contact. No matter what it should be after entering the Spirit World, but this Whale-kin also seemed to know nothing... "What? What did you say? You went behind my back again..."
"I didn't."
"Then what is He..."
"I don't know."
"..."
"Hiss, hiss..."
And at this moment, Hamon Hamon flicking his tongue, swaying her snake tail, also slowly came towards Fisher. She maintained a blank expression, and then said faintly,
"It's just derived from deducing according to data. I believe that using the posture of a demi-human to welcome Mr. Fisher can lower his vigilance towards me, increase the degree of intimacy, and also better let Mr. Fisher enter the banquet, listen to my requests, and reach the transaction I hope for."
Renee was stunned, mouth slightly open unable to speak, while Gou Wen nodded and said,
"Reasonable."
Reasonable what? Is this reasonable? This is not reasonable!
"...I'm not, I don't have." Fisher frowned, questioning towards the Hamon Hamon before his eyes whose appearance was indeed passable and could indeed trigger demi-human research interest, "Where did you derive the conclusion, it's simply nonsense."
"The data was entirely observed from networked Cardinals. The mixed-blood woman having a relationship with you connected the Cardinals onto the network, allowing my consciousness to be released from closure, successfully entering reality. However due to times having changed, my consciousness also fell silent for too long, only able to understand the current situation of the outside world first. It was only when Mr. Fisher entered the Spirit World that I revealed myself to invite you..."
"You were awake long ago?"
"Indeed it is so. If I had malicious intentions, back when Heon and the others made a move I should have launched an attack. But the reality is, They, including Dream Illusion, don't even know I have awakened."
"Hiss hiss..."
While speaking Hamon Hamon suddenly darted her tongue out again, like that snake tongue wasn't controlled by Her at all. Simultaneously, she raised an elegant hand. The coffin behind her then lit up with light, flashing out images,
"Mr. Fisher, please look."
Fisher looked over, and saw females sharing a not-shallow relationship with him appear within that image one by one.
"Raphaela, Dragon-Man Species; Jasmine, Whale-Man Species; Valentina, Phoenix Species; Alajina, human and Giant Troll Species mixed blood... Although Elizabeth is human, looking at it, the connection with Mr. Fisher was established many years ago, the sample lacks referentiality. The Moon appearing now is also far apart from humans, even if it's an avatar it's a Witch..."
While speaking, Hamon Hamon's ancient-well-without-ripples eyes also raised to look at Fisher, saying,
"In summary, I have sufficient reasons to believe that using a non-human female appearance to receive Mr. Fisher is helpful to the progress of the banquet that follows."
"Reasonable."
Gou Wen merely sneered and nodded. He had to say, every time it came to this kind of "Khan ordering a grand muster of troops (listing names)" segment it could make him laugh out of anger. The meaning of the sentence "reasonable" at this moment was much deeper than the previous one.
Renee was so angry she wanted to just raise her hand to scatter this annoying fellow's avatar, while Fisher looking at Emhart in Renee's hands who was about to evaporate because of her emotional fluctuations, had no choice but to say,
"Even so, I have already repented and turned over a new leaf right now."
"Is that so. It seems my intelligence is lagging... but no matter, I still hope to invite you to participate in the banquet with me, listen to my request. This is very important. I am willing to pay any remuneration."
"..."
Fisher reached out silently to rescue the Emhart the Renee's hands. Looking at his near-fainting appearance, Fisher raised his eyes and asked,
"Since this banquet is based on your request, and is mainly to invite me to help, then wouldn't it be fine if you state your objective here, why still participate in a banquet?"
"This is of course fine as well. But didn't Mr. Fisher come here also for the Completion Manual on the body of my Chaos host? Besides he is still here right now, could it be you don't want to meet him?"
"Mikhail?"
"Mikhail..."
"Mommy!"
Gou Wen and Fisher's complexions changed simultaneously. That David in the control room even ran out excitedly, anxious to the point of almost stomping his feet.
And Renee hugged her arms again, asking,
"Transferred Person you guys knew in the past?"
Fisher nodded. And Gou Wen had already walked towards Hamon Hamon with an excited expression, hurriedly asking,
"Absolutely true? Mikhail is inside right now?"
"Yes. And that Angel accompanying him is also by his side right now... Honestly speaking, the request I proposed is also related to them."
Gou Wen no longer spoke, merely looking at Fisher, nodding imperceptibly.
Fisher knew, this was the meaning of wanting to enter to find out the truth.
He turned his head to glance at the wide-open entrance of the Shelter. Right now there were also one or two Chaos-kins with twisted figures coming here beside it, being received to enter within. Looking at it, they were also invited here to participate in the so-called banquet.
Contemplating for a moment, Fisher turned his head to say to David,
"David, steer the ship to enter inside."
"Understood, Mr. Fisher!"
David nodded humanely, hurriedly floating back to the control room, and the ship that had been stationed here for a long time finally began to move its giant body, sailing towards the inside of the Shelter.
The human-headed, snake-bodied Hamon Hamon nodded expressionlessly, bowing to Fisher, saying flatly yet sincerely,
"Thank you for Mr. Fisher's trust. I am very happy to be able to enter the next step of negotiation with Mr. Fisher..."
"Trust is not necessarily the case. The Cardinal Completion Manual not circulating to reality for so many years is enough to prove Mikhail hasn't died yet, and him being before this Shelter is also an indisputable fact. Unrelated to that Completion Manual, just for his sake, we also must enter inside."
"Even so, if I showed my cards to Mr. Fisher it'll be enough... Before entering, I might as well tell Fisher an additional secret news, reminding you to be careful."
Hamon Hamon nodded, not the slightest bit annoyed after hearing Fisher's words. Instead swaying her snake body to approach Fisher bit by bit, exhaling like orchids seemingly preparing to whisper a word or two by his ear.
Fisher also frowned. His heart moved. Inspiration reminded him, the secret Hamon Hamon was about to say was probably extremely important, so he also proactively leaned his ear closer to listen.
— Pinch!
As a result, leaning over he didn't feel the gentle spring breeze of Hamon Hamon's snake-man avatar. Instead, the first thing he felt was an iron hand from Renee, because the Renee behind him had already reached out with a fake smile to pinch the ear he was about to use to listen.
While the other hand domineeringly blocked in front of Hamon Hamon's lips that were about to advance, blocking Her not far away.
"Hiss..."
This time it wasn't the sound of Hamon Hamon darting her snake tongue, but the sound of Fisher gasping in a breath of cold air.
Under the gaze assistance of Gou Wen cheering from behind, almost shouting "how satisfying", Renee carrying a smile that was like teasing yet like murdering, pulled Fisher into her own embrace, turning her head to smile at Hamon Hamon,
"What secret is there that can't be told to us, but solely must be told to him? Say it directly, presumably my family's Fisher also feels this news needs to be shared with his companions... right, Mr. Gou Wen?"
Gou Wen's originally smiling face heard the phrase "my family's" and also stopped smiling.
What your family's...
Jasmine waited for Fisher for ten thousand years. Yours is only a few years, what's there to talk about?
Thinking thus in his heart, but looking at that Renee pinching Fisher's ear, he yet again felt this image was similar to his family's tigress. While feeling apprehensive in his heart, he also birthed trace amounts of empathetic sympathy.
Thus Gou Wen nodded decisively, saying,
"Indeed it is so."
Hamon Hamon remained with that machine-like face, and also didn't have any other emotions. It was just that looking at Fisher in Renee's embrace at this moment, She ultimately still decided to open her mouth,
"Several uninvited guests arrived early at the banquet, they are the several Chaos-kins led by Pisces..."
"They... haven't let things go? Didn't we just agree to a ceasefire earlier? That means to say, the other Chaos-kins coming here also all harbor ill intentions?"
Hamon Hamon shook her head, softly saying,
"The rest of the Chaos-kins are not traveling together with Pisces and the others. But them harboring ill intentions is indeed a fact... Furthermore Mr. Fisher, this ill intention is much more terrifying than what you're imagining...
"They are already believers of the 【Ocean】 right now, being driven by It... Long before you all came, they already brought the Ocean's will, hoping I would cooperate..."
Renee hugging Fisher paused slightly, and Fisher's complexion also changed. Getting up from Renee's fragrant and soft embrace, looking at Hamon Hamon's earnest face before his eyes,
"Cooperate? Cooperate on what?"
"Shouldn't Mr. Fisher already have a premonition, the true intention of the Ocean."
"That precious property on my body, right?"
Hamon Hamon nodded, dragging her slender snake tail behind her, coming to the edge of the deck, looking at the Shelter that was increasingly closer,
"What the Gods stole, the owner comes to seek; what is precious to you, is what the other seeks... The so-called destruction, is merely a wisp of a completely lamenting song sent down by the Ocean, and its true intention, is precisely that precious property on your body stolen away by the Gods...
"If the Ocean is the conductor, then His musicians have already taken their places in the banquet at this moment. Please Mr. Fisher, you must be careful. My objective still needs you to achieve, and if you want to resist the Ocean, my remuneration presumably will also be unable to be refused."
The solemnness on Fisher's face gradually turned to frost. The Shelter before his eyes was already before his eyes. But because of these words from Hamon Hamon, his heartbeat also unavoidably sped up.
It wasn't fear. Floating at the bottom of his heart at this moment instead, was that Angel carrying a bad smile...
She shares an intimate relationship with the Ocean. That means to say, this is actually also her wish?
"Buzz buzz buzz..."
"Welcome... Welcome... Welcome your arrival..."
The large gate of the Shelter opened, and bright light shone over, resembling a large mouth, and also like a blue-gold eye gazing with a smile, casting deeply furrowed shadows on Fisher's contemplating face...
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