Chapter 299: Wee Back, Beast Gods


    TO SAY that Alec Forrester was shocked after Kalel Moonchester, the ck Serpent, froze the entire Redsun Desert. The Crades had also turned into giant ice sculptures. And even if the climate in that area was very hot, his ice didn''t look like they would melt any soon.


    It required a very high amount of Mana to aplish such task.


    After all, the Crades in the Redsun Desert were the strongest kind. But when faced against a Beast God like the ck Serpent, they looked nothing like the fearsome creatures that they should be. For Kalel Moonchester, they were just insects that he could easily step on.


    And the most amazing thing was the fact that the ck Serpent didn''t even break a sweat despite using a huge amount of Mana.


    "You''re amazing, Lord ck Serpent," Alec told him. "Even though you chose to be reborn as human, discarding your divine body in the process, your Mana and divine powers still remain very strong."


    "It''s not as strong as it used to be," Kalel said while looking straight at Mount S. Even though it was a few feet away from them, he could tell that the ck Serpent could see the shrine where Soleil Rosenberg went to. After all, the ck Serpent had a sharp sight. Ah, to be precise, all his senses were sharper than normal people. "These Crades are just weak."


    Heughed softly at that remark. "Of course, my lord. Any enemy, no matter how strong they are, will look weak in front of you."


    "No," the ck Serpent said, then he turned to him. "These aren''t the usual Crades that lurk around in this area. This is supposed to be theirir. But it seems like the stronger ones aren''t here for some reason."


    He was surprised to hear that.


    Of course, he didn''t doubt the ck Serpent''s words. Even before he was reborn as a human, he had already faced the ancient Crades back when he was still Nystrom. That meant Kalel Moonchester knew what he was talking about.


    "Then, maybe they were already eliminated by someone else," Alec said hesitantly. Admittedly, he didn''t know much about the Crades because it wasn''t a part of his job to deal with them. "Although I''m not sure if there are people like you that can easily eliminate them. I heard that even your brother, the second prince, has a hard time fighting them off."


    "Auro isn''t weak."


    Ah, the ck Serpent looked offended. It seemed like the rumor about the first prince being overprotective of the second price was true, huh?


    "I apologize if I sounded like I''m saying that Prince Auro is weak," he said with an apologetic smile. "I didn''t mean to offend you, Lord ck Serpent."


    "You can just call me by my current name," Kalel said. "The way you call me is too mouthful."


    He smiled and nodded. "I understand, Lord Kalel."


    Thankfully, the ck Serpent looked satisfied now.


    "I''ve seen some shedded skin around," Kalel said seriously, then he turned to Mount S again. "I have a feeling that the stronger Crades have already evolved and thus, thisir has be to small for them."


    "''Evolved?''" Alec asked, then he gulped nervously. "Then, does it mean the ancient Crades have be stronger?"


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    "I AM here, Lady Soleil."


    Soleil turned to her spirit guardian and smiled.


    Lucina Morganna held the Core of her real power, the ck me. Although she was a spirit guardian, she looked like human. She had dark brown hair and eyes, and wore a maroon cloak that had the symbol of the Red Phoenix.


    After all, the Beast God that the Fire Mage n worshipped was her very own brother.


    "It''s been a while since I''ve summoned you," Soleil said to Lucina with a cheerful smile. "How have you been, Lucina? I missed you."


    "I''m always with you, Lady Soleil," Lucina said in her usual indifferent tone. "How can I serve you today?"


    "I need the ck me."


    "No can do, mydy," the spirit guardian said bluntly. "Master Winchell asked me before to never let you use the ck me."


    She groaned as a yfulint. "Lucina, I''m your master and not my brother."


    "But as your spirit guardian, it''s my duty to protect you," Lucina exined patiently as if she was talking to a child. "Using the ck me weakens your body, mydy. You haven''t tamed it yet so it attacks you each time you try to borrow its power."


    "I can''t tame it because you and my brother won''t let me use it," sheined while shaking her head. In normal circumstances, she would have given up on using the ck me because she knew how stubborn Lucina could get. But not this time. "Lucina, I''m serious."


    The spirit guardian flinched when she probably realized that she was really dead serious.


    "Lucina Morganna,e," Soleil said in a serious tone, then she extended her hand to her spirit guardian. "Be my wings."


    Lucina let out a deep sigh, then she smiled faintly at her before she took her hand.


    As soon as she did, the spirit guardian became a lump of red me that spread to her body like, well, wildfire. Then, the heat from her me gathered on her back. When she moved her shoulders, she felt her wings sprout from her shoulder des.


    The flicker of me around her had turned ck now.


    But she didn''t need to see it to know that her me had changed. After all, the fact that she was coughing blood now was enough proof that she had sessfully summoned the ck me. And it wasn''t happy to be summoned by her.


    "Just lend me your power for a few minutes. Don''t be stubborn," Soleil told the ck me in her in a yful voice. Then, she pressed her hands on the giant steel gate in front of her. "Melt this for me if you want to return to the Abyss, ck me."


    She heard a sizzling sound from under the palm of her hands.


    Then, it was followed by a loud bang when she released a huge amount of ck me from her hands. After that, she took a step away from the giant gate and watch it get melted by her me. The heating from her own me was enough to make her skin feel burned.


    Yes, a Fire Mage like her felt like she was being roasted by her own me.


    I''m a disgrace to our n, she said while clenching her hands tight. They celebrate me as the greatest Fire Mage in our history but look at me now. I can''t even control the ck me. Even my brother felt like it was necessary for him to give me half of his Red me.


    Her thoughts were cut-off when the gate finally melted.


    It only took the ck me a few minutes to melt it down. The ck me didn''t get put out even after burning the gate down. She didn''t have the time to wait for it to cool down so entered the room.


    Thankfully, the strong barrier that she felting from inside the room a while ago disappeared as soon as she stepped in.


    The shrine has probably recognized me as the Beast Priestess because of the ck me.


    And now, she stood in front of the three gigantic stone statues of the Red Phoenix, the Blue Dragon, and the little tiger.


    Uh, the Golden Tiger, I mean.


    She could feel the three Beast Gods'' divine powering from each statute, so they must had been sealed away in there.


    Who could have done this to them?


    She set that thought aside first to do her job. After all, she was sent there by their new Sun Priestess to free the Beast Gods that would apparently help her defeat the uing catastrophe that would hit the continent soon.


    But they had no clue what kind of catastrophe do they had to prepare for.


    The gods can''t even tell us the whole prophecy and yet, they always ask us to save the world instead ofing here themselves to protect us.


    "Tsk," she said. Clicking her tongue was unbing of someone her position. But thinking about how the gods had been ordering her around since her previous life never failed to piss her off. "They can''t even give me a good reward," sheined, then she raised her hands while her palms faced the direction of the three stone statues in front of her. "Burn."


    This time, the ming ck feathers of her wings began to throw themselves at the stone statues. As soon as a ming feather hit the statue, it would melt the part that it hit. The process continued until the three gigantic statues began to melt.


    Unfortunately, it seemed like she had reached her limit because she got into a fit of cough once again.


    Bloody cough, if she may say so.


    She clutched her stomach tight while her other hand was wiping the blood off her mouth. ck me, why do you hate me so much?


    "My foolish little sister," Winchell, whose voice wasing from the statue of the Red Phoenix, said in a mocking tone. He always used that tone on her whenever he would scold her. "How many times have I told you that you can''t use the ck me?"


    She tried to stand straight despite her buckling knees because she didn''t want to appear weak in front of her arrogant older brother.


    "Hey, Soleil, have you gone weak?" the little tiger, whose voice wasing from the statue of the Golden Tiger, asked in an annoying voice. "I bet I can beat you now if we fight one-on-one this time."


    As if.


    "Soleil, I''m d that your beauty remains the same."


    To say that she was surprised when Elis Ripperton, the Blue Dragon, appeared in front of her. He was in his human form, and he still looked the same as she remembered before he ascended the heavens.


    Elis was still beautiful, but she still hated how he never respected her personal space.


    And I hate myself for not feeling his presence until he spoke.


    Soleil was about to tell Elis off, but all of a sudden, her strength left her. She felt her ming ck wings vanish the moment she found herself falling on the ground. But instead of the cold and hard floor, she found herself leaning against a cold and solid body. She smiled because she already knew who caught her. "Lord Kalel," she said when she turned to look at him. "Thank you for catching me."


    "Rest," Kalel said, then he gently covered her eyes with one hand. "Don''t look at the ugly people in front of you."


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