My Two Status Windows-Chapter 162

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Chapter 162: Sky Garden of the False God (1)

“What the…?”

Apollo looked at me like I was crazy.

Ignoring his gaze, I activated a skill.

“Soul Mediation.”

After reaching SS-rank, this skill evolved as well.

It now transfers everything from my main body.

The target: my avatar hidden in Elprian’s sanctuary.

“The soul body is fading…?”

This effect is similar to the “Avatar Swap” ability granted by the Lord of Chaos.

That skill has a downside—if the soul body isn’t retrieved, part of it is permanently damaged…

But my current Soul Mediation is different. I can transfer everything cleanly without loss.

There’s a limit to how much I can transfer, but…

Right now, I can move everything I have.

I suspect the “Left Arm of the Creator,” which granted the Lord of Chaos his skill, was also based on Soul Mediation.

[Master. Are you heading to Kalvine again?]

The phoenix, fused with me, spoke up.

Yeah.

I did get in a good hit on Apollo, but it’d be a shame to retreat just like that.

I plan to cause a scene in Kalvine.

And if possible, I’ll clear Artemis’s quest too.

[Then I’ll stay behind. Just enough to keep Apollo unsure.]

Won’t that be dangerous?

[I’m a phoenix. As long as I have your power, I can resurrect.]

Alright.

I’ll leave it to you.

[Activating Soul Mediation. Target: ‘Avatar 1.’]

I first transferred the core of my soul, my SP, and the Soul Sword.

It all happened in the blink of an eye.

Faster than light.

While Apollo watched in confusion, my consciousness faded.

“Whew. Soul Mediation’s pretty useful.”

A familiar scene greeted me—Elprian’s sanctuary.

“The Soul Sword’s right where I left it.”

I opened my inventory and checked on it.

My strongest weapon right now.

Can’t do without it.

[Phoenix. What’s the situation?]

As soon as I sent the message, a reply came back.

[I’ve already died and resurrected three times. I’ve got about four more resurrections left. Apollo is still confused, unsure whether it’s due to my resurrection power or not.]

[Good. Just stall him a little longer.]

The phoenix’s authority—resurrection.

Thankfully, it also applies to my fused avatar.

Four more times...

It might pass in a flash, but what’s important is that Apollo is now far from Kalvine.

Now’s my chance.

“Drakia. Let’s return to Kalvine.”

[You’re planning another assault?]

“While Apollo is away, I need to destroy as many Thunder Pillars as possible.”

[Understood.]

A portal opened once more.

I stepped into it, courtesy of Drakia.

The Kalvine planet looked different now.

The blazing sun had completely set.

A crescent moon shone in the night sky.

Even if Apollo returns now, he’ll be much weaker. It’s deep into the night.

“Summon Apostles.”

I summoned the Apostle Gods.

One by one, they appeared.

Gods from across the world stood tall and dignified.

At the front was Guan Yu, looking like two men combined in size, riding his Red Hare and holding his Green Dragon Crescent Blade.

“We have come at your command.”

The gods deeply bowed their heads to me.

They were respectful before, but after I reached SS-rank, they now treated me like a true divine being.

Man… even with the extra SP income after reaching intermediate deity status, this is a bit much.

I hope they don’t refuse to return to their own factions later.

Clearing my throat, I addressed the gods.

“You’ve all reclaimed your divine names, I see.”

“Yes, Divine One.”

“Though we are unworthy, we now stand as your sword.”

They all keep calling me ‘Divine One’ now.

Even gods dispatched from other divine realms are like this.

Technically, they’re mercenaries, but they act more devoted than my actual apostles.

“I trust you won’t retreat this time, even against the corrupted nymphs.”

“Yes. We will give it our all.”

“Destroy the Thunder Pillars. And if you find Artemis, contact me. There’s something I must settle with her.”

“Understood, Divine One.”

The gods bowed once again with utmost respect.

Then, in small squads, they scattered in all directions.

Much faster than before.

Seems like they recover strength a lot quicker now that they’ve become apostles.

Watching their retreating backs, I gave a command to the world itself.

“Find Artemis.”

My divine energy spread across Kalvine.

The target: Artemis.

My energy stretched across the planet—but Artemis’s presence remained hidden.

That little sneak… is she sleeping or something?

“Hey, can I go too?”

What the—why is she still here and not out on deployment?

Drakina stood awkwardly alone where the Legion of Gods had departed.

“Of course.”

“But it feels like the gods are going to take care of everything. I couldn’t even breathe standing among them.”

“Tch. You get so much SP from soul mediation... just hurry up and go. Or go find Artemis.”

As I gave the order, Drakina clicked her tongue and transformed into her dragon form.

Once she disappeared as well, I continued to spread my soul power and focused on the search.

But no matter how hard I looked, Artemis wouldn’t show up.

Had she left the planet entirely?

Still, just in case, I kept sending out my soul energy.

She might eventually show up to block the Apostle Gods’ attack.

That’s the moment I’m waiting for.

One minute passed.

The Thunder Soul Pillars around me were already devastated.

They were no longer visible to my eyes.

I floated up higher into the sky, and only then did I faintly spot them again.

Five minutes passed.

Now, even from the sky, the Thunder Soul Pillars were almost gone.

The enemy still hadn’t shown themselves.

In the past, they used to send corrupted nymphs throwing phalluses, but now—silence.

Those bastards...

Are they really giving up on Kalvine?

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[Divine Lord, the enemy has been detected.]

[They’re the same lustful nymphs we’ve seen before, but their aura is different this time.]

A report came in from the gods.

Even a video was attached.

When I played it, I saw half-naked nymphs with bloodshot eyes charging at the gods.

[Manifest, Azure Dragon.]

Was this footage from Guan Yu’s side?

Guan Yu swung his Green Dragon Crescent Blade.

A blue dragon manifested from the blade and rushed toward the nymphs.

It was a powerful charge.

The Azure Dragon seemed infused with soul energy—white light flickered across its blue form.

The nymphs were immediately swept away.

Their bodies were ripped apart and vanished.

[Grrrrr...]

Yet the nymphs neither screamed in pain nor hesitated.

They growled like beasts.

Clearly insane and devoid of reason.

[They cannot withstand the power granted by the God of Souls, but they keep charging in madness.]

The gods' legion began to slow down due to the onslaught of nymphs ignoring their own lives.

Drakina grumbled and sent her own report.

[Compared to last time, the nymphs are weaker, but there are way too many, and they’re soaked in madness. They’re charging recklessly, making it hard to eliminate the Thunder Spirits.]

I rose higher into the sky to get a better view of the battlefield.

Thanks to the gods advancing like a tidal wave in the past five minutes, I couldn’t see the ground from this height...

“Expand vision.”

I used divine speech lightly, and my view expanded like looking through a telescope.

With this, I observed the battle between gods and nymphs.

It was a one-sided massacre.

The gods were slaughtering the nymphs with ease.

Each god unleashed their divine powers and swept away the nymphs.

Slaaash!

The weapons of the gods cut through the nymphs entirely.

The nymphs, shaped like beautiful naked women, were torn apart and burned.

The attacks included bursts of soul energy, which engulfed the nymphs in white flames until they disappeared.

One would expect them to retreat or their numbers to visibly decrease after such a massacre, but they didn’t.

Nymphs kept appearing from somewhere, continuously throwing themselves at the gods.

“I need to find the cause...”

I expanded my vision even more and scanned the area.

The region where the gods' advance was halted by the nymphs.

Beyond that stood solid, unshaken Thunder Soul Pillars.

Something was writhing there...

“Soul Disassembly.”

I analyzed the Thunder Soul Pillar.

I wondered if Zeus’s power would make it unanalyzable, but it was actually easier than with Apollo’s.

Maybe because it's not a combat-based technique?

“It’s basically an SP supply tool...”

The structure was simple.

A conduit that sends SP from the ground to the sky.

Becoming a Thunder Soul, a vassal of Zeus, it sends SP to its deity and eventually vanishes.

It absorbed SP from the land like roots sucking up moisture from soil, and then sent it upwards.

I checked the other pillars—they were nearly identical.

But one Thunder Soul Pillar stood out.

“That one’s... interesting.”

It was a pillar where moonlight was gathered.

Much thicker and sturdier than the others.

While the others were composed of pure white lightning, this one had black energy swirling at its core.

“That’s the one. Let’s go.”

As I gave the order, my soul body moved instantly.

Since reaching S-rank, my divine speech had become even more powerful.

Its speed now was incomparable to before.

“This is it.”

In the blink of an eye, I stood before the strange pillar.

It was overwhelmingly larger than the others.

Inside, black energy surged and churned—it vaguely reminded me of the power of the Chaos faction.

Crack crackle.

Like the others, it made electric noises.

But unlike the rest, it also emitted other sounds.

Groooaaa.

Kaaaahhh.

A voice that sounded like a mix between a human’s scream and a beast’s howl.

It was coming from within that central dark space.

“Soul Disassembly.”

It had been too far away to properly identify earlier—this unusual cluster of soul energy.

Using Soul Disassembly again, I analyzed the core of its power.

“Hmm……”

Its basic structure matched that of a typical soul energy source.

But there were two major differences.

First, the SP (Soul Power) absorbed from the earth wasn’t flowing into the heavens—it was being drawn into the black space instead.

Second, a current of energy originating from that black space was extending toward the moon.

The energy was so fine that it looked like a thread when viewed with the naked eye.

Connected to the moon, huh…

“Grrr!”

While I was analyzing the soul energy, I realized I was now surrounded by nymphs.

They had the faces of peerless beauties—beauties that could shake the very world if they were human—but crawled on all fours like beasts, hands and feet on the ground.

Like four-legged animals.

“What happened to you all? Can’t you speak?”

“Kaaa!”

These were the same nymphs that had recklessly charged at other gods.

Yet now, they simply circled around me, growling like beasts.

I used Soul Disassembly on a nymph.

A concentration of black energy was focused around its head.

That feeling—it resembled the energy of chaos, or the black aura I once saw from Artemis’s soul form.

The wave pattern was similar.

Are they being controlled by that stuff?

“Grrrr…”

“Uuuuuh…”

More and more nymphs began to gather.

Back when they threw phallic objects, the nymphs were S-rank, at least minor deities.

These ones were mostly A-rank, with a few B-ranks here and there.

Quantity over quality, huh?

At this level, subduing them will be easy.

“Begone.”

Fwoooosh.

As I spoke the divine word, the nymphs began to turn to dust, starting from their heads.

“Grrr!”

“Yap! Yap!”

The nymphs barked like dogs as their comrades vanished, but they too soon followed into nothingness.

The area was cleared in an instant.

Whiiirrrrr.

The pillar of soul energy flared, hastily summoning more nymphs.

But there was no need to just stand around watching it.

“Soul Emission.”

Swoosh.

I drew my soul sword and sliced the entire thing.

Kiiiiiiiek!

As the soul sword pierced the black energy at the center of the pillar, a chilling scream echoed.

The black energy began to burn with white flames.

[*#$)#…… #$&$!!]

What the hell is it saying?

“Translate.”

The words were automatically interpreted in my mind.

[Kieeeeek… Soul God…! The Master will punish you…]

A language I’d never heard before.

Although it was automatically translated into Korean in my mind, its linguistic structure was completely alien.

Languages of humanity or Gods originating from Earth were usually translated automatically.

But this one?

It’s strange.

Feels like something that only S-rank beings or higher could understand.

Anyway, the message was nothing more than a third-rate villain’s final threat.

I slashed the black energy once more with my soul sword, and it fully ignited and vanished.

Now then, time to find another target.

Wriggle, wriggle.

Huh?

I still had Soul Disassembly activated.

From the spot where the pillar’s black energy had burned away—completely destroyed and structurally collapsed—something was wriggling.

It looked like it had disappeared on the surface...

But it left something behind.

Whiiish.

A tiny, worm-like strand of black energy rose into the air, like it was ascending.

I glanced around briefly.

The gods were still battling the nymphs but were gradually pushing them back.

Nothing appeared too dangerous.

I’ll leave the ground to them and follow this thing.

Whoosh.

I moved my body to pursue the black energy.

Realizing I was chasing it, the black energy accelerated.

No matter how fast it moves, I can catch it anytime and crush it.

But let’s see where it’s headed.

And soon, I arrived in a new space—above the sky.

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