Sacred Souls: Genesis-Chapter 252 - 250 Time to Recruit (3rd Update)
Chapter 252 -250: Time to Recruit (3rd Update)
Chapter 252 -250: Time to Recruit (3rd Update)
The hot pot party went on late into the night and got busier with time, with waves of players from one guild leaving and another wave from a different guild arriving.
It subtly evolved into a sort of hot pot relay, and although Jiang Qiao didn’t eat much tonight, he closely observed the esports luminaries’ views on the game Holy Spirit before heading back to the hotel alone.
Heading out this time, Jiang Qiao’s biggest concern was whether Hai Lan would tear down his house, but since she had already mastered the art of ordering takeout, there should be no problem.
Lying on the hotel bed, Jiang Qiao browsed through a pile of messages, part of them texts from his parents, mostly asking, “Where have you run off to?” and “Come here for dinner.”
The holographic projection exhibition had captured the attention of various countries, and as the main character, Jiang Qiao’s father was certainly overwhelmed with work tonight.
After casually replying to a few messages, Jiang Qiao opened the news app to check on the latest updates.
Just as he had anticipated, the top-trending news was no longer about Zhao Mingwei’s retirement, but “Holy Spirit Flame Dragon appearing at the holographic projection exhibition,” followed by “Upper City Holographic Projection Exhibition.”
What Jiang Qiao found most interesting was that the most popular news piece was from a newspaper, not a gaming outlet, and this newspaper conveyed, in an extremely official tone, what the Flame Ash Dragon was.
‘The Flame Ash Dragon, a lord-level monster from the game “Holy Spirit” on Biland Island, made an appearance at the holographic projection exhibition…’
Just from reading the beginning, Jiang Qiao felt it didn’t resemble a newspaper report but more like an ecological analysis of the Flame Ash Dragon. If Jiang Qiao were the newspaper’s editor, he would have sent the writer back to redraft immediately.
The comments below were equally baffling.
“Holy Spirit? What’s that?”
“Isn’t that dragon from Dispute?”
“How did something from a game end up at such an important exhibition?”
There was a substantial number of comments like these. Although electronic gaming had developed over many years, many older people still found it hard to accept its existence.
But none of this concerned Jiang Qiao. Holy Spirit had already completed its first act on stage, and now it was time for Jiang Qiao to start building the next phase.
The fame of Holy Spirit was already established; what remained was to attract sponsors.
During the hot pot gathering, players from Leaping Nucleus had discussed what exactly the inner world of Holy Spirit was.
Most players speculated it was just some form of AR gameplay and warned their friends not to get their hopes up too much.
Jiang Qiao couldn’t follow up on their conversation during the gathering to explain the exact nature of the inner world’s gameplay, so he could only show the players of Holy Spirit through his actions.
“It’s about time,” he said to himself.
Checking his phone, Jiang Qiao saw several messages from Hai Lan. Without reading the messages, he closed his eyes and logged into the world of Holy Spirit.
As the creator of Holy Spirits…It was but a thought for Jiang Qiao to enter the world of the Holy Spirits.
When Jiang Qiao opened his eyes again, he found himself already in the lord’s residence of the instance, with the Shadow Divine Chosen bound tightly and thrown onto the lawn of the lord’s residence.
The Hornet Knight was guarding her by her side.
“Jiang Qiao! Jiang Qiao! The gods have come knocking! Can I have an extra meal tonight?” Hai Lan rushed towards Jiang Qiao as soon as she saw him.
“Don’t look so eager when you’re saying something so terrifying. Those gods are important collaborators of ours.” Jiang Qiao tapped Hai Lan’s forehead with his hand, stopping her from throwing herself onto him, “Give me their coordinates, and Hornet Knight, keep an eye on her for me, I still have use for her.”
Jiang Qiao instructed the Hornet Knight before he opened a portal and left the lord’s residence of the instance, taking Hai Lan with him into the portal.
The portal led to a secluded forest area on Biland Island, where Jiang Qiao detected no trace of any players nearby.
The Earth Mother Goddess and War God Urd had been waiting for Jiang Qiao there for quite some time.
“Honorable Devouring God…” War God Urd once again bowed to Jiang Qiao.
“I’ve already said there’s no need to address us like that. It sounds awkward to me. Let me get straight to the point—you want to ask me why I don’t just defeat the Flame Ash Dragon, but instead opt to protect it, right?” Jiang Qiao asked.
The Earth Mother Goddess and War God Urd both nodded slightly.
Initially, the Earth Mother Goddess’s task for the Holy Spirits was to completely cleanse Biland Island, and by now, four Island Masters had tragically died at the hands of the Holy Spirits, even the leader of the Magic Thieves had been severely damaged by them.
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For the gods of this world, these were great tidings worthy of celebration. However, not only were the Holy Spirits no longer pursuing the Island Masters, but they were also claiming ‘ecological balance’ and chanting slogans like “Protect the instance BOSS, starting with me!” “No trade, no kill!” “Save the BOSS!” and similar slogans.
“You probably won’t believe ‘ecological balance’ as a reason, so let’s be honest—it’s about claiming the reward we deserve,” Jiang Qiao said with a smile.
“You…have already obtained plenty of rewards from this island, Devouring God,” the Earth Mother Goddess said.
The ‘reward’ the Earth Mother Goddess referred to here was likely the Mother Crystals stripped from the monsters by the Holy Spirits.
“You did just mention ‘this one island,’ didn’t you?” Jiang Qiao clearly remembered—at the time of accepting the task from the Earth Mother Goddess, he hadn’t yet decided what his reward should be, “All Mother Crystals from Biland Island come from Biland Island itself, gained by our Holy Spirits after defeating its monsters, not rewards given by you.”
“Devouring God, what exactly will you want in order to cleanse the remaining three zones of the island?” the Earth Mother Goddess asked, not wishing to continue arguing with Jiang Qiao.
“Clean up the traitor among you!” Jiang Qiao’s tone suddenly changed, and a light golden hue flashed in his pupils, making the Earth Mother Goddess step back slightly, her heart skipping a beat.
“Crystallization is not a plague. On the contrary, it is a pathway to the evolution of life forms. It’s just that not all humans can handle it, which is why it leads to death. Those Magic Thieves who’ve evolved into perfect crystalline beings cannot spread crystallization; only those who haven’t fully evolved do so,” Jiang Qiao continued in a more gentle tone, “All this lore doesn’t concern you. But, amongst the gods, there exists one who wishes to sacrifice the people to become a perfect crystalline being. If you want to eliminate the Crystal Plague…just kill it.”
“Devouring God, strife among the gods is not something you should concern yourself with. Biland Island continues to draw strength from our world, and we only hope you can resolve this quickly,” War God Urd said.
“Resolution is certainly possible, but we need a reward. No, let’s make a wager. You have great confidence in the strength of your Divine Chosen One and your warriors, don’t you? Let them challenge my Holy Spirits. If any one of them can consecutively defeat fifty Holy Spirits, I will cleanse one zone. What do you think of this bet?” Jiang Qiao asked.
