I was so nervous to the point that my blood was boiling with rage as I came out of the water covered in blood and chunks of flesh.
“Hahahahahahahahahaha….” (Layla) ．
“…” (I)
“I’m not… not laughing…” (Sophia)
“Are you okay, master? Do you have any injuries?” (Jade)
“Hahahahahahahahahaha….” (Layla)
“I appreciate the concern of at least one of you, I’m fine.” (I)
“I just need a shower to get this dirt off of me…” (I)
“Hahahahahahahahahaha….” (Layla)
“You little Devil, stop laughing!” (I)
“Hahahaha… someone help me… hahahahaha… I can’t stop… hahahaha…” (Layla)
When I get out of the water I see Jade and Sophia with weapons in their hands, both of them were covered in sweat and scratches all over their bodies, it looks like they were having a friendly fight.
For some reason Layla was squirming with laughter near a tree as tears came out of her eyes, she was holding her belly and laughing for a few minutes which only made me angrier.
Sophia had her hands over her mouth trying to keep from laughing like Layla was doing, the only one who didn’t laugh at my plight was Jade who ran up to me in her Lamia form with a worried face.
The monster that swallowed me was big, but it was only Grade S at best, I still don’t know how that thing got here, most likely it came from the rivers.
It was very unlucky to find this kind of encounter while I was swimming, now my clothes are soaked in the blood and guts of this monster I ripped to shreds.
“(Can’t I ever let my guard down?)” (I)
I went back to the mansion to take a decent shower, but on the way, I used a potion of liquid soap to clean myself, but I still needed the feeling of bathing, so I went back to the mansion.
———–
By mid-afternoon, I was still grumpy about what had happened in the morning, but there were still a lot of things I wanted to sort out.
I went to speak with the Priests to find out what they would do about the Temple, which until now has not been consecrated by what Vanessa told me before.
They said it needs some preparation and they would talk to me about it later, none of them wanted to go into detail about it.
When I was about to leave to see another matter the High Priest Henry called me to talk, he takes me to his Island outside the Dungeon where Hela has been spending most of her day.
This was the first time I entered this island for obvious reasons, this place scares me the same way as any place full of undead, I have a resistance to fear, but that doesn’t mean I’m incapable of being afraid or feeling less afraid than others, it just means that even though I am afraid I am able to bear to do what I need to.
I find environments like that very interesting, but I’m still scared, just like someone who watches horror movies loves the movie genre even when they’re scared.
Before you step on the island the ambient temperature starts to drop as you approach, when I stepped on the island I felt a chill go through my body, this whole place was full of death energy, I could feel it now.
Maybe from being inside that pillar filled with death energy or maybe being influenced by the Blessing of the Demon Goddess Kalistos, but being able to feel that energy now.
But I think I’m only capable of that now in places like this where that energy is overly concentrated.
I tried to ignore this energy as I followed High Priest Henry to a simple hut where Hela was summoning Zombies.
The Zombies were lining up in front of her where she was touching their foreheads with her glowing fingers one at a time, there were dozens of Zombies nearby.
As we approach, Hela notices us and signals a nearby Lich to take her place.
“Hello Master and High Priest Henrique.” (Hela)
“Thanks again for your help, Miss Hela.” (Henrique)
“How’s Hela doing?” (I)
“I’ve been spending more time with the High Priest to learn more about a hole in my Necromancy knowledge.” (Hela)
“Hela didn’t want to tell me much about her past, but I must say her talent for Necromancy is admirable, but her knowledge is very specialized in the use of corpses strangely.” (Henrique)
“We can say that the one who taught her in the past was a little biased towards this branch of Necromancy.” (I)
“But changing the subject, what are you doing Hela?” (I)
“I was summoning Zombies and leaving instructions for them, they don’t have souls, they are just reanimated bodies, so I need to leave instructions in their empty minds.” (Hela)
“Why Zombies?” (I)
“They’re just doing rough work, they’re stronger than Skeletons normally, I’m using them to do rough jobs while I leave the rest to Leonardo to decide how he wants to build things here.” (Hela)
“Leonardo has been very interested in my requirements to build the Church of Death on this island.” (Henrique)
“Keep an eye on him, if he gets too excited he can overdo it when it comes to construction.” (I)
“I’ll keep that in mind.” (Henrique)
After we find Hela we go to another place where we can talk, it was another cabin, but this one is empty.
“Now that Hela is present we can talk about a subject that my Goddess has already discussed with lord Zenos.” (Henrique)
Something I talked to the Demon Goddess Kalistos if I remember correctly was just things relevant to the plan that gave rise to these two islands.
But after a few seconds of thought, I realized that I also had the plan that made her accept to participate in the Holy Land plan.
“You mean about the Phantom Orbs plan?” (I)
“Yes, unfortunately, I don’t fully understand my Goddess’s message, but she wants her plan to be carried out here on this island.” (Henrique)
“This is going to be difficult, I need weeks of preparation, I have a lot of Phantom Orbs still to synthesize to get the plan started.” (I)
“That’s what I wanted to discuss with you, part of what I understand from my Goddess’s message is how to help you finish this synthesis faster.” (Henrique)
“Rest two more days before coming back here, then I’ll be able to help you with that.” (Henrique)
“Of course, does that mean you know about the plan?” (I)
“No, that’s why I wanted to talk to you, I wanted to know more about this plan and why this plan is appreciated by my Goddess.” (Henrique)
“That interests me too, master.” (Hela)
“I still don’t know why you asked for so many Phantom Orbs.” (Hela)
I look at them and realize I don’t need to hide my plans from them, this plan is something the Demon Goddess Kalistos wants so High Priest Henry will approve and Hela will find it interesting I’m sure.