Cthulhu Gonfalon

Chapter 139: Chapter 9

Translator: Sigma Editor: Sigma#

Being able to win this victory more easily was a bit of a fluke, but it was inevitable.

The previous four adventurers were extraordinary in strength. Even if they used the means of sneak attack, the Litch also spent a lot to kill them all, and for this reason, they also lost their own two powerful subordinates. Much of its magic was consumed, and it failed to restore its body protection spells.

In this case, it only failed when it met four adventurers who were more powerful.

“I just don’t understand; why didn’t it run?” said Raver was with some doubt, “If it fled directly at the beginning, even if that zombie couldn’t run off, should it always run away?”

“Because it wanted to kill us,” Palin explained, “Almost all Litches are full of hatred for the living. When it found us, this hatred greatly hampered its judgement of the situation. Especially Mr. Morton’s divine power; that was what it hated most, so even if it knew it was in danger, it decided to attack us.”

“Is it just like a bull that immediately goes mad when seeing a quivering piece of cloth?” Raver mumbled. “So dumb.”

“How much wisdom do you expect a skeleton to have?” Reid sneered. “A truly powerful mage would never choose to become a Litch. They have ways to prolong their lives and do not need to use this method. Even if they want to change into an undead creature, they would not choose to change into bones. In short, this guy is a second-rate creature.”

If the Litch could hear him, it must have been angry at this moment. Any Litch was converted from at least a devently high-level mage. If a high-level mage was considered second-rate, what could be considered first-class!

After clearing the battlefield, the bodies of the adventurers were taken into the space bag with their equipment. When Palin returned to the town, they searched for the relatives and friends of these adventurers to perform funerals for them.

If they were lucky, they might be able to revive them.

The rest naturally, were trophies.

The wreckage of the element of fire, the body of the monster, and the parts of the Litch were all good trophies. The heavy armor worn by the zombie was also a valuable commodity. But all needed to be cleaned up and purified. It was necessary for them to be evaluated after the purification.

In addition, the Litch also carried some valuable equipment, but unfortunately, it was also completely impregnated with negative energy and could not be used immediately.

“This is a good harvest. How about going back now?” Reid suggested.

But this time, it was Morton who was silently opposed it. He strongly stated that he would continue to move forward and search for the Litch’s lair, and destroy it.

If a clergyman was stubborn, there was no way anyone could deal with it. Moreover, Divor also favored Morton’s opinion. After Palin and Laver considered it, they also voted in favor of it.

“Four to one,” Reid muttered and complained, and followed everyone along the way.

They walked again for about a day and finally found the Litch’s lair.

Passing through the magical secret door that Palin discovered, everyone saw a huge underground space. Around a huge altar, a large number of corpses were piled up. Numerous bizarre plants grew in the pile of corpses, and many strange monsters appeared in them. It seemed to be occupied as a monster paradise.

Palin almost vomited after seeing this scene. The other people’s faces did not look good either. Morton was filled with indignation, and felt that he was almost burning.

“Evil,” he whispered, “Must be purified!”

No one would stop him then, so everyone joined hands and used large amounts of kerosene to help set up a huge burning field. A fire ignited the entire altar with the corpses, plants, and monsters around it.

The blazing flames illuminated the dark underground space. The monsters screamed and died in the flames, the altar was destroyed, and the bodies of the dead were finally purified.

This fire burned day and night. After it finally went out, the Litch’s lair had become a ruin.

Palin rummaged in the ruins for two days and found a lot of useful things. Perhaps there were many that hadn’t been noticed; after they went back to the report, the soldiers of Rye Town would come here with the cooperation of the temple priests, purify it thoroughly, and clean up.

Or maybe they would not clean it up, and there would be other adventurers who tried their luck afterwards, but all of this had nothing to do with Palin.

In the cold winds in the sky, the giant jellyfish opened its eyes and showed a funny smile.

The evil practice of the Litch was, of course, abhorrent, but its altars and its surrounding arrangements had inspired Palin.

A large number of dead bodies should have produced a large amount of negative energy. In fact, except for the altar, the negative energy in the rest of its nest was not very strong. Because those enchanted plants absorbed the negative energy, the monsters then used them as food, to further purify the negative energy.

In the incinerated ashes, Palin found many magic nuclei that condensed a lot of negative energy.

Regardless of whether the Litch’s actions were intentional or unintentional, through this method, it successfully achieved the collection and condensation of negative energy. Sui Xiong had no interest in collecting and condensing negative energy to obtain such magic nuclei. But this method inspired him. So he found Acaine, who was studying hard, and they talked a lot about it.

Acaine was also a person who knew everything at a glance. He immediately understood Sui’s intention. They scrutinized it carefully and thought that this method could indeed be used for reference, and set about setting up a testing ground.

The testing ground was a subterranean cave. Acaine cultivated thriving mushrooms here that could absorb negative energy. Sui Xiong summoned some necrophagous herbivores and let them use these mushrooms as food. The monsters that got ample food grew very fast. When they had grown a certain degree, Sui Xiong released a carnivore among them.

At this time, the concentration of negative energy in the cave became very low, even affecting the growth of mushrooms. So the monsters lacking food began to die in large numbers, and the corpses piled up like mountains.

Acaine had to invest in mushrooms that could decompose the bodies and avoid contamination. This type of mushroom, in turn, turned into a food for herbivorous monsters. In short, the cave became a small biosphere.

The negative energy outside this biosphere was the basic energy source, and the output were magic nuclei that condensed a large amount of negative energy. Their greatest advantage was that they could effectively consume negative energy and achieve purification.

Above the cave, the black soil gradually turned dark brown, and the plants that had been negatively polluted gradually returned to their normal appearance. About three months later, the land was really purified, and there was no feeling of death on it.

Of course, this was the result of the use of magic. If it was allowed to develop naturally, it might take several years, ten or more, before the goal could be achieved.

“It’s amazing!” Acaine stood on the ground where he couldn’t feel any negative energy. He was feeling a lot of emotion. “I actually realized purification in this way! I never thought I could do it!”

Now, he was already been very convinced about Sui Xiong. If reality was a game, the prestige value of Sui Xiong on his side must have been raised to ‘worship.’

Of course, this method could not be regarded as perfect. For example, underground monsters needed to be regularly cleaned up; the particularly strong ones would be rid of to avoid the birth of a powerful monster of terror. If that happened, the city would be in danger.

But this danger was controllable, and those monsters that Sui had chosen were not powerful combat types. As long as they were cleaned up regularly, there was no need to worry about raising enemies.

“I’m suddenly thinking of a game.” Sui looked at the transparent model that was suspended in the air; that was what they expected the appearance of the city to be. Sui began sighing. “The town is on the ground, but through the underground enchantment and tunnel is a huge evil maze...”

Acaine couldn’t help laughing. “It sounds familiar, and it seems that this would be where an evil devil’s dwelling place is.”

Whether the evil devil lived in such a place or not, Sui was not sure. But he needed to think of a way to dispel the negative effects of the maze beneath his holy place.

Otherwise, one day, if the rumors came around, like ‘under the holy ground of the Void Mask Church, is actually a horrible cave, where they’re cultivating evil monsters,’ wouldn’t Sui become a real evil god?

It was not difficult to get to him, because when he remembered the game, he already thought of a solution to the problem.

“I plan to launch a service in the Holy Land,” Sui said. “I’m going to build the underground into a maze and welcome people to explore. Before the exploration, magic that returns them to the city will be bound to them. If they are in great danger while exploring, spells will be automatically triggered and they will be sent back.”

“It seems a bit fun.”

“Not only that, but I would put some treasure chests full of magic potions, coins, scrolls, and equipment in the maze. In short, I will make the people who explore the maze think that their hard work is worth it.”

“Uh-huh...”

“I can then publicize it and launch a tourism project called ‘Adventure in an Underground City.’ Let those who want to take risks and fear the danger come here to play, and experience the feeling of adventure and treasure-hunting!”

Sui Xiong became more and more proud, and his inspiration was like a volcano. “And it could be used as a training base for young adventurers, and it could train a large number of talents for my church. At that time, I could also carry out regular activities, for example: ‘Go Down to the 100th floor if you are a man,’ ‘Hunt Golden Monsters,’ ‘Summer Special Equipment Collection...’ I would set special prizes for each activity to ensure that they won’t stop!

“I also want to open up recharge activities, allowing them to recharge with 100 gold coins to be able to communicate underground; 1,000 coins to use remote storage; 10,000 coins...”

Waving the tentacles, he spoke excitedly, with his eyes full of golden sparkle. He even he began to speak incoherently.

“...I would build a company, recruit customer service, and have a whole array of pretty little girls who should speak softly. All in all: If you don’t have enough money, how could you become stronger!”