Chapter 510: The Chosen One
The Mermaid’s Heart, finally obtained.
Recalling the recent conflict, Loseweisse even felt an urge to cry. It truly wasn’t easy.
Mermaids were weak.
Besides their enchanting voices, these creatures didn’t possess much combat power. They were just very good at hiding in the water.
But, once a mermaid’s music took effect, these outwardly beautiful creatures would instantly transform into deadly assassins.
Their voices were even more exaggerated than a Succubus’s charm. The moment one heard their voices, they would be enchanted by the mermaid.
The most terrifying part was, a mermaid’s enchantment wasn’t just effective against males; it could also exert a horrifying effect on females.
Even though Loseweisse’s strength was great, and her will definitely considered firm, when the mermaid began to hum her song, Loseweisse also felt her consciousness becoming hazy, drifting.
As if all burdens on her body disappeared at this moment, her body and soul in a state of absolute relaxation and pleasure.
At this time, her mind simply wouldn’t think about anything else, just immersed in that beautiful sensation, continuously enjoying it. What came to mind were the happiest memories, what appeared before her eyes were the most beautiful scenery, and what she smelled were the most delicious fragrances.
A mermaid’s song could present all the most beautiful things before you.
And for Loseweisse, what she saw was herself, wearing a pure white wedding dress, walking hand in hand with Lord Jie Luo into the wedding hall.
This was a scene Loseweisse had always longed for deep within her heart.
Immersed in this happiness, Loseweisse completely didn’t notice the mermaid had already boarded her small boat. Her fair arms were even wrapped around Loseweisse’s neck, her pink lips parted, revealing rows of teeth like a saw’s.
Just a little bit more, and her artery would be torn open.
Fortunately, Airi was still beside Loseweisse.
As a puppet who had long lost her life and soul, only her body could move, Airi wasn’t tempted by the mermaid’s song. At the most critical moment, she severed the mermaid’s neck, saving Loseweisse.
After Loseweisse was finally saved, breaking free from the mermaid’s song, realizing her situation, goosebumps appeared all over her body.
Although she endured great risk, this hurdle was considered successfully overcome.
Now, the Mermaid’s Heart was obtained.
Resurrecting Jie Luo had taken the most important step.
Lord Jie Luo’s soul fragments were also almost completely gathered; only the last piece remained, which Athena was currently searching for.
Hope was right before her eyes.
Just thinking of Lord Jie Luo’s imminent resurrection made Loseweisse tremble with excitement. Comparatively, the previous dangers seemed insignificant.
Loseweisse’s gaze held some smugness as she glanced at Airi beside her. Poor fool, I won’t forget your contribution. Lord Jie Luo’s resurrection has your sacrifice within. Unfortunately, you will never be able to speak another word to Lord Jie Luo.
Although the current Airi was just a puppet without life or soul, even just a doll, Loseweisse absolutely wouldn’t allow other girls to exist by Lord Jie Luo’s side.
Just thinking of that scene made Loseweisse almost mad with jealousy.
When resurrecting Jie Luo, Loseweisse would destroy Airi, this puppet, beforehand, even though this puppet had just saved her life.
Of course, Loseweisse would fabricate a perfect excuse, tell the reborn Lord Jie Luo that Airi heroically sacrificed herself in the process of resurrecting him, that she would forever remember Airi’s contribution.
The person was already dead, even the puppet destroyed, a little remembrance was completely acceptable.
After all, she was so merciful, so kind.
Fantasizing about the beautiful future, a twisted smile gradually appeared on Loseweisse’s face. Then a rumbling sound came from her stomach.
She was a bit hungry.
Previously, while sailing on the sea, she encountered an attack from an ugly octopus monster… Although she ultimately repelled the octopus monster, all of Loseweisse’s supplies and food were plundered.
She hadn’t eaten for several days.
Fortunately, Lord Jie Luo wasn’t here. Otherwise, if Lord Jie Luo heard the sounds coming from her stomach, it would be terrible.
Her gaze swept over Airi… a puppet dead for who knew how long, the meat probably wouldn’t taste very good.
Comparatively, the mermaid she just killed was fresher.
Holding a dagger in her hand, she cut strips of flesh from the mermaid’s corpse, stuffing them into her mouth and chewing.
Perhaps because it lived in the ocean, the mermaid’s flesh was tender, with a slightly fishy and salty taste.
Crimson bloodstains clung to her lips, like the most vibrant lipstick.
While filling her stomach and replenishing her energy, Loseweisse also calculated in her mind.
Now, resurrecting Jie Luo was truly just one last step away: the final soul fragment that Athena was currently searching for.
As long as that soul fragment was found, she could immediately begin the resurrection ritual… Thinking of Jie Luo about to stand before her again, Loseweisse’s chest burned with heat.
But soon, this heat was replaced by an inexplicable restlessness.
Loseweisse knew very well where this restlessness originated.
It was Athena.
It wasn’t a question of whether Athena was trustworthy… After their long interactions before, with the soul fragments delivered to her through Athena’s hands, Loseweisse had already confirmed Athena was a trustworthy partner in her heart.
At least, regarding resurrecting Jie Luo, Athena’s goal was completely aligned with hers.
That woman also desperately wanted to resurrect Lord Jie Luo.
But Loseweisse didn’t want to see other women by Lord Jie Luo’s side.
Especially a woman like Athena with that indecent, shameless figure… Looking down at her own body, although well-proportioned, but… compared to Athena’s outrageously voluptuous figure, it ultimately seemed a bit… lacking.
She heard men liked women with full figures, large breasts… In this aspect, she had no chance of winning.
Loseweisse didn’t think Lord Jie Luo would be such a superficial man, but… what if?
What if Lord Jie Luo was truly tempted by Athena’s indecent figure, the two of them all lovey-dovey all day, and she became the third wheel? Just thinking of this possibility made Loseweisse’s mood extremely foul; jealousy made her face contort.
Damn it, damn it, damn it…
Cursing endlessly in her heart, Loseweisse knew she had to join forces with Athena in resurrecting Jie Luo.
The most important reason: Athena still had the blood of the Second Hero, Qin Chu.
Because she couldn’t control her emotions for a moment before, leading to a slip of the tongue, which aroused Athena’s suspicion, the blood of Qin Chu was kept by Athena.
Even without this vial of blood, Athena still had the last soul fragment.
The more she thought, the more restless she became.
Loseweisse transformed this restlessness into appetite, chewing on the mermaid’s flesh in large bites, as if it weren’t mermaid flesh but Athena’s.
Finally having filled her stomach, Loseweisse’s mood improved slightly.
The frustration deep within her heart was temporarily suppressed. After all, another problem currently lay before her: how to leave the Endless Sea.
It was very easy to get lost in this sea area shrouded in dense fog… Rather, during this long period, Loseweisse had never found the right direction.
She had been wandering around like a headless fly, going wherever the wind blew her. Encountering the mermaid was pure luck.
Just that wandering around like a headless fly was fine before, but it probably wouldn’t work now, right?
But looking at the surrounding grey expanse, the scenes before her eyes were almost identical. Where exactly was the way out?
Loseweisse didn’t want to waste too much time here.
Just as Loseweisse felt frustrated, suddenly, she inexplicably felt two spots of heat within her body… It was a very strange feeling, as if two flames were burning inside her.
Flickering flames, under the blowing breeze, pointed towards the same direction.
Towards the left.
Inexplicably, Loseweisse had a premonition that the way out was to the left.
Since there were no other options now, Loseweisse readily chose to follow the guidance deep within her heart, ordering Airi to steer the boat towards the left.
That feeling was very strange. Whenever the direction of the bow deviated slightly, the guidance from deep within her heart would immediately appear.
In this almost bizarre state, the small boat sailed through the dense fog.
This journey seemed exceptionally smooth. They didn’t encounter any attacks at all. It was unknown how much time passed, perhaps not even a day, before the bow finally emerged from the dense fog.
Without the dense fog blocking her sight, seeing the orange-red sunlight of the setting sun reflecting on the sea surface, Loseweisse’s heart filled with ecstasy.
She became even more certain of one thing.
She was the true chosen one.
She, Loseweisse, was the true one chosen by the gods.
The Endless Sea, which made countless experts lose their way and ultimately perish, had no effect on her at all.
Having just left the Endless Sea, Loseweisse immediately pressed her finger to her ear. She couldn’t wait to contact Athena, to learn how things were on Athena’s side.
She casually cut off a piece of mermaid flesh, stuffing it into her mouth and chewing.
Loseweisse kept the mermaid’s corpse on the boat as rations, eating a bit when hungry. Currently, the fishtail below was almost completely eaten.
…
Meanwhile.
The Hero’s Residence.
Violet, Sylph, and Ekaterina were at the Holy See, assisting the Holy Knights Captain Veronica and Saintess Shirley.
Veronica’s workload hadn’t decreased with the passage of time.
On the contrary, with the incorporation of the Church of the Earth Mother Goddess, her work had become even busier.
Under Saint Monique’s request, the believers of the Church of the Earth Mother Goddess reluctantly agreed to the merger, but these people naturally wouldn’t truly submit in their hearts.
They faced numerous challenges in various aspects. Veronica often needed to borrow experts from the Hero’s Residence to maintain the situation.
Natia and Norma accompanied Carol, heading towards the vicinity of the Imperial Palace, their intentions unknown.
Currently, the only expert remaining in the residence was Athena.
Ever since the strange altar and the seven divine statues in her soul were all destroyed by Qin Chu, the shackles binding her soul completely broken, Athena’s soul finally gained freedom, also losing the suppression.
This woman finally revealed her most terrifying talent.
Almost every day, Athena’s strength continuously increased.
Her soul strength grew increasingly exaggerated.
Like a wild horse freed from its reins, galloping freely across the vast grasslands.
This was Athena’s hidden talent. She possessed the strongest, most resilient soul in the world… Even under the suppression of seven Evil Gods, Athena could still persist. Just this point alone was enough to show how terrifying Athena’s soul was.
She could even, completely without relying on external forces, just through her own will, sense the influence exerted by Jie Luo on her and break free to a certain extent.
She could even briefly break free from the erosion of the God of Plagues and Misfortune through her own will.
This woman’s potential was limitless.
The shackles of the Heavenly Continent had no effect on Athena at all.
Just waking up this morning, Athena surprisingly discovered she had finally broken through to level 90, her strength reaching a completely new level.
If not for the suppression and blockade within her soul, Athena’s strength before this time probably wouldn’t have been any weaker than Saint Monique, Wadsworth, Augustus, and the others, perhaps even stronger.
If Augustus was the most intelligent person on the Heavenly Continent, even able to research magic that could influence and change laws, magic that only gods could grasp… even divine arts as a human…
Then, Athena was the most talented person on the Heavenly Continent.
And the three-meter-tall princess of Exeter Kingdom, Her Highness Milo, who shared the same name as a Demon Beast, was the one with the strongest physical body on the Heavenly Continent. Completely without any battle qi cultivation, purely relying on her physical body, she possessed Valkyrie-level strength.
Athena sensed she had reached level 90, but her realm wasn’t very stable yet.
Therefore, she declined Veronica’s request for aid, hiding alone in her room to adjust and adapt to her current power.
While Athena was diligently cultivating, she suddenly felt her ear itch slightly. Her brows furrowed slightly. She let out a long breath and opened her eyes.
Her brow slightly furrowed, she lifted a slender, fair finger and pressed it to her ear.
Loseweisse’s voice quickly echoed in Athena’s ear.
“Athena, the Mermaid’s Heart has been obtained. When will we officially resurrect Lord Jie Luo?”
