"I... I didn’t mean to. I am sorry." Jade said with gritted teeth, although she hated Morgana, she knew when to bow her head.
Morgana scoffed:
"Your informer, how good is he?" She asked.
"Well..." Jade was silent, not knowing how to answer the question.
"Not saying? That means you won’t miss him... Well... I don’t know of anyone you are searching, and as you can see... I am a merchant, so countless people enter my building, how would I know the one you are searching for? You didn’t give or leave any picture or notices behind."
"....?"
Jade was dumbfounded, Morgana’s words held meaning, but she refused to back down:
"But you will remember if the people who was wearing a cloak, right?" She asked.
"Hey, Jade... I am eating my dinner... Come tomorrow if you need any answers... What am I saying, you will get anything from me so don’t bother..." She turned her gaze back to her soup:
"Oh! You and that Queen of yours should stay out from my business... Otherwise?" Morgana paused, picked up the finger, and bite down on it, not saying anything further.
Jade finally understood, no matter what she says, the woman before her won’t give her any lead... And she couldn’t use force, that is simply suicidal.
With a deep intake of breath, she exhaled:
"Ok then... I will have my leave, you can continue with." Jade paused, staring at the human part in her soup:
"With whatever you are eating."
Morgana nodded, and with a wave of her hand, a force smashed into Jade, forcing her out of the house and the door closed shut.
"So troublesome." She muttered.
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Jade stood outside the door, staring at the surface, her face filled with killing intent.
"Commander, He..."
She turned her head to the lady behind her, and a frown appeared on her face seeing a man, in rags, clearly a human; lying on the ground, dead.
"What happened to the informer?!" She asked coldly.
The lady and the other three soldiers shivered, and stammered:
"He... Just a while ago... He fell on the ground. He thought it was acting, but when we checked up on him, he was dead." She explained.
"You..."
Jade stopped herself, as Morgana’s words resounded in her ears:
["Your informer, how good is he?"]
["Not saying? That means you won’t miss him."]
"Did she?!" She looked over her shoulder at the closed door, her face filled with horror.
"Commander, any progress?" A man asked.
Jade hid her emotions, and turned back to the four:
"No... Nothing, let’s go back, the Queen is waiting for us."
She turned around and walked away, the four following her... Not bothered about the dead body behind them.
____
Time flew by, and the next day arrives... At Sunny’s side, everything was peaceful, well... After taking over the entire planet.
Sunny broke through to the core stage, and with the help of the system, discovered what happened to Bella... Although he wasn’t the one she showed all her care for... He has all the memories.
And after getting the report from the scout he sent last night, he discovered Bella’s whole family were killed by Matilda...
...Not only that, When Josephine woke up from her sleep, she felt like a whole different person, her personality went through a drastic change, and Sunny feared the once innocent girl was lost... Now replace by a cold, ruthless and indifferent being.
Not that he was complaining, no... In fact, he was happy... He also discovered she cared for her people... Although she guys aren’t from her race, she takes them all as her people and act like a good queen... Not only that, she now completely accepted him as her husband... No romance yet, but a good start.
Sunny told himself, staring at the artifact on his palm.
He was standing on the highest mountain on the planet, hundreds of miles from their stronghold.
"Are you sure about this system?"
{Of course Master, you will need a soul to merge with the egg.}
{This egg was created, not birthed... So it has no shape and can also take the shape of anything Most wants.}
"Can I give it Bella’s soul?"
{Yes, and Master can also choose the race and bloodline the egg can have... And by adding you blood, this egg will be forever loyal to you, and you alone.}
Sunny nodded and gently placed the egg on the ground, right in center of the mountain peak.
{Master should place his blood on it.}
Sunny, who already discovered that when he or Josephine get wounded, they will both feel the pain... For example, the moment he cut open his palm during the signing contract, Josephine felt the pain, but kept silent... If she wasn’t attacked by illusion, he would never have known.
So he quickly cut open his palm, and squeezed his fist, dropping drops of blood on the artifact, which hummed with energy.
"What next."
{Master will sacrifice a part of his soul.}
"...?!"
Sunny was stunned then yelled:
"WHAT?!?!!!!!"
{Don’t worry Master, you won’t feel anything, and for the reason.}
{Master will be sacrificing your soul, to grant you the passage to the afterlife, which I will then use to bring Bella’s soul.}
"Any future consequence of I agree?"
{Don’t know master.}
"....?!"
___
[Five minutes later.]
Sunny thought for a long time, pacing back and forth... His hands folded behind him.
"What should I do? I need powerful allies... But what if I got weaker after giving a part of my soul? This is a soul! Not some energy!" He muttered, still pacing around.
{One more minutes Master, you have to decide!}
"Why is there now a timer?!" He asked with irritation.
{Master already placed his blood on the artifact, so the countdown started.}
"What happened if it reaches Zero?" He asked with curiosity.
{The artifact will explode; and as the name: Birth star... It has a similar structure to a star... So when it explodes, the whole planet will be destroyed.}
"....?!!"
{30 more seconds.}
"Shit! There is no other way... Do it!"
Sunny only felt a slight sensation, and before his eyes, a huge light gateway appeared before him... He stared at it for five seconds before Bella floated out... She was in a golden dress, with her eyes closed, like she was in a deep sleep.
{Does Master want her to have her memories?}
"Yes... I want to use that anger and hatred in her heart." Sunny said.
{What race should she be?}
"She will no longer be an elf... Make her a Beastify race." He said.
{Master should choose one Bloodlines from his current bloodlines to give to her...}
{Don’t worry Host, you will still have the bloodline.}
"Hmm..." Sunny was silent, lost in thought... After a moment he nodded:
"Give her the Basilisk bloodline."
{Infusing Bloodline.}
Sunny watched as the golden dress on Bella vanished, leaving her naked... He watched as she turned into a red light and flew into the artifact.
BOOM!
A red wave of celestial energy burst out from the artifact, forcing Sunny five feet backward.
{I suggest master should find a good spot to hold on.}
"...?!"
Sunny moved his gaze around the peak, and not seeing anything to hold, he shot into the air, and dived down the mountain top... At that exact moment:
BOOOOOOOOMM!!!!
A terrifying wave of energy burst out from the artifact, as if shattered into particles... Sunny hid at a side of the mountain, as rocks and debris fell from the sky.
____
[Stronghold.]
BOOOM!
Josephine, Nicolas, Nioh, Blood eye and everyone turned their heads to the distance explosion... They all frown seeing the pillar of light shooting towards the sky.
"Isn’t that where the king said he is heading?" Nicolas asked in mild confusion.
Josephine stared at her palm, and nodded: "He is safe."
With that, she turned around and walked away, leaving the three behind.
____
After hiding for two whole minutes, everything finally subsided.
Sunny got out from his hiding spot, and flew towards the top of the mountain... He calmly landed on the burnt ground.
WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!
Sunny raised his head to the sky, seeing a figure lady with serpentine eyes, her naked body was covered with black silver scales, with two razor sharp fangs... Behind her were two huge bat wings, flapping with every movement she made.
"Bella?" He was stunned, at the beauty before him... Her black silver scales only made her more beautiful.
Bella landed on the ground, her eyes filled with confusion.
"AHHH!!"
Sunny frowned, as she dropped to her knees, her hands clenching her black hair with such force that made him speechless.
Bella gritted her teeth, as all her memories returned, from the way she died to the time Sunny resurrected her... Although she was a soul just then, she remembered all his words.
It lasted for one minute, before she fully absorbed all her memories.
"Are you really Sunny?" She asked, her hands now on the ground.
"You already know the answer to that." Sunny said with a smile.
"It is a relief that you are alive... But I don’t want to live as Bella any longer."
"...."