NOVEL ONLINE FREE Chapter 85
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<title>Chapter 85: Surprise! Suspicion! Scare! (Request for Subscription)</title>
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“Alright.”
“You’re smart.”
Bai Luo raised his hand, a silver-black ball of magic power appearing at his fingertips. He handed it over to Cid.
Cid didn’t hesitate, accepting it directly and allowing it to merge with his own magic power.
As for whether there might be any problems…
Cid wasn’t stupid either. If Bai Luo had hidden some tricks in the magic power, then he would find a way to resolve them.
You ask what if he can’t resolve it?
If he couldn’t even break through something Bai Luo casually created, how big would the gap between them be?
Rather than causing trouble, it’s better to accept reality sooner.
“What is this?”
“A system to distinguish friend from foe.”
Bai Luo said, “You can use your magic power to observe. The blue ones are NPCs that cannot be attacked, meaning those who bear the King’s Mark.”
“Besides that, they are the natives of this world.”
Bai Luo didn’t intend to care about how the people of the Shadow World were treated. Even if Cid, Alpha, and others regarded them as random monsters and slaughtered them indiscriminately, Bai Luo wouldn’t mind.
His only requirement was not to go too far.
“Don’t cause mass killings; after all, the people of this world are also lives.”
“Of course, those like human traffickers, you can deal with as you wish.”
Bai Luo’s request was acceptable to Cid. If he wanted to play the game of Shadow Skill User, a stable surface world was equally essential.
“Then, what are these red ones?”
Cid spoke while looking towards the north. His perception stretched out in a straight line, seeing many blue and red magical fluctuations.
The blue ones he already knew were NPCs maintaining world order.
So what about the red ones?
Villainous characters?
“You can consider them Red Named characters.”
Bai Luo said, “Attacking them won’t incur punishment, but neither will there be rewards.”
“Oh, I see.”
Hearing there would be no reward, Cid immediately lost interest. He wasn’t a righteous hero. Without opportunities to show off or humiliate others, Cid wouldn’t bother doing heroic deeds.
“Master Bai Luo!”
Just as Cid was organizing the basic information Bai Luo had given him about the world, Alpha appeared beside Bai Luo.
“Alpha.”
The golden-haired Pokémon girl knelt on one knee respectfully, saying, “I’ve come to pay my respects!”
“What are you doing here?”
After speaking, Alpha turned her gaze toward where Cid stood, noticing a boy around her age, possibly a year or two younger.
Without any original story of being saved, Cid was just an irrelevant stranger to Alpha.
“I’ve told you many times, there’s no need to be so formal.”
“It’s basic etiquette.”
Alpha showed no intention of changing. She stood up and carefully examined Cid, saying, “Your magic power is incredibly strong. Who are you?”
The girl summoned a Slime, condensing it into a dark gold longsword. She stepped forward and guarded Bai Luo.
“He is the one who attacked us before.”
Xue Ji covered her mouth slightly with her sleeve, somewhat provocatively saying, “He’s a very powerful guy. Beta and Epsilon couldn’t defeat him at all.”
“S-rank?”
There was no doubt that the young Cid possessed S-rank combat strength. One-on-one, apart from the three Kings—Golden, Gray, and Crimson—only Asato Seiri and Xi Wu could fight against him under Bai Luo’s command.
“Impressive.”
Alpha acknowledged Cid’s talent and potential. If not for meeting Bai Luo, they simply wouldn’t have been able to compete with him.
This clearly demonstrated how much blessing Bai Luo had bestowed upon them.
“But, it ends here.”
“Master Bai Luo, please allow me to slay him!”
Alpha prepared to kill Cid outright. She couldn’t tolerate anyone daring to harm Bai Luo, regardless of who they were—they must be eliminated!
“Hey, hey, Alpha, are you trying to steal my monster?”
“You can join in as well.”
Alpha: “I don’t mind that.”
“Ah, you’re impossible to handle.”
Xue Ji: “However, Master Bai Luo has already forgiven him.”
Forgiveness?
No, merely control. A collared beast is no different from a domesticated dog.
Additionally, Xue Ji thought Bai Luo’s approach made sense. Cid’s talent was truly terrifying.
Although incomparable to someone like Bai Luo, Cid was still an excellent opponent for both Xue Ji and Alpha.
If the two girls didn’t strive hard, being surpassed by Cid in the future would leave them utterly ashamed.
Cid’s existence could make them more aware of the crisis and push them to grow rapidly!
“Hey, hold on, who are you?”
Cid was perplexed by Alpha’s sudden appearance. He had seen Xue Ji before and knew she was the Beast Person accompanying Bai Luo earlier.
But Alpha?
Where did she come from?
Golden hair, pointed ears?
Pokémon?
Cid was encountering a Pokémon for the first time.
Yet, Cid completely ignored Alpha’s beautiful appearance because women would only hinder his journey to becoming a Shadow Skill User.
“Alpha.”
Cid’s strength warranted Alpha’s attention: “Under Master Bai Luo, the Golden King!”
“Golden King?”
Cid didn’t understand what that meant, so he looked at Bai Luo.
“I have seven Authority Holders under my command, managing this world on my behalf.”
Bai Luo explained, “Alpha is the Golden King, and Xue Ji is my Gray King.”
“Golden, Gray…”
“So, the seven kings are named by color?”
Cid murmured a few words, and at the same time, Alpha learned from Xue Ji the background of Cid’s situation.
Upon learning that Bai Luo intended to keep him around as an opponent to inspire himself, Alpha abandoned the idea of killing him outright.
“I originally planned to let Xue Ji demonstrate the power of the King’s Mark to you.”
Bai Luo said, “But now that Alpha is here, this situation becomes somewhat difficult.”
“Are you going to fight me?”
Cid caught Bai Luo’s implication. Alpha and Xue Ji would battle him.
As for the purpose, it was clearly to give him a taste of what happens when you offend someone with the King’s Mark.
“Ah, isn’t this the best way?”
“You won’t know pain until you’ve been hit.”
Bai Luo’s mocking tone annoyed Cid. Bai Luo knew that people like Cid needed sufficient deterrence to keep them in line.
And encouragement worked both ways. Feeling pressure, Cid could grow faster, thereby further promoting the progress of Alpha and Xue Ji.
Not wanting to lose to outsiders, not wanting to embarrass Bai Luo.
They had to continuously grow stronger!
Honestly, there was no better catalyst than Cid.
“Xue Ji and Alpha’s strength is almost equal. Whom do you choose as your opponent?”
“Hmph!”
Cid loosened his muscles, exuding a wild and arrogant aura. “Do I even need to ask? Of course, both of you together!!”
“…”
Cid’s choice wasn’t entirely unexpected by Bai Luo. All he could say was: Young people lack the harsh beatings society offers.
“Did you hear that?”
Bai Luo looked at the two women: “You’ve been underestimated.”
“Indeed, we’ve been underestimated.”
“Ah, it’s slightly unpleasant.”
Xue Ji and Alpha didn’t reject Cid’s proposal. Since he wanted to fight both of them, they would satisfy him.
“Should we fight here?”
Cid glanced around, hesitating slightly.
This place was close to Baron Kageno’s territory, and he didn’t want his parents and sister to discover his abilities yet.
“This place can’t withstand your antics. Let’s change locations.”
“Then…”
Cid was about to let Bai Luo and the others lead the way.
But the next moment, Cid felt a flash before his eyes.
When he regained his senses, he found himself in a peculiar space.
A white expanse surrounded him, with Alpha, Xue Ji, and himself floating within this pure white world.
“Let me see, first, we need solid ground.”
“With the ground, the sky is indispensable.”
Bai Luo’s voice came from above, and the world began to transform. First, a blue sky appeared, followed by a vast land.
Compared to the known world, everything here seemed disorderly until Bai Luo spoke again.
“The world needs division, with high and low.”
Thus, the earth descended, and the sky enveloped.
The space stabilized, and time flowed.
“The basic framework is roughly complete.”
“Next, the battleground, what kind do you prefer?”
“Snowfield, desert, ocean, or plain?”
Every time Bai Luo mentioned a term, the landscape of the world changed accordingly.
Images flashed rapidly around the three of them—cold snowy mountains, scorching deserts, oceans with a salty smell, and expansive grasslands.
“I think a flat terrain is good.”
“Add some forests, create some mountains, oh, and perhaps a lake as well.”
Bai Luo’s voice came from above, and the world transformed accordingly.
An endless plain, dense forests, undulating mountains, and a vast lake appeared.
“What is this?”
This scene overturned Cid’s understanding of the world’s power system.
He had an extremely profound understanding of magic power. However, no matter how developed magic power became, it couldn’t achieve what Bai Luo had done.
Different from the Sacred Domain illusions in the original anime, the world Bai Luo created, including the sky and the earth, was utterly real.
When probed with magic power, the feedback was unmistakable—absolutely genuine!
Everything here was real!
Cid found it hard to believe and even began to doubt whether he had really crossed over.
Perhaps, he had fallen into some virtual world, like the Sword Art Online-style holographic online game.
No!
This world is real!
Cid lived up to his name. Despite his worldview being shattered, he maintained his core beliefs.
Magic power exists genuinely, and he firmly believed in it.
In that case, the current events could only mean one thing—that the power Bai Luo wielded had exceeded his current comprehension.
“How formidable.”
Bai Luo’s display truly stunned Cid, dissuading him from opposing Bai Luo.
Compared to this god-like ability where words become law, akin to a deity creating the world, Cid realized how insignificant he was.
At the same time, he felt quite fortunate.
Fortunate to have escaped death at the hands of such a powerful person like Bai Luo earlier.
“Are you… the god of this world?”
Cid suspected, “And you knew my original name, so did you arrange my reincarnation?”
“…”
Bai Luo hadn’t expected that his act of creating a battlefield using his creation authority would trigger such strange speculations from Cid.
However, Bai Luo offered no explanation.
“So it’s true!”
Cid, seeing Bai Luo’s silence, immediately confirmed his suspicion.
No wonder Bai Luo knew so much and possessed such inconceivable abilities.
Being a god explained everything.
Having read many light novels about other worlds, Cid often encountered protagonists summoned by deities from another dimension.
“So, you two are serving the deity, similar to holy maidens or apostles?”
Cid looked at Alpha and Xue Ji, roughly figuring out their roles in this world.
“To fight the messenger of the deity.”
“Hah, interesting.”
Cid didn’t feel fear due to the identities of the two women.
On the contrary, he was now fired up!
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