Worlds' Apocalypse Online

Chapter 1003: Protection

Ye Fei Li didn’t dare to hesitate and swiftly manifested a canned drink, opened it, then pressed it up against Boss’ mouth.

Boss opened his mouth wide and drank the entire can at once.

He struggled to mouth a few words: “Hurry, more!”

Ye Fei Li manifested several more canned drinks, all of which were drunk by Boss in a single gulp.

When he was barely able to talk properly again, Boss stopped drinking.

He hurriedly told them: “Listen to me, the name ‘Soul Calming Country’ itself is a protected secret that cannot be revealed. And just now, I accidentally revealed it without meaning to”

“Whenever those words are spoken outside of Soul Calming Country, a secret art established to protect that place will be activated”

“The ancient Demis of Soul Calming Country will notice and quickly send people to check the situation”

“Although I have status worthy of their respect, my current strength doesn’t reach the same level. Which means we’re currently in extreme danger!”

“Gu Qing Shan, you’re a Paragon realm cultivator, according to maximum Soul Points standards, you should have about 100,000 Soul Points right now, correct?”

Gu Qing Shan glanced at his remaining Soul Points value——-

Without being restrained by the maximum Soul Points limit, he still had about 2,900,000 Soul Points left.

“That’s right, 100,000 Soul Points” Gu Qing Shan nodded.

Boss urged him: “Quickly, let me borrow all of your Soul Points, otherwise we’re all going to die!”

Gu Qing Shan went behind Boss without hesitation.

He put his hand on Boss’ shoulder and sent 100,000 Soul Points over right away.

Receiving these Soul Points, Boss’ body began to exude a faint glow of dignity.

“How is it?” Gu Qing Shan asked.

“Should be enough to gloss this over——- don’t any of you say a single word from this point onwards, damn it, this is a very troublesome matter” Boss said in irritation.

Everyone exchanged glances, recognizing the worry in Boss’ tone.

It seems strange.

Even when he went up against the Soul Shrieker’s Holy Retribution, his expression didn’t change a single bit.

So why is he in such distress over revealing the name of a certain location?

While everyone was in doubt, their expressions changed.

——-something seemed to have silently appeared inside this airship.

Boss showed a solemn expression on his face and spoke with a silent and graceful tone, emphasizing each word: “Envoy from Soul Calming Country, why have you come before me?”

Everyone looked behind them.

Various shadows appeared on the ground, slowly rising to form the visage of people in grey cloaks.

These men donned full sets of armor, exuding vast power from their bodies. As soon as they appeared, they immediately restrained everyone here.

Gu Qing Shan, Laura, Zhang Ying Hao, and Ye Fei Li all had weapons pointing at them.

The weapons emanated killing intent, clearly expressing a certain thing——

You move, you die.

The entire ship turned absolutely still.

“General, there are no enemies” someone reported.

At this point, boundless holy light appeared from all around, gathering at the center of the ship and manifested as a solemn middle-aged man.

His eyes were sharp, glaring straight at Boss.

“The Exiled Apostle, I had believed that even while you’re corrupted, you would still uphold your responsibility of protecting the secret”

The middle-aged man who was called ‘General’ said.

His tone carried a certain sense of unknown chill, giving off constant boiling killing intent as if he was ready to act at any time.

“I have always upheld my responsibility” Boss calmly replied.

The General looked around and scoffed: “Revealing Soul Calming Country to these mortals, you call his upholding your responsibilities?”

A gloomy presence started to drift from Boss’ body, sweeping across the entire airship.

The shadowy men slightly twitched, apparently anxious.

Gu Qing Shan could even hear a small mutter: “Abyssal aura, despicable!”

Boss glared back at the General without a single pause, his tone becoming cold:

“Watch your words, General”

He raised his hand.

A mass of grey fog appeared out of nowhere on top of his palm, manifesting into the shape of a skull.

Raising the skull in his hand, his gaze and chin slightly turned upwards, calmly continuing: “You should understand, your identity is far less than enough to question me——- or are you saying you wish to have a taste of the Abyss’ corruption?”

The General’s glare turned intense.

Every bone in his body was cracking, popping as if it was trying to restrain some sort of burning rage.

“Greatest Above the Crowned Star, I know of your noble status”

The General’s voice suddenly raised in anger: “But according to the ancient covenant, you should be protecting the Calming Soul Country after your exile! And yet you’ve never appeared to do so—— even less than a single time!”

Boss coldly chuckled: “There are many places that require my protection, do I perhaps need to swing by every day to be considered protecting you? Do you take me for a house dog?”

The General didn’t dare to reply to this and turned away, saying: “The Elder council has gathered, and they have been notified of your violation of the ancient oath”

Boss’ gaze moved away and turned towards the empty space as he spoke: “Elders of Calming Soul Country, I know you are watching this place, and so I shall inform you clearly of the situation here”

“Although you are thoroughly protected by the ancient power, that had also made your grasp on contemporary news very lacking”

“The Era of [Chaos] has completely descended, the parallel world Apocalypse is taking over the Abyss, endlessly expanding into the space vortex, as the guardian of Calming Soul Country, I came here specifically to notify you of this”

Silence.

A few moments later.

An old man’s voice sounded: [Your notification was indeed necessary, as it is your duty, but then why did you violate the oath and reveal the name of Calming Soul Country?]

Another dried, husky voice continued:

[You should know, once the name is uttered, certain entities within the endless void will surely discover the existence of this place——- this is your dereliction]

Boss immediately replied: “Incorrect! It is to uphold my oath that I spoke the name Calming Soul Country to these few individuals”

This time, an old woman’s voice sounded, doubtfully questioning:

[To uphold your oath? Pray tell, what do you mean?]

Boss glanced at Gu Qing Shan’s group, bit his lips, and answered straight: “According to the ancient oath and covenant, I must protect the secret of Calming Soul Country, guard the Demis of Calming Soul Country, as well as search for any and all methods for Calming Soul Country to grow, is that not the case?”

[We admit this is the case, please state directly why you had violated the oath]

Boss insisted: “I did not violate this oath. Today, I came here first to report news of the outer world. Secondly, to follow the ancient oath, find and bring these unique talents to Calming Soul Country, thus help Calming Soul Country grow”

They went completely silent.

The General was the first to chuckle: “Just these people here?” historical

He released his divine pressure and swept through Gu Qing Shan, Zhang Ying Hao, Ye Fei Li, and Laura.

Gu Qing Shan only took a step back.

Zhang Ying Hao and Ye Fei Li were both unable to handle it, both forced to their knees by the almost solid pressure, unable to move a finger.

Laura had to use both hands to prop herself up, dripping in cold sweat.

She was so uncomfortable she could scream.

And then a voice suddenly spoke:

“Be a bit gentle with a little girl, will you?”

Gu Qing Shan had walked over and shielded Laura.

Receiving his protection, Laura felt relieved.

The General smirked and mocked: “Huh? A mere insect dared—–”

Gu Qing Shan cut him off and casually said: “Don’t think that you can bully a child just because you have a bit of strength. If you say one more word, I will have you die right here”

The General froze, his eyes suddenly opened wide.

No one had ever dared to threaten me in front of so many people!

He has a death wish!

He grinned and was about to pull his weapon, but was suddenly cut off by a sharp screech.

[Halt!]

The General froze again, this time his pressure vanishing entirely.

He bowed to the void of space and respectfully spoke: “Elder, this mortal was disrespectful towards me. According to our Law, mortals cannot shame the Divine, he must die”

Clear whispers of discussion were resounding from the void of space.

Obviously, Gu Qing Shan’s sudden intervention had caused the people being called Elders to notice him.

They were hesitant about something.

Gu Qing Shan ignored all of that, and simply helped Zhang Ying Hao and Ye Fei Li up.

“Pitiful mortal, do you really think you’d be able to protect them if I acted right now?” the General said with a grim expression,

Gu Qing Shan stood in front of the three of them, turned to the General and said without changing his expression: “If you act, you will die. Believe me, I don’t joke about these matters”

Watching him, the General was becoming more and more doubtful.

This person is nothing special.

But he dared to declare such a thing in a fully restrained environment.

Unless he’s insane, that meant that he truly had confidence.

Apparently thinking of something, the General stopped talking.

The Elders were still busy discussing from the void of space.

Boss also glanced at Gu Qing Shan; a bit doubtful.

He didn’t know what was going on either.

A few moments later.

A new voice came from the council of Elders:

[Greatest Above the Crowned Star, you have brought to us one with a secret identity]

[As we looked through the source of his secret, we discovered a certain familiar presence]

Another voice spoke up: [Indeed, we can continue our search and reveal this true identity, but we did not——- as we discovered that his secret is being protect by a personage that must not be revealed within the void, we cannot afford to offend that noble one]

Another voice followed up, and continued: [Perhaps they are one of the four Pillar Gods, or perhaps another Lord of the void—— in the end, there is indeed to issue with you bring this person of noble status to Calming Soul Country, we have approved of this]

[But why did you bring the other mortals as well? I hope you can clear this up for us]

Boss was silently surprised.

He sneaked a glance at Gu Qing Shan.

——–this youngster actually has someone protecting his secret in the shadow. If I knew that beforehand, I wouldn’t have been in so much of a hurry to come up with this excuse.

However, the rest of them do actually need my help.

Boss cleared his throat and loudly declared: “Firstly, I must declare that I did not bring them, but was actually upholding the oath”

He walked up to Zhang Ying Hao and patted his shoulder, explaining to the void: “This person managed to find Calming Soul Country——– ignoring all of your defensive means”

[Truly?] an old voice questioned.

Boss gestured to Zhang Ying Hao to show them his black cat.

“Do you see it? An extremely rare sentient Mystic-type searcher, I know that he should be of great value within the Calming Soul Country”

No one replied from the void.

——–as if silently admitting this.

Boss them walked next to Ye Fei Li and pointed at him: “This person is capable of allowing souls to become tangible, and then even heal my wounds—– a true Healer, I believe that is enough to prove my point”

Silence, once again.

Finally, Boss turned to Laura.

“And this little girl, do not look down on her”

The Bramble Bird Empress is able to obtain treasures from the void at will.

—–no matter where it is, this ability would be most valuable, most worthy of attention, and most useful.

Especially in a place like the Calming Soul Country!

Boss was feeling boastful.

As he was about to introduce her, Gu Qing Shan walked up.

“Don’t introduce Laura, otherwise she would be under close scrutiny”

Gu Qing Shan sent his voice.

Boss froze.

You’re telling me not to say it just as I’m about to introduce her?

But it makes sense, these Demis are all very powerful.

Now that my powers are lacking and Gu Qing Shan’s group haven’t fully matured, if the Demis know that Laura had the ability to collect treasures, it would be next to impossible to protect her.

As Boss was thinking of another excuse, Gu Qing Shan had already stood by Laura and spoke to the void: “As the Apostle had said, no one can look down on her, because she is my little sister, and she has always been by my side”

Saying so, Gu Qing Shan picked Laura up and placed her on his left shoulder.

Laura froze.

What a familiar sight this is.

Just like how we fought alongside one another in Triste’s collection world.

He knows that I like to sit on the left shoulder.

Because I told him that I used to always sit on my father’s shoulder when he was still alive.

As for the reason he cut off Boss’ introduction, it was simple to understand with a bit of thought.

Sure enough, the void of space continued to be silent for a while.

Until another old voice spoke up again:

[Hm, these people truly are worthy of living in Calming Soul Country and contributing to Calming Soul Country]

[Since this was the case, you may come to us]

With this light declaration, the armored men lowered their weapons, even the General could only accept the order.

Boss scoffed and spoke to the void of space: “After such a long journey, it turns out I’m being thought of as a traitor, am I?”

The intent of these words was clear.

Since he did not violate the oath, and was also contributing both information and talents to Calming Soul Country, he should not have received this treatment.

After all, he was still the Abyssal King!

The old female voice gently told him: [It was our fault for accusing you wrongly. Our only Apostle, please come and rest, we shall make up for our mistake]

After a bit of consideration, Boss cautiously nodded.

Zhang Ying Hao and Ye Fei Li exchanged glances.

Seems like we passed.

The two of them thought of this at the same time.

Laura sat still on Gu Qing Shan’s left shoulder, lowering her head without letting anyone see her expression.

She was trying to hold back her tears so that it wouldn’t flow.