Chapter 701: Vol V Chapter 61
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
The G.o.ddess of Love sat on the seat warmed by the fire and glanced at the patch of green above her angrily.
It was a colossal green jellyfish, and it was currently stretching. Such a movement made it look like it was engulfing the entire kingdom. Previously, with a flash of inspiration, she had tried to manipulate her G.o.d’s Kingdom and escape but was self-defeated. Sui Xiong had simply enlarged his body to wrap the entire kingdom, reaching his many tentacles outwards to add layers on the outside, making the kingdom look like a wrapped dumpling!
From afar, it looked like this large jellyfish had swallowed the entire kingdom into his stomach and was ready to demolish and digest it all.
“Stop being stubborn, look at the situation now!” His good friend, the G.o.ddess of Lavender, was equally affected and sighed. “Thank goodness the Void Mask has a good temper; if he had been bad-tempered, you’d have been doomed a long time ago!”
“Yes, we have to be reasonable. This job was yours to begin with. He is a strong spirit but was willing to negotiate with you politely and offer a big pay-out. He merely invited you to take a walk and talk—that wasn’t hard at all! Instead, you chose to be ridiculous…. Honestly, if it were me, I’d have destroyed your G.o.d’s Kingdom and seized prisoners long ago!” Another G.o.d with similar sentiments, the G.o.ddess of Fortune, chided the G.o.ddess of Love.
“Yes, consider the situation from his perspective! If he were you, could you have been so controlled and calm?” The G.o.ddess of Joy asked as she glanced sternly at the G.o.ddess of Love.
The G.o.ddess of Love was speechless, and she chose to shrivel up her body into a ball of fire, rolling around the floor as she laughed in a strange fas.h.i.+on.
This was the tactic that she always employed as a defense mechanism whenever her friends were debating with her and she was about to lose.
The G.o.ddess of Fortune boiled with rage but was unable to do anything further.
All her friends knew that once the G.o.ddess of Love used such a tactic, she would momentarily become unfeeling. If you tried to converse with her at this point, it would be futile. Even hitting her or throwing her into an ice mountain to freeze wouldn’t elicit any response. To put it bluntly, it was her way of throwing a childish temper tantrum.
“Sometimes, I really feel like beating her up. The fact that she hasn’t been beaten up by anyone yet in her life is a miracle in itself!” The G.o.ddess of Fortune muttered angrily to herself.
The G.o.ddess of Joy sighed and gestured above her as she said, “Maybe she’ll really receive a beating in the near future.”
Looking at the body of the giant jellyfish above her, the G.o.ddess of Lavender s.h.i.+vered and asked in a low voice, “Do you think… he knows everything that happens in this place?”
“Probably! If it were me, I would definitely probe fully till the internal workings of the kingdom—at the very least, I know I would be able to penetrate the Flame of Pa.s.sion. The Void Mask’s power is stronger than mine. If I can do it, he definitely can do it,” the G.o.ddess of Joy replied.
Upon hearing this, the G.o.ddess of Lavender’s worry increased, and she asked tentatively, “Then… wouldn’t he notice us right now?”
The G.o.ddess of Joy smiled and said, “Stop imagining things and scaring yourself! He’s so busy, where would he find time to notice us? Do you know how big the Church of the Void Mask is? Do you know how many followers he has? Furthermore, he has many other things to do… among the G.o.ds, even if he isn’t the busiest, he is definitely one of the busiest few.”
“Yet in the end, this busy man managed to surround the Flame of Pa.s.sion for a month!” The G.o.ddess of Fortune had piped up.
The G.o.ddess of Joy was momentarily stunned, and she froze for a long time before sighing.
“When this b.a.s.t.a.r.d wakes up, I’m going to give her a severe beating!” She turned and saw the G.o.ddess of Love still rolling around in a ball of fire making “hehehe” noises and felt infuriated.
“Count me in!” the G.o.ddess of Fortune agreed with a malicious tone.
A second later, the G.o.ddess of Lavender also agreed with a low tone.
The G.o.ddess of Love was often unreliable when it came to handling tasks, and such irresponsibility angered her friends. As such, they had built up their mountain of grudges over time. If there was a chance, they would love to beat her up till she was unconscious.
Of course, they would still band together to save her if there were any real problems despite any grudges or grievances. This was how their clique of G.o.ds worked and how they displayed their friends.h.i.+p.
At the end of the day, ranting and staying angry wasn’t going to resolve the problem. Therefore, in the end, the G.o.ddess of Joy took the initiative to approach Sui Xiong to discuss the issue and attempt to calm him down.
In reality, all the G.o.ddesses were extremely afraid that Sui Xiong would destroy the Flame of Pa.s.sion with the G.o.ddess of Love inside if he had gotten too angry.
Based on his previous experience of crus.h.i.+ng the Alliance of Evil G.o.ds, his tremendous power would mean that doing so now would mean little to him. Furthermore, after the doings of the G.o.ddess of Love, her being beaten to death would also come as no surprise to the rest.
This was similar to Earth where many dignified countries’ heads of state wanted to take a group photograph with many well-known technological companies’ CEOS and the latter had refused to. Instead of just politely rejecting the offer, they had kicked the heads of state out of the company angrily. In the end, the bodyguards of both sides became at odds with each other, and no one could negotiate with reason to stop the violence.
As people, one had to learn to be less arrogant!
However, imparting such logic to the G.o.ddess of Love was useless as the silly girl was extremely unreasonable and unreceptive in a conflict.
“In any case, we hope you’ll be understanding of us. We’ll try our best to talk her down.” Looking at the G.o.ds speaking to him in such a courteous and desperate way, Sui Xiong felt awkward and signaled his agreement by nodding his head repeatedly.
After all, he was not an unreasonable person. When he met people with little to no logic, he usually used violence to get his way. However, in this case, against G.o.ddesses who were unwilling to partake in violence, he felt rather stuck.
The G.o.ddess of Love acted like she wasn’t afraid of anything, and this was probably because she was extremely unwilling to work with the G.o.ddess of Family. Towards this, Sui Xiong was helpless—he did not intend to destroy the kingdom or send the G.o.ddess of Love to the wedding venue. This was not his style.
The G.o.ddess of Joy was also extremely courteous to him and constantly apologized even for minor issues, putting him in a tight spot. The G.o.ddess of Joy had decently strong powers and was ranked third in the Pantheon temple. Thus, this increased his humility towards her polite mannerisms.
If not for his promise to make Leon and Kalisa’s wedding a spectacular one, he would have abandoned s.h.i.+p completely at this point in time; now, that was not an option anymore.
In this world, even the most extravagant weddings could only request the presence of either the G.o.ddess of Family or the G.o.ddess of Love to give blessings, where the former was more popular. To allow the wedding to go down in history and remembered for a long time, both G.o.ddesses’ joint attendance was the most crucial factor as that would be what made it special. After all, for it to be memorable and to be a tale that could be pa.s.sed down, the wedding had to have something significant rather than just outlandish décor.
To accomplish this, Sui Xiong didn’t mind biding his time, even if he had to stay here for a few more months.