Chapter 291
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Delia could feel it.
The tree, which had been towering over them since earlier, was most definitely composed of all the Seven Sins!
Delia, who wields the power of all the Seven Virtues, could only stare in awe and revulsion at the tree.
Awe, because even Delia herself has not yet created an Original Holy Spell that was composed of all the Seven Virtues.
Disgust, because the appearance of such thing here is a direct provocation against the Holy Order!
And these feelings of hers intensified when she saw one of the tree's branches suddenly separate itself from the tree.
As this glowing branch started to rush towards Traveler Alex, Delia suddenly heard a domineering voice, which came out of the mouths of 4 Abyss Sprites.
"First Branch: Feast of the Voracious Dragon!"
"Roar!"
In front of Delia's wide eyes, she saw the tree branch transform itself to form a jet-black dragon, which proceeded to swallow the whole body of the clone.
At the moment that the swallowing happened, Delia's eyes narrowed as she felt the power of Four Sins activating from the dragon.
"Celeste, you can feel it, right?" Delia muttered to her Guide Celeste, who was hovering just behind Delia.
Celeste, who was staring at the scene below her intently, only gave Delia a nod as she said,
"Yes, I can definitely feel the presence of Four Sins from that dragon. And if I am right, those sins are the Sins of Greed, Gluttony, Envy, and Sloth... This Traveler Alex certainly is impressive, although I am rendered confused on what is happening to him right now."
"It is indeed confusing." Delia replied as she looked down at the jet-black dragon. "Really confusing."
Delia was not sure what was exactly happening inside the dragon, although she could see that Traveler Alex's heavy injuries were recovering exponentially fast, to the point that his broken bones and organs mended themselves back to their pristine state!
Not only that, but Delia could see that the vitality inside Traveler Alex's body was increasing again. His breath, which was almost at its end earlier, was now returning back to normal!
There was also a golden light which streamed out of the dragon's body, which were all absorbed by Traveler Alex.
At the moment that this golden light went inside Traveler Alex, he began to exude a new kind of power, which was different compared to the Abyss Energy and the Esper Abilities that he used earlier!
"Celeste, I am not sure on why Traveler Alex was doing these things…" Delia muttered as she tightened her grip on her spear. "However, I am sure of one thing. And that is that if we let this continue, Traveler Alex will surely recover from his injuries!"
"But didn't Tong'er say that Traveler Alex's soul went inside the clone?" Celeste replied as she tilted her head. "If that was really the case, then why should we be focusing on that body? Shouldn't we just attack the clone?"
"I don't know what to do Celeste! I am so confused right now!" Delia replied with exasperation.
She then looked around her, realizing that everyone was also confused with what was happening now.
The only ones who did not look confused were the Companions of Traveler Alex. They even wore relieved expressions on their faces, as if they were pleased with what they were seeing.
"That's it. I am going to confront that woman." Delia said as she decided to talk to Alina.
She ignored the complaints and warnings of her Companions as she approached Alina.
As she got nearer and nearer to her, Delia could not help but wrinkle her eyes in disgust, as she suddenly felt angry towards Alina.
She felt as if Alina was a disgusting person that she should be never close to.
Before Delia could process these new feelings, she looked beside Alina, which made her see Astria, the daughter of the Grand Symbolist.
Just like Alina, Delia also felt extreme disgust after seeing Astria, to the point that she started to feel sick.
These two women were staring at Delia with disgust too, as if they also shared the same feelings as Delia.
"Ugh. Why do these two make me feel like this?" Delia thought to herself as she forced her tongue to not go out of her mouth. "These two… I do not like getting close to them. Ugh…. Should I go back now?"
Delia then turned around, as she decided to abandon her plan to talk to them.
But at the moment that she spun her body, she suddenly heard a monstrous bird cry, which made her almost lose consciousness.
"Ah!" Delia cried out as she clutched her ears. She could not help but kneel down, as she felt a massive pressure assaulting her body.
Delia looked around her, noticing that everyone were forced to kneel too, including Alina and Astria.
The faces of these two women were both alert and wary, as they started to look all around them.
The bird cry then became louder and louder as the pressure around Delia continued to increase.
"…."
When the pressure came to the point that it was about to crush Delia, Delia suddenly saw a massive shadow covering everyone's bodies.
Delia forced herself to look up, and there she saw the source of the bird cry and the massive shadow.
It was a chicken.
Yes, it was a chicken that has forced everyone to become like this.
This chicken just looked like any other normal chicken, except for the fact that its whole body was 100 times the size of the Yellow Moon!
Yes, this chicken was undoubtedly a gigantic chicken!
Right now, this chicken had spread its wings so wide, that an extremely large amount of area below it was covered by its shadow, which also included Delia!
In front of such a massive and clearly powerful creature, Delia could only stay kneeling, as she feared getting the chicken's attention!
Everyone seemed to have the same thoughts too, as they did nothing to attract the chicken's attention.
"…"
The chicken's eyes, which were around the size of the Yellow Moon, stared at Delia and the others imperiously, as if it was just looking at food.
The chicken continued staring at everyone for a few seconds before its gaze shifted to a different spot.
Now, the chicken's eyes were focused on Traveler Alex himself, more specifically, on the jet-black dragon!
The chicken's eyes then narrowed to slits as it began to tuck in its wings.
Its massive beak opened wide, displaying its tongue, which was filled to the brim with countless space debris.
Before Delia or the others could make sense of this, they suddenly heard a deep rumbling voice which came from the chicken himself.
"CLUCK! ACCORDING TO THE AGREEMENT THAT I HAD WITH THE ENDLESS MONARCH, I SHOULD NOT BE INTERFERING ON THE MISSIONS BETWEEN HIS TRAVELERS, CLUCK!" The chicken coolly said as its eyes stared coldly at the jet-black dragon. "CLUCK! HOWEVER, THAT AGREEMENT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANYONE THAT IS NOT A TRAVELER, CLUCK! EMPEROR LITCH IS NOT A TRAVELER, CLUCK! SO IT IS FINE FOR ME IF I SAVE HIM, CLUCK!"
From the way that the chicken talked, it seems as if the chicken was trying to explain his actions to someone else, as if it wanted to gain that someone's approval.
"!!!"
Delia, whose entire body was trembling from the shockwaves that came out of the chicken, narrowed her eyes as she heard what the chicken was saying.
"An agreement with the Endless Monarch? And saving someone named Emperor Litch? What the hell is this creature talking about?" Delia thought to herself as she looked up to the chicken.
To Delia's surprise, when she looked up to the chicken, she saw the chicken raising its foot upwards, until the chicken's spur(sharp spike at the back of the foot) was right above Traveler Alex and the dragon!
Alina, who was just near Delia, let out a shout as she seemed to have envisioned the same thing that Delia thought now.
"CLUCK! ENDLESS MONARCH! THIS WILL BE JUST QUICK, CLUCK!" The chicken uttered out as it started to send its spur downwards. "CLUCK! LET ME SAVE EMPEROR LITCH FIRST, THEN I WILL LET YOU GO ON WITH YOUR BUSINESS, CLUCK!
"Woosh~"
Delia was immediately blown away as the chicken's foot descended right in front of her. Alina was not so lucky too, as she was also blasted away.
Everyone else was thrown out of their positions too as the chicken foot went past by them.
"No!!!"
Alina's shout was the only thing that could be heard just right before the chicken's foot hit the jet-black dragon.
"…"
Miraculously, the chicken's foot stopped descending just right above the dragon, as if the chicken forced itself to stop right now.
The chicken, whose eyes were filled with arrogance earlier, now looked somewhat peeved as its eyes stared to flicker uncertainly.
A few seconds later, and the chicken let out a rumbling sigh, showing its extreme irritation.
"CLUCK! SO EVEN IF EMPEROR LITCH IS NOT A TRAVELER, MY ACT OF SAVING HIM WILL STILL INDIRECTLY INTERFERE THE TRAVELERS, CLUCK? IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE SAYING NOW, ENDLESS MONARCH, CLUCK?" The chicken said as it seemed to be in deep conversation with someone.
"CLUCK? SO YOU WILL STILL ALLOW ME TO SAVE EMPEROR LITCH, BUT I AM ONLY ALLOWED TO DO IT ONCE, CLUCK? SO THAT MEANS THAT IF I SAVE HIM TODAY, I WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO SAVE HIM NEXT TIME, CLUCK?"
"…"
"CLUCK! SO YOU REALLY MEANT THAT, CLUCK! WAIT, YOU STILL WANT TO SAY MORE, CLUCK?"
"…"
"CLUCK! SO YOU ALSO WANT ME TO DO NO HARM AGAINST YOUR TRAVELERS WHILE I SAVE EMPEROR LITCH, CLUCK?"
"…"
"CLUCK! YOU IRRITATING BASTARD, CLUCK! OKAY, OKAY, I SHALL HONOR YOUR WORDS, CLUCK! NOW, CAN YOU LET ME FINISH MY BUSINESS HERE, CLUCK?"
"…"
A few more seconds passed by with the chicken staying silent, with everyone else staring at it with bated breaths.
Half a minute later, and the chicken let out another sigh as it looked down.
Its eyes went back to looking at Traveler Alex and the dragon.
The chicken let out three soft clucks before saying,
"CLUCK! YOU LITTLE TRAVELER! YOU ARE LUCKY THAT YOUR HANDLER IS TREATING YOU WELL, CLUCK! YOU BETTER APPRECIATE HIS KINDNESS ON YOU, CLUCK! YOU WILL NEED IT FOR THE FUTURE, CLUCK!"
"…" Traveler Alex did not give any reply, as he seemed to be paralyzed under the pressure that is being let out by the chicken.
"CLUCK! WELL WHATEVER, CLUCK! JUST LIKE WHAT I SAID EARLIER, I WILL BE SAVING EMPEROR LITCH NOW, CLUCK! LET ME SEE…. EH? YOU MANAGED TO DEVOUR HALF OF EMPEROR LITCH'S SOUL, CLUCK! DAMN BOY, YOU ARE ONE IMPRESSIVE TRAVELER, CLUCK! IF I DID NOT COME HERE ON TIME, YOU COULD HAVE DEVOURED THE ENTIRETY OF EMPEROR LITCH'S SOUL, CLUCK!"
"…"
"CLUCK! WELL, TOO BAD FOR YOU, I CAME HERE, CLUCK!" The chicken said as it seemed to sneer at Traveler Alex. "CLUCK! SO YOU DON'T WANT TO REMOVE THAT DRAGON OF YOURS, CLUCK? HEHE, THEN LET ME TEAR IT FOR YOU, CLUCK!"
"RIIIIP!!!"
Under Delia's disbelieving gaze, she saw the black dragon, which made her extremely wary earlier, get torn into tiny pieces by the chicken's foot!
Delia had a strange feeling as she watched the dismantling of the dragon, as if she was witnessing something that she should have not seen.
It took the chicken only five seconds to full destroy the dragon, and the chicken did not look like he was taking this seriously!
Once the dragon was destroyed, the chicken picked something up from its remains.
What the chicken picked up was a white blob of light.
This blob looked to be extremely damaged, as its size was diminished compared to before, and it was perforated with countless holes and gashes.
To anyone that will see this blob, they can only say that it was in pitiful condition. But even with that, the chicken seemed to be satisfied at it tucked the white blob under its wings.
"CLUCK! EMPEROR LITCH, EVEN IF YOUR SOUL RIGHT NOW IS JUST HALF OF WHAT YOU ORIGINALLY HAVE, THIS IS STILL ENOUGH TO KEEP YOU ALIVE, CLUCK!" The chicken said as it flapped its wings. "CLUCK! BE GRATEFUL THAT I WASTED MY TIME HERE JUST TO SAVE YOU, CLUCK!"
After saying these words, the chicken flapped its wings once more as it flew away majestically, bringing along the damaged white blob.
"…."
Everyone was silent as they watched the chicken's silhouette disappear within the vast emptiness in space.
Seconds later, and the chicken was nowhere to be found, leaving behind a group of people who were confounded with what just happened.
"Maybe it's just me, but shouldn't be chickens unable to fly?"
"…"
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Delia could feel it.
The tree, which had been towering over them since earlier, was most definitely composed of all the Seven Sins!
Delia, who wields the power of all the Seven Virtues, could only stare in awe and revulsion at the tree.
Awe, because even Delia herself has not yet created an Original Holy Spell that was composed of all the Seven Virtues.
Disgust, because the appearance of such thing here is a direct provocation against the Holy Order!
And these feelings of hers intensified when she saw one of the tree's branches suddenly separate itself from the tree.
As this glowing branch started to rush towards Traveler Alex, Delia suddenly heard a domineering voice, which came out of the mouths of 4 Abyss Sprites.
"First Branch: Feast of the Voracious Dragon!"
"Roar!"
In front of Delia's wide eyes, she saw the tree branch transform itself to form a jet-black dragon, which proceeded to swallow the whole body of the clone.
At the moment that the swallowing happened, Delia's eyes narrowed as she felt the power of Four Sins activating from the dragon.
"Celeste, you can feel it, right?" Delia muttered to her Guide Celeste, who was hovering just behind Delia.
Celeste, who was staring at the scene below her intently, only gave Delia a nod as she said,
"Yes, I can definitely feel the presence of Four Sins from that dragon. And if I am right, those sins are the Sins of Greed, Gluttony, Envy, and Sloth... This Traveler Alex certainly is impressive, although I am rendered confused on what is happening to him right now."
"It is indeed confusing." Delia replied as she looked down at the jet-black dragon. "Really confusing."
Delia was not sure what was exactly happening inside the dragon, although she could see that Traveler Alex's heavy injuries were recovering exponentially fast, to the point that his broken bones and organs mended themselves back to their pristine state!
Not only that, but Delia could see that the vitality inside Traveler Alex's body was increasing again. His breath, which was almost at its end earlier, was now returning back to normal!
There was also a golden light which streamed out of the dragon's body, which were all absorbed by Traveler Alex.
At the moment that this golden light went inside Traveler Alex, he began to exude a new kind of power, which was different compared to the Abyss Energy and the Esper Abilities that he used earlier!
"Celeste, I am not sure on why Traveler Alex was doing these things…" Delia muttered as she tightened her grip on her spear. "However, I am sure of one thing. And that is that if we let this continue, Traveler Alex will surely recover from his injuries!"
"But didn't Tong'er say that Traveler Alex's soul went inside the clone?" Celeste replied as she tilted her head. "If that was really the case, then why should we be focusing on that body? Shouldn't we just attack the clone?"
"I don't know what to do Celeste! I am so confused right now!" Delia replied with exasperation.
She then looked around her, realizing that everyone was also confused with what was happening now.
The only ones who did not look confused were the Companions of Traveler Alex. They even wore relieved expressions on their faces, as if they were pleased with what they were seeing.
"That's it. I am going to confront that woman." Delia said as she decided to talk to Alina.
She ignored the complaints and warnings of her Companions as she approached Alina.
As she got nearer and nearer to her, Delia could not help but wrinkle her eyes in disgust, as she suddenly felt angry towards Alina.
She felt as if Alina was a disgusting person that she should be never close to.
Before Delia could process these new feelings, she looked beside Alina, which made her see Astria, the daughter of the Grand Symbolist.
Just like Alina, Delia also felt extreme disgust after seeing Astria, to the point that she started to feel sick.
These two women were staring at Delia with disgust too, as if they also shared the same feelings as Delia.
"Ugh. Why do these two make me feel like this?" Delia thought to herself as she forced her tongue to not go out of her mouth. "These two… I do not like getting close to them. Ugh…. Should I go back now?"
Delia then turned around, as she decided to abandon her plan to talk to them.
But at the moment that she spun her body, she suddenly heard a monstrous bird cry, which made her almost lose consciousness.
"Ah!" Delia cried out as she clutched her ears. She could not help but kneel down, as she felt a massive pressure assaulting her body.
Delia looked around her, noticing that everyone were forced to kneel too, including Alina and Astria.
The faces of these two women were both alert and wary, as they started to look all around them.
The bird cry then became louder and louder as the pressure around Delia continued to increase.
"…."
When the pressure came to the point that it was about to crush Delia, Delia suddenly saw a massive shadow covering everyone's bodies.
Delia forced herself to look up, and there she saw the source of the bird cry and the massive shadow.
It was a chicken.
Yes, it was a chicken that has forced everyone to become like this.
This chicken just looked like any other normal chicken, except for the fact that its whole body was 100 times the size of the Yellow Moon!
Yes, this chicken was undoubtedly a gigantic chicken!
Right now, this chicken had spread its wings so wide, that an extremely large amount of area below it was covered by its shadow, which also included Delia!
In front of such a massive and clearly powerful creature, Delia could only stay kneeling, as she feared getting the chicken's attention!
Everyone seemed to have the same thoughts too, as they did nothing to attract the chicken's attention.
"…"
The chicken's eyes, which were around the size of the Yellow Moon, stared at Delia and the others imperiously, as if it was just looking at food.
The chicken continued staring at everyone for a few seconds before its gaze shifted to a different spot.
Now, the chicken's eyes were focused on Traveler Alex himself, more specifically, on the jet-black dragon!
The chicken's eyes then narrowed to slits as it began to tuck in its wings.
Its massive beak opened wide, displaying its tongue, which was filled to the brim with countless space debris.
Before Delia or the others could make sense of this, they suddenly heard a deep rumbling voice which came from the chicken himself.
"CLUCK! ACCORDING TO THE AGREEMENT THAT I HAD WITH THE ENDLESS MONARCH, I SHOULD NOT BE INTERFERING ON THE MISSIONS BETWEEN HIS TRAVELERS, CLUCK!" The chicken coolly said as its eyes stared coldly at the jet-black dragon. "CLUCK! HOWEVER, THAT AGREEMENT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANYONE THAT IS NOT A TRAVELER, CLUCK! EMPEROR LITCH IS NOT A TRAVELER, CLUCK! SO IT IS FINE FOR ME IF I SAVE HIM, CLUCK!"
From the way that the chicken talked, it seems as if the chicken was trying to explain his actions to someone else, as if it wanted to gain that someone's approval.
"!!!"
Delia, whose entire body was trembling from the shockwaves that came out of the chicken, narrowed her eyes as she heard what the chicken was saying.
"An agreement with the Endless Monarch? And saving someone named Emperor Litch? What the hell is this creature talking about?" Delia thought to herself as she looked up to the chicken.
To Delia's surprise, when she looked up to the chicken, she saw the chicken raising its foot upwards, until the chicken's spur(sharp spike at the back of the foot) was right above Traveler Alex and the dragon!
Alina, who was just near Delia, let out a shout as she seemed to have envisioned the same thing that Delia thought now.
"CLUCK! ENDLESS MONARCH! THIS WILL BE JUST QUICK, CLUCK!" The chicken uttered out as it started to send its spur downwards. "CLUCK! LET ME SAVE EMPEROR LITCH FIRST, THEN I WILL LET YOU GO ON WITH YOUR BUSINESS, CLUCK!
"Woosh~"
Delia was immediately blown away as the chicken's foot descended right in front of her. Alina was not so lucky too, as she was also blasted away.
Everyone else was thrown out of their positions too as the chicken foot went past by them.
"No!!!"
Alina's shout was the only thing that could be heard just right before the chicken's foot hit the jet-black dragon.
"…"
Miraculously, the chicken's foot stopped descending just right above the dragon, as if the chicken forced itself to stop right now.
The chicken, whose eyes were filled with arrogance earlier, now looked somewhat peeved as its eyes stared to flicker uncertainly.
A few seconds later, and the chicken let out a rumbling sigh, showing its extreme irritation.
"CLUCK! SO EVEN IF EMPEROR LITCH IS NOT A TRAVELER, MY ACT OF SAVING HIM WILL STILL INDIRECTLY INTERFERE THE TRAVELERS, CLUCK? IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE SAYING NOW, ENDLESS MONARCH, CLUCK?" The chicken said as it seemed to be in deep conversation with someone.
"CLUCK? SO YOU WILL STILL ALLOW ME TO SAVE EMPEROR LITCH, BUT I AM ONLY ALLOWED TO DO IT ONCE, CLUCK? SO THAT MEANS THAT IF I SAVE HIM TODAY, I WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO SAVE HIM NEXT TIME, CLUCK?"
"…"
"CLUCK! SO YOU REALLY MEANT THAT, CLUCK! WAIT, YOU STILL WANT TO SAY MORE, CLUCK?"
"…"
"CLUCK! SO YOU ALSO WANT ME TO DO NO HARM AGAINST YOUR TRAVELERS WHILE I SAVE EMPEROR LITCH, CLUCK?"
"…"
"CLUCK! YOU IRRITATING BASTARD, CLUCK! OKAY, OKAY, I SHALL HONOR YOUR WORDS, CLUCK! NOW, CAN YOU LET ME FINISH MY BUSINESS HERE, CLUCK?"
"…"
A few more seconds passed by with the chicken staying silent, with everyone else staring at it with bated breaths.
Half a minute later, and the chicken let out another sigh as it looked down.
Its eyes went back to looking at Traveler Alex and the dragon.
The chicken let out three soft clucks before saying,
"CLUCK! YOU LITTLE TRAVELER! YOU ARE LUCKY THAT YOUR HANDLER IS TREATING YOU WELL, CLUCK! YOU BETTER APPRECIATE HIS KINDNESS ON YOU, CLUCK! YOU WILL NEED IT FOR THE FUTURE, CLUCK!"
"…" Traveler Alex did not give any reply, as he seemed to be paralyzed under the pressure that is being let out by the chicken.
"CLUCK! WELL WHATEVER, CLUCK! JUST LIKE WHAT I SAID EARLIER, I WILL BE SAVING EMPEROR LITCH NOW, CLUCK! LET ME SEE…. EH? YOU MANAGED TO DEVOUR HALF OF EMPEROR LITCH'S SOUL, CLUCK! DAMN BOY, YOU ARE ONE IMPRESSIVE TRAVELER, CLUCK! IF I DID NOT COME HERE ON TIME, YOU COULD HAVE DEVOURED THE ENTIRETY OF EMPEROR LITCH'S SOUL, CLUCK!"
"…"
"CLUCK! WELL, TOO BAD FOR YOU, I CAME HERE, CLUCK!" The chicken said as it seemed to sneer at Traveler Alex. "CLUCK! SO YOU DON'T WANT TO REMOVE THAT DRAGON OF YOURS, CLUCK? HEHE, THEN LET ME TEAR IT FOR YOU, CLUCK!"
"RIIIIP!!!"
Under Delia's disbelieving gaze, she saw the black dragon, which made her extremely wary earlier, get torn into tiny pieces by the chicken's foot!
Delia had a strange feeling as she watched the dismantling of the dragon, as if she was witnessing something that she should have not seen.
It took the chicken only five seconds to full destroy the dragon, and the chicken did not look like he was taking this seriously!
Once the dragon was destroyed, the chicken picked something up from its remains.
What the chicken picked up was a white blob of light.
This blob looked to be extremely damaged, as its size was diminished compared to before, and it was perforated with countless holes and gashes.
To anyone that will see this blob, they can only say that it was in pitiful condition. But even with that, the chicken seemed to be satisfied at it tucked the white blob under its wings.
"CLUCK! EMPEROR LITCH, EVEN IF YOUR SOUL RIGHT NOW IS JUST HALF OF WHAT YOU ORIGINALLY HAVE, THIS IS STILL ENOUGH TO KEEP YOU ALIVE, CLUCK!" The chicken said as it flapped its wings. "CLUCK! BE GRATEFUL THAT I WASTED MY TIME HERE JUST TO SAVE YOU, CLUCK!"
After saying these words, the chicken flapped its wings once more as it flew away majestically, bringing along the damaged white blob.
"…."
Everyone was silent as they watched the chicken's silhouette disappear within the vast emptiness in space.
Seconds later, and the chicken was nowhere to be found, leaving behind a group of people who were confounded with what just happened.
"Maybe it's just me, but shouldn't be chickens unable to fly?"
"…"
Delia could feel it.The tree, which had been towering over them since earlier, was most definitely composed of all the Seven Sins!Delia, who wields the power of all the Seven Virtues, could only stare in awe and revulsion at the tree.Awe, because even Delia herself has not yet created an Original Holy Spell that was composed of all the Seven Virtues.Disgust, because the appearance of such thing here is a direct provocation against the Holy Order!And these feelings of hers intensified when she saw one of the tree's branches suddenly separate itself from the tree.As this glowing branch started to rush towards Traveler Alex, Delia suddenly heard a domineering voice, which came out of the mouths of 4 Abyss Sprites."First Branch: Feast of the Voracious Dragon!""Roar!" In front of Delia's wide eyes, she saw the tree branch transform itself to form a jet-black dragon, which proceeded to swallow the whole body of the clone.At the moment that the swallowing happened, Delia's eyes narrowed as she felt the power of Four Sins activating from the dragon."Celeste, you can feel it, right?" Delia muttered to her Guide Celeste, who was hovering just behind Delia.Celeste, who was staring at the scene below her intently, only gave Delia a nod as she said,"Yes, I can definitely feel the presence of Four Sins from that dragon. And if I am right, those sins are the Sins of Greed, Gluttony, Envy, and Sloth... This Traveler Alex certainly is impressive, although I am rendered confused on what is happening to him right now.""It is indeed confusing." Delia replied as she looked down at the jet-black dragon. "Really confusing."Delia was not sure what was exactly happening inside the dragon, although she could see that Traveler Alex's heavy injuries were recovering exponentially fast, to the point that his broken bones and organs mended themselves back to their pristine state!Not only that, but Delia could see that the vitality inside Traveler Alex's body was increasing again. His breath, which was almost at its end earlier, was now returning back to normal!There was also a golden light which streamed out of the dragon's body, which were all absorbed by Traveler Alex.At the moment that this golden light went inside Traveler Alex, he began to exude a new kind of power, which was different compared to the Abyss Energy and the Esper Abilities that he used earlier!"Celeste, I am not sure on why Traveler Alex was doing these things" Delia muttered as she tightened her grip on her spear. "However, I am sure of one thing. And that is that if we let this continue, Traveler Alex will surely recover from his injuries!""But didn't Tong'er say that Traveler Alex's soul went inside the clone?" Celeste replied as she tilted her head. "If that was really the case, then why should we be focusing on that body? Shouldn't we just attack the clone?""I don't know what to do Celeste! I am so confused right now!" Delia replied with exasperation. She then looked around her, realizing that everyone was also confused with what was happening now.The only ones who did not look confused were the Companions of Traveler Alex. They even wore relieved expressions on their faces, as if they were pleased with what they were seeing."That's it. I am going to confront that woman." Delia said as she decided to talk to Alina. She ignored the complaints and warnings of her Companions as she approached Alina.As she got nearer and nearer to her, Delia could not help but wrinkle her eyes in disgust, as she suddenly felt angry towards Alina. She felt as if Alina was a disgusting person that she should be never close to.Before Delia could process these new feelings, she looked beside Alina, which made her see Astria, the daughter of the Grand Symbolist.Just like Alina, Delia also felt extreme disgust after seeing Astria, to the point that she started to feel sick.These two women were staring at Delia with disgust too, as if they also shared the same feelings as Delia."Ugh. Why do these two make me feel like this?" Delia thought to herself as she forced her tongue to not go out of her mouth. "These two I do not like getting close to them. Ugh. Should I go back now?"Delia then turned around, as she decided to abandon her plan to talk to them.But at the moment that she spun her body, she suddenly heard a monstrous bird cry, which made her almost lose consciousness."Ah!" Delia cried out as she clutched her ears. She could not help but kneel down, as she felt a massive pressure assaulting her body.Delia looked around her, noticing that everyone were forced to kneel too, including Alina and Astria.The faces of these two women were both alert and wary, as they started to look all around them.The bird cry then became louder and louder as the pressure around Delia continued to increase."."When the pressure came to the point that it was about to crush Delia, Delia suddenly saw a massive shadow covering everyone's bodies.Delia forced herself to look up, and there she saw the source of the bird cry and the massive shadow.It was a chicken.Yes, it was a chicken that has forced everyone to become like this.This chicken just looked like any other normal chicken, except for the fact that its whole body was 100 times the size of the Yellow Moon!Yes, this chicken was undoubtedly a gigantic chicken!Right now, this chicken had spread its wings so wide, that an extremely large amount of area below it was covered by its shadow, which also included Delia!In front of such a massive and clearly powerful creature, Delia could only stay kneeling, as she feared getting the chicken's attention!Everyone seemed to have the same thoughts too, as they did nothing to attract the chicken's attention.""The chicken's eyes, which were around the size of the Yellow Moon, stared at Delia and the others imperiously, as if it was just looking at food.The chicken continued staring at everyone for a few seconds before its gaze shifted to a different spot.Now, the chicken's eyes were focused on Traveler Alex himself, more specifically, on the jet-black dragon! The chicken's eyes then narrowed to slits as it began to tuck in its wings.Its massive beak opened wide, displaying its tongue, which was filled to the brim with countless space debris.Before Delia or the others could make sense of this, they suddenly heard a deep rumbling voice which came from the chicken himself."CLUCK! ACCORDING TO THE AGREEMENT THAT I HAD WITH THE ENDLESS MONARCH, I SHOULD NOT BE INTERFERING ON THE MISSIONS BETWEEN HIS TRAVELERS, CLUCK!" The chicken coolly said as its eyes stared coldly at the jet-black dragon. "CLUCK! HOWEVER, THAT AGREEMENT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANYONE THAT IS NOT A TRAVELER, CLUCK! EMPEROR LITCH IS NOT A TRAVELER, CLUCK! SO IT IS FINE FOR ME IF I SAVE HIM, CLUCK!"From the way that the chicken talked, it seems as if the chicken was trying to explain his actions to someone else, as if it wanted to gain that someone's approval."!!!" Delia, whose entire body was trembling from the shockwaves that came out of the chicken, narrowed her eyes as she heard what the chicken was saying."An agreement with the Endless Monarch? And saving someone named Emperor Litch? What the hell is this creature talking about?" Delia thought to herself as she looked up to the chicken.To Delia's surprise, when she looked up to the chicken, she saw the chicken raising its foot upwards, until the chicken's spursharp spike at the back of the foot was right above Traveler Alex and the dragon!Alina, who was just near Delia, let out a shout as she seemed to have envisioned the same thing that Delia thought now."CLUCK! ENDLESS MONARCH! THIS WILL BE JUST QUICK, CLUCK!" The chicken uttered out as it started to send its spur downwards. "CLUCK! LET ME SAVE EMPEROR LITCH FIRST, THEN I WILL LET YOU GO ON WITH YOUR BUSINESS, CLUCK!"Woosh~"Delia was immediately blown away as the chicken's foot descended right in front of her. Alina was not so lucky too, as she was also blasted away.Everyone else was thrown out of their positions too as the chicken foot went past by them."No!!!" Alina's shout was the only thing that could be heard just right before the chicken's foot hit the jet-black dragon.""Miraculously, the chicken's foot stopped descending just right above the dragon, as if the chicken forced itself to stop right now.The chicken, whose eyes were filled with arrogance earlier, now looked somewhat peeved as its eyes stared to flicker uncertainly.A few seconds later, and the chicken let out a rumbling sigh, showing its extreme irritation."CLUCK! SO EVEN IF EMPEROR LITCH IS NOT A TRAVELER, MY ACT OF SAVING HIM WILL STILL INDIRECTLY INTERFERE THE TRAVELERS, CLUCK? IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE SAYING NOW, ENDLESS MONARCH, CLUCK?" The chicken said as it seemed to be in deep conversation with someone."CLUCK? SO YOU WILL STILL ALLOW ME TO SAVE EMPEROR LITCH, BUT I AM ONLY ALLOWED TO DO IT ONCE, CLUCK? SO THAT MEANS THAT IF I SAVE HIM TODAY, I WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO SAVE HIM NEXT TIME, CLUCK?""" "CLUCK! SO YOU REALLY MEANT THAT, CLUCK! WAIT, YOU STILL WANT TO SAY MORE, CLUCK?""""CLUCK! SO YOU ALSO WANT ME TO DO NO HARM AGAINST YOUR TRAVELERS WHILE I SAVE EMPEROR LITCH, CLUCK?""""CLUCK! YOU IRRITATING BASTARD, CLUCK! OKAY, OKAY, I SHALL HONOR YOUR WORDS, CLUCK! NOW, CAN YOU LET ME FINISH MY BUSINESS HERE, CLUCK?"""A few more seconds passed by with the chicken staying silent, with everyone else staring at it with bated breaths.Half a minute later, and the chicken let out another sigh as it looked down.Its eyes went back to looking at Traveler Alex and the dragon.The chicken let out three soft clucks before saying,"CLUCK! YOU LITTLE TRAVELER! YOU ARE LUCKY THAT YOUR HANDLER IS TREATING YOU WELL, CLUCK! YOU BETTER APPRECIATE HIS KINDNESS ON YOU, CLUCK! YOU WILL NEED IT FOR THE FUTURE, CLUCK!""" Traveler Alex did not give any reply, as he seemed to be paralyzed under the pressure that is being let out by the chicken."CLUCK! WELL WHATEVER, CLUCK! JUST LIKE WHAT I SAID EARLIER, I WILL BE SAVING EMPEROR LITCH NOW, CLUCK! LET ME SEE. EH? YOU MANAGED TO DEVOUR HALF OF EMPEROR LITCH'S SOUL, CLUCK! DAMN BOY, YOU ARE ONE IMPRESSIVE TRAVELER, CLUCK! IF I DID NOT COME HERE ON TIME, YOU COULD HAVE DEVOURED THE ENTIRETY OF EMPEROR LITCH'S SOUL, CLUCK!""""CLUCK! WELL, TOO BAD FOR YOU, I CAME HERE, CLUCK!" The chicken said as it seemed to sneer at Traveler Alex. "CLUCK! SO YOU DON'T WANT TO REMOVE THAT DRAGON OF YOURS, CLUCK? HEHE, THEN LET ME TEAR IT FOR YOU, CLUCK!""RIIIIP!!!"Under Delia's disbelieving gaze, she saw the black dragon, which made her extremely wary earlier, get torn into tiny pieces by the chicken's foot! Delia had a strange feeling as she watched the dismantling of the dragon, as if she was witnessing something that she should have not seen.It took the chicken only five seconds to full destroy the dragon, and the chicken did not look like he was taking this seriously!Once the dragon was destroyed, the chicken picked something up from its remains.What the chicken picked up was a white blob of light. This blob looked to be extremely damaged, as its size was diminished compared to before, and it was perforated with countless holes and gashes.To anyone that will see this blob, they can only say that it was in pitiful condition. But even with that, the chicken seemed to be satisfied at it tucked the white blob under its wings."CLUCK! EMPEROR LITCH, EVEN IF YOUR SOUL RIGHT NOW IS JUST HALF OF WHAT YOU ORIGINALLY HAVE, THIS IS STILL ENOUGH TO KEEP YOU ALIVE, CLUCK!" The chicken said as it flapped its wings. "CLUCK! BE GRATEFUL THAT I WASTED MY TIME HERE JUST TO SAVE YOU, CLUCK!"After saying these words, the chicken flapped its wings once more as it flew away majestically, bringing along the damaged white blob."."Everyone was silent as they watched the chicken's silhouette disappear within the vast emptiness in space.Seconds later, and the chicken was nowhere to be found, leaving behind a group of people who were confounded with what just happened."Maybe it's just me, but shouldn't be chickens unable to fly?"""
