CHAPTER 74: CH 74 : REFUSAL

Ragnok’s gaze was fixed on the system panel, his mind set on one goal: to complete the mission with one hundred percent accuracy.

He knew this would not only provide him with a generous reward from the system but also take him and his people out of God Kairos’s influence forever.

Thus, he not only took all the willing life forms from Solara but also the unwilling people, beasts, and even monsters.

The entire two-billion-strong population of Solara was now divided into ten cities, all in different geographical areas of the Realm of Advancement.

The land, a new frontier, was ripe for their taking.

"Plan B!" Thea chuckled, a low, satisfied sound.

She also wanted to go with Plan B, but her moral values had stopped her from doing so. But now, Ragnok had already cleared the life forms from Solara, and she could follow this plan without much discomfort.

The cosmic projection of Sunny looked at the frantic, desperate face of Kairos, who still held the divine embryo in his hands.

"Is this really a gift for me?" Kairos said, his eyes filled with a glimmer of hope.

He desperately wanted to believe it, to believe that he hadn’t been tricked, that the deal was genuine.

"Of course not!" Sunny said, his voice ringing with a cold, triumphant finality. "Look behind me. Your gift is there."

As Sunny’s form shifted, the projection of Solara came into view. It was a beautiful world, filled with lush greenery and vibrant life, but it was eerily, utterly silent.

There was not a single living creature to be seen, not a single light from a city, just an empty, hollow world. Kairos’s heart stopped.

"How fresh," a voice said in a joyous tone. He looked around, trying to find something to cover his naked body.

He was a human with some distinct features like horns and green scales around his hands, back, and legs.

His hair was also a vibrant green.

This person was Thorn, reborn from the Essence of Hope, and he had inherited multiple traits from Shenlong.

"Status," Thorn said, his voice filled with anticipation.

He could feel his talents, a vibrant energy coursing through his veins, but truly seeing the data was an entirely different thing.

[Name: Thorn

Profession: B-Grade Body Refiner

Talents: Super Strength (S-Grade), Dragon Born (S-Grade), Hope Collector (S-Grade), Miracle Master (S-Grade)]

"All S-Grade, and three new talents," Thorn felt a wave of shock and awe wash over him.

He had expected his innate talent to be upgraded, but this was beyond his wildest dreams.

Thorn then clicked on a talent to check the description.

[Talent Name: Dragon Born

Grade: S

Description: You have the strength of a dragon born, with high magic affinity and the ability to transform into a dragon.]

The talent description was short but highly effective.

Thorn wasn’t sure about the exact level of strength and affinity he possessed, but the ability to transform into a dragon was incredibly practical.

Thorn then checked the descriptions of Hope Collector and Miracle Master, which were the innate talents of Shenlong.

He spent a few moments familiarizing himself with his new gifts.

Just as he finished, a deep, calm voice resonated in his mind, congratulating him.

"Congratulations, Thorn. From now on, you are my first apostle, and you will be called Miracle’s Hand, Number 1. There will be many more apostles in the future."

Shenlong’s voice was filled with a gentle power that made Thorn feel at ease.

Thorn bowed, his head low in reverence for the demigod who had given him a new life. "Thank you, Demigod Shenlong."

"Go on, familiarize yourself with your powers for a year or two, then walk on the path of spreading faith," Shenlong said in a calm voice and then dissolved back into the container that collected the hope of billions of life forms.

Currently, years passed like flies in Veridia. There was a constant need to provide different buffs to different races every year.

So Clone Number 1 was very busy, providing buffs to an entire race.

Races like the dragon-born, titans, and giants asked for Fertility buffs, as their innate fertility speed was very low.

As for other races, they also asked for buffs that mitigated their limitations.

By providing these buffs for almost two hundred years, Sunny’s clones’ understanding of buffing increased even further.

Now, he could even provide two buffs that balanced each other to a single race.

Sunny also learned a new talent from the three clones who were learning different fighting skills from all over the multiverse.

[Talent Name: Combat Master

Grade: SS

Description: You possess the mastery of millions of arts in fighting. Your combat awareness is enhanced. Your fighting style is unpredictable.]

Sunny had already learned all the arts of fighting, but upon gaining this talent, his mind was filled with the fighting techniques of the previous era of old gods.

"Is there also a law for fighting?" Clone Number 4 said as he tried to resonate with the law of fighting.

This essence of law felt both violent and defensive, a perfect balance of offense and defense.

Sunny currently possessed three law powers: the Law of Manifestation, the Law of Magic or mana, and now the Law of Fighting.

Back in the God space of Solara, Kairos felt something was amiss from the way Sunny had pointed toward his world.

He tried to focus on a few of the locations, like the capital of the orcs, his primary race, or the humans and spirits.

But he found not even a single life form.

He chose to look through the eyes of a life form.

He decided to look through the eyes of Ragnok, but he wasn’t able to.For a god to look through the eyes of their life forms, one of two things was required: first, the life forms needed to have strong faith in the god, and second, the life forms needed to let the gods watch from their perspective.

The second point undermined the authority of a god, but in a realm where gods couldn’t interfere, the demigods and life forms automatically held the highest authority.

Thus, he wasn’t able to look through the eyes of Ragnok. He tried many other life forms and finally was able to connect with one.

He saw the giant cities and the happiness of the life forms under the leadership of Ragnok.

He knew that even if he decreed the return of the life forms to Solara, it would be pointless.

But he still tried his best and gave the divine command to return to Solara.

But the life forms, now under the influence of Ragnok, refused to return.

These life forms knew that even if they returned to their world now, only torture awaited them.

They were much happier in the Realm of Advancement, anyway.