Ch.128 Truly a Divine Quest

    It was blood!

    The princess quickly snatched up her severed hand along with the Grand Displacement Bead before reeling backwards with shock, utterly perplexed by what had just happened. But even though she wanted to find out what had happened, she knew that every millisecond counted and suffering a loss of one could possibly mean death.

    That was not something she wanted to experience.

    So she quelled her instinctive desire to look for danger and squeezed the bead within her hand with force, hoping with all her heart that she would have enough time to escape whatever disaster was breathing down her neck safely.

    But just as the Bead was about to shatter, her entire body suddenly locked up and froze in place without her consent. No matter how hard she tried to flex her fingers or any of her other limbs, she could not move.

    She had lost control of her body completely.

    Fear assailed her mind and it was slowly causing her to become frantic, but even then she still did her best to retain the stability of her thoughts so that she could find a way to escape. She refused to give up, because that would mean that all would be loss and-

    “Calm down, little girl~” A voice that sounded like it came from the high heavens suddenly spoke out with insurmountable power, caressing her ears like the softest of clouds and dispelling the murky fear within her heart like a divine light. The sound was as ethereal as the northern lights and twinkling stars and yet was filled with so much might that she could feel it down to the core of her being, and it was at that moment that she was sure that whatever entity was speaking to her must have been god himself, or something of a similar status.

    The human shaped golden light that suddenly appeared in the middle of the clearing only cemented her thoughts.

    “My oh my~” The god muttered as it looked around at all the humans that were frozen just like her. “What a terrible situation...”

    And perhaps he was. The princess reckoned that he was probably looking at the frameworks of the World itself, or at least something like that, whatever that would be.

    He was the god after all...

    “Unfortunately I am unable to stay long. The planet has been improving rapidly in the last few millennia and requires my attention to steer it in the right direction.”

    ‘So that’s why the god has been silent for the last few thousand years!’ the Princess thought with wonder.

    “However, I have indeed neglected the residents of this World for what you would call a ‘long time’ and for that I apologise. And as such, to compensate for the chaos that I have let run amok in this World for the last few years, I would like to give you 4 children a powerful blessing.” The god said and finally lowered his head to look at the Princess and her 3 friends.

    Glee filled their hearts at what was said and they were almost unable to stop themselves from shivering.

    “However, if I were to give out such a blessing for free, the karmic imbalance would destroy you. Which of course, we don’t want, do we~” The god said as he folded his arms across his chest with a light chuckle. But the casual charm he exuded was so calming and welcoming that the others actually found themselves laughing along too!

    They were laughing with a god!

    “So to counteract that, I will require a price. Just a small one. Big enough so that you won’t be wrecked apart by Fate, but small enough that you should be able to accomplish it with relative ease.”

    The princess and the other 3 young mistresses from the Ifeden Empire were almost dizzy with anticipation, whereas the guards, even though jealous, were still happy to be able to witness the start of a divine quest.

    “I want... your wombs!”