Chapter 1200: Gub's Situation
Chapter 1200: Gub's Situation
"And what about you guys? What laws did you get?" Draco asked his other family and in-laws straightforwardly, and they naturally shared their details with him.
His father had the Law of Hellish Demon, his uncle the Law of Brutish Demon. Lilith had the Law of Transient Mind, Fyre had the Law of Serpentine Supremacy and Isabella the Law of Dynamic Mind.
Akihito had the Law of Divine Decree while Kiyoko had the Law of Bright Creation. Litian possessed the Law of Supreme Strength, Bingtian had the Law of True Ice and Fengtian possessed the Law of Supreme Wind.
Antonio didn't have a law since he joined Boundless recently after being picked up by Draco while Bingtian was Shuangtian's biological mother who had been revived after the seclusion had began for a while.
It turned out that bringing her back to life was harder than the Evil Trio thought because the woman burned her soul, fate and existence in order to safeguard the infantile Shuangtian during the bloodline extraction process as a baby.
They had to turn back time, safeguard the past, prevent the woman's soul from burning out to save Shuangtian - the event needed to happen or time would be messed up - while also making extra carefully sure not to leave any trace whatsoever on time otherwise they would fuck up big time.
It actually required them to plan and think, while also being their greatest and most efficient use of their collective power so far since they had joined together to form the Evil Trio.
Bingtian was surprisingly stern and valiant much like Shuangtian, she was a tall bronze skinned woman with fierce eyebrows and a tall frame. She was not as crazily voluptuous as her daughter, but she was definitely akin to a warrior queen with her hair braided into a single ponytail that reached her legs.
The moment she returned, the arrogant and fierce Litian became like a meek cat that was under control, while Fengtian seemed to be much more relaxed with his capable daughter-in-law back.
Most importantly, she was incredibly fond of her daughter who she hadn't had the chance to see grow up, so most of Shuangtian's time these ten years was spent with her mother. The two of them jointly handled more than 60% of Lucitian's education and upbringing, causing him to default to a Chinese cultural view and disposition.
However, unlike Zaine or Lilith, Bingtian and Shuangtian did not spare the rod. Inf act, they firmly believed that if a child was wrong, they would become correct after a few strikes with the cane.
In that regard, Draco and Litian shared knowing looks since the mother and daughter were basically the same in their general outlook on life. It had done wonders for their bonding as father in-law and son-in-law to have to deal with the same domineering, strict wife.
Likewise, Akihito and Kiyoko had, coupled with Eva, formed most of Lucitera's upbringing. That was why she viewed herself as Japanese and even dressed more in line with the culture than Kiyoko or Eva themselves.
Not to mention that Kiyoko and Eva were soft and gentle, so Lucitera was not as whipped as Lucitian who had been made into a good boy aside from his dad. However, for the most part, Lucitera was just like her mom, trying to be a benevolent goddess but she couldn't resist causing trouble for her dad because he was so cute.
These crisscrossing relationships also affected everyone slower growth in terms of class and now, their selections of what they would take to become law.
Draco was about to continue when he noticed a strange fellow by the side.
｢Name: Ecuij Gub
Rank: True God
Race: Unknown
Law Grade: EX
Divine Essence: 0/10,000
Law: The Law of Endless Summoning (Basic).
Source Origin Rank: Satellite
Divine Energy: 100%/100% (1,200,000)
Combat Skills: Omitted.
Non-Combat Skills: Omitted.
Tradeskills: Omitted.｣
"Hello there, esteemed guild leader. My name is…" Gub began, but was interrupted by Draco.
"Ecuij Gub, a homunculus created by the greatest scientist of the old era, Biggus Greggus. Yes, I know about you because you are the one and only being of your kind in the universe." Draco stated with a smile, causing Gub's face to change.
In fact, on his panel, his race changed from unknown to homunculus now. Gub also felt a rush of strange knowledge about himself appear in his mind, his body freezing as he absorbed this information… much like an NPC.
"Hm? What's special about this guy? I remember he did join us on many missions, but he was always inconspicuous in a way." Gremory asked bluntly, sizing Gub up and down.
Draco rubbed his chin. "This fellow is part of an ongoing experiment by Semi-Origin God Biggus Greggus who was one of the best biological engineers in the universe. His wife had passed away while his daughter was young and he was too loyal to her to remarry, but also wanted to give his little darling a playmate or sibling without crossing his own boundaries."
"So he dove into the creation of homunculi. These are beings that can replicate DNA up to perfection, but he always stopped short of perfection due to the limitation of the universe's rules. After all, only Aurora or Origin can form creation, with only Origin being able to obtain permanence."
"I even have a homunculus that was a failed experiment, one that Eva acquired years ago." Draco said as he swiped his hand and brought out the faceless homunculus from the inner universe.
It looked a bit bedraggled now since it had been repeatedly been used to replicate the Luck Sentinel to farm rewards and resources even now. It was the item that Eva had acquired from the auction back in Avarice Kingdom was back then, along with those big booty slave girls that he eventually gifted to Rambunctious, who then freed them all and made them his muses for painting shapely butts.
The homunculus seemed to come to as it had no real consciousness per se, just a set of instincts meant to make it breed with the chosen target to the best of its ability. However, for the first time, it felt something akin to confusion when looking at Gub, as it had never seen one of its kind before, especially one so perfect.
However, it did not have the necessary facilities to comprehend how to act towards Gub and was simply recollected back into the Morningstar world to continue its long term purpose, while Gub finally came to.
"I…" He was emotional as he finally unlocked the inheritance in his memories that he had long craved.
Draco knew about Gub because he was a notorious monster boss in the previous timeline that many players had died to. He always engaged in refined talk with players who sought to kill him, leading them to call him the 'Elegant Motherfucker' because in as much as he spoke like a gentleman, his hands were not idle when it came to beating players to death.
Not to mention with the standard of players in the previous timeline, they could barely scratch him. He also grew since he had a player-ish template, similar to that of a semi-immortal adventurer so players couldn't go and come back to use higher levels to seek revenge.
Eventually, Kamisuo, lead by Gentle Flower, had been able to recruit him as their Chief Advisor and he had greatly helped them grow into a Divine Guild only inferior to Hellscape and Darkrow before the advent of the 8-year Guild War.
Draco had already claimed gentle Flower and Noble Soul into Umbra in this timeline, so he did not see the need to let this fellow go if they already captured notable fellows like the Five Generals and the Three Pinnacles.
Might as well catch this Elegant Motherfucker too.
"You remember now? So what exactly is your purpose then? No matter what it is, since you are a core member of my guild, we will help you achieve your goals." Draco promised with a smile.
Gub felt grateful. "Thank you, I needed a moment to collect myself. My creator left the full inheritance of his ability in terms of Puppet Creation and Biological Engineering to me, and with time, I can condense it into a True God law. However, I am unsure if I want to replace my current law with it, as I have grown fond of the ability to summon as a method of combat and defense."
"No need to worry about that. There will be a solution to your problem soon enough, believe it." Draco assured Gub, which made everyone else curious as more than one had Tradeskills they would like to raise to the True God stage.
"And apart from that, I was also tasked to head to the City of Divine Creation, which was a powerful pantheon where most of the power crafters would go after ascending in the old era." Sub revealed, but she showed a hesitant expression when gazing into the grey rot.
"The idea is to rescue my creator's daughter who he sealed in a special crystal so that she could survive the apocalyptic war of back then, but the place she is likely at has been overtaken by the grey rot. Could she still be alive?" Gub asked uncertainly.
"It wouldn't hurt to try and look. It's the least you can do to respect and honor your creator, and you have us to help you do it." Shuangtian reassured the fellow with a nod.
Gub breathed out and nodded. "Alright, thank you, leaders, for your trust and attention. I will go to make preparations for the next step in our collective journey."
Around this time, the various core members began to return, bringing their families and friends up one by one through the Ascension Road for NPCs. As for semi-immortal adventurers like their children with NPCs, they could also come up using the NPCs method, so there was no conflict.
Draco focused on the Divine Church, knowing that it was finally time to put the piece of the puzzle together and establish the Divine Umbra Pantheon even further now that its main gods had arrived.
｢Pantheon Name: Divine Umbra
Tier: 0
Origin Slots: 0
Aether Coins: 485,806,396
Divine Energy: 3%
Divine Essence generation rate: 5%
Divine Comprehension increase rate: 5%
Mortals: 5,464,777,288,818,997,272,930,204,236,082,746
Gods: 61
Faith Energy: 118,311,336
Passageways: 1 (Set to: Rank 7 Church, Vita Kingdom.)
Territory: 5km
Cities: 0｣
Still at the same tier it had been 10 years ago, but that would no longer be the case. After all, they had gathered all the necessary resources to upgrade the pantheon in spades, so it was time to rise up!
｢System to Player Announcement
Would you like to upgrade your Pantheon "Divine Umbra"? Y/N｣
｢System to Player Announcement
Note that upgrading a pantheon from Tier 0 to Tier 1 requires the following;
- 10,000 unique worshiping mortals with souls.
- 3 enshrined gods with at least, an Intermediate Law.
- 500,000 accumulated faith energy.
- 10,000,000 Aether Coins (player-only requirement)
Begin? Y/N｣
Draco chose to make the upgrade. Apart from the 10,000,000 Aether Coins and 500,000 faith energy, everything else remained in place. Immediately, the Divine Church began to glow with a bright light, causing a small-scale explosion in terms of shockwave in the area, pushing back everyone.
Divine Energy from around surged over and was absorbed by the church, causing its form to rapidly expand from that of a small roadside chapel into that of a well-established church that even had a small Sunday school by the side.
Physically, its size had doubled and its splendor had greatly increased, with the original picket fences growing to form a sturdy concrete wall around the church, preventing infidels from easily gaining access.
Draco also noticed that the gate was wide open, as if beckoning them to step inside to observe the changes for themselves. However, there was no need to as a system announcement did that for them already.