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Chapter 1393: Defending Sacred Honour!

Chapter 1393: Defending Sacred Honour!

To dispel the very odd look Elita gave him right after his explanation, Skullius found himself having to tell her about everything that happened in Opungale. Before, when he explained everything in the Empyrean Bosom, he had only been in possession of his memories as Replicus and only after he merged did he get the full scope of what happened when his other body had woken up with the WILLS influencing it.

Skullius first had to explain who Luserus was. Elita was surprised to find out that the Deity had ties to the Sif. Luserus was, after all, the one who made the Luminants. Fulgardt, after reaching Divinity had invaded Luserus' world and nearly slaughtered the entirety of the Luminant race. He had only spared a few, including Dezrael the Arch-Luminant, and relocating them to Opungale in Aigas where they were well-received by the Sif.

The Luminants never forgot their roots. They made a shrine for Luserus, and the Deity could actually communicate with them to a degree using that shrine as a conduit.

Skullius' alter had visited this shrine and made a deal with Luserus that exploited his desperation to keep the Luminants alive as leverage. Since Skullius had part of the DNA of the Luminants, as his race had hinted at (Hybrid Luman), Luserus had been willing to grant him three wishes.

Luserus got rid of his atrocious luck, allowed him to use the skill, [Son of Luserus], which had refused to activate when Festos desired it due to some restriction, and gave him a blessing: Graceful Monolith of the Eminent.

In exchange, Skullius was supposed to produce spawn with Luminant qualities. He imagined that Luserus hoped to rebuild the Luminant race and relocate them from Aigas.

The way Skullius' possessed self was going to go about making sure he met his end of the deal was rather bold though. He had proclaimed before a council of Sif, including the High Family, that he had fallen for Darwel, and after defeating the Ode of the First Horn, he had declared that he would appreciate it if the High Family allowed him to 'use' both their daughters.

Skullius didn't dare mention this part to Elita. It made even him want to collapse in on himself with shame. To think he had been brazen enough to say things like that...

It was all Fulgardt. Only Fulgardt would casually, arrogantly, do things like that. That immediately became another reason Skullius was looking forward to killing the bastard.

After his lengthy explanation, Elita had an odd look on her face. It was somewhere between a cheeky smile and a frown. She took a seat as she processed this information. Skullius didn't know what there was to process though. @@@@

Kintar had flat-out laughed at Skullius. Kenno had done the same, but he had the grace to at least warp away and laugh his ass off several kilometers away where Skullius wouldn't hear. Sila merely shook his head. He limited his mirth to a smile. Aurolio did the same.

Uyuniya didn't know what was so funny. Sure, what Skullius had done in Opungale was bold and a little cheesy, but in other ways it was attractive.

It was unfortunate that she didn't get the funny in it. After all, even Skullius could see it, but he couldn't laugh at himself.

Elita let a bit of her mirth leak in a poorly-stifled chuckle.

"I know everything there is to know," he said firmly. "I've absorbed the memories of hundreds, maybe thousands of people on Aigas. I know it all. Some would even say because I've experienced it through their memories—"

"No, no, no," Elita cut him off, wagging a finger. "You don't get a cheap pass with this one."

Skullius frowned.

"What about you? Aren't you the typical saintly knight saving herself for the 'perfect one'?"

"You wish. Don't confuse my identity. I was a knight not a nun," she said with a wave of her curly hair. "Anyway, is your body even equipped with such... functions? Isn't it supposed to be fake or something?"

Skullius narrowed his eyes dangerously.

"Don't listen to her," Uyuniya said assuringly. "You'll do just fine."

"I'm not worried about that, you socketholes!"

...

Minutes later, Kenno and Kintar had returned and the discussion on Skullius' possible impotence had ended. He had fully explained how Luserus would be of help as an ally, but his willingness to help was not at all guaranteed.

"Can you even contact him?" Kenno asked the Hybrid Warmoth.

"Yes. I used the Blessing he gave me, Graceful Monolith of the Eminent, to absorb the shrine the Luminants used to contact him. It was mixed into the Preeminent Attegoth. I can use that," Skullius replied and he looked at Sila. The Tower General gave him a nod of understanding. "If Luserus agrees to help, I'll convince Suzamete to allow him into Aigas. But in the case that this falls through, I'll have to fall back to relying on just the Corrupted Deity I have to tame."

Everyone nodded, but then Red Rage spoke up. He had been suspiciously silent in all this.

He had been engaged in his own thoughts.

"While you check to see if you can obtain an ally in Luserus, I might have a way we can use to do something about these crystals all over Aigas."