HPDBC Chapter 578: The God of Magic Isiris
Chapter 578: The God of Magic Isiris
chapter 578: the god of magic isiris
after allen's group opened a path through the papers, they found a woman sitting at a desk, scribbling on paper while mumbling incoherently.
"wait, is that..."
"it doesn't look like she noticed us yet. let's try getting closer."
allen changed his cards to enhance his intelligence and observed her movements.
she had not noticed them yet.
"okay. huh, there's a lot of stuff scattered here."
allen went ahead, then cecile, sophie, and the dwarves followed.
kiel and dogora also watched her movements carefully.
(these look like some sort of materials. are these hides? i guess she's experimenting with this.)
other than paper, there was also animal hides, tree branches, and various ores.
they covered the floor, so there was hardly any space to move.
'heheh, this way a larger area will be affected...'
the group got 1 or 2 meters away from her, but she still did not react to them.
her hair was purple, just like the god of space and time desperado.
but unlike his straight hair, hers was very frizzy and curled, covering her face.
she wore robes like most magicians, but the hems were tattered and frayed.
(she looks straight out of a horror movie, but she's the god of magic. she has to be.)
everyone looked at allen, waiting for him to take care of things.
"excuse me..."
(hello hello.)
'ahh!!'
her eyes snapped open behind all the hair.
"huh?!"
'this will make the casting time too long and it won't work! goddamnittttttttttt!!'
she began stabbing her desk with a pen until the pen broke.
"i'm really sorry, we just want to talk for a bit."
the god of magic picked up a spare pen and began scribbling again.
'that's it. if i do this the casting time will be shorter, but then...! wait! it worked! keheheh!! it worked it worked it worked!'
she began cackling crazily as she stood up and began going in circles holding onto her papers.
(somehow she reminds me of okiyo. or i guess they made okiyo after her.)
allen could hardly keep up with isiris' mood swings, but he could not keep silent.
"hey! i'm allen!!"
allen shouted with all his might, his shout blowing away all the materials and papers around.
then isiris finally stopped dancing and turned to look at allen.
'...how long have you been there?'
"we just arrived earlier. it's a pleasure to meet you, god of magic isiris."
'who are you?'
"i'm allen. thank you very much for allowing us into your temple and-"
'i see, got it. i'm busy.'
she quickly went back to her research. soon she was mumbling to herself again while drawing magic circles, completely ignoring allen's group.
allen shook his head and opened his grimoire.
then cecile stepped forward, annoyed by how easily allen gave up.
"allen, i'll talk to her! excuse me, god of magic isiris. could you listen to me? i need to get into extra mode!!"
'heeheehee, now i do this, and that...'
"excuse me!!"
isiris was too engrossed in her research to listen to cecile.
"wait, cecile. i think i know this type of character, i'll talk to her."
"huh? but..."
[trade rates for faith points with the god of magic]
-1000000: potion for full spiritual power recovery (single target)
-100000000: potion for full spiritual power recovery (entire party)
-1000000000: spiritual power consumption reduction ring (10% reduced costs)
-5000000000: spiritual power regeneration ring (1% each second)
-10000000000: spiritual power consumption reduction and regeneration ring (5% regeneration per second, 50% reduced costs)
"do the spiritual power regeneration rings only work in the divine realm?"
allen checked his faith card, it said "~32000000000 points."
he had gained 2000000000 from 2 demigod rank ghosts he had defeated.
'of course.'
(i guess this is what she deems fair. i just need to defeat two more ghosts and i'll get the ring. i can do that in an instant in the earth labyrinth. now i just need better equipment and i'll be a happy camper.)
"alright, we'll obtain all the materials you need for her to enter extra mode then."
allen tried to establish fetch quests as the method to get there.
but he still needed something to do to accomplish that.
so he suggested obtaining materials for her research, whether in the market or not.
'personally i'm not really looking to have an unbound. it'll just interrupt my research.'
finally she was more direct and expressed her distaste for getting someone to extra mode.
"could you make an exception? i'll get you anything you need for your experiments."
'anything?'
"yes, anything you need."
"allen!!"
cecile could not stand seeing allen beg like that any longer, but before she could tell him to stop, isiris took a step forward.
'ahh! there's something i've wanted for a long time!! it'll greatly help my research!!'
she raised her hands up and shouted with joy, her sudden outburst shocking everyone.
"i'll get it for you then. as long as you get cecile into extra mode in exchange."
'i'll do that.'
"alright, what is it you want?"
everyone listened attentively to know what isiris wanted.
'i want a heart.'
"huh? whose?"
(a heart? i have a really bad feeling about this, but it can't be...can it?)
allen struggled to understand for a bit, but after raising his intelligence he came to a conclusion.
'what was the name...the thing in the country with all the divine people.'
"huh? do you mean that ghost?"
cecile's face contorted with fear.
'yes! that's it, a ghost! now i remember! i want nestiad's heart!!'
"huh?"
allen had heard her, but his head struggled to comprehend.
'there's a ghost called nestiad in shandar. i need it for my research, so get me that heart.'
she even gave them the location, but allen already knew that.
"wha-?! huh? th-that's clearly impossible!!"
cecile shouted in anger, unable to contain her emotions. allen had returned half dead the last time he tried fighting nestiad. even after completing the spirit paradise's trial, defeating nestiad was impossible for them.
(i see, i thought nestiad was just a regular boss, but i guess this is how you're supposed to defeat him.)
allen slowly raised his face, sure he had seen through everything, and replied with conviction.
"understood. i'll take the quest of obtaining nestiad's heart so cecile can enter extra mode."
"huh? wh-why...wait, why are you doing that..."
cecile could hardly form any words from all the shock.
the most difficult fetch quest was about to start.
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