Sacred Souls: Genesis

Chapter 85: Chapter 84 Insufficient Charm

“Has Queen Mei entered the second phase?”

“I feel like the whole screen is covered in Her Majesty’s aunt’s blood.”

“What aunt’s blood! You mean menst…”

The entire Dancing Nuclear Guild heeded Mo Shigui’s command to execute a strategic retreat, but Queen Mei pursued them relentlessly the whole way.

Queen Mei’s method of attack was using her own blood, somewhat similar to the Berserker class among players.

The difference was that Berserkers’ skills did not leave traces of blood on the battlefield, whereas Queen Mei’s attacks left dark crimson bloodstains.

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This led to a trail of scarlet blood and deep gashes from swords… and tombstones for some unlucky Dancing Nuclear Guild members in the corridors behind them.

“We’re approaching the exit!”

Fanxing yelled excitedly, feeling this kind of thrill for the first time since he started playing Holy Spirit, with adrenaline coursing through him.

He imagined this must be akin to the feelings of explorers discovering priceless treasures in ancient tombs before having to flee as tombs collapsed around them.

In his hands, he held such a treasure—the most precious item to him! Queen Mei’s personal diary!

The Queen Mei chasing behind him was like a guardian awoken by the intrusion into the ancient tomb.

Perhaps the comparison wasn’t quite apt, but Fanxing believed that today was certainly the pinnacle of his life.

That is, if… he could escape Queen Mei’s pursuit!

Fortunately, the palace exit was right before Fanxing’s eyes, and he successfully burst through the grand doors of the palace, arriving on the streets outside.

At that moment, Fanxing thought he must have escaped the range of Queen Mei’s wrath, since bosses within an instance are usually confined to a particular area.

“The BOSS has stopped, indeed her range of activity is just the palace.” @@novelbin@@

The members of the Dancing Nuclear Guild also ran out of the palace one after another, their escape costing the lives of seven fragile Mages, whose tombstones now lay along the road for future visitors.

“Wasn’t this instance a dynamic battlefield? The Wasp Knights could invade our instance, it’s strange that Queen Mei can’t pursue us outside.”

Ion Spark well remembered the Wasp Knight, who was originally supposed to be active near the weapons depot map but ended up in the dungeon and took out his guild’s president.

However, at this moment, Queen Mei just stood at the palace entrance, mere meters away from the thief who stole her diary, yet she did not take another step.

“Even with a dynamic battlefield, there are limits to the aggro range. Maybe there’s an invisible wall at the entrance for Queen Mei. Should we test it, Old Song?” Lin Xi suggested.

“Queen Mei seems to be in some kind of discomfort,” Mo Shigui warned the guild members. It was then that everyone noticed that Queen Mei hadn’t stopped because the Dancing Nuclear Guild members had run out of the palace, but because she appeared to be suffering from some ailment.

The longsword in Queen Mei’s hand fell to the ground, and she half-knelt, clutching her chest desperately.

The pain in her heart made it hard for Mei to breathe… In truth, her heart had shattered centuries ago, and she should have been dead.

But before she died, she received a Divine Fragment from Hai Lan, which replaced her heart, allowed her to survive, and enabled her to sustain the lives of her people in a fractured world using her own lifeforce.

She also shared the power of the Divine Fragment with her five most trusted Knights and one outsider.

These six individuals were the only friends Queen Mei could truly talk to in this lonely world.

But just a moment ago, Queen Mei sensed doom…

The Lion Heart Knight had left her.

Five hours earlier, the Wasp Knight had also left her.

She really wanted to cry.

Mei covered her chest, holding back the emotions welling up inside her, but she couldn’t cry now!

Because she was the queen, this city’s queen, the queen of the five Knights, and so many intruders at the city gates were watching—Mei absolutely couldn’t let the enemy see her tears.

But…

“Are you alright?”

A voice suddenly rang out next to Queen Mei’s body, and as Mei looked up, she saw a man with his black hair tied into a ponytail kneeling before her.

“Xiao Ye! Are you insane?” Lin Xi saw Zhao Mingwei walking up to Queen Mei all by himself and felt a sense of dread.

He admitted that Queen Mei looked fragile and adorable, but the problem was this thing was a level 70 lord-level BOSS! It wouldn’t be a problem to model Queen Mei as a tyrannosaurus or an octopus covered in tentacles.

And just now, Lin Xi saw Queen Mei cut down a Shield Warrior in just two strikes.

“What if Zhao the Great’s charm actually triggers some hidden quest?” Fluffy Bunny said with a look of expectation, “If not, maybe I should give it a try?”

“Speaking of which, Xiao Ye’s charm is fifteen points, but I somehow feel… it’s of no use. Crap! Xiao Ye, stop radiating your charm!” Lin Xi shouted from outside the door.

Zhao Mingwei himself didn’t know why he did it. Queen Mei didn’t need his help—a super strong BOSS that could deal over 5000 damage with a single cut didn’t need the aid of a lowly player whose Telekinesis Energy Bomb could only do 500 damage.

But Zhao Mingwei knew that Queen Mei wasn’t just data and modeling; she was a living person, just like the diary said—a little girl afraid of loneliness.

Zhao Mingwei was someone who liked to meddle in others’ affairs, and like a star, he loved roaming around the game, triggering hidden quests. To Zhao Mingwei, Queen Mei’s current appearance was like a giant exclamation mark above her head, waiting for him to take on the next hidden quest.

Mei looked at the hand Zhao Mingwei extended towards her. She really wanted to say something, but a sense of danger made her place her hand on her longsword instead.

“Damn it!” Seeing the situation going south, Lin Xi immediately summoned a quantum bomb behind Queen Mei.

The moment the quantum bomb exploded behind Queen Mei, Zhao Mingwei’s Telekinesis Energy Shield also lit up instantly. The blood splashed by the swing of Queen Mei’s blade shattered Zhao Mingwei’s shield, and at that moment, Zhao Mingwei leaped backward to put distance between himself and Queen Mei.

“I… don’t need your pity,” Queen Mei said, pointing her blade at the distant members of the Dancing Nuclear Guild.

“There are no hidden quests on this BOSS.”

“Could it be that Zhao the Great’s charm is too low, should Black Pot or Fluffy Bunny give it a go?”

“Give it a shot my ass! She’s casting her AOE skills again!”

At that moment, countless rain of blood-formed longswords started to fall from the sky onto the members of the Dancing Nuclear Guild.

“There’s no need to wait here any longer, Starry Sky just teleported back to town not long ago, let’s start the fight,” Mo Shigui commanded at that moment, staring at the distant Queen Mei, “Hand over the Divine Fragment!”