CH 45

[The tsunami subsided and the sea surface resumed its calm.

But anyone could see that this was nothing but the calm before the storm.

After finally getting away from the cultists, Catherine squatted weakly on the ground, panting with a wide-open mouth, her face full of fear.

Catherine——come——here——

A low voice called to her.

Before Catherine had time to panic, her eyes lost focus and she moved uncontrollably to the beach at the end of the woods.

She was screaming madly inside, but she couldn't control her body, and she could feel herself move to the voice’s instructions towards the dangerous seaside.

Feeling the coolness of the sea with her bare toes, she raised her head and saw an unforgettable sight.

The huge tentacles protruded out of the sea, and an octopus from the deep sea showed its figure, revealing a pair of different-colored eyes.

Catherine——run——

Catherine——die——

She could finally move and screamed and ran off the beach.

Behind her, the monster turned into a human form, but there were no emotions in the cold dark blue eyes.

Humans——die——]

——From《Cthulhu’s Wrath》

Deep in the sea at the southernmost point of the mainland, through endless storms and waves, across dead waters filled with reefs, an island deep in the mist stood quietly, as carefully and mysteriously as it had for the past thousands of years, with hidden danger that would make people tremble.

The wind whistled, and a small dinghy gradually slipped out of the fog and stopped at the coast of the island.

Some people in black robes got out of the boat with a huge cage.

The cage was covered with a layer of black velvet cloth, halting all attempts to look inside, revealing only the square outline.

"For our lord!"

"For our lord!"

Cultists put their fists to their chests, saluting with their mouths to show their faith in the god.

After performing a courtesy to each other, the cultist that descended from the boat said with fervor: "The sacrifice requested by our Lord has been found!"

The man on the other side respectfully saluted the leader and said, "Welcome back everyone, our Lord has tasked us with finding another offering. The deputy leader has already set off. Asking Leader to take charge of the sacrificial ceremony!"

The leader nodded and walked to the altar deep in the island.

Ordinary sacrificial activities were organized by the deputy leader, he himself wasn’t particularly skilled in this matter, as he was in charge of other affairs.

But even so, he still didn't want any flaws with the ritual this time. As he was extremely devout to the gods, he couldn't stand any negligence and disrespect towards them, especially for such an important sacrifice!

Therefore, he must be prepared from now on and pay special attention to this deity's favorite. He must be extra careful and put all his energy into offering the most devout and magnificent sacrificial ritual to the Lord!

The huge cage was carefully lifted onto a carriage, destined for the highest mountain in the distance.

Inside the cage, the comatose monster opened his eyes slightly, and the originally cyan eyes gradually became a dark sapphire.

He felt the existence of that main body.

Below the island, the Cthulhu at the bottom of the deep sea silently curled up his tentacles, somewhat wanting to refuse the ugly offering.

What about the cute human?

Did these believers have problems with their minds? He even gave them statues and said it would light up when they found the right human. Why would they bring the soul fragment back?

Cthulhu, who’d been doing nothing for a long time, fell into meditation and felt that he might have taken morons as believers.

[Issued task:

Basic task: Live smoothly to the end of the plot.

If mission failure occurs, erasure instruction will begin.

Additional Mission 1: survive two days on Laleille Island.

Mission success rewards 5000 points. No penalty for mission failure.]

When the announcement was broadcasted, the house of Baron Barrow that was located in the capital of San Lorenzo still sat in silence.

The handsome man with blond hair and the beautiful girl with blond hair were hugging as they laid on a wide bed, covered with soft quilt, deep asleep.

The handsome blond man opened his eyes, it was clear that he was awakened by the announcement.

His hazy eyes quickly cleared, changing into an expression of disbelief.

The Lord God released the mission, which meant the plot had begun?

He turned to look at the blond girl in his arms. The girl was still asleep, her fair skin extraordinarily fair and tender in the morning light, but he was more familiar with the ugly, ruined face that everyone in the Interstellar world knew. So no matter how beautiful the girl was now, he would only feel sick.

"Damn!" The blond man - who was Andrew - cursed in a low voice. He pushed the girl in his arms away and got dressed, seething in anger.

The damn intelligence dealer deceived him!

《Cthulhu’s Wrath》was an A-level world, the difficulty of clearing it wasn’t low, of course he wouldn’t come here without making any preparations. Long before he selected this mission, he found intelligence dealers in the system-space and bought a strategy guide on how to clear this world.

Although this world is a low-ranked magic world, there was a real god. In the plot, he finally fell back asleep in the depths of the ocean floor without causing the world to be destroyed. It can be seen just how powerful it was.

Perhaps because of this, the missions released by the Lord God weren’t difficult. Of course, the rewards also weren’t particularly high. Before the arrival of their team, there were quite a few who cleared the world, but were very few that could affect the development of the plot. At most, it was a tangent, but it was far from achieving the goal of colonization. 

But there were always exceptions, the first team of reincarnators successfully completed the hidden task of this world —— to destroy it! Successfully pushing forward the progress of the Lord God’s colonization while doing so!

This first squadron was the most powerful reincarnation squad in the entire Interstellar. It had completed countless difficult tasks, successfully helped the Lord God to colonize nearly ten small worlds, and also assisted in capturing the coordinates of other small worlds.

The captain of the first team was also the strongest in the reincarnation space, and the man Andrew respected most.

You know, the first strong man was originally just a slum dweller. Rising from being an unknown little soldier to the strongest man in the Interstellar, how could he not admire him!

Andrew bought information from the dealer on how to clear the mission world and the hidden mission.

That's to romance Catherine, then deceive the God Cthulhu through her, and destroy the world with the help of that octopus monster.

In fact, this plan sounded like it had a lot of holes, especially for interstellar humans with thin emotions. It was difficult for them to believe that an aloof god would really fall in love with an ordinary human girl and do whatever she wanted.

But the amazing thing was that the first team cleared the hidden mission in this way and no one even died.

They also seemed to accidentally find out that Catherine was very easy to capture. Instead of neglecting Catherine like other reincarnators, they tried to implement this ridiculous plan. They didn’t expect it to be so successful. They controlled Cthulhu through this naïve girl and destroyed the world.

Andrew glanced back at the girl who was still sleeping in bed, his eyes gloomy.

But that also required the monster Franken to fall in love with this idiot girl first! Now that the plot had started long in advance, Catherine and Franken had never met!

His plan failed!

Damn it! Andrew remembered the large amount of points he’d paid the info dealer, and his temples twitched.

No, I don't believe the story could be changed so easily! This woman must have other uses.

Waking up from her sleep, Catherine opened her emerald-green eyes and looked with infatuation at the lover standing next to her bed.

She intended to give him a good morning kiss, but saw the furious expression her lover was revealing.

"What's the matter, dear? Ahh!” She’d been struck unconscious.

Andrew glanced at the indigenous girl with cold eyes, casually wrapped her with a sheet, and left the house quietly.

Kalians - the magic capital

Several men hurried through the sparsely crowded street and walked into a tavern that had not yet opened.

The strong man took out a key, opened the door to enter the empty pub and sat on a seat, his expression profound.

"Senior, what shall we do? What is going on, shall we still follow the original plan?" A red-haired woman stepped out from the tavern’s store room, asking the man quizzically.

This brawny man had chestnut, fluffy, lion-like hair, a full beard covering most of his face, making it hard to see his expression.

"Of course not, the plan shifted earlier, we'll go to that island right away!" the bearded man took out a gun to wipe, his tone calm.

"Then ... I'll go get ready now!" The red-haired woman hesitated. Seeing the cold gaze the robust man used when he glanced at her, she immediately expressed her determination, went back to the room to pack up the equipment.

After the red-haired woman left, several people silently sat at the table.

The strong man looked at them for a while, sneered, and said, "Okay! Lao Tzu knows that you new people are timid. Whoever doesn't want to go, just speak up, you can leave! Lao Tzu has no time to take you dead-weights along!"

The other reincarnators at the table showed mocking disdain and looked at the two newcomers.

There were three new recruits in this mission. One was the red-haired woman and the other two were here.

Both of the newcomers were men, one in his thirties and one in his forties, both quiet and skittish.

The Asian-looking man in his thirties dodged his gaze, but still plucked up the courage to say, "I’ll join!"

The strong man nodded and looked at a middle-aged man in his forties with a European visage.

The middle-aged man wiped the sweat from his forehead and slowly stammered, "Sorry, I….. I still have a family, I can't die, I choose to quit!"

The bearded man said nothing and just pointed to the half-opened door, eyes full of scorn.

The middle-aged man blushed and rushed out of the pub without looking back.

Soon, the red-haired woman also packed up and returned. She was very smart. When she saw the tense atmosphere in the tavern, she sat quietly in the seat vacated after the middle-aged man left and didn’t ask any questions.

"Okay, now that the waste is gone, let's start talking about business!" The strong bearded man clapped his hands and caught everyone's attention.

"You guys have been working hard recently and have collected a lot of resources! I have reported that to the captain. You guys will be rewarded when we return to the system-space, so don't worry about the team directly taking your stuff."

The other reincarnators were clearly relieved.

"However, everyone has just heard the announcement from the Lord God. It’s clear that the plot has changed! This isn’t good for those of us who rely on the plot to do our tasks, but we haven’t reached the point where the mountains and rivers are exhausted!" The strong man looked at their expectant faces and then said: "I’ve already asked the captain. We’ll first gather on Laleille Island and when the time comes, the captain will have a way for us to make a big profit!" (Blu: mountains and rivers are exhausted - at the end of one’s rope)

The crowd cheered and the bearded man also revealed a smile.

"You have to believe in the captain! You have to know that the captain is a strong person who can save us from desperate situations countless times! There is no need to worry!" The strong man's eyes were full of trust in Captain Andrew.

He wasn't actually the initial member of the team, he joined halfway. But because of this, after many team battles, he became more aware of the advantages of being on Andrew’s team.

There are few such responsible and powerful captains in the system-space where reincarnators who prioritised their interest were abundant!

Therefore, he highly admired Andrew as a person. He could be said to be the person most loyal to the leader in the group, and also could be said to a brainless fanboy.

The bearded man put away his gun, his expression one of looking forwards to the future.

They had already integrated into the city as the captain ordered, waiting for the time Cthulhu's followers would collect sacrifices, then mix in, and finally successfully board that island where one would get lost in the endless ocean if no one led the way!

The luxuriously decorated airship took off, the steam engine operated and rumbled.

The airship gradually rose and flew into the snow-white clouds.

Standing on the observation platform inside the airship, the blue sky seemed to be within reach.

Zhou Yu looked at the sky, but his eyes seemed to see a very far place. That place was named —— Laleille.