Hero? Are You Worthy?
Chapter 561 - 400: The Goddess’s Cunning Plan (4)

Chapter 561: Chapter 400: The Goddess’s Cunning Plan (4)

For a moment, Qin Chu didn’t know what to say.

Although he had already obtained several soul fragments, each one had come at a certain price and hardship, yet this one arrived so suddenly.

It felt as if it had been willingly delivered to his doorstep.

After rummaging through Augustus’s storage ring for a while, he finally found that transparent crystal.

According to Augustus, Jie Luo’s soul fragments were at least split into seven pieces, with these seven possibly being the larger ones; the smaller fragments might have directly dissipated.

He had obtained one from Violet when he eliminated Benson.

Leonard, after some sacrifices and effort, had obtained one from the Demon Territory.

He had acquired another when dealing with Muse on Snow Mountain.

Asina and Silf had also recovered one.

This was already the fifth piece.

One had been crushed by himself, another had been given to that woman to confuse Rose Vesper previously, and including this one, there were now three pieces left with him.

Qin Chu had originally intended to call Ireta over, but after careful consideration, he decided against it.

Ireta was very busy, especially so these past few days as there had been a large number of deaths within the Imperial City, and all those souls required Ireta’s personal attention; it was no easy task, and Qin Chu didn’t want to take up Ireta’s precious time at that moment.

Asina could also interpret the content within the soul fragments. Taking it as a test, Qin Chu placed it by his ear and used Message Magic to call Asina to his bedroom.

He then immediately returned to interpreting the various notes left by Augustus.

It was a considerably lengthy task.

Unlike Zimmerman, who only left behind one notebook, in the storage ring, stacks of various notebooks piled up to over a meter high, and there were three rows of them...

Among them, the speculations about the Evil Gods and the countermeasures took up a large part.

While Qin Chu was studying these notes, on the other side, in Asina’s boudoir, the girl’s cheeks were flushed red.

Her small hand was placed on her chest, seemingly feeling her heart intensely pounding, her big chestnut eyes watery, and her slightly open lips breathed out a fragrance.

That beautiful face, rippling with a silky seductiveness.

Her master had actually asked her to his bedroom alone... Was he, perhaps, wanting to do something?

Could it be that in just a short two hours, the master’s physical strength had already recovered? He seemed so weak before... However, considering the master’s recovery abilities, it wasn’t impossible.

Moreover, he sought her first, not Silf... This detail still made Asina’s heart flutter slightly.

Asina couldn’t quite understand her own feelings at the moment; she initially intended to push the door and head straight upstairs, but ultimately hesitated upon touching the doorknob.

Looking down, she was just wearing a black magic robe.

Though a good figure could make even a plain magic robe appear unusually charming, it still felt somewhat too revealing, and as a woman, one should always dress up a bit, right?

In the wardrobe, there were a few dresses and formal skirts.

And some stockings, which Asina had prepared especially for the master, knowing his tastes.

After a brief hesitation, Asina picked up a pair of suspenders she originally felt a bit shy about.

...

Time passed, and soon there was a faint sound of footsteps at the door.

"Come in,"

Without waiting for the other to knock, Qin Chu spoke directly.

With a creak, a gust of fragrance wafted from outside the door, causing Qin Chu to slightly furrow his brows and instinctively look towards the door, his eyes suddenly brightening.

Standing at the doorway was none other than Asina.

But how to put it, compared to the Asina Qin Chu was familiar with, the lady before him had an added sexiness and allure to her originally voluptuous figure. Under the skirt propped up by the black suspenders, her fair thighs appeared even more delicate, and the indentation made by the suspenders added a hint of temptation.

Elf!

The twinkle in Qin Chu’s eyes made Asina feel somewhat heartened, "Master, you called me, is there something you need?"

Her small hand gently pinched the hem of her skirt, her expression seeming somewhat shy.

She was truly a bit shy, even though being voluptuous and charming was tagged to Asina’s persona, such clothing was still too daring for her, and she would certainly not wear these things if it were not for her master.

But now it seemed the effect was quite good, and the master seemed very satisfied with his outfit.

Asina’s voice finally brought Qin Chu back to his senses, "Ah, right, right, there’s something we need to attend to."

Qin Chu took a deep breath, suppressed the restlessness that had surged up inside him, and waved to Asina.

Qin Chu was still sitting in front of his desk. Might today the master want something different? Asina’s heart pounded, but she wasn’t exactly opposed to it.

With the enticing fragrance of her body, she walked up to Qin Chu and waited for the master’s next command.

Then, she saw Qin Chu hand over an object to Asina. It was shockingly a soul fragment of Jie Luo, "Help me decode the contents inside."

Hiss!

Asina’s body shivered sharply, her expression turning exceedingly weird in an instant, her large eyes blankly staring at Qin Chu.

Was she shocked because she had found another soul fragment of Jie Luo?

This bizarre expression of gaping lasted for a very long time. Suddenly, Asina took a sharp breath and then, in an almost weird tone, addressed Qin Chu, "Master, did you call me here just for this?"

"Of course,"

Qin Chu nodded as a matter of course, "Currently, only you and Ireta can decode the content inside the soul fragments, but Ireta is occupied with a large number of souls and doesn’t have the time, so I had to turn to you."

"Oh... I see, I see." Asina repeatedly murmured softly, biting her lip. Then she silently took the soul fragment from Qin Chu, stepped back a few steps, and began to quietly interpret the content within it.

She was quick to act, but didn’t Asina wonder at all where exactly the soul fragment had come from? Also, it somehow felt like Asina looked somewhat disheartened.

Qin Chu didn’t think much of it, and as Asina went on to decode the soul fragment, he continued to immerse himself in researching his notes. The difference between Asina’s and Ireta’s abilities to control souls was still vast; decoding the content inside would take a lot of time.

Augustus’s understanding of the Evil God was actually greatly flawed since his only encounter with the Evil God was the nightmare night Philis experienced, throughout which he was completely suppressed by the Evil God’s power. However, some of the old Pope’s speculations weren’t wrong, which were that relying on the ordinary powers of the Sky Dome Continent, one absolutely cannot defeat the Evil God.

Only power beyond this world or the power of Gods can contend with a God.

And the so-called power beyond this world was that of the Hero. In his notes, Augustus detailed various plans made concerning the two generations of Heroes, even attempting to turn the Hero into a completely manipulated combat weapon.

Reading through the notes made Qin Chu’s scalp tingle.

While attempting to control the power beyond the world, Augustus did not give up on researching higher-level powers.

The Reverse Prophecy Technique was one of them. In the Holy Court, there circulated a Super Order Magic known as the Great Prophecy Skill; the Reverse Prophecy Technique was an inverted version of it. Augustus tried adding sacrilegious power and spells into the Reverse Prophecy Technique, thus making it exert a completely different power than before.

Whether it reached the level of Gods, Qin Chu could not judge, but at least one thing was certain — the power of the Reverse Prophecy Technique had already surpassed that of Super Order Magic.

The Magic Notebook recorded all the spells of the Reverse Prophecy Technique, the method of use, and potential improvements. Qin Chu memorized all of these in his mind.

He would never forget the scene that occurred that night; the power of this move was something Qin Chu dearly coveted.

"Hmm... Master, the decoding is complete," just as Qin Chu had recorded the last spell of the Reverse Prophecy Technique, Asina’s voice happened to reach his ears.

Looking up, he saw Asina’s expression was calm and cold, seemingly a bit unhappy.

Could it be because he had woken her up in the middle of the night to work overtime, causing Asina’s displeasure?

Her indifferent gaze fell upon Qin Chu, Asina’s voice virtually void of any emotional fluctuation, "Would you like to hear the recorded content now?"

"Of course," Qin Chu nodded.

Asina, no more words exchanged, mimicking the tone of the First Generation Jie Luo, narrated the recorded content of the soul fragment without missing a single word.

"Hahahaha..."

The laughter was almost maniacal.

This caused Qin Chu’s brows to furrow tightly, always feeling that at this moment, the First Generation Jie Luo’s sanity seemed a bit off, as if he were on the verge of breakdown.

"I finally understand."

"All of this was the arrangement of fate."

"From the moment I was chosen, my fate was already sealed. I would be intercepted by the Evil God, my body would be occupied by another Jie Luo, and a sliver of my consciousness would remain..."

"That damned woman, all of it was the Goddess’s trick!"

"Hahaha, can you imagine, even the information I left for you in this soul fragment, foreseeing you reading these contents in the future, was all arranged by that damn destiny, hahaha... "

"Ah, this feeling is truly terrible, I feel like a puppet being controlled by strands of threads."

"My friend whom I’ve never met, neither you nor I can escape the trajectory of destiny!"