Mystery Paradise: Wishing Power Demon
Chapter 378 - 377: "Black Cat

Chapter 378: Chapter 377: "Black Cat

In Bariff’s name, along with several Golden Leaves as compensation, the duty manager easily made concessions to let the two of them enter the underground area that was not open to outsiders.

This was a warehouse area of about five hundred square meters, strewn with a variety of sundries and barrels of liquor, and it looked quite messy, but actually, one could see to the end at a glance; there was nowhere to hide.

"It stinks..." Ailuodi couldn’t help but cover her nose.

The smell of fermenting liquor, the decay of wood, the acidic stench of vomit, and even a hint of urine mixed together, intermittently assailed their nostrils, making their brows furrow deeply.

Indeed, staff would come down here to retrieve liquor, but no one was obviously around now. Considering the initial Awakening was two days ago, Kokomoqi had likely already left the place.

"Maybe she reincarnated as a tavern’s Attendant?"

"That’s if our distance estimation isn’t wrong, and she is still alive," Ailuodi said intermittently. "Being a Latter Divine like her, she would need wishing power to maintain her existence, right? Based on our wishing power being zeroed out, she may have disappeared a long time ago."

Chaoyang was a bit disappointed, "There’s certainly that possibility. But I’ll still go ask the duty manager again to see if there’s anyone who has been acting unusually lately..."

Thump.

Suddenly, a dull sound came from the depths of the warehouse, like something had hit a liquor barrel.

Chaoyang was slightly startled, then he activated Spiritual Rhinoceros Vista.

He scanned the lightless, shadowy area but didn’t detect a sliver of wishing power radiating light.

Ailuodi, however, went straight over.

"Be careful," Chaoyang reminded her.

"It’s fine, it’s just a cat that scurried up to the roof," the Angel said, looking up. She seemed to have found the "culprit" behind the noise. "It’s probably because we disturbed its theft... Let’s go."

"Um..." Chaoyang acknowledged, but didn’t immediately turn around. He too had seen the half-hidden black cat behind the roof beam, but what caught his attention was that the cat looked quite familiar. Especially the white patch on top of its head, which resembled a crescent moon lying flat.

"Dum dum, dum dum~dum dum~" Chaoyang hummed softly.

"What are you humming now?" Ailuodi raised an eyebrow.

"Magic Girl Warrior, haven’t you seen it?"

The Angel rolled her eyes and turned to leave. But at that moment, the cat let out a sharp "aww" scream, and its body rapidly swelled up! Its fur turned into thousands of strands of hair, and beneath the pure black hue, it reflected a dazzling array of light!

Then the cat shook a couple of times and fell off the beam.

Ailuodi, quick to react, moved forward and caught her. Only then was she taken aback to find that what had just been a black cat had now turned into a young girl.

And her face, hidden beneath her long hair, was identical to that of the Magic Goddess!

Who else could this be but Kokomoqi?

"What’s going on? Didn’t she descend into a new body?" the Angel exclaimed in surprise.

"I’m afraid it’s related to her being a Latter Divine."

Shi Yin had said, do not judge the Latter Divine by their human-like appearances. They were pure spiritual entities, or rather, entities of energy. Their forms were determined by the conceptions of the Prayer, not restricted by a shell. If Slime was correct, then divinities had no so-called soul and naturally did not require a body to contain the soul.

"How did you recognize her, though?"

"The black cat she transformed into was the spitting image of Luna’s design."

"Ah? Who’s Luna?"

"A cat from a game!" Chaoyang didn’t have the time to explain in detail, "She must’ve seen this game at the transfer station... and then heard us talk about reincarnation and the Latter Divine, which is why she decided to take a risk and try it. Looking at her now, the situation seems pretty bad."

At this moment, Kokomoqi’s eyes were tightly closed, her breathing faint, almost imperceptible, and even her body was showing a slight transparency, as if she might disappear at any moment.

"Alright, hurry up," Ailuodi pinched the girl’s cheek, forcing her to open her mouth slightly.

Chaoyang took out a dagger, pricked his finger, and then let the blood drip into her mouth.

"Come to think of it, angels can acquire wishing power in this way because we can naturally absorb demon powers. Can the divinities of this world also replenish their wishing power through demon blood?"

That question stumped Chaoyang.

The ones who had been providing wishing power directly were Ailuodi, an Angel, and Shi Yin, a Primordial God. As to whether local gods could transfer wishing power by non-contractual means, he really didn’t know.

Fortunately, Kokomoqi’s reaction provided the answer.

In just these few seconds, her complexion began to show a healthy flush, and the transparency of her body gradually faded, making her look more solid.

"Well, well, demons really are in high demand!" Ailuodi said with a mocking tone, "Now, I’m seriously doubting whether the Tang Monk in your ancient epics was actually an Awakener of a demon."

What’s there to mock? Aren’t you also a beneficiary?

Chaoyang was somewhat confused for a moment.

After feeding her about a dozen more drops of blood, he took off his coat and draped it over the angel in his arms, "This is not a good place to stay for long, let’s go up and talk more."

...

Kokomoqi woke up very quickly, and in less than a quarter of an hour after returning to the bedroom, she opened her eyes.

"Yo, long time no see," Chaoyang greeted her with a smile.

The latter abruptly sat up from the bed, staring at the three people in front of her with an expression full of panic and wariness.

Right, she no longer had The Divine Country... or rather, at this moment, The Divine Country was extremely fragile, almost overlapping with her body, equivalent to losing the usual protective shell of old. Now even a regular person armed with a weapon might be able to inflict a mortal wound on her.

"I am the Paradise Master," Chaoyang introduced himself proactively, "This is Ailuodi, and the little girl is Zhou Zhi. Both of them are my Chosen Ones."

Zhou Zhi nodded firmly in agreement.

The official representative of Paradise, the game host, and GM, calling oneself the Paradise Master was perfectly fine.

Hearing this familiar name, Kokomoqi’s tensed-up body visibly relaxed, "Why have you become like this?"

"I don’t know, it’s most likely the trickery of the Evil God. Everyone else is in the same situation, having switched bodies; currently, you alone have kept your original form."

"I see..."

"Can you recount what happened after you woke up? We are now trapped in the City of Defense, and it’s the City of Defense from fifteen years ago. If the information is correct, in less than seven days, the City will be engulfed by the mist. So now, every bit of information we can get is extremely important," Chaoyang coaxed.

"I can... but, is there anything to eat?" Kokomoqi licked her lips, "I’m... so hungry."

"Uh, of course. I’ll have a chef prepare something for you right away."

It was approaching evening, so Chaoyang simply ordered a meal for four people, deciding to eat and talk in the bedroom.

The experience of the Magic Goddess wasn’t complicated.

After seeing the green light, she lost consciousness immediately, and when she awoke, she found herself lying in a wine cellar, without a trace of wishing power, and even the constant stream of faith that used to fuel her with wishing power had vanished. This signified that not only had she lost all her powers, but she was also on the verge of extinction.

And at this critical moment, someone came to her rescue.

That person was Engfelt.