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Chapter 180: Naming Ceremony. Part 4

Chapter 180: Naming Ceremony. Part 4

2 days ago back on earth, Viktor wasn’t sure what was bothering him. He couldn’t sleep inside his time-accelerated trap right after he told Adonis that they would leave at 12.

Viktor knew his ability to predict the future wasn’t on the same level as other gods, but he always gets a clue of what might happen even if there was a 0.00001% chance. That’s why he looked through the oddest possibility millions of times and prepared beforehand.

The mental barrier cube was also one of them.

Viktor also knew what might happen if he left Adonis to attain his naming ceremony first, so he convinced him and told him to wait for a week.

By that, he could tell what to do and not to do in the ceremony.

Viktor looked at his future again for the 44th time and thought, ’If I tell Adonis to let the pure mana get inside his body, Mors will get kidnapped by the temple. If I don’t, Adonis will just fight against it and not let a drop of Qi get inside his body.

If I tell Mors to go next, Adonis will lose his mind because of the intense mental pressure of the temple. The temple is sure alive and it loves to manipulate others. It has a deep connection with Name and that’s why nobody is allowed to go inside the prayer room before the ritual.’

Viktor closed his record and again thought, ’I can’t let this slide off. Although I can’t fight it now, I’ll just escape by following the safest route with everyone.’

’That means, I need to play along and tell the others to do that too. This is the safest way out of here without getting manipulated.’

Viktor then looked at his Qi core and saw it was almost modified. At first, his Qi was small, orb-shaped and red-coloured. Compared to the other gods who had attained their naming ceremony, Viktor’s Qi core was weak and small. It was like a small flame in front of a bonfire.

But after his Qi was modified, he felt that he had so many ways of becoming stronger and becoming a full god. He was satisfied with the 1st ritual.

Soon, the ritual had come to an end.

Viktor came out of the water and the first thing he saw was the scary face of Name. It was scary as hell but still, he couldn’t figure out why the other gods were so friendly with him.

Name then said, "My child, congratulations on your first ritual. Now follow me to the next room."

Viktor nodded his head and quietly followed Name to another room. It was bright, big and there was a chair in the middle of it.

Name then said, "My child, please go and take a seat there. Take off your clothes before taking a seat."

Viktor followed the instruction and took a seat obediently. He knew the following ritual was going to hurt a lot but he had to endure it for the sake of his life.

Name took a pen out of his long sleeve and said, "Dear child, what name do you wish to inherit?"

"Viktor E. North. That’s the name I wish to give to myself."

"Viktor E. North? Does that name carry any memories or any meaning?"

"Viktor means omniscient in Vestrain. It was a name given by my human father. E. North is just an extra."

Name didn’t say anything and started to draw a magic circle on air. He then said, "Well, my dear child. I will now start to draw in your body. This will be painful. So, please endure it for a little."

The floating magic circle approached close to Viktor’s back and then, it burned his skin right after it touched it. Viktor screamed at the top of his voice because of the pain. His Qi core was trying to stabilize the pain but it was too late. The hellish pain had already done its job.

After then, one after another magic circles started to burn his body. The naming magic circles kept burning his hands, chest, back, legs, and even his face. To prevent the visitor from running away, he was locked with the chair.

So, Viktor couldn’t even move a finger while the ritual continued.

....

Somewhere in the outer guest room.

Welis looked at the block sky in boredom. She was also sad that nobody came to her chambers to visit. Not only that, she wasn’t even allowed to leave the room.

Once a day, a servant of the temple comes inside the room with a bowl of fruits. Welis tried to talk with the small child-looking servant but sadly, he didn’t reply to her.

She was dying from boredom.

"I don’t understand why gods have to be named when they already received a name from their parents."

Welis chomped on a blue apple and again said, "At least the food is great here. Or else, I might go crazy because of this killing silence."

Welis again looked outside and saw huge demon birds passing by along the red clouds close to the ceiling. Then she thought, "Why can’t I just go outside through the window? It’s wide open."

She then took another apple and climbed on its edge to leave. Right at that moment, a person from behind said, "If you leave, you might not find your way back here."

Welis was surprised. She said, "When did you come inside?"

"Please come down from there. It’s dangerous."

Welis sighed and replied, "So, how long do I have to stay here?"

"If you wish to help us with temple works, you’re free to follow me. But make sure you don’t move your eyes from me. Or you will get lost."

Welis immediately said yes and started to follow the child by holding onto her clothes. She was excited because it was her first time seeing the temple after being stuck in the same place for 5 days.

She was looking forward to her work.

After walking for 10 minutes, they reached the garden area. It was filled with blue apple trees and other fruits that she’d never seen before. They were all sweet and delicious looking so she asked, "Can I eat one?"

"You’re currently working as a maiden, you can not eat any of these. Maidens are provided with different meals during their meal time so wait patiently and do your job."

"Oh, okay." Welis then wore her maiden outfit and started to help that child with her work. Unlike the other maidens inside the temple, Welis didn’t wear her facemask. The child who had invited her to work personally advised that other workers might get confused so she shouldn’t wear one. But secretly, it was a way for them to make sure they don’t say anything about the temple mistakenly.

They were protective of their temple secrets.

Meanwhile in the guest room....

"Adonis!!!! Let’s see if you can strike this!!!" Mors threw a huge ball made of iron at Adonis. They were playing baseball inside the guest room.

They tried eventing to keep them busy and finally, they came up with a better idea. A little while ago, Adonis accidentally threw a chair on the wall and broke the wall. They were a little tense because the temple maidens might be mad. But when they saw the wall being restored to its original state, a wild idea came to their mind.

They decided to play baseball with full force inside the guest room until their time comes.

Adonis hit the ball with all the strength he could gather. The ball flew and hit the wall so badly that it created a huge hole in it. The wall slowly started to regenerate and poked the ball out of it.

"You couldn’t even catch it. Is that all you got, Mors?"

Mors frowned and replied, "Shut up, man. You just hit it so hard that my eyes couldn’t match up with its speed."

"That’s the same thing-_-. Weakling."

Mors picked up the ball and said, "Let’s see if you can see my throw this time. I bet on 40 golds."

"So we’re playing seriously now. I bet on 40 as well."

Mors raised his hand and gathered as much Qi around his ball as he could. He then said, "Here, I Go!!!!"

Boommmm!!!

A huge hole was created in the wall behind Adonis. Not only that, the ball itself was misshapen and it had the fingerprints of Mors. He threw the ball so hard that even the ball couldn’t match his speed.

Adonis lost the bet.

"Tsk!!" Adonis threw a pouch full of 40 gold coins at him and said, "I had dust inside my eyes so I missed the ball."

"Bwahahahah!!!! Keep your excuses aside!! You’re too shy to accept your loss!! Ahahahah!!!"

At that moment, someone kicked the door open and screamed, "What are you guys doing!!!!!"

Both of them looked at the child who raised his voice by breaking the law. The child again said, "Where are your manners?? Can’t you see the lord is sleeping? Why are you hurting his body!!" "Hicc!!!"

The child immediately shut his mouth with both of his hands. She said something that she shouldn’t say in front of any visitor.

Adonis then smiled and said, "What lord are you talking about? And how are we hurting him when there is nobody but only the two of us inside the room?"

Suddenly, Adonis received a telepathic message from Viktor, *Apologise to that child and ask no more questions about it if you want to keep your memories. That child can erase memories and mess up with them. Just say sorry and play chess by weaning headphones.*

Adonis was shocked to hear his master’s voice from the prayer room. He knew something was off so he just played along as he was instructed and said, "We’re sorry. We won’t do that again."

"W..well, I’m sorry to raise my voice too, dear visitor. Please don’t do that again."

"We won’t." Adonis then closed the door and looked at Mors. "Shall we play something that can’t touch the floor?"

"What about pillow fight?" Mors suggested.

"That sounds good."