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Chapter 898 - 434: Three Wishes_2

Chapter 898: Chapter 434: Three Wishes_2

["Secondly is the curse the wisher places on themselves. If there isn’t enough lamp oil, one can also obtain lamp oil by cursing themselves. The greater the hope, the more despair one must endure."]

The Bard shook his head somewhat sighingly. "At first, to survive the extermination of the Divine Race, I had to make a wish for the everlasting existence of my own soul."

"And the result?" Evans asked.

"The wish did come true, but the cost was that I gave up my physical body and lost my freedom. My soul now needs to reside forever within the Divine Lamp..."

"I see..."

Mu You took a breath, roughly understanding the plight of the Lamp God.

It was similar to the Shadow God’s situation before, who also survived the catastrophe through his own special means. It seemed that besides a very few gods with special abilities, the rest of the Divine Race must have perished.

The only thing that puzzled Mu You was: What was going on with the Titan he encountered in the Titan World that day?

Setting aside his questions for the moment, Mu You then chose the fourth option.

[You asked about the relationship between the Pen of Order and the Lamp God.]

["The Pen of Order, it is my master, the God of Order has entrusted me with the mission: to find a successor to the Power of Order, hand over the Pen of Order to them, and grant at least three wishes for each successor before I can leave their side."]

["And the Pen of Order has the power to rewrite the rules within a certain range. By using the Pen of Order, it’s possible to temporarily amend the wishing rules of the Divine Lamp, eliminating the cost of the wishes. This means that each inheritor of the Power of Order can make three wishes to me without any cost!"]

This must be a protective measure from the God of Order for the successor, using three free wishes to help the successor get through the initial period, and grow to a stage where they can stand on their own.

["The first inheritor I chose was a Fool, also the previous Lord of Dawn City. He was an inheritor whose strength, mentality, character, and leadership all deeply satisfied me. I’ve always been proud of my discernment then, and I stayed with this inheritor, watching him step by step unite other Fools, uncover Divine Corpses, build Sky City, and ascend to Sky High... until he died in the minor cataclysm, after which I retrieved the Divine Pen, waiting for the next inheritor’s appearance."]

"Oh?"

Mu You raised an eyebrow, the previous Lord of Dawn City had died in the minor cataclysm?

["What happened after that?" Evans pressed on.]

["Afterwards, according to the first inheritor’s wishes, I was supposed to wait for a new batch of Fools to appear before determining the next Lord of Dawn City as the next inheritor. Unfortunately, the Fools remained silent longer than I’d expected, and my divine power was severely damaged during the minor cataclysm, nearly leading to my demise. I was afraid I wouldn’t live to see the day the Fools reemerged. It was at this time that I met Caesar!"]

["At that time, Caesar was just the king of a small nation in the desert. He saved me, then on the brink of death, and with the nation’s resources searched for Divine Crystals to sustain me, showing utmost reverence and unwavering loyalty..." The Bard spoke of Caesar with a somewhat emotional look: "I must admit, Caesar had been gracious to me, and his sincerity at that time truly moved me. That’s why I went against the original inheritor’s wishes and prematurely designated Caesar as the second successor..."]

["Unfortunately, all of it was a facade!" The Bard said with a mix of hatred and helplessness, shaking his head: "Once he gained the Divine Pen, Caesar eventually revealed his true nature!"]

["What wish did Caesar make?" you ask.]

The game character automatically asked for Mu You, which was indeed the question he most wanted to ask. It must have been these three wishes that led to the current state between the Lamp God and Caesar.

["Caesar’s first wish was relatively normal. He wished for me to create an oasis in the desert, so his people would no longer suffer from drought and sandstorms."]

["I fulfilled his wish, turning the desert into an oasis, creating Oasis City at the heart of the desert. This act made Caesar immensely popular; all his subjects were deeply grateful..."]

["Hmph!" You hear Evans snort coldly, a look of disgust on his face.]

Mu You wasn’t too surprised by this response. Evans had once served under Caesar, and no one knew his character better. Clearly, the actual situation back then wasn’t as rosy as it seemed on the surface.

["The reputation of the oasis and as a benevolent king easily garnered Caesar an army of a million! And Caesar’s second wish was to transform his army into an Undead Legion that neither needed food and water nor could die or be destroyed!"]

["That wish made me completely see Caesar’s evil nature, and I regretted having chosen him as the successor. Unfortunately, he had already mastered the usage of the Divine Pen, and I was, under the constraints of the rules, unable to refuse his wishes..."]

Mu You read with a sigh, no need to mention what happened next, the Lamp God was forced to fulfill the wish, and Caesar used this invincible undead army to unify the desert, crowning himself the Desert Emperor...

["After the second wish, I had completely broken with Caesar, urging him to quickly make the third wish, to return my freedom. However, I still underestimated the greed of human nature..."]