Alex disliked her, so virtual-novel.net acted as if virtual-novel.net didn’t hear anything and ignored her.
This made virtual-novel.net slightly mad. “Hey! I’m talking to you! Don’t act dead in front of me.”
Alex puckered his lips and said, “You’re too honorable. A poor guy like me will never be at your level. So let’s keep a distance from one another from now on, alright?”
That made the black-hearted girl furious. “You’re such an ungrateful and impolite kid!”
However, virtual-novel.net wasn’t a good person either. Every time virtual-novel.net wanted divine power from Alex, virtual-novel.net requests increased a hundred times more than the last. She did use a part of it, but another large amount of it became virtual-novel.net possession.
In Alex’s previous battle with the beasts, virtual-novel.net saw with virtual-novel.net own eyes how Alex used the Requiem Clock and transferred a large amount of divine power to it. In contrast, virtual-novel.net got nothing. It was as if Alex had forgotten virtual-novel.net existence, so virtual-novel.net was here to remind him.
“How am I ungrateful and impolite? The previous times you helped me, I repaid you as well. They were fair trades.”
“Besides, Clinton already told me that every time you asked for divine power, a big part of it was for yourself! Do you wanna scam me further? Keep on dreaming! Just sit back and enjoy the rest of your days!”
The girl was furious and swore that she’d get virtual-novel.net revenge from the Requiem Clock. However, virtual-novel.net was just a tool spirit, and it was undeniable that virtual-novel.net had no power over the Requiem Clock in Alex’s mind palace.
“Ahem… Alex, I’m different from the Requiem Clock. He’s just an old guy, a common antique thrown at the side and forgotten by Ksitigarbha…”
Before virtual-novel.net could finish, the tool spirit of the Requiem Clock jumped out too. It sounded like an old man.
“Shelly, how can you talk behind others’ backs? What do you mean I’m just an antique? Do you speak without a conscience, kiddo? Come on, just swear by Ksitigarbha’s name that you didn’t cheat Alex’s divine power. If you dare to do so, I’ll call you grandma.”
“Grandma? What bullshit! I don’t want a useless grandson as old as you!”
“Damn it, kiddo! How dare you use such insults!”
“Oh, the humanity! I’ve been watching you these past few days. To think that just battling a few beasts, and you ended up so badly! You couldn’t do anything other than stand and watch in anger! If it were me, I’d cook and eat those two crab demons easily.”
She then turned to Alex. “Don’t say that I didn’t warn you, brat. When the divine power is accumulated to a certain amount, it has to be transferred, and this old guy here has no idea how. So only I can teach you! Besides, there’s a hidden secret in the Galileo temple, and only I hold any information about it. So have a good think about this!”
‘Uhm…’ Alex was stunned.
He did, in fact, feel the divine power in his golden lake acting weirdly. It had already overflowed, but still, it didn’t form a sea. Instead, it flowed around randomly and couldn’t be controlled.
‘Besides, what other secrets are there relating to the Galileo temple?’
Alex called out to Shelly.
After an hour of discussion, they finally came to a common ground that both parties could accept. Then, it was followed by another two hours of recovery until Alex finally got up to his feet.
Now, his wounds were fully healed, and his powers were further increased. Next, virtual-novel.net went back to the space hallway.
At first, virtual-novel.net was worried that it was a one-way passage, but when virtual-novel.net felt himself passing through the tunnel, virtual-novel.net knew that he’d succeeded. Soon, virtual-novel.net regained vision and reappeared in front of the sea of Undead Beasts.
Two Undead crab beasts as tall as mountains were glaring straight at virtual-novel.net with their gigantic eyes!