Chương 25: Meeting Anubis

Ch. 25: Meeting Anubis Health restored by 50% Status affects removed (Sanity 100%) Party members' strength increased by 50% The wraith attacked my chest with his shield's edge. I lifted my leg and kicked the shield out of the way. As he went for his flail again, I leapt up and darted out of his eyeline. The wraith looked around for me, circling the flail above his head. The shield appeared back in his hand. I appeared in front of him and he flung his weapon at me.

The metal ball swung toward me and I placed my hand in the center chain and let it wrap around my arm. Then I grabbed the chain and pulled myself toward him. He stuck out his shield and I landed with both feet. I kicked off his helmet and grabbed onto the neckhole. I spotted my remaining mana in the corner of my screen. Mana: 2. 66% Fuck, I thought. So little mana that the fire probably wouldn't even escape my mouth. There was little point. But I had forgotten a simple fact.

A bit of info that could turn the tides of battle. As if out of anger I reached in and grabbed the wraith's body. I pulled on its body and squeezed. Its flame flashed orange as I continued to squeeze while its arms were pinned holding the flail and behind the shield. I squeezed and squeezed. I had forgotten that I was a god now, so every damage I did was radiant damage. The wraith popped in my hands. The armor dropped to an empty husk. And the system ding told me I'd gotten experience points. Yay! 750 exp points!

You are now Level 22 I still felt something in my hand. I pulled and saw a tiny blue flame. In its core was the insignia of a shield. I went over to the other husk of armor and pulled out the same thing with a cleaver insignia. I did not see one for the flail and the axe. These are one-and-done weapons. The other Kothac already used their buddies. Still, these two pieces are nice to have. Especially with… I still crave blood. He interrupted my thoughts and pissed me off for the last time.

My sanity had been restored. The thing bloodsucker had taken away from me. I pulled out the knife and stared at it.

"Oh. My God. Do you!? Do you 'crave blood?' I almost forgot because you haven't brought it up in the past two seconds. You know what everybody told me when I first got you? They all warned me about you. They said, 'Don't get the Bloodsucker Blade. It's sentient and all it ever does is take, take, take.'

'It's so fucking needy,' they said. And I ignored them. Why? Because I like to see the best in everybody. But they were right about you. All you do is take. Congratulations, Bloodsucker. Congratulations on being exactly who everyone thought you were!" I held out my blade, staring into its eye. The eye on the hilt was red.

"Are you going to cry? Seriously? You're a cursed weapon. Act like it." The eye produced a single tear drop of blood which dribbled onto my knuckles and fell to the ground. You have a lot of growing up to do. It closed its eye and a dialogue from my system popped up. The Bloodsucker Blade has unattuned with you Wow. You were so toxic that a cursed weapon left you. That's really not cool, Drake: (I rolled my eyes and said, "Oh, come on! Bloodsucker… we'll get you some blood, man. Just calm down." I tapped the weapon a couple of times like I was fidgeting with a remote, but the eye did not open." You're kidding me, right!? I'm out of mana, Bloodsucker! You can't just leave me like this! You're going to embarrass me in front of Anubis." A voice emanated into the room I was in, "Congratulations on the victory. I shall be waiting for you upstairs. Come." The heavy, ornate door that lead upstairs opened on its own. I huffed and glared at my knife before holstering it and walking upstairs." Heyyyy," I said, waving my hand as I entered. Anubis was tall. She was sitting down at a table with tea in a pot and cream and she was probably my height standing. She was an anthropomorphized black dog, closely resembling a german shepherd. But where German shepherds always had a joyful glint in their eyes, her eyes felt like surgical tools. She vivisected me with her gaze. Every inch of me examined with vicious clinicality. There was a seat at the table where a plate setting awaited me. The room had two walls holding up the roof but the north and south side were open, with a little balcony." Sit." If you encounter this story on Amazon, note that it's taken without permission from the author. Report it." A kiki!" I said, "A pow wow. A tea spill! That sounds lovely. I do this with my coworker, Mia, once a month. We just sit and goss about the other coworkers. Mia's an artist, by the way." I walked over and sat down. She poured me a cup. Anubis started, "To show it's not poisoned, I'll-" I drank the cup of potentially poisoned tea instantly and slammed my drink down for another." That was delicious! I seriously needed it in this desert heat. Another please?"" You were not worried it would have poison?"" Poison!? Mia never poisons our drinks when we kiki. Should I be!?" I started reaching into my mouth to try to hit my uvula, gagging. She stared in disgust before I finally took my finger out and said, "I'm joking! My Blessings spell has me immune to status effects for the next ten minutes. You couldn't poison me if you tried. Besides, why the hell would an entity as powerful as you bring me up here just to poison me?" She smiled but said nothing. Anubis poured me another tea, I thanked her and for some unclear time, we drank tea in silence. Eventually, I cleared my throat and said, "May I ask why you've invited me to tea today?"" Is this not something you do on the other side? Break bread?"" If you want we can just keep drinking tea for a while. I just figured there was a reason we were not fighting." She placed a baked good into her mouth and crunched." My nose twitched some time ago. I had picked up a scent."" Hmm," I said, "A dog smelling something isn't exactly noteworthy."" None of my men noticed it. But it wasn't a normal scent. It was a very powerful aura that emanated from the hatch. Someone with cataclysmic power had invaded our humble little outpost. I was expecting it to be one of the gods. But then I saw that the power came from you. Now you… are just human, aren't you?" I slurped my tea before saying, "I sure look it, don't I?"" You are not. Correct? Just a human?" I smiled at her, "So you've taken an interest in me. A pet project, mind the pun."" Not quite an interest. Not even a curiosity. Something just above apathy."" Welllll," I said, "You are joining a long list of women who just barely give a shit about me."" All this power and yet they treat you like a child. Some even show disdain for you." I smiled and said, "That guy's such a dick. He and I have beef. Beef is when you have bad blood. Bad blood is when you have an axe to grind. Having an ax-""I am aware," Anubis said, "You and the follower of Sutra are on poor terms."" Sutra? Who?"" The one who pushed you. He has killed another of your teammates as well."" What!?" I asked, "Which one?"" The follower of the salamander god." Truthfully, I felt a little relieved it wasn't Kayla. I let out a breath. I stood up and said, "Where is he right now?"" He is in the feeding balcony for the Rakeshti. Where you were after you fell." This bastard. He had every intention of betraying us from the beginning." I'm so sorry. I have to go sooner than I'd like. It seems my friend might be in some trouble."" I am not done."" I know. And I'm sorry, but I must be on my way."" Stay." I looked at her. She meant business. And truthfully she had a commanding aura to her. I cleared my throat." Fine. Let's cut to the chase. You wouldn't be doing all this if you didn't need something from me. Let's get to that part."" There is a demon. He wears goat horns that dance on his head."" I know of him."" His name is Pesi. He has somehow gotten his hands on a most powerful weapon. It is called the Hala Knife. I intend to retrieve the weapon from him." That caught my attention. I settled into my chair and said, "Tell me more. How did he get the blade?" Anubis shook her head." I know not. I only know that this blade can kill your gods. I want you to hold onto it for me. Keep it out of our world where the other demons can not get it. And then hand it off to me in ten months. Or… our mathematicians estimate that in your time-""About three months and three weeks. Yeah. So you'll be able to do whatever ritual this is. And you'll have the most powerful blade then. Is that it?" Anubis nodded." What does the ritual do?"" Irrelevant."" And then what is your goal?"" Do you have sheep in your world? White fluffy creatures that eat grass?"" We do."" And are they not led by black dogs?" It took me a moment, but when I did I sat back in my chair and let out a little laugh, "Global domination. That's what you want, isn't it?"" No. Global domination is all I've wanted. But then the hatches began opening up. And I realized… global domination was not enough." I let out a giddy laugh. I took long drag of my tea until it was finished and I slammed the teacup on the table so hard it shattered." Here I was thinking you might have had some sad, noble, backstory. Like a sick sister, or something. But no. You just want it all."" Will you help me?"" Global domination… two globes. It's a fool's errand. You know in the entire recorded history of our world, we have never had anybody who has conquered our entire world. Many people have tried but they all have failed." Anubis finished her tea too, she attempted to pour more but the pot was out, "You will."" What were you going to give to me?"" A piece of the world to have as your own. All the resources your world and my world has at your disposal. You would be hailed as a war hero."" I don't care about being hailed as a war hero."" But you would need resources, right? Maybe I don't have a noble reason for fighting. But you might." I didn't say anything." All you have to do, is hold onto the knife for a little bit, and you would get anything you wanted."" Hmmm. Interesting. Do you know what I want more than anything in this world right now?"" Tell me."" 5000 xp and an evolve point." And I grabbed the table and leapt over it to attack her.