Chapter 183: Chapter 181: The Original Purpose of the Holy Daughter

"It has the Sea God’s soul mark."

Rose helped Hilia finish the sentence she hadn’t completed.

His phantom slowly faded away.

Hilia, who was lying on the ground, opened her eyes and stood up.

Taking advantage of Hilia’s unconsciousness, Rose controlled her body.

Rose picked up the Divine Fragment on the table, examined it carefully, and then left.

Soon after, a team of people burst into the stone house from outside, and upon seeing the empty table, their faces changed dramatically.

"Someone has stolen the blessing of the Great God, report to the guild leader immediately!"

"That thief must not have gone far, chase them!"

As they were speaking and preparing to leave the stone house, the door suddenly fell, trapping them inside.

A stone house, of course, couldn’t withstand a team led by a Tier Four mage.

Soon, they successfully destroyed the stone door and came outside.

However, before they could respond, the entire base suddenly began to tremble.

"Not good, it’s the array self-detonating!"

"Run quickly!"

...

Rose, who had already left, did not look back and quickly left on a Flying Broom.

Behind him, the peaceful hillside suddenly collapsed with a "boom".

"Goo!"

A bird call suddenly came, and Rose dodged to the side, avoiding the attack of a large bird.

Rose glanced at the bird, which was twice as big as Hilia, and suddenly released a terrifying spiritual pressure.

"I don’t feel like eating bird meat today, but if you keep chasing me, don’t blame me for breaking my rule."

Having said that, he continued to fly back.

The attacking fiery red bird, under Rose’s spiritual pressure, fell like a kite with a broken string, diagonally crashing into the jungle, hitting a tree hard enough to break it, and then falling to the ground.

The bird’s eyes showed a human-like fear, and it ran away without looking back.

Smoothly leaving the Star Spirit Forbidden Land, Rose stopped on a spacious meadow, put Hilia down, summoned a Magic Puppet, and released her from his control. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

"That should do it."

Rose smiled.

His plan was very simple.

This Divine Fragment was used by the Sea God as bait.

But giving up one-tenth of the Divine Fragment indicated that his situation was currently very bad.

Besides, he currently had no body.

Only in a soul state could he divide the Divine Fragment without any issues.

When having a body, the Divine Fragment and the body merge into one, and without destroying the body, dividing the Divine Fragment is very difficult.

Even if it is successfully divided, it would cause irreparable damage to oneself, possibly rendering the body unusable.

After all, the Divine Fragment of a living god and that of a dead god are not of the same level.

"For the Sea God to recreate a body, he must retrieve all the scattered Divine Fragments. His act of giving up this Divine Fragment was to lure that ’person’ tracking him. The soul mark within the Divine Fragment will tell him that the one who obtained it was not that mysterious god, but a mere Tier Two mage, so, what will the Sea God do?"

The answer was very obvious.

Knowing the Sea God cut off his own Divine Fragment indicates he doesn’t have a flesh form.

Knowing Hilia is a Holy Daughter with a very high Divine Contract degree.

This Divine Contract, perhaps even the Holy Court doesn’t know what it is, but Rose does.

It means her soul is very compatible with the gods, just as he could control Hilia with ease, as one of the Twelve Main Gods, the Sea God could naturally do the same.

She is a perfect target for body possession.

Of course, it should be called divine descent, fusion, dedication. To dedicate oneself to a god is a great honor.

Will the Sea God rush over to possess Hilia?

The answer is affirmative.

Hilia touched the Sea God Divine Fragment, and the soul mark on it has already fed back Hilia’s data to the Sea God. If he doesn’t abandon this Divine Fragment, he will inevitably be drawn to Hilia.

"During the Era of Calamity, all the Divine Halls were unified into the Holy Court, setting up the Holy Daughter and requiring her to have Divine Contract attributes. Isn’t this role just a backup body?"

Rose pondered.

"It might be that throughout history, Holy Daughters have been body possessed by gods."

Not to mention, there’s a real possibility.

Only now, no longer.

Rose also knew the reason why.

A god descending into another’s body, besides the divine soul, everything else depends on what the host possesses, such as tiers.

And now, due to unknown reasons, mages are limited to Tier Six, with the possibility of Tier Seven, but certainly rare.

After a god descends into a Holy Daughter’s body, reaching Tier Seven should be easy, but subsequent Tiers Eight and Nine are uncertain.

Meaning, after divine descent, a god becomes a mortal who must re-cultivate. If they can’t return to godhood, they will face mortality.

As an immortal being, giving up so much of one’s lifespan for a new body is somewhat unworthy.

Unless, he already finds himself at an absolute dead end, with no other choice.

Or he is confident in becoming a god again.

Has the Sea God reached a dead end?

Not quite yet.

He still needs another push.

Rose wasn’t in a hurry.

The bait was already cast; all that remained was to set the trap and wait for the fish to bite.

After a long while, the unconscious Hilia finally woke up slowly.

She looked at the clear sky in a daze, blinked her eyes, and then sat up abruptly.

"Where am I...?"

"You’re awake?" Rose, controlling the Magic Puppet, looked up at her and said, "Did you feel it? This is the effect the high-intensity Heart of the Magic Puppet has on a mage."

"Unable to withstand the power inside and faint?"

"No, it’s your soul that couldn’t withstand it that made you faint."

Saying so, Rose smiled and continued, "If it hadn’t been for the increase in your soul’s strength at the Lost Lighthouse, you wouldn’t just be unconscious now but have turned into a vegetable."

Hilia looked at the Heart of the Magic Puppet in Rose’s hand, feeling an entrancing mystery emanating from it.

She no longer dared to touch it, or even approach it.

The girl suggested, "How about we bury this Heart of the Magic Puppet? I’m afraid to use it, and selling it to others would harm them. We could bury it underground and set up a hidden array to keep it sealed forever."

Rose laughed, "Such a good thing, and you’re willing to bury it?"

"A good thing that can’t be used is still a bad thing."

"This Heart of the Magic Puppet has too much of a downside for you, but it’s useful to me."

Rose weighed it in his hand and tossed it casually toward Hilia.

Hilia jumped in fright, scrambling to get away.

"What are you afraid of? That Heart of the Magic Puppet only caused that when you first touched it. It won’t happen now, so feel free to handle it." Rose said with a smile.

Hilia shook her head firmly, "No, I won’t!"

Rose stood up, "Whether you want to or not, you have to. Will you take it yourself, or should I control you to do it?"

"Can’t the Magic Puppet take it?" Hilia asked pitifully.

"The enemies from the base are coming after us, and you still want to dawdle along?"

"What?"

Hilia stood up, hesitated for a moment, gritted her teeth, and finally mustered the courage to pick up the Sea God Divine Fragment.

At the moment of contact, a mysterious power surged into her soul once again, but it was very slight and did not make her faint.

Hilia breathed a sigh of relief, and after Rose departed from the Magic Puppet, she quickly put it away, boarded the Flying Broom, and swiftly flew towards Star Ash Town.

What she didn’t know was that before leaving, Rose glanced back towards the Star Spirit Forbidden Land, seemingly expecting something.