UPDATE:

- Chapter re-edited and mistakes were corrected.

- Rewrote a few parts

- No more double spaces

Hello, guys , one more chapter is finally done .

I’ve read one comment saying that this is turning into Death March ... Nope, it’s not . There are two more chapters of boring shit, and then the main plot will start to reveal itself slowly .

Without further ado , please enjoy !

Purgatory arc: Legend

It’s been five months since we came to the Purgatory Realm and things are finally starting to get ... Boring .

We’ve been travelling from town to town sightseeing . There truly are some amazing things in Purgatory such as the Twin Abyssal Waterfalls that seems to have no end or the Great Tower of Ning with a height of over two hundred thousand meters made entirely out of jade .

Still , a week ago I discovered something interesting about me . Before that day I was still afraid of Mea’s spider body , but now I have no problem with it . The reason for this change seems to be the blood .

No idea why but after I had drunk her blood , my fear subsided completely ... This phobia gets more and more intriguing .

Speaking of Mea , yesterday Gargran asked her to become his wife ... I have no freaking idea how those two have fallen in love, and I won’t ask too many questions . They said it was love at first sight . Still , Gargran was not exactly a saint in the past .

This is why I engraved a little curse upon him . If he ever gets to betray or hurt Mea intentionally , his innards shall be burnt to ash . When I told him about the effect of the curse , he didn’t even flinch and accepted it . From the looks of it , he is actually serious .

Curious how some people can change because of love .

Another interesting thing that happened is that Valdar paid me a visit last month . It looks like in one and a half months there is going to be a meeting to decide the strategy for the upcoming war .

I don’t really care about complex strategies and battle plans . For me things are easy : go in the middle of the enemy territory and pummel anyone that dares to approach me .

Well , there is the problem of the Kitsune that I bought four months ago ... She is ... Interesting . Two weeks after the auction , I drank her blood , which by the way was delicious , and used Blood History on her .

This was the first time when I got only a few broken pieces of memories from my innate vampire ability . But those were enough to understand her situation ... She truly is ... Interesting !

When I bought her , she was just a doll incapable of doing anything without my orders , but things have slowly changed . One and a half months after she started travelling with us , she finally told us her name : Cif . Then , slowly , progress was made .

Now she is finally able to smile and have a proper conversation . There are still some scars left, but there is nothing that time can’t heal .

As for those institutions that train and sells slaves ... Well, let’s just say that all the personnel involved in that kind of business woke up with a headache , tied to a chair , in a big Colosseum like thing listening to the life story of a particular sword .

As for the current situation ... Hecate , Mea , Gargran and Cif are in a small town west of my position while I am on a fishing trip . I just discovered a small lake that is truly ideal for fishing .

The water is crystal clear , with a few palm trees here and there and beautiful green grass ... It totally looks like an oasis in the dessert . A little further away there is a small village with only o couple hundred people .

“Hahhh ... I love days like this one !” [Andel]

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“Excuse me sir , do you by any chance want some hand made carvings ? They are only one shard each !” [Old Woman]

‘Huh ?’

I turn my head around, and there stands an old woman with a small basket . She has white shoulder long hair and a face full of wrinkles . In the basket, she has quite a few statues made out of jade and wood .

Looking around , one jade carving catches my eyes . It’s the image of a young girl with hips long hair , long legs and beautiful features altogether ... I look at the old woman and ask her with a slightly trembling voice .

“This carving ... Do you by any change know this woman ?” [Andel]

She gives me a strange look and asks with a surprised tone .

“Sir , do you really not know the Primordial Legend ? ”

Well , I am not exactly from this world, and there are still many things that I need to learn ... So ...

“No, I don’t know . Can you tell me ? ” [Andel]

I am genuinely interested in this story ... That statue ... It’s interesting !

“Well of course ... This was a story from long long ago when this world was barely created, and there were no beings here , only wild beasts . At the same time, there were many worlds spread across the boundless universe engulfed in the flames of war .

At that point , in each of those worlds, a gate appeared out of nowhere . A few courageous men and woman from each and every single one of those planets entered the gate and were sent to this dimensional plane .

Here , a goddess welcomed them in a real paradise like they never saw before .

She promised them eternal peace and prosperity under her protection . All she asked for was that they migrate in this world with as many people as possible .

Captivated by the heaven before their eyes , each species brought thousands upon thousands of inhabitants .

After they arrived , the gates they came through crumbled to pieces . They were stuck , but there was no fear in their eyes as there was the Goddess .

But she never came back . She abandoned them in a new world filled with dangers , monsters and perils .

Soon , war broke out . Gods slaughtered each other, and whole species fell to ruins . In time , less than half of those that came here at the beginning remained .

From worlds engulfed in war and destruction to a place worse than hell . And the one to blame was none other than the goddess that promised them the moon on the sky .

Since then , her image has been passed down from generation to generation . That statue is her , the monster that called herself a goddess who is responsible for the current situation of this elemental plane . ” [Old Woman]

... I ... need time to process the information ...

“Thank you . I will take this carving . ” [Andel]

I hand her ten Soul Tears . She looks at the Tears and shock covers her face .

“Excuse me sir , but they are worth only one shard ... This is a little too much !” [Old Woman]

“The rest is for the story ...” [Andel]

“Thank you, sir ! Thank you very much !” [Old Woman]

“It’s okay ... You can go now !” [Andel]

She leaves while thanking me . I take the small jade carving and analyse her with all my might .

There is no mistake ... This sculpture looks exactly like her ... Although I thought that I will never see her again ... And still , here , today , in the Purgatory Realm I had the chance to lay my eyes on her one more time ... Although it’s only a carving , memories long lost emerged from the depths of my heart ...

Still ... Why is there such a story ... And more importantly how is that legend connected with you my beloved Yra ?