Chapter 4: Celestial’s Fury – translated by ErodingPersona
“Scorching Fla?”
I had no idea how long I was just standing there staring when an anxious voice suddenly echoed out. I tentatively looked to where the voice had co from, and my eyes fell upon Celestial... Celestial? I half-crawled, half-rushed to him, hugging him as I asked, “Gui, you’re not dead?”
“Gui?” Celestial answered, bewildered, “What are you saying? Scorching Fla?”
I stiffened. This wasn’t Gui. This was the real Celestial. Hoarsely, I asked, “Are you really Celestial?”
Celestial blanked out for quite so ti, and replied with a strange tone, “Of course I’m Celestial.”
Gui really has disappeared. I squatted on the floor again, and said bitterly, “I am not Scorching Fla. I am Prince.”
“Prince?” Celestial asked in bewildernt as he examined . “You really are Prince!”
“Then what are you still doing here?” Celestial suddenly jumped up. “This is the Northern Continent. If all Four Heavenly Kings arrive, I wouldn’t be able to protect you by myself.”
I laughed dryly, “The Four Heavenly Kings? There is only one Heavenly King now.”
Celestial was startled, as if struck by lightning. “What do you an?”
I clenched my fists, and said the words that broke my heart, “Wicked and Scorching Fla have perished together, and Gui has just disappeared along with Clay Child and Flowing Wind.”
“You-you killed them?!” Celestial shouted in disbelief as he trembled.
I blanked out. “We” killed “them?” Does he an that Gui and Wicked killed Scorching Fla, Flowing Wind and Clay Child? I tilted my head up and looked at Celestial, whose face was filled with sorrow and fury.
“Didn’t they hate you?” I couldn’t stop myself and asked, “Why are you so worried about them?”
“They were only children.” Celestial roared. “They were only children who didn’t know any better. They never caused much harm, so why did you, why......” At this point, Celestial broke down in tears and couldn’t speak anymore.
My heart burned with anger. “Had they not captured , Wicked and Gui would also not have had to perish with them, and anyway, it’s not just them who disappeared. Wicked and Gui have also disappeared.”
Celestial suddenly gripped my collar, eyes turned bloodshot in his grief. “Don’t you dare compare Wicked and Gui to them; you know that you all still have a life in the real world, unlike us. Once we die, we have nothing left. Don’t tell you don’t understand this?”
I stared... It was true, at least in the real world, they still existed as Zhuo-gēgē and Professor Min Gui Wen, but Scorching Fla, Flowing Wind and Clay Child on the other hand had nothing left. Just as I would feel upset over Wicked and Gui, naturally Celestial would also be furious over his fellow self-aware NPCs.
“I’m sorry!” I apologized in a tight voice. I never thought I would be the cause of Celestial’s bad mood.
“Sorry? Do you think the lives of three of my companions are worth just one apology? Hahaha, that is such a fair exchange, truly it is!” Celestial laughed madly, the corner of his eyes filling with tears.
“Human!” Celestial swiveled his head around. Besides directing his vengeful gaze on , he stepped closer and closer to ...
“You are all too selfish. Just like the Dictator said, to you, we are all just a bunch of numbers. We will never be valued as another life.”
“But we also have feelings: we feel sad, we feel pain, and we feel love!” When he said love, Celestial’s face softened.
“Even though Scorching Fla and Flowing Wind didn’t like , they never attacked .” Celestial’s face held a sorrowful look. “The Dictator and I are the sa; we don’t want to lose what few companions we have.”
“But in one short day, I lost three of my companions, and the one who brought their murderers to the Northern Continent was ,” Celestial roared.
Celestial has gone mad and he really will kill , I realized as I stared at his bloodshot eyes filled with vengeance. I suddenly beca fully aware of the fact that Celestial really hated right now. I stepped back, yet I couldn’t think of a way to escape.
Thunder sounded... Really, thunder on a sunny day? I tilted my head to face the heavens. Can it really be that “He” also thought that we had been too outrageous in our deeds?
“Ah...” A faint sigh echoed around Flower City. “Celestial, co back, I don’t want to lose you again.”
Celestial blinked and swiveled his head toward the tower with a large rose, eyes filled with regret and hurt, and then Celestial looked passionately at and said, “I will take you to see the Dictator and let him decide everything.”
“See the Dictator?” I stood up quickly. Could it be that Celestial wants to help the Dictator exterminate ?
“Yes, no matter what has happened, I finally managed to get you here to Flower City... I sacrificed three companions for this; of course I will bring you to see the Dictator.” The look on Celestial’s face... Maybe I was reading his face wrong, but to he had a look of triumph that said that his plan had finally succeeded.
“Celestial, you couldn’t have been sent by the Dictator?”...A spy? After all, Celestial now wore an extrely serious and sorrowful look on his face. It was completely different from the silly, naïve personality that I had beco used to, and I really couldn’t shake off my doubts that the Celestial before had only pretended to be silly and naïve.
Celestial was silent, before finally saying, “Yes, the Dictator sent . Even the Four Heavenly Kings didn’t know about this.”
“You lied to Doll?” My face darkened. Doll had already started to accept Celestial. If she found out that Celestial had been lying to her all along, she would definitely be upset.
“I never!” Celestial roared, “My wife is my wife, the orders that the Dictator gave are the orders that the Dictator gave! These two things have nothing to do with each other!”
“You’re still a spy anyway,” I roared back.
Celestial’s face reddened. He walked in circles, furious but unable to refute . He finally sucked in a deep breath, turned to and said, “No matter what has happened, you have to follow to see the Dictator.”
What a joke. If I were under attack by both Celestial and the Dictator, escape would be impossible, never mind being able to kill the Dictator. I slowly backed away, prepared to run at any given mont.
“Let’s go, Prince. The Dictator will decide everything.” Celestial rubbed away the tears at the corner of his eyes and steeled himself.
“There’s no...” I swallowed. If I fought against Celestial, the chances of winning would be... less than zero. If I just focused on escaping, what would my chances be?
“Celestial, if I fought against you, what are the chances of escaping successfully?” I couldn’t help myself and asked aloud... Then I thought, if soone asked their enemy when they were about to fight against them what the chances of successfully escaping were... Wasn’t that a blatant declaration to the enemy that they wanted to run? I had just done sothing stupid again.
Celestial, however, seriously considered this and answered , “Approximately... less than ten percent. After all, I can fly and you only have two legs to run with.”
“But if there were soone standing in your way?”
“That... That would depend on how powerful the person was.” Celestial answered again, but I blinked. I haven’t even opened my mouth to ask?
“Soone around the sa level as you.” Ocean’s Heart suddenly descended from the sky between and Celestial.
“Ocean... You’re still alive?” Celestial let loose a relieved sigh, but couldn’t help the anxious expression that ca across his face. “The only one left out of the Four Heavenly Kings is you.”
Ocean’s Heart smiled, swiveled his head to and said, “Ah, you can’t beat the Dictator of Life. No matter what, you will never be able to defeat him, so I purposely led you to Mount HuaLian... I didn’t think that you would head to Flower City to see the Dictator on your own.”
I was stunned. I couldn’t beat the Dictator... That’s why Ocean’s Heart purposely led to Mount HuaLian? Ocean’s Heart had been preventing from running to my death at Flower City?
“Hurry up and leave. I will help you block Celestial,” Ocean’s Heart pressed.
I won’t go. If I go, wouldn’t Wicked and Gui’s death be for naught? I switch to the PM channel and calmly asked the others, “Where are all of you? Can you imdiately head to Flower City?”
“There’s still a fair distance.” Lolidragon hastily asked, “Did anything happen? Has Gui found you yet?”
“Gui...” I started choking again.
“Did sothing happen to Gui?” Wolf-dàgē was surprised, but a mont later heavily said, “No matter what has happened, Prince, co over and join us. Believe ; all our power together will definitely be stronger than yours alone.”
“That’s right, Prince, don’t act on your own again.” Yu Lian-dàsăo also spoke up with worry, “Everyone is worried about you!”
I stared at Ocean’s Heart’s battle with Celestial, and thought over Wolf-dàgē’s words. It’s true; it’s better to return to everyone now. I suddenly had a fleeting desire to be by my comrades’ side, to battle together with everyone... fighting until we reach the Dictator of Life!
“Okay.” I made up my mind. “Wolf-dàgē, wait for . I will go now and look for you.”
I imdiately ran out of the city gates; Ocean’s Heart would help by distracting Celestial. Not to ntion, I now had Scorching Fla’s appearance, so the other NPCs wouldn’t attack in this form. If I don’t run now, when will I get the chance again?
“Prince, wait...” Celestial’s surprised voice echoed out. “Celestial Satin!”
The minute the words were uttered, countless white, silken strips surrounded and attacked . I ducked and dodged desperately, but the silken strips proved too much for . The strips bound tightly, and rendered futile my attempts at running away. Covered with a transparent mbrane, I really felt like I was completely wrapped in white cloth, like an actual mummy.
“Feathers of Ice!” Ocean’s Heart raged, and the silken strips beca embedded with small feather-shaped crystals. The silken strips binding were torn apart.
“Ocean’s Heart, you...” Celestial was surprised at Ocean’s Heart’s actions, and then explained, “I am only bringing him to see the Dictator; I have no intention of harming him.”
Celestial stopped short, and asked curiously, “Yet you, who has never cared about anything... Why are you preventing from capturing Prince?”
Ocean’s Heart gave a small smile. “That’s because I’m siding with the humans!”
I tilted my head up and stared at Ocean’s Heart. It’s siding with us?
“What are you waiting for, Prince? Hurry up and leave.” Ocean’s Heart lightly chastised .
Startled, I imdiately continued my unfinished task – escaping.
“Ocean, this is too much! I must bring Prince to the Dictator!” Celestial roared.
“Hmph, let’s see you try.” Ocean’s Heart’s tone of voice turned cold and stern.
“Celestial Satin!”
“Feathers of Ice!”
“Stop!” A thunderous roar sounded again.
The roar made the earth shake terrifyingly. The buildings beside the street groaned, and a few wooden structures even crumbled to the ground. If asured on the Richter scale, this earthquake would be rated at a 7.0... I swallowed and looked at the wooden house a re few steps from . No, it could not be called a house anymore. It was now just a pile of logs.
“I warned you, never attack your comrades!”
“Dictator!” Celestial looked toward the Central Tower with panic. His face held both remorse and obedience. “I’m sorry. I should not have forgotten your orders, but I wanted to bring Prince to see you.”
“I do not want to see him right now!”
“Dictator?” Celestial asked in surprise.
“I don’t want to see him. All I want to do now is kill him. Flowing Wind, Clay Child, Scorching Fla...”
Hearing this, Celestial turned to and said, “Hurry up and leave. You can’t et the Dictator right now.”
What sort of situation is this? Didn’t the Dictator want to kill ? Why is Celestial telling to hurry up and leave? I couldn’t stop myself and asked, “Don’t you all want to kill ?”
“Leave when I tell you to! If you still continue asking so many questions, I really will capture you and hand you over to be killed by the Dictator myself!” Celestial half-heartedly threatened , using Celestial Satin to surround .
“Wait a minute, I...” I still wanted to continue asking, but dozens of Celestial Satin ribbons started forcefully pushing out of Flower City, and the enormous city gate behind my back sealed itself, leaving standing there alone outside the city to be chilled by the wind.
“Ah!” I shrieked, then moaned, “I forgot to ask Celestial to take to look for the Execution Squad. My god, I will get lost!”
The sounds of multiple people tripping and falling seed to co from behind the gates!
Footnotes
“Clay Child”: In online text of the series, Prince uses Celestial’s na here, which is a mistake. This was fixed in the print version.
“He”: The “He” here refers to God.
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