Brand New Life Online: Rise Of The Goddess Of Harvest

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After the talk about money and the mysterious group behind the sorcerer attacks, Rose and Albert were about to leave, having left several SWORD Agents around the neighborhood and also the surrounding neighborhood, they ensured me things would be safe from now on.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Though, I couldn't just sit down and accept someone else's protection like that, I decided to move into upgrading my Domain as much as possible, and also to probably upgrade myself, and everyone else I can too.

But before that, I asked something to the two, which were leaving already.

"It has been a while now, where's your friend? Josuke was his name?"

From what I can recall of that young man, he had the power to unleash a powerful mythical being that he seemed to be able to summon, some sort of Phoenix-like Spirit.

"Oh, Josuke… It has been a while since we've heard of him," sighed Rose.

"We still know nothing other than he went to Japan to deal with family stuff," Albert said. "But yeah, it's strange he's taking so long, I'll try asking our boss if he knows something."

"Thanks for worrying about him, Elayne, you might have not known him for long, but he's a good friend of us… It's still hard to work without him at our side, we were quite the trio after all," Rose said.

"Yeah… Anyways, we'll get going, thanks for the help, and please make sure to rest and recover, this goes to everyone involved too," said Albert.

"Alright then, take care!"

The two walked away after that, I felt slightly curious about what might be happening in Japan. Even now, I am a novice when it comes to the "Underworld" of Earth, and all of their branches and intricacies.

However, with the appearance of the Blighters and Kalmas, it was quite clear to us that gods exist, although they might not be as powerful nowadays…

Isn't Japan kind of full of shrines, and has a lot of "Kamis"?

And unlike in most parts of the world, all of these religious and spiritual traditions remain since their ancient times, so I imagine their deities might be rather strong.

And then there's the Yokai… and everything else.

Yeah, I might be thinking a bit too much about Japan for no reason, right?

But well, it is not without reason, my late husband's father family is Japanese after all, so my daughter has descendancy from a Japanese family.

I've been wondering, maybe I should go visit them, back then when he was alive, we would go visit them every winter break, she loved her grandparents there, and they were pretty nice people.

But since my late husband's passing, they have stopped contacting me for some reason, and I've grown a bit worried over the years.

Though, they kept sending me money until like a year ago…

It's a bit weird, isn't it? Like they're worried, but also don't want to interact for some reason…

Hmm.

Well, once everything that's happening in Arcadia is done, maybe I'll get some free time to go whenever I want.

And I MIGHT go to Japan to visit my late husband's family, which is Elena's family too.

Of course, may because my late husband passed away, they might think I have no relation with them anymore.

And honestly I wouldn't blame them for that, but Elena is different, she has their blood, so at least, if they only care about Japanese blood, they should at least care about her!

Yeah, I think I got a bit angry by thinking about that…

Oh well, let's just forget it for now, no point in getting angry or anxious about things that have not happened yet.

"There's sure a big pile of these crystals…"

"Yeah, it's a lot."

Right now, after breakfast we found ourselves in front of a pile of over a thousand Hollow cores, which had grown a bit after Rudras and Judith went hunting last night.

Elena and Elisa had absorbed quite a few, and grew pretty strong, but after that they felt "mana bloated" and couldn't absorb any more for a while.

This happens to most people that absorb mana crystals to grow stronger, you can't do it infinitely, after absorbing a few you feel bloated, and you might hurt yourself if you continue.

"We grew pretty strong from that too, so you can keep the rest, I don't think we'll be able to absorb any for a few days," Elisa said, crossing her arms.

"Y-Yeah, please use it to strengthen yourselves or the domain!" said Monica.

"Meow!" Blackie was also here; he had eaten his fill already.

"Well, if you insist…" I petted his head, giving him a kiss on his fluffy forehead. "I heard you were the start of yesterday's fight! Well done Blackie, thank you so much for protecting me and everyone else… Even if you had to put your life on the line."

"Mereow… Pprrr…" he started purring loudly as I caressed him, and then he licked my chin cutely.

He was certainly a very brave cat… Usually cats are skittish and fearful, but he faced someone as frightening as Tyrone head-on, it's incredible. The Divine Beast evolution really made him several times stronger, but I think he always had that potential within him.

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"Blackie did a lot, but this guy over here didn't even join the battle, why?" wondered Mark, glancing at his hawk that had just arrived, Falco.

"C-Craaah…" Falco looked elsewhere, swallowing a worm it had just caught.

"T-They did help a bit! I saw them attack from afar, but they were quite afraid…" said Monica. "They used their wings to release wind slices… But that's about it."

"Well, they helped a bit…" I said. "It might also be that he's not as strong as Blackie after all so please don't blame poor Falco for it."

"Hm, well, what can I do about it…" sighed Mark. "I wonder though, can you…?"

"Turn him into a Divine Beast?" I wondered. "I think I could, there's few more slots. If we can have a second Divine Beast available, then it would be really nice! Maybe I could even ask Rita if I could turn her white rat into a Divine Beast too."

"Sounds good! There aren't any other creatures more qualified than them after all," Mark nodded. "So, buddy? Want to get even stronger?"

"Craaahh! Cracaah!"

It seemed rather eager.

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