Let them print cards, not slay gods 49

Chapter 49: The Sacred Puppet that Seals Divine Power (Seeking more readers!)

Night fell, the starry sky brilliant and mysterious, countless stars burning like flames, illuminating the heavens.

In this silent and heart-stopping moment, the mountain city was immersed in the embrace of the night, permeated with a mysterious and bizarre atmosphere.

Alice held aloft the Eye of the Evil God, reciting the words from Sokrates’ contract.

Black power spread from the Eye of the Evil God, filled with a bitter and strange aura, like the breath of a demon.

Suddenly, thunder and lightning crisscrossed the sky, the wind howled, and a black lightning bolt tore through the stillness of the night sky, instantly illuminating the entire Andel City.

And within this flashing electric light, a huge black shadow appeared above Andel City.

It was Sokrates, the most powerful evil god of the Dawn Continent.

He had fought against Thunderbolt.

He had battled against daylight.

He had played against nature itself.

With Alice’s chanting, Sokrates’ power enveloped the entire Andel City. He greedily smelled the scent of life, his beloved sacrifice.

The moment Sokrates’ power touched the first resident of Andel City, a faint light flickered. The power of sacrifice was stripped away by the Dusk Saint’s Protection, and under the guidance of the Sacrificial Doll, this power descended upon the Sacrificial Doll.

Aida began to split frantically. Each of its clones, upon birth, became a sacrifice to the evil god.

Aida’s cute style diluted the darkness and gloom of the evil god’s arrival.

As Aida’s clones perished, Sokrates’ figure became increasingly solid.

All the nobles involuntarily knelt down – this was the might of a god.

Tim watched all this, his heart filled with ecstatic joy. He fell to his knees, devoutly offering his loyalty to Sokrates.

And in this collective frenzy of reverence, the evil god, who had disappeared for over a thousand years, descended again.

“What the hell? It’s you again!”

Ah? Shen Sui looked at this sentence in confusion. Who said this?

Sokrates sensed the composition of his sacrifices: a large number of Sacrificial Dolls.

This instantly reminded him of that wicked Dusk Bishop.

Only he would be so stingy and vicious.

(A string of expletives in Chinese is rendered here as: A torrent of furious curses erupted from Sokrates.)

What the hell? Can this be tolerated?

Shen Sui couldn’t tolerate it.

“You little material baby want to resist, huh? Fine!”

You appeared before Sokrates.

“I’m sorry! I was wrong!” In Sokrates’ sea of consciousness, the powerful evil god knelt on both knees, his hands flat on the ground, his forehead touching the ground, expressing his sincerest apologies to you.

You looked at the evil god kneeling before you, the small body trembling slightly, like a cute little lolita who had run away from home and encountered a creepy uncle.

Looking at Sokrates’ beautiful and cute face, you fell into thought.

Shen Sui twitched the corner of his mouth and quickly entered a command.

You went up and kicked Sokrates away.

What the hell? Haven’t seen you for a thousand years, and you’re pretending to be a lolita, huh?

A burly, rugged man pretending to be a lolita? Are you deliberately trying to disgust me?

Powerful force tore through Sokrates’ disguise. He raged, he roared, he wanted you to know the most cruel pain in this world—the dignity of an evil god could not be violated!

He died.

You used the Dusk Symphony on Sokrates; the effect was outstanding.

You did not collect Sokrates’ divinity.

You extracted the divine power.

You channeled the divine power into the three sealing puppets.

With the infusion of Sokrates’ divine power, the three sealing puppets placed in the special magic array began to display bizarre images.

Mysterious magic runes on their bodies pulsed with purple light.

These rays of light, through the bodies of the puppets, entered the summoning array you had laid out.

The infusion of divine power triggered the array.

Under the purple light, strands of pure white power appeared before you.

The strands entwined the three sealing puppets, entwining all the puppets around them.

Anda, Jamie, Soyah… strands of thread emerged from the puppets’ bodies.

Following these threads, you looked to the end.

All the threads converged at one point.

Under the purple light, amidst the surging tide of divine power, was a sacred and beautiful puppet.

Her face was exquisite, transcendent; the most beautiful girl in the world would pale in comparison.

She had her eyes closed, her arms outstretched, as if embracing everything in the world.

Her name was Nafitaia.

One of the Seven Sacred Artifacts, a sacred puppet that seals divine power.

You controlled the power of the evil god, and through the puppet’s strings, it surged towards Nafitaia.

Nafitaia began to absorb the power of the evil god; the strings symbolizing her power gradually became her restraints.

Nafitaia, following her instincts, absorbed all the power of the evil god.

(A string of seemingly nonsensical characters is omitted here as it is likely an error or stylistic device unrelated to the plot.)

Nafitaia sealed Sokrates’ power.

Sokrates’ power bound Nafitaia.

Ding! You obtained the follower card: Bound Sacred Puppet Nafitaia.

Completed!

Shen Sui breathed a sigh of relief.

He had done all those operations just to capture this puppet terminal.

Looking at the 14-star card face, Shen Sui knew he finally possessed his first powerful follower.

The Sacred Puppet Nafitaia, the most mysterious of the Seven Sacred Artifacts; no one knew where she was.

In *Dawn Link*, there was a side quest specifically for collecting the Seven Sacred Artifacts.

Shen Sui only learned about Nafitaia’s summoning method through this side quest.

As the most beautiful “woman” in the game’s setting, Nafitaia’s appearance even made Vivian jealous.

At the same time, the three puppets used to summon Nafitaia also completed their function, empowered by Nafitaia and the evil god’s power.

Ding! You obtained the follower card: Cursed Puppet Abigail.

Ding! You obtained the follower card: Malicious Puppet Natasha.

Ding! You obtained the follower card: Purifying Puppet Ariel.

Well, Alice named these three puppets. I wonder what the meaning is.

Having completed his work, Shen Sui turned his attention back to Alice, wanting to see if she had escaped safely.

Sokrates’ arrival thrilled the nobles.

They completely believed Alice’s words.

A new church was established under Alice and Tim’s leadership.

The Sokrates Church’s initial development required a lot of funds; Alice needed the nobles’ investment.

The nobles readily agreed.

Alice, using the name of the god, used charm and a hypnotic speech. She stood on the high platform, waving her arms: “Andel City can no longer contain our grand ambitions. We need a larger city as the foundation for our development.”

The nobles frantically supported Alice. They had no doubts; they asked Alice about the choice of the new city.

“This city needs to be sufficiently powerful, but also sufficiently chaotic, to serve as sustenance for the god.”

“And now, a city that meets all our requirements lies before us.”

“It is currently in chaos.”

“The Rolin Empire and the Thunderbolt Church are planning to conquer this city.”

“Its name is Lake Paynga.”

Alice issued her declaration of war:

“Gentlemen! Gather your most loyal knights and soldiers!”

“March towards Lake Paynga!”

“There, the great Sokrates Church will become famous throughout the world!”

I slightly modified some of the previous text, but you don’t need to go back and look. I just added some explanations about forbidden cards and time adjusters to the main text; the plot is unaffected.

If later readers explain or comment on the questions and comments you posted earlier, please don’t worry about it.

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