Chapter 172: Your Name is Snow Wing

The brilliance gathered more and more, the light became increasingly bright, gradually forming into a huge ball of light, rising like a second blazing sun.

It dispelled the gloom, illuminating the sky and earth that had long been parched, and those particles floating throughout the world, emitting faint glimmers, were also drawn together, converging like a river that gathers all streams!

They continuously merged into the ever-brighter light, and the light continued to rise into the sky, spinning and changing, like a newborn ready to break free from its cocoon!

“Caw!!!”

The light cocoon shattered, and a gigantic bird with snow-white wings soared, giving a high-pitched cry!

It radiated a light far more dazzling than the nurturing cocoon, shining like tomorrow’s sun, spreading its clean, snow-like white wings, joyfully soaring through the sky.

This was the new redemption created by Vilyric, capable of bestowing light and hope to the world beneath the Abyss.

Although when she first arrived in this world, her ability system was still limited to the skills and settings assigned by the game, as the Priestess kept developing SP—the wondrous power representing the soul—she finally made her own breakthrough.

Using Soul Power as a thread, she condensed and wove light, taking shape, and then, with the power of the artifact [Eternal Staff: Heart of the World], endowed it with a soul, forging the very first living being truly created by Vilyric’s hands.

This snow-white bird was designed based on the Sun Child—Golden Crow from the mythology of the Blue Star, but she felt it wouldn’t be right to copy the original entirely, so she made slight modifications and changed the feathers to white.

“Not bad, really not bad. In a sense, you can be considered my first child, so let’s call you… Snow Wing, shall we?”

“Caw!”

Vilyric placed her hands on her hips, looking at the white bird freely soaring around her with satisfaction, naming it with the few literary skills she had, and Snow Wing let out a cheerful chirp, seemingly pleased with the name given by its creator.

And just like that, it was done.

Snow Wing was a wondrous life formed by the leftover energy of a tenth-tier forbidden spell, combined with those glowing particles that she still barely understood, spread throughout this world, not only possessing an impressive Lv90 level but also showing wisdom no less than that of a normal person.

Moreover, at the moment of its birth, it automatically formed a strong pet contract with Vilyric, which was truly astonishing since, according to the game’s rules, each player should only be able to sign one pet contract.

Snow Wing could draw endless energy from the pet space, which was Vilyric’s divine realm, and unleash enough light and heat in the sky to illuminate the entire Aibus world.

Just like now.

And when night fell, it could use the contract link to return to the pet space to rest, so Vilyric needn’t worry about never seeing this child again due to the complete closure of the passage between the present world and the Abyss.

Snow Wing was formed from the faint light of the entire Aibus world and had a natural connection to it, able to easily travel between Vilyric’s divine realm and Aibus.

Vilyric created Snow Wing to bring light beneath the Abyss, but this was not without cost; even if the people of Aibus were indeed deceived by those self-proclaimed divine agents, the calamity caused by the doomsday cannon could not be easily forgiven.

The decision to try and see if she could do something stemmed partly from Xi Fu Lin’s commission and also because the Priestess couldn’t bear to see a world fall into destruction. Additionally, she wanted to use this opportunity to experiment and see if the Power of Faith mentioned by the Life Goddess truly existed.

Snow Wing would bestow brightness symbolizing life to this world, and Vilyric planned to wait for the right moment to use this to instigate some events and see if she could cultivate some followers.

It wasn’t about using the Power of Faith to grow stronger; Vilyric simply wanted to further understand what it truly was.

If convenient, she might be able to investigate what exactly those guys were, lurking between the two worlds, playing small tricks and harming the Earth Mother Goddess.

“The passage is about to close, so Snow Wing, I’ll be counting on you next; I’ll switch to my body and come to the pet space to find you.”

“Caw ~”

Though she longed to touch the smooth, soft feathers of the white bird, Vilyric was now just a soul embodiment, and while using part of her ability was no problem, it would be a bit difficult to make physical contact.

Under Snow Wing’s reluctant gaze, Vilyric’s soul embodiment rose again, connecting with her main body and transferring back to the present world before the two passages were completely sealed.

“Phew…”

When she opened her eyes again, the scenery had returned to before the towering Divine Tree, making Vilyric feel as if she had crossed into another realm.

Souls and causality are truly marvelous; they allowed her to span the dimensionality of space and achieve such an incredible feat.

Who would have thought that in such a short time, she would bestow new hope to a world on the brink of destruction?

The truth of the Abyss… who knew it would be like this?

When Xiao Guang returns to the pet space and meets Snow Wing, she will definitely be surprised, hehe.

“Vilyric, looking at your expression, has the matter been resolved?”

The blue-haired, green-eyed Life Goddess had completed all her initial work on the Divine Tree and was silently standing by, her soft expression watching the black-haired girl reveal a beaming smile.

“Not exactly resolved; at least, there’s been some change, right? As for the rest, we can only leave it to them; after all, you and I aren’t babysitters, right?”

Vilyric briefly explained the situation observed and actions taken in the Aibus world to Xi Fu Lin, and even she, as a goddess, showed a change in expression after hearing it.

“Creating life with light… such a powerful and wondrous life, incredible… Perhaps Vilyric, you’re more suited to be this Life Goddess than I am.”

The Priestess quickly waved her hands, chuckling wryly.

“Let’s skip that; I don’t want to have a grumpy face all day like a god, it’s a pain; it’s just fine like this.”

Xi Fu Lin couldn’t help but laugh.

“You… clearly more powerful than I, yet always so out of tune. I really don’t know where you came from; could you really be a traveler from another world?”

“Hmm… this, I’ll keep it a secret?”

Seeing Vilyric cheerfully gloss over the topic, Xi Fu Lin didn’t pursue it any further, and then she said seriously.

“Anyway, this counts as a favor I owe you, although I owe you quite a lot already… cough, in any case, I will remember.”

“Alright then, the favor of a Goddess is quite precious, I won’t complain about having more ~”

“Okay, okay, just let me know if you need anything. So, Vilyric, what are your plans next?”

“Plans?”

Looking at the blue-haired girl in front of her, then up at the towering Divine Tree and the distant crowd, Vilyric finally realized that Xi Fu Lin was asking her when she planned to leave Sky City.

After all, they had previously agreed that Xi Fu Lin would stay to protect and help the Divine Tree continue growing, while the Priestess would take the “Blessor,” namely Tilysha, on a tour to plant more saplings to maintain the seal’s stability.

“I should stay for a while longer; mainly because I haven’t really decided where to go next…”

   

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