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Chapter 601: 598, Invite Bernina to Participate in the Battle_1
Chapter 601: 598, Invite Bernina to Participate in the Battle_1
Chapter 601: 598, Invite Bernina to Participate in the Battle_1
“You can forget about that,” Bernina reached out, affectionately patting Tina’s nose.
“I am just an exception. Most of my kin only possess first or second tier power at most, with the strongest only at the fifth tier without reaching Sanctuary, so they can’t help you.”
Hearing this, Su Yu responded with a turn of his eyes: “Then Bernina, can you help us win this war? I mean to confront the god-level powers of the enemy directly on the battlefield?”
Bernina didn’t give a direct answer.
She turned and walked towards Su Yu, grinning at him: “What’s in it for me if I help you?”
“Although I possess the blood of the Blue Star people, I have never spent a day living on Blue Star, so it’s reasonable for me not to help you, right?”
Seeing that Bernina had not refused outright, Su Yu immediately sensed a glimmer of hope!
So, he quickly replied: “If you would like to help us, anything you desire from Blue Star we can offer you. If Blue Star doesn’t have anything that catches your eye, I still have over 20,000 credits from the Holy Silver Court of Secrets. Perhaps that could interest you?”
“Credits…” Bernina’s eyes flickered.
In truth, Bernina had never intended to help Blue Star against the Skuru. As she had indicated, her growth had nothing to do with Blue Star, and there was no necessity for her to involve herself in a dangerous interstellar war.
The reason she had assisted Su Yu before, helping him to flip the speed of time in two worlds and obtain the Sun Mark, was mainly to express her gratitude for Su Yu waking her up.
Her situation at that time was rather unique, and if not for Su Yu inadvertently waking her up, she might have had to wait hundreds of years more.
But when Su Yu mentioned credits…
Her eyes instantly lit up!
The credits of the Holy Silver Court of Secrets were priceless treasures! Two to three thousand credits were sufficient to hire a high-leveled individual like herself to partake in a war, let alone the over 20,000 credits Su Yu had!
Just as she was ready to haggle a bit more using a polite manner of refusal, Su Yu continued: “The Skurus seem to have a preference for our world’s Australia, repeatedly bringing it up in front of us.
If you don’t want the credits, we could allocate plenty of land in Australia for your kin to reside in, given that the blood of the Blue Star people runs in our veins after all!”
At this point, Su Yu was really talking nonsense.
He knew that Bernina’s kin were the “experimental subjects” of the Holy Silver people. The Holy Silver people would certainly not allow their experimental subjects to escape, so Su Yu made a false promise.
But to his absolute surprise, Bernina suddenly nodded, grinning: “Alright then, let’s settle the matter as discussed! I’ll migrate my people over then!”
Su Yu was floored: “Huh?”
Intending to say something to make amends, Bernina had already turned away, announcing to everyone: “Everyone, Attention. We’ve arrived. It’s time to begin preparations for flipping the tempo of time; we can discuss the rest later.”
The cloud they were on had already brought them to the side of the giant golden hourglass while they were chatting.
Seeing that Bernina had concluded their talk, Su Yu kept quiet as well.
This matter could be discussed again later; plenty of opportunities were still to come.
….
Su Yu looked at the giant golden hourglass.
The giant golden hourglass seemed a bit different from the last time he saw it.
Towards the top of the hourglass were embedded light-blue runes several centimeters wide, and a large magic array was etched at the base with a diameter of several hundred meters.
Clearly, Bernina had done some preparations beforehand.
Turning her gaze to the people of Su Yu, Bernina instructed: “You four scatter and stand at the four corners of the hourglass. You will assist me with throwing things into the magic array soon. Remember to follow the order of operation; messing this up will mean sourcing for materials once more and will be a great waste of time.”
“Understood!” The trio of Su Yu replied in unison,
The Cat Morning Star quirked her whiskers incredulously: “Wait, even me?”
“Of course, little kitty.” Bernina reached out to gently pat her head: “If you do well, I’ll reward you with some dried fish that you’ve never heard of but will taste much better than you imagined.”
“Then what are we waiting for!” Morning Star was the first to jump off the cloud, standing at a corner of the massive hourglass and her gaze urging the others to hurry.
“Coming, coming.” Su Yu and the others did not dare to be slack, quickly taking their positions at the other three corners.
Having never experienced such a grand occasion, the three and a cat were looking forward to what was to come.
Bernina didn’t hesitate.
She flew to the top of the giant golden hourglass, announcing to the people below: “Let’s get started then!”
As soon as her voice faded, the circle of runes embedded at the top of the golden hourglass lit up. The dazzling light illuminated the surrounding area for hundreds of meters.
Simultaneously, the magic array beneath Su Yu started to operate.
Vroom—
The magic array erupted with a brilliant blue glow, and the central area started rotating swiftly.
In a short while, it felt as if Su Yu and the rest were floating above an endless ocean.
After another moment, Bernina’s voice drifted from above:
“Tina, you start. Use your fury to melt the [Refined Mithril Ingots] to cover the [Deep State Rock Core], then use your water-based ability to cool them down to Absolute Zero, which is -273°.”
As she spoke, a [Refined Mithril Ingot] and a [Deep State Rock Core] were teleported into Tina’s hands.
“Understood!” Tina replied with a serious face, doing as Bernina instructed.
“Then you, Nemesis.”
Ten [Ankebra Flowers] appeared in Su Yu’s palm.
“Weave these ten [Ankebra Flowers] into a garland and wear them on top of your head,” Bernina instructed.
Su Yu: “???”
Make a garland? Put the garland on the head? What was going on here?
However, he did not question any further and did as Bernina had instructed.
With his skillful hands moving swiftly, a light blue-colored garland took shape in his hands.
“Now, it’s your turn, Alyssa.” Bernina’s voice moved to her third target.
Meanwhile, the golden [Zhongya Hourglass] was placed in her hands.
“Gear up 1% of your ancestor’s avatars’ strength into the [Zhongya Hourglass]. Pay attention to not imbue all of it at once while doing so… you don’t have to furrow your brows, I have asked for your ancestor’s consent before this.”
“Alright then.” Alyssa gave a nod, her expression soothing.
When Bernina began to speak, Alyssa was unsure whether this was a trap. Being an imperial ruler, paranoia comes naturally.
But after hearing Bernina out and thinking that Bernina had no reason to harm her, Alyssa decided to do as she said.
The force belonging to Kevin Forsythia was smoothly imbued into the [Zhongya Hourglass], and this brand-new replica divine artifact released a radiant gold glow, as bright as the raging sun, forcing anyone who saw it to look away.