Slime Leveling [Litrpg, Timeloop]-Chapter 197—Sacrifice

The sages widened their eyes.

"No," the elf said. "If his foot touches the ground, all his effort is lost."

"Don't lose focus." The Tengu tapped his stick against the ground.

Thalmyr muttered, "He has to regain his control over his body."

The centaur stamped his hoof in irritation.

In Giliberu's mental plane, the Goddess of Lust hugged him from behind again.

Her voice was seductive as she spoke in a bewitching tone.

A pink magic rune flashed on her mouth. "Now, don't resist, just let go of your worries."

Her presence pressed against him from behind.

Giliberu almost lost full control as his eyes glowed with pink light.

His fingers twitched toward her hands, yet his mouth continued chanting.

Just when the Goddess of Lust grinned, and Giliberu turned towards her—

Holy Sage Thalmyr's words echoed in Giliberu's mental plane, "Wake up."

A golden light spread throughout the plane as Giliberu regained his control. His eyes lost pink light for a moment.

Yet that was enough.

'Since this body is a hurdle, I'll…,' he mused, narrowing his eyes.

In the outside world—

Giliberu opened his eyes and declared, "I, Giliberu, sacrifice my body to the Goddess of Creation!"

Silence spread across the world as a spark of golden flame was born in his heart.

"What?" the sages exclaimed—and so did the Goddess of Lust.

Thunder rumbled, and mana condensed visible to the naked eye.

Animals, demons, and powerful beings sensitive to changes noticed a huge pressure being born in the world.

A bright golden energy exploded out of Giliberu's body, reaching a few kilometers into the air.

Huge wind gusts blew out from Giliberu's energy. The towering trees, rocks, and grass nearby had blown away.

[ Ding! You have sacrificed your life! ]

[ The golden faith flames began to destroy your body! ]

His bones started to crack. As chilling sounds emitted from his body.

Within moments, his flesh turned to ash.

The wind swallowed what remained.

[ Ding! You have died! ]

Silence followed. A moment later, a new notification flashed.

[ Ding! Faith created a temporary body for your survival! ] 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

With a wave of golden energy, a transparent goblin was formed in the place of blood and flesh.

Giliberu started chanting, closing his eyes again.

In his mental plane, his body was burning brightly with golden flames, matching the sun's brilliance as the Goddess of Lust was pushed back from his body.

She narrowed her eyes and shielded them from the blaze.

When pink energy flowed from her eyes, she removed her hand.

[ Ding! You have withstood the Carnal Impulse's sixth strike. The final strike! ]

[ Ding! You have unlocked the full potential of the Goblin race! ]

[ Ding! You have acquired the trait: Darling of Mana (Mythic)! ]

[ Ding! You have acquired the trait: Limitless Aptitude (Mythic)! ]

[ Ding! You have acquired the trait… Error! Error! ]

Outside world…

Sages glowed with golden light as they stood in the midst of the hurricane.

Their pressure made no rock, tree, or anything come close to them.

They opened their mouths wide.

Giliberu scowled. 'Full potential of goblins is stopped in the middle.'

He frowned at the Goddess of Lust, who was glaring with a smile.

"Incredible. You have done it. You are the first goblin and first mortal to withstand the authority of lust," the Goddess of Lust grinned wildly. "You managed to impress me."

Giliberu, while still chanting, thought, 'What is she up to? Doesn't she usually disappear when the curse is close to complete?'

Raising her palm, the Goddess of Lust declared, "I, Goddess of Lust, grant you my blessing. From common rank to even the divine—no seductive, sensual powers will work on you. No one can trap you with beauty."

[ Ding! You have acquired the blessing of the Goddess of Lust! ]

[ Ding! You have acquired the trait: Untouched by the Allure {Divine} ]

A bright pink spark of energy emerged from her palm and entered his body.

And with a nod, the Goddess of Lust disappeared.

Giliberu's eyes widened.

The spark of pink light entered his soul dimension and disappeared.

He grinned. 'Finally, a pink light which helps me instead of causing pain.'

Outside world—

The wind gusts were still blowing. The mana condensed to an extreme as blue fog started to spread around the world.

Sages stood still, glowing with golden energy.

"This is unbelievable," Holy Sage Thalmyr muttered as he glanced at the transparent Giliberu.

"Is he still alive?" the kitsune muttered, tilting her head.

"It seems… or is he not?" the minotaur whispered.

Holy Sage Thalmyr's eyes glowed with golden light as he replied, "He's not alive, nor dead."

"Did this happen before?" Centaur asked, glancing at the other sages.

"Yes," Thalmyr nodded. "Long ago, a follower of the God of Destruction sacrificed his head."

"So, what happened?"

"Did the world react so crazily?"

All sages glared for an answer.

Holy Sage Thalmyr replied, "No, because God of Destruction responded right away and resurrected his follower instantly."

"So why doesn't Creation Goddess appear yet?" they wondered, as they sensed the changes in the atmosphere.

The hurricane wind gusts kept growing stronger and stronger.

The sky cracked as a large black void formed, which devoured mana.

In Zethia country—

In an ordinary wooden house.

A young man, clad in a clean and new tunic, muttered, "What is wrong with this world?" as he glanced at the blue fog in the sky and the large black hole.

"My magic stopped working and now this." A middle-aged woman clad in a worn tunic grunted.

"Close the window." A middle-aged man clad in a ragged tunic yelled as he noticed fog rushing down.

The young man instantly yanked the window. However, he was slow as blue fog entered the house.

"Ughhh." He held his throat as fog entered his mouth.

"No.." The middle-aged man roared, but fog completely covered their house.

Everyone held their throats.

"I… c… a..n..n..ot br..ea…the…" the middle-aged man exclaimed, as thud! thud!

The young man and the middle-aged woman fell to the ground.

In the next moment, he fell down due to suffocation.

The blue mana fog began to descend street by street.

The panic spread among people. The fog seemed unstoppable.

Ordinary beings collapsed to the ground.

Even Tier 1 and Tier 2 beings felt their lungs grow heavy as they suffocated, struggling to breathe.

The God King remanifested in the sky with white-gold lightning in a human outline.

He shook his head, noticing the changes.

Raising his palm, he declared, "God of Death. I, God King, summon you."

A black energy in the human outline, formed in front of the God King.

Death God asked in a chilly male voice, "Your order?"

God King hissed, "Declare the goblin dead… and claim him for the underworld."

The mana paused for a moment.

God of Death nodded. "As you order."

His eyes glowed with black energy.