My Players Are So Fierce

“Will Mannis be bitten to death? The Endless One today is just a mountain-moving serpent, but it’s facing a swarm of wolves, with over a dozen Wolf Disaster Lords and a Silver Wolf in command. How can a sealed Demigod handle such a scene?”

Thrown into the vortex of the Star Gate, Triss tightly held Murphy’s hand, unable to speak in this chaotic space, she mimicked asking:

“Why is that usually cunning Endless One so fierce today? Did you promise it some benefits?”

“How can I explain this to you?”

Murphy waited to be thrown out in the pitch-black Star Gate, responding:

“Perhaps Mannis wants me to owe it a big favor. Though I don’t know how that guy plans to escape in such a desperate situation, I’m sure Mannis wouldn’t do anything unconfident, it absolutely has its own way to handle the scene… We’re about to go out, get ready.”

The Vampire Governor forcefully pulled Triss into his embrace, holding his wife tightly, and Triss’ wings, as large as dragon wings, folded back, wrapping little Mo Fei within.

The next second, the two vampires emerged like they were flushed out from the high-speed swirling water of a toilet, tossed into another entirely different Star Sea in the spinning flight.

The starlight here remained vast and silent, but compared to the starry sky filled with mountain and earth debris like a cold tomb earlier, a complete tree stood before them in this Star Sea.

This entire starry sky had only this one tree.

It had been dead for a long time, without leaves or branches, only the thick weathered black trunk reaching sky and earth, like a standing stone pillar in the distance, as if supporting the darkened celestial dome full of starlight.

“What is that?”

Murphy asked in surprise, and Triss replies with a touch of uncertainty:

“I’m not quite sure either, but it should relate to Avalon, after all, He is the God of Nature…”

“Aphidashir·Tree of Sky Starlight, once the Tree of Life in Star Realm, also the Origin symbol at the center of this bubble-like plane, when the Star Realm was prosperous, this area near the tree was the place of most abundant life in this plane, said to be the source of life for the entire Star Realm.

You’re right, Crimson Witch.

This tree is the essence or remnant of Avalon’s spirit, after its ascension, this thing only holds symbolic meaning.

Yet even so, after the ecosystem of Star Realm was irreversibly destroyed, this long-dead tree still maintains the overall integrity of Star Realm with its endless roots, ensuring our poor homeland doesn’t utterly shatter into the most humble star dust.”

A gentle yet curious voice arose at this moment, perfectly answering Triss and Murphy’s confusion, and as the two vampires turned back, they saw a giant turtle head breaking through space before them.

Well now, not a gentle sea turtle’s head, more like a fierce snapping turtle.

Adorned with sharp horns made of scales and keratin, stylishly shaping a crown-like form atop its head with black points, blue light shines in its black eyes, and its sharp teeth and massive size leave no doubt this creature could bite through a mountain in one go.

“Wanderer” Cui Tan.

In the Star Realm, known as a mild-mannered Demigod, servant of Leviathan, God of the Waves, with wide connections willing to help any creature capable of reaching the Star Realm by their own strength, highly regarded in the material world.

Many Stellar Summoners choose Star Realm guardians, and Cui Tan is often the top choice.

But that’s just deceiving outsiders, as a collaborator with Mannis, Murphy heard plenty of gossip about Star Realm Demigods from the chatty serpent, including this old turtle Cui Tan.

Loves spreading rumors about other Demigods, very interested in all gossip, outwardly honest and trustworthy but secretly cunning, good-natured yet loves defaulting, and somewhat cowardly, tends to draw back its head at the first sight of trouble.

This last trait does suit its species.

Overall a complex and tricky Demigod, but Mannis seems to have smoothed relations with Cui Tan and can summon it here to assist Murphy and Triss.

“Hey, Cui Tan, last time I asked for your help and you skipped out, I haven’t settled this with you yet. Back then, assisting your kindred in the material world you spoke grandly, boasting about knowing this Demigod, having good relations with that one, as if merely mentioning your name anywhere in the subspace works wonders, but when it comes to real trouble, you just disappear?”

Triss complained bluntly to Cui Tan, who was shrinking to approach the two:

“Had I known, I wouldn’t have helped those mermaid tribes attacked by Wave Fishmen, letting them perish before my eyes might have served my interests better.”

“Ah, don’t be angry, mighty Crimson Witch, last time was just an accident.”

Cui Tan switches his tone, like a kindly old man trying to gloss over.

His body quickly shrank to accommodate the two vampires crossing the Star Realm, inviting them to board his brilliantly colorful, coral-adorned shell, then leisurely moved his flippers like a sea turtle.

With just one stroke, he carried the guests soaring nearly ten thousand meters away amid the starlight, leaving a beautiful ripple of Star Sea behind, much like a comet streaking across the night sky with its long trailing tail.