Cursed Immortality

Chapter 1237: Cost of Existence (2)

“I request a timeless meeting with Constant Viscount-0009!”

The instant the thought echoed outward, an ethereal hourglass with a golden-bronze frame and half-filled with starry black sand spouted out from Nelson’s glabella.

The next moment, the Baron Timeless Hourglass, half-filled with refined Timeless Sand, pulsed faintly, creating an attraction force between the platform beneath Nelson and the hourglass, and slowly began to descend!

Thereafter, the Baron Timeless Hourglass touched the surface of the platform, and it entered it, creating faint ripples like a stone in a calm lake.

The moment, the Baron Timeless Hourglass fully submerged into the runic platform…

‘BOOOOM!’

The entire platform activated, and the interconnected runes instantly ignited with brilliant golden-silver radiance as the enormous hourglass formation beneath Nelson began rotating slowly.

Thus, countless streams of ethereal sand-like light surged across the chamber, and the surrounding space distorted violently.

At that moment, a cold ethereal voice resounded directly within Nelson’s consciousness,

“Constant Viscount-0009 has accepted the timeless meeting with Constant Baron-10,000!”

Nelson’s pupils constricted slightly, and the next moment, the golden-silver hourglass beneath him erupted with blinding brilliance as his body became engulfed by endless, timeless light.

In the Timeless Space, Nelson appeared in his constant form as a golden-bronze silhouette with a black number ‘10,000’ in an unknown language shimmering over his forehead.

In front of him was the golden-silver silhouette of Constant Viscount with a black number ‘0009’ on its forehead!

Moreover, unlike Nelson’s matt silhouette, this silhouette of Constant Viscount appeared as if it was woven from the starry fabric of golden-silver, and the black number ‘0009’ on its forehead also glittered with golden-silver sparks.

Constant Viscount-0009: “If it isn’t my promising junior. What kind of trouble have you caused this time for me to clean up?”

Despite Constant Viscount-0009’s static and emotionless voice, the intent behind those words couldn’t be more obvious; he was clearly mocking Nelson.

On top of that, the Constant Viscount wasn’t Nelson’s ‘master,’ or Nelson was his pawn, as the Constant Baron-0, Constant-1, and other like them from the Timeless City had thought; instead, the former seemed to have an extraordinary relationship with the latter!

If it was before, Nelson wouldn’t even show a flicker of emotion and keep his persona of a humble and timid junior like always, but right now, he had more pressing matters than to fondle his senior’s ego.

Constant Baron-10,000: “Respected Senior, I have something to report to the ‘Lord’, I think I’ve found the real Cursed One!”

Constant Viscount-0009: “Oh? Do you think just like last time, or are you certain? Junior, you should consider carefully, as no matter how much the ‘Lord’ favors you, there are still limits to the chances you would get!

Constant Baron-10,000: “I wouldn’t dare to claim myself more knowledgeable than the respected senior, but I have recorded everything, and I can transfer it through the ‘Timeless Realm Sacrificial Altar’ for your appraisal, since I have no clue about the aspects of the Cursed One. But with the general description I’ve received, I’m over 90% confident this entity is the person of interest that the ‘Lord’ wants.”

Constant Viscount-0009: “Over 90%? Now that’s a number you had never given us before. It seemed you had truly found clues about the Cursed One. Alright, sent me everything and I’ll confirm personally whether it is worth presenting to the ‘Lord’!”

Nelson’s heart sank because he didn’t want Constant Viscount to delay this matter just like the latter always had whenever the ‘Lord’ wasn’t feeling like personally meeting him through Constant Viscount-0009’s body.

In truth, Nelson had never met his patron God except once, and even then, he only glimpsed a blurry, incomprehensible figure he couldn’t describe.

All Nelson knows is that ‘God’ was some high-ranking member of ATLAS, and even a Constant Viscount like ‘0009’ was a high-ranking ‘Faithful’, who was also used as a proxy whenever the ‘God’ had some command for Nelson.

Although there was still a possibility, Constant Viscount-0009 was tricking Nelson by becoming his own god, Nelson had already confirmed it wasn’t the case once he stepped onto the path of the Faithful.

On that day, not only did Nelson acquire the sliver of divine power from the ‘Lord’, but since the ‘Lord’ used Constant Viscount-0009’s body, he was able to glimpse at Constant Viscount-0009 and the Lord’s true forms for a fraction of a second.

Even then, Nelson wasn’t able to preserve the ‘Lord’, while he was able to discern Constant Viscount-0009, and the divine authority wasn’t coming from Constant Viscount-0009 that day, not to mention the scope of that terrifying authority was too profound for even Constant Viscount-0009, who also had divine authority, to contend against!

However, Nelson’s problems also begin once he becomes an acolyte, because Constant Viscount-0009 didn’t seem to like it in the least, since Nelson’s status was like that of a lowly slave before. But the moment he was chosen as an acolyte, he rose from being a lowly slave to Constant Viscount-0009’s junior!

That’s why Nelson always hesitates to contact Constant Viscount-0009 and instead waits for God to contact him personally. Even when the Myth of Reverend cornered him, Nelson didn’t report it until he absolutely had to because he knew Constant Viscount-0009 would not let that chance to berate him go by.

Just like right now, the Constant Viscount wanted to first check the evidence, and if he felt like it, he’d pass it along, which Nelson couldn’t afford right now.

That’s why Nelson’s temper flared slightly, but he still maintained his humble demeanor and chose to be transparent, using the information in his possession to manipulate Constant Viscount-0009.

Constant Baron-10,000: “Thank you for this favor, respected senior. But I don’t think we have that much time in our hands.”

Constant Viscount-0009: “What do you mean?”

Constant Baron-10,000: “As I’ve just told you, I have probably found the real Cursed One, but so does another Faithful of a God called the Blissful Everlife God!”