Cathulhu Online, MUNYA!

Chapter 126 – Cat Dad and His Secret Dad’s Heirloom

“Mama, wut dat?”

A one-year-old oni boy pointed at a flying crystal, which was hovering over the top of a tall tower.

The boy’s bright skin tone looked the same as his mother, whose pale smooth skin was as white as jade. He also inherited his mother’s blond hair and pretty eyes.

The mother carried her child around and gazed at the structure. Her two short horns pointed at the pylon tower in the sky.

“It’s the Pylon Tower of Life.”

“Wut iz pai-lo ta-wa?”

The mother proudly smiled, “The masterpiece that your father created for us. Because of the tower, all beastmen from the Forbidden Forest migrates here. It provides us Life Essence for cultivators.”

The Oni mother leaped to the sky and flew closer to the pylon tower. She carried the child closer to the bright blue crystal.

“Touch it, Xiaomiao. Your father’s Blood Essence is in there. Even when he’s away, he can see us.”

“…”

The young Oni, Mao Xiaomiao, reached out and touched the crystal. The condensed blue energy inside moved toward the child’s palm and formed an adult’s hand, touching the crystal glass from the other side.

A portion of the energy entered Xiaomiao’s little hand. A small blue thread entered the child’s circulation system and moved around. When it reached the Oni’s heart, it formed a sigil of a cat deity with tentacle legs on the child’s right eyebrow.

The mother frowned and looked at her child’s chest. Upon discovering the sigil, she turned to the hand in the crystal and pulled Xiaomiao away.

“You’re not my husband! WHO ARE YOU!?”

The THING inside the crystal revealed his true form. The silhouette looked exactly like a catopus.

“Your husband’s benefactor, munya!”

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Xiaomao stared at the pylon tower as he still vividly remembered the events in his dream._.

Being reminded of the sigil, Xiaomao brought out a hand mirror and looked at himself. Unfortunately, Xiaomao didn’t find anything unusual other than his transparent head and body.

‘Is that really just a dream? What was that sigil?’

Xiaomao was sure that the silhouette in the crystal was definitely a catopus. Still, he couldn’t figure out why its munya-cry sounded like Mu-Nyang’s voice.

Because of the unsettling dream, Xiaomao crept closer to the pylon crystal.

In the library, the security was lax. No soldier or paladin guarded the crystal. Only an old priest behind a counter was nearby, reading a book and ignoring everybody else.

The priest resembled a roman philosopher in classical arts. His curly white hair, full beard, and stoic-like facial expression gave out an air of a wise elder.

Xiaomao glanced at the elder’s level and name.

Archbishop Mimir, Apostle of Pangu, Level (????)

A purple-named world boss!

A hostile world boss with four digits in level!

‘Oh, shit.’

As soon as Xiaomao could see Mimir’s name and title, he was frozen in fear. This man’s existence reminded him that he was inside the headquarters of the Pangu Church! Obviously, he would easily run into many major characters and servants of Pangu.

Moreover, if Taotie could easily detect Xiaomao, Mimir could also do the same.

Xiaomao blamed his curiosity that he got too close to the old man. He prepared for his ill fate.

No wonder why this place was lightly protected. It was the turf of another strong boss!

The old bishop in a priest robe continued reading the book in his hand. He quietly muttered and snapped his fingers.

“Child, don’t be nervous. Curiosity indeed killed the cat, but that doesn’t mean I’ll kill a catopus child, whose fate is bound with this pylon crystal.”

As he muttered, all priests and people in the grand library turned into stones.

Xiaomao gulped and looked around him. Upon noticing that all level-200 priests were instantly petrified by the elder, his hair stood up once again.

Since the elder had no intention of harming him, Xiaomao bowed to the old man and gazed at the crystal for a moment.

He had the urge to touch the crystal like what he did in his dream. However, he was afraid that Mimir might change his mind.

Afraid of the elder, Xiaomao quietly turned around.

“If you’re looking for those sinful idiots, they have already entered the secret passage. Check the 3F aisle and find a girly figurine to open the passage.”

Mimir suddenly closed his book. He turned to the invisible catopus.

“Before you enter the secret passageway, you should at least touch the crystal. The item inside belongs to you and your father, so you should take it before Pangu or others find it.”

Xiaomao’s tentacle legs stopped moving. He turned around and faced the archbishop.

“Are you not working for Pangu, munya?”

Mimir smirked, “Even if I’m working for Pangu, I don’t discriminately kill children, cats, animals, and innocent bystanders. To be honest, I don’t like him at all.”

“Then, why are you a priest, munya?”

“Ah, that was a terrible decision when I was young. My status is irreversible now.”

“I thought Pangu brainwashed every follower. Didn’t he brainwash you, munya?”

Mimir burst into laughter, “They tried, but I’m not stupid enough to believe all those horseshits. But because I wasn’t under their influence, Pangu cursed me and forced me to become his apostle against my will. Now, he put me here to keep watch over that stupid mutt in the garden. By the way, did you meet Taotie? Isn’t he cute?”

Cute?

That beast?

The corner of Xiaomao’s mouth twitched. From Mimir’s words and demeanor, it appeared that the old man was so strong that he saw the calamity beast as a cute puppy.

“Go ahead. Touch the crystal. What’s stopping you?” Mimir giggled.

“Will you kill me if I do, munya?”

Mimir pursed his lips, “Any bastard that seeks enjoyment by killing a cat is a psychopath. Do I look like one?”

“No, sir.”

Mimir lifted his finger, and Xiaomao’s body floated in the air. With a wiggle of a finger, the catopus flew toward the hovering crystal.

By reflex, Xiaomao touched the surface of the crystal, preventing himself from colliding with the pylon.

As soon as Xiaomao touched the pylon tower, a chalice silhouette appeared in the middle of the crystal. It floated toward Xiaomao as if it was alive.

However, Xiaomao didn’t notice the grail. He was stunned by the non-stop system notification messages.

DING

<You have activated the Pylon Crystal of Life Essence.>

<Life Qi from the Pylon Crystal of Life Essence flows inside you!>

<Your Qi has increased by 900!>

<Your Fire Spiritual Root has increased by 74!>

<Your Qi has increased by 950!>

<Your Water Spiritual Root has increased by 55!>

<Your Qi has increased by 830!>

<Your Wind Spiritual Root has increased by 97!>

<Your Qi has…>

Xiaomao felt like he was being electrocuted by strange energy, which forcefully entered his body and improved his overall spiritual roots and Qi. The messages also looped and kept increasing his stats nonstop.

He lost the track of time. By the time Xiaomao came back to his senses, thousands of unread system messages stacked into a big red [99+] alert. However, the latest notification messages summarized everything for him.

<You have awakened your dantian as a true cultivator.>

<Your class, Cultivator, has been upgraded into 1st-Stage Mortal Cultivator!>

<You can now use the Cultivation feature!>

‘Wait, what?!’

Xiaomao’s white fur turned pale.

He had been delaying the dantian awakening procedure because all his spiritual roots hadn’t reached 1,000 yet. However, Mimir and the pylon tower forcefully awakened his dantian, which might ruin his stats forever.

In a hurry, Xiaomao checked his spiritual roots.

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Spiritual Roots

Fire: 1,472

Water: 1,194

Wind: 1,329

Metal: 1,048

Wood: 1,085

Lightning: 1,513

Dark: 1,277

Light: 1,583

Free Points: 420

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Combat Status

ATK: 1,216

DEF: 416

M.ATK: 3,491

M.DEF: 456

Max HP: 8,556

Max MP: 9,366

Life Qi: 19,059

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“EH?!”

It was too good to be true! Something was not right about his spiritual roots and his combat stats.

Xiaomao looked at the pylon crystal again. Then, he discovered the shocking detail.

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Pylon Crystal of Mao Miaomiao

Before the great reset of the universe, this pylon crystal was created by the Chaos Seraphim, Mao Miaomiao, who was still a mortal at that time. He injected his blood essence and a fragment of his soul inside, turning the crystal into the fountain of Life Essence for the population of his city.

Unfortunately, after the great reset of the universe, Pangu took control of the pylon tower and Siren City. Afterward, the pylon crystal was stored here in the library, providing endless Life Essence for the priests and the paladins inside the church.

However, only the rightful heirs of Mao Miaomiao can activate the Life Essence Pylon Crystal and obtain the hidden power inside.

Item Type: Structure, Continuous Effect, Boon

Item Restriction: Only Mao Miaomiao and family members.

Rarity: Legendary

Cooldown: 30 days

Effect: Upon activation, you will get the following benefits;

– Increase all spiritual roots by a random amount, depending on the activator’s level.

– Increase Qi by a random amount, depending on the activator’s level.

– Automatically awaken your cultivation potential.

– Give the hidden artifact inside the crystal to the first activator.

Structure Effect: Provide Qi to everybody within the radius of one kilometer.

*[?????? Instinct]: Be sure to thank your father for this amazing heirloom.

*[Foresight]: The crystal is the gift of your father. No one has the right to claim it, even if it’s Pangu!