Cathulhu Online, MUNYA!

Chapter 252 – Cat Dad Reunited With Mir

“Say, Jungwoo,” Xiaomao looked at Jungwoo in envy. “How do you fly without a flying sword, munya?”

“Oh, this?” Jungwoo snickered and glanced at Xiaomao’s flying sword. “All cultivators can do this. Actually, once your level hits 300, you can ask your mentor to unlock your meridians and teach you a method to fly. It’s pretty easy to learn.”

“Can you teach me, munya?”

As Mimir’s bible didn’t mention anything about flying, Xiaomao was curious if he could exchange a few tips or learn something from Jungwoo.

“Sure. But for now, I’m not in a good condition to teach you. I need to conserve my Qi. Flying is energy consuming.”

“Okay, munya!” Xiaomao chuckled. In the end, flying by using a flying sword might be better for newbies.

Along the way, Xiaomao looked around and tried to see things with his enhanced vision. As Jungwoo had said, he began seeing things that he couldn’t see before.

In the sea, countless large silhouettes of monsters moved up and down underwater. One of them looked up and stared at Jungwoo and Xiaomao as if they, too, could see them.

Despite the threatening glare, the monster didn’t pursue them. They simply minded their own business, swimming in the ocean as if they had seen nothing.

Jungwoo looked down and scoffed, “Ghosts.”

“What are they, munya?”

“There are three types of ghosts in this world – Earth Spirits, Haunted Ghosts, and Solomon’s Ghosts. As the names imply, Earth Spirits are local spirits that exist long before humans know science. They protect the land from evil spirits and haunting ghosts. As for Haunted Ghosts, they are remnant mana or Qi of former animals and humans after death. They refused to disappear for whatever reason and took the form of a ghost to maintain their existence and consciousness. As for the last one, they’re minions of Solomon, of course. The guy over there in the water is a haunted ghost of many drowned people. Earth spirits don’t wander around like that.”

Once again, Xiaomao discovered new beings that he never encountered.

“What can Solomon ghosts do, munya?”

“Abduct humans to the underworld and replace them with demons and dimensional monsters.”

“…”

The situation in the world was dire. The Solomon Invasion didn’t happen in Xiaomao’s previous life, and this entity was a foreign thing to him.

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It took them an hour to reach Jungwoo’s apartment. They reverted to their human form and canceled the chameleon skill.

Upon entering the apartment, Mir waved her paw and greeted them. However, the bed was bloody, and the table was wrecked. The balcony glass door fell into the room, and shattered glass shards were all over the floor.

Everything was a mess.

Jungwoo bitterly smiled and shook his head. This wasn’t the first time that Mir flipped his apartment upside down.

“How many this time?”

Mir snickered, “Seven haunted ghosts and 13 Solomon ghosts!”

Xiaomao looked back and forth between Mir and Jungwoo. He pointed at the cat.

“Mir…”

“Hi, Xiaomao!” Mir smiled at her former owner. She walked toward him and nudged her head against his leg. Xiaomao immediately picked her up and hugged her.

Although Xiaomao had a thousand questions to ask Mir about what happened to them and who she was, he thought of Mu-Nyang’s sad tone when they last chatted.

His heart ached. He regretted lashing out at Mu-Nyang, who had been helping him from the beginning. His curiosity ruined their relationship.

“I’m sorry, munya.”

“For what?”

“For my immature remarks back then, munya.”

“It doesn’t matter! Good adults don’t get angry at their grandchildren’s tantrum!”

Jungwoo got in between them and put Mir back to bed, “I know you raised Mir since she was born, but she’s actually a reincarnated Cathulhu Queen. Don’t offend her, okay? My apartment is at stake here.”

“Eh, I just want to hug her, munya,” Xiaomao bitterly smiled and looked at Mir, “I just want to correct our relationship. You know, I want to go back to where we were before. I want to live together in a big family – Mu-Nyang, Mir, Nyanko, Mama Cat, me, and my parents.”

Mir looked down and sighed, “I also wish to go back, but our fun time is over, hooman.”

“Then, what? What stopping you?”

“Solomon, Odin, and Pangu. This doesn’t count Hongjun and a bunch of stray protagonists, I meant, evil fated ones.”

“…”

Xiaomao slightly nodded several times. His eyes were still red as if he wanted to cry.

Jungwoo wryly laughed and changed the subject, “Let’s get inside first. Xiaomao, could you take off your shoes and cleaned your feet in the bathroom. If better, take a bath. I’ll give you a new set of clothes. I also need to tidy up the room a bit.”

p anda nOvel.cO,m Being reminded of the bath, Xiaomao raised his right arm and sniffed his armpit.

Indeed, he needed a bath.

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30 minutes later, Jungwoo replaced the broken doors, bed, computer, and game capsule as if he had done it a hundred times before. Still, the guy secretly cried as he had to spend his hard-earned money to purchase spare furniture and a new game capsule again.

Xiaomao came out of the bath and wore a new set of clean clothes. He sat on the bed. Mir was also on the bed headboard. As for Jungwoo, he was operating a vacuum cleaner for the finishing touch.

“Ahem! Alright. Let’s get to business.” Mir started the conversation, “So, who goes first?”

Xiaomao raised his hand, “Meowmeow asked me to investigate the updates, and I already got the gist of it, munya. I just only need to look at a computer to get the full detail. But after that, what do I need to do next, munya? Do you want me to go back and report to Meowmeow, or do I have to run another errand, munya?”

“Let’s talk about the crisis at hand first. You should have seen it, right? Solomon ghosts and haunting ghosts are everywhere on earth now.”

“Mhm. And, munya?”

“Lord Mu-Nyang has prophesized. Ghosts will soon overrun this world in this timeline, and Solomon will be declared King of Divine Theocracy Earth, governing all demons and players. Solomon’s army will join forces with the Aesir and the Mazinger to counterattack Lord Mu-Nyang’s Cathulhu Troops. Before that happen, we want to minimize the loss of human souls and players!”

“So, I need to go out and fight ghosts like a marvel superhero, munya?” Xiaomao didn’t hate the idea. He was excited if he could live in this world as a superhero instead of hiding in the game world.

“No. Jungwoo will handle that.”

Xiaomao sulked while Jungwoo sweated profusely.

“Let me clarify,” Mir continued. “Lord Mu-Nyang and I are planning to migrate some humans out of this world, and you happen to have a nice place there.”

Xiaomao frowned, “My dungeon, munya?”

“Yeah, your dungeon.”

“Do you understand what my dungeon can do to the residents? If I assign anyone as a permanent resident, they will become women, munya.”

“But female residents stay the same, right?”

“…”

“That will be your primary goal, Xiaomao. I want you to go around the world and kidnap every young woman you find, loli included.”

“WTF?!”

The conversation suddenly took a left turn. Even Jungwoo dropped his vacuum cleaner to stare at the orange cat, “You, what?!”

“You, too, Jungwoo! You will also migrate to Xiaomao’s dungeon once you master the world jump skill!”

“I ain’t going to become a woman, Mir,” Jungwoo repeatedly shook his head. He had a girlfriend, and he had no reason to become a ladyboy.

Mir explained, “Don’t jump the gun, boy. Joining Xiaomao’s guild doesn’t make you a woman. As long as you aren’t a part of that dungeon, you’ll be fine.”

Jungwoo was relieved. He then gave Xiaomao a weird look, thinking that the cat dad was responsible for the perverted setting.

Seeing Jungwoo’s ugly expression, Xiaomao pouted, “That is the default setting of Chaos Seraphim OS of my dungeon core. I didn’t make it, munya.”

“…”

“Ahem! Back to the topic,” Mir coughed. “If you don’t like the idea, we can posepone the plan to other dates. Moving on, Lord Mu-Nyang wants to correct your foundation. Your strength is unstable, and you need a long TIME to correct it.”

Strangely, Mir stressed the word “TIME” and evilly grinned. She brought out an item that Xiaomao had seen before.

It was a large orb, which functioned the same way as refined spirit stones or corrupted spirit stones.

Essence Core

This higher-tier orb was a staple status booster after level 400. Xiaomao could now use it as his level far surpassed that.

“Do you know what it is?”

Xiaomao and Jungwoo nodded, “Essence Core.”

“Yes, but none of you has any essence drop in your dantian.” Mir grumbled and changed the subject, giving him another sermon.

“Listen well, Xiaomao. I know that you have collected all the evolution materials for your game character, and your status attributes are enough to handle the evolution ritual. However, your experience is lacking. You don’t know how to fight in close combat. You don’t have enough skills for physical attacks. You overly relied on AOE magic that you disregarded useful single-target spells that can synergize with your abilities. If you suddenly gain more strength, you will not be able to control your power and end up harming your allies.”

Mir wasn’t wrong. Xiaomao was already aware of his weaknesses, “I know.”

“Do you know what a Cathulhu is?”

Xiaomao nodded again. He lost count of how many times he nodded today, “An overgrown catopus with long tentacles.”

“Wrong. Cathulhus are big, but that isn’t all of their abilities. They’re the masters of pocket dantians, Time Space, brainwashing, slavery, and procreating.”

“…”

Everything was interesting until Mir mentioned brainwashing, slavery, and… a thing. Jungwoo and Xiaomao stared at the orange cat with dull eyes.

“For starters, I’ll teach both of you about the pocket dantian and the Dao of Time and Space! It will be a crash course, so pay attention, okay?”

Jungwoo finished what he was doing and got ready for a lecture. He picked up a book and a pen. As for Xiaomao, he didn’t use any recorder or notebook as he was confident in his long-term and short-term memory.

“Listen well. The Dao of Time and Space is unique. Since we’re living in a 3-dimension world, time can only move forward in time but not backward. But the Dao of Time distorts reality and opens the possibility of time-traveling…”

The lecture continued. Both Xiaomao and Jungwoo failed to notice that everything outside the apartment turned dark, and the birds were frozen in mid-air as if time had stopped.