Chapter 109 - 109-Fierce Battle with Betrayal (Part 3)

For S., with his heart and brain shattered, survival was impossible.

But for [Betrayal], that might not be the case.

[Deception] could even bring a dead person back to life for a month. Even if [Betrayal] couldn't achieve that level, a body under his control couldn't be that fragile!

With this realization, John instinctively looked at Lily.

With [Betrayal] intentionally protecting his host, the only person capable of delivering a large-scale, decisive blow, especially with Exiled Immortal exhausted, was Lily!

With almost everyone else out of commission, John had no time to hesitate!

"Lily! Use your strongest attack to destroy [Betrayal]'s host!"

"Host?"

Lily paused, her gaze locking onto S.'s remains. She immediately understood, and her staff burst into a blinding light!

"[Astreos, Lord of the Cold Stars, Sovereign of the Infinite Sky, as your faithful follower, I, Lily, implore you once again, smite my enemy with the Wrath of the Stars!]"

"[Fall!]"

From above the clouds, a celestial body descended!

The star tore through the atmosphere, illuminating the entire sky.

Every player in this world noticed this phenomenon and was stunned!

It was the descent of a star, the wrath of the God of Stars, Astreos!

"Damn it!"

[Betrayal] looked up, seeing the descending star covering the entire sky.

The sense of impending death surged through him!

He had already played his trump card to counter Exiled Immortal's storm.

The fading flames around him were proof that he couldn't maintain the white-blue flames anymore!

There was no way he could withstand this attack!

[Betrayal] couldn't believe that he was losing in this manner to John, who had died at his hands in the previous life!

Even without the powers of [Deception] and [Lust], John had managed to become a Demigod tier combatant in the past.

But now?

John hadn't even reached the pinnacle that a mortal could achieve, and yet he was winning?

No! It wasn't over yet!

Watching the descending star, [Betrayal] did not choose to flee.

Instead, he advanced, channeling all his remaining flames into a black-purple flaming spear, which he hurled at the star with all his might!

However...

The almost depleted [Betrayal] could not create the miracle he hoped for.

When John opened his eyes again, the sky had returned to its blood-red hue.

Elaria and the others were sitting around him.

Seeing him awake, they immediately approached.

"John! Are you okay?"

Elaria hugged John, and seeing this, Helena and Lily felt a twinge of jealousy.

"I'm fine, just exhausted."

John shook his head and struggled to sit up. "How long was I out?"

"About forty hours. I just woke up not long ago myself."

Exiled Immortal rubbed his temples, the lingering fogginess in his head reminiscent of a hangover.

After that battle, Lily and Exiled Immortal also passed out.

Lily woke up first, then Exiled Immortal, and finally John.

"Forty hours... doesn't that mean there's not much time left in the dragon hunt event?"

"Uh, you don't need to worry about that. We've already secured the victory."

Qing shrugged and showed John the event leaderboard.

Their team had over four thousand dragon hunt points, far surpassing the second-place team, whose total points didn't even come close to half of theirs.

Seeing this, John finally breathed a sigh of relief, his tension easing.

"That's good..."

"Johnny, there are some things you need to tell us now, right?" Lily bit her lip, hesitating slightly. "The enemy we faced this time was clearly beyond the scope of any monster, and what he said keeps bothering me..."

"Yeah, that strange man said we are [Apostles] blessed by the [Gods], and mentioned [Deception] and [Lust]. What's going on?"

Meeting Helena's gaze, John instinctively lowered his head.

With everything that happened, it was impossible for John to keep hiding the truth.

Since he couldn't hide it anymore, he decided to take this opportunity to come clean.

With a deep breath, John began, "I'll tell you everything. If you have any questions, feel free to interrupt me.

"Actually, this is my second time playing this game. In my previous life, I lived in the game world for two years, until the appearance of the [Abyss] completely changed everything."

"The powerful [Apostles] nearly wiped out the few remaining survivors. Those who stayed alive lived in constant fear. It was during this time that [Betrayal] and [Lust] infiltrated the game world, using my companions as hosts to kill me and Lily.

"I thought my two years of struggle had ended, but unexpectedly, an item I possessed reversed time to two years before, back to when it all hadn't started yet."

John took a deep breath, the painful memories resurfacing.

"So... that's why you know everything that's about to happen?" Helena's long-standing doubts were finally answered by John's explanation.

"Yes, because of my two years of memories from the previous life, I know almost everything about this game world. However, the early awakening of the [Apostles] was beyond my expectations. Elaria, our meeting wasn't part of my plan; it was purely accidental."

"Uh... I have a question." Qing suddenly spoke up, interrupting John.

"So, in the previous life, I got killed off early and logged out?"