Chapter 376

Chapter 376

C376

Among about twenty people, familiar faces were engaging in conversations.

"Is this really the end?"

"I never thought it would be a farewell like this."

"Yeah, you're right. Whatever ends, will end..."

The Hero of Olympus, known as the Giant Slayer, Hercules.

Son OhGong, a High-Ranker with the prestigious title of Great Sage, Heaven's Equal.

And the leader of Asgard Guild's Valkyries, Brunhilde.

Besides them, all the others were recognized Rankers.

"We can't fail. It's not over yet."

While everyone fell into despair, someone still held their courage.

Great Sage, Heaven's Equal.

With his body full of wounds and shattered, Hercules responded to his words.

"You speak well for someone who's dying."

Hercules wasn't in perfect condition either. He had lost an arm, and his face was pale.

What had exactly happened?

Chronos's gaze turned to an elderly man sitting alone with closed eyes in a corner.

An old man who now looked notably older than a moment ago.

'Am... am I him?'

OhGong and Hercules were in the midst of a lively and animated conversation. While each grappled with their own determination, their future selves watched the struggle with closed eyes, as if waiting for something. (Note: Yes, the raw says that Chronos is watching with closed eyes)

Then...

YuWon appeared, in a much more haggard form than usual.

"You've returned."

"I thought you were dead."

YuWon sat down heavily in a chair and lowered his head.

When he mentioned the deaths of his other comrades, the room fell silent.

And right after...

"Who is this guy?"

"Foolish Chaos."

"What?"

An unbelievable conversation reached Chronos's ears.

'Is... is he dead?'

He couldn't believe it.

Foolish Chaos.

Chronos had seen his true nature up close more than anyone. It was hard to even imagine him dying.

And everyone shared the same thought.

Then...

The future Chronos, who was sitting in a corner with closed eyes, stood up.

"We can't win. At least not right now."

Chronos held a pocket watch in his hand.

Looking at YuWon, who asked if there was another way, Chronos replied.

"Go back to the ancient timeline. And start over."

"Is it really possible? I thought it was just a theory..."

It was something impossible.

At least that's what the present Chronos thought.

Of course...

It's not that there was no way to do it.

"On my own, it would be impossible. Mimir and Odin helped me."

If he couldn't do it alone, then with two people.

And if they couldn't do it with two people, then they could do it with three.

Time was much more complicated and delicate than one thought, and it was nearly impossible to intervene in another timeline with just one's own strength.

But even if that were true.

It was hard to believe that he, who was already aging and weakening, had the power to do it.

"It can't be..."

Then...

In Chronos's mind, the next scenes began to anticipate.

And so it was.

"In the timeline one of you will return to, I'm likely to have disappeared. That's the only way to reverse time and alter the timeline, and it's a fair price we must pay."

That was the only choice.

Squeeze out the remaining strength and pay the necessary price to intervene in another timeline.

"That's impossible... (It's a lie...)"

It was hard to believe.

That Foolish Chaos had died.

That he had made this decision for them.

It was a hard story to believe in this brief moment.

On the other side of the wall, the mother of the goats emitted a bleat.

Thud...

Thump...

The Rankers who were fighting against the goats began to stagger one by one, then fell unconscious.

"Why suddenly...?"

Slurp...

Although there was a time difference, most seemed to be falling into a similar state of unconsciousness.

Beeee...

Beeeeee...

The goats turned towards the mother in response to her bleat.

The Rankers who still retained their consciousness muttered as they watched the goats return to where they had come from.

"Are they fleeing...?"

"Yeah, damn it, where to...?"

Despite their bodies trembling, their lips remained alive.

The Rankers who had been on the brink of death now sighed with relief, knowing they were still alive, and also mourned the death of their comrades.

But that didn't last long.

"It's a mountain beyond a mountain."

Agni, the High-Ranker of Veda, pushed his disheveled hair aside after the fight with the goats.

Beeee-.

The goats jumped towards the wall.

Upon hearing the mother goat's bleat, Agni almost lost consciousness right then and there.

That bleat had tremendous power.

Although they heard it, they couldn't understand it or hear it clearly. The number of Rankers who lost consciousness and fell due to that bleat easily exceeded a thousand.

A being that knocks down a thousand Rankers with just its bleat.

They had never considered that something like that could exist.

Beeee-.

Beeee-.

Odin grabbed a goat by the horns.

The goat wanted to escape him, but it couldn't due to Odin's brutal strength.

Of course, Odin had no interest in the goat he had already captured.

From the beginning, his interest had been outside.

"Is it coming?"

A presence larger and more grandiose than all these goats combined.

As long as he was present, it was difficult to see the end of this fight.

That's why...

Until now, Odin hadn't used the Gungnir.

But...

He could no longer keep the Gungnir concealed.

Kwaaah-.

Odin held the Gungnir in one hand.

He prepared to activate it at any moment and watched the backs of the goats that were retreating.

And the same went for Zeus.

"What happened to my father?"

Zeus asked YuWon, who was approaching from behind.

YuWon, like Zeus, looked at the large mother of the goats outside and replied.

"I've already said what I had to say. Now he will choose."

"Is that so?"

Despite being his father, what Zeus remembered of Chronos were recent events.

Even those memories were fragmented and did not extend to the parent-child relationship.

Instead...

Zeus's interest was elsewhere.

"So, now only that guy is left."

Zeus, who had been busy dealing with the goats when he put Chronos aside, had also been focusing his attention on the Black Goat of the Woods for quite some time.

It had been quite some time since that thing started looking in this direction with bright eyes.

However, what was completely different was that it was now beginning to influence this side not only by watching but also through its bleats.

"We must ensure it cannot enter."

-Beeee-.

The bleat was getting closer and closer.

Facing this creature was not in YuWon's plans.

"Once it enters, it will truly be a disaster."

Twist~

Through a crack that was too small compared to its size, the Black Goat of the Woods began to reveal its presence.

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