Chapter 873 An Early Break

Chapter 873 An Early Break

David had never heard the name Psyche before. He had no idea who that was or why Gaius would hate her enough to chase her down into the mortal plane.

What he did know, though, was that Gaius had only ever stepped into the mortal realm twice in his last timeline.

The first time was when he opened the first demon rift into their world, Earth. That was when all hell broke loose, literally, and humanity started dying like flies in an inferno.

David Knew Gaius was the root of this problem, which was why he was trying to become powerful enough to force him to stop. His plan had been this all along.

Get strong and either force Hades to act or take over his domain and act against Gaius himself.

But it was a plan that required a lot of time—and every second lost outside New Eden reduced his chances of success.

The second time Gaius stepped foot into the mortal realm was when one of the strongest players in New Eden reached the Legendary grade, and he challenged Gaius to a duel with humanity's safety in the betting pool.

The man had wagered humanity's safety, hoping to battle Gaius at least to a standstill and make him acknowledge that humans were strong enough and didn't warrant extermination.

Gaius wouldn't have accepted the duel at all hadn't the man already crushed his champion. The challenge was like adding insult to injury, and Gaius replied with all his might.

This led to humanity's greatest player dying before he even had a chance to try to save them. Gaius showed up, and the next second, the man exploded in a rain of crimson, leaving nothing behind aside from his blood.

Now, Alexander was telling him that Gaius had stepped foot into the mortal realm twice in the same day, once for him and another time for a being called Psyche? A being he had never heard of before?

It made no sense.

"Who is this Psyche, Alex? And why would Gaius, the ficklest of gods, the one who only cares about seeing the things he created implode, so he can start over, care about her?" he asked.

Alexander took a moment to think about this. Did he really know why Gaius hated Psyche's guts that much?

Not particularly. But he did know where the issue stemmed from.

They all heard David sigh loudly.

"Killi, I'm sure there have already been anomalies in the UK as well. Your government must have hidden them better. We were hunting them here since I knew where they would pop. So we have an advantage.

"But people everywhere need to start doing the same. There is no more time to take it easy."

Alex became confused. David had been rambling about how they should keep this as low-key as possible only a few months ago.

And now he wanted the world to fall into hunting mode?

"Why the sudden rush?" Alex asked David.

"Because if I know that bastard Gaius as well as I think I do, this will tip him off. He may do something much sooner that makes all our lives harder. And if we aren't ready for what comes next, then a lot of people will die."

Alex frowned, and the two others did the same.

"What comes next, David?" Kary asked.

David took in a big breath, exhaling it slowly.

"If what I think happens, it'll be months early. Hell, the next step wasn't supposed to happen before the next tournament ended in January. But I doubt he'll wait that long. Not now that he's pissed."

"What will happen, David?" Kary asked again.

"I think Gaius might break the veil early. And if he does, the world will have no more time to grow. Dungeons will start appearing, and with no one to clear them, they'll break open and disgorge monsters into the world that standard weapons won't be able to deal with.

"Last time, the world's government had already established a force to deal with monsters, as the anomalies had ramped up to a noticeable point where they couldn't hide them anymore.

"But I don't think Gaius will wait for that to happen. If he shatters the veil and we aren't prepared, we'll lose so many players early that the future will be doomed. It won't matter how much stronger I am or Alex is. We'll be out-manned, over-powered, and under-prepared.

"I think Gaius will push his plan forward, and we will all die way before we can reach the power to fight back..."