Chapter 487 Brunhild

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My own Powers weren't able to do anything against that attack.

The power of this monster was far superior to what I could had imagined.

And the worst of all, I recklessly ran to her.

I really thought she was weak because of how hard she was trying to make us not find her.

Was this all really just an act to lower our guards?

Fucking bitch, it really worked, huh?

I'll have to reevaluate how I do things from now on, being overly cautious will become my priority… I should had sent at least a phantom clone to her before to gauge her strength.

Well, it is not as if I can even see her status, I only see corrupted letters and text, it is impossible. She has some sort of skill like the Ants, although most Ants ended letting me see their status at the end, but she didn't even allowed me to.

And the thing she had in her chest… it was really a Small Fragment of the Evil God, without a doubt. I can already tell that immense power I sensed within herself was all due to this fragment. She had been cheating the game long ago, probably she was the first one to ever find it, and somehow, she assimilated it into her own body.

Her attack easily sliced through my entire phantasmal body. I felt as if my soul shattered into two halves. It was painful, but the miasma and everything that came with it wasn't that painful, I easily absorbed it. However, the problem was…

Lucifer!

Right before my eyes, his entire body was sliced in half, and so was his soul! God damn it! Just when he had managed to evolve into a living being! That attack alone will kill him!

I ran to his side with my two halves in that split of a second, seeing his impacted face see his entire body being sliced into halves, as his weaker soul than mine was shattered, his face twisted in agony.

"Don't die on me now! Not now that you've finally acquired the life you've wanted!" I cried, quickly shaping my shadows into threads and stitching both of his halves together, at the same time, I used [Phantasmal Puppeteer] to stitch his interior using my phantom clones possessing his body, all in just a split of a second as I desperately gritted my teeth.

"Even if I die, you can raise me again…" He said.

"No… It is different! I was so happy to see you evolve into a living being, I don't want you to go back to being a full undead…!" I said, quickly putting my hands into his wounds. With the power of [Death Restoration] I was able to quickly heal him once more. As Lucifer's current status was a Pseudo Living Undead, something similar to Vampires, this skill worked on him!

FLASH!

"Agh…!" Lucifer struggled to get up, as I hugged his body using my entire shadows, healing him. "Maria, don't focus on me, we are going to die if she attacks again!" He said.

"Ah…!"

Suddenly, I noticed the Ant Queen look at us with scorn once more.

"Your emotions got the best of you, little ghost. You had potential but you're too fixated in others. Your entire emotional pillars are these weaklings? Pathetic…! As the one Blessed by Hel I truly thought you were something more, but you're just garbage! Die!"

Her hands waved carefreely as yet another distortion in space happened…

"Abyssal Ren-"

"GROOOAARRRRRR….!"

However, a draconic roar suddenly interrupted her chanting, as an enormous quantity of red and golden flames were directed towards the Ant Queen in an instant!

"W-What the…?!"

BOOOOOMMMM!!!

The golden and red flames began burning through her Miasmic Barrier, melting it slowly as the Ant Queen started to… scream?!

"AGGGH…! T-This is pain?! W-What?! How?!"

And right behind us, Lucifer and I saw something completely out of our expectations.

A Dragon.

It was indeed an Ancient Dragon from head to toe, of an enormous size, easily surpassing seventy meters of height. Her scales were red and orange, but they looked old, slowly losing their colors and turning black and brown instead. Her body seemed to have many cracks, as if she were an old pillar slowly falling apart, but she was still powerful enough to unleash that attack.

And her furious red and golden eyes glowed with a ruthless light, as her entire being exuded the power of a draconic descendant of true bloodline… She was really an Ancient Dragon in the flesh.

And why did she looked so much like the tiny Wyvern we found?!

Wait… hold on a second!

"It can't be…! You're alive! Big sister!" Lucifer immediately reacted before me, as I felt even more taken aback!

"Wait, big sister?!" I asked in shock.

The Wyvern was indeed her; I could easily recognize that appearance, but it was way bigger than before! Did Lucifer not recognize her due to something else? Maybe size or something?

"It is a good thing I came with you guys at the end." She sighed with a calm and gentle feminine voice. "Lucifer, Maria! Quickly get behind me! That monster is being infected by a Fragment of the Evil God, her power is merely just awakening but she can even destroy souls and shatter space!"

Immediately, an enormous storm of flames surged from her body shaping itself as countless furious dragons grabbing us with their jaws and pulling us behind her. Her enormous and tall figure protected us from the malice of our foe, as if she was really a big sister taking care of her little brother.

"Big Sister Brunhild, I can't believe you're alive…!" Said Lucifer happily. "H-How?! Were you really the little wyvern?!"

"Yeah, I've always been good at Polymorph Magic after all." She said with a smile. "We can leave explanations for later… Maria, can you still fight? I'll need your help to take her down!"

"Sure! Count me on!" I said back.

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