Chapter 377: 377: Is It Finally Victory? (1)

Chapter 377: 377: Is It Finally Victory? (1)

Chapter 377: Is It Finally Victory? (1)

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"You are crazy."

Babylon's Underworld was brighter than ever before. It was almost like it was day, due to the millions of souls that have reached here in so little time. The Apocalypse on the surface hadn't been soft on them.

The two extraterrestrial beings didn't care about that at all. Instead, after the Director spoke of something ridiculous, Eurynome could only scoff.

"You are delusional. No, my bad, it's not exactly a delusion since it's you. You can make it a reality, you illogically motivated woman. However, it's still the craziest thing I have heard in the last few centuries."

The Director giggled at that, locks of colorless hair falling by her face before she tucked them away.

Eurynome sighed, raising her arms in frustration and letting them fall off.

"So you're not gonna let me take him? Listen, I want my daughter back, and I don't care at all about your plan. And ultimately it's not of any help to me, it's rather the opposite actually. If you truly use Neji Hado to bring back that man, it's not good for me or the Prime. I am not sure why you told me all that; now I want to reveal my true powers."

"Can you win though?"

The Director countered her plan in an instant, her smile stretching.

"You are no match to me as you are right now. But if you unseal yourself, then... Well, even then the Omniverse's Will may incarnate itself into Gaia. To add on top of that, even some Abstract may come here. Not that any of that additional number would matter, given I alone am enough to counter whatever tricks you have. Yet, are you sure you want to risk everything, just for a possibility?"

"...."

Eurynome's expression soured. She felt frustrated like never before, it felt so goddamn annoying. A part of her just wanted to let go of the seals and show this filth of a mortal who truly was the strongest, but she held back.

She wasn't the emotional one out of the two rulers of Prime. She had to be calm and strategic, unlike her husband. Obviously, she didn't actually fear her threats, no amount of Abstracts or even the incarnated Omniverse would be of any real threat to her existence, but it would indeed cause other problems.

All because of one thing.

"We are having this conversation for so long only because I have no use for the 2nd Gamer yet. He doesn't meet the criteria yet. If he did, I would have just teleported with him by now. But since he isn't ready yet, I will have to stop you from taking my grooming prey. He is mine, his fate destined him to be mine and mine alone."

The Director got off her seat which was a mold of space & time, dropping to her feet. "That's all I have to say. I have to admit I had an advantage this time due to the situation, so I might not get to intervene next time. But I am sure the gamer will be ready for you the next time you try to mess with him. After this experience, after this... abysmal loss, he will be different. Now it's time I go, it seems 'whoever' met him on the other side has helped him return. Good luck, this time it will be a bit different."

Then, with a shift in reality, the glitch-like existence just vanished. Before she entirely vanished, she leaned over to tuck something in Neji's armor, and then the fabrics of space & time healed themselves.

Eurynome frowned, groaning and rumbling in her throat, while still shocked by what the Director had revealed earlier. She couldn't just grab Neji and leave either right now, she was sure that woman would try to stop her if she tried that, even if she vanished from plain sight.

So, without much to herself, as she began to brew a plan to fix this situation, Eurynome could only watch as Neji Hado opened his eyes and gradually got back to his feet.

His breathing was sharp, his eyes lit, and his conviction strong in his clenched jaws.

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Waking up, Neji's eyes fluttered. He sensed the sound of two feminine voices, but only one source remained when he fully opened his eyes. Eurynome Celestine was just there, as she stared at him with a contemplative and sour expression. Follow the latest novels at novelhall.com

She didn't say anything even as he woke up. He didn't say anything either. The countless System Notifications before his eyes occupied his mind for a split second, as he went through them at an incredible speed in a flash.

He did that while slowly standing up. By the time he stood, his eyes lit up, his confidence suddenly greater, and his hope brighter.

It is as he had expected at the last moment, in his battle against the Hunters. Although he didn't have direct access to the System, he was somewhat connected to it still – so the Experience Points from killing the Hunters had all been collected.

[You have earned enough experience points to level up.]

[You have leveled up 350 times.]

The blitz was uncalculating, and therefore Celestine found herself right before the red beam that shot out from EA. She didn't have any time to dodge, no, it was right before her. All she could do was prepare herself for the blow, as the [Anti World] attack ironically named "creation" slammed at her.

The beam went past and through her, and at that rate it would hit the roof of the underworld and cause it to collapse, causing a red sea to gush down to destroy the last safe haven on this planet. So, Neji opened a portal right on that spot, and the beam was sent somewhere else, into the sky outside.

In the meantime, his other hand was busy gushing mana into the black card. He wasn't exactly sure of the process, but it was probably working, he could feel the barrier that Celestine had around this world quivering as his call for help slammed against it.

"You clever child."

Celestine suddenly said, and Neji's hair at the back of his head stood up. She was behind him. He turned off Enuma Elish, quickly turning around, but all he could catch was Celestine's hand that grabbed his face.

Quickly, his feet raised and slammed on her abdomen, sending her flying and making her hit a wall in the far.

The beam wasn't ineffective. For the first time since all this bullshit started, Neji noticed she was actually injured. Her gray skin was red, and she was fuming, there was even a small burn on her cheek as she flew away.

"Anytime now."

Neji continued pouring his endless mana into the card, while Celestine rushed back at him, Excalibur from before returning to her hand as she came to clash his EA with it.

Neji and Celestine were just about to clash their swords, and both of them knew that nothing of the underworld would remain after that clash. Yet they had no choice but to throw their weapons against one another.

However, before the edges of their swords could touch... two dark-skinned hands appeared out of thin air and used two fingers each to sandwich the swords in a spot.

The class stopped just inches away, with a tall chocolate woman between, as the black card in Neji's hand turned into an essence.

"A small warning,"

The woman spoke in a deep voice, her green eyes focusing on Neji.

"Our service isn't usually this fast. It takes a few minutes to jump into reality. You are lucky that the opponent you called me for happened to be... well, her. So my employer decided to make an exception."

"Quite a big one at that."

A new voice suddenly said, as the chocolate woman, Famine Fatale let go of their swords and bowed in empty space. Both Neji and Celestine turned to it as well, with Neji's heart beating, and Celestine's throat growling.

"It has been a while,"

A woman with skin as pale as Eurynome before the beam walked out of a crack in the air. She had white hair but... it was more colorless than what Neji had, as it was in a bun. With her golden eyes gleaming, she wore a black dress with two metal shoulder pads.

"Madam Celestine, nice to meet you again."

Oh, there she was. Neji smiled. Class-1 Abstract Entity... that was her.

[Mistress Death – Abstract Entity – Tier Inexplicable]

For once in this maddening situation, Neji felt relieved.

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Master4thWall Note: Calling out the crazy amount of complaints that says "MC needs to be saved so many times".

There is only one point to retort on that. *The only people that Neji needed to be saved from, are two. The Primordial and his Wife. The amount doesn't matter, as that is the exact point. No matter how many times Neji tries right now, he can't win against them. If he could, then we would already be the endgame chapters.

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