Chapter 1000 End of Arc 12
Everyone was knocked out except for me who managed to remain standing. It was instantaneous and I didn't know why that suddenly happened. But I am not hearing it wrong, the Goddess of Life...killed everyone.
"Wielder! Don't falter! If you die here and now, everything will be for naught and whatever you and everyone else are doing will only fail if you give up now!"
Anger suddenly burst into my being after the realization. It's not because I have a slow realization of it, but rather, I refuse to believe that the people before me are now dead and gone. No, no. I refuse to believe that.
On the other hand, The Goddess of Life has remained confused seeing me still standing. Whatever she did earlier caused everyone's death. They have been killed by none other than the Goddess herself.
I pulled out the Devourer and pointed it at her. Despite my feelings ready to burst while being surrounded by everyone lying and lifeless, I held back my whole power. I can't afford to let their bodies get damaged or anything. Even if they were dead, I still needed to protect them!
Darting forward toward the confused goddess, I thrust the Devourer in her direction. I know she would try to stop it but she effortlessly swiped me away so that I didn't even get to close my Devourer to her.
"If you didn't die, just quietly squirm over there instead of throwing away your life. I can kill you right now, but it would also be boring for you to die after you didn't die from my [Soul Harvest]."
"Bring back everyone, motherf*cker!"
"Oooh...what a vulgar way of talking! But if you wish, then I will grant it!"
She snaps her fingers and everyone who collapsed rises back up again. However, I can easily tell that these people before me are no longer the people I once knew. But there is one person who didn't wake up immediately Queen Tanya. She looked up and frowned seeing that it was not the thing she had been hoping to happen.
"Oh, so even the last priestess of Death did not die. I guess the blessing of my sister is too potent to both of you that dying with my abilities is not an optional thing."
"Tch...and here I thought I could use this chance to fool a goddess and fight her when she thought I was dead. What a cursed way to do it," Queen Tanya wiped away the dust in her body before she glared at the Goddess of Life. You can trace the roots of this content at n0v@lbin
"I guess only two flies are being annoying right now. Well, doesn't matter to me. Anyways, you lot should kill each other instead."
She snapped her fingers once again and the others who have risen from the dead looked at us with their dead eyes.
"DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO DO? YOU LITTLE PIECE OF SH*T!"
She kicked my body up into the air. I could not move anymore after pouring all of my remaining energy into the shot I did earlier so even dodging her kick was not possible. Receiving her kick was like being hit by a truck with all the impact focused on my stomach. It was like my whole body would be broken beyond repair with the abuse I was getting right now.
"ARRRGH! You will pay for everything, you little sh*t!"
She snapped her fingers and multiple chains appeared from the ground and bound me up in the sky. The chains were so tight that I didn't know if my flesh could even hold on. Blood starts to pour out of my body and I can even taste the blood coming in my mouth as well.
Before I could say anything to mock her, multiple swords made of light materialized and rained down on my whole body. I couldn't dodge it with my pained body and with the chains tying me down, that was enough to pin me in place. Pain is now multiplied by how many times the pain has already felt like all of it has been piled to my whole being.
"Manato!" Queen Tanya shouted as she finished knocking everyone unconscious.
Perhaps, this is how I will die. Perhaps everything I did for these past years was all for nothing. Even the goddess that is the final hurdle of my troubles is something that I can't even defeat.
"THIS IS THE FINAL NAIL FOR CAUSING DISTURBANCE TO WHAT I AM ABOUT TO DO. FOR BEING A NUISANCE, YOUR EXECUTION WILL BE PAINFUL AND LONG-LASTING TO ENSURE THAT YOU WILL NOT FORGET ME EVEN IF YOU ARE NOW DEAD."
The materialization of the Iron Maiden appeared before me and I was tossed inside the Iron Maiden. I couldn't even move when straps of iron put me in place.
"I may be the Goddess of Life but that doesn't mean I have no ability to kill. Don't think too much about what I am about to do."
She snapped her fingers and tried to make the Iron Maiden close. And yet... it didn't happen.
"Huh?" the Goddess of Life frowned when the doors didn't close at all.
"Playtime's over, sis. I am taking my disciple back."
In a snap of a finger, I disappeared and in a blink of an eye, I was in the hands of someone I know. The smell of coal and smoke is present in her body and yet it doesn't smell bad.
The Goddess of Life had a very bad look on her face, incredulous even after seeing Almira.
"Long time no see, Sis. It seems even though many years have passed, you have not changed a thing," Almira grinned, as she mocked the Goddess.
End of Arc 12.