Chapter 267

Chapter 267

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The Nefarious Filthbird and the Trial's Eye were eternal enemies. Since the Snake Dowager had allied herself with the Trial's Eye, it was normal for her to be a target of the Nefarious Filthbird's resistance and hostility. Hence, Leylin advised Freya to rely on the Nefarious Filthbird's support, using its chaos power to conceal herself and gain greater benefits.

Now, the Nefarious Filthbird saw Freya taking yet another step towards success, hence it increased investment in her was very much understandable.

But Freya being aware of the existence that Leylin is, as well as his unavoidable enmity against Nefarious Filthbird because of their conflicting personal intrest, she had never placed her trust on the Nefarious Filthbird.

From the beginning, She never relied completely on the Nefarious Filthbird. After all, not even counting Leylin into the picture, this powerful being is a treacherous and mighty dignitary from another world. When she came to the Purgatory World, she always hidden her most important abilities and trump cards, and had never revealed a single part of any of them.

'A.I. Chip! Initiate counter chaos protocol!' Freya began to communicate with the A.I. Chip in secret and used one of the pre-install commands.

[Beep! Mission established, opening the counter spell formation.] Dark runes mixed with chaos power appeared on the walls and fence after the A.I. Chip's voice sounded, before they disappeared completely.

These were Leylin's own preparations created beforehand, given to Freya for disabling the chaotic corruption. Apart from their concealment effects, they had all been arranged for this moment.

[Beep! Hybrid spell formation has been completed. Operating at 100% capacity, No signs of rejection.] The A.I. Chip loyally transmitted the information.

'With this spell formation, all the spying elements that the Nefarious Filthbird could have left behind would be exposed' Freya thought while checking the notification and information from A. I. Chip

Only now could it be said that this apartment truly belonged to her.

'I have enough time, with all this done as well as Aegnis backing me, there is no trouble here. All I need to do is focus on advancing as much as I possibly can.' Freya sighed and walked inside a seperate room, with her hands stroking her lustrous hair.

While Freya was engrossed in her business, trouble brewed outside Holy City as various Imperial Bodyguards solemnly investigated a serious case.

Although the scene looked like a typical tussle among giant creatures but the intent left behind by the creature, especially its intense hunger for food left them frowning.

This level of food craving surpassed normal biological limits. Although Creatures of nature, including serpents devour each other, will always leave some traces of their meal, either blood, scales or any other remains. However, there's none of that here. There's nothing left. It seemed that the winning creature was under the control of a powerful evil existence instead of its own instincts.

Which indicated towards the possibility of contamination by a different kind of energy, This can only be done by a dignitary and even then it was odd that anyone dare reach out to the Serpent Plains! Everyone clearly knew that it was Matriarch's forbidden land.

Taking the various similar incident into account these traces, this case was considered pretty much connected to the violent occurrences in Central.

Meaning that the contamination has already spread all the way here! This horrifying speed left the patrolling guards stunned and extremely worried.

It's seem that now it was only a matter of time before the contamination spreads to the holy city!

This type of contamination spreads quickly, and from the reports could affect intelligent rank 4 and 5 snake tribes. It was a serious threat to those giant serpents in the wild.

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'The storm is knocking on the door, and the disturbance is increasing day by day in the holy city.' Freya was sitting in her room inside a complex formation as she opened her eyes looking outside the villa at the sky. The sound of a piercing alarm could be heard, but she ultimately ignored it continuing her meditation.

This problem was definitely germinated by Freya who used the gluttony imprints acquired by Leylin in the past to allure Beelzebub using the Purgatory World and the Allsnake Plains as bait, and as predicted those serpents contaminated by gluttony reached this place leaving the guards helpless but it was good too, less for Freya to worry about. With Aegnis occupied and Thomas unable to try anything funny in her turf, Freya had only Belinda and Sophie who would disturb her occasionally but it was still not much of a hassle. In general, Freya had great freedom without much interruption and trouble she quite liked this moment of peace.

'Snake Dowager won't sit still either.' Freya was unhurried, busying herself with her own matters.

In reality, with all the time that had passed gluttony had already permeated the Serpent Plains. This epidemic wouldn't disappear unless the plains were completely destroyed. This step can be considered as the first important event of this grand plan.

With a little push on her end, the original power of gluttony on the plains had become unstoppable. The large amount of giant high-energy snakes, combined with this terrifying power that made use of food intake to break through, created a horrifying effect that exceeded even anyone's expectations.

With this speed, perhaps even those rank 5 or 6 creatures won't be able to avoid being contaminated by the power of gluttony.

Even a rank 6 snake nest on the plains had no choice but to run away or be consumed by their gluttonous desires, and ultimately consume others or become fodder. There was no other way out.

As for the Snake Dowager? She might an incredibly powerful rank 8 being, and the dignitary who ruled over the Hail Continent, but the Sovereign King of Gluttony, Beelzebub, was no pushover either. As a being who was equally at rank 8 and someone who had grasped the laws of gluttony, he ended up discovering the Purgatory World and making use of his power to take over the whole plains.

Now, it was too late even if Beelzebub decided he wanted to halt the war with the Snake Dowager. After all, as an invader, how could he give up such a huge, splendid area in the Hail Continent?

Consequently, unless the Snake Dowager were to abandon the entire holy city and hand over the Serpent Plains, the two of them would not be able to come to an agreement.

After being challenged by someone of the same rank, the Snake Dowager finally showed her true strength.

Snake Dowager was someone capable of taking over the Shadow World, it was clear how great her comprehension of the power of shadows was. As expected, the moment the power of shadows appeared, it replaced the purifying holy light from earlier. Even the crimson lightning and spatial storm's destructive power could not affect it, and it remained as steady as a rock.

"Allsnake Devour!" The dark power of shadows transformed to form numerous giant snakes, revealing their fangs to the huge monstrous palm opposing them.

"Hah! The doors to a new world shall be opened by me!" A multitude of terrifying grey snakes hissed at the owner of this voice. Alabaster Devilsnakes, Giant Kemoyin Serpents and practically all of the Dowager's descendants could be found amongst the shadow snakes.

Terrifying and tremendous force, backed by the corrosive power of shadows, immediately left lacerations on the monstrous hand.

However, Beelzebub paid no mind at all. His skin and muscle was completely shredded, with dark red blood falling like raindrops, but he still resolutely endured the pain. The two huge hands abruptly spread out, using their strength to completely tear apart the spatial crack.

A streak of black light suddenly darted out from the crack, fusing with the crimson moon in mid air.

The ball of light squirmed and then formed an enormous phantom figure. A pair of enormous wings made of membranous meat, riddled with holes, were attached to arms with seven-fingered hands. Black muscle tied everything together; the many compound eyes on the face formed a soul spiral; the flames of the Devil King blazed around him, showing off his might and power.

Beelzebub, the powerful Devil King, child of the power of gluttony, had descended into the Purgatory World! In that moment, it seemed as if the whole world was suffocating. Numerous terrifying conscients focused on this place from afar.

It was obviously a clone, Freya observed Beelzebub with an interested gaze. From traversing worlds and the attack from the Snake Dowager, he seemed to be in a rather miserable state, especially with those two devilish arms that were now heavily injured. He also had numerous terrifying injuries from his travel through space.

However, this did not deter the spread of his power or the feeling of evil. Even the air seemed to be polluted as it spread.

The main body was obviously too powerful and he can't bring it over, so he chose to separate his soul from his body and move over with his soul.

Compared to moving physical materials over, the consumption of having just the soul travel over is much lower. Even so, he was gravely injured from moving between worlds Of course, if this weren't the Purgatory World, he would probably just die.

The resistance that Beelzebub experienced in travelling to the Purgatory World was minimal due to the muddled chaotic world will. If he dared to enter the Magus World, the suppression from the World Will and the spatial storms combined would kill even his soul.

The more powerful one was, the easier it was to get suppressed by the World Will. Beelzebub could place clones at Morning Star or Radiant Moon in the Magus World, but separating his truesoul like this was far too powerful, and he would easily be suppressed.

And if he were to find some small world, where the World Will could do nothing against his descent, it could just self-destruct and make things backfire on him.

Hence, as he could not go to high-ranked worlds nor smaller ones, the discovery of the Purgatory World was like that of a precious treasure!

He didn't hesitate to split his truesoul to reach this place.

'With only a clone even if it's his truesoul, it's not a match for Snake Dowager but she on the other hand also have the disability of the waned dreamforce decreasing her prowess. It won't end today! ' Even as the residents of the holy city were quivering in fear, Freya thoughts moved further. As someone with an object capable of connecting to dreamscape she knew better than anyone about the situation in dreamscape and it's nidar state.

For now even if Beelzebub is weakened, with his power as the Sovereign King of Gluttony, finding a body is very simple. As long as he has enough food, he can regain his strength. Also, with him around, it won't be so easy for the Snake Dowager to purify the Serpent Plains.

Though Beelzebub could not do much against the Snake Dowager now, she might not be able to defeat him. This was the truesoul of a rank 8, which meant they were at the same level!

"The power of Gluttony shall rule this place henceforth!" As he soared in the skies, Beelzebub's numerous compound eyes surveyed the Snake Dowager without fear, though his body was gradually becoming more transparent.

Whether in terms of the grasp of laws and flawless wisdom for a rank 8 existence, Beelzebub immediately chose to leave after realising he would not be gaining benefits from the Snake Dowager today.

Similarly, she would not let go of a chance that was so difficult to come by.

"Shadow Cage!" A circle of shadows spread from her body, and instantly turned into a cage formed of numerous shadow snakes that enveloped the whole holy city. Terrifying shadow chains were like agile snakes, twining around Beelzebub's truesoul.

"It's no use! I am the personification of laws, and I cannot die in the presence of gluttony. I will not be destroyed" Along with his voice, that was like an announcement, his body exploded.

A large amount of energy spread, but it did not harm the shadow cage around it. Once the explosion ended, there was nothing left in the chains.

"Damn it, he even found this world" A few tremendous conscients that carried the will of the dignitaries conversed above the holy city. Immediately after, the Snake Dowager's face turned extremely grim.

Along with loud explosions, the shadow cage disappeared. Finally, a purple moonlight shone down, making the last battles feel like a mere illusion.

However, the slight spatial storms in the surroundings as well as the wrecked regions around the holy city were hard proof of what had happened.

Freya brightened up, 'So far so good, it seems all is falling in place.'

'Now, with Beelzebub around, the Snake Dowager won't place too much emphasis on a weak little mortal like me' Freya immediately felt heaved a sigh of relief, for someone like her defying her proginator is definitely a tall order. If not for Leylin she would have never dared even think of standing against her. This isn't because she is weak minded or anything it's just her upbringing as a Warlock to accept their shackles subconsciously and pray to their superiors. The heart of a rebel is not to be cultivated but to possess, fundamentally Freya isn't doing this mainly for her freedom but rather her love.