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Chapter 363: The Mother of All (1)
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Dammit.
Dammit, dammit, dammit…!
"Ghagh-!"
Kingu spat out mud as he received a devastating blow. It was unbelievably painful, as his magic power dried out each time he was attacked. Gritting his teeth, he couldn't help but complain inside his head.
'Everything was going well, just what went wrong?'
Under the observation of some crazy outer deity, Kingu noted, Gorgon landed a devastating blow on himself. After a dragged-out battle of cat-&-mouse, Gorgon had finally caught on to his tactics.
Kingu grumbled and watched a purple energy beam cooking near Gorgon's shoulder. A split second later, the beam shot forward and went right through Kingu's body.
– Shiiing!
The clay creature with long green hair spat out more mud and fell to his knees. Kingu began to cough while one of his hands rested on the new hole in his chest. His palm went right through where the chest should have been, and then on the empty spot was a golden goblet.
The Holy Grail, sweeping with magical energy.
"Damn this world…"
That was the Holy Grail that Goetia, the Beast I who was the initiator of all the singularities, sent to this world. It's the secret behind Kingu's survivability using Enkidu's body.
Despite missing flesh, or clay, in this case, the Grail floated within the empty chest of Kingu. Grains of clay started to form in the empty space, slowly recreating the chest – and at the rate that was happening, the chest should be recreated in four minutes.
Unfortunately, Kingu could tell he didn't have that much time.
"My child… It's time you sacrifice yourself for the greater mother~"
Gorgon said while wearing a sadistic smile, coupled with a maniac-like glint in her purple eyes, as she giggled.
Once again cursing the world, Kingu stared up as a grinning Gorgon leaned down and shoved his clay hands to the side, making the hole open and clear, and then she poked a pinky through the hole.
The Grail fell backward, out of the empty chest, and rolled on the floor.
Kingu's body lost all strength, and a last breath slipped through his nostrils, also falling on the ground, as his body turned into mere dust.
Just like that, Kingu died, marking the 2nd death of Enkidu. This incident also concluded the plan Neji had for Enkidu, the happy ending that he wanted to give to his version of Gilgamesh.
Gorgon delightedly picked up the Holy Grail, and then moved towards the mana lake.
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Goddess Gorgon, the divine form of Medusa, had been influenced by a being whose status far exceeded that of Tiamat. While Gorgon still thought it was Tiamat's voice in her head, and moved according to the order she received without any form of resistance, the higher being was still observing her from a higher dimension between realities.
Eurynome Celestine, the Mother of All, smiled a little as she saw the death of Kingu unfold. She watched
At the end of it all, even if she wasn't the creation of this particular Goddess of Creation, as the mother of all that being still had a grasp over all living beings. The grasp only strengthened if the one she tried to control was someone from her realm, the Prime Omniverse.
"Annoying…"
Eury muttered as she saw something near the cave where Gorgon was in.
She has been hiding the happenings in this cave from the Gamer's eyes until this moment since one of Omni copies was in Uruk and had his Jōgan active all the time. By now, he would have noticed the wrongdoings inside the cave if not for Eury's intervention.
However, Eury hadn't considered this other animosity. Rhongomyniad.
At this moment, Eury was only using a small percentage of her powers. So that she could be in sync with Tiamat and her power level, so the level of her authority was down to Tiamat's level.
"It's fine as long as Gorgon is done by the time they don't stop Gorgon."
It was fine even if she was tied down to Tiamat's power level. It was not a problem, because Tiamat had a very versatile power level.
In fact, Rhongomyniad herself claimed something great about Tiamat. Tiamat was said to be an "evil" Chaldea can't even imagine, and in fact, the Goddess Rhongomyniad claimed that Tiamat was a great demon that may even surpass the power of the King of Magecraft, Goetia.
So Eury could just increase the power cap of Tiamat to a level where she shouldn't worry about any surprises. Surprises, as in Goddess Rhongomyniad herself. That woman could have been a serious danger if Eury was stuck at base Tiamat level.
"Tsk, they're here."
Eury stood up, causing her red hair to flutter and her clothes to shift, brushing against her pale skin. Her expression turned serious as she waved her hand gently, ordering her pawn.
"Gorgon, be quick."
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Neji and Rhongomyniad appeared outside Gorgon's cave in a flash of light. It was then Neji realized something was indeed wrong, as he tried to look into the cave with his Jogan and failed.
No, it wasn't exactly a failure, but what his eyes could see his senses couldn't sense. Meaning it was an illusion.
'An illusion that can fool my Jogan…'
"Let's go in."
His previously composed demeanor changed a little, and he tightened his grip around Rhongomyniad's hand.
The Lion King stared at the interlocking of their hands, a little confused why he was still holding her now that the teleportation was done, but she realized she didn't hate it.
She allowed herself to be dragged by him, and the two of them entered the cave to immediately notice the breeding dungeon that this was. Neji frowned a little, while Rhongomyniad had no change in her expression. The two of them took turns and shifts on the tunnel, and thirty seconds later- they found themselves at their destination.
Neji stepped into the gigantic hall made of flesh and mud, the yellow light that illuminated the area falling on his body, and a bad stench entering his nose. Amidst them all, however, the thing he noticed before all was the dust that rested in a scoop near the entrance.
[Remnants of Enkidu, the Chain of Heaven]
The first thing that caught Neji's eyes was the ash that was resting near their feet. The text hovering over the thing caused Neji to blink once before his eyelids widened.
"…No."
Neji grumbled and snapped his head to the side, his Jogan focusing on the figure of a large serpent woman right around the corner. She was on top of a hill, and from the looks of it, she was about to jump down to the other side where there was a lake.
[Gorgon – Snake Goddess – Mid Tier 13]
Neji finally let go of Rhongomyniad's hand and rushed towards the woman. But he soon noticed how slow he was, as Rhongomyniad moved from behind him and rushed towards Gorgon faster.
With Excalibur wielded in her, she reached near Gorgon's face in a split second and then swung her sword.
"Ah-"
Gorgon noticed the attack incoming too late, and the holy sword went right through her neck.
It went through and passed like nothing was there.
"Haha!"
A laugh came from beneath, and Neji was surprised when he looked down. Gorgon held onto a shining Holy Grail, the thing that had teleported her most likely and was falling towards the purple lake below.
"Stop her!"
Rhongomyniad sounded panicked as she yelled, drawing her sword back and then pushing it forward—releasing a beam of light.
Neji didn't know what was going on, but he had a bad feeling. So he accepted her suggestion and also attacked, his eyes shining as he used Kamui right at Gorgon's chest.
– Splash!
The beam hit, causing water to slash outwards, and it blocked Neji's vision from seeing if the Kamui had worked or not. The purple water burned in touch with the beam, and a fire caught on the lake, a miracle, and both Neji and Rhongomyniad frowned in worry.
They were too late.
"Ha…"
The water, the condensed liquid mana, all rushed towards one spot, all focusing to form something, to bring something, and Neji and Rhongomyniad could only watch as the lake illuminated and the entire cave was brightened.
No, it wasn't just brightened.
It exploded.
– Boom!
Neji hugged Rhongomyniad, trying to cover her with his armor, despite knowing she would have been fine regardless, and groaned softly as the explosion brushed on his bare face.
The hugging duo was thrown hundreds of meters far from the explosion.
"Cough-! What the hell happened?"
Neji was on his back, surrounded by dust, while Rhongomyniad was on top of him. She jumped up, and Neji followed behind, grunting a little as he waved his hands to try and clear the dust.
Rhongomyniad flapped her wings once, and the dust was entirely cleared. Neji paused a moment even before the dust cleared since his eyes could see through, and he paused – followed by Rhongomyniad.
"This is not good."
"…."
Neji looked at the clearing, where a mountain once stood. The mountain under which the cave was located was no more, it had been erased from the face of the earth, and replacing it was a woman flying in the sky.
Her skin was pale, and her hair was red. With breasts the size of mountains, her body was curvier than ocean waves, as two gigantic horns wrapped around her head, and she wore an ethereal expression.
From this far, Neji saw the text hovering over her head and cursed.
[Tiamat (???) – Goddess of Creation – Tier 49]
"Why is this happening now, goddammit."
Something very wrong just happened, and as it seemed, it was too late to fix it.
Neji felt nervous, as his eyes locked with the creature, and he realized just where this being originated from.
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