Chapter: 105
[Host has reached Ultimate Class. Congratulations!]
[Name: Layla of the Fallen]
[Title: Angel of Hope]
[Level: 40]
[Sacred Gears: Purger of Darkness, Orb of Anywhere]
[HP: 13000]
[MP: 23000/9200]
[Vigor: (400 X 2 Ultimate Class Bonus) = 800]
[Strength: (70 X 2 Ultimate Class Bonus) = 140]
[Intelligence: (460 X 2 Ultimate Class Bonus) = 920]
[Luck: 100]
[Skills: Observe 3, Angelic Mastery 4, Acting 3, Light Manipulation 6, HP to MP conversion]
[Perks: Never Tell Me the Odds, Mana Replenisher, Lucky Shot, Mana Burst, Perfect Muscle Control]
[Drawbacks: Sin of Lust]
[Available Free Stat Points: 0]
[Skill Up Point: 0]
[For reaching 100 Strength you have gained the perk Perfect Muscle Control! You can perfectly regulate how much force you use in combat or daily life.]
I took a deep breath to steady myself as I took everything in. I felt…stronger. A lot stronger. Physically and magically.
And Holy Crap look at my freaking stats! They all almost double once again. That fifth pair of wings came with a X2 multiplier! No wonder my Ultimate Class siblings were able to throw down with Gods!
Why was my Vigor so high though?
[Your Vigor has been properly adjusted to match your HP after the doubling of your stats from taking on your second Sacred Gear. Your 800 Vigor matches your 8000 HP and paired with the 5000 extra HP you received for each set of your wings, you now have 13000 HP total.]
That made more sense.
I could hear intense fighting a few blocks away, but I took a moment to stretch out and adjust to once again having such an influx of power. That was also when I realized I was currently stark naked…
The influx of all that power I gained had completely destroyed the outfit I had on…
Iron woman flew down and landed next to me. "Layla! Are you ok! I just took care of Clint and Natasha when the whole city shook! What the hell was that explosion–WHY ARE YOU NAKED!?" Iron Woman's robotic voice called out in panic.
"I won." I said while gesturing to all the destruction around me.
Iron Woman stared directly at me and I felt like Andrea was deadpanning at me underneath her armor. "Oh? You won did you? OF COURSE YOU DID! YOU BLEW UP NEW YORK!"
I pouted. "I didn't blow all of it up. Only like one third…" I said as I gestured to the rest of the city that was mostly intact. What did it matter anyway? The city was abandoned and filled with death.
"There is beauty in Death you know…" I heard a voice whisper in my ear. I jumped and spun around in a panic. "Andrea, did you hear that!? Andrea?"
I turned to Iron Woman and saw that she wasn't moving. That was also when I noticed something strange. Everything else wasn't moving either. The wind blowing the remnant ashes of the destroyed city had completely stopped. Sif's background battle against the zombie Thor had also gone completely silent. "It's like the whole world is just frozen." I muttered.
"That's because it has." The voice of a woman whispered again. And then an inky black void materialized in front of me.
I immediately put my guard up, but gulped when I saw the figure that emerged from the dark void. It was a woman with hair even darker than me and pitch black eyes. She was obviously supernatural and she was sinfully beautiful as well. Her body was free of any imperfections at all. I would have started flirting with her immediately if she didn't feel like…
"...Lady Death." I said her name almost instinctively.
"Layla, of the Fallen. The lover of one of my champions. You are a long way from your home." Lady Death said. She then casually waved her hand and a pitch black dress materialized over my body. It hugged all my curves perfectly and felt like I was wearing nothing at all. As a Fallen I loved the dichotomy of that.
I also blushed when I realized that I had been standing completely naked in front of one of Marvel's strongest beings… But what was she doing here?
[Heh, heh… about that…]
'System! What the hell did you do!?'
"Consider that garment another gift from me. It has the ability to hide you from the gaze of higher level beings when you enter a new dimension." Death explained. That almost sounded like a dress version of the Deathly Hallow cloak.
"Another gift?" I asked.
Death smirked. "Yes, your body had taken in too much power and you were on the verge of something not good… I offered the entity within you a small token of my power to aid you in your ascension." death explained casually.
[Yeah…As a system, I have built in rules and can't just hand you 25 levels of power in one go…but her?]
I shifted uncomfortably at that. She obviously wouldn't do this out of the goodness of her heart. She'd want something in return.
She spoke again. "As I said earlier, there is beauty in Death. But not in undeath. I do not like undeath…" She said as she glanced around with a sneer on her perfect face. The action caused me to shudder. It was not good when a being of her near limitless power was upset.
"So you want me to? Save the world or something?" I asked. "I think it's a little late for that. How many people are even left alive?"
"1354." Death answered casually. "They are beyond saving though. The virus has gone airborne. They will soon all turn as well. The only non-infected human left in this world is standing right next to you. She was infected as well, but when you healed her earlier, you also cured her." Death gestured to Iron Woman.
Woah! That was a lucky coincidence! Good thing I did that or I would have brought a plague back to my world…
"So what do you want me to do? Cure them all? I don't think I can get to that many people scattered across the world quick enough." I said. Maybe I could save a few dozen at most, but that was it if they were all truly infected already.
She shook her head. "This world is dead. There is no saving it. I want this world gone. Destroy it! That is the payment I ask. For granting you my boon when you needed it."
Destroy the world!?
How in the hell am I supposed to do that? I just reached Ultimate Class, not Super Class! I wasn't even sure if a Super Class could destroy a whole planet either. At my full power with 9000 MP I'd struggle to destroy this whole city! How much MP would it take to blow up a planet!?
Death noticed my frown before giving me a coy smile. "I care not how you do it. Just that it gets done. I cannot stop you from leaving this reality as I've already bent the cosmic rules enough by aiding you. But know this. If you leave this dimension without completing this task for me…I will be displeased." She said as she stepped back through her inky black portal and vanished.
"OK! OK! I'll do it! I'll destroy this planet!" I exclaimed. I did not need to be on her bad side. I wasn't a supreme masochist. I wasn't Thanos!
Now I just had to figure out how to do it. "Any ideas system?"
[You could use an Infinity Stone I guess.]
"That could work! Where do you think the Power Stone is?"
[With…Thanos?]
Fuck.
"We're gonna need another idea."
…
The world unfroze as I was talking to the system and discussing how to destroy the world.
"Woah! Thank you for putting on some clothes. Where'd that dress come from though? It's like I blinked and it was suddenly on you." Iron Woman's voice called out next to me.
Whoops. I almost forgot she was there.
I turned towards her. "Andrea? Do you have any ideas on how to blow up a planet? Cause we're gonna have to do that before we leave…" I said to her.
Her face plate lifted up and she gave me an incredulous look. "WHAT!?"
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