The girl was vanishing with her eyes wide open.
I approached Icar and closed her eyes.
“You did well.”
Icar.
Tel’s twin sister and goddess of compassion.
She had once been Tel’s reason to protect Möbius, but now it meant nothing.
‘So this was her plan.’
She sent out the small fry to buy ➤ NоvеⅠight ➤ (Read more on our source) time, then absorbed the other directors.
Finally, she absorbed her sister. She must have tried to reach a level similar to mine.
Her final goal was to devour me. After that, destroy the company entirely and become a new god. A mess of a plan, but that’s roughly the idea. There’s no point expecting any more logic from someone that far gone.
In any case, the first operation was a success.
Icar was dead, and the boundary’s restraint was released.
It wouldn’t be long before the fragments swarmed this place.
‘The One True God,’ huh.
What a cute goal.
I let out a soft laugh, then threw myself out the shattered window where Tel had escaped.
Vwooooom!
Below, the massive city nightscape spread out.
In the distance, Tel was falling downward.
「Yes! This power. With this power... I don’t need anything else!」
I planted my foot on the glass of a building behind me.
Then started running vertically.
Crack!
From Tel’s back, black feathered wings burst out with a spurt of blood.
「My name is Tel Nasrissa Rosementari! Goddess of purity and mercy, ruler of this spiral cosmos! Kneel, insects! I alone... I alone can save you!」
Shaaang!
The Dragonscale Sword, extending dozens of meters, swept across Tel.
Its sharp blade shredded her body into a bloody mess.
But—
「This feeling! This pain! Ahahahahah!」
Her torn body regenerated instantly.
Flutter!
Wings spread from Tel’s back.
Sliding down the building, I let my cape flare.
All sorts of magic were launched from Tel’s back.
「Disappointing, Loki.」
She extinguished the high-level magic, containing the secret techniques of the Azure Wing King, with a few flaps.
「Now it’s my turn!」
Fwooooosh!
Hundreds of steel feathers shot at me.
I ran sideways along the building, dodging the hail of feathers.
「I shall bestow the goddess’s grace upon you garbage!」
With wings folded, Tel shot forward.
Countless light projectiles were fired along her flight path.
Boom! Boom! BOOM BOOM BOOM!
Indiscriminate bombardment of magic bullets.
The city was engulfed in flames in an instant.
<Do you hear me, Loki? If you do, respond!>
“Seris?”
<Yes, I believe an emergency situation has occurred. The barrier built around the boundary has...>
“I know. It’s broken, right?”
<The entities of the boundary will flood in. They’ll attack Server 1 first. Once that’s destroyed, they’ll move on to Server 2. Then... it’s over. All servers will be annihilated.>
“You don’t need to explain. I already know.”
<What happened? For this to happen...>
“Icar is dead.”
<Icar... no way.>
“It’s what you’re thinking. Tel’s gone mad. I don’t think she’s sane anymore. She says she’ll destroy all of Möbius.”
<That thing up in the sky... is that the CEO?>
Looks like she figured it out.
“Yeah. Evacuate everyone from the city.”
<......>
Seris paused, then spoke again.
<That person will be connected soon too.>
“That person?”
Beep.
The communication cut off.
I landed on the ground.
The endless sound of explosions.
Fires were rising throughout the city.
<Transcended... one.>
An old man’s voice whispered in my ear.
A vaguely familiar tone from long ago.
<I am... Lcadis. Title name... Alpha Zero.>
“You’re still alive, huh.”
<I’ve been preparing for this... for a long time. I stayed hidden... but thanks to your rampage... I escaped. And just now... I joined with that girl.>
“......”
<There are still those in this city... who follow me. They’ll help in this fight.>
WEEEOOOO!
Loud sirens rang out everywhere.
<Code Zero Alert! Notice to all personnel residing in Eden!>
<Black emergency ‘Cact Pistol’ has been issued across all sectors! Eden is now entering emergency defense mode. All personnel, please prepare at your designated locations!>
Ordinary buildings transformed, revealing large cannons and missile turrets.
‘Why didn’t they use those on me?’
Well, it wouldn’t have worked anyway.
<Do not worry. The city itself is a fortress. It’ll hold out for a bit.>
“How long?”
<...About an hour.>
“That’s enough.”
I located Tel’s position and leapt high.
Bounding from rooftop to rooftop, I soared to several hundred meters in altitude.
「Break! Explode! Ahahahaha!」
Tel drew an S-shape in the sky as she rained down magic bullets.
I flipped midair and threw the Dragonscale Sword.
Fwoosh!
The blade pierced Tel’s chest.
Her body was blown away, crashing through several buildings and exploding.
「Kuh... kuhuhuhu...」
But soon enough, Tel burst from the debris.
「Loki! My Loki! Die—please, die!」
Magic bullets and feathers mixed, shooting at me like machine gun fire.
I zigzagged through the air, dodging the bombardment.
Compressing hundreds of meters in a blink.
Crack! My fist smashed into her face. Crack! Crack-crack! Every joint her body had twisted in the opposite direction each time my hand brushed her.
‘Sever.’
I crossed both hands.
The Dragonscale whip lashed her bloodied body.
After kicking Tel hard, I snapped my fingers.
She burned, froze, exploded, got crushed, torn, and broken.
She regenerated in less than a second. But her body was destroyed even faster.
‘I can feel it.’
Each time I killed her, power flowed into me.
Our battle was one of mutual plundering.
But the outcome was already decided.
She may have become a being temporarily like me. But only similar—not equal. There was a gap she could never cross.
“Pity, Tel.”
「Pity, me?」
“Don’t worry. I’ll kill you soon.”
One hour?
No—less than ten minutes.
You’ll die now.