The entire dome was engulfed in an intense golden aura. Inside, hundreds of roars reverberated. The small rusty kitchen knife in Zaimo’s hands trembled slightly. The runes in everyone’s souls were activated, granting them new power.
Ximo, using his new hero power, awakened the inner rune of everyone, creating an army of powerful companions. The hero power given to him by the queen was undoubtedly something much more intense than usual, shocking Alm and Bruno.
Meanwhile, the two were expelled from the body and completely suppressed in the blade. The robotic divine fairy quickly stopped melding her body; she was almost complete when the broken mask covering her face fell off entirely.
A young elf’s head emerged, with delicate and fine features. Her hair was black and short, along with her pointed ears that stood out beautifully. At first glance, it was difficult to perceive that she was an android; her appearance was strangely realistic. From the neck down, however, everything was completely robotic; only her eyes had a characteristic grayish glow.
Her delicate face contorted, showing emotions that were not typical of a robot. A deep hatred, seemingly rooted in her soul, emanated from her.
"COME, YOU FILTHY DOGS!!" She roared furiously.
Everyone attacked simultaneously, employing all their power without hesitation. Only the emperor remained motionless in the air, being the only one not affected by the hero’s power. In an instant, a black shadow silently emerged, approaching his back.
BOOM!
A collision of energies occurred. The robotic elf was sent flying backward, crashing into the ground with an explosion that made the earth tremble. Immediately, she got up, releasing several parts of her body. Then, she leaped to the right, and Zaimo appeared instantly, delivering a sharp blow with his kitchen knife.
The knife pierced only air, but the cutting winds sent the elf flying several meters to the side. Then, a sea of cultivators surged forward to attack her.
Alm and Bruno tried to return to the body, but the queen’s power was divine, with just a fragment of their soul it was impossible to resist. Alm immediately felt a very familiar Yin fluctuation and spoke quickly.
’The emperor! Quick, Zaimo can’t even think, use the contract!’
Bruno didn’t want to use it. The contract they made was directly marked on Zaimo’s soul. They had the autonomy to activate it, but it would cause a dispute with the queen’s power. With two powerful forces competing for a mortal soul, he would suffer intense damage.
Alm illuminated his soul within the blade, and Bruno sighed, but did the same. In the same second, a chain on Zaimo’s soul tightened. Soon, the golden power reacted, and a sharp pain, coming from the cracking soul, brought the dwarf back to sanity.
The two seized the opportunity and managed to subtly penetrate his body. Suddenly, a form condensed with a stealthy blade slicing silently through the emperor’s neck from behind. Alm and Bruno made a swift move, and the kitchen knife was hurled, distorting space.
Clang!
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The emperor felt only the metallic sound on his back before being hit by a wave of Qi that sent him flying several meters, spinning and spitting blood. The dome trembled, and the runes destabilized slightly, but not enough to allow passage. The emperor quickly stabilized himself in the air; he was an experienced cultivator.
In the air, cutting astral winds formed a cyclone. A figure cloaked in black stood with a short blade extended forward. A small kitchen knife was in combat with the assassin’s blade, both unable to move.
A divine cultivation was clearly sensed by Alm and Bruno. Then Zaimo appeared, his physical cultivation pushed to the limit; he grabbed the knife and kicked fiercely.
CRASH!
The figure flew several meters and slammed into the barrier. Sounds of bones breaking echoed, accompanied by a painful female groan. Quickly, the black cloak dissipated, revealing a woman with a gentle and delicate appearance but with a dark aura. One detail stood out about her: in one of her fists, something black seemed to devour the world’s light.
"The second Divine Fairy has arrived! Excellent!" exclaimed Zaimo, excited.
However, the blade of his rusty knife trembled slightly. At that moment, Alm and Bruno were completely stunned.
’How... what the hell is Rehvka doing here?!’ exclaimed Bruno.
They watched their third disciple wiping blood from her mouth and casting a dry glance at the dwarf in the sky. Then, briefly, her eyes turned to the robotic elf. Explosions echoed, indicating that the android wouldn’t last five more minutes.
She commanded the hundreds of machines formed by the armors. They all surrounded her, firing and trying to absorb damage. The android roared and desperately tried to flee, but her expression showed how close to despair she was. She relied on Rehvka to eliminate the emperor, thus opening the dome for a possible escape. But now, everything had collapsed.
’Damn, it was all right in front of our eyes. But since we could barely use our divine soul, we ignored the signs,’ Alm said coldly. ’We’re back to the universe of the robots we saved before...’
Bruno murmured, ’The stupid missionary who revealed everything... damn, we revealed everything ourselves directly to the queen, in the other quest, when we fought against her will. It was all our fault.’ (Chapter 205)
’That robotic elf... and the elf heroine we killed. You only put a fragment of your soul in our soul gem to try to save her. At the time, only the head of her soul was intact; did that influence her to want to keep only the head resembling an elf?’ Alm spoke with doubt. (Chapter 80)
’These strange armors that emerged... Ximo mentioned before about a sacred gem. The names might be different, but they’re the same soul gems from the robots. The soul power we felt was because they actually had souls. Probably they’re used as the core of the armors of some powerful cultivators. Rehvka must have stealthily infiltrated some powerful soul gems. Then, they innocently went and put them in their armors, and at the right moment, the souls inside would reveal themselves, becoming a secret weapon,’ Bruno analyzed, but felt immense regret.
The two understood and connected the dots. The evidence was everywhere. Rehvka acted exactly as they asked, and the robotic lives blended with the entire universe, spreading their technology to everyone and preventing the queen’s dominion. However, after the queen discovered their involvement in this place, she activated mind control directly. Then, she created another, much more powerful hero, changing everything.
Soon, the robots must have been suppressed and destroyed. The technology of the cultivators, like the shooting weapons, armor, and even the warships that the cultivators use, are very similar to those of the robots, the weapons they helped to create.
But, obviously, the main thing was missing: the soul gem. So, the races had to change a lot, and Alm and Bruno couldn’t make the connection, thinking it was their own technology.
According to the system itself, time in this universe passes differently. Alm and Bruno lived only a hundred years, but here many centuries must have passed. In that time, the religion of the robot god was erected and then destroyed. Then, Rehvka started a war against everyone. However, this war was doomed to fail.
’Damn system, we have to kill our disciple now,’ Alm said, expressing what the two were thinking. ’We couldn’t have known that there was a method to use someone close to us to attack the Heaven’s Will. That was the first time we could face the queen directly, and we lost our heads speaking what we shouldn’t have.’
It all happened in a matter of seconds, and soon, Zaimo darted toward Rehvka like lightning. His golden power pulsated with even more intensity, and Alm and Bruno were suppressed again.
The Yin tattoo that Alm and Bruno taught Rehvka was her main source of power. She adapted it to be used in various ways, since she only had the first level, the basics.
She then stared at the dwarf coldly, and a deadly power intensified, covering her blade. ’Idiot, you’ve already realized you can’t deal with a kitchen knife... why are you attacking head-on?’ lamented Bruno.
CRACK!
Zaimo easily shattered Rehvka’s Yin power, continuing to advance with his knife. Her blade broke in her hands against the resistance of the kitchen knife, which proceeded to pierce her body.
Rehvka was thrown backward by the impact, spitting blood as she violently hit the barrier. Her black clothing was stained with her own blood, and a hole about a foot wide appeared in her chest.
Alm and Bruno felt a piercing pain in their souls. At that moment, they saw Rehvka desperately turn to the ground.
"NO, THEA!" She screamed, letting out the name with desperation from her lips.
Zaimo turned to witness the android practically exploding into pieces, her parts scattered across the ground as only her torso and head rolled through the earth. All the robots who took over the armors were destroyed, and now she had nowhere to run. The outcome was faster than Alm and Bruno predicted; they also had blame in this, as the eighteen dwarves were very powerful and managed to corner the android easily. Now, her fate was sealed.
’Darn it... We have to let them die. The Divine Inquisitors will invade this world in less than a day, and they won’t be allowed to live in any way...’ Bruno murmured, enveloped in a mix of conflicting feelings.