Chapter 412: Celestia
"You might have heavenly Lightning! But do you think I am scared of you?!" Vespina pointed a slender, clawed finger at Barak, drastically reducing her tone to a fierce whisper, ensuring she did not disturb the Master deep within the crypt.
"Give it up, you are strong, but I don’t believe you can defeat me." Barak said, casually looking away from her, his youthful face masking the sheer, unyielding pride of a primordial lightning dragon.
"She can defeat you, Brother. Although you’re strong, you are still lacking in raw control." Damila said with a completely flat, analytical expression, only to immediately receive a harsh, golden glare from Barak.
"Hahaha! That’s my girl!! I will get you a full, high-grade cow after all this mess is settled!" Vespina yelled, feeling immense pleasure at having her seniority validated by the water dragon twin.
Meanwhile, trapped within the crushing embrace of the abyssal tentacles, the 5th and 11th Aeons looked desperately at one another. Their calculated invasion had devolved into a nightmare. One of them was a seasoned warrior, strong enough to take on a single Sovereign stage cultivator in a battle of attrition, but absolutely helpless against three of them simultaneously; while the other, the Cat Lady, couldn’t even break free from the passive restraint, let alone wage a proper fight.
The 5th Aeon turned his heavy gaze back toward the gaping maw of the Royal Tomb, his massive fists clenched so tightly his knuckles bled. The ancient, planetary treasure of the Joseon kings should have been his birthright to plunder, but now, some completely unknown, monstrous figure had somehow managed to get here first and claim its primordial power.
’I can’t let this go!! Mainly because I am the proud 5th Aeon! I can’t go down without a proper fight! Besides, with my secret arts, I can still effortlessly escape.’ He thought, his cold, calculating eyes shifting over to his companion, the Cat Lady.
’There is always room for others in the grand ranks of the Aeons; losing one minor piece makes absolutely no difference to the grand plan.’ He thought, seamlessly abandoning her behind to face the wrath of the Sovereigns alone.
’I have to do this right now!’ He thought, and with a sudden, violent flick of his fingers, a complex, red runic circle materialized out of his life essence, glowing with a forbidden blood-magic.
"Viribus meis, sanguine meo, te excio! Veni et pro me pugna."
[Translation: By my strength, by my blood, I Summon you! Come and fight for me!!]
BOOOOM!!!
Vespina, Barak, and Damila immediately turned their sharp gazes to the side, staring intently as jagged, bleeding spatial cracks violently tore open before them. From the epicenter of the structural fracture, a forbidden, abyssal gateway fully formed.
The three Sovereigns simply blinked, completely unfazed, and turned back to the struggling 5th Aeon.
"I told you from the very beginning, we should have just crippled them completely." Vespina said, turning to Barak, deeply annoyed by the unnecessary paperwork a rogue prisoner would cause.
"The Master explicitly said we should capture them alive, not kill them." Barak argued back instantly, the two powerhouses completely ignoring the catastrophic gateway opening right beside them.
BAM!!
A colossal, blood-red claw violently burst out from the spatial rift, instantly followed by the rest of its gargantuan, mutated body. In a matter of ten seconds, a terrifying, 20 feet tall red-skinned Gorilla stood proudly before them. Jagged crystalline spikes stuck out all over its broad back, its glowing red eyes completely fixed on its summoner’s commands.
GRAAAAAA!!
The primeval beast roared savagely at them, a shockwave that flattened the surrounding flora, and shot forward directly towards the 5th Aeon. Without a moment of hesitation, its massive hands grabbed the Aeon’s torso and pulled him straight out of the tightening demonic tentacles through sheer, brute force.
"....?!"
Before the stunned faces of the four onlookers—Vespina, Barak, Damila, and the abandoned Cat Lady—the Gorilla forcefully threw the 5th Aeon right into the open vortex of the gateway, and he vanished completely into the deep void.
"....?!"
The sacrificial beast then moved fluidly towards the rift, standing like an immovable wall before the gateway, guarding the exit as the spatial portal rapidly closed shut.
"What just happened?" Damila asked in genuine surprise, blinking her white eyes at the empty space where the high-ranking Aeon had just been.
"WOW, isn’t that one of the most pathetic yet best escapes we have seen so far!" Vespina asked, a highly amused smirk breaking across her beautiful face.
"I am also shocked... I thought as big and intimidating as he is, he would at least try to fight his way through us, not run away like a common, frightened coward." Barak added, crossing his arms over his chest in utter disdain.
"Hey, you two idiots! We can’t just stand here and let him escape!!" Damila yelled at them, a deep, panicked frown appearing on her face as she remembered their absolute directives.
"Who said he can actually escape?" Vespina asked with a calm, reassuring smile, and casually turned her head toward the solitary, ancient tree standing at the edge of the field:
"Can you help us out here!! The Master will surely deal with us severely if that guy escapes!" She yelled up into the branches.
"....?!"
The dragon twins blinked, their legendary senses short-circuiting as they turned their heads sharply toward the tree.
"Hey! Shouldn’t she be deep in seclusion within the Golden Palace right now?" Damila asked in utter shock, her voice dropping.
"Yeah, how come she is sitting right here? And I didn’t even sense a single ripple of her presence." Barak added, a cold sweat breaking out on his neck.
"Of course, how can a novice like you sense her? Before this legendary lady, except from our first and second Big Sisters, we all are nothing but weaklings." Vespina said smoothly.
The captive Cat Lady slowly turned her trembling gaze toward the breathtakingly beautiful lady sitting upright on the high tree branch. Her incredibly long golden hair flowed like a river of liquid gold all the way to the mossy base of the tree, while her completely emotionless, vacant golden eyes remained fixed on the scene below.
’A... A true Realm Destroyer?!! How did such a mythological creature appear on a lower world?! Even the elite Fourth World only possesses a few of these planetary nightmares!!’ She thought, her face completely paling as her mind broke under the terrifying realization.
"Why should I help you?" The Lady asked, her tone entirely calm, carrying the devastating weight of a dying star.
"Please, Celestia. You are the only one present that can help us bridge that distance!" Vespina pleaded earnestly, and quickly continued:
"Besides, The Master will be incredibly upset if she discovers this."
"Upset?"
Celestia’s deadpan expression subtly changed at the mention of the Master’s mood. She slowly stretched her slender, porcelain hand forward into the empty air.
"For the Master, I will help you." She said softly.
And with a single, elegant, sweeping side movement of her hand, the fabric of space itself violently tore opened across lightyears. The very next moment, the 5th Aeon flew violently out from the rift, losing all his momentum as he hit the hard ground face-first, coughing up dirt and blood.
"....?!!"
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