Chapter 473: A Mother’s Protection
In the cold, jagged depths of his domain, the holographic screen flickered, revealing a cosmic truth that shattered the sovereign’s absolute confidence. Togas stared at the readings, his crimson eyes widening as the impossible realization struck him.
"Impossible!! How did he acquire the Five Dimensional Teleportation Statues?!!" He asked in horror, getting to his feet. The obsidian throne beneath him cracked under his sudden, uncontrolled surge of mana. Those statues weren’t just artifacts; they were world-anchors capable of suppressing the natural laws of a universe.
"No!! It’s too late, I can’t stop it. I can only deal with his kids and use them as hostage!!" He thought, and vanished from his domain, tearing through the fabric of his own dimension with desperate, violent speed.
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[Outside The Earth Of The World.]
Far away from the primary battlefield, near the edge of the world’s elemental boundaries, the atmosphere suddenly grew suffocating.
BOOOOM!!!
"....?!"
Esther blinked, as the whole land trembled violently. The land groaned beneath their feet, and the vast expanse of waters before them began shaking uncontrollably. Within seconds, the temperature spiked, and the ocean started heating up to unnatural extremes.
"What the hell is happening?!!" Esther yelled, as thick, blinding steam rose from the water, hissing as it touched the scorched earth.
The mysterious young man, whose aura had previously been calm and unreadable, narrowed his ancient eyes at the boiling horizon.
"This is very bad, the realm Ruler of this world is descending. And he’s angry." He said, his voice carrying the weight of impending doom.
"Realm Ruler?! What about the others?!" Marriott asked in shock, wrapping a protective arm around his daughter as the pressure in the air multiplied.
The man exhaled, a heavy, weary sound: "I don’t know about them, but you all need to leave this place. I will send you back to your city." The man raised his hand, his fingers moving with fluid, practiced grace, and tapped the empty air.
DING!
A complex, glowing runic circle appeared before him, its geometric lines humming with spatial magic. The father and daughter watched in awe as he started writing on the runic circle, which started glowing with a brilliant, blinding light.
"We won’t see each other again! I can feel the shift in the world. Danger is coming, the devil Ruler is getting resurrected... So many things is falling apart, I pray there is someone out there that can stop the Devil Ruler, and save the whole universe." He said, his words painting a grim picture of the cosmic war brewing in the shadows.
"Universe?!" Esther was stunned, the sheer scale of his words confusing her mortal comprehension.
"Little girl, you aren’t qualified to know all these." He placed his palm flat on the runic circle, and with a little force, it shattered into a million sparkling fragments.
Golden light surrounded the two, shielding them from the boiling environment, and the next moment, they vanished, teleported safely away from the dying zone.
The guy lowered his hand with a sighed:
’This is unfortunate, if the devil Ruler resurrect, the universe will be plunged into Chaos, if he isn’t taken out, nothing will survive.’ He thought, staring blankly as the massive body of water before him completely dried up, evaporated by the sheer heat of Togas’s descending fury.
"I have done my part." With that, he vanished completely, fading away.
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[End Of The World.]
BOOOOM!!!
Back at the chaotic wasteland, the Blood Moon Goddess raised her head to the sky as it violently cracked open like a shattered mirror, revealing the terrifying, swirling void within.
"This?!! Hey! We need to get out of here!!" Nammu yelled at them in horror, her instincts screaming at her to flee from the unnatural, overwhelming predator entering the atmosphere.
"Huh? What’s happening?" Casey asked in shock, gripping her weapon tightly as the very air grew heavy enough to crush bone.
Jinx raised her head to the sky, a deep, grim frown appearing on her face. Her mind raced. ’I don’t believe it... I believe no one is as strong as Sunny, but this presence.’
The sheer, unadulterated mass of the energy descending was suffocating.
"Those who transpass in my Realm will be killed."
Togas’s voice sounded all over the place, echoing from the earth, the wind, and the shattered sky itself, as he descended from the heavens, his arms crossed behind his back in a display of absolute, unchallenged sovereignty.
"It’s the Realm Ruler of the Fourth Realm!" Treasure exclaimed in surprised, her usual fiery demeanor faltering under the pressure.
"Can we take on such an enemy?" Regina asked, drawing her sword, though her hands trembled slightly against the divine gravity.
"What a drag, we are here thinking of ways to handle one drag, and a bigger drag appeared." Lucian sighed, rubbing the back of his neck, his golden eyes dull but alert. Even facing a true god, the slothful prince found the situation more tedious than terrifying.
"We aren’t strong enough to fight anything above the true God class... We need to retreat." Destiny whispered to them, his mind instantly calculating their zero percent chance of victory.
"The only problem here is... How?" Jinx asked. In response to the mortal threat to her younger siblings, her ancient bloodline flared to life. Thick, indestructible black dragon scales began appearing on her body, coating her arms and neck.
"Don’t worry you three, no matter what, I won’t let anything happen to you." She said, stepping in front of the triplets as her pitch-black daggers appeared in her grasp, fully embracing her role as their Elder Sister.
"Hey!! Why am I exempted?!" Nammu yelled in surprise.
Precious, Regina and Casey stared at the water beast with a frown; they weren’t mentioned too, but as elite subordinates, their lives were entirely forfeit if it meant protecting the King’s children.
Togas fully entered the world, as the shattered sky above him closed shut, sealing them inside his domain. He moved his glowing gaze onto the Blood Moon Goddess, who smiled nervously at him, her previous arrogance completely shattered, then looked at the opposite group.
"Entering my realm without my knowledge. You are all bold!" He yelled.
A devastating wave of pure Primordial energy burst out from him. It wasn’t an attack, merely the passive release of his authority spreading all over the place, pushing everyone, and violently throwing them all to the ground.
PUFFF!!
They all vomited a mouthful of blood, their internal organs ruptured by the sheer, crushing weight of the realm’s pressure.
"So powerful?!" Jinx said, forcing herself up through sheer willpower, her dragon scales groaning under the strain. She angrily wiped the blood off her lips:
"I don’t care how powerful you are! If you dare lay a hand on my Siblings, I will kill you!!" She yelled, her dark energy flaring wildly as she shielded Lucian, Treasure, and Destiny.
"Yes!" Regina added, her loyalty unwavering as she also forced herself back on her feet, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Jinx.
"Realm Ruler Togas! I entered your world just to hunt, I mean no harm!" the Blood Moon Goddess suddenly cried out, dropping shamelessly on one knee, bowing her head so low it practically touched the dirt. The terrifying "Half-Realm Ruler" had instantly reverted to a cowering beggar before a true sovereign.
Togas stared at Jinx, then shifted his gaze down at the groveling Blood Moon. "You drew my attention to these intruders, so I won’t kill you... But you will have to serve me for a century, do you accept your punishment?" He asked, staring at her with cold indifference.
"Yes! Yes! I will serve you for a century!! No matter what you want of me, I will do it right away! Even if I have to give myself to you!" She yelled, her voice dripping with desperate, pathetic subservience.
Jinx, Lucian, Destiny, Treasure, Regina, Casey, Precious, and even Nammu were dumbfounded. They stared at the kneeling woman in utter disbelief. Wasn’t this the exact same arrogant commandment who had just confidently claimed she would hide from Sunny and conquer the world?
"Good, you are wise." Togas nodded his head, his towering figure radiating absolute, tyrannical authority. He accepted her submission without a second thought, his cruel eyes then turning to the eight intruders who had dared to breathe the air of his sovereign domain. "Now, your punishment."
He stretched his hand toward them. The very fabric of space warped and groaned as a wave of pitch-black energy formed in his palm, spinning violently like a miniature black hole eager to consume everything in its path.
"Take your punishment from this God!!"
The attack shot towards the five, moving with incredible, inescapable speed. The air itself shattered under its trajectory.
WHIZZ!
"Hey, you three are glowing!" Nammu yelled, her form shivering in terror as she pointed a trembling finger at the brilliant, warm lights suddenly enveloping the triplets.
Lucian, Treasure, and Destiny looked at their bodies, their eyes wide. A gentle, familiar golden hue was forcefully pushing back the oppressive, suffocating gravity of the Fourth Realm.
"This energy... It’s your mother’s." Jinx muttered in profound surprise. The dark dragon scales on her skin relaxed slightly as the protective warmth washed over them.
’Even in this situation, Josephine still has ways to save her children... Phew, it’s a good thing.’ She thought, deeply relieved that the supreme matriarch had left a dormant safeguard on her kids.
