Reincarnated With A System Of Different Genre

Chapter 119: The Hands That Would Decide Their Fate

The lady sitting on the bed casually waved her hand.

The Ghost Bride, who had just been chasing Skyler, suddenly froze in place.

Before anyone could react, a spatial ripple appeared beneath her feet.

The next moment, she vanished.

Somewhere far away, she was deposited into the same room as the Ghost Groom, effectively ending the entire farce.

[...Come this way.]

The lady spoke calmly as Skyler looked at her with shining eyes.

At this moment, the saint genuinely viewed her as his savior.

Without hesitation, the group followed behind her.

As they walked, the mansion itself began to change.

Walls shifted, doors disappeared and hallways rearranged themselves.

The entire structure seemed alive.

Soon, they found themselves outside the mansion once again.

The lady stopped walking then she pointed upward.

[Look at the sky.]

Everyone followed her instruction.

And the moment they looked up, their expressions froze.

A massive landmass shaped like an entire continent hung above them.

No, it wasn’t hanging.

It was descending slowly and relentlessly.

As if it intended to crush the world beneath it.

The scale was so enormous that their minds struggled to comprehend it.

Visible shockwaves rippled through the sky.

Even from this distance, they could physically see the aftermath of a terrifying battle taking place.

"What the hell is that?" Ryan asked as his pupils trembled.

For a moment, it genuinely felt as though the end of the world had arrived.

The others weren’t much better.

Even Jojo’s expression became grave.

This was the first time most of them had witnessed a battle on such a scale.

[...The moment you arrived in this place, the battle had already begun.]

The lady quietly looked at the sky.

[In fact, it is still being fought even as we speak.]

Ghostly energy filled the sky and the atmosphere itself felt unstable.

If not for the strange state this place was currently in, the aftermath alone would have destroyed everything below.

Then her gaze shifted toward the mansion.

More specifically, toward the E-Boy.

Her eyes seemed to penetrate the walls as the bird also looked back at her.

For some reason, it no longer felt like a foolish bird that would perform a mating ritual toward an illusion.

Instead, it appeared strangely wise and old.

"Who is fighting up there?" Jojo and Caelum asked simultaneously.

The lady looked at them for a moment before answering.

[It’s you.]

Silence fell as everyone stared at her.

[From the moment you arrived, you have been fighting the Present Me.]

The group became even more confused.

[This Past Me used a portion of my power to pull you here. However, in reality, none of this ever happened.]

Her explanation only made things more complicated.

[As for the memories, the Past Me sent them to the Future Me so that I could return them to you and give you the key.]

Several children immediately looked lost, the two barbarians being the foremost

Even Paul’s glasses couldn’t help him understand that sentence.

Caelum and Jojo both felt that something was wrong.

However, Caelum managed to grasp one important detail.

Slowly, he raised his sword and the others immediately became nervous.

"Doesn’t that mean we’re fighting you?" he asked.

The atmosphere became tense.

The opponent before them was simply too powerful.

Even Jojo’s expression hardened as though he was preparing for the worst.

The lady looked at them quietly, then she sighed.

[If I truly wished to harm you, I would not have burned my own power simply to help you. This place has a time limit. Aside from me, everything else here serves the Present Me.]

She paused briefly.

[And honestly, I cannot send you back another time.]

Those words caused everyone’s hearts to sink slightly.

[However, there is still hope. According to your standards, the strongest among you is only at the Expert Level.]

Her gaze briefly lingered on Caelum.

[Ordinarily, this trial would have been much easier if a normal mortal had entered.]

Everyone became confused again.

[Because the stronger the challenger, the stronger the Present Me becomes.]

The lady calmly finished her explanation and the group silently studied her.

Despite having no way to detect lies, nobody felt that she was deceiving them.

"...Alright." Jojo finally stepped forward.

"The important thing is getting back and for that, I’m willing to do anything."

He looked at the others as one by one, they nodded.

Caelum remained silent.

For some reason, he felt a strange emotion stirring inside Jojo. However, he chose not to comment.

Instead, everyone waited for the lady’s answer.

The lady looked at them quietly before nodded.

[I see...]

***

[So, are you all ready?]

The lady looked at the group as she asked the question.

After a long discussion, they had finally pieced together enough information to understand the situation.

Or at least understand it as much as they could.

She then handed them a black rectangular box with red symbols were engraved across its surface.

The symbols were identical to those they had seen on the black stone when they first arrived in this Drifting Dimension.

Everyone’s expressions became serious and the atmosphere grew tense.

Then Jojo suddenly raised his paw.

"The fate of this lady, along with our own fate, now depends on these dependable hands!"

He waited but nobody reacted.

"..."

Seeing the lack of response, Jojo coughed.

"Alright then, let’s fucking go!"

"My mother said people who curse are bad people, you should stop that habit." Paul immediately replied in a slightly scolding tone.

As a summoner, he felt obligated to educate his contracted beast.

Jojo’s face darkened while the lady silently watched them begin arguing again.

After a moment, her gaze shifted toward Caelum as she sent him a private transmission.

[Though your name is strange, I hope you won’t disappoint me and free yourself...]

Caelum’s expression twitched.

Apparently, in her memories, his name was still "Young Master."

Either she genuinely didn’t know his name, or she had forgotten it somewhere during the transfer of memories between this past and future selves.

Personally, Caelum preferred the version of her he had met earlier.

That one was at least less confusing.

The lady then looked toward everyone.

[...I wish you all luck.]

She gently waved her hand.

The next moment, their bodies became slightly ethereal and a multicolored radiance enveloped them.

Then all of them transformed into streaks of light and shot toward the horizon.

Before disappearing completely, Caelum gave the lady one final look.

By this point, he was fairly certain about what had happened.

His intuition had been warning him from the very beginning.

And after learning the truth, some things finally made sense.

A huge portion of his System Points had disappeared, which was spent without his knowledge.

So, there was only one explanation.

Somehow, he had already used them.

The lady herself also began turning transparent.

Her body gradually faded into countless particles of light.

Then the mansion, forest and the sky disappeared.

The entire world vanished as though it had never existed.