Chapter 84

|3rd POV|

All the magus in the Clock Tower are looking around nervously. The reason? There are more than three hundred Counter Guardians, or, as the magus knew them, Alaya's Dogs. When they appear, a lot of blood will spill, and they are afraid they will be among those who will die at the hands of those Counter Guardians.

However, that is not all that makes them nervous. Standing in the opposite direction of the Counter Guardians are Gaia's Dogs, which consist of True Ancestor and Phantasmal Beast, which can kill many humans in the blink of an eye.

Standing in front of those two forces are two people. The first one is a small girl with green hair and blue eyes. There is a pair of deer-like antlers coming out of the side of her head. She looks pale and sickly. The second one is a beautiful woman wearing a red dress that shows the upper part of her cleavage. She has golden hair and beautiful green eyes.

These people are Gaia and Alaya, the two Counter Forces representing the Planet and the Will of Humanity.

The entire magus in the Clock Tower, the biggest Mage's Association in the world, looks at them in fear because of this identity. They know that they cannot do anything to the two of them. Even when they could do that, they did not want to do that. If one of them dies, they will soon face an apocalypse and die.

As they appear in the clock tower, a group of people walk out of their workshop to greet the two beings that hold the world.

The first one is Brishisan, the Director and Founder of the Clock Tower. The second one is Lorelei Barthomeloi, the acting Vice-Director of Clock Tower, when the Director is busy in his workshop. The last one is Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg, the Wizard Marshall and one of the founders of the Clock Tower.

The three of them are the monsters of the Clock Tower. They are three of the strongest magi in the entire world.

"Welcome to Clock Tower, Lady Gaia and Lady Alaya. What can I do for you?"

Gaia clicks her tongue and then coughs uncontrollably. Alaya decides to take over the talking by saying.

"The planet is about to die. In a hundred years, this planet will die. That means man in the air will disappear, and the protection against the outsider will disappear. That includes the atmosphere."

Hearing that word, the people gasp. This is the first time they hear this. The planet is about to die?! They know it will happen, but they thought they had more than ten thousand years before it happened, not a hundred years!

Brishisan looks at the two of them with a frown and says.

"What can we do to prevent this?"

Alaya shakes her head and says.

"You cannot prevent the planet from dying."

"Then what do we need to do?"

"You shall welcome the one healing the planet. They shall come, and you shall welcome them. If they do not like your welcome, then we are doomed. He is this planet's savior. He has the power beyond your imagination. He can destroy. He can kill. He can heal. If he is disappointed in your welcome, we will be displeased, and I will not prevent my other half from releasing her guardians. You have been warned. He shall arrive in Fuyuki, Japan. Take care of him for a day so we can prepare for him to heal the planet."

After she says that, Gaia and Alaya, including their group, disappear from the Clock Tower. Seeing them disappear, the people start to panic. They start to shout at each other to make sure to welcome the planet's savior.

While the regular magi bicker with each other about how to welcome this person, the noble scramble to try and get some profit from this person. The noble who has a daughter who can have a child is already preparing to tell their daughter to seduce him and give them his seed.

Brishisan and Zelretch shake their heads when they see the calculating expression of the nobles. However, something clicks inside Zelretch's brain and says to Brishisan.

"Fuyuki is now hosting the Heaven Feel Ritual."

"Ah, crap. Zelretch, prepare a portal. We need to go there personally and stop that ritual."

"Give me an hour. I need to prepare something. A gift for our guest."

And the two of them walk back to their workshops and prevent something from happening to their guest.

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Gerrald and his companion arrive in what looks like a dock in the middle of the night. Gerrald shakes his head while his companion looks around the new place.

"What should we do now, Gerrald?"

Gerrald looks at Sialeeds and says.

"I don't know. My manager did not say anything about not having someone to guide us in healing the planet. For now, you guys can return to the pocket dimension. I will buy something for our dinner. I want some ramen. There is a portal spot not too far away from us."

Chiyome, Sialeeds, and Nikea nod their heads, walk to the portal spot, and open them. With them waiting in the pocket dimension, Gerrald decided to explore a little in the search for a local seven-eleven or any convenience store. Japan has a lot of combini that stay open twenty-four hours a day so that he can buy some ramen.

While he goes to the combini outside the dock, a man appears in the middle of the dock. He is wearing a skin-tight outfit with a teal color and holding two spears, one golden and the other red crimson.

He flares his mana into the air, challenging anyone who dares to answer his invitation, and there is someone who is willing to answer his invitation. The one answering this invitation is a beautiful young woman with golden hair and wearing silver armor.

Seeing someone accepting his invitation, the battle starts. Spear and sword start to clash as the two fighters fight each other. The fight looks like a dance, but this dance can kill a lesser man who dares to interrupt it.

Sadly, someone interfered in this fight.

"Who's there!"

The spearman shouted as he looked at a young man holding a bag of groceries in his hand. This young man is Gerrald. He is about to return to the portal spot but feels a burst of mana and decides to investigate.

"A witness?"

The swordswoman says in concern. The one watching from a distance uses his power to talk to the spearman.

'There should not be witnesses. Lancer, kill him.'

Lancer tightens his grip on his spear before releasing a sigh. He appears in front of Gerrald and says,

"I am sorry. It is your unlucky day. I shall make it as painless as possible."

He then thrust his red spear at Gerrald, who had already activated [Infinity] to stop the attack. Sadly for him, the red spear is the worst weapon against him as the red spear breaks his [Infinity] with ease as Gerrald's technique is not yet complete.

This red spear is Gae Dearg, the spear that can pierce any magical energy that comes into contact with it.

The spear hits the target and stabs Gerrald in the chest. Lancer looks at him with pity and says.

"I am truly sorry."

Lancer swings his spear and cleans the blood from it before walking away from Gerrald, who is dying.

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Ah, I am underestimating this place too much.

I pull all my curse energy to my wound and search for something deeper—my curse energy twists and turns. I keep pumping it to my wound, but it cannot do anything as it knows how to harm.

Without me knowing, I activate the [Six Eyes] and see how the Curse Energy moves around. Now I know. I can see it.

I move the curse energy and keep twisting and folding it. I keep pumping more curse energy, but this time, I reverse the flow and crash my curse energy into each other, creating a new energy.

I don't feel cold anymore. My body isn't spasming any longer.

I entered a strange place. It was an endless darkness, but there were countless stars in that darkness, and in the center of this strange place was a massive black hole that attracted many stars and created a blinding light in this infinite darkness.

I know this place. This is my inner domain. It is a combination of all beings in me. This is no longer [Unlimited Void]. It is something else entirely, something unique only for me. This is [Devouring Void], my inner domain.

For now, I focus on its existence. I see it. I visualize it, and from it, I learn the very core of curse energy and all the energy I have within my body.

With this enlightenment, I start to heal my body. Reverse Energy Curse is the name, and I use it to heal my body. However, I did not only use that energy. I also use mana and primordial energy from the Sun Rune to heal myself.

When I am done, I open my eyes and see the world. The true world. I can see it dying, but at the same time, it is beautiful. I can see them. I can see the flow of energy around me. I can see the world as it is.

I cannot help but laugh. Laugh and laugh at the sight in front of me.

Humans are truly nothing more than small dust in this world.

"You are alive."

I look at the one who says that and see the man who tries to kill me. This time, I can truly see what kind of being he is. When he appears in front of me, I fold the space and appear above in the sky. I control the curse energy to let my body float in the air.

I did not hate him. Truly, I did not hate him. If he did not try to kill me the second time, I would have let him leave, but now I cannot do that.

When he appears in front of me, I point my finger and say.

"Cursed Technique Reversal: Red"

I smile a little at my work as that man gets thrown to the ground and coughs blood from that attack. I move my body and feel the entire world change.

"Throughout heavens and earth, I alone am the honored one."