Chapter 559: The Key

Day 220 since Yuki arrived in this world, the creation of the towers was nearing its final stage. The girls were on their tenth tower, and at the speed they were building, they would complete the mission before the set deadline of 300 days.

This was expected, as Yuno and Jasmine had streamlined the process...

And then, in the Middle Eastern region, the day arrived...

"Soma has awakened..."

The key to this operation had finally opened its eyes. Yuki stood up; his long wait was over.

However, unlike the other God Eaters who had received guidance from their deceased loved ones, Soma was alone in the middle of it all...

His father was still alive, and his mother was in a distant place the Crown couldn't reach.

The only help he received was from Yuki, who arrived just in time to guide his destiny...

"So, all this shit can end? No more hiding? Humans can be the dominant species again...?"

"That's right..."

Soma was on the verge of a mental breakdown. All the information he had to process, the events, and everything that happened were overwhelming, all leading to a root cause: a damn Overlord was the reason the world was about to go to hell.

"Then... what do you want from me? What can I do to help the Savior of this world?"

Soma's words were filled with sarcasm when he said this, not directed at Yuki, but at himself. He was also considered a Savior as a God Eater, but now he discovered it was all a lie. Even though he had suspected it, it was still painful to learn that all his efforts were in vain.

"I have been waiting for you. I want you to complete this final mission...."

"Waiting? Mission?"

"That's right..."

"Why me? I think Lindow is better than me; even that brat Utsugi is better..."

Soma couldn't understand it. The fact that the mission was delayed because of him made no sense. He might be strong, but there wasn't much difference with Lindow. In fact, the potential of Alisa and Lenka was much greater. There was nothing special about him, aside from being a monster with human skin.

"No, it has to be you. You are the key that will give me victory..."

"Huh?"

"Because you are the only one who can seal your mother..."

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"Bastard!!"

Soma stood up, enraged. After Yuki told him the events that had transpired over the past years, Soma felt immense hatred towards the person who was his father...

Johannes von Schicksal....

Soma's outburst caused a great commotion at the base. Everyone was alarmed because Soma wouldn't stop at anything and left the isolation room in search of his father.

This caused not only the soldiers to intervene but also the other God Eaters to gather...

*Bam*

The door to Johannes's office was knocked down, and Soma entered without hesitation...

"Soma..."

Johannes, on the other hand, was calm. He didn't know what was happening with his son, but from the reports on how the God Eaters reacted upon awakening, he could form an idea...

However, Soma grabbed Johannes's neck tightly and started beating him, his eyes bloodshot...

"Bastard! You weren't satisfied with me; you had to do that to my mother too!"

Soma, who had always thought he had taken his mother's life at birth, was shocked to discover she was still alive.

"Soma? What's going on?"

Lindow and the group of God Eaters entered Johannes's office...

"Stop it, Soma!"

Amamiya, in particular, was the first to react to all of this. As the group leader, she couldn't allow such events against her superior...

"Let go of me! I'm going to kill him, I'll kill him!!"

Soma was so strong that it took three God Eaters to restrain him. As for Johannes, he was in critical condition, blood streaming from his head, looking like he could die at any moment...

"Quick, call a doctor!"

"That won't be necessary..."

Just as everything was about to get chaotic again, Yuki slowly emerged from the shadows, preventing Johannes from dying, not until he handed over the key...

"Your Excellency...."

Yuki's appearance made everyone fall silent and step back. Yuki had never intervened in the base's administration, so seeing him inside Fenrir for the first time was a surprise.

"Director, I assume you know the reason for my visit...."

"Berserker... It was you...."

Mumbling in pain, Johannes choked on his own blood and coughed. Yuki had no pity for this man. Instead, he lifted him off the ground...

"The key, give it to me now..."

To access Nova's location, a special key was needed, and only Johannes possessed it.

"..."

Johannes didn't respond due to his severe injuries, but he understood the essence of what was happening and reached his trembling hand to his neck, where a cross-shaped key hung...

Without hesitation, Yuki snatched it and handed it back to Soma...

"It's all yours..."

The life and death of this man no longer mattered to Yuki. He now had all the pieces in his hand; the only thing left was to fit them into his puzzle...

"Your Excellency... Please, stop him; he's our leader."

Appealing, Amamiya couldn't stand seeing Soma kill his own father. However, this was not Yuki's concern. But since this incident could affect the mission's performance, he spoke.

"I don't think you'll feel the same after learning what he's done..."

Scanning the room with his eyes, Yuki smiled. His gaze then rested on Sakaki, who was standing with Lindow. It seemed this scientist was curious about what he was about to say...

"What he's done?... "

"That's right, have you heard of Project Aegis?"

Everyone nodded. There wasn't a human in Fenrir who didn't know about Aegis, as it was humanity's hope.

A utopia where humans would survive, a sealed fortress impenetrable by Aragamis, or so it was supposed.

But that wasn't entirely true. During its construction, Johannes realized that such a utopia would eventually be attacked by Aragami, and humanity would be defenseless against them again. With this revelation, he put Project Aegis on hold and started Project Ark, which would trigger a controlled apocalypse to rid the world of all Aragami and create a permanently safe haven for the remaining humans or "Seeds" that would be far from the planet during the apocalypse. To do this, he needed to nurture a massive Aragami that could trigger such an apocalypse, Nova, and needed a special Aragami core, the Singularity, to awaken. He began nurturing Nova by sending high-ranking God Eaters on "special missions" that usually involved retrieving an Aragami core, which meant they were just missions to "collect food" for Nova.

It was a good plan that, if successful, could really save the world. But it was a lie, as what he was feeding was not salvation but the ultimate monster that would destroy the world.

Chaos is never something humans can control; it is impossible. Fortunately, he never managed to satisfy this monster nor found the special core needed for its awakening.

Even though Johannes went as far as to use his own wife's body for this, his plan would fail, and the world would die.

After hearing all this, the God Eaters looked at Johannes, realizing he was a psychopath.

Both his wife and son were victims. Johannes, being one of the three scientists who discovered the Oracle Organism, experimented on his own son, which is how the God Eaters were created. In short, Soma was the first God Eater.

"What a fool, feeding his doom, using a monster to end monsters, the stupidest thing I've ever seen..."

Yuki shook his head and turned his attention back to the God Eaters...

"Now that we've reached this point, you should prepare yourself, Soma. You have three days to get used to your new state. As for the rest, it's best to spend time with your families, as the probability of not returning is 90%...."

Sinking back into the shadows, Yuki no longer cared about these God Eaters. Now that he had the key, it was time to refine the seal...

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TN: Brother really planning suicide again but this time with more people 💀