Chapter 309: Alliance

"I'll kill you later..."

Even though she couldn't take her life now, due to Yuki, there were many opportunities in the future. The crucial focus now was Yuki, lying in bed with injuries.

With that in mind, Yuno walked towards the cabin, passing by Tsubaki, paying no more attention to this woman.

"I have another proposal, Gasai-san..."

This time, Yuno didn't want to listen, so she kept walking.

"Did you know that Yuki-kun doesn't have much time left?"

"What?"

These words couldn't be ignored, so Yuno immediately turned around, looking directly at Tsubaki, who sighed in response.

"I believe you already know, Gasai-san, but Yuki-kun's time is running out. His energy is diminishing, and if my calculations are correct, Yuki-kun has about two days before he disappears, right?"

"..."

As much as Yuno wanted to deny it, this was the truth. Yuno knew it. In fact, she didn't want to accept it, but every passing minute weakened Yuki, and his life force grew fainter.

The time they spent together was the best proof. Compared to the first time they met, Yuki was around 80% of his power.

And it kept decreasing, leading to his inevitable disappearance...

Tsubaki noticed this after leaving the Time Castle. A Yuki clone disappeared, and Yuki himself was in danger of vanishing. He was so defenseless that even those missiles from military planes caused him immense damage.

This made her anxious, and fear took hold of her...

"I think you know... I have a deal that benefits both of us, Gasai-san. Do you want to hear it?"

"Speak."

Yuno didn't want to trust her, but her words couldn't be ignored, not when Yuki was involved.

"Gasai-san, I want to form an alliance with you!"

Hearing this, Yuno frowned deeply. Ally with this woman? It seemed like a terrible idea, especially considering Tsubaki's past intentions to betray them.

What reason does Yuno have to trust her? Does she think Yuno is easy to deceive? If so, Tsubaki will undoubtedly lose.

"What are you planning?"

"Don't misunderstand, Gasai-san. I have no reason to betray you. My only desire is Yuki-kun's protection. Both you and I know we can't handle the remaining participants alone."

Indeed, with each passing minute, the other participants had more time to understand their powers and use them more skillfully. Not to mention the loss of vitality spent due to these fights. The other participants were getting stronger while they were weakening. Even though they killed Minene, who knows if another prodigy like Reisuke is among the participants.

"You and I have the same purpose. We don't want Yuki-kun to get more involved in these fights. However, Yuki-kun won't listen to us and will continue fighting. We are weak to protect ourselves alone, Gasai-san..."

Minene was enough to make them tremble and contemplate the level of strength. Especially Yuno, one small misstep, and she would die at Minene's hands. The pressure Yuno endured was not small.

"That's why I want to use your strength, and at the same time, you use mine. Together, we can defeat the remaining participants. There's no need for Yuki-kun to get hurt. We don't want him to disappear. Yuki-kun is the only bond that ties us; we should use this against our enemies."

"..."

However, Yuno still couldn't trust this woman. There were many gaps in her words, but her expression and aura were resolute. Just like Tsubaki, she desired Yuki's safety above all. So, it wasn't a bad idea to support each other, but...

"What will happen in the end?..."

"When everything is over, and only the two of us remain, I want to fight you, Gasai-san. I also want Yuki-kun. I want to fight for my happiness. A fair duel at the end. The winner will become a god and also have the man they love."

"Fine..."

This time, Yuno couldn't help but smile. This was exactly how it should be.

If you want what's mine, fight for it!

Show that you have what it takes to take it from me!

"I'll kill you at that moment. I won't show mercy."

Leaving those words, Yuno entered the cabin, while Tsubaki responded with a murmur.

"No, I will win."

And with that, a strange alliance was born, an alliance before the end.

At the same time Yuno and Tsubaki conversed...

*Ding

[Champion No. 120 has died]

[As beings who lived by Order, we honor the Fallen]

The chat notification sounded. It was a pity that Yuki was sleeping so deeply that he wouldn't notice this message. However, that didn't mean the Demon King didn't.

*Creakkkkk

With the sound of something breaking, several tears gathered in the Demon King's eyes.

While the crown protecting the world began to rotate, one of their own had died.

Although the Demon King didn't know this Champion, the pain of their loss was great. After all, each of their kind was considered family.

"Papa?"

The will of the world that had been sleeping, embracing the Demon King, couldn't help but wake up. After all, the unstable emotions he had made the entire Reality space tremble furiously.

"Papa..."

As if sensing the emotions of the Demon King, the girl hugged the boy's body more tightly.

She didn't know what was happening, but the emotions contained in that crown were strong. Even she was affected by it.

She, who had been healed by the crown, also cried for the loss. Like a kind of comfort, the emotions of the Demon King calmed as he felt the warm embrace of the girl, but his tears didn't stop.

At the same time, Yuki, who was resting, had tears in his eyes. Even sleeping, his body reacted on its own, showing sadness and pain.

Someone from the family had died...

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Unknown universe, Unknown world.

"This looks terrible..."

Observing the state of the world, a man with a crown on his head sighed.

After all, the world was dying. All life on the planet had been extinguished, leaving a wasteland of death.

The clouds and the planet's atmosphere had completely changed, creating hurricanes and massive lightning storms covering the entire planet. It created a climate where common living beings would be unable to survive. Volcanoes erupted, and magma spewed from the earth, creating terrifying scenes of the end of the world. However, the man wasn't worried; after all, none of that could harm him. The world was entering a phase of destruction, but the man kept his hands in his pockets as he calmly observed.

"I suppose it's time to end this. It's time to fulfill my duty..."

Muttering, the man took his hands out of his pockets as he walked slowly. The earth was cracked but filled with corpses.

However, the man didn't care. The living beings had failed to save the world, so this was the price of losing the war.

So, he had no mercy as he walked and stepped on the corpses of the former inhabitants of the world—be they humans, elves, or beasts.

To him, there was no distinction between living or dying. After all, they were not inhabitants of his world. He was a stranger who came to this world to solve the problems they couldn't. He was the last defense of the world.

*Creak

With the sound of lightning storms, rain began to fall, and thunder illuminated the man's appearance.

He had the figure and form of a human, with black hair and gray eyes. He primarily wore black, as if in mourning, making it difficult to notice him in the darkness of the night, with only the lightning storms lighting up his appearance.

*BROMMMM

*Roar, Roar

As he walked, the world began to tremble, creating enormous rifts from which huge monsters emerged, roaring towards the world itself, claiming their victory.

Hundreds of billions of these monsters continued to emerge until...

[HAHAHA, AS EXPECTED FROM YOU... CHAMPIONS, YOU CARE NOT FOR LIFE, NO MERCY]

With a voice that seemed to come from the depths of hell, a gigantic monster emerged from one of the rifts. Its body was so massive that the sky was covered with its figure, with four deformed arms and two triangular heads. Its aura was massive, worsening the already problematic climate of the planet, creating cracks in the atmosphere.

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