Chapter 377: Is It Finally Victory? (1)
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“You are crazy.”
Babylon’s Underworld was brighter than ever before. It was almost like it was day, due to the millions of souls that have reached here in so little time. The Apocalypse on the surface hadn’t been soft on them.
The two extraterrestrial beings didn’t care about that at all. Instead, after the Director spoke of something ridiculous, Eurynome could only scoff.
“You are delusional. No, my bad, it’s not exactly a delusion since it’s you. You can make it a reality, you illogically motivated woman. However, it’s still the craziest thing I have heard in the last few centuries.”
The Director giggled at that, locks of colorless hair falling by her face before she tucked them away.
Eurynome sighed, raising her arms in frustration and letting them fall off.
“So you’re not gonna let me take him? Listen, I want my daughter back, and I don’t care at all about your plan. And ultimately it’s not of any help to me, it’s rather the opposite actually. If you truly use Neji Hado to bring back that man, it’s not good for me or the Prime. I am not sure why you told me all that; now I want to reveal my true powers.”
“Can you win though?”
The Director countered her plan in an instant, her smile stretching.
“You are no match to me as you are right now. But if you unseal yourself, then… Well, even then the Omniverse’s Will may incarnate itself into Gaia. To add on top of that, even some Abstract may come here. Not that any of that additional number would matter, given I alone am enough to counter whatever tricks you have. Yet, are you sure you want to risk everything, just for a possibility?”
“….”
Eurynome’s expression soured. She felt frustrated like never before, it felt so goddamn annoying. A part of her just wanted to let go of the seals and show this filth of a mortal who truly was the strongest, but she held back.
She wasn’t the emotional one out of the two rulers of Prime. She had to be calm and strategic, unlike her husband. Obviously, she didn’t actually fear her threats, no amount of Abstracts or even the incarnated Omniverse would be of any real threat to her existence, but it would indeed cause other problems.
All because of one thing.
“We are having this conversation for so long only because I have no use for the 2nd Gamer yet. He doesn’t meet the criteria yet. If he did, I would have just teleported with him by now. But since he isn’t ready yet, I will have to stop you from taking my grooming prey. He is mine, his fate destined him to be mine and mine alone.”
The Director got off her seat which was a mold of space & time, dropping to her feet. “That’s all I have to say. I have to admit I had an advantage this time due to the situation, so I might not get to intervene next time. But I am sure the gamer will be ready for you the next time you try to mess with him. After this experience, after this… abysmal loss, he will be different. Now it’s time I go, it seems ‘whoever’ met him on the other side has helped him return. Good luck, this time it will be a bit different.”
Then, with a shift in reality, the glitch-like existence just vanished. Before she entirely vanished, she leaned over to tuck something in Neji’s armor, and then the fabrics of space & time healed themselves.
Eurynome frowned, groaning and rumbling in her throat, while still shocked by what the Director had revealed earlier. She couldn’t just grab Neji and leave either right now, she was sure that woman would try to stop her if she tried that, even if she vanished from plain sight.
So, without much to herself, as she began to brew a plan to fix this situation, Eurynome could only watch as Neji Hado opened his eyes and gradually got back to his feet.
His breathing was sharp, his eyes lit, and his conviction strong in his clenched jaws.
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Waking up, Neji’s eyes fluttered. He sensed the sound of two feminine voices, but only one source remained when he fully opened his eyes. Eurynome Celestine was just there, as she stared at him with a contemplative and sour expression.
She didn’t say anything even as he woke up. He didn’t say anything either. The countless System Notifications before his eyes occupied his mind for a split second, as he went through them at an incredible speed in a flash.
He did that while slowly standing up. By the time he stood, his eyes lit up, his confidence suddenly greater, and his hope brighter.
It is as he had expected at the last moment, in his battle against the Hunters. Although he didn’t have direct access to the System, he was somewhat connected to it still – so the Experience Points from killing the Hunters had all been collected.
[You have earned enough experience points to level up.]
[You have leveled up 350 times.]
[You have reached Level 4100!]
[Your debuff has been lifted.]
[Along with all your powers, you have full access to your Gate of Babylon.]
[More importantly, Master, you have unlocked your Sub-Class that was restricted due to your debuff. By the way, welcome back.]
[Sub-Class “Lumomancer” has been unlocked.]
[Due to your Level, the Sub-Class has automatically reached Level 41.]
[Along with a bonus “Starting Skill”, a total of 42 Skills have been added to “Lumomancer”.]
Neji shoved the notifications away and looked into Celestine’s eyes. His blue eyes were bright as he looked into her red ones. There was a problem. He still couldn’t use his Bloodline Abilities, and using weapons wasn’t the best idea, given how easily she apprehended Stormbreaker.
He had to rely purely on his two Classes. No, there was something else on top of that. A few divinities, as he is supposed to get them once every 500 Level. Outside that, there was a special divinity he received due to his special circumstances.
[Mark of Divinity: As you are Gilgamesh, you can use your divinity to strengthen your Stats. The cost is the bare minimum and would grant you a total of 25% boost in all states.]
While staring at the Goddess, Neji grabbed the shoulder pads of his armor and yanked them off. Along with it, the entire top of his armor came off, falling to the side into two Gates. The missing armor revealed the latest addition to Neji’s form, lines of blue that majestically went across his body, the sign of all that was divine.
Another gate appeared by his side, and something closer to a spear or lance, but officially called a sword, came out of it, falling right into Neji’s right hand.
It had an abnormal shape that didn’t match what would normally be classified as a “sword”. Well, it was something that was born before the appearance of the concept that the world calls a “sword” – so it’s not something that can truly be called a sword or have the shape of any known blade.
For its shape, it had a grip, a handguard, and was the same length as a longsword, the section that should contain a blade deviates from the normal form of an edged weapon. The “blade” itself and the tip of the sword, spun in a spiral shape, are dull. It had the shape of a cylindrical, drill-shaped pillar made up of three independently rotating segments engraved with crimson cuneiform lettering that spin slowly in an alternating direction like querns, the middle segment spinning clockwise and the top and bottom segments spinning counterclockwise.
Indeed, it was the supreme weapon. Sword of Rupture, Ea.
It was the most powerful Noble Phantasm contained in the Gate of Babylon and the pinnacle of all those used by Servants. Unlike all of his other nameless weapons that were able to be passed on to other wielders throughout history, it is a sword only Gilgamesh possessed, a unique existence that can only be possessed by him, that is suited only for a ruler’s use and made him transcendent.
Now, as Gilgamesh, it was Neji’s and he could bring it out of his Gate of Babylon anytime he wished. In retrospect, given this was specially tailored for him, this had more use than Prime Thor’s Stormbreaker.
Now, with his divine buff, plus this weapon that could literally create a miniature Big Bang, Neji stood straight before the Goddess.
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