“Come forward little by little.”
“Hmm.”
Supported by her daughter, Sears moved her legs little by little, very slowly, against the wall.
It wasn’t easy for her to walk because she had lost all the muscles in her legs after not using them for over three years.
At first, the moment she stood up, she fell down.
Right, it was only a few days ago, but she practiced standing up steadily, and she was now able to walk around ten steps.
“Haaa.”
“Sit down now.”
Sarah helped Sears sit on a chair.
“Still, you have gotten much better than the first time. If you do this consistently for a month, your muscles will start to grow in no time.”
“Thank you, my lovely daughter.”
“Thank you for what? Hurry up and walk like before, so Brother and I can go to places and play with you.”
“Right. I should. When Jamie and Sarah grow up, there are more than one or two places I should take you to. Now that both of you are grown, I can take you wherever I want to.”
“Yes. We will go for sure.”
The mother and daughter smiled, thinking of a hopeful future.
Sarah gave Sears a break and went out. It was a peaceful forest.
It was a place where the chirps of birds and insects resonated harmoniously, making the mind feel at ease.
However, in places far away from here, countless lives were still being lost. Sarah left the forest at once and moved to an open place.
“Are they winning?”
She had no idea what was happening in the war because she was asked by her brother to look after their mother.
It was difficult for her to know because there was no news of war in this place. Still, a few days ago, an outsider visited and told them it was going pretty well.
However, on the battlefield, the situation changes every day.
‘I should be there too.’
She wasn’t sure how much help she could have been, but her position as an Apostle could be used.
‘Even now.’
After thinking about that for a moment, Sarah shook her head. This was what Jamie asked Sarah.
He was being considerate toward his sister. Actually, the enemy could be aiming for this place. A short sigh came out of her.
“Brother. It’s going well over there, right?”
Her brother had always been amazing and dependable, even when he was young. She had no doubt that even in this case, he would be the same.
Sarah clenched her fists.
She didn’t have to be there to know the situation of the war, and as Sarah was about to turn around and head home…
“Uh…?”
There was this sudden vibration in her chest.
An unknown, ominous feeling rose in her. She looked around and expanded her senses, but she couldn’t feel anything.
She thought it was an intruder, but there was no sign that anyone had entered the village. Just in case, she focused her energy on the cabin to make sure Sears was alright.
‘All safe.’
Sears was resting in the cabin. So what was this anxiety she was feeling?
It was then.
Her power as an Apostle rose up spontaneously and dyed Sarah’s body green.
Only then did she realize that the source of her anxiety was….
“Something happened to Miss Gaia?”
An Apostle was the sword and shield of a God.
So, when the God faced a crisis, the instincts of an Apostle would rise naturally. Just like now.
But there was nothing Sarah could do. The place where Gaia stayed was the Shadow World, and that wasn’t a place one could visit at their will.
Venus was watching the war with interest.
“So interesting! In Bless, mortals are making the Gods die. Honestly, there is no great pleasure like this, even during the great wars of the past!”
No matter how weak they were, the God of the Sun Church couldn’t kill the humans and was defeated.
Of course, it was the God of the Black Tower who killed him, but the process of how it was done seemed so surprising to Venus.
She clutched the armrest and shook it very excitedly, like a child who had figured out a new toy.
“Look here. Look here! It is happening how you want! Aren’t you happy?”
Venus asked Gaia, who was watching the war by her side. Unlike Venus, she had a slightly gloomy face.
“No fun.”
When there was no response, Venus turned back to the scene of the battlefield with a disappointed look.
The causality of the Black Tower was full. Slowly, all the Gods would move.
Could the Sun Church overcome this situation?
As a result, the causality rate would be 100% over there too, but by then, it would be too late.
“But there is the Sun God.”
The huge variable was the Sun God. He was an existence that could turn over the war in a second.
Jamie Welton was there, but could he bring down Ra?
Venus wasn’t sure of that, but she had never felt that Ra would lose to Jamie Welton.
‘That monster losing?’
An existence that couldn’t be imagined to fail.
That was Ra, the Sun God.
If it were the monster with the most powerful strength in the entire universe, he might overturn the unfavorable war at once.
How much fun would that be?
Just imagining it made her heart beat insanely. It was as if she were being compensated for the long years of boredom.
“Looks interesting.”
It was then.
Venus and Gaia hurriedly got up from their chairs at the chill that ran down their spines and took a fighting stance.
There stood a man with his hands behind his back.
Venus didn’t know who it was.
It was a face she was seeing for the first time. However, it wasn’t difficult for her to guess who it was.
The Shadow World wasn’t a place where anyone could step in without her permission. There was no one in the entire universe who could secretly infiltrate this place without her being aware of it.
But if there was an existence that could do that, there was just one.
“Ra?”
“Yes. It wasn’t so difficult to enter this space, the Shadow World.”
Instead of answering, the man adjusted his glasses and looked around the Shadow World.
He gazed at it observantly.
Venus frowned but suddenly turned her head to the side, curious about Gaia’s condition. She had gone stiff with a shocked look.
Her reaction showed that this was indeed Ra.
“Long time no see, Mother.”
Ra, who was looking around the Shadow World, looked at Gaia and smiled softly.
“You were here.”
“… Ra.”
“Why are you avoiding your only son? I am the only one left now, aren’t I?”
“You… Didn’t you kill all my other kids?”
“Would you prefer if it was me? The circumstances had turned it like this.”
Ra shook his head.
“Mother should have stopped it, right? Yet you waited until the very end.”
Gaia clenched her fists tightly.
The way she was trembling her fists showed she was angry. Even so, it was because she knew she couldn’t use her strength recklessly here.
The opponent right now is Ra.
Did he read her mind?
Ra took off his glasses and wiped them on his robe.
“So you should have handed that authority of the pillar to me. Why did you have to see such a horrific sight twice? So heartbreaking.”
“You, brat….!”
“Please hand it over now. Or are you trying to escape by creating a third world this time?”
Gaia’s long hair began to flutter violently. Mother Goddess’s holy power was raging like a storm.
It was a force that even made Venus flinch, but Ra was calm.
Rather, he had a weak look.
“You have become weak.”
‘Was this weak to him?’
Hearing that this was weak, Venus was quite shocked. Despite being in the Shadow World, Gaia’s strength was enormous.
If this was her weakened state, how strong was she in her prime?
But that doesn’t matter now. Venus turned her gaze back to Ra.
It was clear what he was thinking when he came here. Since she was in contract with Gaia, Venus had to help her.
And more than anything, there was something else that pissed her off the most.
“Look here.”
Venus called out to Ra with an unhappy face.
When Ra looked at her with a questioning look on his face, her face turned red. And the Shadow World began to shake.
This was a world that she had created, so it was a world she was part of.
In the other worlds, the Shadow World could be called Venus itself.
“Why are you coming into my world without my permission?”
“Ah, excuse me. Do not worry about me, and continue watching the war. I am thinking of leaving soon after I am done with my errands.”
“Hmm?”
She was quite shocked by that.
Did he just dare come in front of her and act like this in her own world?
This guy was insane.
She knew that already, but Ra was even insane enough to transcend imagination. Venus smiled and raised her power.
“It seems you haven’t realized it yet. What does it mean to freely enter the dimension where the ruler is?”
At that, Ra only shrugged.
“But you don’t seem like much.”
“As I expected, you are an insane person.”
Without another thought, Venus moved the Shadow World.
The ceiling collapsed, and rain poured down on Ra’s head.
She was thinking of crushing him all at once.
Ra looked at the darkness coming from above.
He didn’t seem to plan on escaping.
‘Acting insane until the very end.’
It was the result of not caring about the opponent’s ability because he was so powerful.
Jamie Welton should be thanking her for killing such an enemy.
Venus grinned and looked at Ra, who was still lying on the collapsed ceiling.
As she rotated her right hand and clenched her fist, the floor rose up and lifted Ra as he became one with the darkness.
She intended to eliminate even his slightest chance of survival completely.
“Huhu. You and Jamie Welton should be infinitely grateful to me.”
Venus looked at Gaia with a satisfied face, thinking she had killed him. But Gaia’s expression didn’t brighten at all.
Why so?
…The thought didn’t last long.
“Since you are the ruler of this dimension, I had some expectations.”
Ra’s voice rang out.
And white flames shone through the darkness of this world.
It burned white as it was, and the dark space turned dazzlingly bright. Venus couldn’t open her eyes properly to the light that she hadn’t seen for so long.
‘What just happened?’
Even in the midst of being unable to see what was happening, Venus still thought to herself.
Then she moved the entire Shadow World and pressed him, and she crushed him with the pressure of the world to kill him for good.
No matter how Absolute the guy was, she was stronger than him in her world.
In other words, it felt right to break that arrogant nose of his.
“Did you think you were invincible?”
The light faded.
Venus felt her vision return and looked straight ahead.
Ra stood in front of her, smiling.
“You made a world this big, and since you are its owner, you are invincible here. Did you think like that?”
Venus couldn’t say a thing.
It was because of Ra’s presence, oppressing her.
Then he lifted Venus by the chin slightly with his fingertips.
“I get it. Because you have experienced it before. However, you had the chance to find out, and it is unfortunate.”
“…Chance to find out?”
“Mother must not have told you.”
“About what…?”
In response to Venus’s question, Ra lifted his hand from her chin and said,
“This land, which you loved even in the first world, has fallen into my hands.”
Venus looked shocked at Gaia, but Gaia still didn’t say anything.
