The Grotesque Miss’s End Story v2c107

Chapter 107: Angel of Demise

The Realm of Nothingness was essentially a part of Doomsday. The Woman knew this, having studied it extensively. Even the fake Realm of Nothingness within the Company’s inner sanctum was her creation.

The power she used to severely injure Educator and kill the Old Man also originated from the Realm of Nothingness.

Besides Luo Ling, the Woman was the one who understood the Realm of Nothingness best in Victoria, perhaps even more so than Luo Ling herself.

If Doomsday was a Grotesquery, then the Woman was its Apostle.

This was why, when Luo Ling returned from the Realm of Nothingness, the Woman had been the most interested in her among the five-member group. When the Old Man wanted to eliminate Luo Ling, she had been the only one to explicitly object.

She was particularly interested in the Grotesquery Luo Ling mentioned, as it might have been the only one belonging to the Doomsday Path… Unfortunately, the Old Man and Philosopher had been too focused on their own conflict, and the Woman, or Historian, hadn’t been able to divert their attention.

And subsequent events had further confirmed that Luo Ling, even if not a Harbinger of Doomsday like herself, was still a catalyst for its arrival, even if unintentionally.

The Woman had initially prepared countermeasures against the White Witch, as she had to ensure no one in Victoria could threaten her, lest she miss her only chance to bring about Doomsday.

But after Educator’s defeat and Luo Ling’s identity being exposed, the Woman abandoned these countermeasures.

Because she knew Luo Ling couldn’t stop her, only accelerate Doomsday’s arrival. Therefore, the Woman had proceeded with her long-planned scheme, ignoring Luo Ling.

Now, with no one in Victoria able to stop her, the Woman finally took the last step of her plan.

—To make Victoria follow in Columbia’s footsteps, meeting the same fate, ushering in Doomsday.

Countless instances of the Realm of Nothingness appeared throughout Victoria, the void, devoid of space and time, gradually consuming the city, making the holy angel with golden wings seem even more divine.

This was the Woman’s Chaos Path Authority, Unsung, its distant, holy melody echoing throughout Victoria, reaching everyone’s ears, the final chapter of this apocalypse.

“……”

Luo Ling could feel herself progressing further down the Doomsday Path amidst Victoria’s collapse, her Grotesquification intensifying, her unyielding dark gold vertical pupils constricting and twitching uneasily, an uncontrollable rage emanating from her.

Even without doing anything, as the Realm of Nothingness spread through Victoria, she was Devouring this crumbling Origin Point.

The cries of countless lives echoed in her mind.

As the doomsday hymn reached its crescendo, the holy, six-winged angel spread her wings, suspended above a black sun, a path, invisible yet perceptible, unfolding before her.

“This is…”

The Woman’s face was filled with uncontainable ecstasy as she stepped onto the path.

Instantly, the six-winged angel merged with the black sun, her divine aura undiminished, the light illuminating the world, yet bringing with it the destruction of Doomsday.

At this moment, the Woman abandoned the Order-Chaos Path, becoming the first true Harbinger of Doomsday, wielding its power directly, no longer needing to pay a heavy price to borrow it like before.

Her Authority, Unsung, was completely absorbed by Doomsday, transforming into a Doomsday Authority.

*Unsung (one who does great deeds but receives little or no recognition)*

“—Angel of Demise.”

The Woman whispered the Authority’s True Name, knowing it didn’t exist on the Taboo slate, and that it might be the first Authority of the Doomsday Path.

In other words, she was now more powerful than ever before. If she could engulf all of Victoria in Doomsday… perhaps only the ten Taboos could compare to her.

“I… am Doomsday.”

The Woman whispered, closing her eyes slowly.

At the same time, the endless Realm of Nothingness spread throughout Victoria, enveloping all its Boundaries in the shadow of Doomsday.

The holy, six-winged angel brought forth a tide that swallowed the world, and Victoria, the Origin Point trapped in a three-hundred-year cycle, was about to meet the same tragic fate as Columbia.

All the stories, all the tragedies, all the past…

…would be buried in the depths of nothingness, like Columbia, lost forever.

……….

Within Victoria.

The spreading panic was unavoidable. The surviving Awakened Ones watched in despair as Victoria was destroyed outside their secret barriers, struggling to maintain their protection.

These barriers were also created by the Woman. If Educator of the Harbingers was the undisputed master of secret barriers, then the Woman was second only to him.

Even the barrier used by the Old Man to monitor Victoria had been constructed by the Woman.

And with her understanding of the Realm of Nothingness, almost all the secret barriers used by the Awakened One organizations to protect themselves during Boundary collapses were her creations.

At least until her final betrayal, whether as a Harbinger leader or a Company director, the Woman had been incredibly dedicated, not leaving any backdoors in these barriers, all of them high-quality and reliable.

Even now, facing the imminent arrival of Doomsday, these barriers still held against the encroaching Realm of Nothingness, offering a temporary reprieve.

However, as the situation worsened, the barriers’ energy consumption also increased. The previously stored inspiration was insufficient. To maintain them, they needed Awakened Ones to act as living batteries.

Even high-ranking officials like Lu Fangling were no exception. After exhausting her inspiration, she retreated inside, hurriedly recovering while anxiously watching the encroaching nothingness outside the barrier, sighing softly.

Just then, a familiar figure sat beside Lu Fangling, offering her a clear bottle of liquor.

“Want some?”

Lu Fangling looked up, her expression turning complex as she saw the unexpected visitor.

“No, I quit a long time ago.”

“I remember you used to enjoy a drink during missions, so I brought this,” Fiona said, a hint of regret in her expression, then she smiled faintly. “See, just like I said… being a leader is tiring, isn’t it?”

“It is quite tiring,” Lu Fangling murmured, lowering her gaze, her aged face etched with exhaustion.

Lu Fangling and Fiona had been comrades for a long time, relatively close, even considered friends, one of Fiona’s few in Victoria.

Their ages weren’t that different, Fiona even slightly older, but because Lu Fangling had abandoned maintaining her youthful appearance for her daughter and husband, she looked much older than Fiona.

“Fiona, you came here at this time… surely not to mock your old friend, are you?”

Lu Fangling looked up at Fiona, forcing a smile.

“Tell me the good news, I suppose… you didn’t join a brutal, murderous Grotesquery just for family life, did you?”

“She’s not,” Fiona’s smile faded, her expression turning serious. “The White Witch isn’t as brutal and cruel as everyone believes. On the contrary, I’ve never met anyone as pure and kind as her.”

“Even with over 400,000 deaths on her hands?” Lu Fangling said with a wry smile. “You were also present in Jiangcheng County. I’m curious, after witnessing such a tragedy, how can you still believe she’s benevolent?”

The reason the White Witch’s image was so difficult to change was the sheer horror of the Jiangcheng County massacre. Almost everyone had exploded from the inside out, blood, flesh, and organs splattered across the entire county, a true vision of hell.

Fiona remained silent, not offering an explanation.

Because she felt it wasn’t her place to reveal the details of Luo Ling’s abilities. That was Luo Ling’s decision to make.

“In any case, Fiona, I don’t blame you. I respect your choice. Perhaps you have your reasons, but I also have my responsibilities,” Lu Fangling said softly. “If you intend to… save me from this crisis in the same way you did yourself, I would rather perish with Victoria.”

Fiona had indeed considered this, intending to have Lu Fangling enter the Kingdom hotel in a dormant state, like the other low-level Awakened Ones.

But Lu Fangling wasn’t a low-level Awakened One. If she wasn’t willing, even Fiona couldn’t force her.

However, Fiona hadn’t left Starry Victoria just for Lu Fangling. In fact, when Luo Ling hadn’t contacted them for a long time, Fiona had felt something was amiss.

With Victoria in a state of endless collapse, it was difficult to observe the real world from within the Kingdom, let alone understand what was happening.

So, after waiting for a while without any news, and after discussing it with the others in the Kingdom, Fiona had entered Victoria alone, witnessing the imminent arrival of Doomsday.

Seeing the black sun and the holy, six-winged angel in the sky, Fiona understood why Luo Ling hadn’t contacted them. This final battle for Victoria’s fate was beyond their ability to influence.

Therefore, Fiona could only do what little she could.

Like saving her few remaining friends.

But seeing the unwavering resolve in Lu Fangling’s eyes, Fiona knew that any words she spoke would be futile.

“I understand,” Fiona sighed softly, then looked up at the sky.

“However…”

Fiona murmured.

She seemed to have seen something, her eyes brightening.

“Hmm?”

Lu Fangling followed Fiona’s gaze, her pupils constricting instantly.

“Who… is that?”

She had seen the black sun and the six-winged angel before, knowing this mysterious being was the source of this terrifying disaster.

But the area outside the secret barrier was almost completely engulfed by the Realm of Nothingness, only these few “arks” struggling amidst the flood, with no strength to spare for even a desperate counterattack.

But now, a small figure stood between the black sun and the holy angel, seemingly insignificant compared to them, yet incredibly conspicuous, a faint, burning dark gold light visible.

“Don’t worry too much, perhaps Victoria hasn’t reached its worst moment yet,” Fiona said, a smile appearing on her lips.

“…Why?”

Although this scene shocked Lu Fangling, she didn’t believe this small figure could contend with such a terrifying disaster.

This was a calamity capable of destroying all of Victoria…

After the fall of the Harbinger leaders and the Company directors, who else had the power to turn the tides?

Wait, could it be…

A thought crossed Lu Fangling’s mind, her shock intensifying.

Was it the White Witch?

How was that possible?

Just then, a smile appeared on Fiona’s face, a smile of pure happiness that Lu Fangling had never seen in all their years together.

“Because I believe in her.”

“No matter what despair we face, no matter the end…”

……….

This seemed like a dead end.

Luo Ling sensed everything around her, the endless Realm of Nothingness enveloping her.

She wanted to stop the Woman from sacrificing Victoria to bring about Doomsday, but any action from her would only accelerate the process, further eroding Victoria.

The holy, six-winged angel hovered in the sky, forming a Harbinger of Doomsday with the black sun.

Perhaps… this was the true path to godhood.

An unprecedented Grotesquery… was born.

The Woman now wielded a Doomsday Authority, and Victoria’s fall would only push her further down the Doomsday Path, fulfilling her destructive purpose.

Whether Luo Ling remained passive or fought back, she couldn’t change the inevitable outcome.

This was why the Woman hadn’t eliminated Luo Ling, even at this crucial moment of ascension. She knew that anything Luo Ling did would only accelerate Doomsday’s arrival.

Wanting to complete this “Doomsday arrival” disaster as quickly as possible, the Woman didn’t want any complications.

Now, with her plan successful, the Woman had finally achieved her long-sought goal.

With the Angel of Demise Authority, she could bring even greater disasters and calamities to the other two Origin Points, until the entire world was engulfed in Doomsday, giving birth to this unique deity.

However…

“I won’t let you succeed,” Luo Ling whispered, closing her eyes slowly. “In that case…”

Since Victoria’s fall to Doomsday was inevitable, then…

She would do it herself.

At this moment, Luo Ling no longer suppressed her Grotesquification. The long-suppressed black dragon finally unleashed an unprecedentedly mad Devour, its target the entire Origin Point, Victoria.

She would surpass the Woman on the Doomsday Path.

Even if it meant accelerating Victoria’s demise.

However…

“I would rather make a mistake… than do nothing.”

She couldn’t change Victoria’s fate, its destruction by Doomsday inevitable. The Woman’s plan was too meticulous and thorough, decades of preparation and planning, not something Luo Ling could easily overturn.

She had done everything in her power, but she couldn’t change this predetermined defeat.

Doomsday would arrive.

Since this was the inevitable outcome, it was better to hold the power herself than to let the Woman have it.

This decision was painful for Luo Ling, not just because she had to personally destroy Victoria, but also because doing so… would irreversibly bind her to the Doomsday Path, forever separating her from Transcendence.

Forever preventing her from embracing her sister again.

“In that case…”

Her burning dark gold eyes snapped open, staring at the Angel of Demise in the sky. She leaped, grabbing the angel’s six wings.

She wanted more than just Victoria’s destruction.

She would make the Woman… pay for everything.

“What—”

The Woman opened her golden eyes, staring at Luo Ling in shock.

At the same time, she felt Victoria being consumed by Doomsday at an even faster rate, even the last arks couldn’t escape, finally meeting their end.

The Woman hadn’t expected such madness.

And even more terrifying…

This demon, emerging from hell, with violence and brutality, was now defiling the holy angel.

The black demon tore at the angel’s luminous wings, biting into her divine body, her mad Devour unending. The Woman could only feel her progress on the Doomsday Path rapidly regressing, being absorbed by the small figure before her.

“No, no…”

The Woman finally realized that this White Witch wasn’t just attuned to the void, she, like herself, wielded a Doomsday Authority.

And she had obtained it… earlier…

Wait, earlier?

An earlier Doomsday Authority could only have originated from one moment.

And that moment… was related to the White Witch.

Or rather… that moment was related to the Puppet Ballad.

—The moment of Columbia’s demise.

Could it be…

An unbelievable thought crossed the Woman’s mind, yet it was the only explanation.

No, she had to escape!

Even though Victoria hadn’t completely fallen, her Authority wasn’t complete yet.

If she didn’t leave now…

With this thought, the holy angel frantically tried to escape.

She broke free from the terrifying little figure, but just as she was about to leave Victoria, a mocking laughter echoed, as if from across time and space.

“Betraying me and trying to run? Tsk, not so fast.”

…Who?

The Woman was shocked, but before she could think, the Chaos-Order Path she had abandoned suddenly appeared.

A lazy, elegant woman, shrouded in a mystical aura, blocked her escape.

“This, this is…”

The holy angel’s face was filled with human-like terror, as if she had seen something truly horrifying.

But it was too late.

The elegant woman simply snapped her fingers.

The black sun instantly set, and the holy angel dimmed, until she was extinguished.