Chapter 44: The Plan
The Time Witch stood at the peak of the sky, a First Order being, looking down at the demigod All-Knowing Witch. She pointed her silver spear, and hundreds of her past and future selves charged forward.
“Among all the First Orders I’ve fought, you’re the strongest…”
The giant book above the All-Knowing Witch’s head flipped its pages, the army of First Order beings disrupting the flow of time. Whenever they were about to be torn apart by the time turbulence, the book would flip a page, and the problem would be solved, the time magic neutralized.
“I spent thousands of years forging this demigod authority. If it were you, you might have already become a god…”
“…”
The All-Knowing Witch praised her opponent, but the Time Witch didn’t react, simply commanding her army from above.
“So boring…”
The All-Knowing Witch, seeing her opponent’s indifference, stopped talking and clasped her hands together, her eyes sparkling, strange characters flowing from the book.
[Unique Magic: Analyze, Reconstruct, Deconstruct, Transform, Eliminate]
The All-Knowing Witch, switching from defense to offense, conjured a green cube. The Time Witch, seeing it, knew it was dangerous.
“Retreat…!”
But she was too late. The green cube expanded, encompassing tens of thousands of kilometers, deconstructing everything within it into a grid.
[Unique Magic: Deconstruction]
The Time Witch watched as hundreds of her past and future selves were eliminated, unable to resist, their existence simply erased.
“It seems I overestimated myself…”
The Time Witch could still feel the presence of her other selves, but she couldn’t connect with them. It was as if they existed, but had been reduced to their most basic components.
“A boring farce, one after another. Even the watching gods must be bored…”
The All-Knowing Witch looked up at the empty sky, muttering to herself. The Time Witch gripped her spear, on guard against her next attack.
“What was that? A strange ritual after an attack…?”
The Time Witch watched as the All-Knowing Witch stared at the sky, not understanding what she was doing. Meanwhile, in the divine realm, a black-robed girl watched a mirror with interest.
“Yes, I’m bored too. Right, sister~?”
The Dark Goddess, Kshira, sat on the throne of the Chief God, her purple eyes gleaming with a bloodthirsty light. She was the ruler of the divine realm.
“Oh my, sister, that little one you protected in the sanctuary all those years ago is going to avenge you~”
Kshira stood up and walked down the steps, her dark dress flowing, her purple divine halo a testament to her identity.
“St… stop… Kshira…”
Below the throne, a girl with a golden divine halo was chained, her divine robes torn and tattered, her skin exposed.
“Stop? This position was originally mine! You owe me!”
Kshira angrily walked over and whipped her, golden blood flowing from the wound, but the wound healed instantly, only the golden stain on the whip a reminder of what had happened. Kshira gently stroked her back.
“You’d rather give that key to your follower than to your dear sister~?”
“…”
Kshira looked at her sister, her feelings complex. She had been born in darkness, destined to rule the night, never to see the light. Helena, the Goddess of Light, the ruler of all, should have just devoured her, but instead, she had shown her a false kindness.
“My dear sister, there are other ways to open the lower realm, right~?”
Kshira hugged her from behind, her hands on her stomach, like a spoiled child. But Helena simply closed her eyes. No one knew that the revered Goddess of Light was a prisoner in the darkness, her throne usurped by the Dark Goddess, who had taken her form.
“My dear sister, why are you so quiet? You let your apostle escape, do you really think she’ll come and save you~?”
Kshira snapped her fingers, and a crystal mirror showed Luo Yuxi, staring at the key, a dark aura emanating from her.
“Your precious apostle is about to be consumed by the power of that key, slowly falling into darkness~”
“A truly pure heart can embrace the darkness…”
Helena finally spoke, a smile on her lips. Kshira, who had wanted to see her despair, was annoyed. She shattered the crystal and lifted Helena’s chin.
“Embrace the darkness? Let’s see if your trusted apostle, after saving everyone else, will come and save you…”
Kshira stomped her foot, and a swamp of darkness appeared at Helena’s feet, her high heels sinking into it. Dark, octopus-like tentacles emerged, wrapping around her legs.
“I hope you’re still radiant when your apostle comes to save you…”
As Kshira’s cold words faded, the tentacles covered Helena’s vision, her senses fading.
Kshira looked back at the mirror, at the boring farce. Against the All-Knowing Witch’s absolute power, even a hundred First Order Time Witches were nothing.
“Only 50 eliminated? It seems I’ll have to kill you next time…”
The All-Knowing Witch conjured another green cube. The Time Witches attacked, but their attacks were all nullified.
“Any last words… never mind, I’m not interested.”
“No matter what attack I use, you can decipher it in a few seconds, right…?”
The Time Witch calmly lowered her spear, showing no signs of fear. The All-Knowing Witch thought she was bluffing.
“Yes, I’ve deciphered all your abilities. You’re no threat to me…”
“Me, now? But what if I can deal more damage in an instant than you can decipher…?”
“You’re welcome to try.”
[Unique Magic: Deconstruction]
The All-Knowing Witch no longer took her seriously. Even a talented witch needed time to grow. She just had to kill her.
The Time Witch looked at the green cube, then lowered her spear, and all her past and future selves vanished into time tunnels.
“My mission is complete. The rest is not my time…”
The Time Witch stepped back, and the silver figures vanished. The All-Knowing Witch was confused. She didn’t understand why her opponent, despite being so outmatched, wasn’t desperate.
“Alright, Little Mommies, it’s your dear daughter’s turn to take the stage~”
A cheerful voice echoed through the battlefield, and a pink-haired figure appeared. The All-Knowing Witch was stunned.
“Luo Yuxi? No… no, you’re not her…”
The All-Knowing Witch recognized the pink hair, but the face was different, yet similar.
“If I can deal enough damage in an instant that you can’t decipher it, then I’ll just have to do it~”
“Who are you…?”
“It might hurt a little, Little Mommy, you better endure it~”
[Domain Expansion: Absolute Space]
