Chapter 407 - 344: 7892
"Her Quartz, speak up now. How is she doing that?" Bomb asked, staring at Penma.
"She’s probably using her Round Table to attack the lower ranks before working her way up to the upper ranks," Penma nervously answered, fidgeting with her hands while still sticking close to Ragna.
"That makes sense," Bomb stated calmly.
"Would convincing her to change her mind even work?" Juvin asked as he whispered to Peter.
"No idea, but it’s worth trying," Peter stated nervously, his face pale but he still had a confident nervous smile on his face.
"Hey, Bomb!" Peter called out.
"What?" Bomb asked, visibly annoyed.
"This time it’s not a request. I’m demanding that you help Aurianna!" Peter yelled.
"You brat," Time stated coldly.
"Well, I’m not obligated to," Bomb scoffed.
Peter then took out his dagger and quickly pressed it against his neck, blood dripping from the tip.
"Tch. If you kill yourself, I could simply ask one of the others to revive you," Bomb scoffed, almost as though she was daring him to try.
"In my mouth, I have a special poison tooth made from Aurianna, and this dagger is made from her bones. I got it as a gift. What do you think would happen to a normal mortal when something like this kills them? Especially when most of Aurianna’s powers deal with the soul?" Peter asked with an insane smile as he stared at Bomb.
"Shit, you won’t dare," Bomb stated coldly her smirk immediately smiling after hearing his words.
"You underestimate the resolve of a mortal you mostly look down on," Peter scoffed.
’Well, this is a gamble. She either concedes. However, if I kill myself, knowing from Gothiel’s memories, she would slaughter everyone in rage. And if I fail to kill myself, she will imprison me. The entire situation sucks,’ Peter thought nervously.
"Not again, not again, not again, not again, not again. I can’t let this happen again," Bomb started muttering to herself as the ground around them trembled.
"Bomb, don’t let him sway your thoughts!" Time yelled, glaring at Peter.
"And you, Time, you won’t be able to stop me. Your time magic may be better than mine; however, I will have to tell you my time magic is blessed by Iris herself. So before you will even be able to stop me, I’ll accelerate time faster than you can slow it!" Peter threatened, pressing the knife deeper into his neck but not deep enough to kill him.
"How, how, you stupid brat. Shit, shit!" Time cursed and glared at Peter.
’Fucking shitty brat. If I could kill him, I would have already done so. But if he died, Bomb would go on a rampage and our plan may fail once more. The next reset, I’ll definitely kill him before she can find him.’
"Bomb! Dare to falter and I’ll report to One," Time threatened coldly.
"I’m calm, alright?" Bomb stated coldly.
"Heh? You win, alright?" Bomb finally stated calmly.
’She actually relented?’ the others thought, staring at her in shock.
"You bitch!" Time yelled, her body glowing, but before she could teleport away, she was trapped in a spherical ball.
"I can’t have you alert One in any way, Time. And anyway, as you said, we’ve lost 44 times. So why not submit to the child? Better than all of us dying," Bomb stated.
"You, you, One will never forgive you for this! I hope he kills you! You’re destroying all of our hard work, you wench!" Time yelled curses, banging on the sphere, but she couldn’t break it. It was obvious that in terms of strength, Bomb far exceeded hers.
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"Now then, whom should we attack next?" Aurianna pondered as she sat on the palm of Queen.
"Master, it seems they’ve caught on to our plot, so they are making their auras match each other so we’d no longer be able to kill from the lowest to the highest," stated the being before her that was the fusion of all her Round Table into one entire being. To boost their power, however, it was only for a short time and took a lot of energy from Aurianna. It appeared more as Queen but several times bigger and was adorned with armor that had some spiky parts while having six hands, each holding a weapon.
"Yeah, I’ve realized. So this time when we teleport and fight, and if we realize their attacks are stronger than normal, we escape. So let’s go!" Aurianna stated before they teleported again to try and attack another one.
The Queen fusion raised its sword high to strike the Aurianna they had ambushed. However, after the aftermath of the massive impact, Queen felt some restriction on her attack and her face creased. Understanding her expression, Aurianna went for the attack, appearing before a tall Aurianna with a katana on her side. She stared at them with a bored gaze.
Aurianna pointed her revolver at her. However, before she could even shoot, the other Aurianna had escaped Queen and a heavy kick landed on Aurianna’s chest, sending her flying several kilometers causing her to crash into nearby mountains and leaving a massive gaping hole in her chest.
"Be gone, mere creation," the Aurianna with a katana stated coldly, using her sheathed katana to slash Queen to pieces.
"Well, this will be annoying," she stated, a bit annoyed, seeing Queen regenerate before her. Aurianna had reappeared before her, and the sheathed katana clashed with Aurianna’s saber guns.
"Heh, you’re a weakling. You were going for the weak ones to the top, right? Well, I’ll tell you, other me. Amongst the others, you’re dealing with me, Rank 3. Or I guess Time Aurianna is Rank 3, but she’s weaker than me in terms of combat, so she’s definitely Rank 4. You can refer to me as 7892," 7892 stated calmly as she stared at Aurianna, who was struggling to block her constant sword attacks.
’Shit. I have to run away. Now!’ That’s what Aurianna only thought about at the moment, her entire body telling her this isn’t an opponent she can fight.
Queen roared loudly and then summoned thousands of magic circles into the sky, using one of her hands to shield Aurianna and the other to grab 7892, losing the hand she gave to 7892 to attack. After teleporting, blasts of pure destructive magic rained down upon 7892 as she stared at where they had teleported away.
"That obviously won’t kill her," Aurianna muttered in dissatisfaction as she regenerated her arm. However, before she could formulate any more thoughts, she heard a sound and her and Queen’s entire bodies were slashed into pieces.
’She can teleport as well? Fuck!’ Aurianna thought in frustration as she regenerated her full body, and so did Queen.
"Queen, shrink so you can attack her properly," Aurianna ordered, and Queen shrank to match 7892’s size. Immediately, the weapons clashed, slashing everything around them.
’Way too fast. My eyes can’t even keep up,’ Aurianna thought as she observed, wondering how to attack.
However, before she realized it, her entire head was shredded off. She regenerated it back, using her gun sabers to shoot at 7892, but she blocked all of them with ease.
’Damn it, she hasn’t even drawn her sword. Her looking down on me pisses me off so bad,’ Aurianna thought, clearly annoyed.
"Hey, system, I want to burn that weekly to one day," Aurianna stated telepathically.
[Are you sure? You may fall asleep for a long time.]
"Of course. We have the Domain Prison for a reason."
[Already the weekly boost will be compressed to one day. Good luck.] The system said in a solemn tone.
And 7892 realized the sudden boost in Aurianna’s power.
"Some new sort of form? Do you think burning your life force would let you reach my level?" 7892 asked in a mocking tone.