Chapter 500: Flying to the Space Monster World
The Space Monster World was a realm hidden in the heart of the Spiral Stair galaxy. A realm of space monsters. Due to a seal Jack didn’t quite understand yet, A-Grades and Archons were unable to enter, which was why the space monsters were confident in defending themselves against the Immortals.
After all, while A-Grades couldn’t enter, they sure could develop inside. The space monster race had several Archons holding down the fort.
With Jack’s recent declaration of a thirty-year duel, he needed to advance quickly. It was the one-year deadline for Earth all over again. Since the New Cathedral had run out of space cores to give him, there was only one place where he could reasonably expect to find them. A place where the Immortals couldn’t chase him down.
Of course, adventuring through the Space Monster World wouldn’t be easy. Outsiders were hunted there, and that would be doubly the case for Jack, who planned on hunting A-Grade space monsters himself. In a sense, it was a desperate gamble, the only one with at least a chance of succeeding.
But Jack wouldn’t just kill himself. He had a plan. As well as a protector.
“Are we ready?” Jack asked. It was a sunny day on the New Cathedral. He and Brock were on their mansion’s rooftop, accompanied by Starhair, Sophie, the energy clone of Elder Boatman, and a new clone—that of the Arch Priestess herself. A white-clothed woman identical to her main body, except that her aura was at the peak B-Grade level instead of the Archon one.
The Church had invested heavily on Jack and Brock by now. The Arch Priestess had done so personally as well. Their survival was paramount, so they needed as capable a protector as they could get. Since A-Grades and above couldn’t enter the Space Monster World, an Archon’s peak B-Grade clone was their best bet. After all, while the clone’s energy reserves were pathetically low compared to the real thing, its Dao understandings remained far higher than any real B-Grade’s.
“I’ll miss you guys!” Sophie exclaimed, her eyes widened to the brink of tears. “But don’t worry! With all the content we’ve prepared, I’ll make sure your reputation remains as high as ever! You’ll be heroes by the time you come back!”
“They sure will,” Elder Boatman’s clone replied. “Let’s board. Arch Priestess, please.”