Chapter 90: Pathetic Evil God

Ten days.

Ten days had already passed, but Lyco still hadn’t come.

‘Mmm… she’s taking a really long time…’

I thought, repeatedly tossing and catching a small energy sphere with my fingers.

Gazing at the ashen sky, my eyes fell upon the ice kingdom to the north.

‘How is Prostia passing the time?’

‘I’m bored to death…’

‘Is she really sleeping?’

Just then, I heard the cheers of my followers.

“It is complete! The passage is finally complete!”

‘Ah, it’s finally done.’

‘The time to hunt evil gods is near.’

I stretched and stood up, walking towards the location of the passage.

Between giant magic circles drawn with blood, a gate made of a strange material stood tall.

Red jewels were densely embedded in a frame that looked like human bones pieced together, and around it, the Ouroboros symbol was placed.

“Lord Ouroboros! Lord Abraxas will soon descend!”

The followers gathered tightly, staring at the passage.

I smiled, a smile as cold as a rainy morning.

‘Hehehe… come on in, evil gods. Become a delicious meal.’

But… it was strange.

The passage was complete, but there was no reaction.

‘Huh?’

“Why isn’t anything happening?”

The followers also started looking at each other, flustered.

“We definitely followed all the procedures correctly…”

The man who seemed to be the leader approached, and I gave him a cold look.

“What on earth is going on?”

He answered in a panic.

“The-the passage is definitely completed properly! The magic circle is perfect, and the blood concentration is…”

“Then why is there no reaction?”

My voice grew as cold as if ice were floating in it.

The followers trembled and huddled around the passage again, trying to find the problem.

Time passed slowly.

Suddenly, the entire frame made of human bones began to shake with a creaking sound.

Kwakwakwang!

The red jewels spewed out a black energy that swirled from the crevices, and the Ouroboros symbol slowly rotated as if it were alive.

The lines of the magic circle glowed blood-red, vibrating the air.

“Oh, he’s here! Lord Abraxas is finally here!”

Amidst the cheers of the followers, I too raised the corners of my mouth and watched the scene.

‘You’re finally coming.’

‘I’ve been waiting.’

‘Polymorph.’

My human form evaporated, and I transformed into a giant black snake.

At that, the followers cheered again.

“Ooooh! The messenger of Lord Abraxas, Lord Ouroboros, reveals his true form!”

Hehehe…

They’re going to faint when they see what happens next.

Kukung…

Kukung…

The weight pressed down on the earth.

I raised my giant head and looked down at the passage.

And finally, the black light intensified, and a human figure walked out from within.

I couldn’t see clearly, so I widened my eyes.

“Ooooh! Lord Abraxas descends!”

“The end of the world is at hand!”

“To witness this glorious scene!”

No matter how I looked at it, it didn’t seem like Abraxas.

The one who walked out was a small girl.

A very small and cute girl wearing a dress as thin as flower petals.

‘Eh?’

‘Is she an evil god?’

She was definitely not an evil god.

I could only feel a very, very faint aura of an evil god.

‘Do evil gods get born anew…?’

Suddenly, the girl saw me and froze.

Her blood-red eyes widened with fear.

‘Cute.’

A butterfly with navy-blue wings floated beside her.

It felt somewhat familiar.

Feeling a strange sensation, I looked at the girl more closely, and her clothes were also somewhat strange.

‘Huh…?’

‘That looks like my aura…?’

Just then, the girl suddenly exclaimed with a bright expression.

“Lady Nys! It’s me, Lyco!”

…Huh? Lyco?

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“So… you’re saying that when I go through the passage, Lady Nys will be there, and I should take her and leave far away…?”

“Yes, you understand correctly.”

Abraxas nodded, as if setting down a heavy burden, letting out a deep breath.

His golden-tinged eyes shone with hope for a moment.

…?

‘So the evil gods had grim expressions because of Lady Nys?’

‘Then as soon as I go through the passage, I can meet Lady Nys and my master!’

‘This is totally awesome!’

‘No, but wait, is Lady Nys that strong?’

‘Just how strong is she that the evil gods are this scared?’

‘No, no.’

‘I saw somewhere that in times like these, I should use the DrXgon Ball way of thinking.’

‘Lady Nys is incredibly strong! X’

‘The evil gods are weaker than I thought! O’

‘Ah, was I supposed to use it the other way around?’

‘Wait a minute…’

‘More importantly… if Lady Nys is that strong, then my master must be incredibly strong too!’

‘Hehe!’

As I suddenly started giggling, Abraxas looked at me with an anxious gaze.

Then, he took off a purple brooch from his chest and held it out to me.

「Serenade Acadene」

– An exquisite lavender-colored brooch, a treasure that Abraxas holds particularly dear.

‘Eh?’

‘Are you giving this to me now…?’

‘Isn’t this a treasure you hold particularly dear…?’

“I’ll give this to you, as payment for the favor.”

“Uh… thank you?”

I received the brooch and placed it on my palm.

The dreamy purple waves that rippled like mist inside the translucent gem in the center were truly beautiful.

“Then I can assume you’ll accept my request?”

“Of course! You can count on me!”

To get such a nice-looking item thanks to these wimpy evil gods!

“Thank you.”

Abraxas nodded with a relieved face.

‘I’m the one who should be thankful!’

‘Thanks to you, I can go straight to my master and get a free item!’

Just then, Bellona approached us.

“Lady Bellona, are you going to the human world with me?”

When I asked, Bellona’s expression momentarily darkened.

“Um… I was originally planning to, but I heard Nys is guarding the front of the passage…”

“I’ll try to talk to Lady Nys!”

I said cheerfully, but Bellona shook her head.

“Lycoris, you know Nys too…? Ah, so that’s what you two were talking about.”

“Yes. Lycoris has agreed to move Nys.”

“I see. Then I’ll leave when Nys is gone~”

Bellona said with a forced bright smile.

But that smile didn’t seem genuine at all.

‘Even Lady Bellona is afraid of Lady Nys…’

‘At this point, isn’t she a disaster-level threat to the evil gods?’

‘What on earth happened?’

I glanced at Bellona and Abraxas.

But as if they had noticed my question, they had faces that pleaded with me not to ask.

‘Right, it would be rude to ask…’

“Lady Bellona, no, Master, I’ll be going now. Thank you for everything.”

“Huhu. Yes, my precious apprentice~”

Bellona caressed my cheek.

Her touch felt cold yet warm.

“Although it was a short time, the time you were my apprentice was truly happy. I knew from the moment I first saw you. That you were a child with a special talent, different from anyone else.”

Bellona stroked my head.

Instead of the captivating smile from when we first met, it was now the warm expression of a true master.

“Thank you, Master. Thanks to you, I was able to grow a lot too.”

“Thank you. And remember, Lycoris. You are always my proud apprentice.”

Bellona kissed my forehead one last time.

The moment her cold lips touched me, for some reason, my eyes grew hot.

“Let’s meet again, Master!”

“We must meet again, my daughter-like apprentice.”

I started walking towards the passage.

As I reached the front of the passage.

Brrrr!

Suddenly, I felt a strange vibration from my waist.

Crimson Bind was trembling like crazy.

“What? What’s wrong?”

The moment I drew the sword, Crimson Bind shook even more violently.

Thud!

It slipped from my hand and turned to stone on the ground.

About half of it was buried in the ground.

‘What… what is this…?’

‘Don’t tell me you’re doing this because you don’t want to go…?’

“No! We have to go!”

When I tried to lift the sword, it resisted even more.

“No!”

‘Are you a kindergartener throwing a tantrum at the supermarket!’

“You idiot! You’ll see less blood if you stay in the demon world!”

Only then did the sword calm down a little.

“Haa… what a pain.”

I forced myself to pick up the sword and headed for the passage.

The sword was still trembling, but it no longer resisted.

“Then I’m going!”

I took a deep breath and stepped into the pitch-black passage.

In an instant, everything was engulfed in darkness.

I couldn’t feel temperature, gravity, or even time.

I thought it was a narrow passage, but this place felt like an endless universe.

The sensation under my feet disappeared.

I couldn’t tell if I was walking, floating, or falling.

‘This is…’

‘The feeling when I had just become a seed…?’

Ugh!

I hate this feeling so much!

Flutter, flutter…!

I could hear Miel barely fluttering on my shoulder.

It seemed even she had lost her sense of direction in this chaos.

Phew…

‘I almost got PTSD…’

‘Miel, just hang on a little longer…’

At that moment, something began to change.

I could see specks of light in the darkness.

They looked like starlight, and also like tears.

The cold energy of the demon world gradually began to warm up.

The air touching my skin became softer, and a nostalgic scent of flowers drifted from somewhere.

“Mmm!”

When I closed and opened my eyes, the familiar smell of nature hit my nose.

Not the dark, cold air of the demon world, but warm, life-filled air!

“We… we’re back!”

Flutter, flutter!

The sound of Miel’s wingbeats grew stronger.

Looking over my shoulder, I saw that the black tips of her wings were turning back to navy blue!

‘Thank goodness!’

‘Great!’

‘Perfect!’

As I was savoring the returned human world, I heard the cheers of dozens of humans from afar.

“Ooooh! Lord Abraxas descends!”

“The end of the world is at hand!”

“To witness this glorious scene!”

‘What?’

‘Evil god followers?’

‘I’m not a wimpy evil god, I’m a national power-level beautiful girl!’

It was then.

Kukung…

Kukung…

The ground vibrated.

It was a vibration of truly terrifying magnitude.

“Shhhiik…”

With an unidentifiable sound, a huge shadow fell over my head.

‘Huh…?’

“Hiekk!”

A scream almost escaped my lips at the sight.

A black snake of overwhelming size filled my view!

Each scale was half my height, and the ominous energy seeping from between them seemed to be a condensation of fear itself.

I was completely frozen.

I couldn’t even breathe.

But then I saw the status window floating above the enormous snake.

It was so far away that the status window was also very small.

 【Nys】 Jörmungandr LV

‘Huh?’

‘Lady Nys?’

‘Oh, that’s right!’

‘Lady Nys was a Jörmungandr!’

“Lady Nys! It’s me, Lyco!”

My voice echoed.

The black snake moved.

The purplish energy flowing between its scales became more vivid.

And its huge body began to shrink.

The sight of her transforming into a beautiful woman was magic itself.

The black scales turned into a soft black dress, and the giant blood-red eyes turned into sharp red pupils.

Her jet-black hair with a faint purple tinge fluttered in the wind.

“Lyco?”

Her pupils dilated and then contracted again.

She had a surprised expression.

“Lady Nys!”

Thud, thud, thud, thud!

As I ran towards her, Lady Nys opened her arms.

“Oh my!”

I was embraced in her soft bosom.

Lady Nys’s unique scent brushed against the tip of my nose.

A mix of roses and something sweet…

“Th-this… this cute girl is Lyco!”

Lady Nys’s voice trembled.

It held the weight of a three-year wait.

Then she pushed me to arm’s length and looked me up and down.

“Why are you so pretty!?”

Lady Nys’s eyes sparkled.

“Wow… your hair is really pretty too! The blood-red color suits you so well!”

She hugged me tightly again.

“More importantly… I’m so sorry… for making you wait for three years…”

It was a warm embrace.
A sense of security I hadn’t felt in a long time.

“But…”

Lady Nys suddenly narrowed her eyes and asked.

“Why on earth did you come out of that passage? That’s a passage for evil gods.”

Uh…

‘How am I supposed to explain this…?’

“Uooooh! Lord Ouroboros has greeted the apostle of Lord Abraxas!”

“The apostle’s appearance is so beautiful!”

The evil god followers were bowing frantically and shouting from afar.

‘You guys, shut up!’