Ch.73Ep.73 We Meet Again

“…Veichel? How are you here?!”

“Oh, Radios. I never expected to meet you like this.”

Radios froze in place at the sight of this unexpected figure.

This place was a boundary where only one existence could be present across past, present, and future.

It should clearly be Yog-Sothoth’s domain, so why was she here?

“Don’t tell me you… got your soul captured by Yog-Sothoth?!”

“Of course not. I came here to do some burglary while no one’s home… I guess you had the same idea?”

Veichel curled up one corner of her mouth in a light smile.

But Radios couldn’t bring himself to smile back.

Because he sensed an aura from her… one that shouldn’t be there.

“Veichel… I sense Hermes and Athena’s aura from you. And not just that… a Titan’s aura too.”

“Good observation. That’s because I devoured them.”

“Consuming souls is forbidden. You know that, so why?!”

Radios shouted at Veichel, who had gone too far, but she had abandoned such concerns long ago.

“If we’re talking about breaking taboos, I should have died in the Demonic Prison. Breaking a taboo once or twice makes no difference, right?”

“..!”

When Veichel responded as if there was no problem, Radios felt sick to his stomach.

This woman, whom he thought had escaped corruption and found eternal peace…

Had she perhaps fallen into an even deeper abyss?

“I… can’t let you continue like this.”

She shouldn’t be broken any further.

She shouldn’t live like this.

“Don’t do anything stupid. Fighting here would be a loss for both of us.”

Veichel raised both hands when she sensed Radios’s fighting spirit.

There was no reason to clash with him.

“But I must take responsibility for what you’ve become.”

Because I was nothing but a human who abandoned you and ran away back then.

“I have to stop you, no matter what!”

As Radios took his stance and charged toward Veichel…

“I didn’t want to fight you again so soon… but I have no choice!”

Veichel summoned Gungnir and aimed it at Radios.

KWAAAANG!!

A massive shockwave engulfed them both.

Let’s pause here for a moment.

How did these two come to face each other?

Time rewinds briefly to the past.

“BLEEEURGH!!”

Radios, who had entered through a gate created by the Necronomicon,

Couldn’t hold back the nausea rising through his body and vomited everything out.

A boundary where only one existence could be present across past, present, and future.

The air here was so disgusting that it made him forget what Kadinant and the Underworld were like.

‘Now I understand… why those Outer Gods… hate the Underworld…’

Living in this kind of air, how could they not despise anything normal?

“Or maybe it’s the opposite…”

Perhaps this disgusting air is normal to them, making the air of the Underworld or Kadinant abnormal.

“And that means…”

The Outer God forces have been running wild in Kadinant, which is full of repulsive air.

Is this going to be another case of “I haven’t even shown my true power yet!”?

Radios was sick of the Outer Gods’ forces that kept growing stronger.

[No time. Move quickly.]

As he was lost in thought, the Blind Idiot God’s voice urged Radios to hurry.

From the Blind Idiot God’s perspective, he needed to be vigilant since Yog-Sothoth could appear at any moment.

If Yog-Sothoth showed up, it would be game over.

Escape? Impossible, of course.

This was Yog-Sothoth’s own domain that he had created.

Without his permission, no one could destroy it or leave.

Unless you had a cheat-like grimoire like the Necronomicon.

“So the fragment is in the northeast direction from these coordinates, right?”

Radios closed his eyes and sensed the flow of air.

Feeling the wind blowing from behind him and upward,

‘This is a northeasterly wind, so I should follow where it’s blowing.’

He ran at full speed toward the northeast to get his hands on the fragment as quickly as possible.

As you already know, he could maintain the Goblin Mask for half a day without any problems.

Naturally, he was wearing the Goblin Mask as he headed northeast, needing to move quickly.

But why?

‘The further I go… why do I feel this uneasy?’

Some instinct told him that if he went any further, there would be no turning back.

Radios questioned this instinct but didn’t slow down.

According to Arsia, there wasn’t much of a threat in his future.

She only mentioned that he would be surprised by something.

And didn’t she say the color of his future crisis remained at orange?

‘If Yog-Sothoth suddenly appeared, I would have sensed it… so I’ll keep going.’

He told himself he wouldn’t be surprised by anything that appeared.

“…Huh?”

Despite his confidence, Radios was on high alert when he saw a woman standing before him.

His instinct, which had always been right, was gesturing for him to stop.

It warned that if he went further, he would face a truth he had been deliberately avoiding.

But contrary to his mind, his body kept moving forward.

The woman, sensing Radios approaching at high speed,

Veichel Breate looked at Radios with surprised eyes.

“…Veichel? How are you here?!”

“Oh, Radios. I never expected to meet you like this.”

And thus, the situation from earlier unfolded.

***

“Breaking in is fine, but… how do I get across?”

Veichel was deep in thought, hiding all traces of her presence in Tartarus.

She knew well that going outside to scout would be suicidal.

Moreover, sensing the magical energy, she could tell that Atlas was fighting Yog-Sothoth somewhere hidden.

Atlas was the Titan punished to hold up the sky of Olympus.

The myth of him holding up the sky was not to be taken lightly.

As a result, Atlas had awakened his Divine Order.

“Nothing would be better than devouring a being with Divine Order…”

Veichel licked her red lips with her tongue.

How many beings with Order had she devoured until now?

Just as beings with Divine Order were on a different level from those with Order,

If she could prey on them, if she could devour them, it wouldn’t be strange to fall into ecstasy.

But Veichel didn’t gamble her life for it.

“The burglary comes first. Anyway, the Outer Gods must have brought all their elites.”

No matter how much Olympus had weakened compared to the past,

As long as Hades and Zeus existed, the Outer Gods couldn’t underestimate them.

Zeus had the myth of slaying beings with Divine Order.

And Hades’s Divine Order represented death itself.

Yog-Sothoth had decided to abandon his arrogance and annihilate them with full force.

‘I could enter through an open gate, but that’s not burglary.’

Who would just stand by and watch someone break into their headquarters?

Even if Atlas was being held off by Nyarlathotep and Idra…

“I really don’t know what they’re trying to do.”

It’s unbalanced.

If three major gods of the Outer Gods holding off just one Atlas isn’t unbalanced, then—

“…Hmm?”

KUGUGUUGUNG.

Veichel had to abandon her thoughts immediately.

The ground beneath her trembled, and a giant hand reached out from within.

“Ha, no way…”

This is ridiculous.

Not just Atlas, but they woke up this god too?

Veichel smiled at the unexpected situation.

“So Tartarus is rising, is that it?”

Even the Outer Gods would struggle against the ancient gods Tartarus and Atlas.

This would negate the reason for Hades’s retreat, but what did it matter?

Veichel planned to take advantage of the commotion to attempt her burglary.

Of course, she briefly considered trying to devour Tartarus, but…

‘I’m not confident.’

If she messed everything up by attempting to devour him, it would all be for nothing.

Veichel managed to pass through the gate unnoticed by the confused Outer God forces and reached Yog-Sothoth’s domain.

“Ugh… what is this smell…”

Like Radios, she frowned at the air that induced dry heaving, but what did it matter?

“I’ll just destroy everything here anyway!”

Still, she needed to move carefully.

If there was a disturbance near the gate, the Outer God might notice.

“I need to test Gungnir too, so I should go a bit deeper.”

FWAT.

As Veichel lightly stepped forward, the surrounding environment began to change rapidly.

Her speed had become incredibly fast compared to the past.

But Veichel thought it wasn’t enough.

Killing Athena was just the beginning.

To kill Hades and Zeus, she needed to become stronger.

Become stronger, devour more gods, master more of ‘his’ power, and obtain Divine Order.

“From then on… the era of humans will begin.”

No longer would they have to live under the shadow of gods.

She would create a world solely for humans.

The only problem would be ‘his’ power, but…

‘If he was going to intervene in the world now, he would have appeared sooner.’

The mysterious tattoo that appeared after she attempted soul devouring.

That tattoo became clearer as she continued devouring, and Veichel could understand its origin.

That being who had no interest in the world in the past, has none now, and should have none in the future.

She didn’t know why this power had manifested in her, but it didn’t matter.

Veichel had decided to create a world solely for humans.

And she would remove anything that stood in her way.

Whether it was Outer Gods or Olympus, she would eliminate anything blocking her path.

Even if the one standing in her way was Radios Magnum.