Chapter 133: Goddess Cambrian(2)
by fnovelpia
“Why would I?”
The worst-case scenario.
My previous incarnation, now resurrected, doesn’t return my body and devours it instead.
I had considered the possibility, but now that it had become reality, the situation felt utterly hopeless.
To reclaim control of my body, I would need to forcibly expel her soul, but such a feat was anything but simple.
“Pfft. Just kidding.”
Cambrian chuckled, clearly amused by my flustered expression.
“However, shouldn’t I confirm whether you’re truly my reincarnation?”
Wooong.
I felt my consciousness expand.
‘A domain…’
Cambrian’s domain, originating from her soul, rapidly expanded, swallowing both her and me.
Flash.
My vision, briefly plunged into darkness, was restored.
“Welcome to my domain.”
A vast and resplendent expanse stretched before me—her domain.
I now stood in physical form, face to face with Cambrian.
“You wish to reclaim your body? Then you must prove that you are me.”
Rumble.
The terrain surrounding us quaked and shifted.
The ground rose in a circular formation, trapping us within.
‘A colosseum…’
It resembled the arena I had once created for a previous duel.
“I am the most noble being in existence. No challenger can surpass me.”
A divine pressure radiated from Cambrian, overwhelming and immense.
Her strength was beyond anything I’d encountered before, far surpassing even Alia, Deus or the Demon God.
It was a power befitting someone who proclaimed herself the strongest.
“Prove it through battle! That you are another version of me!”
Cambrian’s face was alight with exhilaration, as if she had found a stimulus to break her eternal monotony.
Though I wasn’t even a proper deity and often resorted to underhanded methods, I doubted I could match her in this domain.
[Command Execution]
[Authority Activation]
The power of a Game Master flowed through me as though this place were Rudera.
[Activate Invincibility]
[Console Command: Overwhelming Strength]
[Activate Omniscience]
[Console Command: Black Sheep Barrier]
This was different from when I faced the Demon God [System].
Back then, I had imperfectly summoned Rudera’s power into another realm.
But here, the circumstances were different.
The omniscience granted by the commands informed me of the truth.
This domain, constructed by condensing the divine core within her soul, was as much hers as it was mine.
Here, I could wield my full power freely.
From the beginning, there was no real risk of losing my body.
She was me, and the moment she used her divine power as a deity, I could freely use my power as the GM.
Taking back my body was no longer a concern.
Nothing here could oppose me.
“Oh?”
Cambrian’s eyes gleamed as she observed the divinity and authority enveloping me.
It seemed she had realized what I was doing.
“Then you might indeed satisfy me.”
A vast surge of divinity erupted around her.
Even Alia, who always remained composed in battle, would falter before this pressure.
But—
“You’re mistaken.”
“…What?”
[Adjust Values]
[Divinity → 99999999]
[Health → 99999999]
I was the GM.
“You’re the challenger here.”
Boom!
‘This much…!’
As I took a single step forward, Cambrian, overwhelmed by Albus’s divinity and presence, trembled with ecstasy.
‘I’ve finally found it!’
Unlike the countless pretenders she had encountered—gods of war, death, darkness, earth, and even the king of gods—none had endured her strikes.
Born as the strongest, no one had ever been her equal.
But now, here was someone who could rival her.
‘Only you. You are the only one who can match me, my other self.’
“Then prove it!”
In a storm of dense divinity, Cambrian leapt high into the air.
Albus remained still, slowly raising his gaze to meet her.
The power within Cambrian was colossal, overwhelming even to gods.
Yet Albus did not move.
“Prove you are worthy!”
A fleeting shimmer.
Cambrian’s divine form flickered before an intense storm bore down on Albus.
BOOOOM!
“…As expected, only you.”
Until now, not a single being had withstood that strike.
Yet Albus effortlessly blocked it with just his hand.
He hadn’t even used any power.
Not a scratch was left.
An equal existence!
“You are on par with, or perhaps even beyond, me!”
Finally. Finally.
Through reincarnations and resurrections, she had found another self.
The only one who could be her equal.
“Come! Let’s play!”
An exhilaration she had never felt before surged through her.
Cambrian couldn’t resist.
At last, she could exchange blows with someone who understood her.
Though she raised her divine power, anticipating Albus’s counterattack, he merely shrugged.
“Sorry. I’d love to indulge you, but there are people waiting for me outside.”
“……?”
Albus’s reaction was entirely different.
[State Change]
[Target: Cambrian]
[Status Immunity → Vulnerability (Albus Exclusive)]
Boom.
“What… what have you done…?”
Something within her soul had been altered.
The strongest soul, untouchable by anyone, had transformed in an instant.
Cambrian, who had never experienced such a foreign sensation before, felt goosebumps rise all over her body.
Although she had never known fear, the incomprehensible situation began to paralyze her.
“Just sleep for a while. I’ll let you fight as much as you want later.”
[Sleep Induced]
Her eyelids grew heavier by the moment.
Impossible.
Sleep?
“No… this can’t…”
[Sleep Induced]
She staggered, forcing her weighted eyelids to stay open.
[Sleep Induced]
[Sleep Induced]
“How… did you find… my love…?”
[Sleep Induced]
[Sleep Induced]
[Sleep Induced]
Even as the one she treasured most stood before her…
Even after countless eons of longing and searching…
[Sleep Induced]
***
“OF SH…”
That was Cambrian’s final thought before her consciousness faded.
Thud.
“……What kind of unyielding will is this?”
Albus clicked his tongue in disbelief at Cambrian’s sheer tenacity—no, obsession—that defied even the absolute state-altering authority granted to him by the GM’s system.
Knowing the full extent of the omnipotent powers involved, Albus was astonished that Cambrian’s mind resisted long enough to require eleven iterations of his authority to subdue her.
“It took me eleven tries…”
It spoke volumes about how deeply she had yearned for an equal to meet her on her level.
Voom.
Albus’s awareness resurfaced.
Flash.
His body returned.
Realizing he was back in his physical form, Albus confirmed that he had escaped the Demon Lord’s mental world.
“Whew. Sorry, but I don’t have time right now. I’ll make it up to you later, I promise.”
The battle against the Demon Lord and the [System] itself had dragged on unbearably long.
Everyone outside must be worried sick.
“I can’t make them worry any more than they already have.”
Those who had come to his aid to prevent his self-destruction were too precious to him.
He wouldn’t burden them with more anxiety.
“Mmm… my granddaughter… eat this…”
The Demon Lord mumbled happily in her dreams, still deep in slumber.
Albus chuckled softly before stepping out of the mental realm.
***
At the deepest part of the Demon Realm, where his companions awaited, reality greeted him once more.
Voom.
Voom.
Vooooom.
Flash.
And then—
“Dad!”
“Albus!”
Albus had returned to everyone.
“…Wait, no… Mom?”
“Oh, Albus?”
Only then did he realize Cambrian had swapped bodies.
“Dua understands! I’ve heard about men who want to be women!”
“That’s not what happened…”
“It’s fine, my dear. Even if you prefer… same-gender love, I’ll accept you…”
“No, no, please stop…”
Even after explaining his past life, his shocking appearance at the time of his return seemed too much for them to process.
“I never imagined my junior had such preferences! If you want, I can teach you Alia’s secret art for crafting male attributes.”
“Why are you like this, Deus?”
Dealing with Dua and Alia’s misunderstandings was bad enough, but even the mischievous smirk of Deus gave him a headache.
“When I get back, I’m changing my appearance immediately.”
Cambrian’s authority, which altered her gender and physical form entirely, was absurdly powerful.
It could only be undone in Rudera using the GM’s powers.
“What a shame. You’re so beautiful like this.”
“Mmm… what a waste.”
Dua too?
Why are you like this?
Perhaps because everything was over, the lighthearted banter carried them back to Rudera.
Thanks to a direct passage to the system room where they held their meetings, the group arrived quickly.
***
“L-Lord?”
“G-GM?”
Akuyuham, Diana, Zenith, Leighton, and Rebecca.
‘…They’re just full of antics, aren’t they?’
Albus came face-to-face with his gathered subordinates.
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