Chapter 469: For the Birth of a King, Present a Salute!
At this moment, the most nervous person was Ouma Shu, who was being pointed at by the swords. He was panicking. He had thought everyone else was ordinary, but now it seemed that was not the case.
When Erza stared at him, he felt a heavy weight in his heart. Can't beat her! Absolutely can't beat her!
Ouma Shu gritted his teeth. He had to escape. As long as he consumed more Voids and obtained the Void Genome, he would definitely come back for revenge.
He picked a direction. He charged towards Erza with a fierce look, but in reality, he greased his feet, turned, and ran towards an escape route.
"Escaping…" Erza shook her head in disappointment. She had expected a fierce battle. Now it seemed she had thought too much.
"Heaven's Wheel: Blumenblatt!"
[Inorin's Note: The original text used 'Heaven's Wheel Dance'. 'Blumenblatt' (German for 'Flower Blade') is the specific name for this sword-barrage attack in Fairy Tail.]
Erza didn't hesitate. The sharp swords behind her spread out like flowers, then shot out like lightning. Ouma Shu, focused only on escaping, had no time to dodge. In a flash, he was pierced through by dozens of swords, his body rolling a few times before lying motionless, bleeding profusely.
"Is he dead?" Stella asked. She felt he probably couldn't survive. She couldn't help but pay more attention to Erza. She had seen Erza control dozens of blades with her own eyes, and the other woman still looked relaxed. If such a person were her opponent, could she win? She wasn't sure.
Are all the Otherworlders in the Chat Group this strong?
"What is that person? Killing and transforming like a monster…" Tsugumi rubbed her arms.
"He seems to be using the power of the Void Genome," Shinomiya Ayase, who had some understanding, felt this way.
"No, it's the Void," Yuzuriha Inori directly denied. She wasn't sure why, but she just knew it.
Ren added, "He can devour others' Voids to turn into his own power."
"Shu… What happened to him?" Menjou Hare felt weak all over, relying on Ren to barely support her. She didn't understand what they were talking about.
Ren glanced at her and told her the truth. "The Ouma Shu you know is fake. He has been a monster existing to destroy the world since he was little. He just disguises himself."
"..." Despite being mentally prepared, she still found it difficult to accept the cruel reality. She clutched his clothes tightly, crying silently.
Ren didn't pay too much attention, instead observing Ouma Shu with interest. He didn't die directly, but his body was turning into Void crystals. In his last moments, he murmured a name: "Ouma… Mana…"
"Such a strange feeling…" Inori suddenly clutched her chest as a pink light shot out from her body. She felt her consciousness blurring, as if something was trying to replace her.
Seeing this, Ren clenched his right hand. The pink energy separated from her body and flowed into his hand. Inori also recovered from that dazed state. The pink lights gathered in his hand to form a sphere.
"What is this?" Ayase didn't understand.
"A soul attempting to link over," Ren grinned. He seemed to have caught a boss.
Rumble!!!
The earth suddenly trembled violently the moment Shu's body turned into crystals.
"Is this the key to five stars? Interesting." Ren, holding the pink orb, his eyes flickered. Not only did Ouma Shu not die, but he also triggered new changes.
[Ding! Detecting that group member Yuzuriha Inori has come into contact with future apocalypse factors, Doom Companion activated!]
[Doom Companion]: Four people
[Companion Time]: 3 days
[Companions]: Ren, Yuzuriha Inori, Erza, Stella
[Companion Mission]: Eliminate Ouma Mana.
And the End of the Apocalypse also appeared.
[Companion Apocalypse]: End of the Apocalypse
[Companion Time]: Unlimited
[Companions]: Unlimited
[Companion Missions]:
1. Eliminate the Apocalypse Virus.
2. Resolve the Fourth Apocalypse.
The tremor just now was the beginning of the Fourth Apocalypse, and Ouma Shu was the trigger.
"Um, Administrator, did I do something wrong?" Erza subconsciously thought the changes were caused by her.
"No, it has little to do with you. Ouma Shu's existence is the inevitability of this outbreak." This was not just comfort; Ren had already seen the essence of it.
"It's pointless to talk about these things. Let's go deal with the Apocalypse."
"Apocalypse!" Upon mentioning this, Ayase and Tsugumi immediately thought of the Apocalypse Virus and Lost Christmas.
"Let's go see. The outside world has already changed." Ren used spatial movement to bring them to the sky.
In the center of the city, a crystal pillar, constructed entirely of purple crystals, rose into the clouds. In the sky, strange pink energy lines spread out.
Before they could ask what had happened, a group of people had already gathered below the pillar. A group of mechs from GHQ, and a blond man in a black trench coat, Gai Tsutsugami. Among them, a purple-haired officer, disregarding his image, shouted amidst the tense atmosphere.
"For the birth of a King, present a salute!!!"
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