Chapter 434: The Campione Project Will Bring About the End of the World
Princess Alice, Yuri—it felt as though such voices were echoing in their ears.
"Yuri."
This time, the voice was clearer, gradually pulling Yuri's muddled consciousness back into focus.
"Yuri!"
Kaoru breathed a sigh of relief as she saw the vacant, hollow look in her friend's eyes slowly regain its spark.
So, what had Yuri seen this time that left her drenched in sweat, as exaggerated as if she had fallen into a lake?
"Kaoru?"
"What happened?"
"What happened?"
Yuri was momentarily stunned, her mind blank from the question, leaving her in a daze.
Gradually, memories flooded back into her mind, causing her pupils to dilate continuously and her delicate frame to tremble.
"Countless gods descending, the Beast of Revelation shattering the earth, and that... that Demon God."
"Calm down, calm down!"
Kaoru embraced her friend tightly, feeling the extreme fear radiating from her, as if her spirit were on the verge of breaking once more.
However, she was also quite agitated by Yuri's words.
Countless gods descending into the mortal world?
And the Beast of Revelation shattering the earth? In which mythology is there a Beast of Revelation?
And Demon Gods? Not simply called gods? The addition of the character "demon" was particularly unsettling, because Yuri, when speaking of this, was clearly on the verge of breaking down from fear.
Speaking of which, why wasn't she asking Princess Alice anymore?
Because Princess Alice had suddenly and without warning vanished from beside Yuri. It was a disappearance as if her body had turned transparent and evaporated.
Glancing at the other sister nearby, she was currently unconscious due to having exhausted her power after performing the "Calamity Extraction" ritual.
She really owed these two sisters a great deal.
Returning to the issue of Yuri's words.
Countless gods descending? That would be nothing less than the apocalypse. This must be their vision of the apocalyptic future seen through their Spirit Sight.
So, Kaoru also recalled what that princess had said—that for the sake of the world, this country would have to be sacrificed. Did that mean the Campione project at the Western Heavenly Palace would trigger such a catastrophe?
So, for the safety of the world, this country had to be sacrificed?
"Dammit!"
She dialed a number again, but there was no response, making her heart grow even heavier.
That call was to some people she had secretly dispatched to deal with a certain individual. The lack of any news likely meant the mission had failed.
And with Ena suddenly disappearing and her whereabouts unknown, Kaoru suspected that Ena had gone to stop them.
Suddenly, an incoming call came through—it was Touma Amakasu.
"Director, I have good news and bad news. Which do you want to hear first?"
Joking at a time like this.
"The good news is that the Campiones who were rushing over have all been stopped."
He immediately delivered this good news, but Touma Amakasu's voice was unusually heavy.
"What's the bad news?"
"The bad news is that the ones who stopped these Campiones and prevented them from coming are the elders from the Netherworld."
That was truly bad news. They were determined to see this plan through to the end.
Abruptly, sensing something, Kaoru looked toward the most fearsome Campione—Luo Hao. A monk had suddenly appeared near her.
It was a monk with his skin completely flayed. The moment he appeared, Luo Hao immediately struck out with a palm, causing the air to explode. The shockwave collapsed more than half of another shrine below.
Immediately after, the monk used some method to drag both himself and Luo Hao into the Netherworld.
"How amusing. So you've specifically targeted old Sun as a ginseng fruit for becoming a Campione, is that it?"
Sun Wukong, seemingly realizing something as well, said this before violently swinging his staff toward a shrine and a rock garden. A massive explosion followed, nearly destroying what remained of the already half-collapsed shrine.
As the dust settled, Kaoru spotted two figures there.
One was the missing Ena, and the other was the key figure in the plan—Godou Kusanagi.
He was panickedly hiding behind Ena, his behavior so disappointing that Kaoru felt even more let down. She had expected someone with some capability, but his reaction was no different from an ordinary person's.
"You actually blocked my attack... oh, it's that sword, right?"
It must be the sword in Ena's hand! That sword was rumored to be the very blade wielded by Susanoo himself!
Upon closer observation, Kaoru noticed something slightly unusual about Ena.
Her seemingly expressionless face appeared tranquil yet somewhat wooden, like a mask worn by a doll.
Hm? Suddenly, several Hime-Miko and Sorcerers appeared behind the two, all chanting a strange Word Spirit in unison.
The moment this Word Spirit echoed, the Sun Wukong's expression changed dramatically.
"Damn it, to think—how despicable!"
Sun Wukong let out an enraged cry, his body swaying as he heavily struck his own head, as if trying to tear it apart.
No—there was a faintly visible circlet around his head that he seemed desperate to remove. Understanding dawned on Kaoru.
That Word Spirit was actually a powerful curse—the Golden Headband used by Tang Sanzang to restrain Sun Wukong, The Great Sage Equaling Heaven!
"Die!"
In his fury, the Great Sage, Equal of Heaven, suddenly brandished his golden staff to strike down the Hime-Miko and curse masters, but Ena intercepted him once again.
"Dammit! In that case, through the bond of our brotherhood, let us cleanse our enemies! Emerge from the Northern Seas, my junior brother—Zhu Ganglie! Come forth from the Western Regions, my junior brother—Vaisravana!"
Amidst the Great Sage's pained incantation, he also threw out two small figurines—was he summoning two new Heretic Gods?
But at that moment, Godou Kusanagi, standing behind Ena, suddenly produced a stone slab. A flash of light erupted, and azure flames instantly engulfed the Great Sage's two figurines, sucking them back into the slab.
"Prometheus's secret technique?"
The Great Sage's expression darkened further as he uttered these words.
Kaoru had heard of Prometheus's secret technique—rumored to possess the ability to steal divine power.
Then, with a roar from the Great Sage, the Hime-Miko and curse masters suddenly groaned and collapsed, their fates unknown.
Simultaneously, the enraged Great Sage's golden staff descended with mountain-splitting force, threatening to destroy Mount Nikko entirely.
Just as it was about to strike, light burst forth from the slab once more.
The golden staff was blocked by two weapons crossed together.
"Are you just going to stand there and watch?"
"No rush. What were you doing earlier, though?"
"I don't know what you're talking about."
"Oh? You don't know what I'm talking about?"
Renji simply hoisted the loli by her waist, her head facing backward and her bottom forward.
She needed a little punishment—for helping cover up someone's spying earlier, spying on his information.
As for what was seen, he knew it must have been terrifying.
Athena, however, hadn't been able to see it herself.
This one needed to keep watch, provide cover, and later would try to learn something from those two shrine maidens.
"Release me! If you dare—"
Smack!
Just then!