In the dark room, there were only faint glimmers of light coming from some machines, looking very eerie and weird. An old, withered member of the Elf Race wearing thin clothes sat on the ground to welcome the visitors. This was the scene Tsukasa and Eidor saw when they entered. Although that old elf was ugly and looked frail, their intuition told them that was Potimas's Main Body.
"I didn't expect the power of prophecy to be so strong. Even though I made so many preparations, the Elf Race is still being destroyed at your hands." Potimas spoke slowly. In his old and weak voice, his previous tone could still barely be heard.
Tsukasa ignored Potimas. The light of Evil Eyes appeared in her eyes.
"Is it really okay to be in such a hurry to eliminate me?" Potimas chuckled. "The moment I die, the bombs buried under this ground will activate. When that time comes, this world and you all will be buried with me."
"...?!"
The light of the Evil Eyes in Tsukasa's eyes gradually faded.
Bombs?
She couldn't be sure if what Potimas said was true or false.
It might just be a bluff.
"You think I'm bluffing? You can use your perception skills to detect the energy underground. I have to thank you for your help back then. If you hadn't let me take that machine, I wouldn't have been able to restore the machine and bombs that were originally just hypothetical." As Potimas spoke, his gaze suddenly shifted behind Tsukasa.
Tsukasa turned her head warily.
She saw a pure white beautiful girl.
Wakaba-san?
Spider Child didn't expect to hear such explosive news just as she caught up. She probed the underground situation and found that there was indeed a massive energy source down there, and it felt much larger than the bomb she had swallowed back then.
"What do you want?"
Spider Child thought to herself that he was indeed a troublesome old bug.
She didn't expect that in just a few years, this old bug would have finished repairing the wreckage of that machine, found the design plans for the bombs and the machine inside, and restored them. Moreover, he seemed to have enhanced their power on the original basis.
However, this old bug was indeed at his wit's end.
She could clearly perceive that this old bug's life was being rapidly consumed. It seemed his previous method for preserving his life wasn't very good. Now that his Main Body had come out of that apparatus in the back, his body was quickly heading toward aging and death.
Hearing Spider Child's question, Potimas laughed. He had long calculated that Spider Child couldn't let this bomb explode. After all, Ariel was bent on saving the world, and as Ariel's confidant, this girl would naturally be of one mind with Ariel.
Beside them, Tsukasa instantly raised her magic power warily.
She could already guess what Potimas's
next sentence would be.
"I want her body. As long as you help me take her down, I'll stop this bomb. I'm sure this isn't a complicated choice for you."
Hearing Potimas say such divisive words, Tsukasa's mood turned sour. She didn't have the confidence to deal with Wakaba-san yet.
She warily increased the distance between herself and Spider Child. Although doing so was actually useless, she couldn't help but expose her distrust of Spider Child. But it was impossible for her to trust Spider Child in the first place; after all, their relationship was very ordinary, and this cooperation was only because they shared a common goal.
Furthermore, she knew the Demon King and Wakaba-san wanted to save the world. If the bomb below exploded, setting aside whether they could survive, the world would very likely be blown up. Under such circumstances, how could she trust Wakaba-san?
Spider Child silently glanced at Tsukasa.
Is this guy Potimas dreaming?
Although the bomb below was indeed troublesome, at worst she could just swallow it again. As for wanting Tsukasa's body, setting aside whether it was possible, she wouldn't agree anyway. After all, the power inside Tsukasa was something even that Evil God D took seriously; how could she let an old bug like Potimas get his hands on that power?
"I advise you to change to a more realistic request. Since I can eat one bomb, I can eat a second one. I only haven't done so because it takes quite a bit of time to digest, which gave you the chance to linger and speak."
"You bastard!"
It was the first time Potimas had heard Spider Child speak such a long sentence, but he would rather she remained a mute as before.
"If I can't get her body, given my current state, I'll be dead for sure even if I switch to another one. So I won't change my request. I don't believe you can swallow this increased dose of a bomb like last time. You're welcome to try!"
Potimas was indeed out of options.
After all, he had originally intended to use this bomb as a power core. The one that provided energy to that giant fortress before was this very bomb. After his improvements, within the range of the Elf Forest, the core could provide energy to the machines at any time.
But he hadn't expected that giant fortress, which even the Demon King and Spider Child working together might not have been able to take down, would be destroyed by this witch in a single move.
This was the biggest reason he had fallen into his current predicament.
That Doomsday Magic spell couldn't possibly be a system skill!
That was definitely the power of a True God!
Hearing Potimas's words, Spider Child's expression became serious, and she asked, "You know? Have you told anyone else about this?"
Potimas was dazed for a moment before he reacted.
"Hahaha, so you knew all along that the power of a True God was hidden within her. It seems that's the real reason you rejected me, isn't it? You hypocrite, pretending to follow Ariel's plan, but after seeing the power of a True God, you finally couldn't hold back!"
What power of a True God?
Spider Child was full of confusion.
Could there be False Gods too?
And from the way he spoke, did he think she was a False God?
What a joke. Her identity was personally acknowledged by that Evil God D. Although she was indeed at the bottom among gods, she was still a True God, okay!
But it seemed...
Potimas didn't know the secret within Tsukasa.
He was merely coveting that power.
In that case...
"Then there's no need to keep you around."
A red glow flashed in Spider Child's eyes.
Before Potimas could react, he instantly turned into flying ash.
At the same time, the bomb underground seemed to be triggered; the massive energy gradually turned violent, and the entire ground began to vibrate.
Spider Child shouted to Tsukasa, "I'm going to swallow the bomb below. When the time comes, I'll leave my body in your care to protect."
Before Tsukasa could reply, Spider Child disappeared from the spot. The next moment, the underground vibrations ceased. When Spider Child returned, she didn't say a word before collapsing to the ground, and then a very beautiful light appeared on her body.
The light turned into threads, shielding Spider Child.
Then, before Tsukasa's eyes, it formed into a cocoon.
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