"A familiar sight, I'm rather nostalgic."
Zeus said with some emotion, looking at the space tunnel that resembled starlight. She had spent over a decade in King Arthur's world, enduring the extreme discomfort of a large belly to give birth, which almost made her want to break down. Yet, she didn't know why she managed to persevere. As one might say, this could be considered a form of growth and progress!
"It seems I need to change my disguise quickly, otherwise I'll be tracked."
Zeus looked at the golden characters slowly appearing on the back of her hand and instantly understood that this was a shielding divine art Alaya had cast for Zeus. As these characters grew brighter, it meant that Gaia's tracking divine art on her was beginning to take effect.
Seeing this, Zeus had no choice but to casually pull out a disguise, put it on, and then quickly leave the time-space tunnel.
"Is this it? Have I arrived?!"
The light ahead grew brighter and brighter, and Zeus spotted the exit not far away, instantly accelerating out.
"Eh! Where is this?"
Zeus looked at the deep forest before her, curiously observing it, wondering if she had arrived in another fantasy world.
"The mana here is so thin."
"The spiritual energy of heaven and earth is also very scarce. It seems to be a modern world."
Thinking this, Zeus's eyes instantly lit up. This meant all sorts of modern delicacies, and perhaps even games and computers—simply splendid!
"Oh, right, I should use the World Insertion Card first! Otherwise, being an unregistered resident would be no fun."
Forgetting the downsides that had twice caused her trouble, Zeus still happily pulled out the white card. Before she could use it, the surroundings suddenly darkened, and a heavy object landed behind Zeus, making her heart skip a beat. She quickly turned around and came face to face with a pair of gigantic pupils. From the iris of the eyes, they were vertical pupils, meaning the eyes of a beast.
A gust of hot air blew towards Zeus, lifting the short skirt of her current disguise, revealing alluring black stockings and long, beautiful legs, as well as fair panties beneath the stockings. However, Zeus paid no attention to these. She took two steps back before observing the full appearance of this behemoth: a formidable and enormous head, powerful limbs, claws capable of tearing apart a sperm whale, and a thick, strong tail. Its hard antlers and sharp teeth all indicated that this was a creature at the top of the food chain: a 'Dragon'.
"Something's not right! How can such a magical creature exist in this kind of world? The mana here is so low."
As Zeus pondered, the giant dragon in front of her also recovered from the shadow of death. It happened to see Zeus observing it, and moreover, this human carried an aura it detested—the scent of a god. It would never forget it, even in death.
"Die, god, or rather, minion of a god."
With cold killing intent in its eyes, it extended its massive claw, intending to tear Zeus's current disguise to shreds.
"What a temper!"
Watching the giant claw descend upon her, Zeus's current body was that of an ordinary person. However, because Zeus had stored cosmic energy in space during the Dark World, these bodies were at least three times stronger than an ordinary person's. So, Zeus, operating a body without any special abilities, nimbly dodged to the other side. Due to the line of sight, the dragon's torso, which Zeus hadn't initially seen, was now exposed before her. A giant sword, over ten meters long, was deeply embedded in the dragon's strong abdomen.
"Die!"
Just as Zeus was momentarily stunned, the dragon's head was directly facing her, its massive mouth slightly agape, and a wave of heat gathered within it. This was the dragon race's signature skill, 'Dragon's Breath'. Zeus watched as the dragon prepared to spit... cough cough... Dragon's Breath, and was about to pull out a shield from the Gate of Babylon to block it.
"Cough cough... cough cough."
Unexpectedly, because it aggravated the wound in its abdomen, the dragon suddenly swallowed its own saliva—oh no, Dragon's Breath—and seemed to be severely choking.
"To think I would die in front of the gods I detest the most. How ironic!"
"Laugh if you want! Mock and ridicule me all you wish! My kin will avenge me."
Zeus watched with a face full of black lines as the dragon, with an expression of 'unyielding defiance,' who could tell her why the dragon's face was so expressive.
"Uh, interrupting your thoughts, although it's not right, I don't intend to fight you."
"What? Why? We've fought for so many years; reconciliation is impossible. Moreover, I am from the Chaos-Evil faction, and we are sworn enemies with your Chaos-Good. Why would you let me go? Are you planning to toy with me? What a joke! Being spared by a god is worse than death. Just kill me!"
Zeus was utterly helpless watching this dragon, who was talking to itself and completely misunderstanding the situation. She had truly never seen such a talkative dragon. Weren't dragons usually aloof and disdainful of almost everyone?
"You're so badly injured, let's heal you first!"
Zeus ignored the guy's expression that clearly said, "Are you kidding me?" She walked over to where the opponent was incapacitated, watching the bright red blood flow from the huge gash onto the ground, corroding it. It was clear that the opponent's blood was poisonous.
"This sword… it's quite interesting!"
Feeling the fluctuations from the sword, a look of thirst appeared in Zeus's eyes. What she lacked most now was the divine power depleted from giving birth, and this sword contained a large amount of it. If she could absorb it well, recovering half of her strength shouldn't be a problem.
"That sword isn't so easy to pull out. Don't waste your energy."
"What if I pull it out then?"
Hearing the opponent's words, Zeus found it amusing. The opponent's tone, a mix of expectation and dejection, made Zeus feel as if she were talking to a child.
Hearing Zeus's words, it fell silent for a moment.
"Then I'll be your…"
"Maid."
Before it could finish the next two words, Zeus took advantage of its momentary distraction to quickly pull out the sword. This was called the "distraction healing method," a technique doctors often use to divert a patient's attention while treating their wound. Looking at the greatsword in her hand, Zeus quickly threw it into her earring space, which was an independent small world. Once inside, the opponent would lose all connection to the greatsword, and then the sword would truly become Zeus's.
Looking at the still-bleeding wound, Zeus frowned, then placed a large leaf on the wound. This was a leaf from the Tree of Life, and its healing effect was incredibly good.
"Did you say something just now?"
Sensing the opponent's complex gaze, Zeus met its two eyes, which were as large as an adult, and asked.
"N-nothing!"
It answered guiltily, which made Zeus even more curious. And on its scale-covered green face, two red dragon scales suddenly appeared like blushes.
"What's your name? I'm…"
Zeus paused, pulled out a mirror, and looked at her beautiful face, her long black hair, and her white hairband. Zeus instantly realized, "Isn't this Shi Yu-senpai?"
"Kasumigaoka Shi Yu, just call me Shi Yu."
"I'm Tohru."
Although curious why Zeus paused, Tohru honestly reported her name.
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