"Kiana Kaslana!!!"
Nous's voice had lost its Aeon-like composure, sounding extremely exasperated.
For a moment, Nous experienced a brief short circuit, with scarlet electric arcs darting everywhere.
"Ahhhhhhh!!!"
The electric arcs struck Digi-Na, causing her to instantly lose some data, and one of her legs vanished into scarlet data.
Just then, a Divine Breath bypassed countless firewall interceptions, arriving here and merging into Digi-Na's body.
The shattered leg instantly recovered, and at the same time, white Divine Breath ignited on Digi-Na's body.
On the other side, Little Corruption, at the moment Nous short-circuited, directly injected all of her clearance into Nous's core.
Sizzle—
"Im&#$pos%&#"
"Outside the universe&#*$there&@&"
Even though it was completely corroded, Nous still retained some self-computing ability.
But its words were all obscured by the electric current, making it impossible for anyone to hear what it was saying.
Buzz—Hiss—
The large eyeball, acting as the core, continuously changed colors until its light gradually dimmed.
"Ima da!"
Digi-Na swiftly arrived before the large eyeball, raised the Erudition dramon sword, and plunged it deep inside.
Subsequently, the runes on the dramon sword began to glow, working with Little Corruption to completely delete Nous's underlying logic.
Buzz—Drip…drip…↓
The large eyeball completely lost its light, and this data space gradually began to disintegrate.
"Time to leave!"
Digi-Na cut open the data space and entered it.
Little Corruption tried to escape, but found herself locked in the underlying space.
"Oh no…"
Nous had a last trick up its sleeve… Little Corruption looked panicked, darting around.
Just as the dissipating space was about to reach her, a reassuring voice sounded in her ear.
"Why didn't Corrupt-Bao ask for help?"
"Ah… Mother, please save me! ♬"
Little Corruption clasped her hands together, pouting pitifully as she cried out.
Then, a hand of imaginary energy snatched Little Corruption out of the underlying logic space like a claw machine grabbing a doll.
"Well done, well done, you actually managed to take care of Nous."
Kiana patted the still shaken Little Corruption, praising her.
Kiana had originally wondered if she would have to intervene in the end… but then she saw Nous, exasperated, inexplicably short-circuit itself.
Seeing this, Kiana felt relieved.
"I knew Mother wouldn't bear to see everyone's beloved Little Corruption disappear ♬"
"Kiana, Little Corruption was just born, and you're already making her fight an Aeon. Bronya strongly suspects you're abusing children."
Bronya looked at Kiana with an expression of disdain.
Mei smiled at Little Corruption:
"Little Corruption, when we get back, I'll make your favorite food."
"But I really want to touch Mei's horns…"
Little Corruption looked regretfully at Mei's forehead, where the pair of Oni horns had long since disappeared.
Mei's face darkened at her words.
For some reason, Elysia always wanted to touch those Oni horns whenever they met, and Little Corruption was probably led astray by her… so now she didn't dare to manifest them and had grown accustomed to life without horns.
After all, she didn't have horns when she was human… Just then, the group chat interface popped up in front of Kiana.
[Digi-Na: @Group Owner Na, Little Corruption isn't out yet! If she doesn't come out soon, she'll be deleted!]
[Group Owner Na: I've already pulled her out, don't worry, don't worry, after all, she's my own hand-crafted Bao'er~]
[Herrscher of Flamescion Na: Mother-in-law above…]
[Herrscher of Flamescion Na has been muted for 24 system hours]
…"It seems everything is over, I didn't even need to exert much effort~"
Great Xilian released control of the two stellar-class fortresses, then her figure flickered, turning into a sky full of pink light and dissipating.
She had returned to Kiana's side; she was no longer needed here.
Amphoreus was stable, and all external threats had vanished.
And upon seeing another flawless maiden like Elysia appear beside Kiana… Mei and Bronya's eyes slightly drooped… demiurge matrix.
The Chrysos Heirs gathered here.
"Nous has been eliminated. Gentlemen, Zandalar expresses its highest gratitude to you."
Lygus bowed respectfully to everyone.
Though his tone was calm, his joy was palpable.
"Don't forget your promise. Amphoreus will not forget the pain you inflicted."
Phainon pointed his sword at Lygus, speaking in an unfriendly tone.
The other Chrysos Heirs who had regained their memories also looked at Lygus similarly.
Now that the common enemy had vanished, it was time to settle personal grievances.
Dermuge and Great Xilian, who had returned to Kiana's side, exchanged glances across the distance, then smiled slightly.
"So that's how it is. It seems this outcome is one that satisfies everyone, isn't it?"
Through some things Great Xilian had shown her, she understood the entire cause and effect.
It turned out… the 'Remembrance' that had been watching Amphoreus all along was her future self, Great Xilian.
This endless cycle of reincarnation ended at this moment.
Amphoreus would now begin a brand new chapter~♪
Dermuge looked at the Chrysos Heirs and the composed Lygus.
"I will naturally not break my word, Miss Caeluslana. Please use your sword to burn all of me."
Lygus walked up to Phainon, openly spreading his hands and revealing his vulnerable core.
Phainon, as one of the guardians of Amphoreus in the Digital World, the strongest guardian, now wielded data Burning equivalent to final deletion.
Burning all of Lygus's data was now effortless.
Phainon did not hesitate, splitting Lygus vertically with a single sword stroke.
Subsequently, Lygus transformed into golden flames, his data becoming fuel until it was completely consumed.
"Everyone, I hope that when we meet again, we will be friends."
"…"
Listening to Lygus's final words before his demise, everyone felt a bit melancholic.
With the disappearance of Nous, Nanook's escape, and finally, Lygus, the culprit of Amphoreus's tragedy, brought to justice.
Their grievances from over 20 million cycles of reincarnation, though not entirely dissipated, were significantly assuaged… Nous's body lay quietly in the cosmos.
The place where it once glowed red had extinguished. Digi-Na watched silently before Nous's divine body.
After Nous's fall, countless Pathstriders walking the Path of Erudition felt something in their hearts.
Innumerable Erudition Pathstriders looked up towards the place where Nous had fallen.
At this moment, the image of the Erudition Aeon in their hearts had transformed into a chaotic mess.
Polka, who was being held back by Zandalar, froze, then her aura became extremely weak. She coughed up large mouthfuls of blood and looked towards the place where Nous had fallen.
Not just her, all Emanators of Erudition experienced this situation.
The fall of an Aeon, and the severe damage suffered by its closely connected Emanators, far exceeded imagination.
Some Emanators even vanished along with their Aeon.
The same was true for Zandalar's clones.
They all chose not to continue fighting at this moment, instead withdrawing from the area as if by mutual agreement.
Polka weakly wiped her mouth, remained silent for a moment, then continued to rush towards the place where the Aeon had fallen.
And Herta, who had already merged with a herrscher core and the Breath of God, although she felt Nous's fall… she seemed completely unaffected… "Hmm…?"
Herta poked her cheek, displaying an adorable expression unsuited to her age.
-------------------------
If you enjoy this story, you can read 100+ advanced chapters on Patreon!
Webnovel will keep getting 1 new chapter every day but Patreon readers can stay far ahead.
Maybe it's not a big deal now… maybe it will be later.
[email protected]/Greyhounds
"And If you're enjoying it, drop a Power Stone for me!"