Do gods bleed?
Eta did not know, but she felt that even a lofty god fighting another version of himself would surely be left with at least some injury.
She had also heard the move that had filled the sky, the loudly shouted Great Bliss: Billionfold Sensitivity, Slaaneshi Utopia, even while Cid had casually tossed her onto the ice.
Master did not seem affected, but based on Delta saying he was "in heat" and the stumble he had made when entering the room, a thought so blasphemous it was almost unthinkable surfaced in Eta's mind.
Master's body... could it be out of control?
Through the Magical Power interface still left inside her body, Eta could sense that powerful force, deep and bottomless like an abyss.
If he was not injured, then with Master's control over his body, why would he be unsteady? With Master's calm mind and self-regulation, why would Delta, that stupid dog, be able to smell that he was in heat?
His physical ability is out of control... If Eta's guess was right, then Master was busy regulating his body right now and could not move at all. In that case... this might be an opportunity!
But in the end, it was only a guess. If she stupidly rushed in and guessed wrong, she would look like a complete clown. And even if she guessed right, Master's power was merely running wild. There was no guarantee that Master, who grasped all truth, would not choose to kill her outright and send her to the revival match.
Sigh. If only there were someone Master cared about a great deal, someone who would not be killed so easily, someone very easy to fool, who would obediently follow her orders and help her test the waters... didn't she happen to have exactly one right here?
Looking at Delta's foolish profile, Eta smiled meaningfully.
"Hey, Delta. You want to mate with Master and give birth to your own offspring, don't you?"
Eta's nimble fingers pressed against Delta, who was carrying her excitedly. She leaned close to Delta's ear and whispered.
"Huh... That's right! Delta wants to have lots and lots of children with Boss, and then have Boss rule the world!"
Crouched low with her neck stretched out, Delta sniffed at a certain scent in the air. She did not wonder at all why Eta was asking. Instead, she proudly declared her grand plan.
"Mm. Delta, you said Master is in heat, right?"
Eta lowered her head slightly, her longer bangs covering her purple eyes so no one could see what she was thinking. Only that eerie smile revealed her ill intent.
"That's right, that's right. Delta has smelled it before. During spring, most adult Therianthropes give off this strange smell."
Eta smiled mysteriously and lightly tapped her finger. Then, with a burst of force, she flew off Delta and landed on the sofa before stopping Delta.
"In that case, please go ahead."
"?"
Delta tilted her head in confusion, looking at Eta in puzzlement as Eta extended her arm toward a room door.
"Master is inside. Delta, didn't you want to have children with Master?"
"Ehhh?!"
"What's wrong? Delta, you don't want to?"
Seeing Delta hesitate, Eta frowned, wondering why this idiot still was not going in. Had this beast actually grown a brain?
"No, no. It's just... Delta really does want to have children with Boss, but Delta hasn't completed the order Boss gave Delta yet. Boss will reject Delta.
If Delta disobeys Master's order, Boss will hunt Delta down with one slash because Delta didn't listen to him!"
"Oh, that... that isn't a problem. Master told me the reward will be given early. Delta, you can go straight in and have children with Master."
"Huh? Really?"
"Really."
A lie. Watching Delta get fooled by her and rush toward Cid's room, Eta laughed inwardly. Idiots really were easy to deceive.
"By the way, Master is actually rather shy, so when the time comes, Master probably won't say anything. But that means he agrees. Delta, you just need to move on your own."
Well, it did not matter either way. If I guessed wrong, this idiot will be kicked out by Master. But if I guessed right, stupid dog, your wish will come true just like that. So be grateful for my mercy. But before that...
Eta took a gun from a hidden compartment she had set up, aimed it at the figure who appeared at the doorway and silently tried to sneak in, then narrowed her eyes and spoke expressionlessly.
"It seems you and Delta are very close. She even lets you know about such private matters."
"It's not too bad. After all, I'm a loyal supporter of Delta-sama's plan. And may I ask what I should call you, my lady?"
Kuroka Toujou smiled brightly. Sensing the danger that gun gave off, she gave up on the thought of making a move and said that with a smile.
"Eta. One of the Seven Shadows."
"Ahaha, so it's Eta-sama. I've often heard Delta-sama mention you. I wonder, could I count myself among those who serve Shadow-sama, as you mentioned earlier?"
"Of course... you can. But first, you have to drink this for me."
Keeping the gun firmly trained on Kuroka Toujou, Eta walked to the refrigerator, opened it, took out a bottle of milk, and tossed it to her.
"What is this?"
"Milk. My treat."
Looking through the glass at the white liquid in the bottle in her hand, Kuroka Toujou really could not bring herself to trust this completely unlabeled product.
"Can I leave?"
"Why? Didn't you say you were a loyal supporter of that idiot Delta's plan?"
I'm afraid that if I take advantage of this now, I'll wake up tomorrow morning and get slapped to death!
With a stiff expression, Kuroka Toujou recalled what Eta had said earlier, that lie so obvious it could not possibly be more obvious, and deeply regretted getting involved in this mess.
Yes, she did want a world-class, top-quality offspring. But if she got one by taking advantage like this, she would not be surprised if she was slapped to death the next day.
"Either you drink that now, then enter Master's room for me, or I pull the trigger and turn you into a pile of meat. Choose."
The two confronted each other in silence, but from the way Eta was slowly squeezing the trigger, Kuroka Toujou knew that if she did not make a choice soon, something very bad would happen to her.
It was not that she had not considered attacking and taking out the obviously weakened elf in front of her. The problem was that, for some reason, the Senjutsu inside her had gone out of control.
Ahahaha. Her instincts told her that if that gun hit her even once, she would die. Should she gamble on it?
...
So tired...
Lying on the bed, Cid felt nothing beneath him and finally relaxed. An unprecedented exhaustion rushed into his mind all at once. The mental experience of Absolute Love being blasted into his body and grinding all his senses to dust was absolutely the worst spiritual injury Cid had ever suffered.
Although he had forcibly suppressed that Absolute Love after enduring the ultimate assault, the mental strain of being pushed to the limit was real. Not to mention that afterward, he had gotten carried away and used his own body to mend the sky, directly doubling the damage.
Thankfully, it was all over now. Next, he only needed to sleep. Once he adapted to the ten-billionfold sensitivity by tomorrow, he would fully recover.
Cid slowly closed his eyes, and his exhausted consciousness gradually sank into the depths of darkness.
Until, in the last second before he fell asleep, Cid unconsciously caught sight of the two large holes in his palms.
Oh, right. I need to fix those two holes too.
The moment that thought appeared, the two large holes immediately healed. Then... everything collapsed.
Out of instinct, he moved the power suppressing that absolute pleasure to repair the holes. What followed was that Absolute Love piercing through Cid's relaxed will and emptying the last 0.0001 percent of his health.
Pleasure and pain surged through Cid's mind at the same time, the ultimate agony brought by the pressure of air against him and his clothes brushing over his skin, along with the pleasure that came with that pain.
I can still operate. Watch me press up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, B, A, and win the revival match!
On the violently shaking bed, Cid's trembling body struggled to turn into a suitable position, avoiding any intense movement.
If his mind had a health bar, then Cid's mental health would definitely be flickering back and forth between 0.00001 percent and zero right now. That was his overwhelmingly powerful will trying to operate in reverse and repair his collapsing mind.
But the cost of doing so was that all the attention needed to control his physical strength vanished. Right now, the force Cid produced just by flicking a finger could instantly punch a giant hole through the fragile planet beneath him.
Fortunately, no one would be tactless enough to come bother him at a time like this…
"Boss, Delta's here to keep you company."
The front door crashed open. Before Cid could even react, he heard the whoosh of something slicing through the air.
Gah, dog, don't you dare come over here!
That was his thought, but in reality, a heavy object slammed down onto him.
Pain, pleasure, pain, pleasure, pain, pleasure...
In an instant, the violent rush of pleasure and pain flooded back into Cid's mind, and his mental health bar started bouncing back and forth between 0.000001 percent and zero.
"Boss, Boss, can Delta have your baby!?"
I don't want to. Delta, get the hell off me!
"Boss, why aren't you saying anything?"
Because the moment I open my mouth, a Magical Power cannon's going to blast out of it and punch straight through you, Delta, and the planet's core both, so get lost already!
"Delta understands. So this is shyness, and silence means yes. In that case, Delta will just go ahead on her own. Heh heh."
Heh heh my ass, you dumb dog. Can't you see I can't move right now?!
Wearing a scowl on the inside, feeling his clothes being shredded apart, Cid gave up. After all, his T-Rex was no match for an idiot... wait, why is my Holy Sword drawing itself!? A hundred-billion-fold sensitivity does that too!?
While he sat there stunned, Delta had already torn away every scrap of clothing below his waist, then climbed on top of him, settled into position, and plopped herself right down.
So good, so painful, so good, so painful, so good...
Even fiercer waves of pain and pleasure came surging up, and his mental health bar dropped to bouncing between 0.00000001 percent and zero.
Fine, I can take it. Just until tomorrow...
Time grew heavier with presence amid the absolute agony and ecstasy, until every second stretched on like a year. Cid's senses were sharper than they had ever been, while his mind drifted further into a haze than ever before.
For Cid, all he wanted now was to make it to tomorrow, win his revival match, and once his body had adjusted to the sensitivity, string Delta up from the rooftop.
"Hah, hah." (panting) "Delta-sama, I, I'm here to carry out the plan you mentioned earlier."
"Hngh, shut it, you idiot Kuroka. Delta was here first!"
"But Delta-sama... hah, hah, you can't hold out much longer, can you? Let me help you... hah, hah, take some of the load."
"Mm... fine, but the first shot is Delta's!"
In his daze, Cid seemed to hear the sound of his door opening and the voices of Delta and Kuroka Toujou talking, and then...
The surface area of contact doubled, and so did the pain and the pleasure. The health bar in his ongoing revival match slid back another digit.
Still... OK. I can hold on until tomorrow.
After mentally sizing up his own limit, Cid figured he'd grit his teeth for now and settle the score with Delta once he recovered tomorrow... like hell he would!
Scraping together a sliver of control, he clenched his fist. As an Eminence in Shadow, getting screwed by his own pet was an utter disgrace, and on top of that he was supposed to wait until tomorrow for his revenge?!
Damn it. If the thing stopping me is a hundred-billion-fold sensitivity, then I'll just absorb it myself. It's only a measly hundred billion times, isn't it?! Bring it on!
"Huff, huff, it's, it's coming!"
Mastering every art of combat in my body...
"Move aside, Kuroka, the first shot is Delta's..."
Burning away every drop of my heart's blood...
"But, Delta-sama, I want to be first... ah!"
Exhausting the absolute limit of my wisdom...
"You idiot Kuroka, you've actually got the nerve to defy Delta? Hmph hmph!"
Staking the pride of an Eminence in Shadow!
The blood throughout his body flowed, his heartbeat surged faster, his collapsing spirit began to mend, and the essence of his power gathered together...
"I..."
Come on!
...
Outside the door to Cid's room, Eta listened closely to the sounds inside. She glanced at the clock. Barely a dozen minutes had passed. Then she nodded.
"It's about time. Now it's my turn. Delta, I'll remember your contribution."
The hunter becomes the hunted.
Eta smiled faintly, went back to her room, retrieved her anti-Delta weapon, and returned to the door.
"I..."
No!
"need..."
An indescribable fluctuation spread outward. It was the lock-on that came just before an attack.
"more..."
Her feminine instincts screamed. Strength suddenly surged through her weakened body, and Eta's first instinct was to turn and run.
"power!"
An invisible circle expanded. It merely brushed across Eta's body, yet her eyes rolled back and she collapsed heavily to the floor.
"Bang!"
It did not stop with Eta. The powerful missile instantly swept across the entire world, locking onto people who met certain conditions, and then came down.
"Guh!"
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