novelraw Chapter 742: The First Clearer? I’m Just His Excuse!
Chapter 742: The First Clearer? I’m Just His Excuse!
Hearing the words in his ear, the Creator shuddered all over, as if waking from a dream. If this really wasn’t a dream but reality...
Then this reality was probably even more dreamlike than any dream!
His body suddenly slid sideways. In his hand he formed a handful of white powdery material, its composition unknown.
But the powder dispersed the moment it left his palm, spreading with the wind and enveloping the space before him. Then the Creator’s hand moved like a mantis shrimp, probing out and retracting. When he opened his fingers again, he held a tiny metal orb.
That metal orb erupted with tremendous force, forcing him to use his own ability just to keep it relatively under control.
“You... you actually entered this Game?”
Staring at the object in his hand, the Creator felt dazed, murmuring to himself.
At this moment, Xie Antong’s All-Seeing Eye could not relay any information.
Her every move was happening right under Pleasure’s watchful eyelid, and beside her, two great gods were dueling!
If not for the protection of the Rules of the Game, she seriously doubted she’d have the ability to remain standing here alive. The energy surging and colliding around her seemed like a single aftershock would be enough to tear her apart.Yes, the maze that kept opening, then recombining and closing again, was the battleground between Pleasure and Nightmare.
Pleasure had originally intended only to playfully interfere, but seeing Nightmare getting anxious made Him rather pleased. Today He was determined to let this player win!
While colliding divine power with the Nightmare before Him, He still had time to glance back and tease Xie Antong.
Are you slacking off? Aren’t you supposed to help this “Nightmare”? Play your part.
“What can I do? At this rate, will one slash from me even help?”
Hahahahaha!
Laughing loudly, He treated the joke with total nonchalance, then his eyes shot downward.
Below, the Creator inside the maze suddenly trembled all over!
Earlier, in his perception the sky had contained three vague, pinprick-sized silhouettes, but he could only see one of them — Blank.
Now, however, a pair of domineering eyes seemed to transcend space and were imprinted directly onto his mind.
The presence beside Blank was looking at him!
What are you waiting for? Useless thing...
Those words suddenly appeared in his mind. The Creator didn’t understand why this god would come to help him.
He twisted his head, watching the maze walls shifting endlessly before him. At this moment those walls were like a high-speed train!
Hands pressed together before his face, light enveloping his body, a full suit of sealed armor condensed around him.
Then he charged into the rapidly changing maze headfirst!
Boom!
With a roar, the armor on his body shattered, fragments scattering and converting to energy that dissipated in the air, revealing the Creator inside, coughing up blood from the countershock.
His face was ghastly, but he didn’t hesitate. After reforming his defenses, he charged again!
No.
Nightmare instantly sensed danger. Under Pleasure’s interference, that player had already reached the edge of his maze!
If that player rushed through like this, could the game he designed actually be lost?!
Hey! What are you doing? If you keep interfering, he’ll actually succeed!
Nightmare roared angrily at Pleasure.
What does it have to do with me? It’s not even my Game, hahahaha~
Boom!
Below, at the edge of the maze, another explosion rang out, and this time the Creator did not retreat at all. Instead, he truly burst forward.
The Creator stared blankly at his hands, looking at the crimson stains on them.
He lifted his head to see an endless wilderness ahead, and behind him, the maze walls that kept shifting.
I...
I cleared it?!
He actually, in a game wagered against the gods, won?
Arbitrator!
Suddenly a world-shaking roar rang out, divine power slamming the Creator on the ground.
Amid Nightmare’s furious bellow, a figure materialized between the two great gods, and the world’s violent energy calmed instantly.
This Pleasure has broken the rules, hasn’t He? He’s helping the player on my side cheat, affecting my Game.
After the Arbitrator appeared, Nightmare immediately spoke up, sounding like he was filing a complaint.
But the Arbitrator ignored Him, glanced around, then said:
“This round of the Game, player ‘the Creator’ is the victor!”
Nightmare: ?
What did you say?! Look again, this guy influenced me, He’s already broken the rules!
The Arbitrator turned his expressionless face slowly, then looked at Pleasure and asked:
“Do you need to explain yourself?”
Explain what? How did I break any rules?
Pleasure smiled lazily, appearing totally indifferent.
I’m just playing my own game. This was always my wager with her.
As if introducing something, He pointed toward Xie Antong beside Him.
Your wager... why was it held inside Nightmare’s Game space?
Because the content of our wager was to bet on which of them could win.
We came to help whichever side we supported. Since I was a bit slow picking, I ended up choosing a player, so I helped him.
Nightmare: ?
Upon hearing this, the phantasmal godly form of Nightmare wavered slightly.
Are you insane?! You designed this kind of Game?
Can’t really say that. This was something both of us agreed on. I thought it would be fun.
When Pleasure replied he puffed his chest out, quite proud.
You...
You what. Pleasure’s voice suddenly turned cold. After all, I must be loyal to my own Game, so I hope you understand.
You lost, didn’t you... should you pay a price?
As he spoke, Xie Antong felt Pleasure’s body tremble slightly. His smiling expression could no longer be contained!
—He was excited.
For the first time, someone had beaten a god in a wager between human and divine, and it happened with His help!
How... delightful!
Seeing His expression, Xie Antong’s eyelids twitched.
She suddenly understood.
They had intended this all along. She had become His excuse to exploit a loophole in the Game!