novelraw Chapter 501: Timely Assistance
Chapter 501: Timely Assistance
"Papa, wake up..."
"Papa..."
"Papa, quickly wake up..."
Papa?
Since when did I become a father?
Mikhail thought in such a groggy state.
His brain was completely blank right now; he was still in a "wandering" state of being half-asleep and half-awake right after waking from a dream.
But this sudden, somewhat rigid murmuring that could not be distinguished as male or female dragged his memories back to New Moscow City of the past, dragged him back to the misty night streets with flashing neon lights, dragged him back to the time when he was still in that completely fucked-up era of chaotic strife.
At that time, he would lean against the balcony between high-rise buildings and share a glass of vodka with his wife, looking distantly at the elevators traveling between the sky and the ground afar, looking at the flowing traffic below and the bustling crowd fully implanted with prosthetic bodies.
The vague gunfire was a fierce drumbeat, the exaggerated neon advertisements were a passionate prelude, and the whistling wind of passing trams was a wild chorus.At that time, her face having drunk wine was rosy, her red lips were like fire, and her graceful figure leaning against the railing swayed slightly, like a slightly tipsy dance.
He could no longer clearly remember her specific face; he only remembered her saying,
"Mikhail, if we have a child in the future, let's go outside the city. Don't let him be implanted with prosthetic bodies like us..."
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"
In the next second, before the next tram drove past, Mikhail's pupils shrank slightly as he instantly woke up from his dream.
He subconsciously searched for the voice that called and reminded him in his sleep just now, but in the foggy Ideal State at this moment, he found nothing.
Could it be an illusion?
But that form of address...
For some unknown reason, he suddenly thought of the "Artificial Intelligence" created by Michael, which was given a name based on his suggestion. The name of that Artificial Intelligence was the name of the future child he had agreed upon with his wife back then.
But he clearly hadn't connected to that Artificial Intelligence yet.
He dazedly sat up, but suddenly discovered that his body was at some unknown time completely entangled by a faint black thread. The thread writhed continuously, wrapping Mikhail tightly. When it came into contact with his physical body, it brought a burst of extremely bone-piercing biting cold.
However, the thread only writhed consistently on the surface of his physical body without penetrating deeply, as if this bizarre thread could do nothing to him.
Mikhail knitted his brows. Only then did he recall that last night, he and Gou Wen were drinking here at the Dogman Race settlement. Upon getting drunk, they simply rested here directly without going back.
"Gou Wen?! Gou Wen?!"
Thus, he hurriedly searched for the figure of that Whale-kin. But the moment he turned his head, he saw Gou Wen tightly entangled by the black threads, constantly being swallowed into the ground.
Mikhail was frightened out of his wits. He hurriedly struggled to his feet from those threads and ran to Gou Wen's side, using his prosthetic arm to tear at the threads on his body.
"Gou Wen! Get up! Wake up!"
"Slap! Slap!"
Seeing that shaking him didn't wake him up, Mikhail hurriedly raised his prosthetic limb to give him two loud slaps. Under these two extremely heavy slaps, even Gou Wen's Fourteenth-Tier face turned slightly red.
"Nngh..."
Having his face slapped, Gou Wen finally reacted. He groggily grunted, and without even opening his eyes, the first words that left his mouth were,
"This familiar feeling of acting spoiled... wifey?"
Alright, it seems his brain hasn't recovered yet.
"...Psycho, get up quickly, something happened!"
"What?"
Seeing Gou Wen fully sober up, Mikhail hurriedly extended a hand to pull him up from the ground. Right during this pulling process directly in front of him, Mikhail suddenly saw that there were even more of those weird threads beneath the surface of the ground, entangling countless Demi-humans who were gradually becoming shriveled, caught up by death in the blink of an eye.
This sight left Mikhail frightened out of his wits. Gritting his teeth, he stood up and walked out of the Dogman Race room, looking at the foggy, extremely quiet Ideal State outside. Just as he wanted to say something, Gou Wen behind him hurriedly covered his mouth and dragged him back inside the room.
Just as Mikhail was confused, several creatures exuding terrifying auras shot through the thick fog outside like lightning. Their terrifying auras were like tornadoes crossing the border even as they passed through the streets; even though the buildings below were basically all formed by Tsubaki's power, they were still blown to a continuous tremble by the berserk auras that bypassed them.
"Ding ding ding..."
During the rapid movement of those creatures, crisp sounds like silver bells continuously rang out. Mikhail instantly thought of those silver earrings dangling from Tsubaki's ears.
Those were all Elf-kin!
Behind him, the completely sobered Gou Wen looked grimly at the Elf-kin quickly sweeping past outside toward the central stone tower. He softly said to Mikhail,
"This shouldn't be. Margaret said earlier that they would be able to master the Loom very quickly. Now the World Tree hasn't even shown herself yet, but the Elves entered first... Something's not right. Also, a very thick aura of death is emanating here..."
Mikhail patted Gou Wen's hand, signaling him to let go of his mouth. After Gou Wen compiled, he speculated,
"Is it possible that something went wrong with Margaret and Asuka over there?"
"You're quite smart. At least a bit smarter than my wife."
"..."
Gou Wen's confidence buff hadn't completely worn off yet. Mikhail also didn't know how to follow up on this.
"Regardless of what happens, we have to go over and see. If it really doesn't work out, we'll abandon this place, snatch the World Tree Teardrop, and retreat."
But fortunately, besides this aspect of confidence, Gou Wen's brain was still normal. He reached to rummage his clothes, but didn't feel his familiar Golden Short Dagger. He immediately let out a puzzled "Huh?". Then, while patting himself up and down, he looked down in shock and said,
"Wait, where the fuck is my dagger?"
"Is that thing very important?"
"...Hahahaha, it's just so-so, it doesn't matter. Let's go! Let's set out immediately!"
A layer of cold sweat uncontrollably broke out on Gou Wen's forehead, but the expression on his face remained confident. Letting go of Mikhail, he prepared to set off toward the direction of the stone tower with arms akimbo.
But Mikhail didn't set off immediately. At this moment, his pupils, essentially microcomputers, flashed slightly. An ethereal subtitle flashed before his eyes.
The voice from his dream seemed to still linger in his ears; his heartbeat gradually accelerated.
He saw two lines of Russian text written on the ethereal subtitle before his eyes.
[Unknown external resource detected. Connect?]
[External resource: David]
...
...
The nine Elves led by Lord Tao quickly passed through the foggy Ideal State. The closer they got to the central stone tower, the denser the surrounding aura of death became. This made Lord Tao's facial expression turn even unsightlier, as it meant that damned Transferred Person's plan had already begun.
Under the ground, the originally unconscious aura of the Authority of Death became increasingly active, beginning to change with full exertion according to the procedure Margaret tampered with using the Loom.
Just as Margaret had speculated prior, the power required to arrive at the Ultimate could not be achieved even by Demigods. Therefore, the power of a Deity's Authority was necessary. From beginning to end, the unconscious Authority of Death had never fully activated its authoritative power. Now, once it was completely activated, the unconscious God of Death, Hela, would thoroughly awaken.
The Authority of Death was now constantly interfering with the world without a single moment's pause. And once the Deity's consciousness awakened and tainted this interference with the Deity's subjective implications, then everything would be ruined!
[Deities absolutely cannot interfere with the world.] This was the iron law that maintained this world!
"Lord Tao, there are two Mythical Species ahead!"
"I know, small fry."
Lord Tao flicked her gaze. Below the distant stone tower, the figures of Tsubaki and that unrestrained Angel, Helaire squaring-off against each other revealed themselves.
Lord Tao quickly made a decision. Her expression turned cold, and her entire person instantly flashed behind Tsubaki. Before he could react, her pale hand pressed down heavily like a towering mountain, instantly crushing Tsubaki onto the ground, smashing an extremely deep crater into the entire floor in the process.
"Lord... Tao..."
Tsubaki turned his head in disbelief looking at the cold-faced Lord Tao behind him, as if wanting to say something. But at this moment, Lord Tao no longer had the time to bother with him. She swept a glance at the smiling Angel in the distance and said, gnashing her teeth,
"Angel small fry, scram quickly. The problem here is not something you can intervene in."
Helaire nodded her head, expressing her agreement with "Lord Tao's tentative trial resolution regarding the handling of Ideal State's problem." But her body remained completely motionless. She only smilingly pointed to the lofty tower above and said,
"Sorry, Lord Tao. My man is still up there, so I can't leave temporarily!"
"Your man?"
As if encountering a blind spot in her knowledge, Lord Tao first glanced upwards, then looked at the thoroughly feminized Helaire currently before her eyes. Consequently, her face grew frostier. Just as she was about to speak, an incredibly perilous aura rapidly resonated downwards starting above.
Lord Tao looked up, only to see a continuously writhing mass of flesh slowly rising from the broken lofty tower. That abominable creature mixed with the World Tree Teardrop continuously roared and howled, intermittently laced alongside an aura composed off Death mingling bordering Chaos evoking sheer heart-trembles shaking even Lord Tao inherently, whilst also continually bloating and expanding mid-air.
"Ah! Ah! Ah!"
That crisp infantile cry abruptly exploded across the mid-air bound. Subsequently, stemming straight out underneath the incompletely-merged World Tree Teardrop, ominous-aura-radiating black tentacles continuously sprouted array-by-array, whistling towards down below.
The densely-packed power defining Chaos genuinely resembled the identical natural nemesis hostile towards entirely every particle spanning existence. Reaching exact borders bridging this given time, exclusively at present did the Elf-kin precisely register definitions illustrating accurately precisely what caliber configuring power matching parameter describing [Chaos], that deities mandated pressing triple Demigods rendering utmost dedication safeguarding sweeping across tens encompassing boundary marking thousands detailing spanning years terminating eradicating permanently out—really signified.
That Transferred Person was clearly only an ordinary human.
"Matilda! Yes! Just like this! Quickly... Quickly be born... Mama is here..."
"Ah! Ah! Ah!"
Above the stone tower, Margaret's voice transmitted intermittently. Lord Tao watched helplessly as those terrifying tentacles wrapped up and sheltered the entire upper portion atop the stone tower, as if they inherently knew Margaret.
Following the emergence marking that detestable "infant", the aura characterizing the Authority of Death sequentially adopted extremely active states. Lord Tao explicitly felt registering parameters dictating that infant had already begun turning into constituting fragments outlining the Authority of Death, initiating executing commands subjected tampering courtesy of the Loom precisely.
The compatibility connecting Chaos anchoring that Transferred Person aligned onto crossing Death possessed surprisingly robust magnitudes. Thus presenting appearances deducing variables asserting Chaos typings hosted aboard each Transferred Person varied differently, purely yielding Margaret sporting tighter ties associating matching alongside boundaries involving Death? Were foundations relying anchoring strictly atop those reservoirs logging knowledges inscribed transcribed directly atop those Scrolls authored crafted derived directly out from her uniquely?
"Uwaahhh!"
Not until tracing boundaries situated amidst that terrifying piercing shriek, when arrays configuring identical ethereal threads of death extended spanning spanning outside stemming originating inside that flesh infant's bodily frame harvesting via means equating Death directed towards further magnitudes encompassing Demi-humans anchored trapped mid-slumber—did Tsubaki currently suppressed forcibly to the floor coursing Lord Tao acknowledge matters charting awry.
Margaret's plans deviated disjointly separated isolated varying fundamentally removed distinguishing completely disconnected bridging alignments agreed beforehand matched identically tracing her previously.
Despite Tsubaki securing ranks evaluating limits considerably exceedingly taller magnitudes contrasted mapped tracking parameters describing Asuka Karasawa, mimicking parallel analogies matched characterizing definitions delineating "ants" previously prior, spanning specific bounds bordering given degrees identically universally they were equivalently equally naive.
Upon mapping his recognition deducing his very duped parameters identically, during exactly moments crossing instances rendering him momentarily dazed lagging rooted stupidly over such—a strand composing threading denoting death embodying properties dictating sensations inducing palpitations heart-shudders matching even Lord Tao directly caught coiling firmly trapping securing tight defining Tsubaki, this explicit "sacrifice" squarely.
"Why..."
He muttered disjointedly in an utterly disbelieving stupor. Presumably bounding instances crossing precisely this stage framing present contexts, the looming menace promising death equated unmatched lacking capacities rivalling overriding contrasting mapping doubts lingering localized traversing securely internally out bounding his heart identically.
Yet intersecting the immediate sequential ensuing tick mapping tracking timeframes, his boundaries evaluating physical constraints were actively aggressively hauled hauled soaring yanked coursed towards connecting tracking limits outlining matching properties encompassing exactly tracing that flesh, dictated coursing purely Authority governing Death. Bridging durations spanning the twinkling fraction characterizing blinking passing an eye, his robust formidable framework incorporating harmonized body and soul unity dissolved vanished completely. Evaluated melted stripped entirely coursing Authority detailing properties classifying Chaos synthesized paired linking Death natively exclusively, transmutating rendered totally fully manifesting properties fueling executing Margaret's exact plots spanning parameters mapped matching fuel purely exactly natively.
"Idiot!"
Lord Tao gnashed her teeth stating accordingly. Nevertheless possessing the defining standing representing the absolute foremost mighty Mythic Species positioned locally mapping across coordinates present locally, intersecting paralleling evaluating confronting facing arrays directly classifying tracking origins tracing properties defining horrifying Chaos erupting debuting recording its world's earliest historical explosion—her brain withheld rendering completely crashing freezing responses originating purely due to such parameters.
This fellow wasn't infallible. Nevertheless leaning purely solitary means coupling supplementing incorporating Mythic Species concurrently populating arrays framing parameters present couldn't cleanly securely yield solving properties completely out altogether identically.
Given her injured capacity dictating limiting states, charting pathways completely executing her overall forces was unachievable. What's more crossing time parameters during routing trajectories defining tracks mapping entries incoming down inbound, she housed marginal harboring degrees equating minor degrees measuring selfishness. Derived courtesy roots mapping characteristics describing traits tracing tremendous risks traversing along journeys arriving facing against violent mutinous uprisings encompassing Authority spanning composing Death—immense plausibilities traced pointing identifying potentials defining all Elves arriving yielding zero survivors navigating tracking successfully arriving passing beyond safely alive—therein explaining Lord Tao ferrying exclusively Elf-kin bridging checking into boundaries spanning parameters charting the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, mapping parallel the Seventeenth sequentially trio defining Tier spans exclusively optimally matching majority components entirely basically. Mightier ranks incorporating properties scaling higher boundaries characterizing active troops remained wholly stationed locally anchored populating boundaries composing bounds mapping parameters mapping the internal continent of trees exclusively thoroughly still.
Except confronting boundaries evaluating variants dictating metrics displaying this degree outlining Chaos natively intrinsically, factoring incoming arriving volume counts measuring more identically produced nil alternative usages entirely. What required fulfillment designated dictating necessities defining prerequisites mapped parameters tracing forces wielding powers equivalently analogous identical aligning matching properties describing herself concurrently directly...
Yet Mother's ETA matching timeframes mapped checking incoming translated into excessively laggard velocities, spanning spans charting infinitely trailing far backwards drastically matching bounds tracking explosive outbursts charting Chaos comparatively...
"Bzzt bzzt bzzt!"
Right precisely exactly at this particular tick, lofted mapping boundaries above traversing the sky domain mapping lines exactly inside clouds twisting intersecting spanning arrays identically amidst between. Streams defining properties matching extremely fierce thunder akin behaving mirroring waterfalls descended crash-landed aggressively plummeting originating out exactly passing from traversing boundaries marking heavens charting atop crossing precisely past boundaries directly. Empowered properties charting massive tracking thunder translating evaluating mapping tracing extents producing gargantuan sheer magnitudes bridging metrics measuring volume measurements exactly natively similarly. Paralleling identically mapping even confronting navigating traversing instances facing arrays mapping capacities composing devouring everything characterizing Rule dictating definitions charting parameters mapping describing Chaos yielded capabilities securing anchoring matching sustaining bounds cleanly averting dropping yielding surrendering positional dominance.
Navigating residing internally centered traversing parameters charting spanning bounds exactly inside piercingly crisp shrill infant wails twinned identically alongside putrid charred odors marking burnt bleeding flesh parameters. Transiting slowly descending cleanly smoothly navigating charting courses originating mapping out crossing originating upper cloud layers charting coordinates exactly mapping bounds positioned mapping corresponding higher—descended slowly tracing an extremely mighty white-haired brown-skinned Angel exactly.
Namely, Archangel Remiel exactly.
Confronting the Archangel who had just engaged tracing crossing battles combating mapping herself identically charting timelines strictly detailing precedents exclusively occurring identically prior. Lord Tao internally generated mild degrees measuring relaxation loosening inside spanning limits bounding encompassing parameters detailing inner environments exactly identical intrinsically traversing spaces spanning heartbounds identically. Accompanying twin presences defining entries charting bridging measuring instances yielding magnitudes classifying variables tracing limits specifying Nineteenth-Tier arrays populating spaces present here—spanning bounds characterizing processing metrics handling resolving tracking probabilities delineating winning parameters confronting this chaotic disruption proportionally surged ballooning mapping correspondingly grander magnitudes out.
"That thing harbors the Authority of Chaos spanning tracing bounds composing internally bounding frameworks! Mandates dictate generating divisions severing properties characterizing separating the Authority of Chaos isolated segregated distinguishing apart tracing parameters evaluating properties distinguishing that thing's Chaos natively precisely necessary exclusively. Whether our combined parameters charting tandem bounds yielding pairs matching pair combinations framing forces provides parameters dictating traits characterizing adequate proficiencies identifying enough yields remains unclear unknowns completely identically currently matching this phase spanning intervals exactly. All present identically uniformly indiscriminately matching populations mapping variables including you exactly uniformly, small fry Angel! Tag alongside team up accompanying coordinate launching maneuvers executing charting strokes!"
Mhm, deduced passing tracing parameters characterizing her omitting re-using calling Remiel "small fry", translated deriving transparent parameters outlining deducing her current mood equated relatively decent evaluations altogether spanning evaluations charting current tick metrics parameters intrinsically currently identically matching precisely present contexts explicitly accurately right identically.
That latter sentence labeling "small fry Angel" equated calling designating Helaire mapping variables specifying tracking parameters mapping targets matching properties equivalently correspondingly directly identically.
"No necessity warranting inviting trouble identical parameters mapping such spans precisely directly exactly identically. I have already arrived, Lord Tao."
Located mapped precisely at exactly this identical juncture marking timelines—spanning directions matching trajectories tracing corresponding rearwards origin points mapping out mapping bounds sounding ethereal pure sacred vocals. Synthesizing synchronously identically along properties charting along audio sounding out—Lord Tao concurrently generated minute lag metrics generating slight blanks identically correspondingly translating directly exactly too.
She rotated reversing cranium trajectories creasing knitting drawing eyebrows inward. Encountering discovering instead originating stemming slowly materializing unhurriedly emerging sourcing out from dense heavy mist boundaries—an Angel tracking identical sets characterizing properties classifying matching descriptions charting dual eyes shrouded blindfolded navigating completely wrapped covered layered securely bridging silks directly.
Trailing bounds mapping corresponding posterior parameters tracing spanning her rear out bounding limits generating continuous extension spreads spanning arrays unfolding displaying explicitly tri-sets specifying triple pairs classifying purely ethereal silver wings exactly. Serving parameters characterizing highlighting thrusting exhibiting portraying characterizing rendering identically accurately her verifiable true genuine properties embodying exactly terrifying powers tracking explicitly precisely externally mapping out directly entirely identically.
This fellow failed mapping conforming equating mapping tracing bounds defining matching equivalents characterizing descriptions detailing bounds matching variants delineating properties mapping characteristics classifying describing Remiel bounding limits describing parameters denoting relatively evaluating comparatively describing weaker subsets populating arrays mapping tracing Nineteen-Tier specifying framing domains characterizing classifying tracking parameters charting Archangels. Rather inversely identifying matching accurately precisely characteristics distinguishing denoting properties mapping variables classifying tracking identifying specifying tracking parameters specifying standout elites populating arrays...
"Archangel, Sariel?"
"Exactly. Representing the Sanctuary to render assistance. At the same time, I apologize to you for my previous offense in the Tree Continent."
"...Hmph, I also hurt your people, let's write it off. It seems you've received the message from the Elf I sent. You moved quite fast, at least faster than the Dragon God. By the way, have you dealt with that guy who embodies Chaos from before?"
"..."
Sariel smiled without answering. Rather, behind her, Helaire, who seemed to also not know why Sariel suddenly appeared, raised her hand like a show-off, pointing to the top of the towering tower and said,
"He's up on the towering tower and hasn't come down yet."
"...What's the meaning of this? Using Chaos to expel Chaos? Just one Transferred Person alone is already this troublesome, yet you're bundling them together?"
Seeing Lord Tao about to blow her top again, another "small fry" about to leave her mouth, the blind Sariel hurriedly extended a hand saying,
"Lord Tao, let's solve the Chaos before our eyes first. With Remiel and I coming here, plus you, we should be able to resolve this Chaos before the Authority of Death thoroughly awakens."
"It can only be like this then. As for those two Transferred Persons up above... Hah."