Chapter 1067: Chapter 800: Merge with Me
"Ha ha... hahaha...!"
In a space filled with strange magic power, Dionysus’s laughter rang out.
"This is truly an unprecedented masterpiece! Worthy of a fallen celestial spirit! This beauty that once saved the lower realm has now become a terror threatening the entire world! This existence itself... can truly be called chaotic!"
Dionysus seemed to be cheering, as if offering his blessings, loudly evaluating the celestial spirit born before him.
Unfortunately, Reiger paid him no attention, merely gazing coldly at the celestial spirit before him, lost in thought.
On the contrary, the celestial spirit—Aleye—after hearing Dionysus’s laughter, slowly turned her gaze towards him.
The next second...
"Splurt!"
A vine-like tentacle suddenly shot out from the ground, like a sharp spear, piercing Dionysus’s chest.
"————"
The air instantly froze.
"What?"
Reiger was stunned.
"...Huh?"
Dionysus’s laughter abruptly stopped, making a dazed sound as if he didn’t understand what had happened.
However, the excruciating pain from his chest immediately jolted the Wine God awake.
"Ahhhhhhhhhh...!"
Finally, screams escaped Dionysus’s mouth.
But this scream summoned more tentacles.
"Splurt!" "Splurt!" "Splurt!" "Splurt!"...
One tentacle after another burst out from the ground, slicing through the air, continuously piercing Dionysus’s body, even lifting him into the air, stabbing him midair.
"W-why...!?"
Dionysus could only scream and wail bitterly.
Clearly, he didn’t understand why he was the first to be attacked.
In response, the celestial spirit girl, with a joyful smile as if fulfilling a long-cherished wish, slowly spoke.
"I’ve wanted to do this for a long time."
The tone seemed like she was putting some whimsical fantasy into practice, showing no guilt.
In such a situation, the celestial spirit girl named Aleye extended a hand towards Dionysus.
"S-stop, stop it ahhhhh...!"
Dionysus cried out frantically.
"Heh heh..."
Aleye acted as if she heard nothing, still letting out a cheerful laugh, then clenched her hand tightly.
"Splurt!"
The tentacles piercing Dionysus instantly erupted, shredding him into countless pieces.
"Buzz!"
Numerous points of light immediately overflowed from the bits of flesh flying everywhere, forming a pillar of light shooting into the sky.
"Boom!!!"
The pillar returning a deity appeared again that night in Orario, shooting skyward from the 11th floor of the artificial labyrinth Knossos, much like the previous pillar that returned Thanatos, shattering one ceiling after another in the artificial maze, bursting through the surface of Daedalus Street, finally vanishing into the cloudless night sky, illuminating the entire heavens.
The artificial labyrinth Knossos violently shook and trembled.
A violent turmoil whipped up before Reiger’s eyes, tossing everything away.
"[Stone Wall]!"
Reiger immediately activated his magic, causing a stone wall to rise before him, blocking the oncoming violent turmoil.
How long this phenomenon lasted is unknown.
When all was calm again, the once vast space had transformed into a mess, with piles of rubble and broken debris everywhere.
"......"
Seeing all this, Reiger remained silent, offering no thoughts, directly gazing at the celestial spirit girl standing still, with a slightly flickering gaze.
"Truly beautiful."
The celestial spirit girl continued smiling, as if admiring some masterpiece, speaking in a melodious voice, both self-muttering and inquiring the opinion of the sole observer present.
"Even a god, with a heart rotten and stinking, can trigger miracles known as ’divine power,’ creating such beautiful scenes unseen in the lower realm."
Aleye then turned her head, looking at Reiger.
"Isn’t it quite ironic?"
Faced with this seemingly harmless inquiry, Reiger paused before responding.
"You hate the gods?"
Reiger asked expressionlessly.
"Of course not." Aleye shook her head with a smile, "We are celestial spirits, considered avatars of the gods, the closest beings to them in this world."
"Though the celestial deities usually call the lower realm’s life children, because all are creations of the gods, in essence, celestial spirits like me are truly god’s children."
"How could children hate their parents? Right?"
Aleye spoke naively and innocently like this.
However, it was such a smile on her face that she just tore her own parents to pieces.
This is quite eerie.
Yet, Aleye still said it full of affection.
"I am very aware of my feelings, whether in the past or now, I sincerely respect, admire, and revere the omnipotent gods."
"They are our guides, our creators, and our belief."
"Although I can no longer hear the gods’ voice like before, since He needs me, I am still willing to help Him."
"He wants to destroy Orario, wants to destroy adventurers, wants chaos on the ground filled with people’s screams, so I came."
"But..."
Aleye extended her long fingers, tapped her cheek, tilted her face, and said with a smile.
"Since you like screams so much, isn’t it boring to only have the screams of humans below?"
When these words came out of Aleye’s mouth, the eerie feeling finally turned into substance, filling the entire space.
The opponent used such a simple, crude, and unreasonable idea as a reason to tear to pieces the gods who had been collaborators and revered entities.
Deicide is a major taboo in the lower realm.
But the fallen fairy girl obviously did not care about this insignificant matter and acted easily.
This is enough to prove that the opponent is no longer the fairy people often fantasize about.
Fairies are holy and mysteriously beautiful.
But this girl in front of us?
She indeed is mysterious.
She indeed is beautiful.
But she absolutely cannot be called holy—her appearance may be captivating, but undoubtedly she is covered in filth, completely fallen.
"Are you afraid?"
Aleye suddenly asked this question.
"What do you think?"
Reiger, still expressionless, countered.
No matter who, seeing Reiger like this will feel from the bottom of their heart that Dionysus’s death is simply insignificant to this boy.
"How wonderful." Aleye licked her lips, appearing innocent yet incredibly seductive at this moment, as she said intoxicated, "You are different from other people in the lower realm, you don’t show reverence to the gods, even view them as aberrations."
"This is great disrespect, a taboo."
"But... seeing you like this, why do I feel so exhilarated?"
"Ah, I understand, I understand."
"Because, the feeling of violating a taboo is really wonderful, don’t you think?"
Aleye looked at Reiger with eyes ablaze.
That is the gaze upon prey.
That is the gaze upon a beloved object.
"Intuition tells me that if I devour you, something truly wonderful will happen."
Aleye said with a joyful smile.
"So, would you like to be one with me?"
The terrifying malice finally emerged from this seemingly innocent fairy girl, like a swamp.
"Boom!"
The next moment, the ground suddenly shook, countless vine-like tentacles drilled out from below, instantly going into a frenzy, reaching out toward Reiger.
"[Advanced Teleport]!"
A transparent gleam flickered in Reiger’s eyes; his figure disappeared in an instant with the activation of teleportation magic, reappearing in mid-air.
"Swish, swish, swish, swish...!"
Those tentacles adjusted their position instantly once losing the target, not hitting the ground where Reiger was a moment ago, instead changing direction at the last moment as if giant serpents came to life, shooting toward the sky.
"Boom!"
Lightning erupted around Reiger’s body; with a burst of thunderous sound, he dashed away, evading the countless approaching tentacles.
But those tentacles demonstrated flexibility unheard of in past colorful creatures or fairy avatars, as if having an automatic tracking function, before again drastically changing direction, pursuing Reiger.
Suddenly, countless tentacles wildly danced in the air, continuously chasing a trail of lightning that appeared here.
The tentacles were thick and long, like giant octopus limbs encircling a tiny fish; just one strike could explode a person’s body.
The transparent gleam in Reiger’s eyes grew stronger, fully activating world power, striving to perceive all tentacle movements and darting like lightning to evade each incoming tentacle.
But —
"[Fire, come forth.]"
Below, the queen surrounded by countless tentacles began to sing jovially.
"Boom!"
Just as Reiger noticed this sight and prepared to counter the fairy girl’s magic, without any forewarning, her magic activated.
The Red Lotus Karma Fire suddenly erupted, like a volcanic explosion, surging up from the ground.
Caught off guard, Reiger didn’t react in time, directly engulfed by the raging flames.
Thus, the lightning was swallowed by the volcanic flames, completely disappearing within a world of blazing red, and no trace remained.