Chapter 1014: Chapter 770: The Advancing Valkyrie
"Boom!"
Inside one of the luxurious rooms of the Goddess Palace, on an open-air balcony, Ishtar angrily slammed the stone railing in front of her.
She could see the battle unfolding in front of the Goddess Palace.
Or rather, it was a battle that had already concluded.
The rolling flames began to dissipate, revealing the scene inside.
Only to see the ground had become charred black, and the pit where Fulini was buried was further shattered and sunken, turning into a large blackened hole.
And in this charred hole, the ugly toad woman giant was also entirely blackened, appearing as though her skin was completely scorched.
She was spewing black smoke from her mouth, her eyes rolled back, completely unconscious, and one could even say she was on the brink of death.
Standing on Fulini like that, the boy who hadn’t even drawn his sword seemed as if nothing had happened, looked up, and turned his gaze towards the Goddess Palace again.
Then, whether coincidentally or because he really noticed over here, Ishtar’s gaze suddenly met his eyes.
One, filled with anger.
One, with a mocking smile.
The goddess and the boy thus stared at each other.
Although carrying different emotions, undoubtedly, they both wanted to tear each other apart.
"Reiger Brillhaut..."
Ishtar gritted her teeth as she spat out the name.
This name had now become part of her nightmares, almost as comparable to Frey.
If someone asked who Ishtar hated most right now, she’d struggle to decide between Reiger and Frey.
It was evident how deeply Ishtar detested Reiger at this moment.
"Just relying on ’Level Up,’ Fulini indeed couldn’t handle that monster...!?"
Ishtar was livid.
"Why do they all have to interfere with me?"
"Why can mere mortals ignore my allure?"
"Why...!"
Ishtar was nearly overwhelmed by negative emotions.
Until—
"I’ve told you, your followers and kin will never be opponents for that man."
These words came from a voice in the darkness.
In the shadowed corner of the open-air balcony, a masked woman clad in blue-purple robes and metallic gloves silently appeared.
"You can only resolve the [Limit Breaker] by collaborating with us, Goddess Ishtar."
The masked figure—Ye’en spoke with an emotionless voice.
"...You really have a way to deal with that [Limit Breaker]?"
Ishtar coldly glanced at Ye’en, saying such words.
"As long as you cooperate with me."
Ye’en replied blandly.
"How will we do it?"
Ishtar didn’t hesitate much.
The opponent is trying to disrupt Orario’s evil force?
So what?
As long as she can solve that hateful man, joining forces with such dark forces isn’t hard for Ishtar to accept.
Orario doesn’t mean much to this Beauty God; what matters is whether she can defeat her unwelcome nemesis and attain supreme status and admiration.
As long as she achieves these, even if Orario is destroyed and the land returns to the dark ages of antiquity, it wouldn’t be a significant problem.
After all, she would still reign as a goddess at the apex of this mortal realm, just ensuring this would be enough.
That’s why Ye’en and other underground forces like Thanatos valued Ishtar and repeatedly chose to cooperate with her?
After all, this goddess is too easy to understand.
"You don’t need to do anything right now, just continue what you’re doing."
Ye’en told Ishtar in an emotionless tone.
"Haven’t you already had your followers consume ’that’?"
"Even though I didn’t expect her to be dealt with so quickly, it doesn’t matter; soon, ’that’ which she consumed will begin to proliferate."
"So, leave the rest to me."
Leaving these words, Ye’en didn’t wait for Ishtar’s response and turned to leave on her own.
"Tch..."
Ishtar clicked her tongue.
"Ennio?"
"There’s no god by that name in Heaven, it must be a codename, right?"
"Who is that person, really?"
This thought just passed through Ishtar’s mind before she tossed it away.
"Whatever, who it is doesn’t concern me, as long as they don’t hinder me."
Saying that, Ishtar turned her gaze back to Reiger.
At this moment, Reiger was no longer looking this way.
Of course, if he continued looking this way, that masked figure most likely wouldn’t have come out.
But...
"What is he looking at?"
Ishtar furrowed her brow.
Having just stepped off the charred female giant, Reiger had now leaped down, standing on the ground, gazing towards the entrance of Fengyue Street.
Ishtar could clearly see the look on his face.
That look practically said—"It’s finally here."
"Boom—"
Without any warning, a loud noise suddenly appeared.
It was the sound of an explosion.
It was a rumbling voice.
With such an explosion and rumbling appearing, at the Fengyue Street entrance, flames and black smoke rose into the night sky.
"Boom—"
"Boom—"
"Boom—"
Before long, earsplitting explosions and rumbles echoed one after another.
In such a situation, buildings began to explode and collapse all over Fengyue Street; flames and black smoke also rose from every corner, every direction, every place.