Chapter 377 Your End shall be our Beginning!
"Rumble..." At the mont that Queen Mother was plagued by her thoughts, the Mountain of Enlightennt, which was relatively low-key since earlier, suddenly shuddered as the cracks on its tallic surface began to widen.
The cracks quickly spread outwards on the mountain’s surface, making it appear as if nurous mouths suddenly opened up on it.
In no ti at all, 6 massive holes opened up on the mountain, with each hole emitting a malicious aura that made everyone nearby shiver from it.
Even the monsters visibly trembled at the presence of these holes, which was sothing that perked Queen Mother’s attention.
"Hmm?" This was Queen Mother’s first reaction upon witnessing what happened, and it forced her to abandon her thoughts about Alex and his plans.
"Everyone, stay vigilant. The enemy is about to make their move." Queen Mother said to the monsters behind her in an authoritative tone. "Rember everything that I and Professor Frances told you to do. Those teachings will determine your life and death here!"
"WE OBEY YOUR COMMANDS, QUEEN MOTHER!!!"
"Tsk, I told you to not talk that way. Its just making more pissed off now." Queen Mother muttered as she glared at her ’minions’. "Just close your mouths, and let your bodies do the work, ok?"
With Queen Mother looking royally pissed off right now, the monsters facing her could only nod their heads in silence.
"Yo, QM. What’s got you this angry? Are you having a period?" Asteria suddenly said as she flitted on top of Queen Mother’s head. "You look like you were about to murder these youngsters..."
"Asteria, stop calling by that na. I am not QM. I am Queen Mother." Queen Mother replied as she observed the gaping holes on the mountain. "How many tis should I tell you that?"
"Hmph, your real na is a mouthful, so I will still call you QM. It’s better that way."
"Ugh whatever. Can you... go and hide sowhere else? You will just be a bother here." Queen Mother replied as she chased away Asteria with a shooing gesture.
"Excuse ?"
"You’re just all eat and no work." Queen Mother mumbled as she flicked the dumb fairy, who was attempting to pull Queen Mother’s hair. "How would I want soone like you to be here if you won’t even help out at all?"
"Hey! Don’t call useless! I... I can do useful stuff too, you know!"
"Then why are you not doing any of that ’useful stuff’ now? Co on, show one."
"You..."
"If you can’t help us here, then heed my advice and go hide sowhere else" Queen Mother said with finality as she picked up the now struggling Asteria. "Seriously, why did we obtain a Guide like you? You’re just a glorified rchant..."
"..."
Asteria’s face, which was sticky with honey earlier, slowly turned red from rage as Queen Mother’s words seed to have affected her.
The dumb fairy then glared at Queen Mother angrily as she let out a disgruntled pout.
Her wings started to move erratically as her whole body trembled in agitation.
"...You’re calling useless? Hmph, in that case, I shall show you who’s really useless here!" Asteria shouted out in her irritating tone as she squird out of Queen Mother’s grip. She let out a satisfied shout as she got free, before flapping her wings quickly as she shot straight to the sky.
"Here I go!!!" Asteria then flew straight towards the Mountain of Enlightennt, ignoring the choking sounds that ca out of Queen Mother’s throat.
There was a cocky smile on Asteria’s face as she got nearer and nearer to the Mountain of Enlightennt, as if she was about to obtain a treasure chest that was not found for years.
"Watch closely QM, and you will see why I am still your Guide!" Asteria said as she entered one of the gaping holes on the mountain. "Just you wait! I will show you that I am a useful mber of this team!"
After entering the hole, Asteria’s body disappeared, as she seed to be inside the mountain now. There was no indication of what happened to her inside, as the malicious aura from the mountain made it hard to observe it.
"What a dunce." Queen Mother told to herself as she shook her head. She kneaded her forehead as a small laugh ca out of her mouth. "Alex told before that provoking Asteria to make her work will be easy. But I did not expect it to be this easy! Sigh... so Asteria really is a dumb fairy."
After muttering these words to herself, Asteria looked behind her, observing a massive army of TiMasters that just happened to appear now. This army, which was composed of extrely powerful TiMasters, is now rushing towards the Mountain of Enlightennt in an urgent manner.
Each one of these TiMasters were letting out murderous glare at the Mountain of Enlightennt, as if they wanted to tear this mountain to pieces right now and then.
The killing intent around them further solidified this assumption, making Queen Mother click her teeth in anticipation.
"From what I can rember, Alex was supposedly staying with the higher ups among the TiMasters right now." Queen Mother thought to herself as the army of TiMasters flew above her. "Does that an that they are part of Alex’s plan too?"
These TiMasters paused as they saw Queen Mother and her monster army, although they only paused for a second before continuing their rush towards the mountain.
Even if these TiMasters seed to be rattled by the appearance of the monsters, it appears as if their mission on the Mountain of Enlightennt was more important compared to the presence of Queen Mother and her army.
Queen Mother naturally took this fact inside her head, as she thought that she could use it to her advantage later.
"Now then... what would the Immortals do now?" Queen Mother thought to herself as she saw that the TiMasters were almost near the surface of the Mountain of Enlightennt. "Would they allow these TiMasters to co in, or will they fight back?"
The timing of Queen Mother’s questions could not have been any more right, as just a second after she asked these questions, another change happened on the Mountain Enlightennt.
"Hong..."
A translucent, do like barrier appeared around the whole Mountain of Enlightennt, which blocked the further progress of the TiMasters.
The barrier covered every single space around the Mountain of Enlightennt, which made it impossible for anyone to enter.
Even when the TiMasters started to use their spells on this barrier, it still held firm, which completely stopped their previously unstoppable rush.
Upon seeing this barrier, Queen Mother narrowed her eyes as she felt inwardly relieved.
"It’s a good thing that I managed to goad Asteria to enter the mountain before this barrier appeared. Now, she’s inside the mountain by herself, without any possible interruptions from the TiMasters. Hmm... With Asteria inside the Mountain, I am sure that she can do sothing helpful inside there. Wait... what can she even do to help us out?"
Queen Mother’s frown deepened at this point as she realized that she had no idea on what Asteria can even contribute in this situation.
"Sigh... From the looks of it, the only thing that I can do is to trust Asteria’s drive to prove herself." Queen Mother muttered to herself as a wry smile appeared on her face. "But does she have the drive to prove herself right now? Sigh, I hope that she will be so much angry, to the point that she will forget being lazy.. Only if she becos like this that she can do sothing useful here."
She then let out another sigh, as she just left Asteria’s destiny to fate itself.
"..."
Queen Mother stayed silent for a few seconds before she looked back at her monster army.
"..."
She then licked her lips as she tried to think of a possible action that they can do now.
But before she can even think of a good thing to do, a haughty voice ca out of the Mountain of Enlightennt, which forced Queen Mother to stop her ntal plans.
[YOU PARASITES, DON’T YOU EVERY THINK THAT YOU CAN EASILY DESTROY THIS BARRIER. THIS HAS BEEN FUELED BY MILLIONS OF YEARS OF GATHERED POWER! EVEN IF WE IMMORTALS ARE WEAKENED IN THIS WORLD, THIS BARRIER IS STILL POWERFUL ENOUGH TO LAST FOR A LONG TI!]
"!!!"
[HEHEHEHE, EVEN IF ALL OF YOU PARASITES DECIDE TO ATTACK THIS BARRIER CONTINUOUSLY, YOU WON’T BE ABLE TO EASILY DESTROY THIS BARRIER! HEHEHE, IT WILL TAKE YOU ALL HOURS TO BREAK THIS BARRIER, WHICH IS ENOUGH FOR US TO FINISH OUR RITUAL!"
"So the barrier was only ant to stall for ti." Queen Mother though to herself as she did her best to analyze the words spoken by the haughty speaker. "And this speaker made sure to inform the properties of the barrier to the TiMasters. Maybe the speaker did this in order to demoralize them, which can make the TiMasters hesitate..."
The last sentence uttered by Queen Mother turned out to be wrong, as instead of stopping their movents, the TiMastesr continued their attacks on the barrier, with so of them actually intensifying their attacks.
The aftershocks of these attacks resulted in a cacophony of sounds and visuals which flooded the whole area.
But even with all of these attacks, the barrier still held firm, and the only change in it was an ’extrely’ slight dimming of the barrier’s golden tinge.
[HAHAHAHA! WHY ARE YOU NOT LISTENING TO ? I JUST TOLD YOU THAT IT IS USELESS, SO IT WILL BE USELESS! HEHEHE... YOU PARASITES MUST BE DESPERATE TO SAVE YOUR YOUNG MISTRESS NOW! WELL, WE IMMORTALS WILL NOT HAND HER OVER, BUT WE WILL SHOW YOU HER FACE FOR ONE LAST TI!]
Two figures then appeared at the peak of the mountain, which drew everyone’s attention.
One of the figures was a masked male who was wearing a golden robe. On his right hand was a silver scepter that he was pointing above him. As for his left hand, it held a tattered book which only had the symbol Ω on its cover. Not much could be observed more from this man, as he only stood still on his place.
With the way that he was clothed, it was hard to know what this man was thinking, although Queen Mother felt as if this man was gloating right now.
The second figure was a young girl whose face can be said to be extrely pleasant to look at. There was nothing comparable to the face of this girl, as if she was a uniquely beautiful existence that was ant to be only revered.
This young girl was also standing still right now, although the slight fidgeting of her limbs and the tight smile on her face showed that she was extrely nervous.
After she saw this girl, Queen Mother’s eyes continued to narrow as her body’s tension increased.
Her previously relaxed fist started to clench again as the smoldering fire on her eyes returned.
"There’s no doubt about it. That girl is the World Soul of this world." Queen Mother said to herself as she did her best to suppress her temper. "Now that I have seen her, I think it is ok for to make a move... right?"
Without Alex giving her instructions, Queen Mother founder herself stuck in a situation that she does not like to be in.
"The TiMasters are already here, while the Immortals had already shown the World Soul. Now that things had progressed at this point, a climactic scene will inevitably happen any second now." Queen Mother thought to herself as she gritted her teeth. "I could make any actions right now, but because Alex’s only instruction for us was to co here, I have no clue on what to do next..."
If Queen Mother could get any more angrier now, she would be, as she had no clear idea on what to do next.
What would she do right now, when Alex had not given her any instructions?
Of course Queen Mother knew that she can fully well attack with her Monster Army now, but is that the right thing to do?
Will Queen Mother’s hasty attempt to make an attack the best thing to do in this situation?
But if Queen Mother does not do anything, there is a high chance that the ritual of the Immortals will succeed. If that happens, then Queen Mother’s Main Mission will be in a whole lot of chaos.
"Should I move, or just wait?" Queen Mother thought to herself as she gritted her teeth. "What is the best thing to do here?"
With the way things are going, Queen Mother will surely be stuck in indecision for longer.
However, a new statent uttered by the haughty Immortal speaker broke Queen Mother’s current state.
[YOU PARASITES, WE HAVE ENTERTAINED YOU ENOUGH ALREADY.... NOW THAT EVERY SINGLE PIECES ARE HERE, ITS TI FOR US IMMORTALS TO REVIVE OUR PREVIOUS GLORY! MY COMRADES, START THE RITUAL!]
"Ah s**t."
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