The Goddess Is Obsessed With Me Chapter 142

A sudden rupture in space creates a rift, and an unexpected entity erges from it.

"Tempus?!" I thought she had vanished, eradicated by Eleona, yet there she stood, undaunted before .

"Don't be so surprised. Just know that simple ans can't kill ." It's inconceivable... This developnt wasn't part of the ga... But how is she alive and back? Despite having abandoned the idea that things would follow the ga's script, this was beyond belief.

Amidst my overwhelming confusion, Tempus casually reveals her secret of immortality. "I am the God of Ti... rely ending the present mont changes nothing."

It's a truth hard to believe, yet plausible coming from her. But how can she be defeated then?

"Cough...!" Morione, caught off guard by Tempus' ambush, suffers a severe wound and coughs up blood.

"Didn't I tell you? Like a seed that endures winter to bloom beautifully, you must face this crisis and gain insight to truly annihilate ." She retrieves her double-edged sword and begins to walk slowly.

The atmosphere, as dark as the distorted sky, starts gnawing at ... because, in the current scenario, there's no one capable of facing Tempus.

"Morione, this wasn't part of the plan, was it?!"

"Ugh... This seems overwhelming...!" Luslia and Eleona appear worn out from the ongoing battle.

"Surely it was...!" Morione is critically injured from the recent ambush.

"Ugh... Harold, my body won't respond..." Eleona and the others, including , are nearly incapacitated from Morione's subjugation. She was never an easy adversary, and now the only ones sowhat unscathed and capable of confronting Tempus are , Ar'cia, Eleona...

"Damn... Injured as I am..."

"Ah..." The last bit of consciousness in Av'ne and Mir might be our only hope. However, despite our nurical advantage, considering each of our conditions, the situation was far from ideal to confront Tempus. The circumstances were dire.

"Morione... Do you think soone of similar mind like would be easily anticipated?" Whether Ar'cia and the Goddess of Fate had planned sothing, it was clear that the current situation was beyond their expected range of problems.

"Now, if you don't engage, you'll all surely perish, so try to make a move." Whether it was out of consideration or a strategy to instill despair, Tempus waited leisurely for our move.

"Ugh!" Realizing we had a common enemy, Luslia montarily ceased her battle with Eleona to unleash magic at Tempus.

Fwoosh! She employed various dark spells against Tempus, but...

"Not bad for an attack, despite the fierce battle you've been through." Tempus effortlessly blocked it while casually complinting her effort.

"Ti Bolt," Morione chanted briefly, and from her wand, she launched an object swirling with void in the midst of pure white light.

"Veil Beyond Death!" However, Tempus enveloped herself in an unfathomable darkness, successfully neutralizing the magic.

"Counterstrike of Ti," Tempus announced an enigmatic technique, but...

"...?" Ironically, nothing happened.

"Void Beyond!" Despite the empty atmosphere, Ar'cia didn't hesitate and quickly launched her next attack. But...

Crack! "Aaah!!" To our shock, it was Ar'cia herself who ended up damaged by her attack on Tempus.

"Reflective magic...? Cough!" Ar'cia writhed in agony, twisted by her own attack.

"Such delightful chaos for , Spatial Distortion." Tempus, mocking Ar'cia's deteriorating condition, introduced yet another unfamiliar technique.

"Ugh... Aaaaah!!!" Suddenly, space began to warp, and Ar'cia scread in pain. In the midst of an indescribable phenonon, blood erupted from Ar'cia's body in several places. As if pulled by an unseen force, she was drawn toward Tempus.

Thump! Tempus impaled her abdon with his dual-bladed sword. "Pitiable, already weak and in the worst condition, this ends too easily," he remarked.

"Ah... Aaah...." Ar'cia writhed helplessly on the sword's tip, a tragic and pitiful sight.

"Next," Tempus coldly flicked Ar'cia off his blade, like shaking fruit off a knife's edge.

"If you don't co out, I will go after the man you all love." He threatened, seeing that his opponents weren't erging.

"Ugh!" Eleona charged at him next.

"Sun Spear!" She gathered her magic and threw it, but it was futile.

"Weaker than before, but understandable given the lingering curse of debilitation," Tempus nonchalantly caught the Sun Spear with his bare hands and hurled it back at her.

"Kyah!" Though she managed to block it, the force of her own spell sent her flying.

"Spatial Distortion." "Ah...?!!" Once again, Tempus used the sa magic to brutally incapacitate her.

The goddesses, who seed never to show a sign of defeat, were now pitifully crumbling.

"Harold...?!" Ar'cia and Aris woke from their stupor.

"What in the world... That goddess was definitely defeated earlier!" Marika was baffled by the drastic change in the situation after her brief blackout.

"Brother...?" Yura regained consciousness, but the grim atmosphere twisted her expression.

"Ah, you don't understand the situation, do you?" Tempus gloated.

"To get to the point... I am your enemy, and if you don't kill desperately, that man will die."

"?!?" Though still not fully grasping the situation, they hurriedly mustered their strength, battered and bruised.

"Ice Shower!" But would a few more eggs be enough to break a rock? The situation was dire, and their desperate attempts seed almost futile against Tempus. "Ice King... Ice Shower!" Despite the combined efforts of the two goddesses with the sa spell, it was ineffective.

"I'll protect you, brother!" Yura unleashed a remarkable barrage of fiery magic, but it caused no harm.

"Decent attack, but far from enough to stop ," Tempus remained unscathed despite directly receiving the attacks.

"Storm Ruler!" Marika's attempt, though valiant, was hardly worth ntioning.

Frustrated, I realized I couldn't just stand by. "Electr-"

"Not yet, your ti hasn't co. Save your strength," Tempus interrupted, causing to succumb to an overwhelming dizziness and collapse.

"Then I will!" Mira focused, seemingly trying to transform into a dragon form.

"Sorry, but I can't let that happen, not on this appropriate stage," Tempus easily thwarted Mira's effort before it could even begin.

Mira's attempt ended abruptly as she, like Eleona and Aris before her, scread in agony, blood and vomit bursting forth.

"What do you want?!" Abravene unleashed a torrent of cosmic light to intercept Tempus.

His fingertips emitted a vast light, effortlessly blocking Abravene's magic.

"Ugh!" Overpowered, Abravene was hit head-on by the counterattack and collapsed, barely able to emit a small groan.

"Don't worry, it's not lethal... yet." The inner turmoil within Abravene was clear.

She closed her eyes tightly, trying to withstand the pain.

The power imbalance was stark; we were completely outmatched. Tempus's overwhelming strength was beyond our collective capacity. "As things have settled... Spatial distortion." Tempus murmurs to herself and suddenly vanishes.

Pop!

She reappears right in front of , instilling fear even in my battered state.

"Now, receive it." Tempus extends her hand towards .

"Harold!!!" Seeing in danger, Eleona, despite her severe injuries, bravely rushes towards Tempus.

"Stop." With a flick of her dual-bladed sword, Tempus effortlessly sends Eleona flying again.

"Brother!" The others try to protect by launching a barrage of spells at Tempus.

But Tempus, with an unknown power, easily overpowers them. The sound of breaking bones fills the air, increasing my sense of despair.

"All the girls who loved you have fallen... Now only you remain." Did she savor this mont for last? After easily neutralizing everyone else, she now turns her attention to , lifting the dizziness.

"Ugh...!!" I'm surrounded by negativity.

"Ash Coal! Purple Arrow!" I desperately cast all the magic I know, but it's futile.

"Hmm... this is not it." Tempus sighs disappointingly, then says, "This is not what I want."

Thump!

She strikes my solar plexus, expelling the air from my lungs.

"Can't you do it properly? You could have killed ." Tempus's foot continuously strikes , each hit crushing my bones like stepping on an ant. Unable to even scream, I writhed in excruciating pain. I realized I was truly facing death, my survival instincts screaming in alarm.

"Do you not realize the danger to your life?" Tempus, suddenly halting her assault, seed lost in thought amid her cryptic words. "Is the approach wrong? Then, what about this..."

"Spatial distortion."

With her spell, the battered figure of Eleona appears before .

"Eleona?!"

"Ha... Harold..."

"If you can't stop , your goddess will die." Tempus steps over Eleona's broken body, raising her weapon. The thought of Eleona's impending doom ignited sothing within .

Despite facing her own end, Eleona tried to reassure with a final smile.

"Then, I'll strike down."

No, I silently pleaded, powerless to intervene.

"If you don't stop quickly, starting with this goddess, the others will gradually perish."

Hearing this, sothing surged within .

"Ready... now..."

As the blade poised to sever Eleona's neck, my heart raced uncontrollably.

Despite my previous ineffectiveness and self-loathing, I now had to accept reality and protect what I loved. I mustered all my strength.

"He... my man..."

Please... no...

"I love you..."

My heart pounded fiercely as if driven by the overwhelming need to save Eleona and the others. "At last, have I failed...?" As the blade was re inches from Eleona's neck...

"!!!"

Ti seed to slow to a crawl.

"Harold..."

"Stop ―――!!!"

I finally accepted reality.

"What is this...?"

A visitor in her solitary prison.

"Your vanished father almost killed with this power, didn't he? Didn't he permanently obliterate the goddess of love, Luceria, in one of his tales?"

"It's a pendant, crafted from the magic left behind after her disappearance."

A young girl, before being sent to the past, received a gift.

"But why this, all of a sudden...?"

"Give it to your father when the ti cos in the past. When that mont is, you'll realize when it's ti."

The girl carefully stored the potentially useful item, a gift to ensure her father remained the strongest among humans.

"Love, steadfastness, and various wills can be transford into power through this item. I believe your father will need it more than anything at so point."

After these words, the girl with black hair was sent to the past.

Left alone again, Tempus gazed into the void. What past was she contemplating?

"Harold..."

She murmured the na of the man who could give her peace.

"May you face squarely and realize... and..."

"Do not show rcy for my cruelty."

She prayed earnestly, smiling faintly.

"It seems like a success...."

The distorted sky cleared, bringing dawn after night. A bright light encouraged , transforming the pendant I'd cherished into a sword, my weapon.

"You've finally realized."

Whoosh!

Koo ― Woong ―!!!

The sound resonated as I grasped the newly transford weapon, a symbol of newfound understanding and resolve. Swinging the sword lightly, the blow rewrites the very fabric of reality.

"Do you act because they are in danger... because you want to protect them? Why... How do you feel?"

"Because I love them, isn't it?"

Let's admit it... I've finally co to realize...

I confess to myself the truth I've long ignored.

"Yes."

I love all the won who love . They may sotis be fearful, stern, or exhausting, but I cherish them. They're all precious to , and despite this, my desire to possess them shows the depth of my love.

I won't deny my feelings any longer, holding no more faint justifications.

I proclaim it boldly...

Just as they endlessly yearned for ... I too desire them.

"Ugh...!"

With power that feels boundless and a clarity in confidence, I acknowledge my imnse potential.

"That's it, my boy."

The power to grant Tempus a true demise...

Yes... I can do this...

"Now spread your wings with that power, and dance with one last ti!"

Let's give it a try.