Chapter 306

Episode 306 . Praying (9)

[-Current rate of assimilation is 80% . ]

Priscilla internally celebrated . If her left arm had fully recovered, she would have clapped in joy as hard as she could .

The scene that appeared before her eyes was worthy of being recorded in legend . Desir’s magic reminded her of every natural disaster, and he could still manage to stand against her, who had reached the realm of God . Priscilla, as a human being, was in awe of him reaching such a level .

“This is beautiful . ”

No trace of the old Priscilla who used to speak in a lovely fashion remained . Her beautiful voice that used to resonate like a song had disappeared entirely, and had been replaced by a mechanically unpleasant sound, as though iron could speak .

Her eyes that used to shine like black pearls had lost their color and now felt cold; hideous teeth now sprouted through her snowflake-like skin .

At first, only her left arm had been like that, but before he knew it, half of her body had been eaten and transformed by the machine .

“But is this the best you can do?”

*Spread*

The wings of light fluttered again, and their surroundings were illuminated by the incredibly bright light . Desir’s latest spell, which had been flooding towards her, evaporated in vain .

This situation was repeated over and over again . Desir was unable to touch even the tips of Priscilla’s hair .

She never lowered her guard . She was certain that this was not all Desir had to offer . Actually, she ‘looked’ at him to confirm this, instead of relying on her human knowledge .

‘These spells are nothing but tricks . ’

Priscilla was astonished .

When her assimilation rate exceeded eighty percent, another feature of the Artemis system became available . The new function allowed her to analyze the situation and accurately predict the future . It was originally the function that guided users to reach a better future while reproducing historical events, but Priscilla used it in a unique way .

‘Left . ’

*Crack*

She destroyed all of the incoming spells, anticipating exactly which direction Desir’s magic was headed . It was an ability equivalent to seeing visions of the future .

At first, she could only predict a few seconds ahead, but as the rate of assimilation increased, she could gradually see a clearer and farther future .

At this point in the battle, she was capable of predicting up to a week’s worth of time, approximately one-hundred and sixty-eight hours . With it, she was able to see that Desir was preparing something .

Against a power capable of interpreting all possibilities, petty tricks were a waste of time .

‘Now, let’s slowly savor the answers you’ve come up with . ’

Priscilla closed her eyes, and golden light enveloped around her . Desir stepped forward, and placed his hands onto the cold street above the room where the Artemis system lied . At that moment, the air around both the main system and Priscilla began to distort .

Desir had invoked [Dream of a Contradictory World], summoning a spatial distortion, and protected himself with [Dream of a Contradictory World] .

However, something was different about it . Additional spell arrays had been added and the spell itself had been subtly changed .

*Crack*

The area around him that had been distorted soon began to break apart and disappear .

He had added spatial movement to the spell .

[-Assimilation rate is falling!]

The Artemis main system was split into hundreds of branches and rapidly flung far and wide throughout space . This was a method of attack that would be impossible to cope with, even for Priscilla who wielded absolute power . Her ability removed anything it came into contact with, but the attack never physically existed; the space was just distorted .

In order to cope with that, she had to restore the space itself and restore the main body of the separated Artemis to resume assimilation .

It was a much more complex job in comparison to Desir’s, who simply had to keep destroying space and moving it elsewhere . It was only natural that the speed of her restoration would not be able to keep up with his speed of destruction .

She felt her strength declining at a rapid pace . The Artemis system, which had been firmly connected to her until now, began to leave Priscilla . If it continued at this rate, Priscilla would be helpless to losing her strength .

Her vision complete, Priscilla opened her eyes . She had gleaned the future, and it was time to change it .

*Whooong*

“I’m sorry, Desir . ”

The sound of heavy machinery began to reverberate . The noise came as the Artemis main system whirred into full operation .

[-Confirming the order of the first-class executor . Activating emergency freeze mode . ]

As soon as he began to distort the area around the main system, the space suddenly began to resist his spell . Desir tried gathering more mana to overcome this sudden resistance, but his efforts were useless . No matter how much force he applied, he was completely unable to affect the Artemis system .

“It’s meaningless . I’ve fixed causality . ”

With cause and effect fixed, no matter what one did, they could not change the present state of things . No phenomenon could occur within this realm .

‘I can’t use it anymore, but… It’s the same as over . ’

Though the function created a genuinely invincible defense, it had a fundamental problem . Not only was it impossible to assimilate with the system while using the freeze function, but it was incredibly intensive in terms of power . Right now, only the gem powering the Artemis system was free of its stasis . Once she turned the stasis off, she would not be able to turn it back on for a very long time .

Of course, even though this was an incredibly strong function, it would have been useless if it was invoked too late . It was only possible because she had predicted the future, and used the knowledge acquired to act accordingly .

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It was not long before the area had become eerily quiet . Only vain despair encroached on this bubble of silence .

“Pant… pant… ”

Desir barely supported himself, breathing hard and leaning on his cane . He thought he had caught her off guard, so he poured all of his mana into it, leaving him with barely enough strength to stay conscious .

[-Disabling the Emergency Freeze mode . Resuming the assimilation process with the first-class executor . ]

The means remaining to Desir no longer existed . This was neither conceited nor careless .

She saw . She created a new future by blocking Desir’s spell… and in the process of doing so, effectively cut off the remaining resistance Desir could put forward . He had no other means at his disposal now, and she could see his demise .

Though he was alive, Desir was powerless . Only now could Priscilla release her tension . After taking a moment to appreciate what had transpired, she bounced her finger, as though pressing an invisible button .

*Rumble*

At that moment, the atmosphere fluctuated and a tidal wave of mana began to gather . Desir’s eyes glanced at the sight before him . It was because the magic spell array he knew all too well now hung in the air .

Soon after, the air condensed and a blue flame appeared . It heated up at a tremendous speed and began to burn white .

“Supernova… ?”

Desir’s face paled . Supernova was a magic that only he could develop . When it began to unfold out of Priscilla’s hand, he was at a loss for words .

“No way… ”

Desir finally figured out what Priscilla had done . A trace of mana he used remained in the atmosphere . She used her power to reconstruct it and use it against him .

Priscilla’s ability and its varied applications continued to exceed Desir’s expectations .

[Burn up, howl, yearn for, and bite off, Fenrir]

[Stream of Stardust]

The spells that Desir poured out towards Priscilla began to emerge one by one .

“Now, Desir . Struggle . ”

Priscilla continued with a smile around her mouth .

“Isn’t inverting spells supposed to be your expertise?”

“Urgh… !”

*Boom*

The trajectories carved into the air were altered, some of them colliding with each other and others plunging into the ground or soaring vertically into the sky . Desir knew better than anyone else because it was his own magic . The fact that it was impossible to invert all of these spells in such a short time .

‘I struggled up until the last minute, but… ’

Desir, who had already reached his limit, eventually knelt down .

*Boom*

‘It’s all coming to an end . ’

A huge explosion swept through the place Desir lay .

[-Confirmed execution of hostile presence . Disabling emergency self-defense function . ]

The Artemis main system announced Desir’s death .

It was no exaggeration to say that the conclusion drawn by the Artemis system was an irrevocable truth, so there could not have been any reversal of this fact .

Priscilla finally reached the victory she had desired .

[-100% assimilation rate has been reached . First-class executor, Priscilla Haicilkite, has been transferred full authority over the system . ]

Something appeared in her head . The entirety of the information the Artemis system had accumulated and analyzed over the course of its existence flooded into Priscilla’s mind . If a normal human being received this information, if she had not assimilated with the system, she would have died of insanity, her mind unable to maintain itself .

‘I will save… ’

Priscilla’s will survived the process, her aspirations guiding the machine’s actions .

‘Everyone who was not saved… ’

A firm goal . She used it as a prop to withstand the pain attacking her and straightened her resolve . Her brain endured the burning sensation and she internally muttered her command .

[-Save the world . ]

A beautiful voice resounded like a song . It was the original voice of Priscilla, who had lost it in the process of assimilating with the Artemis system .

She could feel it . She finally had her hands on the entirety of the Artemis system . As Priscilla reached out to the sky, the ground began to tremble as if there was an earthquake .

*Kiiying*

Through the perforated ceiling, the clouds in the sky twirled at her will . It was a sign heralding the outbreak of a Shadow World .

‘The erosion range is the entire continent . ’

*Rumble*

The sky of Dresden, which was almost dawn, was overshadowed by the shadowy dark clouds, followed by a static crackling . Soon the Shadow World would encroach the whole continent, and a new era would begin .

Just when Priscilla thought so… Noise began to distort the future she was envisioning . In her clear future, cracks occurred and the image faded .

The future was changing? Priscilla hurriedly looked up and glanced around . And she found the source .

Desir Arman was alive and looking at her .

“It’s over, Priscilla . ”

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