884 The Clone
“!?” Elena was shocked when Elysia suddenly fell for no apparent reason. She immediately caught Elysia and called out via voice and telepathy, but Elysia didn’t respond.
“Ely, Ely!?” Elena felt a little panicked when she found Elysia’s blank stare.
Elysia’s consciousness was forcibly pulled into a temporary artificial realm by a foreign entity.
“Where am I?” Elysia looked around in confusion. She was in a boundless cloud sky realm with bright horizons on both sides.
The sun seemed to rise from the west side and the other set on the east side. It was a realm with the eternal day. While the moon was right above.
“Strange, that’s really weird…” A voice of someone’s astonishment suddenly sounded out of nowhere.
Elysia looked left and right to find out where the sound came from, but she couldn’t find anyone.
“Your existence holds so many riddles and mysteries, but why confine all of them in a mortal body? You are clearly not human, but why are you pretending to be one?” The voice sounded closer and closer.
“!?” Elysia immediately looked up. The one that she thought was the moon turned out to be a talking mini meteoroid! It also had a big mouth like the meteoroid monster in Boundless Realm!
“What do you mean?” Elysia gulped her saliva. Might this entity be another Ruvoid God? For some reason, she was reminded of the Seraph of the End in the Boundless Realm. Unfortunately, she couldn’t use her inspection ability to see the other party’s status screen in her current situation.
“I’ve been watching you in recent months from the outside the world’s boundary. You may not notice it, but we know everything. You are the ominous threat, but not at the same time.” The mini meteoroid flew around Elysia as if inspecting her body.
“…” Elysia became wary. She prepares her counterattack when she needs it later.
“Do you want to protect those lowly creatures that are no higher than pests and livestock?” The mini meteoroid asked curiously.
“Pests and livestock, you said? Is that how you see them?” Elysia flinched slightly. This entity treated the residents of Vrelenia only to that extent?
“Your presence is interfering with our grand plan. The time for our freedom is near, and we need to purge the threats. Your presence has eliminated so many of us; even the third has perished because of you. We will make your presence and your power destroy your resistant forces. You are not present in our grand plan. Therefore, you are not required to interfere any further.” The mini meteoroid proclaimed a judgment.
Several black chain runes soon appeared behind the clouds and crawled all over Elysia’s body. It wasn’t tied anywhere, but Elysia couldn’t move an inch.
“!!!” Elysia struggled to break free, but she found her power inaccessible.
“Resistance is a futile effort in front of the absolute. Even the strongest Gods of the previous era can only temporarily seal us out of desperation.” The mini meteoroid scanned Elysia’s entire existence and did a data copy for their avatar.
It only took a few seconds, and Elysia’s presence was no longer needed. “We will use your copy to destroy your friends, acquaintances, and everything. The savior who will destroy the world, that’s a good scenario. Goodbye, Elysia.”
Elysia widened her eyes as she could sense her predicament came to the worst so suddenly, and it was as if her demise would soon pick her up. She remembered that she had promised Elena so many things and would not let herself fall here just like that.
*Poof*
Before the mini meteoroid could do anything, Elysia disappeared from that could sky realm with a poof. She was pulled back into the Elysian Realm, but the seal was still there.
“Ely, what happened exactly? I forced your consciousness into our realm, but now I can’t feel any power.” Elena asked with relief and confusion.
“Huuh… What was that just now? My consciousness was forced into a cloud sky realm, and that mini meteoroid wanted to annihilate me. I still unable to use my power?” Elysia gasped. She did not know what would have happened to her if Elena had not forcibly withdrawn her consciousness from that realm.
Maybe, she would become a controlled hollow puppet with no consciousness or something?
“Please excuse me.” Elena pressed her forehead against Elysia’s. She wanted to see the situation that Elysia was in a moment ago.
“It is the embodiment of one of the Ruvoid Gods, Ely. One of the last two. It has targeted you and wants to wipe you out. That thing want to turn you into a puppet, then create the copies to destroy the world? Unforgivable!” Elena immediately clenched her fists.
“En. However, we must do something with this rune seal, Sister Elena. I can’t even move now.” Elysia gave an eye gesture, so Elena looked at her spirit body more carefully. Her entire spirit body had been shackled by the mysterious black rune chain.
“Hmm, I see… You’re sealed, and that’s why you’re helpless. Thank goodness I quickly pulled you here when I felt your consciousness go somewhere strange before the seal took effect.” Elena breathed a sigh of relief. However, she felt furious and held a grudge.
‘Rhea, please protect us. I will remove Ely’s seal. The Ruvoid God on the moon has sent a manifestation of his avatar there!’ Elena immediately informed Rhea through their spiritual connection.
‘Affirmative.’ Rhea squinted her eyes while hugging Elysia’s body. She noticed the bad omen on the battlefield, and it had happened without her being able to prevent anything.
As frustrated as she might feel, she must protect Elysia’s body before taking any action.
“Sylvi, go into the battlefield and help Fortuna exterminate that Emperor-level accursed creature. The final boss has placed an avatar here, and is aiming for Ely to be exterminated. That thing has sealed Ely’s power through mental attack.” Rhea gave an order in a solemn tone.
“What the-, is that real? This is bad then. I’ll take care of them before that avatar arrives.” Sylvia immediately activated her bracelet and put on her divine battlesuit. She entered into battle to help Fortuna.
A human-like entity under the tree glanced up at the sky, then turned into a black mush liquid that slowly transformed into a girl with long, shiny black hair.
Her purplish-blue eyes sparkled with the dark glow. Dozens of reddish-black nerves spread out from her heart core throughout the body.
The last two Ruvoid Gods were still sealed on the moon, but they had placed one of their avatars in Vrelenia.
“Wonderful and powerful magic capabilities. As expected of the highest threat. If only she didn’t get in the way, she might be useful.” The Ruvoid avatar moved her fingers and inspected her current body capabilities.
“This avatar currently possessed magic power far exceeded the high-rank Gods of the previous era. Plus avatar’s total capabilities… this puppet may become the one whom shall end this era before our main body arrives to devour everything.” The Ruvoid avatar grinned widely.
“Let’s start by making the savior fall into ruin and despair. She will be a delicious prey to devour.” The Ruvoid avatar glanced around and targeted Elysia’s friends and acquaintances as her primary targets for destruction.
*Swoosh!*
The Ruvoid avatar aimed at the weakest first and shot out at speed beyond the sound.
“Eh, Goddess Ely-” Xentia was surprised when ‘Elysia’ suddenly came to her. Still, her shock suddenly turned into terror when ‘Elysia’ unleashed a magic attack on her.
*Boom!*
A supersonic explosion hit Xentia from close range. Xentia tried her best to protect herself with her energy shield, but she was already severely injured by the blast. ‘Elysia’ then lunged to hurt her again, and she tried to dodge the deadly attacks.
“Why!? Xentia is good! Why suddenly with that killing intent!?” Xentia tried her best to keep her distance from ‘Elysia’. She screamed pitifully as if she felt betrayed.
‘Xentia, that thing is the Ruvoid God’s avatar. It took the form of Elysia due to malicious intent. Can you buy some time until the real Elysia returns?’ Rhea sent telepathy to Xentia’s mind.
‘Xentia understands.’ Xentia instantly understood the situation. “Abominant thing! You dare take on the form of the glorious Goddess Ely to deceive Xentia!?”
“Heehee, this superb magical body copy is really great! Let’s do something more exciting! Can you keep up with me?” The Ruvoid avatar laughed excitedly. She grabbed Xentia’s energy shield and dragged the mecha girl to the ground.
“Kuh, take this!” Xentia took out her superbeam guns and fired several shots at the evil being. Still, her energy bullets were absorbed by a protective barrier.
“Magic won’t work effectively on me, let alone attacks with weak energy like that. It will only strengthen me. Worry not. I won’t kill you right away.” The Ruvoid avatar smirked and then bombarded Xentia with a barrage of powerful magic explosions.
“Xentia!” Sylvia shouted and rushed to help Xentia. The course of the battle instantly turned a hundred and eighty degrees unfavorable.
Unfortunately, being distracted was a fatal mistake in the battle against a strong foe.
“Hmm!” The Emperor-level accursed creature hit Sylvia from behind.
“Urgh!” Sylvia’s back was ripped open, but she still flew straight at Xentia, ignoring the pain.
“Your opponent is me!” Fortuna unleashed several concentrated aerial distortions, dealing physical damage to the accused’s head. She wished she could destroy that monster in one hit.
“Weak! Food is still food!” The EMperor-level accursed creature was completely unharmed. It only added to the fury of the crazed monster to attack Fortuna with a barrage of brutal attacks.
“Kuh!” Fortuna was forced to defend herself with her magic item, even though she knew it could only protect her temporarily.
“Sister Elena, please ask Rhea to save Xentia! She will die at this rate!” Elysia went panic as she could see Xentia’s critical situation via their shared processing. It was still there.
“Rhea can’t go because she is protecting your body. It’s the same with Ai. And, I can’t contact Rhea anymore now. Our power is fully sealed?” Elena bit her lower lips in frustration. She still couldn’t remove Elysia’s seal in any way.
Elysia went pale and tried to tell Rhea to save Xentia, but her voice didn’t reach her because her spirit was still sealed by the black rune chain. She also couldn’t contact Ai.
Elysia was the absolute ruler in the Elysian Realm, and Elena couldn’t use magic there. However, the absolute ruler was now sealed there and could not use magic or spirit connections.
Elena tried her best to free Elysia, and Rhea was still on guard to protect Elysia’s body. Still, Elysia could only watch the tragedy out there in frustration.
A thumping beat from inside Elysia’s spirit, as if to say everything was her fault and she should be responsible for everything.
“…” Rhea gritted her teeth and decided to take out a divine item. She released it into the sky and aimed it at the fake Elysia. She sent a surprise attack while the puppet was bombarding Xentia and Sylvia.