Chapter 619 - 564: Fallen Gods and Rising Devils (1/2)
Floor 49 : Fallen Gods and Rising Angels
This was the last floor before they reach the top of the Red Tower. 18 contestants out of 1000 managed to reach this floor and every one of them had seen everything to see in this otherworldly structure.
Not all entered the floor at the same time but the sheer difficulty of the task made it hard even for the leading contestants to hastily complete it. In fact, what they had to do was simple, they just needed to survive inside a calamitous world.
”Master, these are not normal disasters.”
The moment Arthur appeared on the 49th floor, he was knocked off balance and fell into a bottomless abyss. He quickly transformed into a bird and, with great difficulty, flew out of the crack.
There was a violent earthquake assaulting the area, furthermore, the gravity was increased by fivefold, at the very least, and not even his spirit could negate the effect.
”I can sense firestorms, earthquakes, whirlpools, and even black holes.”
As it had a high sensitivity to certain elements, the spirit's sense caught the disasters occurring simultaneously all over the floor. Arthur looked at the shrouded sky, where there was a scarlet moon very close to the surface, and, from the looks of it, it was about to explode.
”These disasters are similar to what Claud spoke about.”
Arthur's guess was spot-on as this world was a recreation of past events… tragic events that wiped countless races off the face of the multiverse. Basically, these disasters were the retaliation of the natural laws after the balance was broken. The sheer magnitude of the disasters caused every living thing to cower and hide far away as not even the God Race managed to resist them.
”I can sense Madam Lucy North of here.”
'Is she alone?'
”She seems to be with the blacksmith.”
Arthur clicked his tongue and flew toward where Lucy, after all, he just needed to survive and it would be better to stay with his wife. Unfortunately, he just traveled for a few minutes only to be attacked by beings made of an ominous black light. They are corrupted versions of the God Race, a once-prominent race which was cursed by the Darkness Laws.
Only two blocked Arthur's way but they were strong enough to stop the speeding parasite and even cast a curse on him, which shouldn't work thanks to his passives and high resistances. His movement speed was slowed but he negated the effect by buffing himself with the talismans. He unleashed a torrent of Dark Spears followed by several exploding detonators, which did no damage to the Fallen Gods.
Not only were they very tough to beat, their attacks were destructive and complicated the situation as Arthur also had to deal with the unfavorable terrain affected by the disasters. He had left the range of the earthquake and was now affected by a massive wind whirlpool hanging in the sky. It released violent gales that rendered Arthur unable to fly properly and forced him to stick to the ground.
To swiftly end things, Arthur used a fire Rizaki, engulfing the area with the hell flames, slowing down the spinning whirlpool and pushing away the Fallen Gods. He didn't try to defeat them and, instead, activated [Transmutation] and [Eternium], before transforming into a lightning bolt that disappeared into the scarlet horizon.
Apparently, Lucy was right under the moon-like thing high-up in the sky, even from his current distance, Arthur was able to see countless black dots, which actually were Fallen Gods.
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”Those disasters happened in the Era of Beginning but no one knows their cause.”
Anastassia looked at the ravaged world and curiously commented. The previous Death showed her many things but she still didn't know why disasters started hitting multiple words, sparing none.
While Leiu maintained his silence, the Joker explained:
”The balance was broken… in a way, it's the way the natural laws were administrating their punishment.”