Chapter 742: Arrival of Fourth and Nineteenth, Planning to Deal with the Infected Godly Creature (1/2)

Day 154 - 10:08 PM - Air Space, Municipality of Badian, Province of Cebu

The Dimensional Barrier was, once again, damaged. The Observer and the Eyes were immediately alerted by the situation. There was no need to mention that the damage this time was immense, and the sky was torn for miles.

And as the one currently overseeing Southeast Asia, Fourth, the Eye of Amusement, was not amused.

This was the second time in the span of a few days, furthermore, in the exact same country.

With the barrier between the Mortal Realm and the Spirit Dimension weakening, it could not be helped that fractures appear every now and then. Even in other places on Earth, many incidents like this happened in the past two months. However, it was mostly by accident.

The largest fracture so far happened in Oaklyn, New Jersey, in the United States, after a sealed Humanoid Chimera finally escaped from his, several thousand years, slumber. The events, however, unfolded in front of one of the Eyes. Thus, the fracture was mended before anyone could notice.

This time, the fracture was definitely larger than the one in New Jersey. The previous one only spanned across a small village, while the current one basically slashed half across the country.

”What a headache!”

Fourth grumbled in frustration.

With the planetary debris in space closing onto Earth, they were rushing to find the remaining hidden gods. There were a lot of Gods in the past era of Earth, thousands of years ago. Some of them went down in texts and history, while the lesser ones were totally forgotten. Among all of those gods, many did not leave or did not get killed during the time the Observer was changed.

Due to many factors, many local gods misunderstood the new Observer and the Eyes.

Thus, many gods went into hiding.

Even for the Observer and the Eyes, it would be difficult to find those gods. They were gods, after all. Thus, until now, many of them remained hidden. On the other hand, some managed to stealthily leave the plane in one way or another.

Of course, some of them also died. Some were found by the Eyes and were killed. Some were killed after losing their powers after the world was returned to its original path.

Now, to find the remaining hidden gods, the Eyes were doing their best. Time was now limited, unlike before.

And yet, Fourth had to deal with this situation.

Fourth was all the way in Indonesia when this happened. She was in the middle of tracking traces of a hidden god there, possibly the Goddess of Lakes, Dewi Dani.

In the middle of her search, Fourth had to fly as fast as she could and return to the Philippines. Then, she had to see the sky cracked for miles. She was really annoyed.

The worst part, it would take a while to fix this Dimension Crack if she had to do this alone.

And there was no time to do that. Fourth should be looking for the hidden gods to help save the world instead of doing this.

Fourth immediately arrived at where the cause of the crack should be. What Fourth saw was a gigantic crocodile standing by the coast like a statue.

And, of course. Fourth was shocked to see a gigantic mutated infected crocodile radiating a godly aura.

There was no need to think or investigate.

This monster was definitely the one behind this mess.

Fourth wanted to deal with this problem immediately. The Eyes needed to remove this creature before it caused more problems.

But before Fourth could make a move, a door of light appeared out of nowhere in front of her.

”Don't be so hasty, Fourth.”

A strict voice entered Fourth's ears as a figure stepped out of the door.

”Nineteenth! Why are you stopping me? We need to deal with that creature!”

Fourth complained with a frown as she gazed at Nineteenth, the Eye of Interest.

”I'm not stopping you for no reason,” Nineteenth replied. ”Just before you do any rash action, calm down and observe what you are about to attack.”

”What do you mea- ah.”

Fourth's mood dampened down as she realized that she almost made a grave mistake.

Thus, Fourth could only look at the gigantic crocodile below with dismay.

Except for a few strict occasions, the Observer and the Eyes could not directly interfere with the world.

One of those occasions was when...

A foreign god wanted to invade or interfere with the world.

It happened several times before and also the reason they had to drive out the foreign gods that inhabited this planet before. At these times, they could deal with the gods and their minions if they denied complying. They also had the authority to deal with traces that could lead to the possible invasion of foreign gods in the future.

This rule was the very same reason why Blood Demons, who were born from the drop of blood of a foreign Evil God, had gone extinct due to the machinations of the Eyes. It was because their existence could lead to the rebirth of the god they defeated in the past.

And this very same rule was what caused Nineteenth to stop Fourth from attacking the gigantic crocodile.

True, the gigantic crocodile was emitting a godly aura. Even if it was not a foreign god, it could have a direct relation to them. Thus, the Eyes could have dealt with it directly.

That was if...

It was still alive.

Unfortunately, the gigantic crocodile was an infected. It had long died with its soul and consciousness popping out of existence like a bubble.

And an infected, no matter how dangerous they were, were considered as [Earthborns]. It was an existence born in the lands of Earth.

Thus, the Eyes now lost the authority to directly deal with it even if it still had a godly aura as an infected.

If Fourth attacked the crocodile just now, she could be subjected to punishment. Luckily, Nineteenth stopped her.

”Damn it... What are we going to do? This is not amusing at all, you know? What if it caused the Dimensional Barrier to crumble further? We don't have a lot of time just to do the repairs!”

Fourth grumbled in annoyance.

”First, it doesn't seem to be keen on doing anything for now.” Nineteenth said, assessing the gigantic crocodile. ”We can leave it be for a bit and ask our friends below.”

”Friends?”

Fourth was confused as she looked down where Nineteenth was also looking.

”Heeh?”

The three-eyed little girl was frozen stiff.

***

”You people again?! Just what in the world are you doing?!!! Just why is there always a problem when you all are around? HUH?”

Fourth immediately threw a tantrum as she landed on the ground.

After all, she saw the culprits in the previous incident in Catanduanes being involved here too.

”Can you not shout?” Mark yelled back with a frown. ”Also, pipe your aura down. We got a sick person here.”

Mark pointed at Celine, who was already having a hard time breathing just because of Fourth's presence. The others, like Padua and Geronimo, could not help but step back too.

Suddenly being scolded was actually effective. By surprise, Fourth followed Mark's words.