Chapter 992 Reason to Fight Part Two (1/2)

”Ying, Ling. I'm planning to work with the Northern Dwarves to restart the production line for divine armaments.”

Years ago, the divine armament siblings who had crossed the Stargate to reach the Zeta Ram system were enjoying the initial bliss of reunion with their master, before Joshua informed them about the matter determinedly. ”I believe that in this age of looming threats, Mycroft should not solely rely on relics of the Glorious Era. Certain otherworld or present technologies must develop—or we would certainly fail as the Glorious Era did.”

”Divine armaments are not some profound technology like the Multiverse Sacrificial Grounds, but a clever and elaborate design that provides the best performance, a combination between a burst of wisdom from the Karlis tribes and several aggregated skills of Mycroftian races. I think the ability of most people on Mycroft would advance if widespread production is achieved, just as I did back then.”

Joshua appeared slightly regretful even though he spoke calmly then, having stood in the large bridge of the Dreadnaught and stared at the Void beyond. ”I should have done that earlier, but kept running into too many things that I had to see to and was forced to keep delaying the plan… but that's no longer the case now.”

Ying could vividly remember how she felt when she heard those words then: a surging bitterness in her heart.

Was she jealous? It was not such emotion.

Having an irreplaceable identity claimed? It was not something so shallow either.

At the time, the divine armament was unsure of how she felt. Now, after thinking about it carefully, she realized that the emotion was her own mixed feelings about her master finally realizing how powerful his own weapons were, and the unhappiness of being ignored before—in a nutshell, it was a sigh towards something exceedingly profound.

Ling could vividly remember how he felt then as well.

What. I'm just your weapon…why say all those things?

At the time, the divine armament wanted to spread his hands and make a helpless gesture. He certainly found things well because his master was so powerful, wise, and talented—so what could he have said as a weapon? 'No'?

I will only agree with you and carry out your will. Even if you become so powerful that you no longer have to regard all life, I will only ever remain in the place which you have forgotten and serve you loyally.

***

A tempest that moved over 200 kilometers per hour whizzed between skies and land, jumbled in hail and blinding lightning that fell from the skies like countless blades and axes. Still, even in the heavens that were laden in dark clouds, luminous runic circles from another world flickered.

At the moment, the fat middle-aged man and his wife had rushed into the control room for the arcane generators before the violent storm reached the embankment of Sea Dragon City. As the entire building was about to fall apart and the tempered glass shook as if about to shatter in the very next second, the man keyed in the password in what was the swiftest speed in his life and checked the situation of the arcane station, and determinedly turned off most functions. The woman who worked there did the same, both combining tacitly like dancing a waltz in their earlier years.

”Phew…finally done!”

With his task accomplished, the middle-aged men exuded a breath and almost collapsed over the control panel, not wanting to even move. ”Now, the tide would affect the embankments minimally—we don't have to worry about it falling apart...as long as the tide is not on a world scale, Sea Dragon City is safe.”

Beside him, the woman was immobile as well. The long run from inside the city beneath wind and rain, avoiding any monsters that might be there, and finally working to her very limit in the control room…tired, she turned towards the still-dark sky….

No.

She could see two sky-blue radiance that had broken the heavy curtains of darkness and illuminated the dark clouds. It was the light of Order clearing away the oppressive atmosphere from before—both the woman and her husband gaped at it, promptly feeling an ease in their breaths and a calm in their hearts.

The streak of azure left a long trail, darting through the air like a falling star.

***

Thoughts wandered to the past once again.

”I'm hopeful that you'll learn all that I've taught and become a person like me… it's a hope I have, not just for Mycroft but every individual aligned to Order in the Multiverse.”

It was the words their master said before leaving Zeta Ram for Stellaris.

Joshua had stood in the Void in his human form, his back facing his divine armaments as he looked towards the endlessly distant stars and darkness, his slightly proud laugh audible. ”Hahaha…I'm really not humble, and I know that it's asking for a lot—after all, leaving aside having every other person becoming myself, Evil God invasions wouldn't be a problem if a few thousand Joshuas existed in the Multiverse.”

”It's a pity there isn't—only a second choice is available.”

Yes, Master isn't wrong at all…if a thousand beings resembling Master existed, is there anything in the world that would trouble them?

There definitely would not be if they did not challenge each other.

Rapid velocity of over 3000 meters per second turned air itself into a steel-like barrier, but the two blue rays easily punched through them like a meteor falling from beyond, carrying heat that vaporized the icy sea and splitting a distinct trail over its surface.

The misty winds that resembled that of polar regions hence combined with the thunder into ice bolts, shooting at them like a salvo of cannon fire blanketing heaven and earth, just like a rain of ice and lightning.

However, powerful sword aura and axe radiance leapt out of the azure light and cut down all oncoming assault, rendering the seemingly profound offensive harmless.

Meanwhile, memories surfaced.

”That's where the problem comes in. Oh, divine armaments of mine.”

The humanoid warrior—a shell over advent of something profound unto the mortal realm turned and tousled the sibling's head, gently saying, ”Do you wish to become a being such as I?”

”Sacrificing everything, burning life and soul…even if it's a little, would you both really want to follow my footsteps?”

Ying stared into her master's eyes.

I…

Ling, too, stared into his master's eyes then.

I…

***

Ooom!!!

The booming and long hum echoed from the oceanic depths. The Ultimate Entity's rage boiled over upon realizing that its attack had been futile. Faraway glaciated islands shattered beneath the raging seas, leaving milelong glaciers bobbing up and down the surface amidst the surging tides, while a wave of magical world that would stir worlds and dimensions and consume both skies and oceans burst from the bottom of the ocean, engulfing the oceanic region of over hundreds of miles.

Even if Sea Dragon City and its immediate region were sub-tropical zones, the warm home of sea dragons, it was freezing and dry just like the northernmost Lost Sea. In fact, one could actually hear the different gases in the air freezing, turning into fluids.

Now, there was a massive swirl at the very heart of the icy oceanic region, emanating icy mist that were 200 degrees below, revealing a cone snail that was almost thirty floors tall at its centermost spot. It split apart the mist as it appeared over sky and sea, azure magical crystals embedded at every corner of its shell as if they were eyes.

All magical forces were dominated by it in the very moment it appeared, with everything aside from frost elements being dispelled completely. The gales, icy tides, and suffocating chill came ever closer, shifting into a arcane wave surpassing a Supreme-tier spell by dozens of times in scale, crashing directly over the two sky-blue figures that were tiny in comparison.

Answer? Of course I do.

I do.

I've not fought with you for a long time, Ying had said then.

I was disappointed that I couldn't fight with you, Ling had said then.

No, I am both disappointed and hopeful, even now.