Chapter 266 Calamity Sealing
While Fiona and the [Evil God] were clashing in the sky, Aaron wasn't just sitting around doing nothing.
He had bound all the fake goddesses with hundreds of "black needles" sprouting from the ground.
This was to prevent the fight between Fiona and the [Evil God] from being interrupted, and he hoped to somehow eliminate the troublesome fake goddesses.
And──manipulating the aura to defeat the fake goddesses would be easy. Aaron already held the power of life and death over them.
But──
(I probably shouldn't defeat them)
From the battles so far, he had already made some predictions.
Before his friends were forcibly teleported, the fake goddesses and the Cains kept appearing endlessly, no matter how many they defeated. However, from what Aaron observed, the "total number" did not increase.
In other words, only the ones that were defeated were being replaced.
Unless this was a trap to mislead the [Evil God], it meant there was a limit to how many could 'reappear' and stay in the area at once.
However, even with a limit, it seemed easy to replace the defeated ones.
This meant that while the total energy of the labyrinth was practically endless, there was a limit to its capacity to 'reproduce' something.
Aaron had no solid evidence for this intuition, but his guess turned out to be correct.
'Terrafomer007' is currently offline from the [God Realm], except for its magical energy supply function. In other words, it means that its incredible computing ability and the stored data of the [God Realm] cannot be used, so the construction of the labyrinth has to rely on the data recorded in the 'Terraformer' itself and the computing ability it possesses.
The magical energy keeps being supplied endlessly, but to 'reproduce' the [Evil God] and Cain endlessly, the capacity of the computing ability is not enough.
Because of this, even if he defeat the [Evil God] and Cain, they keep respawning, but there is a limit to how many can appear at once.
However──Aaron wonders.
(Why are there no new Cains? Instead, the number of fake goddesses is increasing?)
There's no time to count the exact numbers, and even if he did, it would be meaningless without knowing the previous counts.
Putting aside the unanswered question, Aaron continues to think.
(No new fake goddesses are appearing. There's no reason to conserve strength here. So... it seems defeating them was the right choice.)
Thanks to his ultimate technique [Calamity Sealing Formation], all the fake goddesses are bound. If new fake goddesses could be 'reproduced' in this situation, there would be no reason not to do it.
Yet, in front of Aaron, who is quietly observing, there was no sign of new fake goddesses appearing.
In other words, the assumption that there is a limit to the number of fake goddesses that can be 'reproduced' is likely correct.
And in this case, a method to seal the troublesome fake goddesses is valid.
If they keep coming back when defeated, then it's better to keep them restrained to weaken them.
However, to keep them restrained for a long time, he must constantly replenish his aura and maintain control over his techniques. The false goddesses are not completely defenseless; they are trying to break free from the restraints.
If he lets go of control, he doesn't even know how long the restraints will last.
But if he keeps restraining them like this, it also means he can't help Fiona──
(I knew it)
Glancing up, Aaron observes the fierce battle between Fiona and the others and becomes certain.
The [Evil God] is not using her full power at all.
No, to be precise, she can't use her full power. To the [Evil God], Fiona is an object to obtain, not an enemy to defeat. Because of this, her attacks are slow, mostly focused on defense.
And even without those circumstances──
(Fiona is stronger)
Even if the [Evil God] were to go all out, right now, Fiona is stronger. That's how it looked to Aaron.
The [Evil God] is skilled in various magic and techniques. However, she shouldn't be able to use [God's Descent] like Fiona does, meaning she's not using [God's Descent] to perform her actions.
Somehow, she has mastered her own magic and skills.
But on the other hand, it's just a skill. Skills are localized versions of the techniques of heroes, essentially a weaker version of those techniques.
Even though she couldn't use magic and skills at the same time like an [Evil God], Fiona's sword skills were definitely superior.
If things continued like this, he could leave everything to Fiona, and they would surely win just by keeping the fake goddesses in check.
Aaron thought this, but──of course, it wouldn't be that easy.
In the next moment, the captured fake goddesses were engulfed in a massive flower of flames.
"────Self-destruct!?"
A loud explosion echoed.
And the huge petals of the blazing flower scattered. Among them, the rising particles of light were unique to magical energy reduction.
The restrained fake goddesses unleashed explosive magic from within their bodies and self-destructed.
The [Calamity Sealing Formation] could only hinder the movement of targets pierced by Space magic. If it was magic other than Space, even if they were in pain and their internal magical energy was disturbed by the "roots," it didn't mean they couldn't use it at all.
Still, a normal human wouldn't be able to construct magic in such a state──but then again, it was unclear if the fake goddesses even had a proper sense of pain.
Anyway, the fake goddesses escaped their restraints by self-destructing.
In exchange, the surface of the lake in the [Physical God Realm] began to ripple, creating multiple waves.
The fake goddesses that had just been defeated would soon respawn. However, the place where the lake was shaking was outside the [Calamity Sealing Formation] that Aaron had expanded.
"Then──let's take them down now!!"
Aaron had not been completely unprepared for the fake goddesses to self-destruct.
The moment all the fake goddesses self-destructed and ripples began to spread across the lake's surface, Aaron made his next move before the new fake goddesses could appear.
My ultimate technique [Calamity Sealing Formation]──hidden technique [Calamity Sealing Sphere]
In the next moment, the black aura on the [Calamity Sealing Formation] that spread across the ground or the lake's surface──the aura rose upward from the edge.
The aura rising from the edge of the circle climbed up like a wall, and soon it showed a gentle curve, merging at the top far above the center of the circle, closing it off.
It became a huge black dome.
An aura cage that isolated the Space in a hemispherical shape, including the ground. The walls were translucent, faintly showing the scenery on the other side.
Still, the dome's walls were solid.
"""────!!"""
The fake goddesses that respawned and appeared again were fiercely attacking the dome's walls from the outside, trying to break through. But they couldn't.
And inside the dome, further variations were happening.
──[Sealing Area]
Hundreds of "needles" extending from the ground began to fill the inside of the dome, breaking apart like mist.
Aaron himself poured more aura from "Black-White" into the dome, reinforcing it, and additionally released heavy attribute aura mist from the ground.
In an instant, the inside of the [Calamity Sealing Sphere] was filled with dense black aura mist. With this density, even an [Evil God] would find it difficult to penetrate the mist with magical energy.
In other words, her Space magic was sealed off as well.
Aaron let go of "Black-White," which was stuck in the ground, and took out "Black Radiance" from the storage ring. He gathered his aura and kicked off the ground to jump up.
──[Flash Strike]
My unique sword technique──[Heavy Flash Blade]
In an instant, Aaron slipped into the range of the [Evil God] and swung his sword down at the [Evil God], who had just distanced himself from Fiona, cutting off its left arm.
"Fiona! I'm going to take her down now!!"
"Okay!!"
While flying through the air with [Flash Strike], he told Fiona, who was flying beside him.
Until the uncontrolled [Calamity Sealing] was broken, it would probably be just a few dozen seconds. Maybe even less than 30 seconds.
But he judged that this was enough time to completely defeat the [Evil God].
The [Evil God], in response, extended something like a tentacle from the stump of her left shoulder to grab the severed arm and pulled it back to reattach it.
The damage was minimal.
Still, unlike her previous smug smile, she couldn't hide her annoyed expression.
"Aaron Gale...!!"
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