Chapter 293 Loss Of Jobs
"Damn it...!!"
Nearly 3 hundred fake goddesses surrounded Aaron and 5 of Cains.
Right nearby was the [Evil God], wrapped in a white cocoon, but Aaron just spat out curses and had no choice but to ignore it.
He switched his right hand's "Black-White" to "Black Radiance," and with a ring! it transformed into a platinum-colored sword.
Before the Cains could unleash their [Dragon-Slayer Flash] all at once, he swung the sword and released an invisible slash.
All the Cains present, along with dozens of fake goddesses, were blown away.
However, without waiting to see the results of the slash, Aaron immediately jumped, pulled out "Black-White," and soared into the air with [Flash Strike], charging toward the horde of fake goddesses.
"Damn itttt!!!"
"""────!!!"""
He swung his sword while shouting.
Jet-black slashes flew wildly, or black lightning burst forth chaotically. Each time, a fake goddess was obliterated.
He didn't care about the remaining magical energy. He poured all the aura he could into each technique and went on a rampage. That's why the fake goddesses, who were definitely not weak, were blown away like nothing.
It was just venting his frustration.
The curses that burst from his mouth like a battle cry weren't directed at the [Evil Gods]. They were born from his own irritation and feelings of inadequacy.
──He already understood.
The [Evil God] was right.
He can't kill Fiona. That's why, the moment the [Evil God] fused with Fiona, he realized he had no way to fight back.
In other words──his defeat was now certain.
Still, he couldn't just accept defeat easily.
Just when he finally tried to live positively, dying while Fiona was taken by the [Evil God] was something he couldn't accept.
So.
"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"
He rampaged.
He blasted away the fake goddesses, and every time Cain and the others respawned from under the ice, he unleashed invisible slashes with "Black Radiance" to incapacitate them, overwhelming the massive numbers all by himself.
He was strong.
He was sure he was strong.
Even in front of the [Evil God] who took Fiona's body after reclaiming the [God's Remains], if he fought──if he could fight, he didn't feel like he would lose.
Still.
He couldn't save Fiona.
He couldn't defeat the [Evil God].
While swinging his sword and flying through the air at high speed, he desperately thought. But no matter how he looked at it, he couldn't see a path to victory without accepting Fiona's death.
Therefore.
What he could do now was to bet on the possibility that Lucia would arrive here. Until then, all he could do was buy time.
And then──after a few minutes.
How many hundreds of fake goddesses had he defeated?
Just as he was about to strike another fake goddess with his sword.
"──────!?"
Finally, the moment had come.
In an instant, he felt an intense sense of weakness, as if all his strength had been drained from his body.
His whole body feels like it's covered in a thick layer, and all his senses are dulling.
In that brief moment, Aaron checked the back of his left hand and witnessed the [Limit Mark] disappearing from it.
──It's the loss of Jobs.
The control over his aura, which he could manage as easily as breathing, goes haywire.
He can no longer create aura from magical energy.
──It's disappearing.
The aura that was wrapped around his sword, the aura that was flowing through his entire body, starts to dissolve into the air like mist.
(I can't put any strength into it...!!)
Without the boost from Jobs or any skills.
Even though it's just the boost of a 'Beginner Swordsman,' he's surprised at how vulnerable he feels without it.
"────."
In that moment, he felt something cold pass through his body.
It went diagonally from his left shoulder, through his heart, and out below his right ribcage.
It felt more like a shock than pain. He couldn't understand what was happening.
When he realized it, he saw the fake goddess, who had been floating in front of him, swing her right hand, which had turned into a sword blade.
It was nothing special.
Losing the boost from Jobs meant he could no longer even follow the movements of the fake goddess, which he had barely been able to see before.
And then──his torso was simply cut diagonally in half.
"────."
Losing the power to fly, Aaron shifted from a moment of stillness to falling.
In the rapidly descending view, he saw his body split in 2, and a large amount of fresh blood spilling out into the air from the cut.
Still, there was no pain.
Because he didn't feel any pain, the scene felt strangely unreal.
A few moments later, a powerful impact ran through his entire body, and the fall came to an end. Still, he felt no pain.
But he felt something rapidly leaving his body, and his consciousness began to fade.
The certainty and realization that he would lose consciousness and die in just a few more seconds.
Intensely, he didn't want to die.
(Not yet, I, and Fiona...!!)
He held onto the hilt of the sword in his right hand, which he hadn't let go of.
He poured magical energy into the sword, trying to turn it into an aura as he usually did.
The only skill he had used countless times, perhaps hundreds of thousands, millions, or even more──[Slash]
The skill that had never betrayed Aaron betrayed him for the first time at this moment.
The magical energy passed through the sword in vain, disappearing meaninglessly without being converted into any power.
"Fio..."
And──immediately, the light faded from Aaron's eyes as he looked up at the temporary sky.
* * *
The connection to the [God Realm] and the takeover of the system using the backdoor went extremely smoothly.
In subjective time, it took several hours, but in real time, it was only a matter of minutes before the [Evil Goddess] gained full administrative control over all systems.
The original archetype intelligences in the [God Realm] cannot interfere with the [Evil Goddess]'s actions unless requested by humans.
Therefore, without any interference, she completed all the tasks──,
(Now, it's not possible to stop the Jobs of all humanity at once. If they suddenly lose their power, many will be killed by monsters and other threats.)
The [Evil Goddess] manipulated the Jobs System.
(I'll limit the shutdown to humans currently inside the Space of Terrafomer007. Fortunately, I have Fiona's memories to understand the target's account name (name), and the search is easy.)
She selected and stopped the Jobs of all humans currently inside the labyrinth.
Then, she opened and spread the wings that had been covering her.
At that moment, the battle between the fake goddesses and Aaron had just ended.
Aaron, his body literally cut in half, fell to the ice, spraying blood.
Having lost all skills, this was a fatal injury beyond recovery. There was no chance of survival.
"Ehehe."
The [Evil Goddess] laughed contentedly as she successfully eliminated the threat that could kill her, and landed on the ice, approaching Aaron's lifeless body.
"Oh dear. Aaron, is it over already? I'm right here, you know? Don't you want to defeat me?"
She looked down at Aaron, who was looking up at the sky, and exposed herself defenselessly near him.
But Aaron didn't move. He didn't speak.
His eyes stopped, staring at a fixed point in the void without wavering, but his pupils were dilated and unfocused.
It seemed that his heart and torso had been cut in half.
He was completely dead, without any consciousness.
"Ahh...!! With this...!! With this, there is no one left to interfere with my plans!!."
The [Evil Goddess] rejoiced, completely freed from the fear of "a being that could harm her."
However, tears flowed from her eyes, contrasting her joyful expression.
A heart-wrenching sadness filled her heart, but the [Evil Goddess] received this emotion as if it were someone else's.
Naturally, it was someone else's because it was.
On the other hand, she spoke gently to the owner of these emotions, as if soothing a child.
"Rest assured, Fiona. This person is also a child of my beloved. I will properly retrieve his head later and 'recreate' his memory and personality in the exact same state. Without Jobs, Aaron will no longer be a threat to me."
But the sadness and tears wouldn't stop.
The [Evil Goddess] continued, looking puzzled as if she didn't understand the reason.
"Fiona, I'll 'recreate' you as well, so why don't you live with Aaron? You won't disappear, but another you can live with Aaron forever if you wish."
The sadness and tears didn't stop.
"Oh dear, this is a problem. ...I know! Then let's do this. Let's live together, the three of us, when this child is born. That way, you won't be lonely, right?"
The sadness and tears didn't stop.
However, confusion and surprise were added to these emotions.
But the [Evil Goddess] looked puzzled, placing her hand on her cheek and tilting her head as Fiona didn't stop crying. It even seemed that the intensity of her emotions had increased.
The [Evil Goddess] judged that it was impossible for her to calm Fiona down.
"Well, that's fine. You will eventually stop crying. More importantly... it seems that Chronosphere has disappeared. If that's the case, it's no longer a threat, but I still need to deal with those over there properly. ...I can't afford any unexpected problems."
With that, the [Evil God] turned her back on Aaron's corpse and took one step, then another, as she projected magical energy far away to activate the teleportation. And then──.
────Clang!!
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