Chapter 298 System Call
──Lucia appeared on the battlefield.
Right after that, at Lucia's request to eliminate the surrounding fake goddesses, Aaron started to move.
──[Sun God Flash Strike]
In his right hand, he held "Black-White," but he still hadn't released [Chaos Strength: Sun God].
Using the light attribute aura left in his body, he appeared right in front of the [Evil God] with a super-fast movement battle technique.
"A- AAAAAAARON!!"
In that moment, the [Evil God] attacked Aaron, who had suddenly appeared nearby. He skillfully swung 2 "Black Radiance" swords taken from Fiona's storage ring.
Aaron did not dodge the rapid-fire attacks.
"GUUUUUUUUUUUUHHH!!!"
──[Aura Armor]
The [Evil God]'s twin swords deeply pierced Aaron's torso from both sides, but they stopped midway without cutting through.
Aaron grabbed the [Evil God]'s right arm with his left hand. Using his aura to manipulate the severed body parts, he forcibly maintained their original "shape" and restored his bodily functions.
The "Black Radiance" that was still stabbed into Aaron was firmly secured by his body.
"W-Why!? Fiona!? It's because you closed off your future sight!!"
The [Evil God] shouted.
Because Fiona, who was supposed to have awakened, couldn't use her "future sight" ability.
In fact, since merging with Fiona, the [Evil God] had been unable to activate "future sight" at all.
If it had been activated, Lucia's appearance and Aaron's choice not to dodge the sword should have been known in advance.
However, the [Evil God] did not see that future.
The reason is simple──.
The answer is revealed in the [Evil God]'s own scream.
"You guys, hurry up, get this man!!!"
The panicked [Evil God] commands the surrounding fake goddesses.
But before that, Aaron moved faster.
He channeled magical energy into his right hand, "Black-White." He pulled it back and circulated it through his body. He released a light attribute aura and filled his body with a heavy attribute aura.
[Chaos Strength: God of Calamity]──[Calamity Steel Body]
Aaron, now completely covered in black, in the next moment, with the sword still stabbed in, pulled his right arm and hugged the [Evil God].
My unique battle technique──[Calamity Overpressure]
A black aura wrapped around only Aaron and the [Evil God] like mist.
"Ugh, uuuuuuh!? Hurry, someone...!!"
The [Evil God] commanded, but the surrounding fake goddesses and Cain's group couldn't attack Aaron.
Both of them hugging might accidentally attack the [Evil God], and besides, magic attacks won't work on Aaron right now. But even if Cain and the others wanted to use [Dragon-Slayer Flash], being so close means there's a high chance the [Evil God] would get hurt too, so they can't use it.
Just after realizing that no one could be saved──the tone of the [Evil God]'s voice changed.
A familiar voice pleaded in Aaron's ear.
"Aaron, please... let go...!! I'm scared...!!"
"────."
Aaron turned his face to look closely at the [Evil God].
But Aaron's eyes, looking back, still held a hard light.
"Fiona doesn't say things like that unless she's in bed."
"~~~~!!! L-Let go of me, you bastard!! D-Do you think you can do this to me!? I'm the only one who can give eternal happiness to all of humanity!!"
"──It's too late."
"────!?"
Right after Aaron cut off the [Evil God]'s words, magical energy gathered behind the [Evil God].
In an instant, a silver-haired little girl, Lucia, appeared.
Lucia raised her right arm toward the back of the [Evil God].
"Do it!! Lucia!!"
"Okay!!"
Right after that, Lucia's right arm lost its shape and bulged out.
A huge mass, mixed with red and gold, was released from her right arm as if separating.
That was the [Evil God]'s right arm.
It was part of Lucia's original body, now infused with Lucia's consciousness.
The red and gold tumor quickly changed shape into tentacles and stabbed into the back of the [Evil God], around the medulla oblongata.
It twitched!! The [Evil God] trembled.
"AH, AAAAAHHHHHH──!!? YOU, YOU'RE TRYING TO INVADE ME...!?"
The tumor burrowed into the [Evil God]'s body.
It was trying to invade that body.
"Do you really think you can do that──!! No way!!"
However, of course, the [Evil God] wouldn't just accept it quietly.
A struggle occurred between Lucia, who was trying to invade the body as tentacles, and the [Evil God], who was rejecting it.
In that battle, the [Evil God] had a clear advantage.
If the [Evil God] could lose control of her body, Lucia would never have been in danger of losing her own body in the first place.
"Disappear, Lucia!! Become a part of me──!!"
Taking advantage of the moment, Lucia, who had been momentarily in the lead, was instead being swallowed by the [Evil God].
In just a few dozen seconds, Lucia's consciousness would completely vanish, and the [Evil God's right arm] would be absorbed by the [Evil God].
However.
Lucia's goal was never to take back control of Fiona's body from the [Evil God].
Just a few seconds would be enough.
To operate the Brain Support Device built within Fiona's body.
That was the only goal.
Lucia used "herself" as a barrier against the [Evil God] and connected to the Brain Support Device with the time she earned.
Then──she operated the [Evil God]'s device, which had the highest management authority in the [God Realm].
With Lucia's prayer and Fiona's will, they momentarily took back control of the [Evil God]'s vocal cords, and words that did not belong to the [Evil God] were spoken.
"Sy, System Call!!!"
That was a request to the [God Realm] system from the highest authority.
And it was the genuine last resort prepared for the worst-case scenario of losing 'Jobs'.
Lucia and Fiona shouted in unison, as if pleading to a real god.
"Request!! Generate a dedicated archetype intelligence for new skill and Jobs creation!!!"
Immediately after, a mechanical voice answered their request in the consciousness of Fiona, Lucia, and the [Evil God].
──Checking for the existence of new skills...
──From the collected skill information, 1,185 skills were confirmed that do not match the Jobs System...
──Among them, only one skill was confirmed to meet the requirements for skill & Jobs creation and new archetype intelligence generation.
──Starting the update of the Jobs System due to the request from the highest authority.
──Systematizing the relevant skill, constructing Jobs and skills...
──Confirming the existence of the Jobs and skill information for the relevant skill in the system. Stopping construction. Using existing information.
──Starting the generation of new archetype intelligence...
──Confirming the self-awareness information for the dedicated archetype intelligence for the skill in the system. Stopping the construction. Approving the use of the existing archetype intelligence's self-awareness information.
──Completion of the generation of the new archetype intelligence, Jobs management god 'Wood Sword God Lucia'.
──...Completed the granting of new Jobs to 71 people who met the requirements for the Jobs System update and new Jobs.
A series of sounds and the system update began and finished in less than one second of real time.
Right after that.
The [right arm] that held Lucia's consciousness regained its form, and the [Evil God] that had absorbed it released an enormous amount of magical energy from its entire body.
"AHHHHHHHHHHH!!! HOW LONG ARE YOU GOING TO KEEP HOLDING ON!! HURRY UP AND LET GO!!!!"
──[God's Body]
And the god-level Storm magic──[God of the Storm, Ninlil]
The [Evil God], with the wind attribute in her body, unleashed a tremendous amount of magical energy, creating a raging storm with incredible force.
"────Ickle!!"
Just before that, Aaron separated himself from the body of the [Evil God] he had been restraining.
He pointed the tip of "Black-White," which he held in his right arm, toward Ickle, who was behind the [Evil God], and wrapped her entire body in an aura released from the sword like a cocoon.
Now, without the [Evil God's right arm] and Lucia, Ickle couldn't use magic. If it had continued like that, the storm would have shattered her completely.
But just in time, Aaron's aura protected Ickle, and they were blown high into the sky, riding the force of Storm.
On the other hand, Aaron was also blown away, pushed back from the [Evil God].
"ENOUGH ALREADY──DIE!!!"
At that moment, a powerful, sharp tornado attacked, capable of turning everything to dust.
Four tornadoes, thin like spears and sharply compressed, caught Aaron's body and swallowed him.
The roar of Storm drowned out all other sounds.
The thick ice on the lake shattered and flew away from the shockwave.
And then──
──Clang!!
All the wind disappeared.
"Ugh... are you still alive...?!"
The [Evil God], whose spear from Storm had been erased, looked forward.
There stood Aaron, in a stance as if he had swung a sword, his arm extended.
However, there was no sword in his hand.
It was clear that Aaron had "cut" Storm's spear. The [Evil God] thought this, but the next moment, she let out a small, "Huh...?"
Countless fake goddesses and Cain scattered across the battlefield.
All of them suddenly lost their forms and turned into countless particles of light, drifting away.
Even though she understood from the situation that not only Storm's spear but also the fake goddesses and Cain had been completely sliced apart by that one strike──she still wondered if Aaron Gale really had such outrageous skill.
"Ah..."
She looked at Aaron, who had slightly lifted his downcast face, and saw his eyes.
"What on earth did Lucia do?!"
Aaron's black eyes were shining with a golden light.
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