My Goddess is Good at Pretending-Chapter 764: The Price of Arrogance

Seeing her sisters lying in hibernation on their shared grand bed, Elysia felt a tinge of guilt. They had overexerted themselves, and she was also on the brink of slumber because of her recent battle with Sera. ƒrēenovelkiss.com

However, she couldn't just pass out because Sera was still waiting for another round of battle with her.

She was still unable to discover what Sera wished to find out from her but to respond to Sera's curiosity, which had calmed down considerably compared to a few days ago, she had to rack her brains to take control of the situation so everything Sera thought about wasn't just about fighting her.

"Sisters, thank you, and please forgive me. Wait for me a little longer." Elysia rose in her spirit form, sending Megami to temporarily replace her by taking over her body.

Even Miko was forced to hibernate, and the girls fell into a relatively messy and uncomfortable position. Seeing that, Elysia moved her finger to put her sisters into a comfortable sleeping position, so they wouldn't feel sore when they woke up later.

Even so, she was fully aware that she shouldn't wake them up from hibernation before she came out of her predicament regarding Sera. Once, she fully recovered and felt safe, she would surely wake them up.

They swore to be with her through thick and thin, but the matter regarding Sera was too much for them. They had already done more than enough. More than this, they would be severely harmed instead.

Given that, she looked up to fortify her soul defense. She didn't want Sera to find her sisters in her soul realm. She even sealed all her private realms and worlds so nothing would be implicated by her battle with Sera.

"I'll handle Sera properly now. Please bless me..." Elysia clasped her hands in prayer.

She soon meditated to recover her strength and stabilize her spiritual power. Sera might instantly revived and return her to her prime condition, but it still put a burden on her body. The fatigue her spirit suffered also did not disappear just like that.

As she thought of a way to handle Sera, she drifted off into a deep slumber.

As for Megami, she maintained countermeasures on the outside to prevent the unexpected, including Sera's prying eyes.

'...' Megami was speechless when she realized that Sera put a heavy surveillance, but thankfully, Sera remained within reasonable limits without even trying to peek past the barrier.

She got awakened temporarily by Elysia, but she possessed no strength for anything right now due to the shared backlash. She was aware what might happen next was very risky because what her true self wished to do was to face Sera alone.

Moreover, the God Mode Fusion and any other buffs had expired, and Elysia had returned to the 14th Rank. If Elysia had to fight Sera once again, it would only be one-sided, not as fierce as before.

Even so, it was Elysia who was being talked about. As the clone, she believed her true self had planned something, and it probably wasn't to accompany Sera in a battle and brawl again.

After all, what happened previously was because of an unexpected incident. Nobody would ever expect Sera to try to pry open the Primogem floating in the middle of Elysia's halo. The Primogem's defense unleashed a sudden counterattack, and it annoyed Sera severely. After that they got attacked by Sera, leaving no time for anything else.

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While Elysia was sleeping on Sera's true body and Sera's avatar went to search for the escaped Sovereign of Abyss, a dark spirit entity emerged out of the void of the depths, drifting secretly to the center of the greatest energy fluctuation in this dim realm.

Helfheim sent his little clone with a fragment of his essence to try to contact the celestial being, the one who fought with the White Goddess just recently in hopes of cooperation.

He did not come empty-handed because he had something that might interest such a celestial being.

Unfortunately, he couldn't find the said celestial being anywhere. Even the White Goddess vanished without a trace. Only the remains of destruction and high-level magic pressure fluctuations remained in this vacuum space.

'The celestial being is clearly hostile to the White Goddess. It was a bad end for her, but she couldn't fall that easily. I can feel she is still alive given her soul mark... Err, the celestial being probably returned to its dimension. I should search for it in the deeper void.' Helfheim's clone muttered in its mind as his intangible form slipped into another void dimension.

He could sense the faint trace of the celestial being, and he followed it to the destination where he could meet the celestial being.

It took him several hours just to find the right dimension, and the celestial being he wanted to meet was apparently asleep. The celestial being wrapped its body up so that it resembled a bright star in general, but he was fully aware that it was not a star.

With confidence, he went closer and spread his aura. "O the celestial being, the ruler of this vast universe, please answer this humble creature's call!"

"You are not a challenger."

The majestic voice boomed like thunder, putting heavy pressure on the strange shadow-like creature who somehow invaded this dimension.

Sera felt a little irritated because the other party came with such arrogance, and she could tell the other party did not come as a challenger because she could not sense a fighting spirit from that weird thing.

She was still so busy observing the sleeping Elysia, and also too preoccupied with watching the Nirvana Abyssal Demons who were currently at war with the shadow beasts through her avatar. And yet, this random lowly being came with such arrogance!

It took her several seconds to realize the weird shadowy creature possessed a similar aura to the Sovereign of Abyss. "How are you still alive?"

It was a simple question, but Sera had another meaning behind it. She honestly felt curious about how that filthy and weak creature could escape from her finisher move.

"Keke, I guess you realized who I really am. I won't fall that easily, you know? I came for a proposal, and I hope you can hear me out, O celestial one." Helfheim took out a divine core as an offering. It might be artificially created, but it should possess the power equivalent to a quarter of Nirvana.

"..." Sera felt the urge to vanquish this arrogant creature into cosmic dust, but she held herself back because she still wanted to discover something.

Although the thing before her was merely a clone, she could use it to track the real body really fast. Her avatar was already prepared to carry out the hunt, but regardless, she wanted to know the intention of this inferior creature. "State your intention clearly."

Seeing the opportunity and chance, Helfheim stated his intention for cooperation, and furthermore, he wished for the White Goddess to be erased for their good sake.

"..." Sera was silent for a moment, not because she was considering anything, but wondering where this inferior filthy thing had the confidence when it had nothing to offer.

That core was something that could barely interest her, and the so-called proposal served no purpose nor benefit to her. Everything was so boring, but she still listened to the end. Yet, when the inferior thing asked her to erase Elysia from existence, she unknowingly already moved to erase the clone from existence instead. "Know your place, filthy, inferior thing."

"Why?! Why did you attack me all of a sudden, Your Excellency!?" Helfheim gasped in surprise, not expecting the previously smooth-sailing negotiation for cooperation to suddenly become his doom. His spiritual clone gradually got consumed by the nihility, and he couldn't undo it no matter what he did.

"This one shall find your true body soon. I hope you can amuse me for a little longer like what she said."

After saying that, Sera opened her void eyes to erase the Sovereign of Abyss. It was just a mere clone, and she recorded its wavelength for her avatar to hunt the real one out there.

As the inferior creature vanished into nothingness, the offered core floated in silence. It emitted nothing, but it possessed an incredible energy worth a mini planet.

Unfortunately, in Sera's eyes, such a tiny fake world core was just like a pebble among a pile of asteroids. She just left it there, not feeling any interest at all.

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Meanwhile, deep in the void in the far reaches of the universe, Helfheim suffered a minor backlash as his clone had just been obliterated.

"Damn it! That celestial being is unreasonable. I thought we could cooperate, but you missed the chance for it. Just wait. You and the White Goddess will be destroyed and devoured by me one day. Just you wait!" Helfheim gritted his teeth in rage.

He prepared himself to flee and hide for several thousand years because he could always come back later to make those who caused him to suffer pay a heavy price.

Yet, an overwhelming presence suddenly emerged behind him. Someone grabbed his head, and he was unable to move, worst of all, he couldn't even use his energy to do anything!

"Oh, I wonder how you will do it. You are just a Tier-5 existence, not even worth a shoe of the one you wish to erase." Sera captured the Sovereign of Abyss within seconds.

To ensure her target couldn't escape, she killed it several times to weaken it, leaving it until it was on the brink of true death with barely any divine power and life force left.

"You... why you, why do this? Who are you? I don't have any grievance with you." Elfheim was mumbled in great grievance, feeling wronged for no reason.

"You never ever expected this one to find you just seconds after you visited me, right? The White Goddess you mentioned is mine. You should never ever think about laying a hand on her, let alone using me." Sera spoke coldly when she sealed the remnant of the Sovereign of Abyss. She smirked and soon vanished from there, returning to her true body to wait for Elysia to wake up.

She knew Elysia would be very surprised because she took a human goddess form. Moreover, she was looking forward to what Elysia would show her. The next round of battle could wait because something that might be interesting had been delayed for quite some time due to her annoyance that caused the previous battle to break out.