Reincarnated With A Glitched System: Why Is My MP Not Running Out? Chapter 1784: The Fourth Great Spirit’s Name

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As everyone plumted through the labyrinth to reach its deepest part as quickly as possible, Silvia glanced at Khepri, who clung tightly to her arm to avoid being separated during the fall.

"Silvia, did we have to just jump? Can’t we fly down there like normal people?" Khepri asked, peering downward. "This place is at least... It’s like five hundred ters deep! How deep did these damned ants dig?"

"Heh, nah, this is more efficient! The deeper we get, the more we can sense the strong forces down there. I think there’s not just a single boss but many," Silvia explained. "Good thing our group is big too!"

"But even so... Ugh, we’ve grown plenty strong lately, so I guess it shouldn’t be too hard to handle, right?" Khepri asked. "Though, those energies are only getting stronger. What the hell is she doing? Why is this happening?"

As Silvia heard her friend sigh, she realized Khepri must be talking about the culprit behind everything, the one commanding the ants all along.

Fornax.

"Do you rember anything about her, Khepri?" Silvia asked. "Is it really okay to fight her? Maybe we can talk it out?"

"With Fornax?" Khepri wondered. "I don’t have many mories of her. She was always the most silent, the one who talked the least."

"Really?" Silvia was surprised to learn such in-depth, personal information about such a being. "Do you want to... Are you willing to take her down?"

"I don’t know," Khepri sighed. "But just like with Euro, that’s no longer the Fornax I knew. Without her mories, and after thousands of years of growing distorted, she has fused with the ant queen she parasitized and beco sothing else. She’s even developing a powerful divinity. She’s probably stronger than Tethys, I bet. And how many innocent people has her swarm killed over thousands of years for sustenance?"

Silvia sighed, looking down. "Is there really nothing we can do? Maybe if we find her ornants..."

"That would only make her stronger. Finding the ornants won’t just change them forever or suddenly make them good people," Khepri explained. "Even if I try to inject my mories into her, that might only confuse her more and make her mad at . In that mont, she could kill us."

"But the ornants! If we could find them, then like you, we could help her—" Silvia tried to speak, but Khepri quickly interrupted.

"Silvia, rember how I didn’t gain all my mories, and I’m still pretty confused about my past even with all my ornants? It would be the sa with her. In fact, it’s even more impossible to find such pieces, as I can’t detect those from others. Giving her insight into where they might be will only worsen the situation. You have to think about all these variables, Silvia. Life isn’t so easy. Sotis, just asking for forgiveness or trying to talk things out won’t solve anything," Khepri said, speaking with maturity.

Despite her usual attitude, Khepri was indeed soone her age, soone who had lived for tens of thousands of years, and Silvia realized that now.

"I’m sorry. I thought I could give you good ideas to cheer you up. I honestly didn’t want to kill her if she was your friend," Silvia said.

"You don’t have to. There’s everyone else here. I’m sure Aquarina’s parents could take care of her," Khepri said. "We’ll need to handle the generals protecting her, though."

"Hmm..." Silvia nodded, holding Justicio’s hand as he continued panicking during their fall. "Are you really okay with this? Please tell the truth, what you really want, Khepri."

"I..." Khepri muttered, falling silent for a mont. "I just want everyone to survive here, and the Oasis people... Fornax was a companion, but I’ve made up my mind. She’s grown corrupted and turned into a monster, perhaps unwillingly. The one we’re going to face now is a different being altogether. It’s not like or Tethys, where we kept our personalities and part of our identities. She’s beco twisted into sothing completely alien."

"I see," Silvia nodded. "I understand, Khepri. Let’s fight with everything we’ve got. At the very least, if we can’t revert her, let’s help her pass away in peace, no longer as a monster."

"Yeah. Fornax wouldn’t have liked to be what she is now. The monster she’s transford into isn’t Fornax anymore either," Khepri said, gritting her mandibles. "We’re going to free her from that monster. Let’s think like that."

"Hm!" Silvia nodded.

"We’re approaching the ground, get ready!" Nepheline’s roar echoed from below.

CRAAASH!

As Nepheline and Shade landed on the ground, a loud rumble reverberated. Countless cracks spread around them, forming a small crater.

And then...

RUMBLE!

Aquarina reached the ground, shattering the floor even more. She looked down, slightly worried.

"The floor isn’t going to break into pieces, right?" she asked.

"A-Aquarina, can you please let down?" Agua muttered, fidgeting her arms, her face close to Aquarina’s. "It’s embarrassing."

"Ah! Right, sorry..." Aquarina felt embarrassed too, her face reddening as she let go of Agua. She couldn’t help but find Agua very adorable sotis, though for her, Sylphy was even cuter.

"No, it’s alright. Thank you for bringing down!" Agua smiled. "Ah, Quetzal just found the second ornant and is moving quickly to the third. I hope we don’t take too long."

"Yeah, we might need his help," Aquarina nodded, watching Silvia and Justicio land on the ground too. "Alright! You guys ready?"

"Yeah!" Silvia and Justicio said in unison, walking toward Aquarina, her parents, and Agua.

The group was finally assembled once more, all six of them. Nepheline and Shade faced a giant, blazing gate that led to the deepest part of the labyrinth.

"So the flas here weren’t turned off, huh?" Nepheline asked.

"I suppose whatever awaits us on the other side is much stronger. Get ready," Shade said.

As Aquarina and her friends nodded, Nepheline punched the door open, shattering it into pieces.

BOOOM!

What awaited them on the other side were five imnsely powerful beings.

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