"Which choice prevents Clentine from dying?" I asked.
Godfrey paused. "Well, the choice that benefits us, of course. You’re in our territory, and if you choose to side with the humans? Well... you’ll be killed alongside your lover."
Right.
"Then I choose the demons. Now call off every single person who’s after Clentine. Tell them to go back."
I didn’t want to make this choice.
But given the circumstances, I did not have much of a choice to begin with.
It was a nightmare... a never-ending nightmare that I couldn’t escape, no matter how much I tried.
Should I just... unleash all my Divine Energy and wipe this whole realm off the map?
"That can be arranged," Godfrey said.
Then he snapped his fingers, causing a small thread of energy to escape his fingertips and fly away. I followed that thread of energy as best as I could, and thankfully, it reached the Demon Kings who were monitoring Clentine.
There was one Demon Emperor too, and he seed to get the ssage as well. I was relieved, expecting this nightmare to finally end.
Yet through this connection that my Mystic Eyes had established, I was able to hear a few words from the Demon Emperor that made my body freeze imdiately.
"It’s done. Kill her."
My Mystic Eyes cut out, and I was once again back in my body, staring at Godfrey’s nonchalant figure.
"Let’s go finalize your transformation, and then you’ll get a little more freedom," he said.
But I wasn’t having it.
Rage flashed through my eyes as my demonic horns grew larger and larger. Eventually, they were several tis their original size.
"You’ve gone back on your deal, Godfrey."
"Hm? I never gave you a promise. I rely told you what would be in your best interests for your own survival," Godfrey replied.
Haa...
No.
That’s enough.
This could just be bait to make use my power.
But what choice did I have left?
Overpower him with just my regular Gifts and my current state of power alone? That was impossible, especially since the whole city was guarded.
I’d be dead before I could even do anything.
So despite my wishes once more... I decided to go with the reckless route.
The route that didn’t ensure my survival.
That route was none other than my awakening.
Ti seed to slow down considerably as my consciousness floated into my Mind Realm. It was as peaceful as ever inside it. Though, because of the fragnt I had brought in here a few minutes ago, there were so broken structures.
It sucked, sure. But at the end of the day, what I was really aiming for was the purple rose containing a very small chunk of my Divine Energy.
I approached it and grabbed it by its roots, pulling it out. Then I imagined a giant bubble forming right beside the bubble which contained all of my regular energy. I made the bubble much larger... if anything, it was nearly 10x as large as my regular energy bubble.
And once I was done, I made the tough decision to directly make a connection to the realm where all my Divine Energy was stored, causing a spatial crack to manifest in front of . However, instead of allowing the Divine Energy to freely spew out into my Mind Realm, I brought the Divine Energy bubble over the spatial crack.
Finally, I stopped trying to suppress the Divine Energy from escaping that realm. Bit by bit, the purple energy began to flow out. As for the rose in my hand, it wilted away and turned to dust.
Yet I didn’t mind it, as I just continued to stare at the bubble being filled to the brim with Divine Energy. Minutes, hours... days, and even weeks passed. I couldn’t tell, but maybe it had already been a month?
Eventually, the spatial crack closed by itself, and the bubble of Divine Energy that was 10x the size of my regular energy now rested in the sky of my Mind Realm.
And to think this wasn’t even all of the Divine Energy I had...
More like 1/10th?
This wouldn’t even count as a full awakening, but I was certain that with this much energy, I’d be able to easily escape Helheim and save Clentine.
So when I made sure the bubble of Divine Energy was powerful enough to hold the Divine Energy and not shatter, I finally opened my eyes.
Everything felt different. My body... my senses. Even the way I perceived ti and focused on my Gifts. Everything seed to be sharper and more defined. Not to ntion, I felt like with a single use of Telekinesis with Divine Energy, I could uproot half of this continent in an instant.
Was that too much?
Heh.
Whatever.
It wasn’t like it mattered.
I raised my hand and inspected my far sturdier body. Then I used my Mystic Eyes and arrived in front of Clentine in an instant, realizing that the fight had already started. That was why I returned to where I was and glanced at Godfrey.
He didn’t seem to realize what had just happened.
But he didn’t need to.
I was sure he wasn’t the only person who was responsible for my suffering.
So I decided to cut him so slack.
And I did so by completely abandoning my regular energy reserves. Instead, I allowed the Divine Energy to flow freely through my body, numbing my senses and dulling my emotions.
It was... soothing, calming even.
So calming, in fact, that when I focused just a tiny bit of my Divine Energy onto Godfrey’s neck, I wasn’t able to control my strength and shattered his neck.
I tried to bring my energy back, but all that managed to do was rip his spine out. As his spine hung out of his body, I saw how quickly he was trying to regenerate and attack , but every single attack he threw at was weak.
Very weak...
Was this really a Demon Emperor?
No...
I didn’t care either way.
With a single thought, he vanished from my sight. As for his spine, it remained in my grasp, solidified and appearing like a katana.
And just like a katana, I decided to slash the wall in front of and escape.
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