FVN Chapter 41
Chapter 41
Embed the Goddess's token in the deepest part of the Holy Kingdom.
This was a direct request from the Goddess herself, and Eliserde believed that this token was the key to resolving everything. It might not be the perfect solution, but it was an essential step toward achieving that perfect resolution.
"This way!" Ellie called out as she ran, answering the Saint's summons.
The massive chamber of the Holy Kingdom. The Saint's divine light illuminated the dark interior, lighting the path ahead.
A deep rumbling echoed through the chamber. Even at this very moment, something unsettling was happening outside. It had only been about 20 seconds, but the waves of energy she felt seemed to overlap dozens of times per second, making her realize there was an immense difference in the passage of time between Jörmungandr and herself.
What she felt as one second might feel like an hour to him.
Moreover, the fact that Jörmungandr was causing such a commotion meant he was undoubtedly engaged in battle.
That made her run even faster, determined not to waste a single second.
The Saint, as if knowing where they needed to go, hastened her pace. With each step she took, a white divine light blossomed beneath her feet, driving away the darkness.
[Groooaaah...]
A monster emerged from the darkness. Its flesh rotting, its jagged teeth hanging in shreds.
It was a ghoul, mindlessly charging forward.
But it wasn’t a significant threat. Before Ellie could even draw the dagger she carried, the ghoul disintegrated upon contact with the Saint’s divine light.
"Run faster!"
"Yes!"
As they drew closer to the center, the surrounding darkness grew thicker.
Even the Saint’s divine light began to wane, so Ellie unleashed the divine power given to her by Jörmungandr.
A soft blue divine light radiated from her hand, pushing back the darkness and repelling the advancing undead.
How long had they been running? In the center of the Holy Kingdom, on a dark altar, a shape emerged that was perfectly suited to the token.
"There it is!" the Saint shouted.
There was no time to hesitate.
Eliserde immediately ran forward, reaching out to embed the token in the altar.
And at that moment...
[Grrrrr...]
A monster hiding in the pitch-black darkness behind the altar revealed itself.
It was a massive, stitched-together lump of flesh, as if it were a patchwork of countless corpses.
The creature extended a huge hand toward her.
If she continued on this path, she would be struck by it.
The moment she realized this...
Boom!
A powerful flash of light blasted the monster's body away.
"Thank you!" Ellie exclaimed as she embedded the pure white token into the altar.
White light erupted from the altar, following the engraved patterns of divine symbols.
A brilliant beam shot up, piercing the sky.
A massive pillar descended.
It was larger than anything Jörmungandr had ever seen, falling towards the Holy Kingdom.
Wrapped in a black, ominous aura, just looking at it made one feel uneasy.
It was so colossal that he initially thought it was a pillar, but it wasn’t.
[It’s a finger.]
It was a finger.
The gigantic column that filled the sky was nothing more than the Demon God’s finger.
It felt as if the laws of physics had been twisted. The sight of a finger that large, falling toward the Holy Kingdom—or rather, the planet—was surreal.
Everything had fallen into place.
He had battered the remnant enough that the Demon God couldn’t manifest his true form, nor could he gain the time or strength to do so.
And thanks to the token sent by the Goddess, they had severed the finger and restored the ruined Holy Kingdom.
Now it was his turn.
It seemed the Goddess hadn’t worried about the aftermath of that enormous finger falling.
That was natural.
If the massive finger were to fall, the Holy Kingdom would be completely destroyed.
Instead of obliterating the finger with the beam of light, she had closed the portal, allowing the finger to fall.
As if even that finger...
Was planned as part of something larger.
Jörmungandr chuckled.
It didn’t matter whether the Goddess had orchestrated this situation or not.
What mattered to him was...
His greed now desired that finger.
Jörmungandr’s size grew.
Beyond his original limits, his enormous form stretched across the horizon.
A new sun rose.
As divine energy radiated from his gigantic body, it was as if another sun had appeared in the world.
The largest sun, burning away all unholy things, was about to devour it.
[Thank you for the meal.]
And that was the end.
The massive calamity that filled the sky was nothing more than a single bite for the serpent that coiled around the planet, swallowing its tail.
The finger vanished.
He felt it writhing inside him, but it was futile.
Jörmungandr’s body coiled tightly.
In an instant, his stomach, which corresponded to an interdimensional space, expanded into a vast subspace.
An interdimensional space that swallowed everything.
Not even a god’s finger was an exception.
The Demon God’s finger thrashed about.
It unleashed its terrifying aura, transforming into monstrous beings, each capable of destroying the world. But even those creatures were caught in the subspace and their existence was erased.
How much time had passed?
Was it countless eons, or a mere fraction of a second?
Within that time...
The Demon God’s finger had long since been completely obliterated.
Jörmungandr felt a deep sense of satisfaction.
How long had it been since he last felt such fullness? The tangy taste of the demonic energy reminded him of drinking cola.
At the same time...
Jörmungandr felt his body becoming cramped.
As if his body was trapped in a narrow, confined space.
[Shed my skin again, huh?]
Once more...
The giant serpent had grown.