Endless Journey: Infinite Realms

Chapter 496 My friend, which is the friend of my enemy, is my what now?

Chapter 496 My friend, which is the friend of my enemy, is my what now?

TIME LEFT UNTIL SIERRA SUCCEEDS ON HER POSSESSION: 14 MINUTES 55 SECONDS

Like a fireworks display exploding with all their might, the sky above the Four Moons World became decorated with explosions, as the space fleet of the Cosmic Guard got decimated by the Emperor’s latest attack.

No matter what the mother ship and all its ally ships did, the golden blade was impossible to stop. It just tore through the ships’ metallic hull like they were paper, creating destruction everywhere.

As pieces of destroyed metal and dead bodies began floating on space, the remaining undestroyed ships did not linger any longer.

Like rabbits scurrying away from a wolf, the undestroyed ships began flying away from the Four Moons World, leaving only a laughing Emperor Litch who looked highly pleased with what he had seen.

"Destroying 90% of the Alpha Squad with one attack is already good. I wonder what will happen if I attack these escapes one more time? Will someone still survive from them?" The Emperor mused, although he did not do anything to attack the ones who escaped. "Ah never mind, I guess letting a few rats run is better than lynching them all..."

"Oi, now that you had fun with those asshole space police, why don’t you start doing what you’re supposed to do?" Malthus the Demon said in a complaining tone, which seemed to be right, as Emperor Litch looked like he was about to be idle again. "Instead of wasting your time staring at space, why don’t you destroy that renegade World Soul? You can see that its possessing this world, right?"

Malthus was pointing his finger at Sierra’s Soul as he said these words, making his message sound clear. He wants Emperor LItch to end whatever Sierra was doing, something that is tactically sound considering the current situation.

After all, preventing Sierra from finishing her task is better than being affected by her once she succeeded(Prevention is always better than cure).

But instead of complying to Malthus’ advice, Emperor LItch only shook his head. He then placed his index finger on his lower lip, with his eyes having a half-closed appearance. The Emperor seemed to be making a ’keep quiet gesture’, a move that made those who saw him confused.

"Malthus, whatever this World Soul is doing is something that I don’t loathe. In fact, I actually encourage this World Soul to succeed. After all, this World Soul will benefit me in the long run..." Emperor LItch muttered as he raised his hand. "So Malthus, my answer to your request is no."

"What the hell? But once this World Soul succeeds on possessing this Four Moons World, it might be able to use its Laws against you! Once that happens, its game over for you! Remember, that World Soul is Alex’s new ally. Are you really sure that you want someone like this World Soul getting this kind of power?"

"Malthus, do you take me for an idiot?"

"You are an Emperor, so I don’t think you are an idiot. But you are making a wrong move here, so just-"

"Whatever I want to do in this place is my own choice. You don’t get to order me around, and you don’t get to demand things like this to me!"

"Boom!"

Before Malthus could explain himself more, Emperor Litch did not wait for him to talk more. The Emperor averted his gaze away from Malthus as the former raised his left hand.

Here on the Emperor’ left hand, a small, crystalline orb filled with Soul Power began to pulse

As this crystalline orb appeared, Sierra’s Soul began to beat in rhythmic pattern, making it appear as if the orb had provoked a reaction on her.

This beating just continued to intensify as the orb continued to pulse with more and more Soul Power.

Eventually, it reached the point where the orb and Sierra’s Soul began to beat in synchrony, making them appear like two hearts beating at the same time.

The sneer on the Emperor’s face turned into a fond one as he released the crystalline orb into the air, with the peaceful atmosphere on him making him look like a sage.

"Woosh~"

Like a magnet attracted by metals, the crystalline orb began flying straight towards Sierra’s Soul. There was no obstacle that stopped the orb form moving, which led to it arriving on Sierra in a few seconds.

"Bloop!"

The orb then shattered into millions of glass fragments, each one filled with ungodly amounts of Soul Power too. These fragments did not fall to the ground or scatter into the air like dust.

"Shula!"

Instead, they all bore themselves on Sierra’s Soul, which was unable to stop them from moving.

Alex and Golden Alex can only watch as millions of Soul Power pockets were supplied on Sierra’s Soul, with the receiver seemingly happy with that happened.

"Oh... so that orb is just an amalgamation of Soul Power. A thing like that... is a good treat for any World Souls, especially for those that are tired or hungry..." Alex thought to himself as Sierra writhed in delight as she ’ate’ more and more of the orb’s fragments. "In the memories that I devoured I knew that Emperor Litch had something like this. I just did not expect him to be this proactive on using it..."

After she had her ’fill’, Sierra’s Soul began to display luminous colors, with each color papering to represent a change in her body. This display was accompanied by more vigorous shaking from her body, resulting in massive earthquakes that shook the world.

Her Soul, which was around halfway through its fusion with the Four Moons World, had advanced by multiple steps with the help form the supplied Soul Power.

From 50%, Sierra’s soul was now 95% fused with the Four Moons World, which drastically reduced the time that she needed in order to possess the Four Moons World!

From 14 minutes and 55 seconds, Sierra now only needed to spend 1 minute in order to succeed on her possession!

Such change on her possession requirement was so great, that even Alex found himself suprised upon seeing this.

"Hoho, so Emperor LItch also knows about the Legacy Weapon of the Infernal Monarch. But just like me, he cannot get it, since this Legacy Weapon is tied directly to the Four Moons World." Alex thought to himself with schadenfreude while shaking his head. "If he wants to obtain it, then he must first find a way to make the Four Moons World give the legacy to him. And the only way that he can do that is by letting this World gain its sentience!"

"Of course since the Four Moons World is an artificial world, making it gain sentience on its own is almost impossible, especially with the moons suppressing it.... " Alex thought to himself more as he saw Emperor LItch looking at his direction. "Oh, and even if Emperor LItch destroys these moons and attempts to have a World Soul possess this world, it is impossible for him to succeed too, as it is hard to find a World Soul that will possess the Four Moons World willingly for him..."

"Well, that might be the reason why he did not do anything else to get the Legacy Weapon of the Infernal Monarch. Since there’s no way for him to succeed, the only thing that he can just do was wait." Alex added as he let out a wary smile. "He just have to wait for me and the other Travelers to arrive here before making his new move. Who knows, maybe we can give him a solution to his problems..."

"And that’s exatly what we did. We stupid f**ks actually allowed Sierra to possess this World, a situation that is favorable to Emperor Litch!" Golden Alex was the one who spoke up at this point, with this voice filled with intense irritation and hopelessness. "We actually played right into the Emperor’s hands! Not only did we allow ourselves to be suppressed, we even gave the Emperor the chance to get our target item! Argh! These things should only happen with idiots! This should not have happened with u-"

"Huh? Why are you that worried, Golden Alex? Do you really think it’s the end just because Emperor LItch is using Sierra to his advantage?" Alex suddenly said, cutting off Golden Alex’s rant. "Do you really think I am an idiot who will allow the filthy Emperor to take advantage of me?"

"What? So does that mean that you knew that Emperor Litch is planning something like this?"

"I hate to say this, but Emperor LItch and I are highly alike." Alex replied in a weird tone. "Our bodies are completely identical, while our slyness knows no bounds. Not only that, but I also have half of the Emperor’s memories."

"..."

"With these things in my arsenal, it makes me know and understand the Emperor’s mindset, especially when he thinks of a plan." Alex added as he began to giggle. "At the moment that I knew what the Legacy Weapon of the Infernal Monarch was, I already knew what Emperor Litch will plan to do. I knew that he will be waiting for an opportunity to fall on his hands, and that he will do everything that he can to use that opportunity to his advantage!"

"Wait, so when you knew that Emperor LItch was waiting for an opportunity, instead of hiding Sierra, you still used her to possess the Four Moons World? Original, isn’t that just you helping the Emperor?" Golden Alex hissed as he found himself unable to understand Alex. "Why did you do that, when you knew that it will help the Emperor out? Are you out of your mind?"

"Hehehe, Sierra’s appearance might be a boon for Emperor Litch, but little did he know that I have something special waiting for him once Sierra succeeds on her possession..." Alex replied with confidence, making Golden Alex furrow his brows in confusion. "So don’t worry Golden Alex. I still have this situation under my control. All that we just have to do is wai-"

"Now that this World Soul is doing her job, I think it’s time for me, the Great Emperor LItch, to clean out all the weeds..." Emperor Litch suddenly said, making both Golden Alex and Alex stop speaking as they refocused their attention on him. "Hohoho, there’s a lot of weeds that I can see here... I wonder which one I should uproot first..."

"Oh s**t! Original, the Emperor is about to-"

"There’s only less than a minute of time left before the World Soul finishes her possession. Hmm... what can I do again within 1 minute? Oh right, I can kill all of your allies, clone!" Emperor Litch began to cackle at this point, with his golden sword gleaming like a star. "I hope you have something special hidden with you right now, clone. Because this next minute shall be the worse one of your whole life!"