am-books Chapter Vol. 1 Ch. 57
Chapter Vol. 1 Ch. 57
The black sphere, or rather the fusion of the fox-girl Mevis and the 【Death Omen Star】, did not pursue Lilya.
The Death Omen Star’s Descent is Mevis’s ultimate trump card. With her special talent, she can draw the invisible and immaterial Death Omen, which exists like a law, into the mortal world by getting as close to “death” as possible.
Mevis has never used this move before, even as a fortunate being chosen by the [Death Omen]. To invoke the resonance of the spirit of death, she must descend as close to death as possible, and even a slight mistake could result in her true death.
Even if successful, harnessing the power of a pseudo god spirit will impose a significant burden on her body, and it will be impossible to use for several years at least.
Although the fox-girl’s own power is not enough, causing the Death Omen Star’s form to exhibit only pseudo god strength when it should have been more potent, in a world where myths have nearly disappeared, she is still an unstoppable force.
However, even after successfully invoking the Death Omen Star’s Descent, representing the power of absolute annihilation, which is inherent to death, Mevis appears to be a young girl who looks like a priest, effortlessly blocking it and even having enough power left to protect others from harm.
Unacceptable, incomprehensible.
This was a strike imbued with the laws of death, and even a mythological being would inevitably be led to eternal death. Why, why did she...?
The consciousness of the 【Death Omen Star】 suddenly thought of “itself” or the scenes Mevis had seen earlier.
Princess Lilya rejected “death,” and even “inevitable death” was resisted by this suddenly appearing girl.
In other words, Lilya’s “fate” had been intervened in by her.
A God... is not a fake, but a True God?
“May I know your name?”
“Hmm? Well, I’m Violet, the one who’s going to knock you down. Remember that.”
The black-haired priestess lady revealed a mouthful of white teeth, and her smile and tone seemed a bit cheeky.
“Violet... Well, if you are a god, then use your power to make me understand!”
“Apocalypse... Resonance!”
The semi-ethereal form of the large eyeball shivered violently, and it seemed like some invisible sound waves spread out in all directions. Wherever it passed, plants withered, the magical energy in the air, and even the ground itself, were instantly killed, plunging into absolute silence.
Then, this power of annihilation swept across Violet’s body.
Five seconds, ten seconds.
Nothing happened. In this several hundred-meter radius of death, the unchanging black-haired girl seemed like an anomaly.
“Oh my?”
Violet, who had been on high alert, was stunned.
Finally, it shot out with a deafening roar!
The black light passed through the rings in the back, and with each pass, new energy fused with it, further reducing its size. It precisely matched the width of the next ring and repeated the previous steps.
In the end, when it emerged from the half-meter diameter miniature black ring, it was only as thick as an adult’s arm.
But it was this fine beam of light that gave Violet her first sense of danger since arriving in this world.
The threshold was exceeded, and it couldn’t be stopped.
If she relied on the passive defense of 【Feather Robe Graria】 and her physical qualities to take the attack head-on as she had done before, she would definitely get hurt.
Moreover, because the damage exceeded the immunity limit, Violet felt for the first time the power contained in the opponent’s attack, the power called “Death.”
It might sound unbelievable, but Violet had encountered similar things, not just once.
This was an “additional effect” that could be attached to certain attacks, apart from regular damage, in the 【Illusory World】.
The one in front of her should be 【Instant Death】.
“Instant Death” was one of the special effects that could be attached to certain attacks in the 【Illusory World】, besides regular damage. There were many similar effects, such as Burn, Freeze, Slow, Confuse, Mana Drain, Healing Prevention, and many more, at least dozens of them.
The effect of 【Instant Death】 was that there was a chance during an attack to ignore the opponent’s health and deliver a one-hit kill. The greater the level difference between the two parties, the higher the probability.
It might sound impressive at first, but in reality, when used, it was just average, and sometimes not as effective as several more common additional effects.
First of all, the probability of triggering 【Instant Death】 against enemies of the same level is very low, generally around 0.2-0.3 percent, and although there’s a probability boost against lower-level targets, does it really matter if it triggers or not on low-level enemies?
Moreover, it has a fatal flaw.
Against enemies much higher in level—around 20 levels or so higher, and against boss-type units, 【Instant Death】 is directly nullified, reduced to dealing a certain fixed amount of true damage.
Even low-level players can weaken 【Instant Death】 through enchantments, passive skills, or equipment that provides resistance, and this applies to other special effects as well.
While Violet wasn’t the type of player who was passionate about player versus player combat, due to the fact that many dungeon bosses and monsters in the game also had similar attack effects, and the 【Illusory World】 was not such that if you didn’t fight, you wouldn’t be attacked by others.
Violet had prepared means to counter status effects early on, learned specific resistance skills, so she wasn’t too afraid of these things.
However, fixed damage couldn’t be avoided, and it wasn’t clear how powerful this attack was. It was better to be cautious in response.
Shaking her head, Violet stopped a certain dragon lady who had been invisible and hidden since earlier, and was now even more eager to jump out and protect her. Violet had a solemn expression as she raised her artifact, the 【Eternal Scepter of the World’s Heart】 and whispered.
With an ethereal and dream-like tone, as if echoing the world.
“I said, let there be light.”
And so, there was light.