Chapter 172

               

That is the ultimate species.

The being at the end of the path of wishes that Ahetta, Master of the Moon, sought to create.

The most brilliant lifeform, the supreme and pure perfected form created by intersecting only the positive aspects of all species.

“The thirteenth ‘Perfected Species’……!”

What exactly are the Twelve Species?

Why are only those twelve species treated specially even within the Abyss?

Simply because they possess great power?

Because they are overwhelmingly superior to other species?

Because they achieved high results in the Species Wars?

None of that is entirely wrong.

But that alone is not why they are called the ‘Twelve Species.’

‘Species that possess the potential to produce transcendents, beings with no limits as a species.’

Even before the Species Wars existed, they held the status of superior species.

From the moment they connected to the Abyss, they displayed overwhelming prowess that made the Lords of the Abyss tremble.

They did not fear war with the demons; rather, the longer the war continued, they grew stronger without limit as if to show limits meant nothing.

And not only that.

All their Species Lords were transcendents.

When they clashed, they inflicted significant damage upon the Abyss itself.

However, the biggest problem was that battles between transcendents created Great Rifts.

Would it make sense if I said over half the Great Rifts created since the Abyss’s inception were caused by battles between transcendents?

Thus, the demons stopped the war.

Because if Great Rifts continued to occur, the Abyss itself would be destroyed.

This was an outcome not even the ‘Great Lords’ desired.

It was the moment the great war for hegemony in the early Abyss came to an end.

After that, the transcendents hid their true forms, and the ‘Species Wars’ emerged to quell everyone’s bloodlust.

But.

‘Stagnant water is bound to rot.’

Knowingly or unknowingly, the Twelve Species are amassing power behind the scenes.

Ahetta knows they are employing all sorts of schemes to become Unique Species.

The reason the thirteenth species has been unable to appear for so long is also because of the ‘Twelve Species.’

Because they thoroughly crush any species with potential in the ‘Species Wars.’

“I…… will ascend to the position of Demon God……!”

Therefore, if he could directly create the 13th species, he would be recognized for his merit and could ascend to the status of Demon God.

He would be able to exert immense influence within the Abyss in one fell swoop.

The epithet ‘Master of the Moon,’ which everyone looked up to, and even the title ‘Night Administrator’ were ultimately just empty shells in the end.

……Because a Demon King is not a Demon God.

The Lords, knowingly or unknowingly, were disregarding him.

Especially those possessing a status above that of a Demon King did not treat Ahetta, Master of the Moon, as an equal.

“‘Archmage’……!!!”

He could have ascended.

His goal was right before his eyes.

If only he had created that creation, that supreme lifeform, himself.

But then, an obstacle appeared.

The Archmage.

That he was able to kill the Dragon God General during the ‘First Night’ was largely due to that guy’s aftermath.
This ill-fated connection also began from that time.

The Second Night need not even be mentioned.

However, even up until then, he wasn’t this threatening.

He thought he could win if he compensated for his weaknesses.

But upon reaching the long-awaited Third Night.

“Did you think a mere human could bring me to ruin?”

He was directly choking the life out of him.

The ‘true sky’ of the Abyss was being devoured in real-time.

The remaining time was barely over an hour.

That Divine Creature’s appetite was absurd to the point of being ridiculous; it would devour the entire territory of the ‘Third Night’ within that time.

No, it was even trying to mercilessly swallow the ‘Super Blue Moon’ as well.

He had never seen a Divine Creature with such a voracious appetite.

A murderous glint flashed in Ahetta’s eyes.

If they weren’t going to deal with him using normal methods.

“……Anubis. If you won’t move, then I will move myself.”

He, too, had no choice but to cross the line.

* * *

The world of the creators, the ‘Creator Community,’ was burning up in real-time.

―A human achieved another Unique Achievement?

―To think they can’t even handle a variable of this magnitude properly.

―Ahetta, this is deeply disappointing.

―Still, the situation of being forcibly terminated due to the influence of the ‘Super Blue Moon’ has been avoided.

―Can he render the ‘Third Night’ ‘invalid’ within 47 hours?

―Given the current state, it seems difficult.

―If I were the Night Administrator, I wouldn’t have made such a stupid mistake.

Every creator clicked their tongues.

Some were seething with rage at Ahetta’s incompetence.

Wasn’t this a situation where, unable to handle a single human variable, he was giving up everything he had?

The investors were also half-giving up.

If they moved carelessly here, they could even lose the Incarnations they had painstakingly nurtured.

It was the correct choice to rather take the compensation and recoup at least a little.

That’s when it happened.

―…Ahetta has opened an additional event.

―If you invest one coin, you unconditionally get double back after 24 hours?

―That’s groundbreaking.

―Does he have confidence in his victory?

―If he loses, he can’t pay it back anyway, right?

―No. There’s quite a bit of time left, isn’t there? The outcome is decided 47 hours later. Even if he loses, it means the human’s ‘rewards’ only occurs after 47 hours have passed.

―Ah, so he intends for our ‘rewards’ to occur before that?

If this was true, it was an incredible event.

One of a level you absolutely couldn’t miss.

As long as the Super Blue Moon is present, Ahetta’s defeat occurs 47 hours later.

If it’s invalidated, it becomes as if it never happened.

Therefore, in both scenarios—defeat or invalidation—it was a perfect opportunity to recover double the investment.

Why did Ahetta open such an event?

……47 hours remained until the Third Night concluded.

But most creators, excluding Ahetta, Master of the Moon, were unaware that the Divine Beast Cygnus was forcibly devouring the territory of the ‘Third Night.’

Naturally, related information had not been shared in the ‘Creator Community’ either.

―Does he intend not to give up his position as ‘Night Administrator’ at least?

―Well, that would be his last lifeline.

―It’s a kind of bribe.

―But even for Ahetta, opening such an event would inevitably lead to bankruptcy.

―Maybe Ahetta’s treasures and coins are more numerous than we imagine.

They thought it was Ahetta’s flattery.

They thought he was distributing bribes, offering bribes to the creators to at least leave him his position as ‘Night Administrator.’

―Shall I invest just a small amount first?

―I’m going all in! Unconditionally double! Anyone who doesn’t take this is a coward!

The reactions were sharply divided.

Zealous investors who didn’t want to miss this chance, and the small-fry ants who felt an inexplicable unease and invested only a small amount.

As numerous creators, unaware this event was a scam, made their investments, ‘Ahetta’ instantly acquired a massive amount of coins.

And then, using all the coins he possessed and the coins he received from investments.

Ding!

《’Ahetta, Master of the Moon’ directly incarnates in the ‘Third Night’!》

He had completely crossed the line.

* * *

Park Chanwoo realized.

‘Whenever I try to erase the death sentence, the remaining time decreases.’

The remaining time was continuously decreasing.

Moreover, it was on a completely different scale compared to when he used the ‘World Tree’s Fruit’ before.

When he tried to erase it using the Outer God’s wish, it decreased by a much larger margin.

Remaining time: 400 days.

If he failed to reach Level 1 within that time, he would face absolute death.

‘The outline is becoming clear.’

However, if he hadn’t used the death sentence, he wouldn’t have been able to annihilate the Eternal Outer God.

Also, because of that, he had learned some facts.

The death sentence.

This was something even above the Outer God’s wish, something more powerful than the Outer God itself.

Of course, he had some understanding of it.

‘It is the death that occurred due to the effects of returning by rewinding time. The initially set 500-day period was right after the second Species War… around the time I obtained the Sealed Demon God’s Grail.’

Regression itself is originally impossible.

Just selling the future and starting from Level -99 could never have fully accounted for the price.

That absolute death must also have been one of the costs.

That’s why.

He was somewhat confident that he could use this ‘death sentence’ to significantly affect the ‘Eternal Outer God.’

Because he thought it was related to regression, or the Sealed Demon God’s Grail.

The problem was that the ‘death sentence’ was far more powerful than he had thought.

Who would have thought it could completely annihilate even the Eternal Outer God.

Park Chanwoo shook his head.

There was a more important problem right now.

“Anubis!”

The Commander of Death.

Park Chanwoo spoke Anubis’s name.

Before he knew it, it was a situation where Anubis and Boksil were confronting each other.

Upon exiting the temple, Boksil walked out on her own towards Anubis, who was waiting for him.

Boksil was in a state where she had absorbed a portion of the Eternal Outer God and its flesh.

It seemed as if she had sucked in the very ‘Origin of Life’ itself.

Thus, she had grown significantly.

A form similar to Anubis before he became a monster.

But she was positioned as a brilliant Anubis composed of particles of light.

And the moment he faced Boksil, Anubis stopped.

The monster that seemed only bent on destroying the world stopped as if lying.

The reason was simple.

“Remember. The fact that child is your own.”

…Because Boksil is that Anubis’s child.

Initially, Boksil revealed himself inside a box emanating death.

Thanks to the luck of ‘Easter Egg (001),’ she transformed brilliantly, but originally, she was death itself, no different from Anubis.

He had thought it was strange.

Why Anubis was inside that box.

“Didn’t you hide him in the box? To be liberated from Ahetta, from that temple of death!”

Now he thought he understood.

No, he was certain.

Because.

《’Radiant Anubis, Boksil’ traces through her memories.》

《’The Radiant Mage’s Stone’ unfolds Anubis’s memories.》

《The two Anubis synchronize their souls.》

Boksil had recognized him from the very beginning.

Moreover, the wisdom contained within the ‘Mage’s Stone’ confirmed that their souls were identical.

He had hidden him in the box on purpose.

If Ahetta knew Anubis had a child, he would have undoubtedly used him to create the ‘strongest species.’

Grrk, Grrrk!

Anubis made strange noises and trembled all over.

Even though he should have lost his reason, he was forcibly reviving it.

‘Just a little more.’

Tears flowed from Anubis’s eyes.

He was clearly reacting.

If he could revive just a little more emotion, a little more memory like this, he could end the ‘Third Night’ without a major battle.

But.

Crack!

In an instant, Anubis twisted his body.

Grooooooan!

And above him, the sky of the Abyss tore apart.

“……Ahetta.”

―Ar..ch..ma..ge.

Ahetta, Master of the Moon, had appeared in person.