Chapter 1647: Chapter 374: Beta

“Quiet——!”

The voice of the chief priestess of the Goddess Temple rang out in the square, outside the temple, the fighters from the Sanctuary stood tall in neat formation… In front of the temple, Gold, Silver, and Bronze stood in their respective ranks.

This would be the most solemn ceremony in the Sanctuary over the past decade.

The majesty of the goddess pervaded the square. Accompanied by the announcement of the chief priestess, the new Crane Constellation, clad in sacred white robes, finally appeared on the square.

Lamias was among the crowd at this moment. She did not have the privilege to stand at the forefront, but was lucky enough to find herself in a good spot with a decent view… It was a guard who led her to this place, claiming it was Musa’s intention.

Lamias did not refuse… Anyway, she agreed, and her body showed no signs of disappearing, suggesting it was an allowed behavior.

In fact, if there was a risk of disappearing at any moment, Lamias was less worried… At least she could know in advance what she did that would cause her future self to not exist, which essentially served as a layer of security.

But perhaps there was another possibility for greater assurance of her existence in the future… That would be if she were destined to die directly in this era.

If she died in this era and did not do anything that could change major events in the future, being a person who was dispensable in history and even unrecorded, it would probably have no significant impact on the future… Perhaps even no impact at all.

She tightened her clothes, possibly due to the chill of the early morning — but she actually already possessed fighting spirit, with a physical condition beyond human limits, obviously she should not be afraid of the early morning chill.

“Really don’t feel that way anymore…”

Lamias silently watched below the square, as with a few temple maidens surrounding, dressed in sacred white, slowly walked towards the goddess’s [yarn], suddenly feeling a strange sensation.

In her impression, this mysterious girl seemed more wild… But at this moment, dignified like a Holy Maiden, it really made Lamias unable to adapt.

——Pretend!

Lamias shook her head and withdrew her gaze disappointedly, then her glance went back and forth in front of the temple, subconsciously searching for the figure of Musa.

Though Musa firmly believed she was his younger sister Maya’s reincarnation… Yet for Lamias, this matter still needed verification… Even if she vaguely felt in her heart that it might be true.

Knowing is one thing, naturally accepting is another.

If she couldn’t return to her original era and could only live in this era where the gods were in turmoil, would relying on Musa’s side be a better way to live?

If she never found the person she needed to find…

At this moment, Musa, solemnly standing in front of the temple, suddenly looked towards Lamias… Lamias was startled in her heart, the superhuman perception of this man really commanded respect.

She quickly collected her thoughts, quietly observing everything at the moment like everyone on the square.

Finally, when the new Crane Constellation reached the steps in front of the temple, with the brilliance released from the temple, the goddess of the Sanctuary, the lady of Mount Olympus gathering wisdom, purity, possessing great divine authority, slowly emerged.

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Nero looked up at the figure slowly emerging on the steps, the sacred face suddenly seemed to collapse, “Tsk, purple long hair disappointing…”

The temple maidens around suddenly froze, as if hearing something, subconsciously looking at Sir Crane Constellation Silver, but saw that this gentleman’s image was dignified without flaw, causing doubt in their hearts.

“Crane Constellation, yarn… Audience before the goddess!”

The temple’s chief priestess raised her voice again.

Nero naturally raised the long white skirt and walked up the steps towards the temple entrance… The goddess above, silently gazing at Nero’s arrival.

This was the quietest moment on the temple square, everyone concentrated silently, fearing to make a sound and desecrate the goddess’s majesty.

Finally, Nero arrived before the goddess, three meters away… On either side, twelve Gold stood straight like long spears, a small area seemingly condensed with the pressure of a big mountain.

Nero stood quietly, without a heartbeat, without fear.

At this moment, a temple maiden came to the goddess with a plate in her hands, which held a mask… The goddess reached out and raised the mask.

“This mask will accompany you for life, representing the purity and glory of Silver… Come to my side, I will wear it on you.”

Nero nodded, took a few steps forward in everyone’s gaze… About to approach the goddess’s presence, but she suddenly stopped.

This caused the ceremony to halt, some changes in the gaze of the Gold, the chief priestess hastily said: “Sir Yarn, step forward!”

“I have a question.” Nero suddenly spoke.

The voice wasn’t loud, but the surrounding Gold could hear, some powerful fighters below the steps could also vaguely hear — the goddess, how could she not hear?

She was right before her, close at hand.

“What is it?” The goddess asked indifferently.

Nero thought and said, “According to the rules of the Sanctuary, after wearing this mask, I can no longer marry? But what if I want to get married? If the man who removes my mask, I don’t like, and I can’t kill him, what should I do? I can’t let myself suffer!”

Shock… shock dropping a jaw on the ground— even with the knowledge of the twelve Gold, there was a hint of open mouth at this moment.

The goddess might have never thought, someone would question like this in such a ceremony… But the shock lasted only a moment, as a god, her thoughts were endless every second, even this shock was difficult to discern.

“If you wish to have love, you can wait until retirement,” the goddess said indifferently, “The Sanctuary does not restrict the retirement of Saint Fighters.”

“Huh?” Nero blinked his eyes, “It’s not life-long then? Won’t my retirement benefits decrease? I’m quite puzzled by this too!”

“New Crane Constellation, do not be impudent before the goddess!” A deep voice came.

Among the twelve golds, Nero saw one who had just spoken… With a slightly angry expression, Nero stuck out his tongue at this gold, “Obviously, you don’t have any womanly charms; not standing up for me and gaining some goodwill, you deserve to be single!”

“You…” The gold who was criticized gritted his teeth, initially just discontent, but now with true anger in his eyes.

How could the golds have imagined someone would act recklessly at such a ceremony?

The inheritance ceremony of the silver is no child’s play, especially since it is a ceremony hosted by the goddess herself, which is a supreme honor… But such an unexpected situation was clearly unforeseen by everyone.

The goddess, whose thoughts were a thousand-fold for a moment, also fell silent… The goddess looked at Nero, still retaining that expression free from earthly desires, neither happy nor angry, just calm.

The goddess then slightly gestured for the somewhat irritable golds to calm down, and then she looked at Nero and said, “Come before me, and I will answer your queries.”

Nero furrowed her brows but still walked over, completely reaching the presence of the goddess… entirely close.

At that moment, Nero suddenly revealed a bright smile, but her palm simultaneously held a murderous intent… A black dagger suddenly appeared.

“How dare you!”

In an instant, more than five golds simultaneously burst forth with terrifying fighting spirit… Five golds together moved, intending to apprehend Nero.

The new Cranes Constellation dared to draw a weapon for assassination during her audience with the goddess, almost instantaneously blew apart the minds of the golds!

Unfortunately, the new Cranes Constellation was too close to the goddess!

In the moment of shock and fear for the striking golds, the new Cranes Constellation did something that shocked everyone again—the dagger, which should have pierced the goddess, was raised high at this time.

“I want to report!” Raising the dagger aloft, Nero shouted loudly, “There is a gold who threatens me, wanting me to kill the goddess during the ceremony!”

Fists, palms, even weapons… The striking golds stopped by force—slow for a moment, these fists, palms, or even weapons would have blown the new Cranes Constellation’s head apart!

“What did you say?” The goddess frowned.

When Nero took out the dagger, she did not fear… Although merely a wisp descending from Mount Olympus onto the mortal realm, there is an insurmountable gap between gods and mortals, and the goddess was not afraid of an assassination.

But the dagger in Nero’s hand faintly exuded an ominous fragrance… the fragrance of the Underworld.

“I’m reporting, it’s him!” Nero shouted loudly at this time, “It’s him! He threatened me that if I didn’t do this, he would enlist me under him, tie me with chains, and then torture me daily with a brush made from black mountain goat eyelashes! He also wanted me to wear sanctity and kneel to serve him! It’s him!”

“You… you, you’re lying!!”

The gold pointed out by Nero was remarkably the one who initially spoke angrily at Nero… being pointed at fiercely by Nero, this gold felt a chill run up his spine!

Regardless of the truth of this matter, even though it’s clear to anyone it’s a false accusation, after today, his reputation would likely be stained!

“Bendorf?” Several golds simultaneously looked at this gold.

“Don’t listen to her lies, how could I betray the goddess… she must be a spy from the Underworld!” The accused gold… Bendorf seemed ready to spit fire from his eyes.

“Capture her!” The virgin temple gold Musa suddenly spoke in a deep voice, “Cranes Constellation Shazhi!”

Nero did not resist at all, directly threw down the dagger and dropped her hands, the golds moved instantly and directly apprehended her.

“What I said is all true.” At this time, Nero’s eyes were red, pitifully saying, “For a small character like me, having been through hardships, finally realizing my dream to become a glorious silver… but, but in front of me, the revered gold, told me if I don’t do this, he would destroy my dreams… He is a gold, after all! If he says I’m a spy from the Underworld, who will believe me? I will not only lose the opportunity to become silver, but also… become a criminal in the sanctuary, unable to cleanse my stains throughout my life.”

“Every move I make is under this lord’s surveillance… I had to submit, but I am unwilling! I waited, I’ve always been waiting, waiting for an opportunity! I will reveal the ugliness of this gold in front of everyone, I will tell everyone who is the one who surrendered to the Underworld, who is the fallen one in the sanctuary! Even if it means death, I… will not hesitate!”

Changed.

Some people looked at Bendorf the gold, and their gaze seemed to have changed subtly… although not yet at believing the new silver, suspicions began to brew.

“Don’t listen to her lies! This is slander! Slander! This is a plot!!”

“I…” Nero stared fiercely at Bendorf at this moment, smiling sorrowfully, “I will use my life to prove my innocence…”

Saying this, a chill suddenly emanated from Nero’s body… in just moments, Nero completely turned into a crystalline ice!

“What is she doing?!”

“She actually chose self-freezing to end her life to prove herself?!”

Changed… changed again.

The fleeting suspicion had transformed—looking at the changing gazes of his colleagues, Bendorf appeared as if he was stimulated by something, his face turned pale, and he instinctively stepped back half a step.

“Bendorf, could it be you?”

“I… I?”

At this moment, the gold opened his mouth but couldn’t speak… he didn’t know how to explain this matter.

“Nonsense.” Suddenly the goddess’ voice echoed, and she waved her hand, instantly unfreezing Nero… looking at Nero with a perplexed face at this time, the goddess said indifferently, “Perhaps someone did direct you, but it wasn’t Bendorf… the farce should end. New Cranes Constellation, speak about your origins…”

“Huh? How did you…”

At the same time, the goddess suddenly tapped the scepter in her hand… as the scepter touched the floor, a ripple spread instantly, Nero’s expression slightly changed, and she jumped up immediately.

Floating in mid-air, the ripple didn’t end, leaving the ground once more and re-converging towards her.

Nero wasted no time and pulled out the Yama Sword, swinging it fiercely at the ripple.

Bang—!

The air wave exploded instantly above the Goddess Temple, and amid the chaotic airflow, Nero’s voice sounded again: “Not fun, I’m leaving!”

“Stay.”

Nero shot out of the Sanctuary Guard City instantly, Musa took action… He reached out to the air and grabbed it, instantly forming a giant transparent hand that directly captured Nero in its palm.

In a bind, Nero didn’t think twice and directly assumed the Yanmo Transformation, with the Yama Sword merging into her body and transforming into sharp Blade Armor, which broke through the giant transparent hand.

Musa frowned slightly, kicked with his legs, and rushed towards Nero… The two, in a blink of an eye, left the Sanctuary Guard City.

“Musa has already taken action; she won’t be able to escape.” The Golds withdrew their gaze at this moment, intending to consult the goddess, yet they witnessed a scene that shocked, terrified, and made them incredulous!

“Aluba! What are you doing!!!”

That was Aluba from the Taurus Palace’s Gold.

At this moment, he was standing behind the goddess, and the dark dagger in his hand penetrated the goddess’s chest from the back… Blood dyed the goddess’s pure white robe red.

Eyes wide open, the crowd watched as the Taurus Palace’s Gold Aluba stood like a puppet, eyes vacant.

The goddess’s face flashed with pain… Her descending body suffered severe damage, affecting her true form. She looked around and finally sighed, “Didn’t expect it to be like this… Looks like Uncle Hades must cherish you, the Underworld’s young lord; by doing this, you’ll only escalate war among the gods… Do you understand.”

The goddess’s eyes dimmed, her body transformed into a beam of light, shooting into the sky… returning to Mount Olympus.

At the same time, where the goddess vanished, a white light shot down again, directly reflecting on Romi, the Scorpio Palace’s Gold among the crowd.

At this moment, wisps of black mist emerged from this Gold master’s body, and his appearance gradually changed… revealing his true face.

“You… the Underworld’s young lord?!”

“Aluba… Has Romi already?”

“Damn it!! The Underworld has broken the agreement!!”

At this moment, the furious Golds erupted with fighting spirit… As for the Silver, Bronze, and even the Fighters on the square, those who reacted quickly erupted.

Prince Prin frowned at all this, watching the direction the goddess’s descendible form disappeared… There’s no doubt that this will cause the war goddess from Mount Olympus some injury, but Prince Prin couldn’t feel any joy at this moment.

“Turns out…” Prince Prin murmured to himself: “The one most eager to start a war is you… Athena.”

He never thought Aluba could succeed; he never believed that [Shazhi] wouldn’t throw him any surprises, so he had prepared for countermeasures early on.

But Aluba succeeded, which only meant one thing… The goddess, did it on purpose.

As if to prove his guess at this moment, the sky above the Sanctuary instantly darkened… then split open!

The crack in the sky seemed to tear the entire Mortal World apart, and amidst the enormous crack within the rolling dark clouds, dazzling golden light poured down.

At the crack, a golden figure stood tall, holding a Scepter of victory, divine majesty descended on the earth, mighty and grand… The goddess, the true form of the goddess from Mount Olympus, had directly descended into the Mortal World at that moment.

“The Underworld’s young lord assassinated a god, violating the agreement… damn it.”

A beam of golden light shot from the goddess’s Scepter, at the Temple entrance, Prince Prin took a deep breath and faced the divine power, throwing a punch.

This power evidently exceeded the boundaries the Mortal World could bear; as the true form of the goddess appeared, the Mortal World became even more unstable!

The punch collided with the goddess’s divine power, and in an instant, Prince Prin was directly blasted towards the earth, crashing through the Goddess Temple!

Struggling to stand in the deep pit, akin to a bloody man, “No wonder my father feared you so much… This power, even compared to the master of the sky…”

He spat out another mouthful of blood, but the second beam of divine power from the goddess had already shot down again.

As the Underworld’s young lord, does he possess true death… Prince Prin himself doesn’t know, only when the death he never felt approached, his mind suddenly flashed some scenes.

A tranquil family, with a father, a mother about to give birth, with a kind grandmother.

Someone called his name: Joe

The golden light, shot down!

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A moment before.

Sanctuary, outside the city, Nero was slapped by a giant hand from the sky, onto the earth.

Fully lying on the earth, Nero blinked at the sky… The Virgo Palace’s Gold, at this moment, slowly descended.

“Not planning to run anymore.” Musa said calmly.

Nero directly deactivated the Yanmo Transformation, sat up, patted the dust off, and looked at Musa saying, “I’m thinking about something very serious.”

“What is it.”

Nero crossed her arms and frowned, looking thoughtful, “My boss must have cut corners when getting me out… I can’t beat you.”

“But I can’t kill you.” Musa shook his head.

Nero opened her mouth, surprised, “How do you know?”

“Feel.” Musa whispered, “I can suppress you, but I can’t completely kill you… or rather, with my current power, it’s not enough to erase your fundamental existence. But it doesn’t matter, I can suppress you.”

As he spoke, Musa struck again… a massive palm formed once more.

Nero acted quickly, blurting out, “The Gold of Virgo is called Shaka!”

The palm forming in the sky suddenly halted… Musa frowned, and in a moment, as if struck by something severe, he spat out a mouthful of blood.

As if the heavens were defying him, the golden clothes of the Virgo Temple instantly shattered.

He was about to say something but was startled, swiftly looking towards the sky to see a beam of golden light pouring through the cracked sky.

Musa lowered his head, pondering something, then glanced at Nero before leaving, returning to the Sanctuary Guard City.

After a while, Nero climbed up from the ground… the vast divine power brought by the goddess’s true body descending, she could feel it too.

At this moment, an immense power of death erupted, rushing towards the goddess’s divine power in the sky… it was Prince Prin, who had regained his true form.

“Old Ha! Finally see you!” Nero’s eyes widened, spat out the remote control from within, and rushed towards the figure punching towards the sky, “Take me back!”

Nero shouted, running towards the Sanctuary again.

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At the Origin, the Club Owner and the maid Miss Eleanor watched the events in the Sanctuary expressionlessly.

“Didn’t expect a Dimensional Observer to be born in this era… Musa of the Virgo Temple?” The Club Owner whispered.

“Musa… he is actually?” Miss Eleanor looked surprised, then said quietly, “Dimensional Observers are not accepted by the world’s will, he might not survive this war.”

“Hmm…” The Club Owner neither affirmed nor denied, just thoughtfully.

Strangely, the Club Owner and Miss Eleanor seemed to ignore Nero on the ground.

“Hades has arrived, Master.” Miss Eleanor suddenly said softly.

The Club Owner was silent for a moment, then waved his hand, “Go… the gods on Mount Olympus will need you, Eleanor.”

“Yes…” Eleanor nodded, turned, and left.

The reason the gods on Mount Olympus needed Miss Eleanor was only one… they had a request.

At this moment, the Club Owner calmly watched everything in the Sanctuary, watching the young men of the Underworld punching towards the goddess, whispering to himself, “This spatial chaos started with you… then let this be the beginning as a backup.”

“Restart.”

“Naming…” The Club Owner lowered his head, pondering, then had an idea and whispered, “003-β World… initiate.”

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When the button was pressed, and the light appeared, Nero didn’t feel any attack but instinctively felt a very dangerous aura… or, she sensed a terrifying power.

In the face of this power, she would have no capacity to resist… before this terrifying power, she would be no different than an ant — this is a power that regards all things as ants.

Perhaps her cultivation is still shallow, so she couldn’t distinguish what this power is… but she had already memorized this feeling.

After the light vanished, Nero frowned, subconsciously looking around and at the sky.

Joe was right next to her, but Old Ha was nowhere to be seen… she stupidly stared at her hand… there should have been a remote control here, but now it mysteriously vanished, leaving Nero somewhat unable to respond.

After a while, Nero remained silent.

Finally, little Joe came to his senses… he fearfully looked around at everything, the dark red sky, the scorched-earth-like land, then grabbed his big sister’s pant leg in fear, “Big sister… where is this place?”

“Don’t stir, I’m thinking.” Nero rarely refrained from cursing or smiling pleasantly, instead acting like an ordinary person.

“Thinking?” Joe raised his head in confusion, looking at big sister’s face.

“I actually…” Nero blankly said at that moment, “I’m no longer… Black Soul?”

Meanwhile, a massive monster with three heads, breathing fire, descended from the sky, appearing before Nero and Joe.

“I am the great guardian of the Gates of Hell, Cerberus…”

Nero checked her status at this moment, then blinked, and without a word, picked up Joe, “Little dog! Run! I can’t fight now!”

But in the next instant, Nero was directly pinned to the ground by the paw of the three-headed dog.

“Living beings from the surface entering the Underworld! I will present you to the great lord of the Underworld!”