Chapter 364: The Mother of All (2)

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Neji was not Gilgamesh. Despite having replaced the King of Heroes down to his name and existence, the King’s past was not Neji’s own. Enkidu for whom Gilgamesh changed his whole being, was not someone Neji had any emotional attachment to.

In Neji’s mind, Enkidu was just a character from an extra-long movie, which was Gilgamesh’s memories. So when he saw the ashes that were Enkidu, the only reason he felt sad and angry, was on behalf of the main character of the said movie, rather than feeling as if something had been stripped from his own self.

This and that was, fundamentally, different.

At most, he felt a little regret that Enkidu was gone.

Unfortunately, even that feeling of regret did not last long.

As the mountain that held the cave was destroyed, erased from the face of the planet, a dot of red floated above it. The figure of a voluptuous woman with crimson-red hair and ash-white skin was visible in Neji’s zooming eyes.

[Tiamat (???) – Goddess of Creation – Tier 49]

“My fucking god…”

That woman wasn’t Tiamat, the cursing Neji was sure of it. No way was that Tiamat. While he recalled Tiamat had enough mana to travel from this solar system to another, it wasn’t enough to reach that Tier.

Tier 49 wasn’t a joke.

Besides, the appearance was clearly different. Tiamat looked like a girl in her middle school, with light blue hair and multicolored eyes – she also had huge horns that spun like a snake.

This woman was entirely different. Red hair, a thick curvy body like that of a MILF, and although she had horns they were much smaller than Tiamat.

Lastly, the question mark beside her name. The Gamer System only failed to observe someone’s identity once – when Neji met Lady Luck for the first time. When he met Contessa Fate, he could see her name, though the tier was not visible, and he was sure that was only because Fate allowed him to see her name.

Following that line of logic,

The only other people who should be able to hide their true name from the Gamer System would be… an Abstract.

Neji huffed a little as ashes were flying by his side. Sparkles of fire and ash were floating all around the area, and he stood beside Rhongomyniad amidst all that. Neji ignored his Health Bar that filled up, regenerating from the little damage the explosion did, while he stared at the woman floating far and slowly approaching his spot.

“Loli Luck?”

Neji wiped his bloody lips with an armored finger and stood up straight, as he stepped forward with Rhongomyniad with a serious expression.

“Is that an Abstract? Any idea what is happening?”

Neji knew Lady Luck always watched him. She didn’t have much to do in her confinement, anyways, so she always watched him. That’s why it was rare for her to not answer his call. Well, rare would be an understatement, she had never missed his call after coming to this world.

But this time, despite the emergence of the situation… she didn’t respond.

Neji was sure the reason wasn’t that she wasn’t watching, but that the woman who was flying towards him was doing something to block it. Lady Luck either couldn’t see anything at all, or she was seeing things but was unable to communicate.

The red-haired woman, who Neji was calling Tiamat for now, flew towards him slowly for some reason. She was taking her time, as she was smiling and approaching him. However, Neji did feel threatened even if she was trying to keep a calm demeanor.

‘Shit. There is no other way.’ Neji cursed.

Tier 49 wasn’t anything he could handle on his own, even with Rhongomyniad by his side. He didn’t want to bring the others here, but if things go haywire and this woman did start a battle, Neji doubted those girls would stand still. So it was better to call them now than later.

‘Kurai? If you’re hearing this, I need serious backup. Tell Rumi to open a portal to my position and bring everyone beyond Tier 10. Quick.’

A flustered voice of Kurai rang out in his head, but Neji had to ignore it due to the immediate danger. The woman was less than fifty meters from him.

There was no delay before a rift opened in space, and Rumi dashed out along with an army following her. It was a great choice for Neji to have given them all a Health Potion, otherwise he wouldn’t have had any backup.

When the portal opened, at the same time, Kurai reverse-summoned herself on his shoulder.

“Great speed.”

“Fusion?”

“Fusion.”

Neji praised her for her quick wit for not wasting time asking questions, because she could feel his nervous and anxious emotions, and accepted her offer to Fuse.

Neji and his familiar could Fuse. When they did that, their stats merged to be one. However, Neji wasn’t sure if the status effects were shared in that state. His Curse of Primordial from before wasn’t shared and allowed him to use mana, but this may have been a little different. That’s why he didn’t fuse with her before, since he wasn’t sure if the debuff would spread to her or not.

However, at this point there was no loss even if the debuff spread. This risk was inevitable, and they had to give it a shot if they wanted to survive against this woman.

The woman stopped in the air, around thirty meters from Neji’s spot, as the army of fighters gathered behind him. The Knights of the Round Table were on the back, along with Merlin, while Rumi, Quetzalcoatl, Jaguar Man, Ishtar, Ereshkigal, Sanzang, Nitocris, the Chaldean girls, and Ana were mixed on the front.

Only Ozymandias was missing, but Neji could feel her Temple was flying to Uruk from Jerusalem right now.

Neji touched fingers with Kurai, just as Tiamat stopped in the air, as a mix of black and white light dust burst and spread soothingly.

[You have completed Fusion with your familiar, Kurai.]

[Your Level 2800 and Kurai’s Level 1550 are merging.]

[You have reached Level 4350! All stats are boosted.]

A thick draconic tail whipped behind Neji, curling like a sentient creature, and two white cat ears popped on his head. His golden armor reflected the golden eyes of Kurai, as Neji’s power suddenly spiked like a mountain.

The debuff didn’t affect the fusion…!

Neji felt his nervousness calm down a little, as he looked at the high number.

The whole point of the debuff was to hide his identity as Neji differing from Gilgamesh, but since a Fused being had an untraceable origin, due to being a mixture of two origins, it was safe from the debuff.

“Ah, yes.”

Everyone other than Neji, Rhongomyniad, and Rumi flinched when the fake Tiamat finally decided to speak. Her words were like sharp knives, and Neji realized it was in a literal sense as Vinci groaned and fell on her knees, her ears bleeding.

“I told you to not bring anybody below Tier 10!”

Neji growled to nobody in particular, his voice reverberating since he was fused, and snapped his finger, teleporting Vinci away from here.

“What a caring child you are, Gamer.”

Neji’s eyes narrowed as he turned back at the woman, her arms hanging by her side as she creepily looked down at him.

“Your fusion is unconventional, however. That strength is a little concerning for the current me.”

“Is it? I was going to ask who you are and whatnot, but-”

Neji spat out sharply, mad that she made one of his girls bleed, and kicked the ground. Through the ashes and particles of fire, he blitzed like a bolt of lightning and appeared right before her.

“Let’s test out its power, then!”

Neji’s buffs flared around him. Mana Mode, Lightning Cloak, Eighth Gate, and finally, a sun-related buff that came from Kurai’s divinities. The mixture of green energy from Eighth Gate mixed with Mana Mode’s blue, and formed a purple energy around him. The purple light became bright yellow, the color of the sun, as Neji punched right under Tiamat’s chin.

“Oh, no, no. A child who hits his mother isn’t a good child indeed.”

However, Tiamat’s hand moved gently and stopped his punch as if it was nothing. Her palm touched his knuckles, and the punch was stopped, there was no fancy clash or explosion.

In hindsight, Level 4350 didn’t mean it was equal to Tier 43. Neji wasn’t really sure what it equaled. However, since he was being buffed so many times, he was at least confident to clash with her.

The plan was to clash with her and push her back enough that the others would help take her down. Sadly, that plan was a goner.

The woman’s tone turned arrogant, her smile vanished, and she spoke in a dragging tone.

“I am Eurynome Celestine. I am the Mother Goddess of the Prime, the Wife of Primordial, and the Creator of everything that is observable. By technical causes, I am your mother, bold of you to try and hurt me.”

Neji shook.

Eurynome closed her palm on Neji’s knuckles, who had a panicking look on his face and was about to back off, as her other hand moved at a speed beyond control and pressed a finger on his forehead.

Then, she said something bone-chilling.

“Fusion Cancel.”

A mixture of black and white light dust burst and spread soothingly, and in the next instant, Kurai and Neji were hanging on Eury’s hands from their necks.

“My, I wasn’t sure if it’d work since the Fusion was established by the Gamer System. But it worked. Have I been overestimating the system? Or are you just that weak compared to the First Gamer? I would have liked to compare if I knew his exact Level, though I am sure it was in the five digits. What’s your level?”

This was somebody who survived a five-digits leveled Gamer? In that case, what chances did Neji have, as he glared at the woman’s eyes with hate?

This wasn’t good, which wasn’t a shock, but this may seriously be a lot more harmful than the Battle of Gods.

Somebody might die.

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