The Cursed Gamer, Book 3

345: A Battle More Important Than War (**)

Chapter 345: A Battle More Important Than War (**)

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Neji was glad nothing serious happened in the end. For all he knew, somebody could have died.

In this world, his Jōgan's sub-eye power, Tenseigan's exclusive ability, the [Empyrean Rebirth] wasn't as useful as back in Naruto. That was thanks to many factors.

One of those factors was that the big shots here could soul-kill a person if they wished, so there was no chance for them to revive them anyway.

Another factor, which was true in this particular case, was Neji couldn't revive servants. When a servant is eliminated, they simply turn into particles of light and cease to exist.

A power like Tenseigan couldn't help in that case.

Most of Neji's new companions were servants. Their death would be the last of their existence, and if Neji had the luck to meet them the next time, they would be another person entirely. Just a "copy" of the original servant who will not have any recollection of Neji.

That was a sad truth about this reality.

For that reason, Neji was greatly fascinated by Quetzalcoatl's revelation that she could fully descend into this world with his help. Sadly, that wasn't true for the others, so really, Neji had to be careful.

"Haaah."

A long breath of relief escaped his lips.

Sitting half submerged in the hot water of this bath, Neji felt relieved.

This was located in a top chamber inside the Pyramid Temple. Two of the walls were non-existent in this room, and that showed the beautiful night city of New Egypt outside. The twinkling sky was visible from here too–and overall, Neji was happy he didn't turn down the offer.

He was also jealous that he didn't have this facility in his own castle.

"Are you enjoying yourself?"

He was alone in the bath, but it seemed somebody had the urge to change that fact. Gently turning his neck back, he found Ozymandias walking through the curtained door while wearing a smile.

All of her previous signs of injury had vanished. Her body was wrapped in a white towel, and it was ironically less revealing compared to her earlier dress.

Neji couldn't take his eyes away from her. She looked fantastic, like a piece of the sun that had fallen to the face of the earth.

Even the room was enchantingly lit by the stars and moons that reflected on the water, creating harmony within the room that could leave anyone dazed. Yet, she stood out like something otherworldly.

Her rich dark skin was candy to the eye and her golden eyes were just equally appetizing.

For a moment, Neji wondered just why he found her so attractive. Was it due to just how 'opposite' her features were compared to him? For his fair skin, she was dark. For his blue eyes, she had golden, which was the opposite of blue in the color spectrum. Lastly, it was the obvious one where he was a man and she was a woman.

Perhaps Rumi was right that he liked people with similar features. In a way, wasn't having his entire opposite appearance, kinda the same thing? He could eat her out right now.

"What are you thinking?"

By the time his internal monologue had finished, the woman had reached him. She gently lowered herself into the hot spring and walked before him. As if to captivate him more, she unwrapped her towel slowly before him.