The Cursed Gamer, Book 3

454: The Three Paths Ahead

Chapter 454: The Three Paths Ahead

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The endless orange sky of the Himalayan mountains was peaceful, tranquil, like the calm before the storm.

Two abstract entities stood before Neji's as if to protect him while he stood beside his sister—Nejire seemed to have grown unbelievably. On his other side stood the Goddess Chaos, the amalgamation entity.

Despite all the support he had right now, Neji was unsure if this was enough to go against the Godmother of All Demons and her minion, the Sin of Pride. Although two high-class Abstract Entities had appeared, the Godmother looked merely annoyed.

"Haah..." Godmother sighed gently when she realized Neji wouldn't say anything against Lady Life's words. So, she looked at Life instead. "Why are you doing this, Life? You know I don't want to hurt you."

"You can't hurt me, you hag. And I am doing this for the sake of the Gamer—both the current one and mine. I was the only one other than that... 'Director' who was by his side in his last moments. He made a request, and I'm only following that. But that fanatic witch is doing her own thing to bring him back. She fails to admit that he doesn't want to return." Lady Life said.

Neji realized they were talking about the First Gamer. 'So she was with him till his last moments...'

That was surprising since Contessa Fate, the other Abstract Entity who loved Neji's predecessor, said that she didn't get to see him at his last moments...

Neji knew that Lady Life was imprisoned after that, so she got detained for helping the First Gamer in whatever he did before his last moments. Lady Life didn't think twice about antagonizing all the other Abstract Entities for her lone lover, while Contessa Fate wasn't brave enough.

'She loved him like crazy.' Neji looked at the back of the green-haired woman and concluded. '...But what is this about bringing him back?'

"You don't love him enough if you don't want him back just because he said he doesn't want to be back," Godmother said in a cold tone that made the air sharp and chilly, while Lady Life smiled instead.

Her brilliant smile made her song grow, and it reached a threshold. Pure willpower solidified into a hexagon symbol, with a flower engraved within it, floating in the sky above Lady Life's head.

Neji's Omniscience helped him [Observe] the strange power. What was that?

[The Joy Icon].

[The Joy Icon is one of the many Icons that exist in the Omniverse. The Icons are a branch of power that didn't exist in the Omniverse originally; the two beings who call themselves Beyond Omnipotence had brought this power to this realm.]

[The Joy Icon has dominion over life and, as the name suggests, happiness.]

Just as the last line said, the world seemed to be happy at this moment. Flowers danced in the distance, and the clouds moved with a rhythm. What an odd beauty.

"I don't love him enough? What a fool you are. You know, I am the only one he had a child with." Lady Life said with an intense glint in her eyes, even as she was smiling, letting her song completely erase Godmother's own.

"Haah..." Godmother sighed, "A son that doesn't even have a soul, you mean. How unsightly that you're bragging about it."

Lady Life's smile turned teasing. "Wow. Are you really cursing your own grandson right now, mother-in-law?"

"Do not call me that now. If you're willing not to bring him back, you don't have any connection with me." Godmother scowled.

"Fine. What did you do to my son?" Life didn't argue and asked. "I told him to stop the aliens from coming to this world."