The Absolute Godspeed of Infinite Worlds

Chapter 662 - 662

Suddenly, memories from the past surfaced."You are perfect."

"Without any flaws."

"The ultimate life form."

At her birth, those around her spared no effort in praising her.

They treated her as a deity, revered her, and placed their trust in her.

They taught her everything necessary, painting freely on this blank canvas.

They believed she was the perfect life form, the pinnacle achievable by this planet, capable of solving all their problems and eliminating their fallen comrades.

As they wished, she grew into an executioner.

And as a perfect being, she needed no superfluous will, no unnecessary knowledge—only to act according to their thoughts and commands.

They believed she was a gift from the heavens.

They blindly assumed she had no flaws whatsoever.

Even the blood-sucking impulse that tormented countless True Ancestors was absolutely nonexistent in her.

But they were wrong.

Indeed, she might have been the closest to perfection on this planet, but as long as she was a True Ancestor, she could not escape the torment of the blood-sucking impulse.

Then.

She was targeted by the serpent.

Just as recorded in the Bible, the serpent infiltrated the castle, deceived her who was deeply troubled by the blood-sucking impulse at the time, made her drink his blood, and stole a portion of her power.

Because of that first taste of blood, Arcueid went berserk.

Alone, she slaughtered every True Ancestor in the castle at that time.

Once a True Ancestor tastes blood, they are doomed.

Once they indulge in such pleasure, True Ancestors plummet into depravity.

After that, she had to expend about seventy percent of her power to suppress the blood-sucking impulse. To prevent the impulse from growing, she voluntarily entered slumber, using sleep to alleviate it.

Only when the serpent awakened each time would she rise from the castle.

Then she would kill the serpent and return to the castle to sleep again.

Each time she awoke, she would learn the knowledge of that era.

Each time she slept, she would erase unnecessary memories.

This process repeated seventeen times.

Until this time, an unforeseen accident occurred.

Under the influence of the Counter Force, she unknowingly stumbled into this Singularity.

Along with her came Roa, whose power had greatly increased.

Unable to use her full strength, she was defeated by Roa.

It was this defeat that made her truly realize.

That she was not perfect after all.

Not only were there flaws, but her power was far from sufficient.

If she were truly perfect, even if she had to use a large portion of her power to suppress the blood-sucking impulse, she should have been able to crush Roa effortlessly.

Under that sunset.

"How about forming an alliance?"

That young man asked her with a smile.

Arcueid was stunned.

She had never formed an alliance with anyone before.

In the past, she had always dealt with Roa single-handedly; no obstacles could stop her, even enemies from the Church would be torn apart by her.

Because back then, she was perfect.

But not anymore.

She had touched her limits; she had recognized her own incompleteness.

He brought her, who had been killed, back to his base and discussed the possibility of an alliance with her as an equal.

That was an experience she had never had before.

In that moment, her heart began to flutter.

Why hadn't she thought of it?

Her fondness for Eiji, her inexplicable closeness to him, had started from that very moment.

Looking back now, she might have already fallen in love at that point.

But what had he said?

Monster?

Filthy?

She had been hoping for his approval, yet he had given her despair.

What should she do?

How could she return to how things were at the beginning?

Although Arcueid had gone berserk, her instincts were still functioning.

Right.

She suddenly thought of something.

"How I envy creatures like True Ancestors!"

When he said those words, the longing on his face was pure and untainted.

Instinctively, she came up with an idea.

A brilliant idea to keep him by her side forever, never allowing him to escape, never allowing him to call her filthy!

...

"Oh my, this is truly...Merlin's expression was subtle.

"What's going on?"

Eiji swiftly dodged Arcueid's attack.

Fangs grew in her mouth, her hands transformed into sharp claws, her eyes shone with golden intensity, and a frenzied aura swept over them.

Eiji's face darkened.

He couldn't understand at all why Arcueid had suddenly gone berserk!

"Perhaps she just revived and has little resistance to the bloodsucking impulse?"

Merlin quickly retreated behind Eiji, pondering aloud.

"You mean she lost to the bloodsucking impulse?"

Eiji evaded another of Arcueid's assaults, the wind whipping around him.

"But there's no blood around her, is there?"

"Maybe Roa accumulated too much blood here earlier, leaving the scent of blood everywhere!"

Merlin blinked, speaking with certainty.

"Everything is Roa's fault!"

Wow!

So reasonable!

Who would have thought Roa could still take the blame even after death!

"Roar!"

Frustrated by her failed consecutive attacks, Arcueid let out an irritated roar.

She lowered her stance, crouching on all fours like a spider, her golden hair disheveled over her face, her mind consumed by destructive desires.

"Hmm?"

Merlin suddenly narrowed his eyes.

"This feeling... what is it?"

In an instant, an intense sense of foreboding assaulted him.

As if the entire world was receding, as if he had been abandoned by the world itself.

"That is...?"

Eiji focused on the area around Arcueid.

Unnoticed before, specks of starlight had gathered around her, quickly becoming as dense as the Milky Way on a night sky, rich starlight enveloping her entire being.

"Boom—!"

Suddenly, the floor shattered.

No, saying it shattered wasn't quite accurate.

The transparent floor seemed compressed from three dimensions into two, turning into irregular images before disappearing beneath Arcueid's feet.

"A vortex?"

Beneath Arcueid's feet, an eternal vortex gradually formed, resembling a wormhole that sucked in everything around it!

Whenever the vortex touched them, the floor and walls were immediately compressed, absorbed, reduced to two-dimensional photographs, and then drawn into it.

The passageway instantly broke apart.

The computer space on the other end, like rootless duckweed, was sucked into the vortex and rapidly vanished.

"No, that's not a vortex—that's the Inner Sea of the Planet!"

Merlin's face changed drastically.

Without looking back, he turned and sprinted toward the exit.

"Run! If you get sucked into that vortex, it's over! You'll be turned into a two-dimensional photograph forever!"

Eiji instinctively sensed an overwhelming feeling of danger.

That vortex—the Inner Sea of the Planet—was absolutely not something to be carelessly approached!

"Arcueid..."

Eiji glanced at Arcueid, then turned and dashed toward the labyrinth's exit.

At the exit.

As soon as they arrived here, a green light enveloped the group.

In a flash of light, they vanished from the cyberspace.

Real space.

Kinojo City, Type-Moon Academy.

As the colorful passageway opened, Merlin, Eiji, and three Heroic Spirits were spat out one by one.

"We're done for!"

Merlin looked at the passage behind them, unable to help wiping the cold sweat from his face, forcing a strained smile.

"We've really messed up this time!"