Chapter 834 - 404: The Final Gift (Part 3)
"He’s already calling to me with everything he has. He can’t hold on any longer in front of your companions, but I know he wants to use me to destroy the island, to wipe you all out together..."
Othella choked on her sobs, her tears scattering into shards of starlight as they fell.
"Lady Hestia, I’m... I’m sorry, I couldn’t do anything for you."
"Little Othella," the Star Soul’s voice was incomparably gentle, "why do you feel you must do something for me? Helping you, watching over you—that has been the thing that makes me happiest."
The giant bull shifted its body slightly; its Power began to boil again, impossible to suppress.
"Besides, you’ve done more than enough. If not for you, I couldn’t have held on for so long. In the midst of my chaos, I could feel that evil man wanted long ago to completely destroy Lupus, and every time you and the other children stopped him, it briefly reminded me of who I truly am.
"If not for you, I would have become his puppet long ago."
So that’s how it was. Meimei marveled inwardly. Because they shared a bond, and after the island nation’s destruction had become interconnected with each other, they could sense one another’s thoughts. Only thus had this island been able to persist in this form for sixty years.
"Go now, you two children. My last Power is my gift to you.
"I will sink this island together with myself into the Bloody Red Land, so that villain cannot have his way. That is the last thing I can still do."
At once, before Zoe and Othella could object or even question, Hestia had already released most of the Light of the Star Soul from her entire being.
Starlight filled the sky, so dazzling that none could keep their eyes open, but it lasted only for a brief instant; the starlight split into two halves, one given to Zoe, the other to Othella.
The two of them were wrapped within the Power, and at once began to change.
"I’m very glad that my Power can let you remain in this form. You still have a chance to witness the more beautiful world beyond.
"I’m sorry that even at the moment of my death, a weapon like me still destroyed a nation and cost countless lives."
After the release of the Light of the Star Soul, Meimei felt Hestia’s will swiftly overwhelmed by a certain madness. Even as her body began to rupture, it resonated with the Power outside.
The two forces combined, and the tremor of Magic Power made it impossible for the Domain she was barely maintaining to hold. The girl let go of her Magic Power and allowed the Domain to end.
Everyone within the Domain returned once more to the Star Palace of the Star Soul. Meimei saw that before Li Ang and Farina, there each stood a Demon Dragon.
The blazing Demon Dragon had four legs and twin wings, fulfilling every image of a Giant Dragon while wreathed in pure, ultimate flame; beside it, the Water Demon Dragon stood on four legs like a crocodile, yet its powerful form far surpassed any ordinary Crocodile Dragon. The tranquil abyssal Water Power on its body could not be affected by the heat even within this Star Palace.
With those two working together, plus a whole host of powerful Summoned Beasts, that should—
Sure enough, as expected, that Demonized monster man had already been nearly shattered.
Yet he still bellowed defiance, and only when he saw Hestia, who had lost most of her Power, did he erupt into curses.
"Damn you! You hateful Six Arms believer even grasped a method to seize Star Soul Power! Don’t think I’ll let you win completely!
"Watch as I unleash this cow’s final Power—she can still swallow you and all your people whole!"
The shattered Demon Power was being constantly drawn toward Li Ang’s Demon Arm. The barbs upon it had multiplied in overlapping layers like Armor, making him look entirely like a Half Demon.
He gripped his Magic Staff in his right hand, compressing the Decomposition Light Wave into an extremely thin beam with high-purity Magic Power, and in an instant, he severed his own left arm.