Chapter 12 - Athanasia (1)

Ashael ignored the system and looked at the traits and called their information.

But before that, a system prompt opened before him.

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[Second Main Quest]

[Objective: Conquer the Maiden of Endless Ruin.

Whether through strength, domination, companionship, loyalty, obsession, affection, submission, admiration, respect, or any other means—

Conquer her.

Make the Maiden of Endless Ruin yours.

The method is irrelevant.]

[Current Conquest Progress: 0.00%]

[Time Limit: 6 Years (Same as Main Quest I)]

[Reward: Depending on the quest.]

[Penalty: Complete loss of [Beyonder Sovereign] innate trait.]

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"Su, what is this?"

[Oh, this is—]

Before Su could answer, another system prompt appeared.

[Due to the host’s actions, some of the system parameters have crossed beyond the threshold.]

[Supremacy will undergo some changes.]

[Its default functions will shut off for some time.]

Ashael looked at the system messages and called out to Su.

"Su."

[....]

But all he met was silence.

’Ah, looks like he was part of the default function, huh.’

"Well, at least I will have some peace now."

Ashael then turned his eyes to the main quest.

"Maiden of Endless Ruin," Ashael muttered.

Ashael was shocked by looking at the quest because he clearly knew who this maiden was and how dangerous she was.

And now, the system wanted him to conquer her.

Conquer that woman who was clearly stronger than him.

But even then, Ashael smiled because he was clearly going to go after her anyway.

And he would meet her at his birthday banquet next month.

"Looks like even fate itself wants us to be together no matter what, Athanasia."

"We will either live together or die together."

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In a Tier 3 Rift, Dratharis Empire.

Inside the dimensional rift, it was a chaotic battlefield.

Everywhere lay the bodies of dead monsters.

Even the surviving ones were being hunted by abyssal monsters as if they were part of a hunting game.

In the middle of this chaos stood a woman untouched by any of the gruesome scenery.

A woman whose beauty seemed unreal.

She had long purple-platinum hair that flowed behind her like starlight.

Her violet eyes shone with calm intelligence and arrogance.

An arrogance that said she was above everyone else.

She wore a dark purple combat gown that looked both elegant and battle-ready.

She was moving toward the rift core to destroy it.

Whenever a rift monster came near her, it was killed by the abyssal monsters.

By the moment she reached the rift core, complete silence remained except for her footsteps.

Not even the abyssal monsters dared breathe loudly in her presence.

She looked at the rift core and released her aura.

The moment she released it, even space itself trembled and cracks appeared within it before healing.

But the target of her aura was the core.

Cracks appeared on the rift core, and it shattered right there.

But then dark tendrils emerged from her shadow.

The tendrils turned into a maw and devoured the shattered rift core.

Before the tendrils could return to the shadows, one of the monsters that had been pretending to be dead suddenly lunged at her.

But the moment the monster reached her, it collapsed onto the ground from her pressure.

Its body suddenly started disintegrating on its own and turned to dust.

A portal appeared near where the rift core had been.

She moved toward the portal.

Her shadow suddenly stretched itself and absorbed all the abyssal monsters.

And she went through the portal.