Duality of Shadows-Chapter 979: Will Have No Mercy

[You’ve received two Main Quest options.]

[In six months, two items from the Primordial Chaos and their respective calamities will emerge in the underworld at the same time.]

[Option 1: The Diagram of Life Energies will appear in a vast region surrounded by universes. The queen, using her two items from the Primordial Chaos, managed to pinpoint its arrival and mobilized all her heroes and resources to seal it. Once that’s done, with the support of the two items, she’ll be able to master part of the Diagram’s power in no time.]

[Option 2: Without the queen’s knowledge, the Blade of Devotion will emerge directly in one of her planetary formations in the underworld, a place of extreme importance to her, where high-level immortal weapons for her army are created.]

[Choose which of the two options you want to follow.]

Alm and Bruno read the notifications carefully. Having options was something new, but it seemed like fate had aligned with the moment they finished their side quest: two items were going to appear at the same time. Not even the Heaven’s Will knew which choice was better, leaving the decision entirely up to them.

Now that the queen had two items, she was able to locate others. By using her heroes to trap the item within a universe, the system made it clear she wouldn’t need millions of years and massive efforts to master part of its power.

Getting that spear had been a massive loss for them. If they didn’t interfere with the queen’s plans, in just a few centuries, she’d collect all the remaining items. But… they were still too weak to face her.

’As for the Blade of Devotion… Sohum is really close to creating the artifact with the eight laws. Now we won’t need it to find the blade, but those two immortals said the artifact could also help us master the item,’ Bruno murmured seriously.

Alm nodded. ’The queen must’ve mobilized all her immortal heroes to capture that Diagram. Luckily, she doesn’t know about the Blade. The two items appearing at the same time, and one of them inside a place she controls, is something no one expected. This might never happen again. It’s the perfect chance to get it.’

Both sighed. It seemed like the second option was the most reasonable. However, choosing this option meant letting the queen obtain her third item from the Primordial Chaos.

She was terrifying enough with just two. If they went with the first option, she wouldn’t get the Blade, and they could stop her from acquiring this third item.

But for them, it wasn’t just about getting all the items. They also needed resources and everything they could gather to advance.

’That place where the Blade will appear must be something she built to forge high-level immortal weapons. She didn’t even seem surprised to see Liumi, who’s already at the Legendary Divine level. That must mean it’s not even that valuable to her anymore,’ Alm analyzed.

Bruno agreed: ’With the new powers from the Primordial Chaos items, if she focuses on it, she might now be able to create Paragon-level weapons. Destroying this place would also stop her from making those weapons, and we could steal some critical resources for ourselves.’

In the end, the two silently agreed. The benefits of the second option were massive. As for the fact that the queen would get another item, they could only rely on themselves. She’d get stronger, but so would they.

Ultimately, they desperately needed resources to grow stronger, or it wouldn’t even matter if they had all the items from the Primordial Chaos.

’Option 2, accept,’ they said in unison, and the system confirmed it.

[For this mission, there will be no ally restrictions. However, the planetary formation is sealed, making it impossible to invade the location without being detected. Everything must happen at the exact moment when the queen cannot react. In six months, you’ll be sent there, and the battle will begin the instant you arrive.]

[Objective: Destroy the Great Formation of Primordial Beasts and capture the Blade of Devotion.]

[Reward 01: +800 Upgrade Points.]

[Reward 02: +530 Celestial Points.]

[Reward 03: Divine Sovereign Realm unlocked.]

[The planetary formation is called the Formation of Primordial Beasts. It’s a place where twelve planets in the underworld were artificially linked. There, two-thirds of the heroes born in the queen’s universes and her companions receive identical missions: monitor and capture any primordial beasts born in regular universes.]

[All medium or lower-level primordial beasts, since they’re not very useful to her, end up being captured before they can even be born or develop properly. Although their primordial power isn’t significant, each contains a fragment of the Heaven’s Will. The queen uses the formation to extract that from them perfectly.]

Alm and Bruno read and understood some of it. They used a similar method to the queen’s to evolve immortal weapons, nurturing them with the Heaven’s Will from their internal universes. But the queen had access to it in abundance, albeit through… obviously sinister means.

However, they had some doubts. Since they had six months, they gathered their entire army.

There were 50,000 in the array, and alongside them were the Void Goddess Ciceya and the Goddess Fey Anizu. All the other primordial beasts and gods still needed to restart their cultivation and required more time.

Only the dark elf immortal named Galadry didn’t restart. Her body and soul had been preserved by the will of that immortal tree. However, she chose to stay out of combat for a while to heal her wounds.

Bruno could fully heal her with the power of faith, but after being sealed for so long and with her body wounded, the nine-star tree explained that if she healed naturally using her connection with the natural lives of the elven race, it would make her even stronger than she was before being injured.

Alm and Bruno gathered everyone and explained both situations to the army. Then, they announced their decision.

Unfortunately, they were in dire need of resources and were forced to let the queen obtain another item. Everyone understood, but the two goddesses turned pale. The queen was already an invincible and sinister shadow in their minds. With two items, defeating her seemed almost impossible. Now, with a third… everything felt even more hopeless.

"We don’t have much of a choice. With two items, even if we stop her from getting this one, she’ll eventually get her hands on one or two more. She has countless eyes scattered across the universes and the underworld. Meanwhile, we can only rely on our luck and skills to find them before she does," Bruno explained to the two and to everyone listening.

The two took a deep breath and nodded. Now, they could only place their full trust in Alm and Bruno. Whatever decision was made, they would follow them to the end.

Finally, the two explained the detailed information about the location and the mission.

The other primordial beasts were nearby. They couldn’t help just yet but were listening from afar. When they learned about the entire situation, they were completely shaken.

Alm and Bruno asked for more details about how universes functioned and how primordial beasts were born, as they still knew very little about it.

Tarrasque was the only one who managed to speak, perhaps out of guilt, since he had never been fully controlled by the queen. Although he didn’t know the exact details of this mass slaughter of primordial beasts, he had some suspicions.

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He volunteered to answer all their questions. First, he explained that all universes were created at the dawn of time, but in the present day, it’s estimated that only 40% of them have actually been born.

The remaining 60% remain inside black holes, in a state of incubation. The heavenly laws eventually cause them to create their first stars and planets, but most are still dead. Universes were constantly being born, but the process was slow.

Even so, the most powerful universes were the first to emerge. The others have already been partially analyzed, and it’s practically guaranteed that none of them will reach even a mediocre level compared to those that already exist.

Alm and Bruno remembered the universe where Corin was born. That had always been a mystery to them, but now it made sense. Universes are always being born somewhere, and he came from one of those.

According to Tarrasque, primordial beasts appear within the first millennia of a universe. And, randomly, if there aren’t enough primordial beasts within a universe, the heavenly laws might make another one be born. However, this isn’t guaranteed and has only happened in a few known cases.

The most powerful primordial beasts have already been killed or captured by the queen. In other universes, no more high-level beasts have been born, and it’s impossible for a weak beast to grow stronger like a cultivator, as their maximum level is predetermined by the laws at birth.

That’s why the queen found a way to use these weaker primordial beasts to create high-level immortal weapons.

Everyone listened carefully and gained a better understanding of how the world worked. Still, they clenched their fists tightly; it all seemed extremely cruel.

"So she captures them the moment they’re born… they’re like newborn babies, completely ignorant of everything… and she kills them without giving them any chance to live," Ruri murmured beside Meru, both of them trembling.

"Exactly," Bruno replied softly. "Well, in six months, we’ll invade and completely destroy everything. There shouldn’t be any immortal heroes there, but there will definitely be plenty of powerful figures guarding the place. The queen isn’t stupid; she knows we might try something. That’s why she must’ve left everyone on high alert."

"I don’t plan to fight or negotiate. We’ll strike directly at the heart of the place. No mercy, no delays; it’ll be a massacre. Nothing can be left alive, and we need to gather every resource in that location. This will be the first battle where our entire army fights together. Be prepared," Alm declared loudly, his voice firm and commanding as he addressed everyone.

Immediately, they roared with determination. This event was monumental, and eliminating all those enemies who committed such vile acts would be more than satisfying.

"But despite everything, that’ll only be the easiest part of the mission. Afterward, we’ll have to find a way to master the calamity and that Primordial Chaos item," Alm added coldly.

In a corner, right behind Meru, Sohum listened to everything and nodded, saying, "Uncle, six months is plenty of time… no, actually, I’ll have that artifact ready in half the time."

Alm and Bruno were pleased with his statement. With that, they turned to the Tree of Chaos, and preparations began.

In the blink of an eye, six months passed…