Chapter 266
by fanqienovelChapter 266: I, Lord of the Void!
"Roar roar roar—!"
"Bang—!"
"Boom—!"
Agareth madly swung his claws and twisted his Divine Body, rolling in his domain and causing destruction like a husky.
He was in an impotent rage… along with extreme shame.
In the minute after Gimmerly disappeared, Agareth couldn’t believe she had truly run away.
After all, this deity had shown such madness and brutality, and it seemed there was someone powerful behind her!
Agareth opened his shield, the very shield that trapped him, not just to defend against the "growing stronger" Gimmerly but also to guard against the Fellow who might be standing behind her.
Perhaps Lady Xidi or Barbatos.
But one minute passed, then two minutes, then five minutes, and Gimmerly still did not appear…
If she had planned to gather power to crash through his defenses, there was no need to run so far.
Since she wasn’t using magic and was only using her Divine Body to charge, she didn’t need to retreat so far; after all, speed had its limits, and she just needed to charge at her maximum speed.
If she had run too far and gotten herself out of breath before charging…
Wasn’t that foolish?
So, after Gimmerly had disappeared for five minutes, Agareth finally realized that something was wrong—he had been played.
Then, he spent another five minutes canceling his defenses and seals.
He searched around but found no trace of Gimmerly…
At that moment, Agareth finally understood that he had been tricked!
He had imagined a whole lot of nonsense; Gimmerly was simply scared and wanted to run!
"Huff… huff… huff…"
After causing a great deal of destruction, Agareth gasped for breath and thought about his next plan.
But just then…
"Hmm?"
"Sniff… sniff…"
His Divine Body’s extreme sensitivity to magic helped him detect an anomaly in the void.
"Gimmerly’s magical signature was there!?"
"That Fellow hadn’t gone far away yet!?"
"Great!"
"After toying with me, she still dared to linger around instead of fleeing!"
"She sought death!"
The flames of revenge burned fiercely within Agareth’s Soul.
Just moments ago, he had felt profound shame; now he harbored immense hatred toward Gimmerly!
Moreover…
"She cannot live!"
"If this spreads…"
The esteemed Third Seat of Chaos, future Second Seat, and the sagacious "Endless Altar" Agareth—had been outmaneuvered by the Fifty-Sixth Seat of Chaos. His intellect had been utterly crushed…
Should the Chaos Council learn of this, true "social death" would be booked.
To spare himself this fate…
"Gimmerly must die!"
"ROOOAAAR—!"
He slowly emerged from within the Fantasy Tree of Subspace, pacing along its gnarled branches.
The magical particles drifting through the air had already marked a lethal path!
Swiftly, he locked onto his quarry and closed in!
—-
"Hah…"
"It seems my client… sir? Or perhaps madam? Regardless—they’ve escaped danger!"
"Good. Very good."
"Offered a free service first to preserve the client’s life. Dead clients don’t spend coin here."
Trilobite nodded at the System’s message.
【New consultation request. Accept?】
"Absolutely!"
As expected—a continuation of the pterosaur’s evolutionary path.
Last time, he’d only reached the "flying lizard" stage: wing membranes stretched between limbs. These membranes shifted shape with limb movement, improving aerodynamics for longer glides.
But gliding and powered flight differ entirely.
One permits brief aerial pauses between trees; the other enables "soaring ninety thousand miles skyward!"
Transitioning required simple adjustments: expand wing membrane area, strengthen pectoral muscles, refine aerodynamics.
The first two mattered most.
Aerodynamics?
A dual-circulation respiratory system, bone-embedded air sacs, and the mighty heart of an endothermic animal let true dragons achieve powerful flight.
Consider pterosaurs.
Early Beak Dragons possessed crude aerodynamics, improving only later.
"Now… let’s begin…"
“Hmm, pterosaurs didn’t fly with feathered wings like Birds, nor did they extend wing membranes with five fingers like modern bats.”
“They used only one ring finger to extend their arm’s reach, with muscles defining the wing membrane’s boundaries.”
“This allowed easier modification of wing shape than Birds or bats, laying the foundation for future vitality.”
Since the foundation was set, it began.
“First, let’s see what you’ll pay… uh, in Chaos Energy?”
“You get what you pay for.”
【The customer offered 250,000 Chaos Energy points as upgrade fee.】
“Pfft—!”
Trilobite nearly choked!
“Such generosity!”
“I haven’t earned this much Chaos Energy despite all my hard work!”
“Come now! Esteemed customer, let’s begin!”
“Today we’ll explain how true pterosaurs emerged, and how Beak Dragons evolved into Pterodactyloidea!”
—-
“Huff… huff… huff…”
Labored breaths echoed within the Fantasy Tree of Subspace.
Though feminine in tone, any observer would recoil—a monster was transforming!
A medium-sized creature covered in primitive feathers extended its wing membranes. Its “ring finger” thickened and lengthened relentlessly.
The connected membranes stretched with the finger, soon becoming true wings rather than mere membranes!
Meanwhile, its other fingers strengthened, developing joint-locking “mechanisms” and sharp climbing claws!
“Gurgle…”
Chest muscles rapidly swelled into defined ridges.
Such power enabled it to wield—
Changes weren’t limited to the upper body. Already robust hind limbs grew more muscular; their apparent shortness resulted from the “Divine Body’s” structural need to squat.
The head strengthened and hardened while the skull developed hollow cavities housing expanded brain tissue for sensory balance.
Internal air sacs expanded continuously, boosting magical particles absorption efficiency while lightening the Divine Body!
Coupled with an oversized head and elongated neck, the legs seemed stubby—yet were actually long and powerful!
Flying Capability enhanced, ground mobility remained uncompromised!
But the Divine Body’s metamorphosis continued.
“Hiss…”
“Crackle…”
The broad wing membranes wriggled and shifted continuously, the webbing between forelimbs and hind limbs drawing inward. This transformation streamlined the wing surface, freeing her legs while shaping the wings into sleeker forms ideal for flight!
Her slender tail gradually shrank…
As her appearance morphed dramatically, her body swelled—unleashing pent-up potential!
"Haa…"
Gimmerly narrowed her eyes, trembling violently.
She felt colossal power surging through her veins, radically restructuring her form. Organs shifted, skin stretched, bones extended and retracted—her Divine Body burned with pain and maddening itches. Veins branched like roots beneath her flesh, as if countless insects squirmed under her skin!
An excruciating ordeal.
Yet she reveled in it!
Gimmerly sensed raw power flooding her transformed Divine Body!
"Magic surges! Divine Body fortifies!"
"But this isn’t the pinnacle!"
"I…"
"Feel the Powers!"
"The Powers of the Void!"
"Now—clearer! Closer!"
"Almost within grasp…"
…
"No… It’s already in my hands!"
Gimmerly’s eyes snapped open.
In that instant, the entire void unfolded before her!
As if all emptiness bowed before her existence, hailing its newborn ruler!
"Eeeeee—!"
A triumphant, commanding shriek pierced the void!
"I!"
"Lord of the Void!"
Gimmerly arched her Divine Body, proclaiming absolute dominion over the endless dark!
Yet in that very moment…
"ROAR—!"
A furious bellow thundered from behind her!
Agareth shattered his own "warding shield" and "seal," charging forth!