Chapter 282

Chapter 282: More Food! There’s More Food!

“Humph… what rotten luck…”

Gimmerly stood on a branch of the Fantasy Tree of Subspace, elegantly grooming her feathers.

Yet her gaze remained fixed on the newly expanding forest below.

“Is this the ‘Holy Tree’ forged by the Giant God?”

“It resembles an inverted ‘Fantasy Tree of Subspace,’ yet…”

“It radiates an intensely ‘savage’ aura.”

“Shouldn’t it be tranquil…”

“Still…”

Gimmerly’s annoyance stemmed not from the suddenly spreading “Holy Tree” encroaching on territory.

Rather, it came from the swarms of “larvae from the Outer Gods from the Void” pouring into the Holy Tree’s domain.

“Tsk.”

“How utterly absurd.”

“These Void larvae dare ignore my Authority!”

“Hmph!”

Many Outer Gods didn’t originate in the void. In their youth, they dwelled in the Sea of Ether, clinging to the roots of Fantasy Trees for survival.

Being non-native to the void, they naturally lay beyond Gimmerly’s command.

This truth grated on her.

“Well, repaying favors is impossible here.”

“Besides, halting these larvae’s advance wouldn’t alter the outcome…”

“For behind them lurks…”

Gimmerly peered down, spotting a colossal entity maintaining distance from the Bubble World while ceaselessly moving!

“The Ether Dragon, Clodius!”

“This notorious warmonger wreaks havoc everywhere, recruiting vicious rabble as his spawn.”

“His father is the legendary Ether Ancient Dragon ‘Emerald Shadow,’ Cassius Tiberea, who nests between the Chaos Swamp Realm and the Endless Ether Realm.”

“His lineage commands formidable influence.”

“Naturally, his own power is undeniable—likely approaching core councilor level.”

“Were I in the Sea of Ether…”

“I’d stand no chance against him.”

“Er… though…”

Her form, crafted for the void, could only dominate within that realm.

Whether in the Sea of Ether or worlds of dense Primal Mud, Gimmerly likely couldn’t best anyone.

“So, the ‘Giant God’ should have been making his appearance now, right?”

“Really, if that was the case, Barbatos had achieved his goal; he had tested the true strength of the Giant God.”

This time, Barbatos used only a bit of resources to lure Clodius to fight Themis, at very low cost, basically just some trouble-stirring tricks.

“Well then.”

“Let me see the true power of the Giant God.”

“But…”

“Hmm?”

At that moment, Gimmerly suddenly felt that something was off.

“This was too strange!”

“The etheric worms and the larvae from the Outer Gods from the Void could only go in but not out!”

“No matter how frenzied they were, there should have been a few that would return to inform Clodius…”

“I needed to take a good look…”

She sharply activated the “Eye of the God” to cast a scanning magic, penetrating the Sea of Ether to reach the ocean that was being etherealized.

Then…

“What!?”

The pupil of the one with the authority of the void suddenly shrank as she scanned a gigantic structure of tangled root systems and stems. Above these roots and stems, countless shell-like pod leaves extended out.

Most were empty, but a considerable number of predatory leaves fiercely clamped down on the etheric worms or the larvae from the Outer Gods from the Void.

They struggled and cried for help, but their sounds could not escape.

Instead, the mortals’ battleships approached them.

“Whoosh—!”

“Bang—!”

The attacking weapons struck fiercely!

The etheric worms and larvae from the Outer Gods from the Void had their heads blown off, turning into lifeless corpses.

“This was…”

“Deity-Slaying Level equipment!?”

“How could these mortals possess such things!?”

“Had the Giant God gone mad!?”

“Giving those mortals such great permissions!”

Deity-Slaying Level equipment, as the name suggests, refers to items that can truly harm a deity.

In any “Bubble World,” such items are rare treasures!

But in Themis, or rather under the Giant God’s command, these things seemed worthless, available to everyone!

Of course, what surprised Gimmerly even more was the “Fantasy Tree of Subspace” that had been “reversed!”

“No…”

“This was no longer the reversed Fantasy Tree of Subspace!”

“But a brand-new species!”

“It was even more ferocious and cruel, showing no mercy, even gleefully harvesting those ‘ground deities’!”

“And turned the souls and divine bodies of those deities into its own nourishment!”

“What was worse was that ‘Holy Tree’… no, it should have been called the ‘Predatory Tree’!”

“Giant God… was this the creation you brought into the world?!”

Taking a deep breath, Gimmerly slowly closed her eyes, recalling the struggles for power and the intrigues within the Chaos Council, and remembering the conflicts between Barbatos, herself, and her older sister, Xidi.

Compared to the Giant God, she found her so-called “chaos deities” utterly ridiculous.

“Yet again, there was a ‘Predatory Tree’ rivaling the Fantasy Tree of Subspace, constantly sneaking into the Chaos Council through ‘deals’, quietly taking over one Bubble World after another…”

“The Giant God must be plotting something!”

“Perhaps… something huge!”

“Maybe a scary ‘Great Plan’ that could change everything!”

“Meanwhile, we were stuck in schemes and fights among ourselves, failing to handle the guerrilla attacks from the Star-Eater Plutonium Dragons…”

Thinking about this, Gimmerly suddenly felt a strong urge to see the Giant God’s true form.

In every past battle, the Giant God either toyed with his foes or chased and crushed them, winning so easily that it was hard to tell how strong he was.

Even against Agareth, the Second Seat of the Chaos Council, the Giant God used the land, surprise attacks, and his own plans, leaving Agareth no chance to fight back, even to his death.

“What are you up to? I’m getting more and more curious!”

“But maybe soon, with Barbatos pushing you, you’ll show some of your hidden cards!”

Gimmerly turned back, using magic to scan the “Ether Lake” wrapped by the “Predatory Tree,” and nodded slightly.

“The first wave of attack was finally stopped perfectly.”

“But it meant little…”

Because…

“Hu… hu…”

Not far from the Sea of Ether, a huge dorsal fin slowly rose from the water.

The Ether Dragon, the noble Clodius, glided slowly, keeping watch over everything.

“So…”

Gimmerly looked out to the distance again.

“Giant God, where are you?!”

“Show yourself!”

“Let me see your real strength!”

“Let me see what you can really do!”

Of course, Gimmerly was utterly disappointed.

Trilobite felt relieved when he saw the little girl Themis so happy.

He was now slowly walking at the edge of the swamp and the coast.

“Hmm…”

“The terrain here seemed to be a transition zone between wetland swamps and the ocean.”

“The tree species appeared to have undergone some change; they looked clearly different.”

Previously, Trilobite had seen tall, woody ferns resembling “scalebark trees” with well-developed root systems that could reproduce through their roots. However, closer to the sea, the area was mainly occupied by low-growing seed ferns in the red book Ecological Niche and aquatic horsetails and various strange vascular bundle ferns in the reed Ecological Niche.

“It’s a bit like a coastal wetland ecosystem.”

“Not bad…”

“However, that bloody scent earlier…”

Trilobite raised his head and sniffed.

Just then…

“Pop!”

“Pfft!”

“Pop!”

Three bubbles suddenly appeared on the water surface of the swamp.

Then, three large ear blades surfaced.

“Oh!”

“Isn’t that the little flying elephant octopus?”

“Long time no see, long time no see.”

“Hmm…”

“What are they up to this time?”

Since the “little flying elephant octopuses” had not yet noticed Trilobite, he didn’t want to disturb them much.

He lay down gently, ready to follow the little flying elephant octopuses.

At this moment, he heard the little flying elephant octopuses making strange sounds.

“Yay! Yay! They’re fighting!”

“A powerful Ether Dragon is about to die! It’s dying!”

“I heard! I heard! There’s an even stronger creature coming out from the Endless Ether!”

“The Ether Dragon is nesting, distracted! Distracted!”

“It doesn’t matter! Whoever dies, it’s all the same! All the same!”

“There’s meat to eat! Let’s eat meat!”

“Let’s go! Hurry up! Don’t let others steal it! If it gets stolen, that would be bad!”

…

Of course, Trilobite couldn’t understand what they were saying.

He only heard nonsense like “waibubabu” and “waibubopub,” sounding like bubbles popping.

“However, following them should avoid detours.”

Trilobite straightened up, bent down, and, like a big cat, slowly followed the three little flying elephant octopuses.