Fables of the Starry Sky, Part I (2)
[A hand flowing with golden blood appeared.
The arm was extremely strange, unexpectedly broken into distinct sections.
"Yet that light began to burn, piercing through the clouds and transforming into a golden death."
Another hand appeared, similarly flowing with golden blood, its arm also appearing broken and wrapped in layers of black and gold intertwined ribbons.
"The high tower collapsed, and people fled in panic, because the sun was about to set, facing a fierce and devastating injury."
A massive dark-skinned, white-haired man appeared on the sky curtain.
The man had a handsome face, with a crack on his chest from which golden blood flowed down.
He looked down on the camera with condescension, as if all things were mere ants.
Intense flames burned by his side, seeming to burn away everything, just like the name "Destruction".
The sky curtain even considerately dropped a note beside the man: Destruction Aeon, Nanook.]
Everyone was struck dumb with terror.
In just a few breaths, they were already drenched in cold sweat, panting endlessly.
When that dark-skinned man appeared, when those golden eyes looked down, they felt an indescribable coercion, as well as a feeling akin to being inside the sun and then being destroyed along with it.
Most importantly, clearly separated from him by a sky curtain, they had the sensation that he seemed to be looking right at them.
Countless people wiped away their sweat, trembling in fear and not daring to raise their eyes to look at the sky curtain again.
As if taking one more glance would be a blasphemy.
"Destruction Aeon Nanook… There are actually gods in that world. Star Gods, deities of the universe, it's quite fitting. But isn't this too terrifying?" Lu Mingfei wore a look of lingering fear as he tugged at his clothes.
He had likewise been scared out of his wits into a cold sweat by Destruction Aeon Nanook, and now his damp clothes clinging to his body felt thoroughly uncomfortable.
But seeing that Caesar and Chu Zihang, and even those teachers, were in the same state, Lu Mingfei bizarrely found a sense of balance.
"This guy is simply too terrifying!" Zhang Chulan patted his chest with lingering fear, "Just appearing on the sky curtain made my whole body tremble, and it even felt like I was witnessing destruction over and over again."
"This guy…" Xu San shook his head.
Though Zhang Chulan claimed it was terrifying, didn't he still dare to call Nanook straight up as "this guy"?
However, he wasn't wrong; the feeling of witnessing destruction was far from pleasant, as if a slight lapse in attention would cause one's very self to be destroyed along with it.
"Since He bears the name of Destruction, does that mean His actions are solely for the sake of destruction?" Wang Ye frowned, "And will He destroy the universe?"
What Wang Ye left unsaid was: if that universe were to establish a connection with their world, how could they survive safely under the gaze of the Destruction Aeon?
Lin Qiye let out a breath.
Nyx had given him a hand, preventing him from ending up as disheveled as the others under the gaze of the Destruction Aeon.
However, he was also even more certain that that universe truly existed.
Otherwise, if it were false, how could Nanook's gaze affect the people watching the show beneath the sky curtain?
"The sky curtain isolates the vast majority of his power," Nyx said with a solemn expression.
"The impact suffered by those watching beneath the sky curtain is only one in a million."
Hearing this, Lin Qiye couldn't help but gasp deeply.
Such a massive impact and it was still only one in a million… Just how strong was Nanook?
"Mother, can you defeat Him?" Lin Qiye asked with some curiosity.
"Even at my peak, winning would be very difficult."
Hearing this, Lin Qiye was shocked once more, inevitably beginning to worry that if destruction descended, could this world still have a future?
After all, it wasn't stable to begin with.
"Mere foreign deity putting on airs!" Loki stared angrily at Nanook on the sky curtain.
Being caught off guard and facing Nanook directly had caused Him, while on the way, to accidentally stumble.
But He would never admit to it.
"Good thing Bodhisattva Dashi is here." Jiuyue wiped away a cold sweat.
Another powerful divine force had appeared without a single sign; if Bodhisattva Dashi hadn't set up a barrier, little shrimps like them would probably have been as disheveled as the others in the chat group.
"Ain't that the truth." Shiyilie clung tightly to Jiuyue.
Jiuyue shoved him away: "It's burning hot, don't get so close to me!"
Shiyilie aggrievedly cuddled up with his good brother Xiaotian instead.
"Old Sun's hands are itching again." The Great Sage rubbed his palms, staring at Nanook with surging battle intent.
If Nanook were right here, he would definitely go challenge him a round.
The super invincible big shots of the Non-Human world, however, looked calmly at the sky curtain, feeling no sense of crisis in their hearts.
Even if they were Star Gods, they were not completely powerless against them.
Do not underestimate the heritage of Huaxia.
"The people of the Nine Heavens have stayed in seclusion for a long time; now it seems they are about to get restless as well." Nezha propped up his chin.
The coercion already filtered out by the sky curtain couldn't stir up a single ripple for him.
Beyond the universe looks pretty interesting, should he find that monkey to go take a look together?
Nezha's thoughts drifted away.
Hearing this, the others in the clubhouse were not surprised.
Having a blade and choosing not to use it versus having no blade to use were two entirely different matters.
Therefore, even knowing Nanook's strength, they were not worried.
They still had people backing them up from above.
"There are actually deities existing in that world?" Lei Wujie widened his eyes.
"Why are they different from the gods in legends? Bearing the name of destruction and doing deeds of destruction, can they really protect the common people?"
"Don't compare foreign deities with local ones." Xiao Se glanced at Lei Wujie, but his heart was extremely heavy.
Destruction Aeon Nanook… What other meaning could destruction have besides referring to the Star God?
In Gepard's video, a new icon besides destruction had appeared; presumably that also represented a Star God's icon, but Gepard clearly wasn't a Star God, so why would such an icon appear?
The mysteries were piling up more and more.
Xiao Se sighed.
Could the sky curtain really answer all their doubts?
The big shots of the Roaming Profound Realm were momentarily dazed.
In front of the Star Gods, they were all mere ants.
The moment Nanook appeared, all transcendent radars in the Lord of the Mysteries World beeped frantically.
Some transcendents almost failed to keep a lid on their mythical forms.
Fortunately, the world played by the sky curtain seemed to be free of corruption; even if all of them stared directly at the deity, it had no impact, except for that feeling of being immersed in destruction.
However, just feeling destruction rather than corruption was already quite good.
Audrey let out a soft breath, quietly relaxing.
She had almost activated her transcendent powers to protect her family.
Fortunately, nothing happened.
But the deities of other worlds were truly terrifying.
Mr. Fool was still the most affable.
It seemed that the deities of other worlds weren't easy to get along with either.
Klein casually traced the prayer gesture of the Evernight Goddess and thought inwardly: "Praise the Goddess."
"Gulp." Nakajima Atsushi swallowed hard.
He pointed his trembling finger toward the sky curtain, but then felt that this was a grave disrespect, quickly pulling his finger back and looking tremblingly at Dazai Osamu.
"Dazai-san, it turns out there really are deities in the world. And they're so terrifying."
The others nodded one after another.
Ain't that right, they almost got scared to death.
"They aren't even the same world, so it's normal for them to exist, right?" Dazai Osamu rarely refrained from joking around and instead said earnestly, "That world even has foxes and dragons. But there's no need to worry; that world is far too distant from us. Besides, even if there really comes a day when that world integrates with ours, destruction won't arrive first. Most importantly—"
"It's impossible for there to be only one Star God," Edogawa Ranpo said, "There are always benevolent presences."
Hearing this, everyone in the Detective Agency relaxed.Fables of the Starry Sky, Part 1 (3)
The Port Mafia was shrouded in a heavy atmosphere at this moment.
The existence of the Aeons had truly caught them off guard.
Faced with others, they might still have a chance to contend, but facing a god, it was truly impossible to shake them.
Chuya Nakahara's mood was complicated.
This was the true god.
Too powerful.
"Kagura, Shinpachi, hurry up and find a time machine to hide!" Gintoki buried his head into a trash can.
Kagura also hurriedly found another trash can and dived in.
Shinpachi, who had been startled by Nanook's mighty aura, lost all fear upon seeing this, leaving only deep speechlessness.
"Dammit! Why is Shinpachi throwing Sadaharu's dog shit into the trash can!" Gintoki suddenly propped himself up, covering his nose and wailing.
Shinpachi was speechless: "If you don't throw garbage in the trash can, what do you throw?"
"Of course you throw garbage. But Sadaharu's shit isn't garbage; it's fertilizer for vegetable and fruit trees."
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"You should throw it into the toilet and flush it away."
Shinpachi: "..."
"So scary, so scary, so scary." Kumoko rolled around frantically on the ground.
"Gods are simply too terrifying!"
When Nanook appeared, she almost suspected that she was going to be burned to death.
Fortunately, it was all an illusion, and she was still fine, except that Nanook's coercion made her legs weak.
Seeing this, the god who had been silently watching Kumoko blinked.
"Could the little spider be going crazy from sheer boredom?"
"Eh? Wait!" Kumoko stopped rolling, her expression inexplicable, "It seems like something extra has appeared in my body..."
"Hoo—" Rimuru let out a long sigh, looking at the firmament with a subtle expression.
Destruction Aeon truly lived up to the name of destruction... If it ran into Nanook, it might as well wash up and go to sleep.
"Is this a god?"
The others also recovered from the coercion, looking at the firmament with lingering fear.
But no matter what, they would protect everything here.
Jujutsu High was very quiet at the moment; everyone had just recovered from the shadow of destruction and had not yet fully recovered.
Seeing everyone looking frightened, Gojo Satoru hooked the corner of his mouth: "You guys aren't scared, are you? No way, no way, no way? You can get scared by just a firmament?"
"Who's scared!" Zenin Maki said irritably, "Just a little surprised."
"That's right." Panda showed his trademark stubbornness.
The others followed suit one after another.
Under Gojo Satoru's wretched tone, they really didn't want to admit they were scared.
"Ah..." Tohsaka Rin put down her teacup, pulling out a tissue to wipe the black tea off her body.
Facing a god off guard, even if it was just a weakened version of a god on the firmament, it had indeed startled her so much that she couldn't hold the teacup steady, spilling the tea out.
"Good thing we won't run into them."
Emiya Shirou replied: "Yeah."
Saber also nodded solemnly.
Once facing an Aeon, she had completely no way to protect her Master, and even she herself would be destroyed.
As for Archer, not wanting to stay with Emiya Shirou, he ran off to somewhere else.
Chrollo gripped the book tightly, his eyes widening slightly, his expression changing rapidly before finally returning to calm.
The danger level of that world was elevated once again in his heart.
He had underestimated that world.
It was simply because the people who appeared before were too misleading.
"As expected, one shouldn't look down on anyone."
The moment Muzan Kibutsuji saw Nanook, it was as if he was being roasted by the sun. He almost subconsciously tore himself into pieces and fled in all directions, finally gathering in the Infinity Castle, not daring to show his face again.
Even the other demons were deeply affected and became much more well-behaved, which also gave the Demon Slayer Corps a breathing room.
"There are actually gods existing..." Conan was dumbfounded, "I thought there were only superpowers and high tech."
Haibara Ai also wore a complicated look; how could she not have thought so as well?
"Ran." Sonoko excitedly hugged Ran's arm again, wearing a fangirling smile on her face, "Destruction Aeon is way too handsome! Ah, I can't take it anymore, how can someone be so handsome."
A drop of cold sweat fell from Ran's temple.
She really had no way to deal with Sonoko's fangirling, even fangirling over a god.
"What an amazing uncle, let's invite him aboard too." Luffy held down his hat, looking smilingly at his companions who had just recovered from the coercion.
Everyone held their foreheads, thinking: This is a god, is that someone we can invite?
"Raise the danger level of that world to the highest level." Sengoku said with a solemn expression.
Tsuru acknowledged.
Immediately, they heard crunching sounds. Everyone followed the sound and saw that Garp was actually eating senbei, stolen from Sengoku no less.
Veins bulged on Sengoku's temples: "Garp! Is now the time to eat senbei? And put down my senbei!"
Garp was completely unaffected, babbling: "If I don't eat a bit more now, I won't be able to eat them once my teeth get loose."
Everyone: "..."
In Sakura's world, everyone looked at each other in dismay.
Ah this, they really couldn't fight against it.
Forget it, let's just give up.
Perhaps when destruction comes, they can be destroyed a bit more easily.
It wasn't that they lacked ambition, it was just that facing such a suffocating opponent, they couldn't muster any strength to resist at all.
That was a god, how could small fries like them deal with it?
Even Yue and Kero fell silent.
Tough to handle.
[After the Destruction Aeon, a new icon appeared.]
It looked like it was composed of antlers plus four arrows.
Named [The Hunt] Lan.]
Seeing this name, those related to Huaxia culture all perked up.
Could this Aeon be... related to Huaxia culture?
After all, the Xianzhou Luofu looked at a glance to have inextricable ties with Huaxia culture.
[[The Hunt]'s accompanying text: In the first ten thousand years, the hunter nocked arrows for survival. In the second ten thousand years, the hunter drew bows for anger. In the third ten thousand years, hunting became the purpose itself.]
That woman's voice also sounded at the same time:
"But children of the earth, please do not panic!"
The Aeon, with beast legs and wheels for the lower body and a human form for the upper body, appeared, drawing its bow and nocking an arrow towards the distance.
The Hunt Aeon, Lan.
"Arrows of light shall arrive to purge the evil abomination;"
You shall follow the tracks and visit where the storm points."]
Hearing the words "purge the evil abomination," many people's favorability towards Lan greatly increased.
"Great, there are also kind Aeons!"
"From today on, I believe in The Hunt Aeon."
"Seeing The Hunt Aeon gives me a sense of familiarity; He must be a good Aeon."
Quite a few ancients knelt and bowed to Lan.
"Do Aeons really distinguish between good and evil?" Dazai Osamu's eyes were deep.
Hunting becoming the purpose itself... This didn't sound like anything good either.
Dostoevsky thought secretly.
"The Hunt?" Zhang Chulan scratched his head, "Why name it [The Hunt]?"
"Related to the literal meaning?" Zhuge Qing said, "The Hunt, patrolling and hunting. It fits the hunter identity in the introduction."
"So, The Hunt Aeon is a hunter. Then, who is His prey?" Wang Ye was also pondering.
Xu San pushed up his glasses: "Could it be related to abominations? After all, it also said above, purging evil abominations."
"It's possible." Zhang Chulan nodded.
"Finally, a good god has appeared." Lu Mingfei cheered, "Great, we are finally saved."
Finger rolled his eyes: "Only two Aeons have appeared so far."
"I know, I'm just looking for a bit of comfort." Lu Mingfei pouted.
"The Hunt Aeon's icon is quite handsome," Caesar said. "If you didn't say it's an Aeon's icon, I would have thought it was some family's crest. A Mafia family's crest at that."
Lu Mingfei wiped away cold sweat, thinking: As expected of the boss, aristocratic descendants are truly different, their thoughts are different from ordinary people.
But Caesar was right, The Hunt's icon was indeed handsome.