Worlds’ Apocalypse Online

The gem that had been crushed to fine dust glittered like morning dew in the shadow.

The infinite power contained inside made them glow with even more splendor.

Just like that, the powder simply floated in the air.

At that point, a few lines of bloody red text appeared in front of the lightning giant's vision:

[The power of the Awaitings of Chaos has been fully absorbed]

[A little bit more energy is required for your low-level Apocalypse: Lord of Horror, to undergo evolution]

[Collect this Apocalyptic gem powder!]

[------It will provide the last bit of power required for evolution!]

The lightning giant quickly read these messages.

「 Why didn't you tell me that sooner? 」he complained.

------more than two dozen Awaitings of [Chaos] wasn't enough for the Apocalypse to evolve?

I wonder what it would be like after it finally evolves.

Whatever, I just need to collect all this gem powder again to know the answer.

The giant then reached his hand out to grab the floating gem powder.

Suddenly-------

A crimson mist manifested out of nowhere to instantly fill the void of space.

A certain blurred shadow could be seen within the crimson mist, which approached the gem powder------

Shuu---

With a single breath, the shadow sucked all the gem powder into the crimson mist.

「 Ah… it's been so long… such delicacies… 」

Such a murmur could be heard from within the crimson mist.

The lightning giant became stiff.

He naturally understood that this voice belonged to the True Devil of Antiquity, Overlooker of Myriad Worlds.

「 Hey, didn't you say you were leaving? 」the lightning giant asked with an irritated tone.

「 I'm leaving now, I'm leaving now 」

A booming voice answered from within the crimson mist, seemingly feeling a bit guilty.

With a large gust of wind, the crimson mist all scattered away.

Together with it, the shroud of shadow also vanished without a trace.

His surroundings returned back to normal.

The sky, the ground, the clouds, everything looked just like the scene of a normal night.

-----seems like it has left for real this time.

Standing in the middle of the barren wasteland, the lightning giant felt a bit regretful.

He complained: 「 Hey, you knew that I was asking for help from a glutton, why didn't you remind me to hold onto the gem beforehand? 」

A line of bloody red text appeared: [You can't blame me for that, I've only just finished absorbing the power of the Awaitings of Chaos, it was only after detecting that there wasn't enough energy that I notified you]

The lightning giant sighed after reading the answer.

It seems I'll need to find another way to absorb energy for the Apocalypse to evolve.

The layers of lightning began to break off from the giant's body, after which he started shrinking back down.

He had undone his transformation.

After returning to his original form, Gu Qing Shan quickly turned around to head back to the interstellar warship.

But he stopped.

At some unknown point in time, a silver-haired girl was already standing behind him.

She was silently looking at him with a smile on her face.

-----as if there wasn't anything else in her eyes except him.

It was Su Xue Er.

"Xue Er, you saved me" Gu Qing Shan looked straight at her and muttered.

[And you saved me. There is no need for us to mention such small details, right?] Su Xue Er tilted her head and happily answered.

"It's been too long since we've met one another, and there is so much that we haven't said, but I have always kept one thing in mind------- you must have suffered through a lot in order to become an Apocalypse, haven't you?" Gu Qing Shan said as he slowly approached her.

Su Xue Er lowered her face, her voice becoming a bit dejected:

[I destroyed many worlds, I think I've told you that already]

"But that conversation isn't finished------ destroying entire worlds and their living beings, it must have been really tough on you" Gu Qing Shan replied.

[Do you already know how it feels?] Su Xue Er asked.

"I know you" Gu Qing Shan answered.

Su Xue Er remained silent for a brief while before she spoke up again: [My tears have already dried up, and there's nothing left of my emotions. The only thought that remains in my mind is that everything I did, I've done to help you, and that is the only belief I have left]

At this point, while standing in front of Gu Qing Shan, she no longer seemed like a human girl that had reached the peak of evolution, nor did she bear any resemblance to an Apocalypse Sequence.

Gu Qing Shan took another step closer and reached his hands out to hug her.

But Su Xue Er pushed him away, then took a few steps backwards.

She insisted with force in her voice: [No, all of this was my own actions, it has nothing to do with you]

Gu Qing Shan just smiled in response.

He took another step forward and pulled Su Xue Er into his embrace with his hand.

Su Xue Er tried to struggle a few more times before finally hugging him tightly.

Their surroundings became silent.

A few moments later.

"Xue Er" Gu Qing Shan muttered.

[Hm?] Su Xue Er softly answered with a hum.

"Once this is all over, I'll accompany you back to the Reality Gate, we will try to save all the worlds that had been destroyed and revive the people that were killed, and then----"

[And then?]

"I will apologize to all of those people with you, we will ask for their forgiveness, together"

Su Xue Er tightened her embrace, tightly hanging onto his hands.

She finally stopped holding back and cried out loud.

[What if… what if we can't save them anymore… Qing Shan…]

Gu Qing Shan lifted her face up, but her tears couldn't stop flowing.

Gu Qing Shan gently told her: "It will be fine, I'll be with you, regardless of what the final results will be, you and I will accept them together, up until the very end"

Su Xue Er looked earnestly at him, trying to wipe her tears away.

After a long while, she sniffled and tried to make her voice sound calm: