Brand New Life Online: Rise Of The Goddess Of Harvest

Chapter 1730: The World Forever Changed

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“Only through endless perseverance can we achieve greatness and reach our goals, however hard and impossible they may seem,” Olivia said, cheering Elena in her own way.

“Europe is also our homeland…” one of the druids spoke, the eldest, Grandma Jannis. “If you allow us, Magus, we could teach her and her friends the Ancient Arts of Druids and help them further awaken their Nature Souls.”

“…!” Olivia showed interest. “Hmm! I like that idea! Unlike my fellow magus, I have an open mind, always welcoming new things! Druids are welcome!”

“B-But what about Mom’s Domain? Are we going to leave it abandoned?” Elena asked.

“That won’t be necessary,” Kaguya said. “With Master gone… I have become the ruler of this Domain by succession. And… I have been hiding a few things from you. I can do this.”

Kaguya snapped her fingers, and small pink runes resembling cherry blossom petals appeared on everyone’s right palm.

“This is a Domain Key. With my permission, you can freely teleport here and back to where you are,” she explained. “Of course, it has limits. You shouldn’t abuse it during a battle, as it could cause spatial interference when teleporting amid a large clash of energies.”

“W-What?! You can do this?” Elena asked, surprised. “Kaguya… you’re not just a Dryad, are you?!”

“…”

Kaguya smiled bitterly at Elena’s words but didn’t say anything further.

She was among the most mysterious, and Elena began to unravel what she truly could be.

After all, Kaguya had used a powerful Divine Art, drawing on her own Divine Authority.

And only divine beings akin to gods could wield such power!

“You’re not a spirit, you’re…!” Olivia gasped. “A foreign god?!”

“…” Kaguya smiled bitterly. “By the contract, I cannot reveal my true identity. But… I love my master, and I just want to help. Please… don’t doubt me.”

“…Okay,” Elena nodded quickly. “Thank you, Kaguya…”

“Yes, it’s okay,” Kaguya smiled. “Perhaps I could even contact Abe-no-Seimei-sama and Amaterasu-no-Mikoto-sama. Both blessed my master and granted their divine power to her Soul Trait… wherever she is, if they are willing to help, she could receive part of that power or even reawaken it, if it was taken away.”

“You can do that?!” Elena asked. “W-Wait, hold on! M-Maybe through them we can contact Mom!”

“You’re right. I will try to contact them!” Kaguya nodded, sitting in the garden and meditating while her soul traveled elsewhere.

Elena sighed.

“For now, there’s no hurry. I can prepare for your arrival,” Olivia said. “Are your friends coming too?”

“I don’t know…” Anna muttered. “I will tell my mother the truth, but then… I will try to convince her to come with me.”

“My parents probably wouldn’t care,” Elisa said, shrugging. “I just… want to grow strong, to finally find Auntie… she’s like my mom at this point.”

“Yes…” Monica sighed, her ghostly aura more intense than ever. “We are ready to go at any moment.”

“I see… Anna, if you want, I can go with you,” Olivia said. “I can help convince your mother, and we can tell her the truth together.”

“R-Really?” Anna asked. “Yes, please… thank you.”

As everyone prepared, Rose was about to speak but was interrupted.

“What?! Are you sure? You saw it? Here?! No… everywhere?!”

“Albert? What’s wrong?”

“Hellberos just told me something—ah! Turn on the TV! We have to check the news now!”

“…?”

Olivia used magic to turn on the TV. Her eyes widened as every channel showed the same local news.

It showed something alarming.

“National Emergency! Over five hundred sectors worldwide report large gates releasing noxious elements. Undead-type monsters are crawling into the surroundings and fiercely attacking anybody they met! All Authorities advice for civilians to please stay indoors unless you’re a hunter.”

Despite the news, perhaps thanks to Elayne’s Domain, no Gate had opened around this city, one of the few safe cities in Canada.

However, across Canada, the USA, Mexico, and South America, dozens of Gates appeared, sometimes one or two in the same city.

Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia faced the same ordeal, and all hunters were forced to the frontlines to defend their cities.

At the same time, Olivia received a message from her father, urging her to return home as many Magus were mobilized to fight the invaders.

“We can no longer keep our existence a secret,” Olivia said with a smile. “I knew this would happen one day… Magus will go public after this incident, and even the Knight Lineages will have to reveal themselves. Thanks to that monster, the world will change forever.”

Elena sighed, realizing nothing would ever be the same…

“Mom…”

She clenched her fists tightly, her Aura surging around her.

“I won’t give up… I will find you no matter what…”

Shedding one last tear, Elena made up her mind.

The world was harsh.

Suffering was like breathing, it was everywhere.

One could never achieve anything without enduring it.

Elena had been protected and nurtured by her mother all this time.

Never truly struggling.

Until now… when a force beyond even her mother’s strength appeared, shattering her world.

However, the beautiful moments she spent with her mother, all the times she was there for her…

Elena had not forgotten them.

All these precious memories gathered in her heart.

Remembering how much she loved her mother, and how her mother always loved her.

Elena closed her eyes, swearing not to cry anymore.

Until she could find her again.

With the death of the one holding everything in balance, the worlds began to change.

The breach between Arcadia and Earth grew closer, as if both worlds were beginning to mesh seamlessly.

Realms began to manifest their power further, and the entities within them could no longer ignore the outside world as they always had.

But evil remained relentless in its pursuit of destruction and chaos.

A giant skeleton oozing nether from his bones walked through a dark blue temple in the depths of Arcadia’s oceans.

His empty eyes blazed with ghostly flames as he smashed the door before him with a single swing of his gigantic skeletal fists.

BOOOM!

The power of the void shattered all restraining barriers and seals. The monstrous demonic power that Merlinus had cultivated, merged with his own, had made him a truly god-like being.

Defying the system, Thanatos destroyed one of the many seals containing entities that could threaten the entire world.

“Rejoice, Demon King of Flood! You were meant to awaken much later, but I have decided to grant you the privilege of awakening and joining me now!”

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