Chapter 280: Subduing Kiara
Based on the skill "All-Logos Constriction," which allows for the manipulation of human hearts, this Anti-Planet Noble Phantasm is capable of sucking the souls of all intelligent lifeforms into her womb. There, they are melted and dissolved alongside billions of units of pleasure brewing within.
In that instant, the absorbed souls reach a state of ultimate bliss through Kiara Sessyoin's body. In a sense, it is no different from the salvation offered by a Buddha.
The price, however, is the annihilation of the soul.
Yet, these tactics seemed useless against the white-haired man. The white light in the space suddenly surged, swallowing Kiara Sessyoin's solar system, and the surroundings returned once more to a featureless, pure white void.
"Tch. Do you truly have no desire at all? It's hard to imagine—just how boring can you be?" Kiara Sessyoin said irritably. Accustomed to being the center of all things and having everything go her way, this was the first time she had encountered a situation where she was so thoroughly suppressed.
"I do not need it," the white-haired man said calmly.
"How ridiculous. To become a God from a human—shouldn't you be more free, more indulgent, an existence adored by all? Living like you do is simply hell!" Kiara Sessyoin launched another attack.
The vast white expanse, seemingly boundless and infinitely expandable, was torn open in the next moment by a deep rift. High in the sky, Kiara Sessyoin opened a profound entrance. As sub-species of the Third Magic representing all desires of this world, the "Amenoana" (Heaven's Hole) opened as a gargantuan black abyss.
The walls of the hole pulsated and shifted slightly, emitting a violent gravitational pull. Wild winds swept toward everything, appearing ready to absorb all matter. Under this violent attraction, the white space shattered into fragments and was absorbed bit by bit.
If the Kiara Sessyoin at the oil rig base was a larva of the Third Beast about to become the Earth's "Terminal," then the Kiara here was the omnipotent Earth Mother Goddess, the natural enemy of all intellectual entities.
The Kiara who controlled the moon here possessed destructive power primarily due to her extraordinary energy; she wasn't "strong" in a conventional sense, but rather because she was the Beast of the Principle of Lust, representing "all the desires of this world."
As long as an existence possesses desire, the five senses, and intelligence, they cannot be her match. All intellectual entities, whether Demon God Pillars or humans, will be sucked in before her Authority and completely dissolved.
The only one capable of defeating her is a total blank—an existence that harbors no personal desire even when facing a Universal Wish-Granting Machine, yet possesses a powerful goal and unwavering conviction.
Except for his white robes fluttering in the wind, the white-haired man was completely unaffected by the attraction of the black hole.
"If long-range attacks won't work, how about this!"
She raised her palm high and straightened it into a hand-blade—the Guanyin Palm—and chopped down toward the white-clad man. However, the strike was transferred to the land of a certain world, causing a massive collapse that physically forced the movement of Earth's tectonic plates, splitting the crust into several pieces.
All of Kiara Sessyoin's attacks were diverted by the white Deity to another world, replacing the disasters that "should" have occurred after the endangered people had been evacuated. The white Deity guided the violent power into the cycles of the world's operation; because the Beast is recognized as a disaster-like existence, the things she caused would not disrupt the world's functioning.
Countless slender, fair jade hands sprouted from her body and clawed at the white Deity, but they all passed through him as if he were a phantom.
"I do not fight." The white Deity raised his hand and used Creation. A white-glowing iron rod appeared beside him, like a pillar supporting the heavens, and thrust into Kiara Sessyoin's stomach.
Kiara groaned in pain. A white portal opened behind her, and she was sent flying into the next world.
"Ugh, ahhh~!"
"How pathetic. A Beast of pure desire versus a machine with no desire. What is the point of a fight between monsters?" Andersen sat in the void, looking like someone with absolutely no interest in the struggle, yet forced to watch a boring match in a Roman Colosseum.
"You idiot, don't you understand yet? As long as you use the power of a 'Beast' to fight him, you will absolutely never win."
The white Deity stood in place without moving an inch. Having already transcended the limits of a living being, the Authority of the Principle of Lust could not affect him. And the Creation he possessed was an omnipotence restricted to the "Salvation of Humanity." Against a "Beast" that is the natural enemy of humanity, he was destined to possess the power to triumph.
It was a "non-discriminatory salvation of humanity" created to counter the "evils generated by humanity."
The white-haired man before them claimed to have no desires, yet his actions were a pursuit of a luxury greater than anyone else's.
"If you're so good at dodging, how about this move?!" Pink-purple miasma billowed from Kiara Sessyoin. She pressed her hands together and projected a massive orb of purple energy into the sky. The orb spat out purple light streams that swam like tadpoles, all pouncing toward the man on the ground.
The earth was blasted apart by the massive energy, forming cratered basins like those left by meteorites.
The white Deity opened a curtain of light, from which emerged rows of shimmering divine weapons. White chains flew out, coiling around the woman repeatedly, binding her massive body.
"Wonderful! More! I want more! This impact! This tightness of the binding! This size! I want more! More! More! Ahhhh!" The giant demonic saint writhed within her bonds.
Bound by the white chains and pinned within, Kiara Sessyoin still tried to resist and break free. In the next moment, a rapier forged from light specialized against gods and demons was created from the white glow. It acted as a nail, piercing the goddess's body and pinning her to a stone wall.
"Yahhh~! It hurts! Mmm~! It feels so good~! Haa, haa... more..." Kiara Sessyoin let out a lingering cry, her body twitching, her toes pointing sharply, before finally slumping against the stone wall.
However, such moans stopped after the fourth cry. The key joints of her hands and feet were struck with pillars of light, and her body was bound by chains, completely restrained.
"Now, can we talk? Under no circumstances will I allow a dangerous existence like you to return to that world. I will seal you here permanently."
"No... even an ascetic like you understands, don't you? Seeking greater power means you'll want more 'pleasant' things. You must have accumulated a massive amount of desire, suppressing it in your heart, right? Why don't we vent it out together?" Kiara said enticingly.
"I have no need for such things. My responsibility is the salvation of humanity across all worlds," the white-haired man denied.
"Hehehehe, liar. I can sense it, you know. A human very similar to you once appeared in the Moon Cell through another method. But there were too many fun things back then, so I set it aside." Kiara Sessyoin spoke with a mocking laugh.
"Human? No. The 'me' that was human no longer exists. Even if remnants remain, they will slowly disappear and return to the Source," the white-haired man said.
"Hehehe. Do you truly not know, or are you ignoring it on purpose? But it's rare for someone to make me feel this way. It's not impossible for me to accept your pursuit. This is the first time
I've met a man like you. As I thought, you are 'human' too. I thought I was the only one left in this world, but it seems that in this vast universe and infinite parallel worlds, there are others of my kind."
"Then it is settled. The contract is established. Andersen, I leave the rest to you," the white Deity said, looking at the Servant beside him.
"Sigh... it's a pain, but let's go with that. What a nauseating scene. Only a third-rate novel would have a plot like this, don't you think? Though an existence as noble as yours is also revoltingly hard to accept. If you're leaving, then leave quickly," Andersen said with a sigh, lightly flicking a book in his hand.
"Ahhh, what a heartless man. You were so intense just a moment ago, and now you just leave like this," Kiara Sessyoin said, gazing at the man longingly.
"Honestly. If this were a novel, it would definitely be a piece of trash. Not a single one of these gods is convincing—just a bunch of people talking to themselves. Enough already, you sow. Since the restraints have been loosened, get up already."
"Let me enjoy this 'neglect play' a little longer; let me stay like this for a bit," Kiara said, twisting her body.
"Then, as agreed, I leave this place to you. I will arrange your living quarters later," the white-haired man said as he departed from this world.
He left only the writer who vowed never to love humans and the non-human Demonic Bodhisattva.
Though Andersen was very reluctant, he accepted the white Deity's request. As a reward for the contract, he could remain by the Deity's side from now on. After all, the chance to observe a Deity up close was extremely rare; even for a Heroic Spirit, it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
In the days that followed, the white Deity traveled across various worlds with Kiara Sessyoin, Andersen, and a certain rescued purple-haired girl, transferring endangered humans and then destroying those areas to allow history to proceed smoothly.
Kiara Sessyoin seemed to enjoy the pleasure she experienced here—a sensation more real than in the Moon Cell—of being destroyed along with the world.
Back at Chaldea, the abnormal history was corrected, and everything was reconstructed. All those who had died were returned to the starting point and survived. The historical records were rewritten such that the SERAPHIX oil rig base was disbanded in January; thus, the humans who died tragically were replaced by an empty oil rig base sinking silently to the bottom of the sea.
As for the Kiara Sessyoin of that world, because she received treatment, she walked a different path from the Kiara in Hakuno's world and had a better future. Having attended high
school and university, she experienced human warmth and did not fall into a state of despair where she believed only she was a "real human."
Though she still possesses a goodness that seeks to help others without reward, an all-encompassing heart, and a saintly constitution, one hopes she can have a better future there.
However, what the girls did not know yet was that the impression left on people by the woman who once appeared in this world was so powerful that the side of Kiara Sessyoin that still retained a shred of goodness after being possessed by a Demon God Pillar seemed to have been recorded by the Heroic Spirit Throne...
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