Chapter 300: Upping the Ante! The Suniaster?! The Spatial Set?!
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"Run! Hurry, run!"
"How on earth do these humans possess supernatural powers?!"
"This isn't even a battle on the same magnitude!"
"Get out of here, quickly!"
"..."
Within the Elkian Kingdom, countless civilians shrieked in absolute terror. Facing the battle-hardened imperial soldiers and guild members of the Snezhnaya Empire who wielded extraordinary abilities, they were like mere ants!
A large-scale battlefield of this nature was nothing short of a one-sided massacre!
Beyond the starry firmament...
Seito, who was currently observing the planetary war unfolding below, casually manifested three chairs and a table into the void.
"Have a seat," he said.
Sustaining the furniture with his divine energy, Seito was the first to settle down. Tet and Sora followed suit, taking their respective seats.
Seito then retrieved a pot of freshly brewed tea and three porcelain cups. Pouring the steaming liquid, he smoothly handed a cup to each of his companions.
"I must admit, I didn't expect you to choose the weakest race as your initial point of entry," Tet remarked after taking a sip of tea, a cheerful grin returning to his face.
Seito and Sora exchanged a look, before simultaneously letting out a knowing smirk.
"Isn't that just common sense?" Sora grinned, his lips curling upward. "The moment you chose to look down on humanity, you effectively determined our point of attack!"
"Precisely," Seito added, taking an elegant sip of his tea with a calm smile. "Humanity possesses limitless latent potential. The weakest can ultimately overthrow the strongest!"
"On this planet of yours, countless races have been blessed with their own inherent advantages, yet humanity was given absolutely nothing."
Granted, back in the original anime world, the legendary sibling duo Blank had always proclaimed that humanity's greatest weapon was its intellect. However, if the two of them hadn't intervened in this reality, the entire human kingdom of Elkia would have eventually been gambled away down to the very last cent!
So strictly speaking... it was simply because Blank was far too overpowered.
"Hehehe," Tet looked between Seito and Sora, an expression of profound intrigue flashing across his eyes. "Does that mean you're completely certain of an absolute victory?"
"No," Sora shook his head. "While I wouldn't call it an absolute certainty, we definitely possess at least a seventy percent probability of securing a total victory!"
The absolute strongest race on Disboard was the Old Deus. In the original series, only the God of War, Artosh, had made a prominent appearance, and even that powerhouse had ultimately been outschemed and brought down by the Ex-Machina.
However, in this current reality, Artosh hadn't perished! Seito and Sora could distinctly perceive the powerful divine fluctuations of several living deities radiating from the planet below.
"A seventy percent probability?" Tet chuckled. "That's already an incredibly high estimate."
Seeing his playfully irreverent demeanor, Seito suddenly directed a piercing query straight at him. "By the way... where exactly is the Suniaster of this planet?"
The moment those words left Seito's mouth, the cheerful grin completely froze on Tet's face, instantly replacing itself with a chilling coldness.
"How on earth do you know about the Suniaster?" Tet's expression turned incredibly solemn.
Knowledge regarding the Suniaster was a cosmic secret tightly guarded within Disboard, known only to a selective handful of ancient entities. Yet, Seito—an external deity who had only recently stepped into the Domain of the Gods—was somehow fully aware of its existence. This revelation sent a wave of profound shock straight through Tet's core.
"Why so tense?" Seito's lips curled into a faint smirk. "An artifact like the Suniaster, capable of manifesting any conceivable wish, certainly isn't a mere ordinary god-grade item. In fact, I have a strong feeling that it isn't an artifact native to your original realm either."
Hearing Seito's breakdown, Sora's interest was instantly piqued.
" Fascinating. A chalice that can grant any absolute wish?" Sora grinned, a sharp glint in his eyes as he proposed, "How about we up the ante a bit?"
The underlying implication of his words was glaringly obvious—Sora wanted to drag the legendary Suniaster directly onto the gambling table as a formal stake.
Hearing this, Tet fell into a deep, heavy silence. Now that information regarding the Suniaster had completely leaked, attempting to conceal it any further was entirely futile.
However...
"What exactly can you offer me in return?"
Tet countered, throwing the question right back at them.
He could certainly produce the Suniaster. But what could Seito and Sora possibly offer that held an equivalent cosmic value?
Divine artifacts? I'm afraid a deity of his caliber truly had absolutely no practical need for standard god-grade gear.
Reflecting on their current inventory, it seemed Seito and Sora truly didn't possess many readily available assets that could match the sheer weight of a reality-warping chalice.
"How about the equipment set currently bound to my soul?" Seito spoke smoothly.
Swish, swish—!
The moment his words fell, the Spatial Dragon Blade and the Dimensional Magic Cube materialized out of thin air, hovering majestically right behind his back as a cohesive unit.
Tet looked on, a hint of perplexity crossing his features. While a synchronized set of divine artifacts was undeniably rare, to an entity of his standing, it still shouldn't have been considered an entirely irreplaceable treasure.
Seito didn't waste any time on empty explanations. With a casual flick of his wrist, he projected the item interface of his specialized Spatial Set directly before Tet's eyes, allowing him to inspect its attributes firsthand.
The exact instant his gaze locked onto the unique trait labeled [Spatial Deprivation], Tet froze completely dead in his tracks.
"This is..."
Tet stared blankly, entirely unable to believe the staggering reality of the text displayed before him!
An equipment set capable of systematically stripping away an opponent's divine energy! To think that an artifact set possessing such an utterly broken, reality-defying trait was actively resting in Seito's hands!
If this monstrous blade were to ever be turned against him...
The mere thought sent an involuntary shiver coursing down Tet's spine. He finally understood exactly why Seito had marched straight over to pick a fight with him yesterday. So this was his hidden trump card!
Furthermore... if Tet himself could somehow acquire this exact Spatial Set, he would undoubtedly go out of his way to hunt down every other deity in existence! After all, this was hands down the absolute fastest, most efficient shortcut to ascending straight into the exalted realm of a God-King!
"Deal," Tet agreed after a long, calculated silence.
With a sweeping motion of his arm, he manifested a mystical chalice radiating a dense, suffocating aura of absolute divinity.
[The Suniaster (God-King Artifact?)]
Effect: Tainted with a trace of absolute, ineffable cosmic power. Capable of manifesting any reality-warping wish, provided the scope of the desire does not exceed the structural quality of the artifact itself.
Ascension Requirement: ???
Value: ???
Scanning the bizarre attributes of the legendary chalice, a look of profound intrigue crossed the faces of both Seito and Sora simultaneously.
It's not classified as a standard Master Divine Artifact?
Furthermore, what on earth is up with the barrage of hidden question marks in the description?
Inspecting the fundamental mechanics of the Suniaster's reality-warping effect, the duo came to a swift realization. This artifact had undoubtedly been kissed by a fraction of the primordial creation energy belonging to a Genesis-level creator deity. Otherwise, it could never possibly wield such an absurdly potent capability!
"Can this artifact directly assist you in breaking through to the God-King realm?"
Seito asked, his curiosity getting the better of him.
If it truly possessed the boundless capability to grant any absolute wish, then Tet should have logically utilized the Suniaster to elevate his own divine sequence to the God-King level ages ago.
"I have never managed to obtain its true recognition," Tet admitted, shaking his head with a touch of melancholy.
Granted, in the original timeline of the great ancient war, Tet had managed to catch the chalice into his hands right after Riku's tragic demise, utilizing its latent power to rewrite the absolute laws of the entire planet. But as for whether he had ever truly bound the artifact and gained its absolute allegiance—only Tet himself knew the real answer.
In this integrated world, certain foundational aspects mirrored the records perfectly, while other elements had shifted dramatically.
As for why Tet could safely handle the Suniaster now? The answer was incredibly straightforward: because he was a true, ascended deity. In the grand ecosystem of the God Domain, a mere mortal would instantly disintegrate down to the molecular level upon coming into direct contact with a dense concentration of divine energy, let alone trying to physically grasp a weapon belonging to the God-King tier. A god handling a divine relic was entirely natural—but for a mortal, it was absolute suicide.
As Seito closely inspected the contours of the mystical chalice, his eyes suddenly narrowed as he noticed a tiny, distinct fracture running along one of its edges.
In an instant, his mind flashed back to a specific reward he had secured during the conclusion of the Second Server-Wide Event—the mysterious chalice shard!
If my suspicions are correct... that mysterious fragment resting in my storage might very well be a missing piece of this exact Suniaster!
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