"Lady Istaroth, I beg of you..."
Watching the beam of light about to return to Heaven, there was no mercy in the young girl's eyes. Even though Ishtar was about to leave the lower world, she still had no intention of giving up on striking.
From within Barbara's body, a faint golden light suddenly emerged, chasing after Ishtar in the sky at a speed completely invisible to the naked eye.
"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!"
"That damn little brat!"
Inside the white beam of light, Ishtar was still cursing Barbara, who had killed her so easily, her face filled with resentment and unwillingness.
She had spent so much effort over the summer, only for it to be washed away in a single night, even though she hadn't done anything wrong!
"It's not my fault... It's all that little brat's fault!"
"If it weren't for her, how could I possibly be returning?"
"Yes, it's all her fault!"
Ishtar did not stop her cursing, as if by attributing all the faults to Barbara, she would still be that high and mighty, arrogant goddess.
But this time, Ishtar seemed to be wrong, and wrong in a very outrageous way...
"Hmm? What is that?"
Ishtar suddenly stopped her insults, because on her way back to Heaven, she felt something strange following her, and that gaze...
It was exactly the same as the look in Barbara's eyes when she looked at her earlier!
It was the young girl's wavering killing intent!
"She wouldn't really try to do something to me, would she?"
A Child of God possesses the ability to kill a deity. While that's what is said, whether it can actually be done is another matter, because a Child of God has never been born in the world before; Hyacine and Barbara are the first two.
Besides, how could a human use the power granted by a deity to rebel against a deity?
It just doesn't make any sense!
But since the other party had come to her door, Ishtar couldn't possibly do nothing and just watch the other party come to kill her, right?
"I want to see exactly which fellow has such big guts? Daring to come and kill me?"
Resentment and unwillingness still existed, but another emotion appeared on Ishtar's face: anger!
Before, because of Barbara's presence, she didn't dare to show it easily, but now that she was about to return to Heaven, was she still afraid of this thing?
But the next second, Ishtar regretted it, because she saw the figure hidden within the cyan light...
How should she put it?
The moment she saw the person before her, it was as if she saw the hourglass of time constantly flowing, the clock on the wall slowly advancing... Besides that, she also saw many images, but without exception, they were all related to time.
Without a doubt, the person before her was definitely a deity who governed time, definitely of the highest rank!
"But why? Why don't I recognize you!"
When the golden light dissipated, the deity who governed time finally revealed her true appearance before Ishtar.
Although the white-haired goddess's authority was time, her appearance was even more exaggerated than Ishtar, the goddess of beauty.
Her sense of divinity flowed through her white and gold intertwined attire, and the huge circular ornament on her head seemed to reject everything around her, as if saying, 'Time does not allow any existence to tarnish it.'
Simply put, she was a gorgeously exaggerated deity!
Ishtar had lived for so long and had never seen such an exaggerated existence; the time on her seemed to be about to solidify!
And she was exuding an unparalleled sense of oppression!
Even she, who was once a deity, probably couldn't compare to the deity before her!
"Who exactly are you?"
The pressure grew greater and greater. Cold sweat even dripped down Ishtar's forehead, and her eyes were filled with terror, as if to illustrate her inner turmoil at this moment.
"Who am I? Is that important?"
Even while following the beam of light shooting into the sky, the white-haired goddess maintained her constant elegance, showing no panic whatsoever because of the situation around her.
"What's important is that you bullied my child and made her unhappy, right?"
Although she wore a smile on her face, the chill around the goddess was far more intense than Barbara's, and even the beam of light that was sending Ishtar back gradually slowed down...
Wait!
It slowed down?
The sudden change made Ishtar's expression change drastically.
If she had returned to Heaven, she might have had the ability to clash with this goddess, and at that time, it would have been unknown who would win.
But now, the beam of light shooting into the sky had not yet returned to Heaven, and Ishtar was still within the range of the lower world!
"You actually stopped time at a time like this?"
The timing was caught perfectly, making it impossible for Ishtar to use her divine power as she pleased like she could in Heaven.
And it was precisely this subtle difference that decided the outcome between the two.
"Of course, after all, my child is still watching, and I can't let her down!"
The moment the goddess's voice fell, the environment around Ishtar immediately changed. Even though the beam of light Ishtar was in was still returning to Heaven, at this moment, all that light returned into Ishtar's body.
The power of time acted upon Ishtar in this way, mercilessly taking away everything that originally belonged to her.
"No! You can't do this!"
"I am a goddess! The consequences of killing a goddess are something this world cannot bear! Everyone will die together!"
Feeling the changes in her body, Ishtar lunged frantically toward the white-haired woman in front of her. However, this distance of less than a meter became an incomparable chasm in the world.
Ishtar simply could not stop her own death...
Because this wasn't death at all, but regression!
Her life was gradually regressing to its most primitive state at a rate of billions of years per second.
"Don't try to deceive me in this way!"
"Killing a deity would certainly cause unprecedented consequences, but haven't I not killed you~"
"I am just letting you return to your original form and then grow up again. You should be thanking me properly..."
"It was I who helped you get rid of the filth of the lower world and become a pure deity again."
Under the torrent of time, Ishtar's body gradually became transparent, as if it would completely disappear from the world in the next second.
And the white-haired goddess just floated in mid-air, quietly watching the other party curse and wave her arms hysterically, as if looking at an uncivilized ape.
Five seconds.
Only five seconds left, and Ishtar would completely return to the beginning.
It was at this moment that the white-haired goddess spoke.
"Remember my name, Istaroth."
"In your next life, don't make my child unhappy again... Otherwise, I won't be as merciful as I am now."
Time has always been mercilessly taking everything from others.
Only occasionally, it will be a little bit partial...
Subsequently, the goddess named Istaroth looked at the city with the tall tower on the ground, and her figure gradually dissipated into golden light spots.
"Honestly, she didn't even say thank you..."
"But that's fine, just let Venti pay."
"At least from now on, he has to do some real work~"
PS:
The Genshin plot hasn't come out yet, so let's treat this as fan fiction.
The Four Shades must be very strong, right...
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