Chapter 312
Defeating a god looks very hard, but the reward is also huge, and for Luode now, there may still be a chance.
The gods in the Final Fantasy world also vary in strength; for example, the god in Final Fantasy XV is purely a demigod of the wilderness, i. e., at the level of a barbarian god.
In Final Fantasy XIII, however, there is a god that transcends dimensions; as for the other works, some powerful beings are called gods by mortals, but they are actually just some interstellar races.
And a planet is about to have all its magical energy and life devoured; Luode has already figured out which work this is, the god here is indeed strong, but I am not without outside help.
Although Sargeras hasn't awakened yet, Luode can still draw on the power of the entire Burning Legion.
This god's combat power hasn't reached the extraordinary level; even using a crowd-tactic human sea strategy by oneself could drown him.
"Then we have agreed on the outsider; I will open a spacetime portal and send you to that planet."
"Your goal is to defeat that evil god who seeks to control the entire planet and devour all its energy."
"But at the same time you must also protect the planet, not let the magical ether energy on the planet leak away; most importantly, you must ensure that fate is broken." said the Planet Will.
"I understand; I want to ask if this mission has a time limit, after all, if nothing unexpected happens, Sephiroth will soon take action." Luode asked.
Time is also a critical issue; the main story time of the Final Fantasy world is less than a year.
"Don't worry! The spacetime you are going to is an intersection point with another spacetime here, after all, our world has already shown a yellow lightning rift."
"We are already at the edge of the time rift; the time here differs from elsewhere, and if not corrected, my world will be destroyed." said the Planet Will.
"I understand; then I add another condition: the final battle must wait until I return to fight. Also, Alice must leave with me." Luode said.
Other than the main cast, no one else is in mortal danger; the only one at risk is Alice herself.
Luode worries that the planet might go back on its word, and after he leaves, it will deceive Alice, even forcibly drive her to suicide, then return to the River of Life.
"I understand your concern; I can agree to this. Remember, your goal is not simply to kill that god, but also to ensure that world does not collapse." said the Planet Will.
"I understand; I guarantee that world will absolutely not collapse, and even if it does, I have a way to save it." Luode said.
Planet Consciousness nodded, and then a green giant portal appeared before the two.
Luode nodded at Alice, then took out two transforming leaves, and drew Luode's and Alice's likenesses on them respectively.
Then he performed the Shadow Clone Technique, sealing a wood clone inside the leaves, further increasing their load-bearing capacity.
Alice's strength allows the transforming leaves to copy about fifty percent; as for Luode, they can copy less than ten percent of his power, and some extraordinary combat abilities still cannot be used.
This clone body will watch over Cloud and the others here, to ensure that Sephiroth doesn't cause trouble.
This clone has disappeared; as a price, unleashing full power once should easily handle a clone of Sephiroth.
After doing all this, Luode brought Alice into the green portal and then they vanished.
And those two transforming leaf clones also left the Cetra Temple, heading out to meet with Cloud and the others in the outside world.
"\"O mysterious outsider, let us see if you can change the predetermined fate; if you can alter that world's destiny, then our world will surely be fine. \" In the vast Planet River, countless streams of consciousness flowed together, beginning to communicate.
The danger of another world is even harsher than here, and the Planet Will has declined to the extreme.
That planet is truly a land of despair; it will soon become a planet with no supernatural power at all, losing all legends.
Luode and Alice appeared on a beach; they have arrived in a new world.
"\"Is this another world? A world harmed by an evil god? \" Alice asked curiously."
"\"After all, this isn't just ordinary travel; going abroad compared to this is nothing, this is leaving the planet! \" \"Yeah! This is it; we've already arrived on another planet, but if the clone side is in danger, I can return anytime. \" Luode said."
The planet's consciousness, casting a portal spell before oneself, is tantamount to telling Luode one's coordinates; now Luode can, whenever he wishes, open a portal linking to the Final Fantasy Seven Planet.
After all, they are within the same universe; only the planets' positions differ. However, this planet's problem! It's huge, huge!
"Luode, you, you feel it? The planet's life energy? It's utterly fragile to the extreme; many regions, many regions have already died." As a Cetra, Ailis clearly felt how terrible this planet is.
On this planet there are vast expanses of dead zones; much of the planet's land has already died.
This planet originally should have possessed abundant ether magic and abundant life force, just like the life river of my previous planet, but now all of this planet's life force.
And the ether magic energy has been bound by an unknown force, converging toward several points.
Moreover, the planet's will here, Ailis can no longer feel it at all; all of this planet's magical power has been gathered into one area.
The entire planet is devolving into a magic-less planet; the power of magic will eventually disappear, and the planet's mysterious energy will also dissipate soon, resulting in utter stillness, becoming a dead star.
What an extremely sorrowful planet; this planet's situation is countless times worse than theirs.
Just how evil a deity would use such means to control a planet? What is his purpose? "I roughly know the planet's specific situation, but I need to first confirm the current time point and exactly where we are."
Let's go! Ailis, let's first find a nearby town." Luode said.
Ailis nodded, and the two immediately set off, so as not to attract attention.
Luode conjured a land-running bird that exists everywhere in the Final Fantasy world, and then the two rode the land-running bird and set off.
Soon the two arrived at a bustling village where ordinary folk lived, wearing linen clothes or garments made of animal leather, and using medieval-era items.
Along the whole road, Luode saw nothing of extremely high technology; indeed, there were many carts moving about.
This planet's overall technological civilization level appears low; it hasn't even entered the modern era, seemingly still in the medieval period.
Luode, however, found some ether crystals in the village; these crystals can be used to cast some magic, but only very low-level magic.
"The magic here also requires crystals to use! It's quite similar to our magic crystals." Ailis said.
On our own planet, to cast magic one must rely on magic crystals.
Without using magic crystals, only she, an ancient Cetra, and a few other humans with special abilities can do so.
"Do you see those people with facial tattoos? They are innate magic users; they can wield magic, though their power isn't very strong." Luode pointed to a ragged-clothed man with facial tattoos in the distance and said.
"That person also has a zipper in his hand; it seems everyone with facial tattoos is like that. Why are they treated this way?" Ailis asked.
"Because the ordinary people here discriminate against those who can innately use magic, considering them a cursed group." Luode said.
"Ah! Mr. Luode, why? Why are magic users defined as slaves? That shouldn't be!" Ailis exclaimed, somewhat surprised.
This is completely incomprehensible, right? Those who wield power are innately superior to ordinary people; even if they fare poorly, they could never become slaves! "You feel strange, right? Those who innately wield power ought, by reason, to be above ordinary people, at least maintaining an equal status." Luode shook his head and said.
"Mm-hmm! That's why it feels strange.
"That's because, as those who can use magic employ it, their bodies gradually petrify and then slowly die; this is an irreversible phenomenon." Luode said.
"How could this be? Could it be because of that evil deity who wants to devour the planet's entire energy?"
"The humans on this planet were originally created by him to deal with these monsters."
"And the ones who cultivate their own bodies, the gods here are equivalent to their parents, but their parents actually want to destroy their own children." Luode said.
"This time, what I'm facing is at least the combat power of a planet-level primordial deity—how interesting; I can't wait to summon the legion army over."
"How pitiful!"
"Let's go!"
"Luode took Ailis along into the small town. (End of chapter)"
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