598 [Fated Encounters: Nyzzet's Labyrinth Conquest] 60/?: Kheseerad Struggles!

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Kheseerad, the Demon God of Foreign Trespassing always thought of himself as vastly superior to other gods.

Due to being part of a special caste of creatures that once existed before Genesis was destroyed, and as its only survivor, he always thought of himself as someone vastly superior to his entire race and that of other races.

And even more, after he developed the unique powers of his race, which were the uniquely rare Space Attribute Magic.

Although there were other races in the world of Genesis capable of wielding it, they were often incredibly rare and seen as talented amongst talented people. Space Attribute Magic was just as rare as Illusion Attribute, if not way more.

In history there were a few Humans capable of wielding it, becoming famous Heroes with Epic Skills… but such Humans would often be rare, and those had already become Gods, but their power over the Space Attribute was never capable of being as masterful as Kheseerad amongst those at the Rank of Demigods and Gods…

Although there were a few Space Attribute Gods that were Great Gods, and the strongest one being Supremes in the Supreme God of Space and Creation and the Supreme God of Star Ocean, Kheseerad was still unique at least on his ranks and amongst the vast Realms that now made Genesis.

He always used the innate powers of Space born from his unique race, and created several types of traps in space to capture prey, it did this even after becoming a God, of course.

Kheseerad was a vicious God, that enjoyed din showcasing his superior control over Space to trap and play with Gods, his power was so capable that it was even possible for him to break through the space layers making Divine Realms, becoming capable of attacking Divine Realms, something rarely seen in Gods with incredible ease.

But now, that Kireina had appeared, Kheseerad's pride was slowly crumbling into pieces of broken glass… He had been trapped on his own game… But how could that even be possible?

"This… Just what kind of mastery does that Kireina possess over the Space Attribute?! I have been mastering my techniques and abilities for thousands of years! It's outrageous to think that this mere mortal that has not even lived for a single year can overpower me! A God of Space!" thought Kheseerad in rage, while activating various Divine Techniques that helped him in moving through space and digging through the invisible layers that maintained the space of Genesis in place, something that he would be capable of manipulating with great ease… until now.

Through the ability of the Dream Attribute to alter space due to its strange powers and the creation of pseudo–Dream Worlds, which were simply isolated spaces momentarily created within dreams, Kireina was capable of stacking layers and layers of her Domain by converting it into a pseudo-Dream World, distorting the space around each layer and making Kheseerad completely trapped on his own pocket space.

After receiving such a glare from her, Kheseerad did not want to go outside either, as he feared that another glare might end up weakening him even further.

However, Kireina was way too busy creating layers of Domain, so she would not be capable of inflicting such a strong attack again unless she were to put more of her concentration into it.

The amount of concentration that Kireina was using was immense, she had over a thousand split minds inside her head working relentlessly, while most of her true body clones in her Empire had stopped functioning or were doing so automatically similarly to golems.

It could be said that Kireina against Kheseerad was like a battle of bluffs, whoever was caught off guard first would lose… meaning that whenever Kheseerad decided to go outside, he would lose against Kireina's family, but if he decided to keep moving through space relentlessly, he might be capable of escaping… albeit after spending enormous amounts of Divine Energy and taking a lot of time, if not more.

Kheseerad was advancing, but at a slow pace, and he was also sensing as Zudig was fighting for his life against an army of super-powered mortals that could even overwhelm such a god as Zudig.

On the other side, he also used his Divine Senses to see what was Begudhur exactly doing, and he seemed to not be in a better position than Zudig at all…

"Tch! I must… keep advancing… I'm sorry, Zudig, but I won't sacrifice nor risk my life any longer for you!" thought Kheseerad, deciding to leave Zudig to his own fate and escaping by himself…

"Should I… go out? If I get out of my Pocket Space, which is the one stuck… I might be able to enter a newly created space! Or that big space I created to catch Begudhur… But I cannot simply go out to enter another space! If that happens… would not I get attacked like Zudig and Begudhur?! But I cannot advance fast like this… Will my Divine Energy even last that much?! And because my Pocket Space is stuck, I cannot open it through another space to enter the other space! This is... the options are very few…! But the safest method is still advancing through Kireina's distorted space… I must… Obtain more Divine Energy Crystals! I will sell some things in the Interdimensional Merchant Shop!"

Kheseerad decided to weaken himself by extracting various riches and items inside his Divine Realm that enhanced his Cultivation, putting them at the sale so he could gain more 'fuel' for escaping, which was Divine Energy in the form of Divine Energy Crystals.

Selling Divine Materials was something common amongst Gods… but Kheseerad would rarely do this due to the rareness of Space Attribute Divine Materials, they were too rare to be sold, and he usually opted on selling the Divine Materials he harvested inside the Divine Cores of the Gods he captured through the invasions he led against Lone Gods inside their Divine Realms.

By selling such precious items, which were the only things he had at the moment aside from the various sealed souls of gods that he was planning on eating whenever he acquired Divinity Devouring, he decided to weaken himself for the cause of escaping alive.

But Kireina was not letting such a tasty meal go away, and she kept infusing Divine Energy into her Domain as well, through the Divine Energy given to her by her Children, which was enormously plentiful.

Usually, if Divine Energy were not made into clean Divine Energy Crystals lacking Attributes, it would be hard for gods of a different attribute to use them… the refinement of one's Divine Energy into Crystals was a method widely known, but Kireina's children did not know about it in detail, so their Divine Energy Crystals were always mixed with their Attributes, and mostly unusable by other gods… except for Kireina.

Kireina was capable of simply eating them and using the Divine Energy she got from them through the [Divine Energy Comprehension], [Divine Energy Vessel], and [Divine Energy Conversion] Skills, without needing the crystals to be clean of any attribute.

The Gods of her Pantheon also donated some of their Divine Energy Crystals, but she told them to not be so overly generous, as they would need it at some point in the future, and she preferred them to save it if possible.

Kireina and Kheseerad were having a battle of attrition… Who would run out of power faster?

If Kireina stops using Divine Energy in her Domain, its quality and power will go down tremendously and Kheseerad, a masterful God of the Space Attribute, will be able to use his experience accumulated through thousands of years and masterful Divine Techniques to escape and overpower her feeble attempt at trapping him.

Kireina lacked much knowledge about the Space Attribute and was simply using overwhelming power against the fine mastery of Kheseerad.

Yes, she was rash…

But she really wanted to eat him. Eating such a rare god as a Space Attribute God would give her new and especially useful powers and abilities, the power of manipulating Space was way too good to let it go away from her grasp… at the very least, she wanted a bite.

By just a bite, much like the other gods she has bitten or eaten their divinity fragments, as long as she gets that she might be capable of developing this even further through other methods…

Kireina knew deep down that this was an opportunity that she could not simply let go of.

She simply could not help but… voracious think about the possibilities…

Kheseerad was now trapped in her game, if he wanted to truly escape… he would need to do more than just pushing forward.

After a few seconds, Kheseerad sensed that many quickly bought his Divine Materials… he had emptied half of the contents of his Divine Realm, and suddenly felt a slight weakening on his Cultivation Rank… But he could not do much about it, he needed to sacrifice something to escape.

"Now!" said Kheseerad, grabbing on the Divine Energy Crystals and gulping them down with his enormous arachnid jaws.

Crack, crack!

Flash!

"Ahh…! I did it- huh?!"

However, although Kheseerad sensed a lot of Divine Energy being infused into his body… it was strange.

It did not have the same usual flavor as always, the flavor of purity inside that Divine Energy devoid of any attribute had.

Kheseerad felt… strange.

"What the... What were these Divine Energy Crystals…? They felt… strange! Uaaghh…!"

Kheseerad felt some kind of… indigestion.

This was caused by…

"Wait, these Divine Energy Crystals had other attributes infused in them?!"

Kheseerad just realized it… but how could it be possible, to begin with?

The Interdimensional Merchant Shop was owned by the System, which was owned by the System Master, the System Gods, and the World's Will. It carefully analyzed if what was paid were genuinely attribute-less Divine Energy Crystals, rejecting those infused with other attributes to be used as currency.

But for some reason… the mysterious Gods that bought his materials had managed to somehow buy them through Divine Energy Crystals infused with other attributes!

However, it was very slightly infused with them… but very obvious when Kheseerad ate hundreds of them!

Kheseerad felt even more indigestion, beginning to puke inside his Pocket Space, the Divine Energy he gained remained, but he felt incredibly bad.

Consuming Divine Energy Crystals of other attributes would not easily kill a god, but would give them a series of problems, pains and even weaken them.

And seemingly, Kheseerad felt all the symptoms.

"This… It cannot be… How could the System not see that these Divine Energy Crystals were not pure?!"

What Kheseerad did not know was that… The System Master was currently busy doing something else, the World's Will was currently busy as well generating new scripted events, and the only ones in charge of the Interdimensional Merchant Shop were… the System Gods!

And who were the System Gods fascinated with?

Kireina.

Although Kireina did not know this, she had planned another thing, telling the gods of her pantheon to buy any Space Attribute Divine Material that could appear in the Interdimensional Merchant Shop… with slightly impure Divine Energy Crystals.

Kireina accurately predicted through her Schrodinger Law Skill that Kheseerad had a chance to sell his Divine Materials to gain Divine Energy Crystals so he could have more power to escape from her.

The Gods really thought that it would not work, and Kireina herself also just told them to do so, thinking that she would not lose much if she tried at the very least…

But it seemed to work wonderfully, as the Gods of the System themselves let such things slip out just because they knew that these were Kireina's plans!

Kheseerad felt weakened even after gaining more 'fuel', and his advance slowed down greatly… he was now struggling to keep moving through space, his senses felt all over the place, he would stabilize after a few minutes of resting, but he was in a life-or-death situation, he could not simply sit and relax so he could get better!

"This… Ungh…! No… I must… Unngaaahh…"

As Kheseerad struggled to advance, he puked once again…

Meanwhile, inside of Agatheina's Divine Realm, the mischievous Vampire Goddess commanded the other Gods and her Living Deity children to move around the vast amount of Divine Energy Materials that they bought from Kheseerad.

"Yeah, leave that one there… And done. Now it's all up to Kireina-sama… to think that just slightly making the Divine Energy Crystals impure would let them slip through the Interdimensional Merchant Shop security! Fufufu, Kireina-sama's plans are truly outstanding!" said Agatheina as her crimson eyes gleamed.

And as she thought and hoped for Kireina's triumph, the System Gods talked with each other.

"What we did… might truly enrage our father now…" muttered a System God.

"Our father seems oddly attracted to her as well, so I don't think so," said another.

"Well, what we did… let us never tell it nor register it in the history of our actions, so the World's Will never gets to know about such a thing… Perhaps our father might not mind at the end, but the World's Will might… end us," said a third.

"What we do for Kireina, we'll never do to anyone else," said a fourth.

"We owed her such a favor, after all, she has been the first being that has brought to us some spark of enjoyment in our lives, and as a result, it has even let us strengthen our bonds as a family," said a fifth.

"Will she defeat those demon gods?" wondered a sixth.

"Let's hope for the best," said a seventh.

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