I Reincarnated As A Stick

Chapter 450: Birth of the Monstrous Quartet

After introducing herself to the three, much to the awe of the latter, she went ahead and explained the current situation of the Celestial Plane, as well as the universe they were in, and how they were in deep trouble if nothing about their current plans were changed. While doing so, she went ahead and sent them a strand of energy each, all of them containing memories of her and Aurus being at the frontlines.

Looking through the memories they’ve received, the three could not help but have solemn expressions on their faces as they paid more attention to the goddess’ words. Eventually, Kurohana was finished talking, allowing the three to ask questions of their own.

“So… if I’m getting this right, our universe is on the brink of destruction because we’re being invaded by demons?” Dalton asked, to which Kurohana nodded.

“And the demons have already mobilized beings that are on par with the strongest beings in the universe. However, our strongest beings haven’t made a move yet,” said Herellia soon after, prompting to Kurohana to nod once more.

“Now, you’re tasking Auru— I mean, Argentum here to help you out in saving the universe since he has a power capable of turning the tides towards our favor,” Horell said after that. “And because of a suggestion from him, us three were summoned here.”

“You’ve more or less summed it up very well,” Kurohana said in response, nodding in satisfaction. Though, a light sigh escaped her mouth soon after as she asked them, “I’m pretty sure you’ve noticed something peculiar, right? Why haven’t the Guardians and the Overseer made their moves yet?”

Nodding in response to their words, the three perked up their ears, wanting to know why. Even Argentum, who was absorbing a couple shards of energy, spared a bit of his focus towards the conversation at hand.

Seeing that everyone wanted to know, Kurohana could not help but scratch her head for a bit, wondering if it was better for them to know or not. Eventually, she decided to spill the beans, telling them, “Although not everyone in the Celestial Plane knows of this yet, I’ve been given this information due to the close friendship I have with our universe’s commander, Nix.”

“She had also obtained this news quite recently, about five or so minutes ago before I was finished explaining. However, unlike me, she’s planning to keep the secret hidden for as long as she could because she knows how much a piece of news like this can affect morale.” At this moment, all of them were silent, wondering what kind of news she had obtained to let those words escape her mouth.

Taking in a deep breath, she let out a long sigh. With a pained expression, she said, “They won’t be coming anytime soon to help us out.”

“What?!” Naturally, all of them were shocked to hear those words come out of her mouth. Allowing them to recover from the shock, she continued, “According to her, the Guardians and the Overseer were ambushed under our noses by the two Ancestral Demon Gods leading charge…”

“…and the Eternal Demon Sovereign of their universe.”

Hearing those words, all of them were rendered speechless. Even Argentum was not exempt from this fate, halting his absorption of the energy shards as he processed what she had said.

Although they had just recently arrived in this place, the power system of the universe was explained to them very well, with Faux Gods and Lesser Gods making up the majority of the beings of the universe. A step above those would be the Greater Gods, beings that even Lesser Gods would rarely come across.

A step above that would be the Immortal Verdict wielders, with their law controlling the laws of a few Greater Gods. Then, there were the Transcendent Canon wielders, the Guardians, and at the peak of the hierarchy, stood the holder of the Primordial Decree, the Overseer.

From what she had explained to them, the Ancestral Demon Gods were already at the level of their Guardians, causing them to frown as they estimated their chances of winning the war with only the Immortal Verdict wielders being their strongest cards. But now that they’d heard the Eternal Demon Sovereign also make a move, a being equivalent to their Overseer, they could not help but think that what they were doing was futile.

However, rather than feel like the best choice was to give up, the three in front of Kurohana quickly had determined expressions on their faces as they looked at each other before nodding in unison. With that, they turned around to head to where Argentum was, who also had the same expression as them.

“I’m guessing you three have also reached the same thought, huh,” Argentum told them, to which he was greeted by wry smiles on their faces.

Wryly smiling in response to their faces before letting out a light chuckle, he then told them, “I know all four of us here would rather not be a part of this and continue on with our daily lives without a care for the world, but now that we’ve been informed of this…”

“Can we really even back down?”

“Just so you know, you brought us here beyond our own volition,” Horell clarified, to which Dalton and Herellia nodded in agreement. Though, just as Argentum was about to apologize to them, smiles could be seen on their faces.

“However… I feel like you made the right choice to summon us.”

“Dalton, Argentum, help us reach the peak of Rank 9 Animate first before we all aim for the Transcendent level,” Herellia said after that, prompting the two mages to nod in response.

Then, with a grin, she continued, “Of course, after that is Divinity…”

“…then mayhem.”

With that, the four of them got to work, with Dalton and Argentum informing the two as to which skills to take in order to make sure they would create their optimal classes. As for Kurohana and Aurus, the two of them looked at each other for a bit before Aurus decided to ask her, “Now that they’ve started to busy themselves…”

“Who’s the other man you summoned?”

“Isn’t he the man you fought against the Seraph Kingdom?” Kurohana asked, prompting Aurus to go silent for a bit before profusely shaking his head. “Of course, you know that’s not the man I was talking about. I was talking about the man that was great with the sword. I had a feeling he would help out a lot.”

“Or so you’d think,” said Kurohana in response, as a light smile appeared on her face.

“What’s got you smiling?” asked Aurus all of a sudden.

“Oh, nothing.” Saying these words, she could not help but take a close look at Dalton, stealthily scanning him with her energy before inwardly nodding in satisfaction.

“It’s just that we might have two Greater Gods by the end of this.”

…

With that, Argentum and the others busied themselves, with Argentum and Dalton aiding both Herellia and Horell in reaching the peak of Rank 9 Animate. Surprisingly, Herellia had chosen to take a class that seemed to lean more towards a close-ranged offensive, while Horell took a class that was more on buffing what they already had, while also having the ability to heal great amounts of health in a short amount of time.

Realizing this, a thought could not help but form in Argentum’s mind, suggesting it to the others that the four of them should move as a team on the battlefield once they were all done reaching the level of Divinity. Unsurprisingly, the other three agreed to his request, finding the suggestion a normal extension of what they were already doing.

Eventually, the four of them had broken through to the Transcendent level, all of them becoming Rank 1 Transcendents that had control over their own Principles. For Argentum, he had gained control over the Principle of Grand Origin, a step above Greater Origin that also included the element of Time and Space. As for Dalton, he formed a Principle based on the nigh endless amount of spells he had memorized, while Herellia and Horell had formed simple yet terrifying Principles of their own, the Principle of Endless Blood and the Principle of Endless Mana, respectively.

After that, they blazed through the ranks and reach the peak of the Transcendent level, their Principles now Everlasting Principles. At that point, Kurohana gave them the items they needed to break through to the final level of existence, the Divinity level.

Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack!

Seemingly in unison, the four of them had ascended to a higher plane of existence, their auras now more or less a quarter of the aura Kurohana emanated when she went all out. Realizing this, the four of them looked at each other and nodded with smiles on their faces. Within just a week, the four of them were now officially in the Divinity level.

However, their adventure did not end there, with Dalton, Herellia, and Horell breaking through to the Lesser God level, taking hold of their respective Lesser Laws once their Pseudo-Laws had evolved. As for Argentum, he had gone a step beyond, reaching the level beyond Lesser Gods as he had forged his Greater Law.

Ding!

‘You have absorbed the Law Fragment of Life and the Law Fragment of Death. Your Lesser Law of True Origin is undergoing a metamorphosis.’

‘Your Lesser Law of True Origin has now become the Greater Law of Greater True Origin. [True Origin Affinity] has now evolved to [Greater True Origin Affinity].’

‘You have ascended to the Greater God level. Your class is now Greater Divine Monarch of True Origin.’

Obtaining these notifications from the system, a burst of light spread out of Argentum’s body as the energy emanating from his body had now matched Kurohana’s. In fact, at some parts, his energy had even exceeded hers, prompting Kurohana to nod in satisfaction as she said with a light smile, “Thankfully, my materials have not gone to waste.”

She then looked at Dalton and the others. “You three have also exceeded my expectations.”

Just as Kurohana was about to tell the four of them something else, a screen appeared in front of Kurohana’s vision all of a sudden, revealing a beautiful woman in dark clothing. “Hey, Kurohana. Sorry to disturb you while you’re taking a rest, but would you mind sweeping away the Depraved Deity armies located in Sector 5-C?”

In response, she could not help but look beyond the screen, her gaze fixated on Argentum and the others. Then, with a light smile, she looked back at the woman before nodding. “Of course.”

“I’d be glad to.”