Chapter: 129. Contractor vs Contractor
Nagi stared in a daze at the figure descending from the sky; the person’s appearance was exactly as she remembered.
Even after so many years, her remarkable looks had not changed in the slightest, as if time could take nothing away from her.
The Saintess of the Source — an immortal existence.
“Shaki… why are you still…” Nagi murmured to herself.
Beside her, Garuda could not help but frown; even He was surprised by the appearance of this Saintess.
Because she had long been sacrificed eighteen years ago as a vessel to awaken “Alpha,” that eternal life should have come to an end.
Even if the ritual had not successfully summoned “The Original Fantasy Monster – Alpha,” it should have brought this Saintess, who appeared to be only in her teens but had lived for thousands of years, to her true long sleep.
Shaki, dressed in a pitch-black uniform, slowly landed before Loki and other fantasy monsters. Her pink short hair danced in the gentle breeze, and her beautiful face, which could make anyone fall in love at first sight, showed no emotions, with only her blood-red eyes reflecting an ominous glow in the light.
“What… have you done to Shaki?” Nagi demanded coldly, her expression darkening.
Looking at the puppet-like Shaki before her, Nagi thought her heart would remain unaffected; after all, she had seen her merely as a tool to summon Alpha in her past life—
But when Nagi once again encountered the girl who had once wished for death and was forced back into this world.
Anger surged uncontrollably in Nagi’s mind.
Looking back, Nagi believed she was not such an emotional person, but after encountering countless gentle and kind people as Seigong Nagi in this life, some parts of her heart had subtly changed, especially because of a certain boy who had always stayed by her side.
She had worn a false mask that influenced him, striving to make him more gentle, kinder, and stronger than anyone else, and his genuine feelings and emotions towards her had affected her.
In Nagi’s eyes at this moment, Shaki was no longer a mere tool; she was the only human who had understood her in her past life and her only comrade—
“The Tsukiyomi Academy took Omega away, and you… fantasy monsters, have you feasted on Alpha’s grace, obtaining the remains of the Saintess of the Source?”
Without waiting for Loki and the others to respond, Nagi inferred the answer from her memories and the current situation.
She almost ground her teeth as she spoke those words.
Shaki at this moment seemed like a soulless shell, and countless contracts from fantasy monsters tangled like vines in the void where her soul should exist.
“Is this what you learned from me?”
“That’s right. If it’s an individual fantasy monster, due to the barriers between souls, we can’t merge magic power for a more potent effect. But if it’s a contractor, all of our magic can merge through the contractor, achieving an effect greater than the sum of its parts—” Loki explained with a smile, his eyes shining red just like Shaki’s.
Not only Loki, but even the other fantasy monsters around him were also mobilizing their magic—
An invisible domain was unfolding at an astonishing speed, centered around Shaki’s slender body.
This was a domain that combined multiple powers.
As Loki said, it had an effect greater than the sum of its parts.
The oppressive wave of this domain made Nagi instinctively raise her arms to protect herself.
In her past life, she had forcibly contracted twelve powerful fantasy monsters with authority through various means, gaining power that could once rival the entire world.
And now, before her, Shaki possessed the contracts of countless fantasy monsters, who had returned to this era to eliminate the protagonist, becoming part of a vast whole.
In other words.
The enemy Nagi faced now was the collective of all fantasy monsters from this era that had recalled their mission.
It was the final form of the fantasy monsters of this era betting everything.
“The protagonist who should not exist, I have to acknowledge the strength of your thirteen authorities, but if your opponent is all the fantasy monsters of this era—” Loki, in the form of a golden-haired boy, began to dissolve into a mass of ethereal golden sand, each grain attaching to Shaki.
Contract Beast Spirit Transformation.
The bodies of fantasy monsters like Nidhogg, Naga, Yamata-no-Orochi, and others transformed into streams of magical light, flowing into Shaki’s body.
Contract Beast Assimilation.
All the fantasy monsters below the clouds sent forth all the magic power within them up into the sky, the magic flowed through the thick black clouds, all of it absorbed by Shaki.
Contract Beast Summoning.
All three forms of interaction between contractors and contract beasts were being manifested through Shaki, and the subjects were not just one or ten, but a multitude in the hundreds, even thousands.
“—Plus the immortal body of the ‘Saintess of the Source,’ elemental dominator, without abnormal abilities and the end, do you really think you can face us alone?” Loki said in a tone that seemed to declare victory.
But Nagi’s next response was beyond Loki’s expectations.
“…Thank you.” Nagi said softly.
“What? Are you planning to concede?” Loki’s voice overlapped with those of other fantasy monsters, echoing throughout the sky.
But upon hearing this, Nagi shook her head.
“No, I’m just thanking you for helping me remember the truth of the past… and more importantly, for making me confirm one thing—”
“—Confirm one thing?” The fantasy monsters repeated Nagi’s words like parrots.
“Ah, that is… I’ve realized that I quite like this world…” Nagi slowly lifted her head, and her bright black eyes began to sparkle with starlight, “And that you’ve given me the opportunity to become a true savior.”
(“The power of starlight shall be returned to you; soon you will need it—”)
“You, End, planned this so thoroughly.” Nagi said with a sneer, her lips curling into a sinister smile.
A silvery shooting star suddenly streaked across the sky.
In the center of Nagi’s eyes, countless silvery lights converged, transforming into a brilliant star pupil—
Authority of the Stars.
At that moment, the center of the entire world seemed to have shifted.
The stage of this world focused here, gathering around this girl named “Seigong Nagi” — the absolute protagonist.
