Entering Apocalypse in Easy-Mode

The Archangel with blond hair shifted restlessly in her seat. She stared at the monitor screen that has become a black void that didn't display anything.

This has been happening since a few days ago. It frustrated her because she was no longer able to observe the man.

She knows what happened. The Guardians of the World Masters were doing their job and blocking outsiders from illegally viewing the Selection Stage.

The Archangel couldn't believe that the Chief would risk attracting the Guardians to protect the Selection Stage. Knowing that there is a possibility of conflict in the Far East.

"Does that mean he has a close relationship with the World Masters in charge of the Selection Stage?" She muttered to herself.

But a moment later she shook her head lazily. It's no use thinking about it. Now there is something better for her to do.

The Archangel stood up from her chair. Then open the door of the room.

When she came out, the Archangel was immediately greeted by her servant who had been waiting faithfully since earlier.

"Get everything ready. I'm going to the Starting Zone," she said. Or rather, she ordered.

"You wish to personally welcome the Candidates who are coming, Your Majesty?" Her servant, a tall man with long blonde hair, asked.

"Yes," answered the Archangel.

"But why, Your Majesty? Why to bother?" the servant asked.

"He is a player who can kill my three warrior candidates. He obviously did it because of an order from one of those filthy Demons. I can't let him fall into their hands," the Archangel replied.

There was a heavy hint of hatred in her voice when she said the word 'demon'. She seemed to say it by spitting out the word.

The servant also knew about the Warrior Candidate who was killed by a single Player. He killed the three Candidates by himself, which was something quite remarkable.

He doesn't know how that is possible. Supposedly, an ordinary human who just obtained their power couldn't be that strong.

That made the decision of the Archangel he served to meet him face to face very reasonable.

Even though some of the other servants would make comments behind her, the blonde-haired man always supported her decision even when he didn't know the reason.

They walked towards a large building where they kept most of their treasures.

With those various extraordinary treasures, they intended to persuade Clyde to come over to their side.

The Archangel also knows that it's not gonna be just her who starts to prepare.

With all the various achievements that man had accomplished, and how trashed the Selection Stage system was, the other Celestials must have also started preparing themselves.

The Selection Stage this time seems to be a different spectacle than before. No one had ever generated this much hype from the Selection Stage.

The outdated and weak Selection Stage system also plays an important role in this event.

If the system wasn't that weak, then the Celestials wouldn't be able to notice Clyde's existence.

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Chaos and destruction are approaching in that world.

Everyone in that world was now seeing something that came from their deepest nightmare.

Everything around that world was now floating due to being pulled by the infinite force field.

The buildings that originally stood firm as if they controlled the city now floated helplessly, then were absorbed into the black mist that covered the entire world.

Trees, animals, and the ground were also torn from their places. Coalesce with the buildings to enter the black mist.

Meanwhile, the form of a giant monstrosity was slowly descending to earth.

Those gray feet alone were enough to bring about this destruction. Now, the rest of its other body came down.

The Outer God's stomach seemed to bulge like that of an obese man. Its skin is gray and wrinkled. Then, both of its hands were so long that they touched its calves.

There are only three fingers on that hand and they are oddly shaped. The fingers are long and wriggling. As if have a life of their own.

"GRRRHHHH!!!"

Its growling sound is hard to describe. It didn't come from its throat like a growl from other monsters usually came. Instead, the voice seemed to come from all over the place.

The Players felt as if the growls were coming from the air around them. As soon as they heard that growl, they immediately halted their advance and were stopped by the immense pressure.

They were now standing on a building that was floating towards the black mist. Their footing is indeed very fragile, but this is all they can have.

All sorts of things around them were in an even more severe state. In fact, this building can be said to be in the best condition because it wasn't smashed to pieces.

"I didn't know things would get this bad. This is the end of the world! This is the end of this world!" Reed said in a despaired and scared tone.

The fear within Reed's voice was so great that he could no longer think as reasonably as before. His eyes spread around, widened, and reflected the dread in his heart.

"Hey!" Rodney shook his body. "Get yourself together!"

Reed stared at Rodney with those eyes filled with terror. "We won't be able to kill that Outer God. We should kill ourselves now and start again."

Reed's words made Eric and Mona turn towards him. For Eric and Mona, this is all too terrifying.

After hearing Reed's words and seeing what was happening around them, they felt that dying now and starting all over again wouldn't be a bad idea.

But Rodney is different. He had already gotten to this level of power and would not want to start over again from scratch.

"Stop whining and open the fucking way!"

Just as the attack of fear was about to overwhelm them, Clyde's screams came and seemed to wake them up. Reed, Eric, and Mona turned to Clyde.

Clyde was already standing with a body covered in bluish-white lightning. His face was stern and his eyes fixed on them. His hand grip on the Elderglass Sword was tight.

"We can kill it," Clyde said.

They felt that the truth in those words was almost certain. Even though from what they saw there was nothing to support Clyde's words.

Eric, Mona, and Reed suddenly woke up from the terror that enveloped them. Even though their fear still hadn't disappeared, they were now able to move again.

They gripped their weapons even tighter. And waiting for Clyde's signal to move on.

Clyde himself did not expect that their reaction would be like that. Clyde expected that they would remain in fear and he would have to do it himself.

Yet they look ready to fight. Clyde didn't know if there was something different from the way he had said something or some other factor. But now it doesn't matter.

"I'm going to attack that Outer God. You guys cover me from surrounding danger," Clyde said, continuing his order. "Let's go!"

Clyde jumped off the building first. Then he stepped on the rubble and all kinds of things that he could use to step on so he could get close to the Outer God.

Sonya and Asqa remain close together. Sonya turned to Asqa and expected the girl to cry or show something to indicate her fear.

However, the girl seemed stronger than he thought. Asqa's eyes glanced at Clyde's back. Her jaw clenched and then she turned to Sonya.

Asqa didn't say anything. But her gaze told something clear. They should follow Clyde now and support him.

Sonya nodded. Then, together with the Regressors, the two of them jumped over the rubble to catch up with Clyde.

Clyde looked back. He was relieved when he saw Asqa still among them and caught up with him.

Clyde could see from Asqa's face that she is fine. It made him somehow feel proud to see how the girl had progressed until now.

Clyde turned back to the front. The Outer God seemed to turn its body towards them, it was already aware of their presence.

The Outer God releases those strange flying creatures again. This time there were far more of them than before. Maybe five times the previous amount.

The more Clyde got closer to it, his self-confidence was shrinking. He could feel the terrifying power of the Outer God and it created doubts in his heart.

However, just as he was starting to feel that doubt, a voice buzzed in his head.

[ "You can use the Demon Essence I gave you. You only need to stab your sword into that Demon Essence." ]

It was Gremory's voice that surprisingly woke him up from the doubt that was starting to overwhelm him.

The growl came again and suddenly the Outer God stretched out both arms toward them.

Clyde wasted no time and immediately took the Demon Essence from his Inventory.

Then do as the Gremory says. He stabbed the bluish blade of the sword into the red orb.

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