Reincarnated as a World

Chapter 84 The First Strike

Ch.84 The First Strike

The golden sea crashed into the Magic Circle with chaotic ferocity, causing the Circle to develop cracks that deepened the more Primordial Essence was poured on. Eventually, the light being emitted by the Circle stuttered out like a dying lightbulb as its daunting aura vanished. Clearly, It had lost power.

CRISSSSHH!!!

The enormous Magic Circle that was twice the size of the entire World shattered like glass, raining down softly like red snow. The sight was eerie and ethereal yet absolutely beautiful, it was definitely a sight that could cause minds to stall. Especially when it was surrounded by the infinite cosmos.

But Eridel didn’t dare to admire it.

‘Quickly!’ Eridel thought as he summoned forth even more Primordial Essence. The golden sea grew to terrifying scales that slowly morphed in shape, becoming a dome-like forcefield that encased the World, Moon and Magic Circle.

‘Annoying...’ Eridel thought as he looked at the biggest Mana Construct that he had ever crafted. He couldn’t help but feel frustration at the amount of Primordial Essence it had cost, because it had definitely tapped into his finite depths. This was completely incomparable to the small cages that shackled the Laws of Destruction.

‘At the very least, this should stop anyone from sensing what’s going on, allowing me to-... It’s coming.’

The shattered Magic Circle pieces that looked about to vanish suddenly brightened up like crimson stars and froze in the air as if time had stopped. It was like red fireflies had been frozen in mid-air and the disturbing sight caused Eridel’s thoughts to stutter. Not because of the view but because of what he knew was coming next.

ZUUUUUUUM!

A sound that suspiciously sounded like time reversing boomed throughout all the space within Eridel’s barrier as the Magic Circle particles began floating back to where they came from, getting brighter and brighter as they did so.

‘Never would I have thought that I, Eridel... would become the first victim of my own trap. How ludicrous.’ Eridel would have laughed at the thought, if it wasn’t reality. A very perilous reality.

The broken pieces became bigger and bigger as they connected and fused with others but Eridel could only watch in silence. 5 minutes later, the Tribulation Circle was back in place and good as new except there was something that was blatantly different.

BOOOOOOM!

A red pillar of light burst out of the Tribulation Circle and crashed into the shield with its full might, instantly causing cracks to spread along its surface.

“NNNGH!” Eridel groaned out loud as unholy amounts of pain assailed his soul in repetitive waves. It felt like he had been staked by blades of diamond all over his body and his mind almost blanked.

Straight from the White Grade, Tribulations started targeting the souls of the recipients so Eridel wasn’t totally surprised by the fact that just the pain of his shield cracking was causing him so much pain.

‘But fuck me... I need to find a way to get rid of this.’ Eridel thought as the waves of pain finally fled his soul. He was dead set on making sure that he never again experienced a Tribulation when a sudden thought came to mind. ‘Without the Tribulations, how can I pay back my Fortune?’ Eridel thought as his thought-processing speed started picking up.

He decided to put the matter to the back of his mind before focusing on his planet, checking for damage.

The World was still quaking and growing, having not finished its evolution. But everything was pretty much left unharmed with all the residents still sleeping... even if most had blood leaking out of their ears.

‘I’m going to need to heal them after this.’ Eridel thought warily. It could be said that he was the cause for their unjustified suffering and he had no qualms about rectifying it.

Eridel temporarily ignored the undercurrents of the Tribulations after-effects and focused on the next strike.

Even though he was still feeling raw from the pain, he felt that it wasn’t all bad. In fact, he had already discarded the notion that he wouldn’t survive the ordeal. He had suffered a lot of pain, but he wasn’t truly damaged at all.

ZUUUUUUUM!

‘...Nevermind.’