Even though much of the battle was obscured, through its own authority, the battle between Typhon and the magician who called himself Veritas000 was still witnessed by Demon God Pillar hidden in the shadows.
That magician summoned violent thunderlight with a single punch, each bolt akin to a full-powered strike from the King of the Gods Zeus, bombarding Typhon's heads. The thunderlight scorched everything, severing those heads' regenerative ability, which surpassed even Hydra's!
Then, punch after punch assaulted Typhon, beating it to the brink of death, and finally, with an extremely eerie magic, he caused a qualitative change in his own spell, completely disintegrating Typhon's body that otherwise wouldn't have died!
"This is utterly beyond the strength humans of this era can display. Even compared to the gods, it's on equal footing... No, if I'm being serious, the strength shown by this human called Veritas000 has already surpassed most of the gods I know...
"But compared to the King, the King should still be superior, after all, the King is the true King of magecraft, the one who received God's blessing!
"Moreover, unleashing such magic here is essentially because the current environment is more relaxed, more suitable for casting powerful magic. If it were in the future... it wouldn't be so simple."
Lorez, or rather Flauros, thought darkly to himself as he departed from this era.
However, the figure of that magician called Veritas000 was now completely etched in his mind, impossible to erase.
...
"Phew! That was really straightforward work. See, doesn't this make everything better? The terrifying king of monsters, the father of monsters, Typhon, is gone. It's like removing a time bomb from this world... I've practically accumulated boundless merit!" Morpheus said with a grin, hands on his hips as he stowed away his staff and other items.
Artemis didn't know what to say at this point. In her view, it was simply: "Typhon appeared, Typhon attacked, Typhon's attack was blocked, Typhon taunted, Typhon went all out, Typhon was done for!"
Though the description was simple, the power Typhon displayed in the process was extremely terrifying. If that dreadful force descended upon the outside world, it would undoubtedly cause horrific natural disasters, displacing tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people!
Yet, all these forces were effortlessly countered by Morpheus. Even facing the authority Typhon stole from Zeus... the thunder belonging to the god-king... didn't inflict any damage on Morpheus. Instead, Morpheus used power akin to Zeus's to blast the opponent apart!
The scene of those punches hammering into Typhon's body could completely be called primal hand-to-hand combat, making Artemis's blood boil as she watched!
It was the most primitive display of violence, yet it concealed a supreme existence within, as if proclaiming a fundamental truth.
"Thunder is everything, and everything is the almighty Zeus!"
However, the rationality in Artemis's heart told her another thing.
"Zeus was never that powerful!"
Enduring this sense of contradiction, the girl complained discontentedly: "Couldn't you have told me in advance?! You scared me... I thought you'd gone mad and were going to commit suicide!"
"It's fine. Aren't I pretty familiar with Hades?" Morpheus smiled, though he wasn't sure if his words held water. Being familiar with Hades didn't mean he could escape the underworld, not to mention if he died here, would his soul truly belong to this place?
Once souls were involved, things became somewhat complicated.
Then, Morpheus thought of that girl whose soul had already died but was protected by Sariel's power.
"So, how is Olga Marie's soul now? Although I had Sariel's power protect her, after all, it's not like sending her directly to another phase. In theory, she could still be influenced by other forces.
"She should be in the Fuyuki City Singularity right now. Indeed, I should hurry and fully analyze the space-time traversal magic, then get back quickly."
Thinking this, Morpheus felt a bit anxious, though the anxiety lasted less than a second.
As long as he stayed steady, once he mastered space-time magic, he could return to any time he wanted!
"What are you thinking about?" Artemis looked at Morpheus and asked curiously.
Morpheus shook his head: "Nothing, just random thoughts."
"Are you thinking about other women?!"
Faced with Artemis's interrogation, Morpheus blinked: "Why does it feel like you're acting like a wife managing her husband?"
"No way!" With a slightly raised tone, Artemis pouted: "I just feel like you're thinking about other women. My intuition is spot on!"
"Because of a woman's sixth sense?" As Morpheus spoke, just as he was about to respond, suddenly, a vortex appeared below!
This vortex emerged extremely abruptly. The instant Morpheus saw it, his expression changed drastically. He extended his right hand and directly pushed Artemis outward!
It was completely distorted space-time, with an immensely powerful force creating this utterly twisted region in that moment, as if intent on devouring everything here!
"Get out of here quickly! Don't worry about me!" With this forceful push, Morpheus shoved Artemis out, but due to the recoil, he himself fell downward, captured by the vortex.
Medea, who had just floated in to check the situation, saw this scene and couldn't help but shout: "Morpheus!"
Artemis was pushed out by Morpheus. As a goddess, how could she allow a mortal to save her? Moreover, seeing Morpheus falling now, her heart tightened, and without hesitation, she chased after him!
Almost simultaneously, she shouted to Medea, who had just entered the volcano's entrance above: "Don't come down... hurry and find Apollo!"
As her words fell, the girl's figure was swallowed by the vortex and vanished!
The vortex disappeared along with it. Even the magma at the volcano's bottom had been devoured, leaving the surroundings in utter silence, devoid of any signs of life.
"Morpheus! Artemis!"
No matter how Medea called out, there was no response. After trying for about a few minutes, she finally had to give up, turning to hurry toward Apollo's temple.
For a mortal to go to Mount Olympus was nearly impossible, but within the temple, one could directly contact the gods!
...
A dim space... this was a completely sealed space-time. The ground swallowed in allowed Morpheus a place to stand now, and the special spatial structure also gave this place concepts of up and down.
"The space is large enough, and the air... sufficient for activity for several months without issue." Morpheus probed briefly, then looked at the alluring girl beside him: "So, why did you come down? Dear Lady of the Moon."
Artemis turned her head slightly, stubbornly saying: "Mind your own business. I just came to see if there was anything fun!!"
Looking at the girl with her stubborn mouth, Morpheus smiled and shook his head, not exposing her. He simply sat casually on the ground, appearing completely relaxed.
"A miscalculation. I didn't expect Typhon to have hidden something like this underground, continuously condensing Zeus's thunder. If it truly revived again, it probably planned to smash this thunder... equivalent to about a dozen full-powered strikes from Zeus... directly onto Zeus's head."
Thunderous power capable of affecting space-time... this force was indeed mighty, actually shattering space and even forming this special region.
Perhaps because it couldn't react to Morpheus's strength in time, Typhon failed to utilize this power it had prepared for so many years, but at least upon death, it activated this force.
Maybe sensing it couldn't directly kill Morpheus, this force turned into a strike against space, constructing a special space-time prison that completely confined Morpheus.
And this treatment made Morpheus let out a long sigh at this moment.
"Do you know, Artemis?"
"Know what?" Artemis sat nearby and asked. The space here was extremely sturdy; even she couldn't break it.
Since she couldn't break it, resting properly for a bit was also a good choice.
"In stories generally, during battles between good and evil, when the good side can't defeat the evil side, after a desperate strike fails, they activate a trap to seal the evil side away. From then on, the evil side is sealed, and the world begins to become peaceful.
"So, in the current story direction, is Typhon the good side, and I'm the evil side?"
"Why do you care about that?"
"It's not that I care; I just find it amusing. I didn't expect I'd get the treatment of being sealed, and this is already the second time I've been locked up..."
This made Artemis laugh: "Looks like you've provoked quite a few people, making so many uneasy about you."
"No way! The first guy was clearly meeting me for the first time. He was all smiles when we met, then turned around and locked me up!" Morpheus immediately protested: "I'm clearly so cute and easy to talk to!"
Artemis looked at Morpheus and nodded along with his words: "Mm, indeed easy to talk to... the you who blows people up right away is way too easy to talk to!"
Morpheus turned his face away: "...Wasn't that for world peace?"
Seeing Morpheus's embarrassed look, Artemis laughed very happily. She leaned over entirely, trying to turn Morpheus's face back, grabbing his cheek while shouting: "Let me see your expression right now!"
"No!"
"Let me see!"
"No!"
The two wrestled like this for a while until Artemis finally gave up on her plan. Naturally, Morpheus's expression had long recovered. After lying there for a bit longer, Artemis said: "This place is so vast and empty... kind of boring..."
"Yeah..."
This made the girl narrow her eyes, smiling as she asked: "Want to make this place look nicer?"
"Yeah!"
Artemis became even happier.
"Then, call out 'Great Moon Goddess Artemis' for me to hear!"
Morpheus looked at the girl and shook his head: "No!"
Thus, the moon goddess started making a fuss again.
"Hurry and say it! Come on, say it!"
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