Online Game: I Started with Max Charisma and Caught the Goddess's Eye - Chapter 453 453: The Battle Spiraling Out of Control
Within the Dreamworld, the Ancient Gods suddenly revealed their true form.
A grotesque mass of flesh, composed of incomprehensible and seemingly non-existent shapes alien to the real world, writhed in unnatural colors. From its surface, eyes of various sizes continually sprouted—each new eye further intensifying the primal power within the Dreamworld.
Although Luca had anticipated that the Ancient Gods’ desperate counterattack would cause immense trouble, he hadn’t expected them to unleash such overwhelming primal power.
The entire Dreamworld was violently destabilized.
The Dreamweaving Mist was rapidly eroded by the primal power, and the boundary between the Dreamworld and reality completely collapsed.
The moment the two worlds intermingled, the vines released by Senator Devitt seeped into the Dreamworld—bringing chaotic energy with them.
But the immense primal power instantly obliterated that chaos.
Yet it didn’t stop there. The overwhelming primal force spilled into the real world as well.
The interaction of the two opposing energies triggered a violent reaction—activating the Origin Holy Grail.
In Luca’s hand, the Origin Holy Grail burst forth with a blinding white light.
Immediately, chaos and primal power completely merged.
Luca, the Ancient Gods, and Senator Devitt found their minds forcibly connected.
In that instant, all three gained complete insight into each other’s thoughts.
“You were planning to use the chaos to drag me and Luca down with you, then escape alone to fulfill your grand scheme all along? I knew I shouldn’t have trusted you!”
Senator Devitt shouted in fury, having glimpsed the Ancient Gods’ true intentions through their psychic link.
Though he had prepared himself to be used from the start, he never imagined the Ancient Gods had no intention of leaving him alive.
According to what he saw in the Ancient Gods’ mind, as long as they regained freedom, they would immediately destroy both Luca and Devitt.
“And what right do you have to accuse me? Haven’t you been using me too? At least right now we have a common enemy!”
The Ancient Gods responded swiftly.
Though fully manifested in their true form and incapable of speech, they transmitted their thoughts directly into Senator Devitt’s mind.
The Ancient Gods’ intentions were now perfectly clear.
They wished to join forces with Senator Devitt to take down Luca first—and only afterward would they consider what came next.
Senator Devitt did not object.
He knew very well that his greatest enemy was Luca.
Only by defeating Luca could he seize the Origin Holy Grail and gain a chance to return to the Eternal World.
The two quickly reached an unspoken agreement.
Massive vines, infused with chaotic energy, surged toward Luca from one direction. Simultaneously, the primal power unleashed by the Ancient Gods rushed in from the opposite side.
Luca could no longer move.
He had expended so much energy in the earlier battle that he didn’t even have the strength to take a step.
The battle was on the verge of spiraling completely out of control.
Facing the combined assault of two overwhelming enemies, Luca had no options left.
A manic grin crept across his face.
“You’ve truly pushed me into a corner. Now I have no choice but to stake everything I have in one final, desperate gamble!”
As soon as the words left his mouth, he released the Origin Holy Grail from his grip.
It began to fall toward the ground.
Senator Devitt’s gaze was immediately drawn to the Grail, and his attack momentarily slowed.
It was in that instant that Luca turned toward Sophia and called out:
“Activate the Origin Holy Grail—now! I’ve just finished syncing with it!”
Sophia wasted no time. Drawing on the arcane knowledge she had acquired in the Eternal World, she activated the Grail.
A sudden crack appeared on the surface of the Origin Holy Grail.
And in that very moment, both primal power and chaotic energy surged violently into the Grail through the fracture.
“So that’s what it is…”
Watching the scene unfold, Luca suddenly understood.
Sophia had once told him that the Origin Holy Grail was responsible for the fall of an Ancient God.
Back then, he had assumed it was simply due to the Grail’s immense power.
But what he was witnessing now completely overturned that assumption.
The true reason the Origin Holy Grail could bring down an Ancient God… was that it had the ability to absorb all primal power.
And without the support of primal power, the Ancient Gods could not survive or act outside their own realm.
As the primal power drained away rapidly, the blurred boundary between the Dreamworld and the real world began to restore itself.
Back in the Dreamworld, the Ancient Gods had grown weak—extremely weak.
The moment the crack appeared on the Origin Holy Grail, he realized his entire plan had utterly failed.
And yet, the Ancient Gods had no intention of surrendering so easily.
“Do you really think you’ve won completely? Sure, I can no longer escape the Prison of the Gods… but that doesn’t mean you’re going to walk away victorious from this battle!”
The Ancient Gods’ body was already shattered beyond recognition.
Though still capable of speech, their voice had grown feeble and fragmented.
Luca let out a cold chuckle.
“What else could you possibly do now? You’ve already played every card in your hand. Without primal power, you’re powerless—completely. Are you seriously betting on Senator Devitt to defeat me?”
The Ancient Gods gave no reply to Luca’s taunt.
Their broken form began to disintegrate, piece by piece, fading into nothingness.
It was clear—the will of the Ancient Gods had been completely suppressed.
“So it was all just a bluff. They had nothing left to fight with,”
Luca said, his confidence swiftly returning.
He believed he now had full control of the situation.
With the battle in the spiritual realm concluded, all that remained was to return to the physical world and defeat Senator Devitt.
But just as he prepared to leave the spiritual plane, he suddenly realized—
He was trapped.
A flicker of panic crossed Luca’s face.
“What’s going on? Why can’t I leave the spirit realm? Did the Ancient Gods seal me in here?!”
Gripped by unease, he immediately began formulating a countermeasure.
His first instinct was to use his Dreamweaver ability to summon the Dreamweaving Mist.
As the mist began to swirl and thicken, the boundary between the spiritual world and the dream world blurred and eventually overlapped.
From there, he could use the dream world as a bridge to escape the spiritual plane.
More and more Dreamweaving Mist flooded the area, and soon the two realms had almost become one.
And yet—he still couldn’t leave.
This made no sense to Luca.
“What’s happening? Why am I still trapped in here? The Ancient Gods shouldn’t have had the strength to seal me in—certainly not after that!”
He had personally witnessed the Origin Holy Grail absorb every last trace of primal power the Ancient Gods possessed.
Without that power, how could they possibly have the ability to seal him away?
As Luca puzzled over this, subtle changes began to stir within the spiritual realm.
The Dreamweaving Mist could not sustain the link between the spirit world and the dream world for long.
As the connection between the two realms gradually weakened, Luca found himself unable to even sense his own physical body back in reality.
“The dream world was my creation. That’s why I can use it to perceive what’s happening in the real world.
But the spirit world… that wasn’t created by me.
If I’m trapped here, I’ll completely lose all perception of the outside world…”
The realization struck Luca like a thunderbolt—this was the most dangerous possible outcome.
He forced himself to calm down.
In a situation like this, panic would only make things worse.
In the physical world, Senator Devitt stood tensely, eyes locked on the Origin Holy Grail.
It was still absorbing the surrounding energies, humming with power.
Luca’s body remained frozen beside it, unmoving—locked in the same position as before. There was no sign of change or awareness.
This led Senator Devitt to a dangerous thought:
Maybe… now was his chance to take the Origin Holy Grail for himself.
After a brief hesitation, he acted—directing his vines, thick with chaotic energy, to lunge toward the grail.
Just as the vines were about to make contact, the temperature around the Origin Holy Grail plummeted.
Within seconds, a thick layer of frost began to crystallize around it.
Sophia had decided to intervene.
She knew full well that she wasn’t a match for Senator Devitt.
But she would never—could never—let the Origin Holy Grail fall into his hands.
Even though she didn’t know exactly what kind of trouble Luca was in, she understood one thing with absolute certainty:
She had to protect him at all costs when he was vulnerable.
As soon as Senator Devitt saw the frost forming, a sneer curled across his lips.
“So, you actually dared to make a move.
You’ve lost your body—you’re nothing more than a disembodied soul now!
Did you really think you could stand against me? How pathetically overconfident.”
The vines surged together, channeling a potent wave of chaotic force that instantly shattered the ice encasing the grail.
Now, finally—nothing stood between Senator Devitt and the Origin Holy Grail.
“Although this operation was riddled with all kinds of unexpected complications, and although I ultimately failed to complete the mission entrusted to me by the Empire… I still gained something far more valuable.”
Senator Devitt had already reached the Origin Holy Grail.
He began channeling his vines, attempting to seize control of it.
“As long as I can bring the Origin Holy Grail back, no one in the Empire will hold anything against me. On the contrary—they’ll hail me as the greatest hero in all of the Via Empire!
With the Origin Holy Grail in our hands, the Via Empire will have the power to annihilate every last enemy within the Eternal World!”
A radiant smile spread across Devitt’s face.
His mind had already begun to wander, painting vivid images of the power, privilege, and glory that would await him upon returning to the Via Empire with the grail in his grasp.
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