Chapter 1998: Chilling

Loki was already sitting on top of his enemy while crossing his legs, watching the entire situation.

Despite having taken down his opponent, he didn’t show any sign of helping.

"Hmm..." Loki looked at them. They rarely fought after becoming gods, so even after reading their memories, he still couldn’t figure out their exact power.

That was why he was observing their new strength.

"Interesting. Nathan has the ability to face a true god already, because that power is quite tricky to handle. If he really gains control over that ability and becomes a true god, he will probably be strong enough to face the Outer Gods. The normal ones, of course. If he wants to defeat Yog-Sothoth or Azathoth, he needs more than that.

"The most surprising one is Selena. She doesn’t show any hesitation in her decision. The path she walks will be filled with blood, but she understands that and doesn’t hesitate to sacrifice everything for Nathan.

"Flora is stable and powerful, but her spirits are weak. Alavenya and Noelle have similar fighting styles, but Alavenya is like a wandering disaster, while Noelle is like a deep ocean that will swallow everything crossing over it.

"Still, if I have to pick the most troublesome and the most unique, it will be Seraphina. Her duality power is something I’ve never seen before. If she really reaches her full potential, even the Outer Gods won’t have it easy when fighting her.

"My summoner, on the other hand, still has a lot of work to do. I guess I have to help her. She is quite good already, but she’s lacking compared to the rest of the group.

"On the other hand, Evelyn has a solid fundamental, and she is good at coordinating with others.

"As for Vivian, she’s too passive. She will be good at helping others, but fighting on her own will be a problem. She really needs to get much stronger. Maybe she is the second or third worst in this group.

"Machina is Machina, so I have no intention of saying anything to the machine, but Luna seems to be experimenting with her new power. If she really can do that, she will get pretty powerful.

"The problem is Iris. I feel like this girl’s mischievousness is similar to mine, but her power is a real deal. If she is able to reach her full potential, even Odin or Thor won’t be able to defeat her. I guess that’s to be expected from that man’s disciple."

Loki nodded in understanding. He was able to fully assess everyone, including their familiars.

"It looks like this guy indeed has a fighting chance. I don’t know if they’re going to succeed or not. I wonder what Earth is doing right now?" Loki yawned, still not having any intention to help.

Bella was so focused on her own battle that she didn’t realize that Loki was already using his illusion to make it look like he was still fighting his opponent instead of doing nothing.

As Loki said, Vivian and her familiars kept her opponents busy. It was true that Vivian was able to contain them completely, but if Vivian was more aggressive, she might be able to take down one of them soon.

Alavenya and Noelle were also crushing their opponents. They had dealt severe damage, so it would just be a matter of time before their opponents fell.

"I guess there’s nothing else to do other than watch the battle. Nathan is probably the one who will kill his opponent first. Wait, no, it’s not Nathan. It’s that snake."

While each of them was very far away from each other, Loki could easily see them even if he couldn’t see the details. He could differentiate everyone from their powers easily, so he could watch Nathan and his familiars fighting the three true gods.

And yes, the true god facing Apep was in big, deep trouble.

Apep opened his mouth wide, ready to swallow the enemy that was spinning toward his mouth.

Unfortunately for him, chains appeared out of nowhere and shut his mouth.

"!!!" Apep frowned. It turned out his own allies were the ones stopping him.

"What are you doing?"

"We are just doing our job. You can’t eat this one."

"Yes, I can. I can do everything I want, and you have no right to stop me."

Mae and Qilin were trying to stop Apep so that Apep couldn’t eat the unconscious true god.

"I can and I will!" Apep released his power and overwhelmed them.

"Why do you even want to swallow it? If you just want to kill this true god, then kill him. No need to swallow it."

"Do you think I don’t know? I’ve seen the memories. This true god can make me stronger!"

Qilin and Mae looked surprised, but Apep ended up overpowering them and forcing them to back off.

"Ghhh."

Apep swallowed the body whole. After a few minutes, he noticed no different. "What’s going on? I don’t feel anything?"

"Well, yeah. You won’t feel anything because it’s only useful when you use Soul Contract! We were trying to stop you from doing that, but you didn’t listen." Mae sighed.

"Do you think I’m a fool? If I give the corpse to you, you will use it against me."

"Well, you can probably ask Nathan for a portion as well, but you might have to give up a challenge or something. If you really want to get stronger, that is..." Mae had a headache dealing with this big snake.

Apep was strong and terrifying, but other than that, he was truly annoying. His pride made him close to impossible to manage.

That was why she couldn’t help but think that Nathan should have just retracted him and summoned him later. They couldn’t afford a wild variable in their group.

Nevertheless, Apep had killed one true god. Even though the corpse couldn’t be used anymore, they could finally begin approaching the true god level.

The corpses of true gods would surely be effective to help god level familiars to advance to true god.

Unfortunately, Apep ruined one of them.