Brand New Life Online: Rise Of The Goddess Of Harvest
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With the defeat of Dorothea and the destruction of her Dream Dungeon, a threat larger than anything humanity could had been able to handle was prevented.

If things would had been left as they were for longer than a few days, the Dream Dungeon would had expanded across the entire city, merging both Dreams and Reality together, and generating an utterly destructive landscape, where no normal civilians would had been able to survive.

And eventually, this Dream Dungeon would had kept spreading across the Country, Canada would be swallowed in a month, then America and Alaska, then the rest of South America, it would then expand across the seas, swallow Europe, Asia, and everything else…

This was one of the Demon King's plans, utilizing Dorothea's Unique Powers combined with the many "Dungeon Seeds" that Phantasmos had left behind between the distortions in space.

Of course, that's without taking into account that Yggdrasil would come out victorious. It was half-expected, the Demon King of Death, Thanatos, wasn't someone that always thought his plans would work.

And that's why he didn't seemed as surprised after he learned Dorothea had failed, and she was slain. Maybe in the past he would had cried tears of sorrow and scream to the heavens, but now, he lacked eyes to cry, nor he had a throat to scream.

And his soul felt almost emotionless, with the only lingering emotions being the endless drive to avenge his family and his Kingdom… To slay Yggdrasil and those related with her.

"So Dorothea has failed, my poor niece…" Thanatos sighed, his empty black eyes glowing with phantasmal blue flames. "Don't worry, your death shall not be in vain."

The enormous titanic skeleton, whose body was still repairing itself after his battle against Yggdrasil when Fafnir was defeated, glanced into the endless landscape that was the Underworld.

"Every one of you, my Death Generals… your sacrifices will not be wasted. Your strength and your charisma, I will never forget it." He said, his eyes flaring up. "Although Dorothea could not complete her original mission, much like Phantasmos, she had left behind seeds."

His sharp teeth distorted alongside his mandible, something a skeleton shouldn't be able to do… Yet he did, Thanatos smiled maliciously, smirking like a maniac.

"And those seeds… Will germinate."

…

At the same time, within the Divine Realms of Heaven above Arcadia's Skies, the Gods gathered as usual, surrounded by several System Windows, more than gods, they resembled a large team of workers in an office.

"S-She managed to do it…" Sighed Gaia with a smile, her fair appearance filled with divine grace.

"What a relief." Nyx nodded; her seductive body veiled on shadows.

"It was a good idea that we gave her [Pathway], even if such a tremendous power would eat away at whatever was left of these bodies strength…" A muscular man made of flame sighed, Agni, the God of Fire.

"Well, would you look at that, after you were the one that opposed the idea so much back then…" Giggled a lady made of stone and ore, Terra, the Goddess of Earth.

"Enough banter, that woman might be gone, but whatever she left behind, it might be dangerous. Just like Phantasmos did, Thanatos is doing this carefully, making sure to leave behind "seeds", that'll germinate and become problems that we won't be able to handle properly in the future." Sighed a woman whose entire body seemed to be made of stars, Nebula, the Goddess of Space. "We're already doing our best to maintain things as they are…"

"But we still lack hands, is that what you're trying to say?" Wondered a tall, bearded man made of pure brilliant light. "Elayne and her allies alone might not be enough, but to whom can we ask help? Earth has several supernatural groups, but are they as trustworthy as she is? And our strength… Do we even have enough to create another like her? I doubt so." Sighed Deus, the God of Creation.

"It is certainly a concerning thing, but Elayne is… making connections, she's slowly growing her group of allies." Said a mysterious man covered on gray robes. "Let's not force her to do anything if necessary, it will do no good with her trust towards us. However, what we could do is guide her, to find people that could lessen some of her responsibilities." Spoke the God of Time, Chronos.

"Hmmm… I can see you guys are thinking a lot about these things."

Suddenly, a completely unknown voice echoed behind the Gods, their eyes quickly landing on the figure of what looked to be a simple human male, wearing a black suit, with short blonde hair and sharp gray eyes.

"You're all so diligent… I've come with good news; the new update is ready."

"Is it?!"

"So soon?"

"But that's… The Demon King has yet…"

"I know, he has yet to come out of the Underworld, is it not?" The mysterious man asked. "Nonetheless, we cannot keep delaying it any longer. The System demands an update, and if we don't do it now… You know what'll happen to the continuity, right?"

The Gods fell into silence, they had delayed the inevitable too much already, whatever this update contained, there were things they didn't wanted to unleash into the World of Arcadia.

However, there was no helping it now, as the man said, there were things not even the Gods could postpone for eternity, this world must continue moving, it must continue changing.

"The world must continue evolving." The man said, looking into the stars above the heavens. "There are strong people out there, you've blessed your own already. We have to hold hope that humanity will persevere… Because it was thanks to the sacrifice of the Ancients that we've gotten a second chance. We cannot let such an opportunity to go waste. Please, press the "agree" button."

Ding! Ding! Ding!

Suddenly, in front of the Gods, several System Windows appeared with green and red buttons, everyone sighed, yet pressed the green colored "yes" button.

Ding!

[The New Update Patch has been Uploaded!]