Strongest Hammer God

Chapter 997: No Way Out

The group remained silent for a while. They had already entertained the possibility that the Overseer just wanted to escape from this world, but as more time passed, this possibility seemed more like a certainty.

They just wanted to leave Ayuvar.

They couldnʼt be sure how all of this had happened. Had the Overseer become an Immortal before becoming an Overseer? Usually, beasts in Primary Worlds couldnʼt become Immortals since that would break the balance, but beasts also couldnʼt become Overseers.

Since the Overseer was the Overseer, the world had to view them as a human to some extent, but did it also allow them to become an Immortal? What if the Overseer was just a Peak Ascendant Demon? If so, how did all of this develop?

Did they become Immortal and kill the old Overseer? Did the old Overseer hand them the position voluntarily? Did they kill the Overseer while still being a Peak Ascendant Demon? Did they realize that they couldnʼt ascend and became an Overseer as a response, or did they accept the position first but realized later that they couldnʼt ascend?

As Kyle thought about the world after coming to this realization, a picture emerged.

”I think theyʼre desperate,” Kyle said. ”Theyʼre fighting an impossible fight, but theyʼre also not giving up.”

”There has to be a way out. Iʼve tried this, and it didnʼt work, but what if I tried this? Okay, that also didnʼt work, but what about this? What if I do this? One failure after another. Theyʼre getting more desperate, but theyʼre still trying to find a solution. At least, thatʼs what I think is going on,” Kyle explained.

”But there is a way out,” Star Genesis said. ”The Overseer can allow Seekers from the Supreme World to enter. As long as they can enter, they can bring them out without any issues. Itʼs not even that difficult. As long as they allow a human to become Immortal and as long as that human swears an oath to help them, they can get out.”

”And then what?” Sebastian asked. ”Theyʼre in the Supreme World, and the oath is fulfilled. Next thing you know, the former Overseer stands in front of a Lord, who is not bound by an oath. Look at it from their viewpoint. The Overseer has suppressed humanity for countless years, and now, theyʼre supposed to hand their life to a human. Additionally, how are they supposed to know which request for entry is the correct one? Itʼs not like you can customize the request. If the roles were reversed, would you hand your life to an unknown Lord Demon?”
Star Genesis sighed. ”Of course not, but if thereʼs really no other way, what else am I supposed to do?”

”What if there is a way?” Kyle asked.

”Is there one?” Star Genesis asked.

”I donʼt know, but what if itʼs possible? Would you hand your life to an unknown Lord Demon?” Kyle asked.

”I canʼt give a concrete answer without more context,” Star Genesis said.

”But thatʼs all the context you get,” Kyle added. ”Thatʼs all the context the Overseer has.”

”Whatʼs the point of asking such a question?” Star Genesis asked with a bit of annoyance. ”Yes, itʼs not easy to answer such a question. Yes, thatʼs probably how the Overseer feels. Can we focus on something that actually contributes to the plan instead of philosophizing over hypotheticals? What about Death? Can Death get them out?”

Kyle glanced at Sebastian. He knew more about this than he did.

”This is an interesting question, and just like every other interesting question, it shares the same answer,” Sebastian said with a sigh.

”It depends,” Sebastian added. ”How much Death? How much control does the person have over Death? Is it administered from outside Ayuvar or from the inside? What are they willing to sacrifice? Itʼs not easy.”

”Attacking a world from the outside is almost impossible. The worlds themselves are all in the Supreme World, and if you attack another world inside of it, the Supreme World will fight back. You will be fighting the entire Cosmos, which basically means fighting the God of the Cosmos. The Overseer would need to give you permission to use Death from outside, but at that point, you donʼt need to use it. You can just pull them out instead.”

”If itʼs administered from the inside, the defensive mechanisms of the world will immediately kill you. Only the Overseer can circumvent the defensive mechanisms to some extent. If the Overseer has access to Death, they can infect the world with it, but then what? The World Wall is still there. The only way to get rid of it is to destroy it.”

”You can do that with Death, but no matter how you slice it, it wonʼt end well. Make a small hole? The world realizes youʼve damaged it, and it will kill you. Destroy the entire thing? Congratulations, youʼve blown yourself up. Sure, if you leave before it blows up, everythingʼs good, but then, you wouldnʼt need to destroy it in the first place.”

”Can you get rid of certain parts of the World Wall? Yeah, if you know how it works, you can probably disrupt the part that stops you from leaving without blowing everything up, but who even knows how World Walls work in detail? If we knew how it worked, some Demigod would have already looked into Ayuvar.”

Sebastian shook his head. ”Also, know what Iʼve just realized? All of these things are irrelevant anyway. How would the Overseer gain access to Death? A member of the Cult might ascend from a Secondary World to Ayuvar with some Death, but that doesnʼt mean that the Overseer can use it. Death isnʼt like a weapon you can hand someone. Itʼs more like a huge and powerful monster. The monster might allow its owner to touch it, but that doesnʼt mean it will allow a stranger to touch it, even if the owner agrees.”

”Yeah, well,” Sebastian added with a dry chuckle. ”Thereʼs a way we can give them access to Death, but you donʼt want that.”

”Why not?” Star Genesis asked with a raised brow.

Sebastian glanced at Kyle.

Kyle sighed and scratched the side of his head. ”Well, the only feasible way to come into contact with Death is to witness... well... the death of an entire world. If all the life in a prospering world is eradicated so that only you remain, and if you look at the lifeless corpse of that world, you may learn how to create Death.”

Star Genesisʼ eyes widened in shock.

”I would prefer the Overseer not knowing,” Kyle added.

Star Genesis looked down, her brows furrowed. ”Is there really no way?”

”Only if they hand over their life,” Sebastian said. ”They have to give up control, stay here forever, or die.”

”Also, if we want to ascend ourselves, the Overseer either needs to die or needs to give up control,” Kyle said.

”And I donʼt think they will hand their life to us.”

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