Noah had been observing Hudson from the side.
Although this stone giant looked intimidating, its flaws were quite obvious: it moved too slowly and its attack range was too short. It only managed to drive everyone back by relying on the narrow space of the control room; if it were in an open area, it would be a sitting duck.
Under the expectant gazes of everyone, Noah spread out the tarot deck. She reached into the pile and drew a card, revealing the massive sun design to everyone.
Noah raised the card and began to read aloud:
“Number 19, [The Sun]!”
The blazing sun will dispel all fear.
In an instant, unparalleled heat swept in, wrapping Hudson completely in heat many times stronger than an incinerator.
But Hudson only sneered, completely unconcerned.
Because the Earth Divine Power inherently contained the energy of lava, these intense heat only melted his rock armor, having no effect on him personally.
The sun’s heat gradually faded, but Hudson seemed unaffected.
Dragging his body covered in magma, he continued to approach everyone while speaking mockingly to Noah:
“That’s it? That’s all you’ve got? Then wait to be pounded into a meat patty!”
Naya snorted coldly, furrowing his brow as he asked Noah beside him,
“Darling… this doesn’t seem to have worked… Do you have any other cards?”
“Don’t rush, this is just the beginning.”
Noah had never intended to burn Hudson to death with the sun; that seemed unrealistic.
She had only done this to melt the rock armor; the real show was next.
Noah reached out again and drew another tarot card from the deck.
She displayed the moon pattern on the card to everyone and read aloud:
“Number 18, [The Moon]!”
In the hazy illusion, grant the world insight into undercurrents.
Like the frost hell of the City of the Dead, icy air instantly enveloped everything in the control room.
The stone statues that had been melted by the heat immediately went dormant and shattered into pieces due to the extreme temperature contrast.
Hudson watched in horror as the magma armor on his body froze, cracked, and peeled off, leaving only a shell protected by Earth Divine Power. He looked up at Noah opposite him and asked in disbelief,
“Star Divine Power… It’s actually Star Divine Power… Could you be…?!”
“That’s right! This is the deputy leader of our Primordial Organization, Lady Gehelos!”
Suo’en replied with his hands on his hips, a proud tone in his voice.
“Gehelos? Aren’t you…?”
Hudson was clearly stunned for a moment, then he threw his head back and laughed madly.
“Haha! I don’t care what you’re called! Since I’ve run into such a big fish, then come die with me!”
Hudson had never intended to defeat Noah and her group. From the very beginning, he had sealed the room and summoned Earth Divine Power to protect himself with only one purpose: self-destruction!
Hudson’s Earth Divine Power could absorb the heat of magma and store it in his body, producing an extremely powerful explosion when it reached its limit.
In this extremely sealed environment, not to mention Noah and the others’ flesh-and-blood bodies, even the iron walls enclosing this control room would be blown to pieces.
Hudson reached out and tore open his own chest, revealing the massive tumor.
Dazzling red light flickered before everyone. Hudson laughed maniacally,
“Long live the New Truth!”
“No—!”
Seeing that Hudson’s intention was to self-destruct, Naya was horrified.
He wrote words on his manuscript paper at the fastest speed, trying to make a final struggle.
Noah gritted her teeth, pulled out the Temperance card, and ran toward Hudson.
She didn’t even have the energy to listen to what the others behind her were shouting. In two steps she was in front of Hudson.
Already close to Hudson, Noah could feel the vast energy surging inside the tumor.
She tightly gripped the Temperance card, raised her hand to press it against Hudson’s face.
Behind her came Naya’s desperate shout. The Temperance card was only half a meter from Hudson—
But it was already too late.
A flash of red and white light. Everything in the control room was destroyed by the explosion.
Noah could feel her bones shatter in an instant, then her flesh melt, her soul ascend.
Everyone was reduced to ashes by the divine power, not even leaving a trace of dust.
Noah died.
“I wish to be the original Fool of this world.”
The splendid starry sky appeared before Noah again.
She caught her breath, feeling that her mood hadn’t yet recovered from the tense atmosphere just now.
She panted heavily, and after a while, she realized: she had died again.
Geez… Noah even wanted to punch herself.
She had long known that the New Truth Organization member in the incinerator area would self-destruct, but she hadn’t taken out the Temperance card in advance and prepared to slap it on his face.
She didn’t know where she would start this time after dying, and thinking about it gave her a headache.
Noah sighed slightly, preparing to calm her mood and wait for Death Return.
“Child, long time no see.”
The mysterious voice arrived as expected.
Noah immediately opened her eyes. She looked around but still couldn’t see its true form. Noah sighed slightly and said in a helpless tone,
“Ah… actually, I didn’t really want to come here…”
The mysterious voice laughed,
“Oh dear, those words really hurt. One day, you will long to return here.”
Noah didn’t understand its meaning, but still forced a smile and said,
“Uh… maybe, but I’m still glad to see you.”
“Oh?”
The mysterious voice chuckled.
“Alright, that’s more like human speech.”
Noah thought for a moment and then asked,
“Um, I have some questions to ask you. Can you tell me?”
“Oh, sure, since you barely count as being able to talk, go ahead and ask.”
The mysterious voice replied calmly.
“That person named Naya… is he really my husband?”
Noah asked the question that had been troubling her for a long time.
Because Naya had appeared before her as if falling from the sky, claiming to be her husband, and she had lost her memory and didn’t recall any information about him, so Noah had never fully trusted Naya from beginning to end.
“Yes.”
The mysterious voice replied in a positive tone.
“If he says so, then it is.”
Noah was stunned and asked subconsciously,
“What does that mean?”
“It means exactly what it says.”
The mysterious voice replied.
“I can’t say too much, otherwise it will affect fate. Are you sure you still want to hear it?”
“Uh, then forget it.”
Noah quickly shook her head and said.
“Good, very self-aware.”
After thinking for a while again, Noah asked once more,
“Then why do you insist that I save Xin? Is she very important to my fate?”