NOVEL WEB Chapter 499: Chapter 499: I Still Have to Reject You
"More than defeating you, more than letting you die, I want to have you, I want to be with you even more. I also want to continue living those interesting and not boring days like before, listening to your voice, Moran."
The strength of her hands on Moran's shoulders increased.
Ishtar's eyes showed earnestness.
She was saying, "I won't kill you."
It was almost a form of self-abandonment.
Even a goddess as greedy as Ishtar would still show reluctance and hesitation when faced with destroying her most beloved thing.
The beauty of the past was the shackle that bound her actions.
"You might not believe me, but I do love you. However, I can't just tolerate Ereshkigal like this. My tenderness is only reserved for you alone."
Ishtar said urgently.
When a tsundere gives up all pretense, all she can use are straightforward confessions.
And this is often proof that she has reached her limit.
Whether from her words or her expression, it was clear that Ishtar didn't want to be enemies with Moran.
Stripped of her goddess facade.
At this moment, she was no longer as arrogant and unreasonable as before.
"Please don't resist, don't force me to really kill you."
An Ishtar who spoke so gently was unprecedented, and it was only at this time that she could reveal it.
Begging the man she loved not to be her enemy.
Because of this, Moran turned a deaf ear.
It was too similar, too much like Artemis at that time, to the point that he felt a strange sense of familiarity.
Gods are indeed self-centered.
He couldn't help but smile wryly in his heart.
Moran's gaze couldn't leave Ishtar, not because of disgust, but because he couldn't overlook that mistake no matter what.
"Moran… could it be… do you hate me?"
Ishtar noticed Moran's attitude.
There was a hint of uncertainty and fear in her voice.
The direct gaze made his head ache.
Moran, pinned to the ground, looked back at Ishtar's face, looking at the place he didn't want to see.
[Even now, it is still clear.]
[The god's line of death is clearly captured by his Mystic Eyes.]
[Looking at Ishtar's body, it was as if there was no place in the world more peaceful than this.]
[His vision cannot encompass the whole.]
[But seeing points and lines is more than enough.]
[Your Mystic Eyes of Death Perception are not complete Mystic Eyes.]
[Merely cutting the line cannot take a god's life; you must completely cut through the point to take it.]
[Originally, these pseudo-Mystic Eyes of Death Perception could only take away life force.]
[Now, because you understand the existence of gods too well, you can reach the point of creating the death of a god in the true sense.]
"…I don't hate Ishtar."
"Really?"
Ishtar said happily.
These words were like a shining star to her.
But even if she showed such a bright and sweet smile, Moran couldn't agree with this kind of love.
[Her confession was wrong from the start.]
[When forcing the other party to choose between obedience or death, she cannot get what she truly wants.]
[Kill or be killed, abandon or not abandon.]
[You cannot make either choice.]
[When Ishtar threatens you with these two and expresses herself in the name of love, you understand.]
[She is still a goddess who doesn't know how to love.]
[You didn't truly teach her.]
[You thought of Morgan's words about suffering losses if you continued.]
[You couldn't help but smile self-deprecatingly.]
[You did suffer losses, but you don't regret doing so; you just feel that you didn't do enough back then.]
[Regret is an insult to that experience.]
"But…"
As Moran spoke, past nights flashed through his mind.
Ishtar's joyful smile.
If he truly loved the woman before him, then he couldn't agree with her kind of love even more.
The vivid lines of death entered his eyes.
"I still have to reject you. I can't abandon Ereshkigal just because of your selfishness!"
"You—!!"
Ishtar's eyes were stained with the flames of anger.
The killing intent erupted more fiercely than ever before.
But, before that, Moran aimed at her line.
Mobilizing all his strength to swing his claws.
"Listen…!"
In an instant, Ishtar's line of death on her neck was severed, along with the stagnation of her movements.
Moran immediately broke free from her restraints.
[Due to the pseudo Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, severing this line of death will not cause Ishtar to die, but will only take away a lot of her life force, thereby making her unable to move]
[Originally, you didn't want to use this move]
[But when Ishtar revealed that killing intent and anger, you already had no choice]
[You can only take the method of making her lose her ability to move]
[Taking her life force without letting her die]
[Gods are far more tenacious than imagined, being cut off from the line of death by the pseudo Mystic Eyes of Death Perception will not result in death]
[If it were other species, they might weaken and die]
"Hah… Ishtar, I am not those gods who dote on you. If you want to impose your willfulness on me, then I can only refuse."
Moran stared at Ishtar, who was lying on the ground.
The arms that were supporting her suddenly slipped down.
Perhaps her consciousness hadn't recovered from the attack just now, she fell to the ground as if she were asleep.
[In Ishtar's perception]
[You hadn't hurt yourself until just now]
[She had been willful to the point of thinking that she would enjoy thousands of affections, and never thought that the person she liked would attack her]
[She loves the other person, shouldn't the other person also love her?]
[Shouldn't he obey her as a goddess?]
[Ishtar was showered with much love from the beginning of her birth, this is the truth of the world she believes in]
[However, you shattered her princess dream]
[Crushed the willfulness of this goddess]
"…"
Looking at the red liquid spreading on the ground.
Moran was stunned for a few seconds.
He did hit Ishtar's neck, and it was only natural for her to bleed.
But, when he really saw this scene.
Moran still sighed deeply in his heart.
At this moment, the goddess Ishtar simply fell down like a human being.