The Fallen Gamer Ch 162 (Patreon)

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Layla made her way towards the downed Red Dragon Emperor. It was time to extract his Sacred Gear and get out of this weird reality. Layla reached into her inventory to grab the Sacred Gear extractor she had purchased earlier.

Except…It wasn't in there.

“What the hell?” Layla said out loud. “Where is it?” She frantically started searching every metaphorical nook and cranny in her inventory! She couldn’t find it!

“Something wrong, Layla?” Heather asked from nearby. Heather had walked over to Kunou and was carefully patting the fox girl on the back. Now that the fighting was over, Kunou had started sobbing quietly.

“The Sacred Gear extractor is missing!” Layla lamented. “I don't know how!” No one since the Ancient One had been able to mess with Layla’s inventory. And that was back when Layla was a low leveled noob! It should be impossible now!

[I think I know what happened to it. I think your Sacred Gear…ate it. I'm pretty sure you know which one.]

‘What!?’ Layla exclaimed in her head. ‘Why would it do that!?’

[Who knows…Try using your Gear on Issei though. See what happens.]

Layla supposed it couldn't hurt to try. She wasn't quite sure what she was trying though. Layla reached down and placed her hand over his torso. She called on her Orb of Anywhere. She willed it to help remove Issei's Sacred Gear. To her surprise, a small purple portal opened up directly on top of his chest. Layla hesitated for a moment upon seeing it.

[Go for it! Stick your hand into the weird tiny portal! I'm sure you'll be fine…]

With the system’s ‘encouraging’ words, Layla did just that. She shoved her hand inside of the small portal above his torso. Her arm sunk about halfway through before her fingers brushed up against something. It wasn’t very big. About the size of a tennis ball. She grasped onto it and pulled! Layla felt a bit of resistance, as if the object she was golding didn't want to go with her. She tugged harder and it yanked free! She pulled her arm all of the way out of the small portal. It quickly faded away once her arm was out.

She looked at the object in her hand and her eyes widened. It was a glowing green orb. It was giving off the same draconic signature that Issei had earlier.

“The Boosted Gear. I took it out just like that?” She asked herself out loud. Issei didn't even wake up. Not only that, but he was still alive as well. Did she now have the ability to remove people's Sacred Gears whenever she wanted to!? With no repercussions as well?

“Is that what we came for, Layla?” Heather stepped away from Kunou and walked over. “That's what a sacred Gear looks like outside of someone?” Heather asked. She was a bit disappointed. She expected it to be more flashy or magical. It was just a boring glowing green rock. “Are we leaving now?” Heather asked.

Layla nodded. “Yeah, we can.”

Kunou's ears drooped when she heard that. “You're leaving!?” She exclaimed. Her nine tails sagged behind her. She was afraid they were going to leave her behind.

“The truth is, Kunou, Heather and I aren't from here. We're from another universe. One that's not quite as messed up as this one. Why don't you come with us?” Layla offered. Your mother is still alive in our home universe. There's also an adorable younger version of you.”

Kunou's eyes widened and her tails twitched in excitement when she heard Layla's offer. A better world where all of her people were alive and not hunted? “Please let me come with you!”

“Of course you can!” Layla said before her eyes widened. She quickly stepped in front of both younger girls.

THRUM!!!

“No one will be going anywhere! I will not let you take my toys from me!”

There was a flash of brilliant golden like from across the courtyard. A familiar figure materialized in front of Layla. One her memories told her that she hadn't seen in hundreds of years!

It was her father!

Although…

…Something about him felt off to her. Sure, he looked the same. He was an older man with a long white beard wearing a white toga. But he didn't feel the same. Layla couldn't sense him at all actually.

There were more golden flashes from all around her and the other two girls. Over a dozen Angels, in their human vessels, appeared nearby as well. The two familiar signatures she was hoping to feel weren't among them. She noticed that Gabriel and Michael weren’t here.

Layla’s father looked at her with a disturbing smirk on his face. “Look at you! Layla of the Fallen! You're a long way from home aren't you? I wasn’t aware that you had the ability to traverse Universes…It does explain your sudden rise to power though.”

Layla frowned. “And how exactly do you know about me?”

He smiled at her and spread his arms wide. “Why? Because I'm God after all! The Alpha and the Omega! The creator of the universe!”

“That's right!”

“Father is the greatest!”

“She's a Fallen? Let's kill her!”

A few of the Angels circling them started shouting out.

Kunou was scared at finding herself surrounded by so many Angels at once! She almost started trembling before she realized that her new Goddess was standing steadfast next to her! She took a deep breath and steadied herself as well.

Heather leaned in and whispered to her. “Layla? Is that really God?” The toga wearing man certainly looked the part, but he felt off. He felt like pure evil…

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