134 Chapter 134: An epic end 4

The massive gate of the underworld stood gallantly in mid-air, right behind Derik, letting out insane death aura, which flowed directly into Derik's body strengthening his realm even further. His eyes were like two balls of darkish purple fire which could burn anything it touches to ashes.

At this point, everyone understood why Derik could stop Cyrus's divine sword so easily. Just like when they fought Samael, the fallen archangel of life forcefully drew power from his realm to counter the attacks directed at him.

But why then did he run?

Why didn't he continue this way or even start with that?

He probably would have been able to kill the four hosts of Aldemar if he did that.

"He couldn't do this because of the drawing power from your domain is as good as destroying it… if it's used recklessly the domain will crumble and seize to exist" Micheal's voice rang like a bell in Cyrus' head.

"So Derik is practically ruining the underworld as we speak?" Cyrus asked

"Normally, yes… but this domain belongs to the creator itself, not Demos so does the heavens which I watch over… little beings such as yourselves can not easily damage the domains of the creator… it is filled with immense energy which is almost infinite… But the case is different for Samael, he can recover a good portion of his power if he decides to take away all the energy in his domain and let it crumble but after he does that, he will never be able to hide from the creator… that is a death sentence" Michael laughed as if he derived joy from Samael's misfortune.

"I see…" Cyrus said with a calm face as he turned his attention to Derik who was looking down at everyone like a god who is looking down at his subjects.

"Return" Cyrus muttered and the massive sword immediately separated itself from Derik and quickly returned to Cyrus side.

"Why can't I draw power from the heavens… Derik can draw power from the underworld, yet you won't teach me how to unlock the gates of heaven!" Cyrus complained

"Hahaha… who do you think you are kid? The heavens are literally the only domain of the creator which he holds sacred and you think I am going to let you defile it? You should be grateful I thought you how to summon the sealed gate but teaching you how to unseal it is beyond me… that's as good as giving you access to the most important place to mortals… you might as well lead your family into paradise while I am away!" Micheal used his sharp words to tackle Cyrus instantly.

"And this is why I will always be numerous steps behind him…" Cyrus snorted before blocking off the voice in his head.

With a casual smile on his glittering face, Cyrus rose to Derik's level, staring at the massive gate behind the death mage as if he was searching for the mysteries behind it.

"You were holding back all this while… I actually planned to give you a quick and painless death but you struggled hard, at least that's what you made me believe… to think you were hiding your true strength from me, I feel hurt and betrayed" Cyrus said with a charming smile on his face.

"Hahahaha! Don't play games with me… I know of the favored child of life technique where you draw power from all living beings present… with thousands of people present here, you can reach my level and even go beyond and battle me as an equal!" Derik laughed

While his ability draws power from the negative emotions of those present such as hate, anger, fear, envy and so on, it purely relies on the presence of people with such feelings but that of Cyrus is quite different.

The favored child of life technique allows him to draw power from the life force of everyone present, thereby reducing their life span by a very negligible portion and in exchange grants the user more power. In this case, the light mage literarily has nothing to lose, unlike Derik who has his soul tainted and will most likely fall into a state of bedevilment if he lets his guard down for only a second.

"You looked fired up… unfortunately, I do not intend to fight you with my all… stories of the battles between the life and death mages of the past still haunt me to this very day… mercy killing is allowed but putting my heart and soul into a death match between us is something I'm not yet prepared for… the gate to the underworld is open, why don't you leave?" Cyrus said with a frown on his face.

"I see… unfortunately, it seems as if luck is not on our side… we always find ourselves in difficult positions from the very beginning… I can only make a simple request and I wish you will grant this wish before I leave" Derik said

"What is it?" Cyrus said with a frown on his face. it was as if he had already predicted what request Derik will make and he wasn't particularly happy about it.

'Fight me with everything you have… I need to make a name for myself before I leave. This will certainly discourage people from chasing after me… that's why I need to go all out… I need this world to know my true strength… Please… do this for me… you are the only one here capable of making me push myself that hard" Derik said

Hearing this Cyrus sighed as if he was already expecting this. He already thought of reasons why Derik refused to escape from the very beginning and this was one of the options.

"Come on… let's go wild for once and enjoy this battle… who knows when we will get the chance to battle each other so freely again?" Derik laughed

"Very well… but if we must do this, it will just be the both of us… no outside help…" Cyrus said with a smile on his face.

"Agreed!" Derik nodded with a bright smile on his face.

His attention shifted to Ahika and Zaylee, who has been observing for a while, waiting for Cyrus to act first and a sinister smile appeared on his face.

"Your services will not be needed any further… Vanish!" Derik laughed and his bone spear trembled, releasing a terrifying amount of aura after which he threw it at Ahika!

"You should go too… Guardian divine sword split the heavens!" Cyrus roared

Instantly his massive divine sword appeared above Zaylee's head and hacked down on her.

Blazing flame magic: Blue flame of the creator!

"Burst!"

Lightning magic: Typhoon!

"Swallow!"

Under the assault of the life and death mages, Ahika and Zaylee could only last a few seconds before succumbing to the greater power.

"They dare to resist the power of life and death… these people don't value their lives!" Derik's visage turned cold and the power of his spear instantly doubled as the aura from the gate of the underworld flew into the bone spear.

"Aaaaaaahhhhhhh!" Ahika screamed as the bone spear drilled through the sea of blue flames and struck his chest.

Simultaneously, the massive divine sword slashed through the black lightning hurricane and knocked Zaylee to the ground with a terrifying force. Knocking her out in an instant!

With the fire and lighting magic guardian spirits hosts dealt with, Derik turned his attention to Cyrus and a smile bloomed on his face.

"It's our turn" He laughed!