Chapter 433 - 433: Realization

Upon dwelling on the thought for a bit longer did Derik realize how dumb he has been all this while. while the slaughter of the Hosu forces was going on, Derik sat on a pile of bodies as he pondered on the current state of the world.

He could tell he was still on the same planet that he was born into. He could feel that this is the place that was once known as the Aldemar continent and nothing much has changed. According to his knowledge on how this world works, a god vein destroys once it is drained of all its resources and mana is one of them. Enough mana to allow a normal man to cultivate till they reach the god realm. The problem with this is, if the mana of this world is drained completely, it simply means that the world should have crumbled by now but that hasn't happened.

"Interesting!" Derik muttered as he reached for the sky with his right hand and shut his eyes tight.

As a true god candidate of this world, he has some level of authority over it. The fact that there are places Derik and the other guardian spirit hosts could go that even the creator couldn't go at that point in time proves the point.

Bam!

Suddenly his eyes yanked open, revealing only darkness. Many may not notice but some invisible ancient texts began appearing all over Derik's body as he opened his mouth and dragged in some air.

"Come… to me!" He whispered and waited.

A minute, two minutes, five minutes, and then he felt it. A warm familiar feeling washing over his body once again just like it used to be. It was the mana he was searching for! His strength that was already at the peak of the silver realm began climbing again and he got a familiar feeling which he has forgotten for a while. 

The feeling of breaking into the gold realm!

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

Unknowingly Derik began laughing like a crazed man, forgetting all the battles going on around him and those observing from a distance. He failed to notice that the black clouds turned green, just like his eyes and his darkish purple aura had returned to its darkish green color. 

Everyone watched as the clouds took the shape of a skull and all the undead battling stopped halfway to bow to their master. A pillar of darkish green aura exploded from his body as he slowly left the ground and levitated into the sky. Lucia's facial features suddenly vanished at it was completely replaced with his original looks. His hair grew longer and his nails and lips were painted black just like before in the past. He could feel it, the mana surging in and his strength replenishing at a very fast rate. It was like the world was desperately trying to help him recover!

The god of death has returned!

Or so he thought!

Boom!

"YOU!" Derik cried out in pain and anger as he was shot out of the sky, falling to the ground while spitting out a mouthful of blood. Black blood rolled down his eyes, ears, and nostrils as he tried to purge the foreign aura trying to destroy him from within!

It was an aura that could stand against the corrosive effect of his death aura but it wasn't life aura!

It was the beyond!

At this moment, realization dawned on Derik and he finally understood what went wrong with this world. After his battle with the beyond, he was killed but the beyond was gravely injured, and the only way to recover quickly before the gods reincarnated and regained their strength was to depend on the only functioning god vein around. But following the same method as the creator did is too long and tasking and before he can go halfway, Derik and the rest must have reincarnated and regained their original strength. 

So, it chose to do something that has never been done before!

The beyond forced its way into the core of the god vein and sealed it with itself in it. It blocked the exits and consciously prevented mana supplied by the core to reach the rest of the world and because of that magic began to fade until there was nothing left. 

Considering all of this, Derik could tell the beyond was consuming the core of this world and trying to regain its strength, that's why when Derik actually tried to pull the mana of this world, the world recognized him and gave him more than he asked. It was as if the world was pleading with him to save it but the beyond noticed this leakage and quickly intercepted it, sending forth his own mana to harm whoever is tampering with the core.

"It's killing this world! The world Demos died protecting! The world Demos made me swear to protect!" Derik has never been so furious since he came to this world.

Right now both he and the beyond are now aware of each other's existence and location. It's now a race against time to see who recovers enough strength first.

"SINCE YOU DARE CHALLENGE ME, I WILL REPLY IN KIND! NO ONE DARES CHALLENGE THE GOD OF DEATH AND LEAVES UNSCHATTED!" Derik growled as he slammed the ground and his death aura surged forward like a plague.

It traveled into the soil at an alarming rate, so fast that this process lasted for only a second.

Rumble!

Rumble!

Rumble!

'Aaarrggghhhh! Derik Angus! I see you have returned! That's nice! You shall die by my hands once again but this time it will be permanent!" a feminine voice resonated from the earth making everyone tremble. This was the first time something like this has ever happened and it was happening all because of the man called Lucia!

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! THE DEAD CAN NEVER DIE! BEYOND! YOU CANNOT KILL THE GOD OF DEATH! AND DON'T EXPECT THE OUTCOME OF THIS BATTLE TO BE THE SAME AS LAST TIME BECAUSE THIS TIME, I AM NOT ALONE!" Derik roared.

At that moment, a pillar of golden light appeared in a far distance, in the direction of the capital and almost chasing the darkness Derik had summoned. It carried a holy aura that made Derik's skin burn but it still made him smile sheepishly.

"Welcome back old friend… I knew you wouldn't stay silent for too long!" A calm and soothing voice resonated in the skies.