Chapter 452 - 452: Fated reunion?

"This is not a place you can stay... You all will only be a burden to me if you stay here... Leave!" Derik didn't even bother to look at them as he flicked his fingers and a warp gate appeared behind them, pulling them out of the realm even before they could struggle or the beyond could intercept his warp gate.

Thanks to whatever means the beyond used to merge both their realms into one, the amount of power Derik could draw from his realm was greatly limited. At this point, he was only at the low grade of the demigod realm, just like the beyond.

"Our realm keep pressing each other, preventing us from making full use of its capabilities... So what? What do you stand to gain from these crazy actions you keep taking? At the demigod realm, I was strong enough to take on God realm foes... With my undying body, powerful death magic, and my God weapons, I was almost invincible... Do you think you can win against me?" Derik said as he watched his body size reduced due to the restrictions set by the beyond's realm. He kept Shrinking until he was no different from the beyond in size.

Without speaking, all those within his realm had already backed away, leaving only Derik and the beyond behind. The battle of demigods is not something they can join in, that's why they all understood the reason why Derik didn't hesitate to send Cyrus and the other new gods away from the way he did. Even before the creation of the realm, in the outside world where their power was still at its peak, they couldn't fight against the beyond due to fear. Now the beyond has an upper hand against them how can they help? They have been a burden from the very beginning, so there is no reason to keep them around.

"Before I became the realm protector, I was an excellent mage who created the stars, the sun, the moon! Everything! I understood the laws of space and manipulated them to create a perfect universe and that's why I was selected to serve as the realm protector... After putting in so much effort to create a perfect world, I am woken up to see, younglings destroy my creations which took me centuries to accomplish in just one day! The cosmic beings whom I created to maintain balance had deviated from my words and also sort power... The gods whom I appointed to maintain sanity and peace amongst the mortals had gone power crazy and have forgotten the path which I thought them! I have lived for millions of years! I have the experience! I have the power! Do you think you are worthy to be placed on the same footing with me?" The beyond growled.

Listening to him speak, Derik could pick out a few things. The cosmic beings bear the soul imprint of the beyond and that's why Kaido, the cosmic being of the sun, Diana, the cosmic being of the moon, and Cyrstal, the cosmic being of the stars betrayed them. These are his friends whom he put so much effort into getting them to the top. He fought the original cosmic beings and killed them just for them to be able to take that position. Yet they turned their back on him when he needed them the most. 

There are five cosmic spirits, each bearing different powerful magic. The sun, moon, star, space, and gravity. To think all this power originally belonged to the beyond who only split them up because he needed powerful beings who will cover for it while it dives into a deep slumber. Considering this Derik couldn't help but believe that the beyond may be the most powerful being he has faced all his life. But even then only one thing came to mind.

"Didn't I tell you? I am the absolute... be it space, time, whatever, it means nothing when faced with absolute power! Death is absolute! Like I said earlier, Death for the world!" Derik said with a confident smile on his face. 

Boom!

Suddenly, a powerful wave of space aura exploded from his body and shot towards Derik but it was blown away by Derik's death aura. Not giving Derik the chance to speak anymore, five gates appeared around him, and from it, five people appeared with each possessing the strength to rival demigods.

"Derik Angus, I promised you that this will be your last battle and I intend to keep that promise... The God vein may be suppressing their strength but they still possess the demigod cultivation realm... With this, it's you against six demigods... Do you think you can win?" The beyond growled.

The main purpose of mixing his realm with that of Derik was so that he would be able to summon the spiritual representations of the cosmic beings above. If he summoned them outside his realm, this world would try to suppress them reducing them to mere gold realm masters and with that, the new gods will be able to face them on equal footing. The Beyond original plan was to trap them in this mixed domain and then summon the cosmic beings. With the strengths of the new gods suppressed greatly by the mixed domains they will be killed off too easily. Leaving Derik to fend for himself alone. Once Derik does it means that the new gods have been wiped out, and with the centuries before their return should be enough time for him to regain his strength and look for a way to kill them permanently or imprison them permanently with his space magic.

"Well, it doesn't matter... Once you die, the others will soon follow... It's only a matter of time" The beyond said while gazing at the silent Derik with a victorious smile on his face.

He thought it was fear or the pain of having to face his old friend Kaido. He felt that Derik was broken within and that was the reason for his silence.

"Yooo! Kaido... It's been a while" Derik shattered The Beyond's thoughts with his casual question and the charming smile on his face.