Chapter 196: Wrap Up

Pavel conjured his double-edged sword in one hand and dual-sided spear in the other.

He jumped in the air and closed his eyes as though he didn't care about what happened next.

Rhea placed her hand on the ground, and a pedestal emerged from the horizon.

Pavel landed on the pedestal and jumped again towards the monster.

The monster turned around and wagged its tail at Pavel, but before it could touch him, Rhea created a wall between him and the beast.

"Thanks!" Pavel yelled in appreciation.

He then ran on the ledge of the wall and jumped on the monster. He threw the spear in one of its dozens of eyes and landed on the monster's head.

Then, he plunged his ax between its head and forced the spear further deep into its head.

The monster roared in pain and began shrugging its head erratically to toss Pavel from its head.

Pavel grabbed the spear with both hands and plunged it even more deeply into the monster's head.

Then, he jumped on the ax's hilt and inserted the entire ax into the monster's head.

He began moving the spear in and out and stabbed it in the monster's eyes one by one as the monster banged its head on the trees and mountains.

Pavel plucked out the spear from the monster's head and raised it in the air. He stood on the monster's horn and jumped with a high force that broke the horn.

He swung the spear and plunged it deep into the monster's head, and piercing it's beak, it came out of its chin.

Then, he leaned on the spear and jumped down from the monster's head as it was cleaved into two.

The ax fell down with the monster, and Pavel landed on the ground beside Rhea.

SIGH!

He sighed and patted Rhea on the head with a gentle smile on his face: "Good backup."

They sighed in relief and hugged each other for a while. Then, they looked into each other's eyes and started kissing.

"We have kissed billions of times over these millions of years, but today's kisses feel different," Pavel muttered.

Rhea kissed Pavel one more time before saying, "I will find a way to bring you back; even if it takes me a year, ten years, 100 years, or forever."

Pavel chuckled and kissed Rhea after saying, "I want to say 'Focus and live for yourself.' but I will look forward to meeting you again, if… that is possible."

Rhea buried her head in Pavel and uttered in a low voice: "Please don't stop loving me."

"You too. But…" He stopped and hugged Rhea tightly: "But… if you find someone else, then don't hold back. Your happiness matters to me the most."

They looked into each other's teary eyes as their faces got closer. Rhea closed her eyes and waited for Pavel to kiss her, but she never received it.

Scared and anxious, she expected for the worse and slowly opened her eyes to see Pavel looking at her with a grin on his face.

SNIFF!

Rhea sniffed and started crying.

"I can't. I can't do it, after all."

She hugged him and wailed: "Please… please don't go."

"Rhea…" Pavel patted her on the head and kissed her on the forehead before saying, "If you act like that, then it will make me sad. So let's stay happy and bid farewell with wide smiles on our faces, shall we?"

Meanwhile, Nero defeated the last monster.

'Why do I feel like someone is watching me?' Nero wondered.

He activated his god's eyes but couldn't see anything.

He frowned his face and muttered with a hint of annoyance in his voice: "Where are you… lurker."

On the top of the certain palace, a grey-haired man was standing atop the highest turret of the tower.

"How?!" He yelled in bewilderment. 

"How did someone manage to destroy my strongest pets from hell?!"

"Who the hell is that person?"

"Whoever it is! I will kill it and feed my monsters!"

He was enraged, and his face looked like it was about to explode in anger.

He wanted to fly higher to take a proper look, but he couldn't.

"Why?! Now of all the times, the sun is rising!" He gritted his teeth.

"Today is the worst day! First, that pawn Boris died! And now my precious monsters are dead! Who is it?! Is it the demon the parrot was talking about?'

He couldn't help but remember the parrot's words again.

'The demon! 'The hybrid! The abomination! He has been awakened!' 

"I am the strongest demon in this mortal realm," he muttered in annoyance.

"Who is that demon! I will kill him!" he yelled.

"So you were hiding here." A demonic voice sounded behind him.

He looked back to see Nero standing in front of him with a fierce glare in his eyes and a vicious smirk on his face.

"Who are—"

Before Ouroboros could say anything, Nero swung his fist and punched him in the face.

Ouroboros was slammed into the palace. He collided with walls and structures before coming out from the other side of the palace.

However, he landed on his feet and uttered, "Is that the demon?!" 

"So you were the one behind all this, huh?" Nero had already predicted where Ouroboros would end up, and he was waiting for him.

Ouroboros' eyes widened as he looked back to see Nero.

"How did you—!"

Nero choked Ouroboros and raised him in the air: "How did you get your hands on monster cores?"

"They were—!"

Ouroboros had forgotten that he was standing in the open where sunlight could reach him.

"Hmm? Go ahead and speak." Nero sneered. "I won't kill you without getting some information.

Ouroboros tried to break free from Nero's grip and run away, but he couldn't even budge Nero's finger.

"Noooo!" The light fell on Ouroboros, and he turned into ashes.

"...." Nero watched as the ashes flew away.

'Did I do that?' he wondered with a confused and puzzled look on his face.

"But… he turned into ashes after the sunlight… fell on him."

He placed his hand on his chin and pondered for a while.

"It can't be a vampire since they went extinct long ago. But… What if he truly was a vampire?"

"Well." She shrugged and tittered, "Who cares?"

Nero's ears twitched as he felt the same sensation he felt when the monster appeared.

"I have killed all the monsters, so what is this feeling?"

'Did I miss one or two, maybe?' he wondered.