Chapter 233 89: A Doomed Timeline



Zell suddenly pushed the male away, his body filled with anger

"Who is the same as you..! I am me!"

Vincent shrugged his shoulders before showing his body slowly transforming; the angels above watched with blank faces, no emotion or fluctuations as they watched the event unfold.

"Hey, what is our name in the future?" He asked, cracking his neck while the long claws on his arms filled with deep cracks, the gemstone inside his hand dull.

His black demon skin was filled with patches where it was missing, filled with scars and deep wounds.

"Zell."

"Umu... Pretty cool; in my time, we are called Vincent; awesome, right?"

"Is this a dream or reality?"

Zell didn't want to argue with this man, his body instantly transforming; two massive black wings and two dragon wings, different from Vincent Zell's, were both black, with his arms having one black and one red claw.

"Oooh... you look so cool!"

With his slight stubble and eyepatch, the rugged Vincent gave a thumbs up, probably acting this way to hide the emptiness and sorrow of everyone he loved dying or leaving his side.

For some reason, Zell didn't feel too bad hearing this guy calling him excellent, his wings fluttering and standing beside Vincent, their height slightly different, with Zell being taller, his muscles more defined and robust.

Vincent's ears were more phoenix-like with his red plumes.

"You're not too bad yourself. Do you want me to fight with you?"

"You'll die. These guys are..."

"Divines right... That woman is Astra; he is Tellu- Call him to prick; she's called Vestia, and that one is ugly."

Vincent's eyes suddenly dilated as he grasped tightly against Zell's shoulder, pulling him back as he turned him around, a strange look of anger and hope in those tired red eyes before he looked genuinely relieved.

"Who sent you? Which girl has given you her shard?" His voice was gentle and with a sense of happiness.

"Colette, she is the last of her kind... Rather, we are the last of our kind in the future."

"We? Then... Garnet?"

"Ah, that woman is so crazy... Tried to violate me the moment we met, but luckily I'm still a "young dragon" to her."

"Aha... hahaha... That girl listened to my words... ahahahahah! They lived... It worked....!" 

Suddenly the mighty arm of Vincent smashed into Zell's chest, sending him hurling towards the ground, a massive black portal crackling as he fell.

"Ugh!? The fuck, man!"

Vincent turned to face Zell with a bitter smile, but his face seemed to be at peace.

"Please... Take care of my... our girls."

Before Zell could speak, Vincent's arms pushed forward, along with his mouth opened wide; a vast suction began to absorb the energy in the atmosphere, the plants withered, the land died, and the people who hid in the cracks were turned into dried corpses as their energy all gathered in the mouth and body of Vincent.

'Just a little... I can send them back... Give me more power! Let me use the last flare of this planet!' forgive me, but this world is doomed to die anyway!

A sudden voice appeared in the mind of Zell as he watched in awe, the crackling of the atmosphere causing thunderstorms, tsunamis, and massive volcano's to erupt, finally making the angels and divines step forward.

'Watch this, Zell; I'll call this the Final Anima Flare! Watch closely; make it your own!'

"Stop your little games, filthy monster!" Tellurian shot forward, his body filled with brilliance; wielding a shimmering sword, he lifted his arm, slashing down on Vincent, who was desperately trying to absorb just a bit more power.

Clang!

"You speak too much as always, Tellurian!" Zell shouted as his black blade shattered from the impact; he swung his sword to block the blow, now missing his entire right side; as blood and organs began to flood out of his body, a sudden feeling of powerlessness and his vision blurred.

"Who are you!? Why do you know my holy name? Filthy mongrel!"

Zell ignored the angry god, his best attack, using both bloodlines, Flamra and his metalmancy to reinforce the black sword, did nothing but block a single blow.

'No... This isn't an avatar.... this is the real him... I blocked a divine full-powered blow!'

Suddenly Zell's body stopped quivering; he focused on recovering as the area exploded with a strange demonic anima, causing Tellurian to dash backwards, standing beside his other gods and angels, a frustrated look on his face.

"Ah...ahahahaha... That cunts face is so angry... Good one, Zell! Haha!"

"Vincent, how long do you need to fire that attack."

"30 seconds... Sorry, I wanted to show you something cool but failed..."

"Okay... 30 seconds against a whole score of divines... hahahahahaha!"

"VINCENT!"

"Yeah!?"

"Let's do it!"

"Fuck them; show me your prided attack."

Zell's body began to glow with a purple flame, his destroyed body rapidly restoring as black flesh covered his entire skin; his eyes turned golden.

Two curved horns replaced the shattered horns.

This time, dragon horns, not demons; his broken wings, which were obliterated from the sword's single swing, became dragon wings, pure red.

"I'll show you my pride and endurance and buy you the time!"

"You fucking lunatic! This planet is already dying; if you die here, what if you die in that world too!? Are you stupid!"

The broken sword couldn't be restored as the gigantic and nostalgic axe suddenly began to form, its shaft long now like a pseudo axe, and Halberd had a love-child.

"Ah! I am a lunatic; I've died more times than I can remember! But the one who sent me here was your daughter. She must have a reason to do this! That's why, let me see it."

"Your finale... No..."

"OUR Final Anima Flare!"

With a roar, Zell charged at the group, swinging the giant axe; it hit a wall of light, shattering into countless pieces, sending dust flying everywhere, revealing a stunned God of purity, his body began to swirl with his blood, merely destroying their barrier broken half the bones in his arms, but he felt great.

'3'

"Ah, Astra, you bitch!"

"Eh? Who are you calling bitch damn bastard!" She shouted at him angrily, drawing her silver spear and lunging forward; it seemed that Tullurian wanted to stop her but failed.

'4'

"Oooh, it's like all the gang is here; Yo Veronica, you're tits are as huge as always, such a cute face and pretty twin-tails!"

'5'

"Fuck! Who's tits are you looking at! Bastard!"

'6'

Veronica screamed out as her body shot out faster than Astra, her cute hair swaying in the wind as she began to assault him with her fierce attacks; even now, she was like a dancer, her fists shooting towards him, causing slight cracks in reality.

At the same time, Zell watched her with soft eyes, not the eyes of an enemy, as he followed her dance when she lunged; he leaned back when she attacked with a spin kick and twirled in the opposite direction.

'10'

"Stop moving! Bastard...! Who said you could touch my ass!" Veronica cursed; this fairy-like girl was just like when they first met. 

He was smiling as he danced around her attacks before lunging forward again, only for her to spin and change her direction; as they were about to clash, he spread his arms, the blow shattering his ribs, destroying one of his lungs and his liver, the pain made him lose consciousness for a moment, but he recovered and wrapped his arms around her back.

"Get off me! Don't squish my body.... ugh! No...!" 

'12'

"You're still the most beautiful woman I've ever met, Veronica, even now."

Veronica was shocked by this statement; what did he mean? Her face was stunned. It was usually her sister that got that praise; why her? This man might have been a detestable demon... but he was highly handsome... she felt his hands stroking along her back and buttocks; somehow, her heart didn't feel hatred as her arms dropped. 

"Y...you... How.... are you here?"

"Zell!" Astra called out to him as more Gods crashed into their barrier; she was shocked by what she saw. "How did you get here!?" Astra shouted out to him with an angry tone in her voice.

'Oh, it seems that even here they are gods...' 

"Magic~ and to see my cute wife, why is she doing such boring things as killing innocent people?" 

'15' 

"I'm sorry, but I can't tell you that," Astra responded as she tried to get closer, but a black barrier of flames formed around Zell, stopping their advance, while the confused Veronica tightly held his chest, her little blue eyes dripping with tears as she sobbed.

"Zell.. don't hate me... I don't want you to hate me for these things I did...."

'19'

"So even now, your special gift is being used? Can you see all timelines you exist in?" Zell's hand stroked her hair; despite being a different Veronica, she was his Veronica no matter where she existed.

'Damn that guy... he's fucking molesting that huge-breasted goddess... I'm not jealous!' Vincent thought to himself as he desperately pulled his spell together, watching as the gods tried to break the barrier that gave the two who seemed like lovers to chat.'

'24'

"Even in the future or another world, I'm awesome..." Vincent whispered.

Zell's face moved close to Veronica as the dozens of divines smashed the black barrier, its surface now filled with cracks, his hand stroking her cheek gently.

"No matter which world, how long it takes, I promise always to find you and make you my woman."

Veronica's cheeks turned red as her little body lifted closer, pressing her lips against his for a moment, a mere peck.

"Hmph... bastard... there's only one you I love... and it's the one who bares my mark on his body... stupid Zell... how long?"

"Hmmm?"

"How long do I endure this hell until I meet you again?" Veronica asked with heavy breaths.

Zell answered, "I don't know either." He said softly as he kissed her again. "I love you so much." He whispered in her ear in what seemed like an attempt to calm her nerves and warm up her heart for him, but this time it appeared, and she kissed back with more passion.

They kissed again and again with more intensity than before until their lips didn't part for seconds or minutes but hours and hours while they exchanged kisses through tears and sweat flowing down their cheeks until they stopped due to their heavy breathing.

Vincent received Zell's message as a colossal sphere of raging anima filled with black and red flames began to rotate rapidly.

He envied Zell, who was making out with a goddess.

In contrast, in the middle of their entrapment, before he took a deep breath, and the Anima Flare now causing the entire world to shake, the divines attempted to make escape portals, but the space was sealed; there was no more anima in the world.

'It was great to know, even this doomed timeline... I could find hope in my future reincarnation... I leave everything.... everyone to you.'

As a tear rolled down his cheeks, Vincent shot the massive ball of death towards the angels, its surface vibrating with berserk anima as it peaked. As it started to fall towards the angels, it burst into billions of abyssal embers that destroyed everything within its path.

The raging flames burned the angels into ashes and melted goo. The divines put up barriers to protect themselves, but it was for nothing; as the fiery sphere tore through the wall, the inferno annihilated the angelic army.

When the sphere of destruction dissipated, the destroyed world was left behind as a few of the most potent divines were left standing, as Astra stood dazed, her body missing its right arm, while the spot where her sister was a moment before, she was gone...

A silent wind brushed the broken lands, all life ruined, withering flora, drying oceans.

This planet was dead.