154 - Overwhelming (2)

154 - Overwhelming (2)

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Episode 154, Chapter 42: Overwhelming (2)

There was no brilliant light.

No ominous darkness.

No sound emerged.

Just, WHOOSH-

The army of the fallen that had been surging towards 'him' standing in the sky above the city...

Only the hundreds of thousands of black-winged monsters that made up that army turned to dust and scattered.

"......"

Everyone in the city lost their senses, staring blankly at the disappearing army, witnessing a scene that transcended even astonishment.

Even as they saw it with their own eyes, heard it with their ears, and felt it on their skin, they couldn't understand what had just happened.

It was a sight that mortal beings, bound by the cycle of reincarnation, could never understand.

Was this what divine punishment described in myths looked like?

'But... something feels familiar.'

Elysis thought as she looked at the being responsible for this entire scene.

Though she could only see a hazy figure due to the immense difference in status, she felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity from that shape.

'That can't be possible...'

As doubt filled Elysis's eyes, knowing she couldn't possibly know such a being,

'It seems the power hasn't been fully reproduced.'

Zion, watching the army of the fallen scatter in the sky, thought as he clenched and unclenched his fist.

What Zion had just unleashed was Concept Denial, which could only be used when the Black Star reached 8 stars.

It was one of the transcendent techniques that could only be performed by twisting and reconstructing the fundamental laws of the world.

He had activated Concept Denial to erase friction, wiping out the fallen angel Belial and his entire army, but Zion had a reason for thinking this way.

'It wasn't activated perfectly.'

He could immediately recognize this fact the moment he swung Eclaksia downwards.

Was it impossible to perfectly reproduce his power even with the divine artifact imbued with Chronos's power?

'That's probably why that guy is still alive.'

With that thought, Zion looked towards where the fallen angel had vanished.

CRACKLE!

The empty space where nothing had existed twisted and split, and corrupted divinity began to flow out from within.

Soon after, that divinity gathered and formed a single shape.

CRUNCH!

It was Belial.

"Cough! Huff, huff!"

The fallen angel, eyes wide open, gasped for breath as soon as he reformed.

Two of the seven pairs of wings on his back had disappeared.

Belial then stared blankly at where his army had been moments ago, with disbelieving eyes.

-What on earth...

Perfect annihilation.

Though only a part, the army of the fallen that had once followed him in opposing even God had been erased with a single swing of a sword.

'Is this... even possible?'

A shudder ran through his body, and cold sweat he had never shed in his life flowed down his back.

That's how overwhelming the strike the fallen angel had just witnessed and experienced was.

Even Belial himself, who was close to the level of a demigod, had been annihilated without being able to block or even dodge it.

The only reason he was still alive was because he had activated 'Momentary Regression', one of the authorities of rebellion, just before the strike hit him.

'Though I had to sacrifice two pairs of wings for it...'

If he hadn't done this, he would have faced complete death.

Belial's eyes then turned towards Zion, who had created this entire situation.

-What are you... How can someone who hasn't escaped the shackles unleash such a strike?

In truth, it might have been possible for immortals who had escaped the shackles of fate, namely gods, but the fallen angel was certain that the being before him wasn't a deity.

Gods, possessing transcendent power and authority, were bound by many restrictions.

That's why they couldn't intervene in the world so directly.

It was the reason why Belial, who hadn't ascended to godhood, could stand against Luminous in the past.

Though Belial's eyes filled with doubt, the Emperor's next words didn't answer his questions.

"Is there any reason for me to answer?"

The low voice that flowed out made space itself vibrate as if trembling in fear.

This happened because Zion's unfathomable status had been engraved into the world itself due to the earlier Concept Denial.

-...What?

"You'll be a corpse again soon."

She had never seen or heard of him even once before her regression, so she had no idea who he could be.

She couldn't even guess why he had appeared here or why he was facing the fallen angel.

"Even if Belial's seal wasn't completely broken, to be able to dominate him to this extent..."

The woman swallowed the rest of her words trying to guess his identity.

Even to her, it seemed too far-fetched.

'I need to get a bit closer.'

As she finished that thought and began to move with her companions,

-Why, why!!

A voice beyond bewilderment, bordering on desperation, flowed from Belial's mouth.

His body was already in tatters, with his chest pierced through and half of his wings torn off.

He was in a state where it wouldn't be strange if he died at any moment.

The fallen angel's eyes were filled with despair and questions.

And those questions were related to the authority of that being who was pushing him to the extreme.

-Nothing works against him!

If he had simply been overwhelmed by sheer power, Belial could have understood.

But that wasn't the case.

Something alien spreading out from that being.

His own power and authority that touched that something were disappearing as if they had never existed in this world to begin with.

No, it wasn't just that.

The surrounding air and mana, space and time.

Even fate and the laws of the world.

Everything in the world that touched that something was being erased, and there seemed to be no limit to it.

'Does such a type of authority exist in this world?'

Even Belial, who had acquired some divinity, couldn't guess its principle or origin at all.

Fear filled the depths of his heart.

-What kind of technique are you using!

As if trying to shake off that fear, the fallen angel shouted loudly, and the authority that burst from him began to interfere with the surrounding space.

CRUNCH!

Due to the 'Authority of Rebellion' that reversed the properties of everything that existed, the mana flowing through the air transformed into a massive wave and crashed towards Zion from all directions.

But, WHOOSH!

Once again, the wave was completely erased before it could reach Zion.

As if that wasn't enough, Zion's Black Star, which had reached the fallen angel through the mana forming the wave, began to deny even his remaining wings.

-Urgh!

It was impossible for the current Belial to defeat Zion from the start.

The compatibility between his authority and the Eternal Emperor's authority was far too poor.

No matter how much he tried to reverse properties using his power, it was pointless if the very act itself was denied.

'If only I could use my original power...!'

With that thought, deep regret filled the fallen angel's eyes.

Though he couldn't understand the nature of the authority that being was using, if he had been in his full power, he could have endured and aimed for victory.

But in his current state, with the seal imperfectly broken, it was just a vain hope.

Thud, thud.

The Emperor approached, emanating the authority of denial from his entire body that erased even the foundations of the world.

-...Even if you win now, don't think this is all I am.

Belial glared at the Emperor with shaking eyes and spoke through gritted teeth.

-If the seal had been completely broken, the result would have been different.

As the fallen angel finished speaking,

"Oh really?"

For the first time, a glimmer of interest appeared in the Emperor's eyes, which had remained bored throughout the battle after regaining his power through the divine artifact.

"Then why don't you show me?"

A smile slowly spread across the Emperor's lips.

The emotion contained in that smile was clearly expectation.

-...What?

"That result you speak of."

As the fallen angel's eyes filled with doubt at these words whose meaning he couldn't guess,

Zion, who had already raised one hand, lightly flicked his finger.

At that moment, CRACK!

The seals of all the remaining seal sites in the city shattered.

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