A searing pain as if molten acid coursed through her vessels!
It was within the span of a nanosecond, and yet to her, it felt stretched out into countless years.
The burning pillars of molten flames shooting out of the cracking crimson earth of this Dimension seemed cooler in her eyes than what currently coursed through her body as in an instant, the flames reached her Origin and wrapped around it domineeringly!
YAAAH!
Her red lips couldn't help but tremble and release a cry that she believed to be her last, her True Vitality dwindling down towards nothingness as next- she expected the forcefully and instant desegregation of all laws and decreta that she knew before she faced Annihilation!
<Lilith!>
The Supreme Pontiff Lucius bellowed out from afar as even he didn't have any moment to spare, the clone that faced him also erupting with NULLITY as the dominance that the Quintessential Dimensional Emperor displayed on this battlefield was astonishing.
And right as Lilith expected desegregation and Annihilation…it didn't come.
<...>
The Encroachment of terrifying flames had wrapped all around her as they even reached out to burn the very vessels around her Hearts, but they didn't fully destroy as when her True Vitality Values shrank down to drastic levels…
SHIING!
She felt the Will carried by the flames clamp down on her in an unbreakable fashion as it pervaded in all aspects of existence- sinking into everything about her!
It was a Pathogenic Will.
It was a Neural Encroachment that seeped into her very soul and bound her!
…!
Her soul cried out with shocking rage as her Will bellowed out amidst all this.
<Do not taint me like this! At this stage, I at least deserve a worthy death and not a life of torment!>
Her cry should have been resonant and loud, but it barely rang out as her body was currently bathed in crackling flames.
The Dimensional Rulers and the Supreme Pontiff that backed her gazed at this scene with disbelief as a titan of a being like Lilith…seeing her defeated just seemed surreal!
But her defeat spelled doom for them as Damage Values they could not withstand had already sent a large portion of them into exploding singularities, and even more would soon follow as they came across a deadly enemy!
An enemy that had his flames wrapped around the Dimensional Queen as his clone floated towards her visage, his voice ringing out from the very depths of her soul.
"You can die when I am done with you, O Dimensional Queen."
WAA!
The billowing will of the Quintessential Kainos Emperor rose ever higher as the soul of a terrifying being was grasped, Lilith's vision blacking out and utterly changing at this moment as she found herself locked out of everything about her and brought into a unique space.
A manifestation of her soul awoke to find her lower body half submerged in a sea of flames, a cerulean throne floating not too far from her as a devilishly handsome young man sat atop it.
Her face was one full of the regality and rage of a Ruler as even in defeat, she stared hatefully towards this being whose voice emanated out as if it was the only thing that mattered.
"The Dimensional Hellion Ruler that looked at me like an ant over just about a week ago… now stands before me with her soul shackled."
…!
The events in the Kun Peng's Cataclysm Nest played before Lilith's eyes as she grit her teeth with solemnity.
<Why do all this? Whatever your Origin is, whether it be outside of the Barren Lands or inside it- do you make a childish habit of torturing your enemies? What an Emperor! Truly worthy of this Age!>
Her words were drenched in wrath and sarcasm as the stellar visage of Noah upon the Throne smiled while shaking his head.
He rose from the manifested throne to stare deeply at Lilith as he reflected on how rapidly things could change!
"You question my Origins as if you will die easier knowing I am some mysterious being from outside these Barren Lands who has plotted for eons…I'll shed some light to you now…"
…!
"I first touched upon Mana within the last 2 years, with a bit over 27 years to my name. In that period of time, I went from an existence that could not even grasp Mana to now freely wielding as much Absolute Mana Authority as I wish! And now…I have the renowned Dimensional Queen burning in my grandeur as the reason I have you here…is so that you can swiftly gift me the Source of the Dimension you are closest to."
WAA!
The eyes of this locked away portion of her soul were blank from this information as she couldn't even retort.
And she soon felt her locked away portion of soul returning to her body as all of her laws and decreta were intact, but her Aspects of Existence were wrapped tightly with a foreign will that submerged any thought of control!
The flames around her body stopped burning.
Her three eyes blinked as Lilith could see through them…but she didn't feel like it was her gazing through them!
pαпdα-ňᴏνê|·сóМ As if she was locked in her own body.
And her soul…it now moved under the command of another as even without controlling it, she felt her very core reach out to the Source of Apollyon that she knew very well!
She reached out to this Source that she protected all these years as thereafter, she shared with it the knowledge of the coming destruction they had affirmed in the Quantum Dimension- and of the Ancestral Descendants that had already arrived to guarantee Cataclysm.
She then felt another bundle of information flowing through her from the soul that currently bound her- information about a way to escape this destruction as it was…the answer to what happened to the Dream and Avalon Dimensions!
<...!>
Lilith had no words.
She could only feel herself moving blankly under the control of another as she delivered the Apollyon Dimension into his hands.
"Fret not, Dimensional Queen. You might just live long enough to see your wish of saving your Dimension achieved. If you prove to be useful enough, you may even get to release your Hatred on those you loathe so much."
His voice was resonant as it filled her mind.
As she watched everything with utter disbelief, a Pocket Dimensional Reality appeared in the skies of the Apollyon Dimension as the Source of this plane followed the only path of survival after seeing the coming destruction just like the Dream and Avalon Dimensions!
It was a shocking feat as Noah both defeated one of the more powerful Dimensional Hellion Rulers and also began the process of swiftly devouring the Apollyon Dimension!