After a delay of approximately three weeks, Alvine finally finished the preparations.
As Sabrina had proposed, Alvine did not do much except make the plan more perfect as a whole.
At the depths of his dimension, a small green planet was there.
To access it, it took two conditions: the first is to be invited by Alvine in his dimension. The second is to have the ability to withstand the harmful effects of its size for hundreds of thousands of years, which only resemble a beat of an eye, in the outside world.
In other words, his help was also needed to distort time, which is entirely subject to his command, even after miraculously penetrating his dimension. According to him, no matter the power of an entity, it will never be able to survive in his territory even for a year.
In addition, he has protected the residents of the new planet thanks to an artifact of supreme rank whose ultimate goal is to transform the energy of the shadow into divine mana, rich and absolutely necessary for the divine mages and above.
In other words, the planet had nothing to fear. Whether at the level of energy or being attacked by darkness; taking into account that the energy of the shadow is constantly transformed into magical energy when it comes nearer to the solitary planet.
Reha and her subordinates were designated by him as the guardians of the immense tower that housed the artifact of transforming energy in question.
Apart from her, Yasmine, Tifania, and the trios of punishers (Ferda, Helios, Xelor) are also left behind to protect his wife who reigned as the only indisputable goddess in the world.
No matter how much she refused this role, Alvine was deaf to any idea of sending her to the front, even if she held a more monstrous power than all the others; including the guards and her own personal bodyguards.
After several debates, Alvine and Askald decided to let the other residents reign on their own. A crazy and unexpected idea from Askald.
But according to him, they will evolve for the better if they are not influenced by transcendent beings.
As a result, the central belt of the planet was forbidden to be accessed by others and was designated as the territory of the goddess and her guardians.
Their mission is to protect the tower in his absence by preventing anyone from approaching.
As for the happy/unhappy chosen ones, who were designated to continue the war with Alvine, they were Azalea and her two maids, Assiaphir Gleph'nir, and finally, all those who were deeply linked to his shadow powers.
And of course, Sabrina, Sylvia, and Lunnaella who are now entirely part of his shadow army were also part of this team.
"It's time." Standing above their old habitats, Alvine thundered his voice through the immense void where silence and stars still reigned.
Behind him, stood Askald, Fy, and Sabrina.
A little further from them were Sylvia Lunnaella, Azalea, and her two maids.
And finally, the shadow was the one that gave the impression of standing on both feet, like a giant or an impassable wall or even better... an ocean of anchors that spread tens of kilometers away.
The shadows army, made up of incalculable numbers, almost covered the planet as a whole; making it shady, like the moon's hidden phase where absolute darkness reigned supreme master and permanently.
After speaking of a murmuring but serious tone and a charisma worthy of the incarnation of absolute evil, black lightning crackled around him before he vanished in front of everyone and then popped up above all.
To teleport such several armies, the portal he had to create was not a joke.
With this fact in his mind, Alvine decided to show the big show in front of everyone.
Therefore, the black lightning that crackled around him as if he were the incarnation of the god of lightning, passed to the second stage.
To achieve his goal, he transforms his black lightning into hundreds of mystical runes that dance around him as he prepares his arcane.
While the runes connect in the form of a circle with Alvine in the middle, the latter holds out his hand over his head and mumbles...
[Ultima fulminis arcane, porta.]
As with Alvine, she had also gathered her troops in the same place.
By contrast, her army was strangely less imposing than Alvine's.
Both seem to have had the same idea; namely, to put the others out of their boots.
Apart from Alfred, Annular, and Major Finger, she did not intend to bring other people with her, counting her own soldiers with her.
But despite everything, just like Alvine, her soldiers of light also counted by billions.
They were therefore less imposing only because of their placid and serene auras; otherwise, they were not numerically inferior.
Above her, the same bloody red portal overlooked her with her army; an obvious sign that she used this key.
"Your Highness, what is the percentage for the messiah of the shadows to join these lands?" At this moment, Adonis asks this question in a murmuring voice.
"I don't know, but knowing him, I think he won't let this opportunity pass for anything in the world. I do not speak based on my previous relationships with him, but as the same being, who has lived in the same ignorance as him." She answers without even sparing him a glance.
Adonis's eyes became dim when he heard her answer. "In this case, wouldn't it be better to stay here and clean the..-
"He was right about one thing." Isolet cut Adonis off before he finished his sentence.
"??"
Feeling Adonis's curiosity with a full nose, she continued. "I am not a saint. The proof of this is that I let myself be guided by the same objectives as him, namely, the desire to learn more about my origins."
Faced with this response, Adonis was quiet.
"I don't see what's wrong with this; Still far from seeing what makes you look like this guy." Unlike Adonis, who prefers to remain silent after understanding Isolet's affirmations, Erza did not do so; cause of her inattention.
"You haven't understood anything yet, my little priestess. What I am telling you is that I am undertaking this journey not to put an end to this man's existence but for my thirst for the truth. - You were not there when I undertook a meeting with these two.
-And even if I know that the other is probably darker than darkness and that I can govern this world to reverse the situation and repair the damage caused by Alvine, it's impossible for me to give up my own interests for the common interest. That's where I'm talking about." She says with an invented smile on her lips.
"..."
Feeling their disarray, she faced everyone.
At that moment, her bracelets and hair shone with a bright glow without being dazzling, making her look like a goddess of all that was most holy and who deserved us to kneel to dedicate our entire existence.
"Listen, where I go is a place of all that is abominable, but for me, who's looking for my own person, there is nothing more beautiful. So you are free to follow me or not. But know that I don't do this for any duty, but for my personal interests; so you don't have to follow me."
Her voice was quite the opposite of Alvine's; it was soft, peaceful, and without the slightest manifestation of authority.
Those who listened to her speak could feel their hearts warm with a warm but pleasant heat; a contradictory but real sensation, however crazy it may be.
"After crossing this portal, I cannot guarantee that we will be in one piece; but know one thing, those who follow me will be entirely under my protection, no matter the circumstances and difficulties we encounter on our way, we will overcome them; together and united, we will overcome the insurmountable, and tame the indomitable, as we had always done." She ended her speech with these words that contained more than she said.
After seeing that everyone's eyes were determined like never before, she smiled with satisfaction.
The next moment, she floats slowly towards the portal, followed by hundreds of billions of her henchmen who booed behind her like a bee queen guiding a swarm to another country.
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Last arc - Greatest War- Part 01 -> / P 02 Ragnarok.