Chapter 279 278. Overwhelming.

Silence.

Absolute silence descended upon the Elven Kingdom—maybe the entire world, but none of the living, except for one person, were that strong, so they didn't really know, and not even a single squeak of sound sounded.

Until,

DRIP

PITER-PATER

The sound of heavy rain surrounded the people present in the Elven Kingdom, as the Elven Queen, Calanis, and the Elven King, Aegnor, protected all of them with a massive, translucent tomb covering the entire Elven Kingdom, which was soon getting dyed in the black blood of the demons that were raining upon them.

And the person responsible for that simply gazed up at the barrier that was created by the elven king and queen.

SNAP

With a snap of his fingers, the barrier shattered into a million pieces, letting the blood and shredded flesh of the demons rain down on those present in the location while something prevented anything from falling on the person responsible.

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'Since I don't really like when somebody decides how to do things...' I muttered inwardly as I continued to stare at the massive crack in the sky, whose end wasn't visible even to me, but once I spread my senses wide, I learned that almost half of the world's sky was cracked.

Aura of Blades, a skill I created while in the Rank-SSS dungeon. It is similar to my previous "rainfall" skill, but the Frost needles were replaced with aether, and the range was also expanded. It was basically a terrifying amount of small, needle-sized, translucent, greyish blades with my will imbedded in them. I used "Aura of Blades," which caused a slaughter of the demons that jumped down from the crack in the sky.

[Wave (level 30) cleared.]

[Phase 2 of the Wave (level 30) commencing...]

'Should I try something else?' I muttered in my mind, gazing up at the crack that was slightly widening and the mana density much stronger as ones that could easily be assessed as Rank-SSS demons began jumping out of it.

'Nah.'

I then called upon the ring of extinction, aiming at the crack, and soon enough the ring expanded above my head before shooting up into the crack, and only after it was completely inside the crack did the ring expand, killing off all the demons in the crack.

[Wave (level 30) cleared.]

And then the ring returned to me and turned invisible again, as a waterfall of black blood formed from all the demon blood falling out of the crack in the cloudy blue sky, which looked ominously beautiful, for me of course, but only if I ignored the grunts and puking sounds of the people near me.

I soon glanced at Mairéad, the person who is responsible for the pain my loved one felt, which pained me because, in many ways, it was because of me that Isha got hurt.

"You will die the most painful death here." I said it in a loud enough voice for Mairéad to hear, then gently raised my right hand as the wind made way for me, causing Calanis to frown because she could feel the changes taking place in the atmosphere thanks to her contracted spirits.

I held Mairéad's neck—no, not physically, but I gripped my hand, which was facing her, and

"Ackh!!" With her loud grunt, all those who heard it turned to face Mairéad, only to see her chocking as she tried to push something away from her neck, even though there was nothing really gripping her. Some even used their mana sense to check if I was using mana to grip her, but soon, deep frowns adorned their faces.

WHOOOOMMM

I then slightly pulled my hand back, causing Mairéad's body to shoot out towards me, and soon her neck and my palm made contact. Considering the speed, she was shooting out towards me, it wasn't that unexpected to see her head burst like a watermelon upon contact, but she healed soon after.

"Aaarrrrggggggh!!!!" She held her neck and began to scream her lungs out.

"You dare hurt her?" I gazed at Mairéad, who was flailing in pain. I loosened my grip on her neck, making her fall slightly, but I gripped her head as soon as it appeared in front of my palm.

BAM!

SPLATTER

The arena I stood on top of cracked when I slammed Mairéad's head on it, which busted in my palm again, but she healed again. Why? With a literal waterfall of demon blood near us, it was almost impossible for her not to, because before she could even think about it, her instincts would have healed her completely.

BAM!

SPLATTER

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....

And the cycle continued until Mairéad lost all hope in both life and death; she wasn't even screaming, but

Nothing.

Absolutely nothing seemed to satiate my rage.

I want to run wild, but I couldn't. I wanted to zoom in on each and every one of those involved and shred them to pieces, but I couldn't. I wanted to vent out my rage, but I couldn't, as it only continued to boil inside me, as if it were waiting for something. Nothing I did was satisfactory, but I still didn't want to let any of the humans live.

BAM!!!!

SPLATTER

"...." I gazed at the blood covered crater that had webbed cracks continuously expanding, with a blank look on my face.

'What is this?' I muttered in my mind, and even that seemed strange—why was I thinking so much? Soon, even anger itself seemed like a waste of emotion.

If.... it is a waste, then why bother about it? Why not just throw it away? Yes, I should just throw it away.

"....." I raised my head, exhaled deeply and glanced at the sky. The calmest breathing, I have ever heard was heard from my own nose as I breathed.

"Alter." I mumbled, and my hair turned black again. Everything seemed ominously peaceful, and

I placed my foot on Mairéad's regenerated head, and a strong ripple shot out from my feet, pushing people of both Elven and Dwarven races up into the air.

WHOOOOIIINNNNNGGGHHH!!!!

And soon after, another ripple shot out from my feet, destroying everything in its path, the landscape of the Elven Kingdom changed, as the ground opened up swallowing everything that stood on it, and with a wave of crushing sounded, everything had ended.

Leaving everything in absolute devastation.

None of the humans remained by the end of it, as did the elves, and the dwarves slowly landed back on the destroyed ground with despair-filled faces.

And except for the bloody waterfall, nothing else sounded.

CHAP-CHAP

With another exception being the footsteps that got closer and closer to me as I continued to stare up at the cloudy blue sky. Soon, I felt a warm embrace as Isha's face, looking down at my face, appeared in front of my sight. She had a gentle, beautiful smile on her face, and only then

BA-THUMP

Only then did I feel my heartbeat, which seemed to have stopped for quite some time.

"Isha." I mumbled, and as soon as those words left my mouth, I felt a warm sensation in my heart that felt as if it didn't even exist a few moments ago.

Without another word leaving my mouth, I hugged her.