Infinite Mana In The Apocalypse c1-705

by Adventure, Action, Fantasy, Game

  "I welcome Esteemed Guests to the Demon World. May this old man know how he can be of help?"

  His wings were spread out as his powerful voice resounded out from the capital. The Demons that heard it felt shame while Noah just looked down impassively, his mind working on many things as he recalled all the locations of the many names of the Rulers he had in mind. Multiple skills began to activate, but [Persuasion] was at the forefront as he began speaking.

  "Some of the forces of your world have been very active in plundering and causing pain across a few worlds, and I am here today to rectify that."

  Dangerous words spread out without fear from Noah as they reached the ears of every Ruler in the Demon Capital. Expressions of rage and apprehension were abundant as many of the Rulers continued to hear Agares's commanding voice to calm through the communication channel.

  They used to be extremely powerful, and would never stand for arrogant words like these to be said to them!

  But, their most powerful Ruler was dead! Many more of their leaders followed him as they faced True Death with which they had no answers to. Now, enemies they did not know came down upon them, and their power was nothing to laugh at. Many of the remaining Rulers were wrathful, but they were apprehensive even more.

  Agares followed the lead of his Ultimate Skill, Tactician, as he saw a path appearing in front of him. It did not lie when it showed him that many Rulers would die today, but the path which showed his survival, and the survival of the Demon World, was gradually becoming clear.

  He kept his mouth shut as he continued to listen, as this was the best course of action that Tactician pointed out. The golden-haired man in the air was surprised at their level of control as he continued speaking.

  "Belial, Asmodeus, Dantalion, Furcas, Malphas, Andras, Valac, Naberius, Marax, Phenex, Orobas, Haures, and Gaap. All of these Rulers...will die."

  BOOM!

  The words struck out as if they carried immense weight and damage, shock appearing on all the Rulers, but even more so on those whose names were mentioned.

  As if on cue, shining white blue lights descended from the skies in the form of monoliths that struck and landed down all over the Demon Capital. There weren't too many, but they were extremely large in size as the moment they landed, they began pulsing with a red light.

  "Outrageous!"

  A deadly shout rang out from a corner of the Demon Capital as one of the remaining PHANTASMAL ranked Rulers erupted out. His figure was that of a giant, having the blood of the Golden Titans coursing through him. He was ranked fifth, the President, Marbas.

  He carried a powerful cane as his voice erupted out and his figure floated into the skies, ignoring the commands of Agares who continued to watch the situation closely while using his Ultimate Skill, Tactician, at its fullest. The decision that Marbas was taking to confront the invaders at this moment...his skill told him that it was extremely deadly!

  "You cannot trounce on the dignity of Rulers of the Demon World by bringing some measly beasts that carry the same rank as me and think you can shout some arrogant commands without consequence."

  His body floated in the air as the cane in his arms wiggled out and expanded into a gloriously shining suit of armor that wrapped around his large body. His already large size erupted out even larger as he neared the same size as the Calamities floating in the skies around Noah, his power seemingly boundless as his eyes bore towards Noah with pride.

  "WAAAAH!"

  Cheers came from some of the Legions surrounding the Demon Capital as this show of power finally came out from their side. This was the one that earned the title of President, the one holding yet another Ultimate Skill, the Seven Deadly Sins- Pride. The series of Seven Deadly Sins were not just reserved for those ranked high in the Demon World, but were held by the beings that fit their characteristics the most!

  An example was the 32nd ranked Asmodeus, the Ruler that appeared in the Draconic Kingdom of the Beast World and tore apart the strongest Mythical Beast by using the Ultimate Skill, the Sin of L.u.s.t.

  Marbas was the one Ruler that signified Pride at its fullest, his ever so expanding body towering higher and higher until it passed the size of the largest Calamity in the skies. His large horned head rose up arrogantly as he spoke towards the beings in front of it.

  "What gave you the courage to descend to the Demon World and demean its Rulers while the holder of the Sin of Pride is right in front of you, boy?"

  Arrogance!

  The words carried with them extreme pride as Marbas fully believed in his power in the face of beings at the same level as himself!

  The golden-haired man that was the target of these words did not reply, only looking up at this figure with a calm expression. He breathed out lightly and stretched his neck as the golden trident floating in front of him shined out.

  [Spatial Lock] was used as the entire surrounding space became hard to move in.

  OOONG!

  An eruption of essence occurred next as Noah's body rapidly changed, the form of a terrifying Dictatorial Kaiju- Hydra making its appearance. The Hydra was welcomed by blooming flowers of bones as the abilities of the Ultimate Skill, Bone Master, were activated.

  A maddeningly powerful exoskeleton wrapped around the humungous body of the Hydra as an unending flow of bones erupted out to surround the large body of Marbas in less than a second.

  "OOOH!"

  A large scream came out from the encircled Marbas as his large fist struck out and created a small opening in the encirclement of bones, but they quickly closed in again as yet another skill was activated from Noah.

  [Sundering Hellflames] were activated as a tremendous amount of mana was used without reservation, every single section of the field of bones and on the body of Marbas erupting out with dark red flames that continued to burn endlessly.

  Noah wasn't done as on top of all of this, its large body disappeared from its location to appear right above the head of the maddened Marbas whose body was surrounded by bones and flames, [Space Destruction] being cast amidst all of this as the space where the upper body of the giant resided was cracked.

  "ARGH!"

  A piercing scream rang out from Marbas as he took horrendous damage and felt his skull and muscle become deformed, but the attacks were not done! The shining trident appeared yet again as [Heart Piercer] was cast in conjunction with [Plasma Beam] as a beam of light erupted out, descending down toward the already mangled head of Marbas!

  BOOM!

  A shocking amount of essence was used in a few seconds as the people watching felt an overwhelming power erupt out, and when just a few seconds passed, they opened their eyes to see more than 75% of the head of Ruler of the Sin of Pride missing.

  OONG

  Noah was not done as he cast yet another Ultimate Skill without reservation, this time activating {Gluttony} as the middle head of the Dictatorial Kaiju- Hydra, stretched its mouth unnaturally wide as a black veil erupted out to cover the entirety of the body of Marbas.

  POP!

  The moment the black light wrapped around Marbas's body in its entirety, an eerie sound occurred as the large body disappeared, nowhere to be seen as only a single powerful three-headed hydra remained in the area. The sea of bones and blazing flames surrounded this powerful being as its booming voice quaked across the Demon Capital.

  "Who dares to still stand in my way?!"

  Chapter 207 - Subjugating a World I

  Unruly!

  The voice was powerful as it registered the shock that a PHANTASMAL ranked being who stood as the fifth Ruler of the Demon World was killed in just a few seconds!

  Not just killed, as they felt his True Death right after! The apprehension that many demons were feeling soon turned into fear at the reality currently occurring above them. This was especially so for the Rulers whose names were mentioned from the mouth of this terrifying existence earlier.

  Many of them were in the Legendary or Mythical rank, but they just watched the being that h
ad laid down a death sentence for them kill a PHANTASMAL ranked Ruler in just a few seconds!

  Despair crept in their hearts as at this moment, the skies and earth of the Demon World trembled, the Will of the World making its presence clear as it just watched one of its most powerful remaining forces face True Death. But it was bound by Universal Laws, and could not do much.

  Agares was looking at all of this wistfully as his Ultimate Skill continued to give him different pathways of survival, his head shaking as the pathway Marbas had taken really did lead to his destruction. He continued to hear the unruly voice of the Demon World in his mind as he found himself not being able to do anything besides meet the commands of this terrifying being or face death.

  "Belial, Asmodeus, Dantalion, Furcas, Malphas, Andras, Valac, Naberius, Marax, Phenex, Orobas, Haures, and Gaap. These thirteen beings will be meeting their True Deaths today, anyone standing in the way will face the same fate as them."

  The voice seemed inviolable as it thundered out and reiterated once more. The words thundered out even louder as during this time, the Trident of the Sea floating atop the middle of Noah's head accepted even more mana, the feature of [Spatial Lock] being expanded out widely to cover everything his eyes could see as he disabled the abilities of spatial movements for his enemies.

  The monoliths that had struck down throughout the Demon Capital intensified their power as the normal process of creating a channel to another world was propelled rapidly, causing Dungeon Breaks to already be occurring for some of the monoliths.

  The figures coming out of these Dungeon Breaks varied from humans to beasts, but they were led by beings letting out fearsome power at the MYTHICAL rank.

  One dungeon break showed the arrival of the forces of the Imperial Phoenix as beasts of colourful azure red took to the skies. The aura of powerful Phoenixes spread out grandly as they made their appearance in the Demon World.

  The other two Mythical Beast forces made their appearance soon after as a large number of muscular White Tigers and humongous Turtles roared out to signify their arrival.

  An even denser collection of beings came out from other monoliths as humans led by the now MYTHICAL ranked Kazuhiko and Steel Mikhail came together to form a fearsome force in another portion of the Demon Capital.

  All the forces were gathering together and reigning in their powers carefully as they waited for a single command to attack. Dangerous lights were in their eyes as old painful memories came out when they associated the beings they were seeing in front of them with the losses they took some time back.

  Many of them knew though, that even after they did what they were about to do, nothing would change. Their loved ones would not come back. Those they lost would not return. But their hearts were stifled. Even while knowing that, they still could not sit still, they still had to return some of what they tasted to those responsible!

  "I know it may seem unfair for beings you do not know to come and invade your home with the goal of killing those closest to you. It is even more unfair that I am telling you to not do anything to defend them."

  Noah's voice continued to resound throughout the Demon Capital as movements began to occur for many of the Legions spread out, a few Rulers grouping up together as the situation seemed to be turning for the worse.

  "I have seen events like these too many times, and am frankly tired of watching them repeat over and over again. The names of the Rulers I mentioned were involved in similar invasions, and that is what they have to die. But they are the only ones that have to. If you don't shield them, you will be safe. But if you choose the other option...even though I've recently come to dislike senseless killings, I can still carry them out."

  His words travelled to the minds of every single Ruler as discord and confusion were spread even more through the use of the PHANTASMAL ranked [Persuasion].

  A battle of pride and sense of livelihood was occurring in the minds of many Rulers as this new reality set in for them. But was pride more important than one's life? The strongest beings would still tremble in unwillingness and fear when their lives were at stake, so what about beings who never had to fear death, but death suddenly became a very real thing for them?

  The Rulers whose names were not listed had wretched looks on their faces as they began to distance their forces from the named Rulers.

  "Cowards!"

  "Vile Creatures!"

  Curses were being thrown around as they watched their own compatriots they had moved with for years move away from them because of the fear of death. It was a fear that they were not normally faced with, which was why this situation was so foreign and intense for them.

  Agares had a difficult expression as he followed the pathway shown by his Ultimate Skill and sent a message to all the Rulers that the powerful Hydra had not mentioned, telling them to either stand down or face death.

  Far from them was a certain Necromancer of Chaos that was watching the events occurring in the Capital from a far location. There weren't any undead that she had left behind in the Demon World for her to collect, and it was just an excuse for her to leave the events in the Capital to unfold as they would.

  She knew that she could not go back to the way things were the moment Baal faced his true death, and was committed to following through her selfish goals without worry. Yet, she still felt some attachment to the beings and the world she was born in. She couldn't bring herself to be there and watch as some of them faced True Death.

  She looked across the deathly quiet region she held the rule of as the vibrations of power continued to ring out from the Demon Capital. Her gaze continued to shift from impassive coldness to occasional guilt, but the coldness seemed to always win out in the end.

  She had spent countless years shackled down, she would not stop now after coming so far. The being that had captured her interest now seemed to be one of the few lights that were brightening up her always bleak surroundings that were only full of the undead. There was a sense of deep interest and curiosity that she did not want to let go yet. So she would follow the path she set herself on all the way, no matter what happened after. As always, coldness replaced all other emotions in the eyes of the Necromancer of Chaos as her eyes gazed at a far distance.

  The Demon Capital was hectic as many citizens locked themselves behind closed doors trembling in fear at this unforeseen situation. Legions of Demons moved across the Capital as gradually, two camps began forming in the largest Capital of a Large World.

  All of the remaining Rulers had gathered their forces together in this Capital after the sudden true deaths of so many of their peers, which gave an unbelievable opportunity for Noah's goals.

  A never before seen division was occurring because of it, whether it was due to the oppressive power the forces he came with brought, or the fear of death that many Rulers had not come across their entire lives, a division was occurring nonetheless in the Demon World.

  Chapter 208 - Subjugating a World II

  Feelings of shame and fear were abundant, but the Rulers could do nothing about it as they had just watched an example of one of their strongest do what they wanted to do in their hearts, but he had faced death within seconds!

  The Demons felt angry and stifled as questions many beings had asked in the past when they were moving freely began to pop in their minds as well. Why was it all so unfair? What did they do to deserve this?!

  Unfairness!

  In this world, in the universe, what brought in fairness to all the trillions and trillions of struggling beings? Those who could not defend themselves or stand up for what was considered right and they died meaningless deaths, did their grievances do something or were their lives worthless?

  Some said that those who hold power and bully those who are weaker and poorer never really face their consequences. That they live freely and enjoy their lives while many more continue to suffer.

  At one point, the Demon World held powerful forces and was spread out across many worlds as they carried out gran
d ambitions of expansion. They had travelled to many worlds and caused the deaths of billions for their own goals. The worlds they targeted looked at their situation and cried at how unfair it was. Now, the inhabitants of the Demon World were feeling the same emotions.

  They felt the unfairness as a ridiculously powerful being towered over their capital and called for the deaths of many of their powerful figures. Because this time, they did not have the power to stop it. They were actually on the other side where many beings found themselves in the universe, they were now considered weaker than those they were facing.

  It was truly unfair for a large percentage of the beings in the Demon World, as many of them had never even set foot into the outside words. It would be even more unfair if they realized that a single Ruler, the being that was a master of lies, Belial, brought about this entire reckoning today.

  Noah's large draconic figure flashed as it appeared above a certain Demon Legion in the capital where a particular Ruler looked up with an ashen face. He was only at the LEGENDARY rank, the same level he was at when he controlled some of the forces of the subjugated Beast World and sent them down to a small Blue Planet.

  The face of Belial only turned whiter as he found his body rising through the air towards the terrifying figure of the three-headed Hydra. The soldiers around him trembled as they could barely look up with the terrifying pressure descending from above them.

  Noah used [Hydrokinesis] as he manipulated the water molecules inside the body of Belial and forcefully dragged him into the skies. His three heads shone with light as his eyes landed on the fearful face that was looking at him pleadingly. This was only a being of Legendary rank, and yet he was the one that had caused such tremendous pain in his world.