Episode 702
Zeke, having gradually consumed the realm created by the Fallen Primordial Light with the abyssal darkness, stood atop Tiamat, wielding two swords.
Vroooom!
Ascalon and Laevateinn began to resonate, their holy and dark energies intertwining.
The Fallen Primordial Light embedded in the chest of the fusion of the Pariah King and Solomon emitted a dark glow.
The doppelgänger’s body began to grow, soon surpassing Tiamat in size.
Rumble!
The giant doppelgänger swung chains and Zahhak, threatening Zeke.
From the Fallen Primordial Light in its chest, a whispering darkness pulsed continuously.
“We must create a perfect world. A perfect world…”
The Fallen Primordial Light was consumed by a distorted madness to perfect the world.
Zeke, riding Tiamat, charged towards the corrupted light.
Boom!
Tiamat, trailing abyssal darkness, shot like a crimson comet towards the massive doppelgänger.
In response, a menacing darkness spread like a mirage from the Fallen Primordial Light in the doppelgänger’s chest.
Zeke recognized the power.
“The power of Devour.”
The power to consume and erase existence emanated from the Fallen Primordial Light.
Zeke unleashed the Light of Great Purification against the devouring darkness.
Vroooom!
The Light of Great Purification, imbued with the power of the Primordial Light before its fall, extended towards the darkness.
Sizzle—
The darkness, touched by the golden aura, dissipated into black ash.
However, the darkness spread faster than the golden aura Zeke emitted.
Realizing this, Zeke hurled Ascalon and Laevateinn to slow the darkness’s advance.
Yet, even the holy and dark energies within the swords were absorbed by the darkness.
Only the power of the Primordial Light could halt the devouring darkness.
“Unless… if I could use the power of Shadow…”
Zeke had lost the power of Shadow when Gram, imbued with the Shadow Sword, was absorbed by Apollyon’s divine sword.
He could have countered the darkness of the Fallen Primordial Light if he hadn’t lost that power.
Boom!
As Zeke pondered how to overcome the situation, the golden aura emanating from him was gradually consumed by the darkness.
Even the abyssal darkness emitted by Tiamat was being swallowed, its domain shrinking.
Zeke desperately sought a way to stop the darkness from the Fallen Primordial Light, but the encroachment only accelerated.
“Damn it…”
Then, it happened.
Crack—
A sound of space tearing echoed as something pierced the isolated space created by the Fallen Primordial Light.
Screech!
Astonishingly, it was Bahamut that emerged, tearing through space.
Bahamut had entered through the rift Arthur opened to access the final tower, and as Eden’s space collapsed, it crossed dimensions to arrive here.
Screech!
Seeing Bahamut, now a mere shell without soul or heart, Zeke had a revelation.
“Have I truly lost the power of Shadow?”
The Shadow Armor he used was a legacy of the God of Chaos, hidden within the armor of the goddess Theia.
And that Shadow Armor vanished along with the Shadow Swords in Gram.
But that didn’t mean the heart of Bahamut, the servant of the God of Chaos and ruler of twilight, was gone.
“I was mistaken.”
Zeke realized he had only been using the Shadow Armor, not the power of Shadow itself.
He focused his energy on Bahamut’s heart within his core.
Vroooom!
Bahamut’s heart, fused with the Elder Dragon’s heart and other divine essences, was still the core of Zeke’s being.
“Bahamut, no… Mother left her heart and fangs for me.”
A glowing sigil appeared on his chest.
Vroooom!
The sigil resonated with his newfound understanding, emitting a strong light.
Simultaneously, something began to seep from Zeke’s body.
Sizzle—
A dense shadow enveloped him.
A shadow far more powerful than the Shadow Armor.
The true shadow granted to the son of the ruler of twilight and the king of shadows revealed itself.
Screech!
Bahamut’s body roared in response, sensing the true power of shadow emanating from Zeke.
Zeke, his golden dragon eyes shining, glared at the Fallen Primordial Light and its doppelgänger.
Vroooom!
Golden aura and shadow flowed from his body.
Then, the shadow and aura began to merge.
Ssssss—
The shadow enveloping Zeke was infused with a golden halo.
It was a breathtaking sight, like a vast galaxy draped over his form.
Zeke extended the galaxy towards the darkness encroaching on his domain.
Ssssss—
The massive galaxy began to envelop the darkness.
Even the devouring darkness of the demon king couldn’t consume the galaxy Zeke unfurled.
The galaxy gracefully wrapped around, eventually encircling the doppelgänger of the Fallen Primordial Light.
The galaxy spread like a veil, engulfing everything, including the fusion of the Pariah King and Solomon, until only the Fallen Primordial Light remained.
Zeke dismounted Tiamat and stood before the Fallen Primordial Light.
The flickering dark light had transformed into a figure cloaked in black robes.
It muttered incessantly, head bowed within the robe.
“A perfect world… a perfect world…”
Zeke, seeing the source of the demon king, the Fallen Primordial Light, up close, finally understood its nature.
It was a conglomeration of all the negative thoughts, emotions, and regrets of the Primordial Light, solidified and left behind.
Even after the Primordial Light’s demise, this part remained, unvanquished.
Apollyon had known this and sought to exploit the twisted causality to corrupt the remnants of the Primordial Light’s negativity for power.
Though only the negative aspects remained, unlike before, the Fallen Primordial Light now exhibited only a strong obsession.
The tattered black-robed Fallen Primordial Light whispered again to Zeke.
“I can no longer watch the world fall and perish… I will erase it all. Erase it all!”
Rumble!
Dark light surged from its body.
The Fallen Primordial Light, engulfed in the dark energy, transformed into a black beast.
Screech!
A monstrous form with a constantly growing body, countless eyes, and gleaming sharp black teeth, a creature without a name.
Zeke, finding it peculiar, observed it calmly and realized the Fallen Primordial Light had been consumed by its own power of Devour.
Its distorted madness to erase the imperfect world had manifested the power of Devour itself through the corrupted creative force.
The devouring monster, satisfied only by consuming everything, opened its massive maw towards Zeke.
Screech!
With a terrifying roar, the devouring monster lunged to swallow Zeke whole.
Zeke reached out towards the monster intent on consuming the entire world.
Vroooom!
Ascalon and Laevateinn flew to his outstretched hand.
Vroooom!
The two swords resonated together, vibrating with power.
A galaxy flowed from Zeke’s arm, wrapping around the two swords.
The power of the galaxy imbued the swords, and they began to merge.
Ascalon, with the power of light, and Laevateinn, with the power of chaos.
The two incompatible forces became one through the galaxy, a miracle of light and shadow.
Ssssss—
A new sword emerged from the fusion of Ascalon and Laevateinn.
The sword, from hilt to blade, was forged of black light, its surface adorned with dazzling starlight.
It was as if the sword itself was crafted from a galaxy, a sight of unparalleled beauty.
Zeke slowly reached out and grasped the new sword, born from Ascalon and Laevateinn.
Vroooom!
As his hand touched it, the stars etched on the blade shone even brighter.
Brilliant starlight and noble darkness surged forth simultaneously.
Screech!
The devouring monster lunged, intent on swallowing Zeke and the mysterious new sword whole.
Zeke, watching the monster, swung the sword towards it.
Whoosh—
With a simple sideways slash of his sword, the result was astonishing.
Sssshhh!
The monstrous maw, formed by the power of gluttony, was torn apart in an instant by the strike.
Roooooar!
The creature thrashed in disbelief, its mouth ripped open by a single blow.
Yet, the darkness that seeped from the torn mouth quickly mended it, forming even sharper teeth.
Once its mouth was somewhat restored, the creature lunged at Zeke again.
Zeke gripped his sword and murmured quietly.
“The Final Form of the Infinite Sword Technique.”
“Transcendental Skill.”
“Galactic Starlight.”
A colossal star, spanning the galaxy, emerged from Zeke’s sword.
The star, now a radiant light, flew towards the gaping maw of the gluttonous beast.
Kaaaaaah!
The massive star plunged into its mouth.
The creature swallowed the star whole, yet it wasn’t satisfied. It charged at Zeke once more.
But then, something extraordinary happened.
Wooooom!
Light began to seep from the belly of the beast that had swallowed the star.
The trickle of light grew, causing the creature’s stomach to swell.
Kaaaaaah!
Unable to control its expanding body, the beast writhed violently.
Realizing something was amiss, it tried to regurgitate the star, but it was too late.
In that moment, the creature’s eyes met Zeke’s.
Zeke, with a golden gaze, whispered to it.
“Be erased.”
With those words, the star lodged within the beast exploded.
Boom!
Light burst in all directions, erasing the darkness that composed the gluttonous creature.
The void was suddenly filled with a beautiful galaxy.
Zeke spread the galaxy, absorbing the remnants of the beast.
Sssshhh—
The corrupted remnants of primordial light were absorbed into Zeke.
The demon king, who had devoured everything and threatened this world for so long, was erased as he was absorbed by Zeke.
As Zeke struggled to contain the overwhelming presence, two spectral figures appeared faintly before him.
One was the King Solomon, bound in chains, and the other was the treacherous King Siemens Apollyon, clad in black armor.
Their spirits bowed silently to Zeke before gradually fading away.
They were the souls consumed by the demon king, finally freed with its destruction.
After confirming their complete disappearance, Zeke turned his gaze to the void, now transformed into a new galaxy.
A rift in the dimension, torn open by Bahamut, still remained.
Bahamut was already flying towards the rift.
Crackle!
Watching Bahamut pierce through the massive plasma storm and head for the dimensional rift, Zeke called for Tiamat to join him.
He mounted Tiamat and gave the command.
“Tiamat, let’s leave this place.”
In response to Zeke’s command, Tiamat roared, sending waves in different directions from each of its seven heads.
Wooooom!
The waves from Tiamat widened the rift Bahamut had created, forming a passage out of the isolated dimension.
Tiamat, wings spread, flew towards the passage, resembling a red comet.
Rumble!
Riding Tiamat, Zeke escaped the isolated dimension, crossing the final tower to return to the abandoned continent.
What met his eyes was a world at its end, where everything had concluded.