The End of a "God" 2

Jayr POV - Tortus, Holy Precincts - 2013

Dazzling platinum halos and countless twinkling stars.

A violent wild dark gold torrent of energy, that seems about to rip the fabric of space apart.

The two sides face each other while the space between us creaks, as we watch each other in silence waiting for the perfect moment to strike.

And soon, the first to break this silence is Ehit that seems to quickly regain his usual calm and arrogance as he pushes out one of his hands and says, "Now, this is the beginning of the game. First... Dance for me!" and right after that, a lot of light stars rush toward me.

But it isn't something that simple, the great number of platinum lights from the halos behind Ehit are flying out with a motion that is depicting a geometrical pattern.

There are lights in a spherical shape, then there are also lights that draw a curve like a blade and also lights that are approaching while rotating like a boomerang.

At the same time, I gather my energy and say, "Sorry, but I'll dance only with my girls... Torrential Rain!" then ignite my energy, which gathers around my fist and transform into water-like energy that twists around it, and with a punch I release a massive amount of clear blue energy droplets in front of me at once that, almost like heavy rain, this is a variant of my usual omnidirectional technique that I usually use to deal with a massive amount of enemies which focus all the attacks in a single direction, basically my version of Seiya's Ryuseiken or Aiolia's Lightning Plasma.

The platinum meteor shower and the clear blue water-like energy droplets fill the space to the brim.

The scene is just like a war in the middle ages, where both armies are yelling war cries just before they clashed.

Those two armies that were even more atrocious than death god clashed and destroyed each other right in the middle between their commanders.

Thunderous roars and violent impacts, and flashes are surging out to the degree that one could be deluded to think that it was the birth of a star.

An uncountable number of meteors are destroyed, and water-like droplets are extinguished as they clash against all the meteors with pinpoint accuracy.

Our attacks are struggling for supremacy with their destructive power, and slowly but surely, my technique starts to gain an advantage.

Seeing that, Ehit continues to keep his composure and says full of confidence, "Hou, so you can endure this. Then how about the next move. Don't you die so easily okay?" and with a creepy smile that seems to display his joy, he waves his arm once more.

Then the brilliant radiance of the halos behind him intensifies, and right after that, lights in humanoid form manifested, the silhouettes of the persons which are formed from light itself are also carrying two large swords made from light in their hands, giving them resemblance with the apostles, at the same time, he explains, "Their ability is at the same level with the apostles." then with wonder in his tone he asks, "However, amidst the illuminating attack of these halos, can you also deal with these attacking apostles of light that are moving independently in the end?"

Even while he was saying such a thing, the apostles of light are created in large numbers, with Ehit at the center and the halos behind him, the number of the apostles of light has already easily surpassed a hundred.

But, in front of such a view that could be described as despairing for some, I simply snort and say, "Hmpf... Using such cheap tricks in front of me. Moreover, you are still using the shape of your old puppets that proved to be useless against me? Aren't you supposed to be the smart and cunning God that manipulated and controlled this world for thousands of years? Let me show you how I deal with them..."

After saying that, I urge even more of my energy and direct it toward my still outstretched arm, increasing the number of the water-like droplets I'm constantly releasing even more.

And soon my technique starts to overwhelm Ehit's meteors that start to constantly lose ground.

And Ehit, whose corners of the lips are lifted up, commands, "Apostles of light, exterminate that unsightly Irregular!" and right after that, the light apostles fly out while shooting light beams.

But, the light apostles who are moving at high speed that trailed afterimages behind and their beams of light are quickly swallowed by my countless attacks and broke into countless firefly-like pieces until nothing is left of them, at the same time, the energy droplets finally totally overcome Ehit's attack and reach his position only to crash against his barrier that seems to withstand my attack.

Still calm, Ehit comments apparently impressed, "To overcome my magic with the simple number of attacks…it is really something unthinkable for a human. However if it is said in reverse, even the specialty of the irregular can only rival me at bes-" but I stop him and yell "Shut up, Shit! I'm not done yet!"

And soon after that, the range of torrential downpour of energy droplets, start to narrow down and focus on Ehit's barrier, and next under the focused onslaught, cracks start to quickly form one after another.

Then the barrier breaks and quickly my attacks move forward to swallow Ehit's whole body and destroy him.

But Ehit calmly raises his hand like he isn't about to be killed and says with a smile on his featureless face, "So you broke my barrier. Furthermore, your attack truly has the power to harm me even in this place… You are making me enjoy this, Irregular."

Then I notice that in front of his raised palm, a small whirling black sphere appears that starts to swallow all my attacks into it, no matter the number, speed, or power behind it, the supergravity of the small black hole is able to catch them all.

Seeing that, I stop my technique and think, 'Of course, he knows how to use Gravity Magic to create a black hole to defend himself... It seems that normal attacks would not be able to harm him... It seems that I can't underestimate him after all, the delicate control that allows him to do such a thing, also his reaction speed that could keep up with my lightspeed blows and block them, is as absurd as expected from someone that calls himself a God.'

While I was thinking that, Ehit looks at me and says, "Well then, how about this?" and with nonchalance, he slowly waves his hand.

Immediately several stretching lights that are moving with an irregular motion like a twisting snake are shoot from the halo, but it doesn't stop there, as huge light bullets with a diameter of around two meters are spewed out in large amounts like soap bubbles toward me.

But this time as they are about to reach me, I calmly spread my arms wide and unleash a full-power Omnipotens Dis to create a repulsive force, which pushes away everything in the vicinity, blowing away and dispersing all of Ehit's attack, and thanks to my God Mode, I don't even have to chant to release any of the spells I have mastered at full power.

The full-power gravitational wave unleashed by my spell keeps moving forward undeterred no matter how many times Ehit tries to attack he is unable to stop it, but just as it is about to reach him, Ehit waves his hand and easily disperses the gravitational wave, and seeing how easily he did it, I narrow my eyes and click my tongue while thinking, 'His mastery over the Age of Gods Magic is way above mine, but it is expected, he had thousands of years of practice, I only 5 or six months... But magic isn't the only thing I know!'

And next, I gather my energy around my fist which is quickly enveloped in a clear blue water-like orb, then with a punching motion, I shot it toward Ehit and yell, "Tidal Wave Punch!!" and in an instant, it is about to hit him with enough power to destroy a planet at the very least.

But even feeling the power behind my attack, Ehit calmly comments, "That's something dreadful. But, what meaning it has if it doesn't hit? Great Vortex of White End" and outstretch his two hands forward.

Then, ahead of Ehit's two hands that he stretched forward, there is platinum light whirling.

That sparkling vortex looks just like a silver river, and right after that, the clear blue energy orb with the power of millions of blows compressed together is split into two in front of Ehit as though a single stroke has bisected it, and then the attack is swallowed by the two silver rivers at two sides.

Seeing that scene, makes me almost mutter a Yare Yare (Good Grief) in Jotaro's style, but I don't have the time to do that as a meteor shower rushes from my back at me, a clear indication that Ehit is now using Spatial Magic not only to defend but also to attack me as I sensed that he teleported these attack to try to catch me by surprise, but it is useless, as I simply will the two tear-like shields slowly rotating behind me to move and intercept all the attacks.

And like funnels, the two shields move at a speed faster than light, and soon the two blue flashes moves and intercept all the meteors destroying all of them before returning back to their usual position and beginning to once again slowly rotate behind my back, seeing that I smirk and think, 'As I thought... With that speed and hardness, they aren't limited to only defense, they can also be used for offense as homing weapons...'

Seeing that his surprise attack failed, Ehit shows a composed smile and says, "Come to think of it, Irregular. How did you finish off Alvaheit? He too was more or less my retainer that possessed divinity. Even if it was you, I don't think that he would be killed that easily" I look at him for a few moments and reply, "He wasn't really strong, you know? He easily died while begging for his life unsightly. Even the monsters in labyrinths have more guts than something like that."

Ehit keeps his creepy smile and says, "Hou, easily you say." then he snaps his finger, and at the same time, suddenly thunders rain down from empty space.

Those thunders that are focused and compressed to the limit and already become spears made from lightning, but even so, this ferocious attack is only at the lightspeed level, and I'm easily able to react and dodge with minimal movement, then I say, "Lightning speed attack from random coordinate that is instantly invoked… You have to do better than that... I'm way too used to such things..."

Meanwhile, Ehit glances at me and continues his talk as though nothing had happened, "Nothing you could hide from me. I know already. You invoked a Concept Magic, right? Although not even in my dream I could imagine you would produce a concept so powerful that could even possibly defeat Alvaheit, that was unexpected even for me… Moreover, the Concept you invoked is really interesting, this new energy that seems to encompass everything... So mysterious, so alien, but at the same time, so primal, powerful, and flexible, different from magic power but is full of infinite possibilities the same way..."

Then his smile grows wider as he says, "I can even sense that the energy you are using is a complex mix of the two... How fascinating..." he seems to be basking in joy, and at the same time, I start to have a bad feeling about it.

Then he licks his lips smoothly, and says, "This energy seems to be an intricate connection with life itself, in fact, if I have to compare the two, Mana feels like a natural force of nature, while this energy feels like a fundamental force of the Universe... And one doesn't reject the other... Luckily you have spent a lot of time in the various zones of my Holy Precincts, giving me the time to study this energy and have a simple grasp of it... I have to thank you, Irregular..."

And as he says this, I sense that Ehit is starting to manipulate the Cosmo around us, gathering into his body, which is in fact his soul, that starts shining in a platinum light as the halos behind him merge into his body, then I also sense him using various Age of Gods Magics on the Cosmo gathered in his soul, and soon a bright flash of platinum light temporarily blinds me forcing me to close my eyes, but with my other senses, I keep my focus on Ehit ready in case of another of his surprise attacks.

But soon I'm shocked to find out that I sense something new coming from Ehit, I sense that he is creating a new body by converting the Cosmo around us into matter using Creation, Metamorphosis, and Spirit magic, boosting them with Evolution Magic, and quickly realize, 'This is bad... The only thing holding Ehit back from destroying Tortus is that he needs a body to be able to leave the Holy Precincts... But now he has nothing holding him back... Well, nothing but me...'

While I was thinking that, the light fades away, and opening my eyes, I look at Ehit's new form, 'I should have expected...'

What greets my sight is an absolutely handsome angel-like man, he looks like a male version of the Apostles, only he has platinum long hair, eyes, and wings, donning a pure white robe with platinum ornaments all over it, I also notice that the halos appear again behind him.

(Image Here - Ehit's body)

Of course, the handsome face quickly becomes twisted as the usual annoying creepy grin forms on his face as he says while laughing, "Ha, ha, ha! This is perfect! The perfect body able to host my soul and powers without any problems! Now nothing can stop me from ending this game and starting a new one in another world! Ha ha ha!"

But as he laughs, I let out a fake cough to focus his attention back on me, and then I say, "Well, you forgot about me... I can still kill you and abruptly end your awful games..."

Hearing that, Ehit laughs out loud and says, "Fuhah, you still believe that. If before you had a little chance to harm me, now that I have a body that chance of yours is completely gone..."

And after saying that, Ehit snaps his finger once more, and right after I feel my body enveloped in a spatial distortion, locking my movement.

Then without pause, Ehit whispers with a malevolent grin on his face, "Manifestation of Perceived Nightmare."

I sense his magic power trying to invade my brain, quite a familiar sensation but simply by burning my energy, I quickly reject the invading magic power, 'Really he tried to pull something similar to Ikki's Hoo Genma Ken on me? Come on! Since I was 6 years old I train to withstand such techniques...'

After dealing with that, I urge my energy to break free from the spatial imprisonment, and quickly move to dodge another spear-like lightning bolt, then I look at Ehit and say, "You know what they say: Greater the pride, greater the fall..." while at the same time, I mentally organize what I gathered about Ehit until now, 'Deployment of technique, the scale of invocation, power, every single aspect which easily surpass the strongest magic user I have met until now. There is also no sign of his magic power running out, so like me, he probably can access an almost limitless amount of Magic Power. He also has great mastery over the Age of Gods Magic... Basically anyone else, but Hajime, Miledi, Oscar, and I would have been instantly killed... With only Hajime having a chance to win...'

And while thinking that, before he could react and have a chance to attack me again, I quickly hold my hands out over my head, pointing towards Ehit with open palms, and quickly gathering my energy, I yell, "White Ice Spears!" and throw my hands down, and cross them.

My energy solidifies into numerous solid spears of ice, that move at the speed of light toward Ehit, and as this is one of the techniques that have the strongest penetrative power, it can easily pass through the two white vortexes at his side.

But Ehit simply lifts his hand and raises a triple-layered barrier in front of him, and as the ice spears break through the three layers, their power decrease, and soon they are unable to ignore the effect of the two white vortexes staying at both sides of Ehit, and their trajectory vainly twist and in the end, they get swallowed and compressed into the spatial vortex until they disappear.

Then Ehit declares, "I am a God. And with this new body, as long as I have automatic regeneration, then your attacks won't even make me feel itchy but… Know that even touching me is an insolence."

And then, even while saying such a thing, Ehit waves his hand in a complicated gesture with a wide grin as though saying that this is payback.

Right after that, the space all around me including above and below burst open, producing a tremendous impact, furthermore, from behind, a lot of light stars are already there moving toward me.

This kind of attack doesn't leave me any space to dodge, not even by teleporting because the space distortion around me makes it impossible, so I simply prepare to take it head on, fully trusting the defense of my God Cloth.

And with a thunderous roar, the impact of space rupture from all directions hits me with a level of power comparable to that of a Gold Saint blow.

But the Cloth is easily able to withstand and nullify the fierce impacts without receiving any damage, and soon after, the storm of stars hits me one after another, but those attacks are way weaker than the previous ones, and the only thing that they are able to do is impair my sight with their brightness.

Then with my senses, I feel Ehit smirking as if the defensive power of the God Cloth is nothing more than an interesting sideshow, then he suddenly stops his assault and lifts his hand to create a bluish-white flame on his palm, and then, he blows it off gently to fly toward me.

The blue flame soars softly without any sound, and once it is close enough to me, I simply grab it with a hand covering it in my energy to make sure that I can hold the bluish-white flame, then without wasting any time, I freeze it and crush it into many pieces, that fall on the ground with a tinkling sound that resounds all over the space.

Right after that, I hear Ehit's amused voice, "Ohh? You were even able to block and freeze my Divine Flame, something that is able to penetrate every obstacle and destroys only its target... That wasn't something I expected, moreover, your armor was able to withstand my attacks without any problem, it seems that the 'God' in its name is well deserved..."

Looking at him, I notice a wry smile on his face, but he still appears very relaxed.

In fact, it seems that he is enjoying himself, as he is in no hurry to deal with me and the other people on Tortus, so much so that he starts to monologue once more, "Your existence is truly Irregular. Because of Freid's appearance, the balance of the game was almost broken, so in order to make it more enjoyable I brought in people with power from another world yet… you appeared and become a strong person that not even my favorite could bare his fang to."

Curious about his choices, I ask, "Why, did you do something like summoning, and why only now?" to which he replies, "Different from in the past, there was no capable person in this present era that was capable of opposing Freid you see. Never I imagined that other than the vampire princess, even the dragon race is also still surviving. Both of them were hidden skillfully. …If there is no good pawn in this world then nothing could be done except by providing it from another world"

Hearing that I mutter, "…Another world, huh" Ehit nods and continues, "Correct. Although the connection to their world is completely a coincidence. It was a result that coincides with my search for a person with a high affinity that could possibly become my vessel. Even for a god body, crossing the boundary of the world is not something easy. To say nothing of a soul without a vessel, even directly interfering with outside Holy Precincts is difficult. As a result, I somehow succeeded in dragging down someone from above world but… including an Irregular like the one with the vampire princess, there were also two unexpected extras coming along here..."

Then with a creepy grin, he adds, "Although, thanks to that I was able to create the best vessel possible, even better than the one I thought had been lost three hundred years ago, that's why this could be said as a windfall. Fufu, with this I can exhibit my power in full even outside the Holy Precincts. Crossing over to another world is also easy" and while saying this, he opens and closes his hand while basking in joy.

Then I ask something that was on my mind as soon I got in contact with Alva and Ehit in person, "Ehitruje... What are you?", he stands still for a moment, then he answers, "What a really abstract question that is, Irregular. But, no matter what is said, naturally, the answer has been decided. I am the god that created and ruled over everything."

But hearing that, I snort and say, "No, you or no God or anything. You didn't create this world, you are also not ruling over everything. You are not a supernatural existence that mankind imagined. You are merely an existence that is possessing power mightier than mankind" Interested in what I just said, Ehit asks, "…Hou. With what kind of basis you are saying such a thing?"

And I simply explain, "Isn't that simple? Your perception cannot detect Yue who was at the bottom of the abyss, and also the dragon race who hid outside this continent, or even me when I came to this world. Your strength and senses only reach this continent, even then it's only at the scale that doesn't reach the abyss. Power at that level is just too tiny for the creator god right?" amused, Ehit laughs then he asks, "Ku ku ku, to call someone like me as tiny. And? If I am not a god then what am I?"

And finally putting all the pieces together I answer, "You are like Hajime and the others, a human from another world..."

Still calm Ehit comments, "Hmm. Because I am not a god but I possess a mighty power, then I must be a human from the outside world the same as you all… That's your reasoning?"

I shake my head and explain, "Not only that. In the first place, it was already strange by the point of time that you know about the concept of the 'outside world'. 'Because there is none in this world then search for a capable person from another world'…such an idea won't come out unless you know about the existence of another world right from the start. Even in my world that is overflowing with fantasy entertainment that concept is only a wild idea. If you are an existence in the level that is able to create the world then I can accept that, but just like I said just now, you are not an all-knowing and almighty supernatural existence, based on that it's only natural to think that you know about the existence of another world by the same reason, you have already traveled to another world before."

Hearing those words, Ehit goes "hmm" and nods once, then he begins to clap dramatically, "Splendid, perhaps that's what I should say. Indeed I am a human from another world. Originally, I only reached the height of magic. Although, through the passing many months and years the gathered faith granted my divinity that sublimated my soul, through that, there is no doubt that I am a God."

I shake my head and say, "Yeah, you have a hint of Divinity in you, but it is way too weak for it to be compared to the Gods I know and met-".

But then, Ehit doesn't make me end my speech as he suddenly lifts his hand, and right after that, thunder booms in empty air, blue flame explodes, strong wind storms, the air froze, white smoke whirls, and next, five heavenly dragons are created from those elements, and I quickly notice that they aren't simple spells, but more like true living monsters created by the combined use of Metamorphosis Magic and elemental spell of the highest order.

Looking at them I take my stance while muttering, "Okay, time for round two..."