Chapter 184: Clone

[Anthony's POV]

"This Sacred Gear is such a cheat."

I couldn't help but remark as I used the Sephiroth Grail to literally copy the fundamental essence of beings.

In its usual state, the Sephiroth Grail doesn't look particularly impressive, but it can heal any wound, grant immortality, and provide a powerful regeneration factor.

However, I had now pushed the Sacred Gear to the maximum and effectively put the Sephiroth Grail in a Balance-Breaker state.

This slowly merged with the Sacred Gear in my soul to form an entirely new and incredibly powerful Sacred Gear capable of influencing the principles of life and death.

As the process was not complete yet, I directed its absurd abilities toward copying dark souls.

The souls of Trigon, Trihexa, and the New Gods who had perished in the recent mission began to evolve and then... multiplied.

"All seals are perfectly aligned, and the connection with the Void is established, and everything should go smoothly."

I was in deep space in Erina's world in a specially created space in the interdimensional void.

The Sacred Gear was merging with the Grail, making it even stronger, and the spear itself was gaining power in front of me.

The most crucial aspect was that the number of dark souls had already reached the hundreds.

Dozens of copies of Trigon's and other beings' souls spread dark mist throughout this galaxy even through sealed space.

That wasn't all...

The three artifacts containing stars began to harmonize with each other due to their connection.

The energy of the stars rapidly flowed into the Sacred Gear... and through into my soul.

The Light enveloped me, my soul, body, and very essence.

This was not good, and that is why I had prepared a counterbalance.

The dark souls were placed and multiplied in a cube made of Ninth Metal... a metal originating from the Dark Multiverse.

Then the dark power began to flow into the dark part of my soul.

"Aargh!"

The power of the stars began to merge into the nearly united Sacred Gear, and my body started to fall apart piece by piece.

A chunk of skin fell off my shoulder, revealing a bright light beneath.

A piece that had come off the other side of my body showed a dark, light-absorbing color.

White wings burst from my back, glowing with energy and sending ripples through space from their sheer power.

At the same time, a black halo appeared above my head, absorbing all the light around it and looking like a black hole.

This was a massive leap forward.

I could feel the Sacred Gears evolving from the inflow of energy... and I decided to take a risk.

I use the Sinful Key to unlock potential.

I placed it directly into my heart to feel the changes accelerate as my soul and body transformed rapidly.

I don't know how long it took, but time flows differently in this place, and I emerged into space feeling omnipotent.

"Alright, that was painful but definitely worth it."

I said, closing my eyes.

It was reckless of me... but I calculated almost everything possible.

I was even ready to buy the largest Health Potions in the chat, Phoenix Tears, Resurrection Stone, and many other things if something went wrong.

Now...

Overall Power: 4-A (A god in terms of destructive power, capable of affecting entire galaxies like the Milky Way or equivalent areas of space, black holes, and clusters of stars)

I could feel it.

There is an enormous difference between what was and what is now.

It was like... heaven and earth.

The power was overwhelming.

I had become so strong that now the cores of stars were nothing to me, and small and even supermassive black holes...

"Now I definitely understand those cultivators."

I said while summoning my spear into my hand.

It had changed again but had only grown much stronger.

Moreover, the spear could now strike at the very principle of life that could instantly kill various beings without resistance to such power.

The abilities to grant immortality and powerful regeneration from the Sephiroth Grail remained.

I could survive even if almost all of my body were destroyed... but I'd avoid such situations.

...

A few weeks had passed since I became significantly stronger.

Recently, Lena and Shinoa returned, and they were very happy with their activities.

It was especially evident in Shinoa.

They had restored several cities, greened fields for pastures, and cultivated land for various vegetables and fruits.

It's not just in one country, but in several, establishing connections between them.

They had indeed done a good deed, and they were rewarded by the Chat with ten thousand points.

This surprised even me when considering they had no missions there.

I visited them a few times to make love.

I think Hermione, Winter, and Erina understood what the four of us, along with Rias, were doing in seclusion...

"What now?"

I asked with exhaustion in my voice.

In Metropolis, a strange, sickly pale girl resembling Kara appeared, crashing through several skyscrapers while screaming something.

Cortana quickly showed me where she had escaped from... one of the A.R.G.U.S. facilities overseen by Amanda Waller.

"What happened?"

 Lena asked as we kissed, ready to move on to the main event.

"Government experiments. Kara's clone attacked Kara herself..."

I muttered.

Kara did not expect her clone to attack her with a scream and was caught off guard.

"Then go help her, and I'll take care of the paperwork."

Lena shrugged... and she promptly grabbed and kissed again on the lips.

I kept kissing her while she placed her sexy bottom on our desk.

"Alright, alright, go already!"

She laughed.

"We have all the time in the world."

She said, giving me a peck on the cheek.

In the meantime, Kara had already contacted Cortana and asked her to call me because she had no idea what to do in such a situation.

The old Kara had even arrived, and the clone attacked them even more aggressively as if to tear them apart out of despair, anger, and... fear.

I could clearly sense the latter even from the LexCorp building. After all, focusing on her was not difficult for me.

Then, I teleported right between them.

"Calm down, calm down,"

I said, raising my hand towards the clone Kara and the other hand towards the Karas.

Their fight had taken them into a building everyone had already evacuated from, so I appeared without any disguise.

"Aa-rgh..."

Clone Kara stomped her foot at them, but she didn't rush to attack me.

"Aar..."

I could now clearly hear the sadness in her howls.

She quickly changed her feelings from happiness to fear of not being good enough when she looked at Kara.

The genetic memory of Kryptonians is very strong, so it was no surprise that the clone could remember something.

"Hey, calm down, little one, alright? Do you remember me? I'm Anthony, your good friend."

I approached her, and she began to calm down.

I put myself between her and two Karas so she couldn't see them.

This also helped the clone calm down a bit.

"I understand your feelings, but you're confused and scared. I won't hurt you."

I said as I moved closer and enveloped her with my light.

 She was different from that of a regular Kryptonian because sun didn't give her strength as much as it seemed to take it away.

The technology we have now makes it hard to clone properly especially with Kryptonian genes.

I gently caressed her cheek without resistance, and she... began to cry.

She was undeveloped and looked about fourteen or fifteen years old.

In any case, I was able to hug her without any problems and completely calm her down.

"Kara, you can fly away for now. We'll talk later."

I said without turning around.

She flinched for a moment in my arms as if ready to scream again, but she remained in my embrace.

I transported her to my lab and put her to sleep.

Taking a blood sample, Cortana provided me with all the details about her body and the detected defects within a minute.

I corrected everything in just a few seconds, simply reassembling her body at a genetic level, using an average of the genetic data from Karas as a template.

Now...

"I've fixed her health. She'll wake up in a couple of days."

I said to two Kara while reappearing beside them.

They were hovering over the building from where I had taken her.

"What did you do to her?"

The older Kara asked.

"I just know who she is... in my universe, something similar happened. There was also a clone of Clark who called himself Bizarro."

"I put her to sleep and corrected the genetic defects. She must now take a break, and after that... well, you have a new little sister."

I shrugged.

"Cadmus... it's them."

The older Kara said with her gaze directed toward the secret base from where the 'object' had escaped.

"No matter which Earth I'm on, they're always there with their experiments. But at least the Luthors here are good."

She smiled.

"We need to talk to them."

I nodded.

The three of us started descending.

I didn't forget to make a sweeping motion with my hand to repair all the damage to the city's property caused by their brief skirmish.

Also... I felt the Sacred Gear in my soul briefly reveal its power, and a recently deceased guard that the clone had killed during the escape was resurrected.

"So, you come with new toys."

A curious sound from someone.

"What... who are you..."

Kara murmured while the older Kara grabbed her hand with fear.

"Don't worry, alternate Kara... I'm not here for you."

Dee-Dee shifted her umbrella from one shoulder to the other.

"Girls, go on ahead; I'll catch up with you."

I nodded towards the Cadmus facility.

"Dee-Dee, you're here because of the resurrection?"

"Yeah, someone strangely resurrected a person, so I decided to take a look. It felt like a piece of my power... interesting. You've become so strong."

She approached me and looked at the White Lantern ring on my finger.

"You've got the help of Life itself and can play with the strings of Death... you're the first of your kind, Anthony. That's why I'm giving you this..."

She extended her hand, and a ring fell into my palm.

A black ring.

"Oh, maybe not."

I said that when I remembered what this ring is associated with in the comics.

Nekron and a lot of unpleasant things.

"Trust me, the additional power will be useful."

She said more seriously.

"Something is approaching that can end life on Earth and cause chaos in the universe. You feel it too, don't you? Good luck, Anthony..."

She said as if genuinely concerned for me and disappeared.

"My paranoia already kept me from sleeping, and now this... I'm sure it's related to those aliens from the Dark Multiverse and Pandora's Box. I hope it's not Nekron... although Dee-Dee would have mentioned it, as he's part of her power, so it must be something else..."

I exhaled.

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