Holy Evil

The towering figure of Lev's new form broke through the ceiling. Not only that, with its continuous squirming, but he also destroyed the rest, revealing the outside world.

It was not...the same. The world seemed a shade darker but not the kind when the clouds hide the sun; it was more like an old photo, only showing gray surroundings.

"HAHAHAHAHA! Behold! The grace of our King!" Even though he had no mouth, Lev still monologues infinitely.

"Oh? I would like to meet him. I admire Kings so much, you see." Seth merely responded with sarcasm and darted at the enormous pillar.

"Don't you dare mock our King, insignificant bug!" Crystals formed around Lev and immediately shot toward Seth.

The man in question simply zigzagged, avoiding all of them. That wasn't the only trick Lev had up his sleeve, though, as black tentacles emerged beneath the black-haired man, trying to impale him.

Mentally sighing, he wondered if every final enemy in the Singularities would have to be a damn tentacle monster.

Coating his spear in flames, he slid and rotated, cutting all the 'limbs' before continuing his charge.

Lev created more and more crystals and attacked with the usual tentacles now and then. Seth, for his part, kept dodging and coming closer.

This status quo of attacking and dodging just worked to annoy the Demon God even more. "Stay put!" Seeing as he didn't listen, Lev decided to increase the number of attacks he was launching.

'He is like those generic enemies from those stories Romani has in his tablet...' That time was the last he ever stole Dr. Roman's things, his tastes were weird, especially that magical girl stuff.

Setting aside his not so questionable actions considering he belonged to the 'bad' side, after evading one more time one of the tentacles, he suddenly jumped at Lev.

'Got you!' If Lev had a face, he would be grinning like a maniac. When Seth was about to stab one of his eyes, golden dust surrounded the Evil God.

*Boom*

A massive explosion resounded, obliterating the only structure from the United Empire that remained standing.

Smoke blocked the vision of the area, making it impossible to discern the outcome of his attack. However, Lev was pretty confident that even if he didn't kill the slippery bug, he made a great deal of damage to him.

It was then that the Demon God noticed the smoke going from white to black in a particular place, forming a human shape. Every eye of his focused on that specific spot.

"You wouldn't be interested in telling me the name of your so-called King, would you?" Seth slowly walked out of the smoke, this time without his weapon in sight and with no injury.

"An inferior creature like you doesn't have the right to know his name!" Lev threw all elements of surprise to the wind, opting to attack with the golden dust he used previously from the get-go.

"Are you sure? I'm asking nicely, you know?" He asked again, this time a little half-heartedly, not expecting a satisfactory answer. It was still worth the try, though.

Seth agilely moved around, explosions occurring behind him. He jumped from rubble to rubble, not taking this seriously at all, which only worked to infuriate Lev more.

"Shut up and disappear!" It was ironic that the same person to monologue eternally was telling the other to shut up, but villains' minds had their own thing going on.

The atmosphere changed abruptly, a change reflected by Seth's expression, that showed he wouldn't be playing around anymore.

"We do this the bad way, then." He stopped suddenly as the explosions were catching up to him. Opening his mouth, he absorbed all the gold dust into it.

Not yet over, he breathed out the usual black fire into his palm. As if it was a cover hiding something, it revealed the same old wooden spear when it disappeared.

"What are you going to do with that thing? Scratch my body until it breaks?" His voice, together with his many eyes, reflected plain mockery. He was surprised by Seth negating his attack like it was nothing, but that didn't mean he felt fear.

Contrary to Lev's expectations, the Egyptian God nodded. "That's the plan."

The Demon God's eyes showed the closest thing to surprise they could show. Before Lev could process what was happening, Seth disappeared like some sort of phantom.

Reappearing beside him, he made a powerful thrust with his spear. However, like cotton hitting a rock, it did absolutely nothing. Not bothered by this, he repeated the process one more time.

Lev tried to follow his movements, but every time he managed to set his gaze on him, he would reappear in another place. With every thrust, the spear showed signs of breaking.

Flauros didn't know what would happen the moment the weapon broke, but it gave him a sense of uneasiness. Of course, he would never admit to it.

Not knowing how to cope with the situation, the Demon God decided to go all out. He was sure his King would be even more displeased with him after finding out he was having trouble dealing with a single weakened God.

"Time for the Awakening has Come!" With those words, Lev's red eyes glowed. Magical Energy got sucked from all around into his form.

"Incineration Ceremony: Flauros." Purple pillars of energy, like some kind of geysers, shot out from the ground in random places. One of them was heading to Seth's direction, but instead of dodging, he received the attack using the spear as a shield.

While being propelled to the sky by Lev's desperate attack, he noticed the weapon in its last line. Finally, getting to the dark sky above, he stopped and remained still on the air, looking down at the being resembling a cephalopod tentacle.

After his failed attack, Lev gazed upon Seth's unharmed figure with a feeling of dread.

Feeling the weapon becoming restless, the black-haired man began to observe it. The cracks were radiating a blinding white light as if there was some sort of white sun hidden inside the spear.

Just a few moments later, it became particles of white light that extended outward, only to immediately retract in Seth's hand and forming a new weapon.

A new spear was born—No, it was just its original form. A form that has been tainted by Seth's Mana. However, no matter how much it gets corrupted, its will, will not waver, and its purpose, will not change.

The spear had a black metal shaft as dark as night. A coiling, loose red ribbon, symbolizing the color of the Roman Empire, went from the base of the head to the butt-end of the spear. A white blade enclosed the tip. It contradicted the color of the shaft but also created some sort of harmony.

The first thing the spear did was to...disappear Seth's arm from existence.

'Good grief. You sure live up to your name of Holy Lance.' He gave a tired sigh. The fact he was expecting something like this to happen made it more bearable, at least.

Lev, who was watching from below, didn't find comfort in the events, although he did rejoice in them. After everything he did, he couldn't damage Seth in the slightest, but his arm was destroyed just by touching the spear.

Returning to Seth, he took a deep breath before speaking in some language unknown to even Lev. As if this was some sort of ritual, a melody began playing out of nowhere. It was an advent of the creature that was to come.

Seth's face began to twitch a little like someone was stepping on an open wound of his, but he kept going nonetheless. The black tattoo-like markings on his body began throbbing as though they were alive.

Lev knew that he couldn't let whatever thing Seth was invoking come into existence. Without delay, he threw every attack at his disposal toward him. However, Flauros' attacks didn't travel much before vanishing.

'Come...my Sin.' For a second, the world returned to light once again, only for it to get swallowed immediately after.

The robed Skeleton finally materialized in this world, adorning its usual black, long garment. Its hood only covered the eyes, leaving only its snout to see. However, those eyes shined in flames, one red, and the other golden.

He was holding a shadowy head in one hand, and an Ankh in the other. It gave an oppressive feeling that was hard to describe.

Without warning, the spear aimed its tip at the Skeleton, before shooting a ray of light at it. Despite that, the figure remained unfazed. When at attack hit, it did nothing. It was as if the attack never existed in the first place.

The flames it had for eyes shined with intensity, seemingly annoyed for the weapon's disrespect. 'Leave it. I didn't call you here to argue with a scrap of metal.' These words seemed to calm the Skeleton down, as it stopped looking at the spear and looked at Lev instead.

The Demon God's dread was apparent to anyone who set their gaze on him. That thing...that thing couldn't possibly be real.

Seth didn't let him think much about it, though. Pouring his Mana through the link that he formed when he gave blood to the spear, he made the weapon lower itself while pointing at the creature below.

"DAMN YOU!" Out of desperation, Lev attacked with everything he had once again. Only to achieve the same result as before, nothing.

The spear began to shine in a golden white light, using this as the signal, Seth coated the spear with his black fire. However, as though it was purified, it soon became a fiery red.

'Rise above the clouds and light a fire in the sky.' With the words spoken in his mind, the intensity of the spear's flames increased as it did its power.

'The light that will resurrect the ashes of Eden.' Little by little, the world was regaining its color.

'Bring forth the Rapture and drown all Evil.' Spirits of the deceased rose from the earth to the sky.

'The Holy Lance tainted by Darkness.' They all were welcomed in its grace, even if its core was different.

'Its name...'

At this point, Lev recognized the weapon that was aiming at him. 'But that's impossible! It was lost a long time—This era...!' He suddenly came to a realization. "DAAAAMNNN YOUUUU!!!!"

"LONGINUS!" With a shout that overshadowed Lev's own. Seth kicked the butt-end of the spear, which flew down like a meteor of light.

In less than a second, the spear traveled thousands of meters and pierced the Demon God's body and stuck itself on the ground. At first, nothing happened, but moments later, the creature exploded, creating a mushroom cloud of considerable size.

"..." The Evil God watched in silence, together with the figure behind him.

When the explosion receded eventually, both descended to the ground, although the Skeleton was floating a few centimeters above it.

Out of nowhere, Seth heard the sound of a spinning object. Not long after, Longinus landed in front of him. 'You blew up my arm, and now you return?' Seth shook his head at the absurdity of the situation.

"Follow me." Both the Skeleton and the spear floated behind him as Seth got closed to the ground zero.

Funnily enough, Longinus didn't destroy the landscape. It was like it couldn't harm any of God's creations.

Seth stopped a few dozen meters away from a charred body. Still, even in that condition, it continued to move.

'I didn't lose...I didn't. It was just luck, yes! Luck! I only lost because I stayed too much time outside the Temple, that's it!' Lev didn't want to face reality, he just tried to crawl away like a worm, his body regenerating little by little.

He soon noticed Seth, and when he did, his eyes widened in terror. "Don't come near me! Get away from me, you filthy creature!"

Although it hurt his pride, Lev decided to escape to the Temple. However, that was the only thing Seth wouldn't allow him to do.

When he was about to exit the Singularity, thorny, black vines began to coil around him. No matter how much he tried to return to the Temple, he couldn't.

Looking back, he saw where the things that were binding him came from; it was that terrifying creature!

Like some kind of portal, the vines were emerging from its stomach through the robes. "Now, now, Lev. I had a feeling it was going to come to this. I know your kind very well, you speak so high and mighty, but at the moment of truth, you are the first to run."

"Shut up! Tell it to let me go!" Lev used everything he could to free himself to no avail. The vines kept pulling him even more. You could also find a sadistic glee in the flames-like eyes of the Skeleton.

"Don't be like that, different from me; he is not picky what he eats." Seth merely enjoyed his struggle with a calm smile on his face. It would be a lie if he said watching the end of people like Lev didn't satisfy him.

'You will regret this humiliation...!' He decided to try a different method. Giving up on his body, Lev used it to power the Holy Grail one more time.

His body was transforming in particles of light that traveled to the sacred artifact hidden under his coat. Not before paying one last price, though.

One of the vines tore one of his legs and then retracted itself and entered the Skeleton's stomach, bringing the limb with it.

"Arrghhhh!" Flauros gave its last shout of pain before finally fading away into the Grail. With nothing more to hold onto, the rest of the vines retracted too.

The device, according to the will of its wielder, activated again to summon a Servant strong enough to rival Seth.

Without any flashiness or delay, the Grail summoned said Heroic Spirit, who was going to face him.

A woman. Beautiful red eyes like his, dusky skin like the people from his land filled with white marks, her gaze contained a chill like the coldest of winters.

She was adorning a white piece of cloth that covered her chest and groin, embroidered with black and red trimmings. It then extended to her thighs, covering them like a skirt.

Short white hair, covered by a veil of the same color that fell to her knees, lightly swaying with the wind.

In her hand, a strange, futuristic, tricolored sword. Its handle looked like pincers that attached themselves to the blue, green, and red blade.

Seth's eyes widened, seeing this woman. Noticing the mood change in him, the Skeleton pierced the black-haired man's back with its vines.

Far from being hurt, his arm grew back faster than his current regeneration could do it. "Leave." Silently obeying, the Skeleton grabbed Longinus and disappeared. Strangely enough, he didn't receive damage from touching it.

He summoned his spear and walked toward the newly summoned Servant. The white-haired girl did the same.

They only stopped when they were face to face. The girl looked up with her indifferent but powerful gaze while the man looked down with total seriousness.

The tension was palpable; neither of the two wanted to lose this exchange of gazes. Seth was the first to speak; his voice completely cold.

"What are you doing here, Sefar?"

(A/N: Kind of an edgy chant, but cool nonetheless. Anyways, if you are wondering for the melody when spooky Skeleton showed up, it's Ritual OST from Naruto Shippuden. It just fits so well in this type of situation. I love it.)