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Chapter 705
Zeke had a surprised expression as he looked at the sword emitting radiant light in his hand.
'What is this?'
The sword that had contained starlight had transformed into a new sword after combining with the divine sword that had changed into Gram.
The true divine sword created by the primordial light containing its soul.
The Promised Sword of Liberation, Excalibur, revealed its original form.
WOOOOOONG!
The sword that revealed its true form had black waves engraved on a blade that seemed to be crafted from radiance.
Another message appeared before Zeke's eyes.
['The Promised Sword of Liberation' Excalibur recognizes the primordial power dwelling in the user's body.]
['The Promised Sword of Liberation' recognizes the user as its master.]
[You acquire the title Owner of the Divine Sword.]
Soon, the radiance emitted from Excalibur seeped into Zeke's body.
['The Promised Sword of Liberation' Excalibur's power strengthens the user's divine status.]
[The limitations of unique power 'Infinite Recursion' are released.]
[The undeveloped unique power '???' in 'The Promised Sword of Liberation' Excalibur responds.]
[The primordial light's unique power 'Wish' is registered as the user's unique power.]
'The primordial light's unique power, Wish?'
Zeke looked with questioning eyes at the awakened power of the primordial light.
The power named 'Wish' didn't seem particularly special for a power possessed by the creator.
But Metatron's reaction facing Zeke was completely different.
“You, how did you…..?!”
Metatron shouted toward Zeke while emitting a fierce gaze.
“That power is mine! It is not something a worthless creature should possess!”
From that passionate cry, Zeke realized that the reason Metatron had tried to obtain the divine sword created by the primordial light was to acquire this power, 'Wish'.
Radiance poured out again from Metatron's wings.
“You creature! Pay for the sin of grasping a power that should not be touched!”
A sword of light was created in Metatron's hand, wrapped in radiance, and he immediately swung the sword toward Zeke.
HWAAAAAAAA!
An enormous light that seemed capable of swallowing anything flew toward Zeke.
Zeke instinctively swung Excalibur toward the light.
CHWAAAAK!
Metatron's light was split in half by the sword strike.
KWAKWAKWAKWAKWA!
A storm broke out as the light exploded.
The abandoned continent was swept by the storm of light, and the surrounding debris scattered into dust.
KUGUGUGUGUGU!
From within the storm of light, Metatron shouted toward Zeke.
“Zeke Draker! No matter how much you struggle, Ragnarok has already begun!”
Metatron stretched his hand upward.
Then, with an enormous light, a thunderous sound roared from the sky.
KURURURURURUNG!
As the sky tore open, lights began to pour down from inside.
What was coming down from the torn sky was none other than the constellations of the celestial realm.
As Zeke absorbed the primordial light, the restrictions it had left disappeared, allowing the constellations to freely cross the boundary of the physical realm.
The constellations, leading the celestial legion, descended from the sky and spread not only to the abandoned continent but to each continent.
Zeke could see everything happening on each continent through the power of the unique domain Kaleidoscope, which he had absorbed from Mephistopheles.
The northern continent, central continent, southern continent, and even the eastern continent began to be devastated by the celestial legion that had suddenly descended.
KUGUGUGUGUGU!
The God of Earth, God of Forest, and God of Sea, whose seals had been broken, revealed themselves to stop them, but it was useless.
The power of the divine dragons alone was insufficient to stop the incoming constellations and the celestial legion that numbered over hundreds of thousands.
Eventually, even the divine dragons were annihilated by the constellations, and the celestial legion invaded the continents with unstoppable force.
Countless cities in the central continent, including Atlas and Mycenae, burned, islands sank into the sea, and innumerable lives were lost.
In an instant, the continental civilization that had continued for thousands of years had disappeared.
The images of the vanishing physical realm civilizations flowed into Zeke's mind as he unfolded the Kaleidoscope.
Zeke's precious connections existing everywhere, including Mycenae, Atlas, and Himonas, disappeared in an instant, turning to ashes.
All that remained were traces of cities reduced to ashes.
Only the celestial constellations and hundreds of thousands of celestial legions floated nobly in the reddened sky.
Zeke silently watched the terrible and disheartening scene.
Then Metatron opened his mouth, looking down at Zeke.
“Did you see? I will end this outdated old era and open a new era.”
Then, pointing his sword of light at Zeke, he shouted.
“Yet you contain the primordial light! You are the greatest obstacle to creating a new world where everyone will be happy!”
WOOOOOONG!
As if responding to his emotions, the sword of light that Metatron was holding gradually extended and changed into a spear of light.
WOOOOOONG!
The spear of light made a noisy sound.
The wave made by that sound soon resonated with the abandoned continent.
KUGUGUGUGUGU!
The earth cracked and the ground surged upward.
BOOM!
A massive power resonating with the earth enveloped Metatron who held a spear.
WHOOOOSH!
That power condensed and focused into the spear Metatron was holding.
"Arrogant insect! Receive divine punishment!"
Metatron emitted radiance from his entire body and threw the spear toward Zeke.
BOOM!
Even as it flew, the spear of light resonating with the earth made a thunderous noise as it hurtled toward Zeke.
Zeke raised Excalibur toward the light-enveloped spear.
WHOOOOSH!
Radiant light erupted from Excalibur.
The power of primordial light containing the power of the source concentrated in Excalibur.
Zeke took a step forward and swung his sword toward the radiant spear thrown by Metatron.
Infinite Sword Technique Final Form
Transcendent Skill
Galaxy Annihilation
The sword strike flowing from Zeke's sword cut horizontally through the approaching radiant spear.
SHHHRRRK!
The power of Excalibur was tremendous.
Beyond simply splitting the radiant spear sideways, it cut through Metatron floating in the air, the sky behind him, and even the celestial legion beyond in one stroke.
Not just the sky but even the universe beyond was split by Zeke's sword.
"Kugh!"
Metatron, enveloped in radiance, grabbed his split chest area and retreated backward. Light clusters flowed from the wound cut by the sword.
TSSS! TSSS! TSSS! TSSS!
The radiance flowing from Metatron's body rippled around the wound area as if trying to heal it, but the wound caused by Zeke's sword strike did not close.
Confirming this, Metatron shouted toward Zeke in anger.
"Worthless insect! I will not leave even a place for you to stand!"
RUMBLE! RUMBLE! RUMBLE!
The earth began to shake again, resonating with Metatron's energy.
But this time was different from before.
Not just the abandoned continent, but all continents began to resonate together.
CRACK! CRACK! CRACK!
The ground split and hot lava surged from beneath the earth.
Gales blew with enough force to blow everything away, the sky filled with purple storm clouds, and lightning poured violently onto the earth.
BOOM!
Watching all of this happening throughout the world through a kaleidoscope, Zeke could see that the Ragnarok he had seen in the past through Jimens Apollion, the final sage, had become reality.
After everything collapsed, only the stage that Metatron desired would unfold here.
Metatron, still clutching his unhealed wound, said to Zeke.
"No matter how much you struggle, there is no place for you here anymore."
And then he stretched his hand toward Zeke.
"Give me the sword and perish yourself. Then you will not suffer eternal pain."
Zeke shook his head after hearing Metatron's words.
"How foolish you are, Metatron."
He raised Excalibur and said while looking at Metatron.
"If you thought destroying all places where I could exist would break my spirit, you are greatly mistaken."
Zeke took something out from his inventory while holding Excalibur.
What he took out was none other than the Philosopher's Stone.
Metatron, who had been somewhat tense at Zeke's words, mocked him upon seeing the Philosopher's Stone.
"What use is that pebble created by insects?"
Then Zeke pulled one corner of his mouth into a smile toward Metatron and concentrated power into the Philosopher's Stone.
WHOOOOSH!
When the source power created by primordial light concentrated in the Philosopher's Stone, mysterious light surged forth.
That light enveloped Zeke and simultaneously seeped into Excalibur.
At this ominous light, Metatron finally became alarmed and raised his radiance again.
RUMBLE!
Metatron, who raised dozens of spears created from radiance in the air, shouted toward Zeke.
"I don't know what you're doing but stop it immediately!"
To these words, Zeke shook his head again.
"It's already too late."
Zeke amplified the power of the Philosopher's Stone awakened by the source power.
Then he activated his newly acquired unique authority, Wish.
[The Philosopher's Stone reacts to the user's unique authority Wish.]
[The amplified power reacts to the user's wish.]
[The user's wish reacts to the unique authority Infinite Recursion.]
RUMBLE!
Dimensions began to distort around Zeke's body.
Metatron, flustered by this unknown mysterious power, hurled the spears of radiance he had summoned.
BOOM!
Dozens of radiant spears, each capable of destroying a continent, flew toward Zeke.
But even so, Zeke did not stop activating his authority.
[The power of the unique authority Infinite Recursion is strengthened by the amplified power.]
[The user's wish acts strongly.]
RUMBLE! RUMBLE! RUMBLE!
The dimensional distortion surrounding Zeke's body grew larger and gradually spread to the surroundings.
Seeing the distortion created by Zeke, Metatron shouted.
"You, you couldn't possibly!"
[By the user's wish, the promised power that cannot be reversed activates once more.]
[Time reverses.]
With the raised message, the spatial distortion spread instantaneously across the entire continent.
BOOM! BOOM!
As the distorted area entered the world, time began to flow backward.
Zeke was trying to amplify his power with the Philosopher's Stone to return again, going back to the time before Ragnarok occurred.
Watching as time gradually reversed, Zeke found the moment he wanted.
It was the moment when Arthur Draker, who had become the King in Yellow, appeared from the crack in the Final Tower.
Zeke stopped the reversal of time at that point.
Soon the entire physical world was enveloped in intense light.
* * *
"Huh?"
Nabu suddenly came to his senses.
He collapsed onto the ark with severe dizziness.
And he wasn't the only one experiencing this phenomenon.
Not only the other High Tables but also the demon realm princesses felt dizzy and staggered.
Information about futures they would experience began to penetrate their minds.
"ARRRGH!"
Due to the information that suddenly flowed in, they felt terrible pain and couldn't properly regain consciousness.
Among them, only Nigel maintained her composure while standing upright.
After closing her eyes briefly to organize her memories, she opened them wide and spoke.
"Zeke... to think you'd make us all regress."
Surprisingly, Zeke wasn't the only one who had regressed.
Everyone who existed in the physical world had regressed together, remembering the future.
Nabu, who barely regained consciousness, looked at Nigel and said.
"UGHH, my head is killing me. What happened? We all clearly died from the light they shot..."
Nabu, who had been muttering, immediately ran toward the ark's control crystal.
He promptly checked the date and battle situation.
"Crazy, we really came back to the past! Impossible! That guy Zeke, to create such a miracle...!"
At those words, those who were gradually regaining consciousness began to get up.
They too couldn't believe they had escaped death and returned to the past.
Then Nigel spoke in a calm voice.
"We need to get our wits about us. We've only regressed to the past, but the enemies haven't disappeared..."
And that was the moment.
Light flashed outside the ark.
BOOM!
Powerful clusters of light poured toward the ark and the allied forces.
It was a situation where they would evaporate again right after returning.
But then, the pouring light stopped right in front and was neutralized.
Nigel, who was looking outside the ark, shouted loudly.
"Zeke!"
Zeke, holding Excalibur and wearing Goddess Theia's Hersion, had appeared in front of the ark.