Chapter 207
Chapter 207
Chapter 207
Opening of War (1)
Originally, Rudian had been avoiding the resonance of the Seven-Colored Worlds.
If the Seven-Colored Worlds, which rivaled an entire world, were to resonate, the waves generated by that alone could affect the entire universe.
'Now it's do or die, whatever.'
The reason for avoiding stimulating outer space had now become a thing of the past.
Since Gabriel's trolling had blown away the preventive measures, there was no longer any reason to hesitate about using the Seven-Colored Worlds.
WOONG! WOONG! WOONG!
The three Seven-Colored Worlds began to resonate, emitting massive waves like before.
-Ugh, uhmm!
Perhaps because their power exceeded expectations, Mars was being more wary of the Heavenly Demon Dragon Battleship that was emitting the power of resonance than Baal's main body.
-It's been a while since I've experienced this. That cursed relic of the Creator God...
-For you, it would be blessed... wouldn't it? It's probably the only way for you to surpass Berus.
-Kuhk, that's right.
Even with a power that could harm him right before his eyes, Mars' eyes glittered with undisguisable greed.
-The Seven-Colored Worlds... If only I could get my hands on those...!
Rudian met Mars' gaze and muttered with displeasure.
"Alliance my ass, he's only thinking about backstabbing us."
If it were just one, it might be different, but if Mars were to claim all of Rudian's party's Seven-Colored Worlds, he might truly gain power beyond his prime.
"Adi, I'm going outside to engage them, so make sure you don't get caught up in it."
-Will you be alright?
"...Honestly, I'm not alright. Even now, it feels like my body's going to break apart."
Rudian suppressed the pain coursing through his entire body while breaking out in cold sweat.
'I brought them just in case, but as expected, it's too much to handle alone.'
Even with Leviathan's core, it was too much to handle the resonance of three Seven-Colored Worlds.
Nevertheless, there was a reason why Rudian had brought all three at once.
WHOOSH!
The cockpit of the Heavenly Demon Dragon Battleship opened, and Rudian's body was ejected directly into outer space.
'Phew... the pressure is no joke?'
A giant Sun god and a demon king wrapped in malice and demonic energy.
It was already overwhelming to handle the resonance, but the pressure emanating from Baal and Mars' main bodies was crushing his physical form.
-The little snake crawls out of its cradle on its own.
Mars revealed his fangs while flickering flames of light across his entire body.
-Kukuk, but if that little snake is a venomous viper with deadly poison, the story would be different...
-Even so, the main body's power is still at the level of a lesser god. If I smash your head, the rest will be easy.
-Hahahaha, shall I try sunbathing under your scorching sun for the first time in a while?
Whatever psychological warfare they were waging, Rudian quietly continued with his task.
The resonance of the Seven-Colored Worlds emitted tremendous power that even gods couldn't handle, but without knowing the proper method of use, it was just a mass of rampaging power.
But fortunately, Rudian knew the proper control method for the Seven-Colored Worlds' resonance, at least in theory.
'The beginning is definitely...'
Rudian's mouth slowly began to open.
-I am the one who adjusts the balance of the world. The one who stands alone in the final days...
The spirit words quietly spread through outer space.
At the same time, the three Seven-Colored Worlds began to slowly circle above Rudian's head.
-What is he doing?
Mars expressed bewilderment at Rudian's actions.
Even though Mars was more well-versed in the secrets of this world than most of the Seven Great Gods, he couldn't understand what Rudian was doing right now.
-According to the Creator's work, the construction of the great enemy is distant...
This was the incantation that Abel had recited when using the resonance of the Seven-Colored Worlds in the original work.
It was a kind of trigger engraved in the Seven-Colored Worlds that operated through language itself alone, without any particularly high-dimensional techniques or divine power.
-O source of the world, grant me the work of destruction.
-...!
The moment the incantation ended, the three Seven-Colored Worlds merged directly into Rudian's body.
HAAAAA!
Like a dam bursting, three incompatible powers began flowing from the crown of Rudian's head to the tips of his toes.
It was already a power difficult to handle, but when it was further amplified, there was only one result.
'Kraaaaak!'
An incantation that even Abel, who had become virtually no different from a god by Chapter 4, had writhed in pain from.
Since it was something that needed to be verified at least once, he had used the incantation with some resolve, but...
'Damn, I shouldn't have used it! Shit!'
Tremendous pain as if every nerve in his body was being forcibly torn apart.
A soundless scream leaked from between Rudian's clenched lips.
'I knew it, but... it's too, too painful!'
It was an experience hundreds of times more intense than having a nerve drilled at the dentist without anesthesia.
-Ma, Master! Please wait a moment! I'll cast a pain-blocking spell right away...!
'Do, don't! In this situation, if you mess with it carelessly... who knows what might happen!'
He couldn't guarantee how the situation would change if there was external interference in this state.
-But, but...!
CRACK! CRACKLE!
Separate from the pain of bones splitting and blood vessels bursting, his body and soul steadily accepted the power of the Seven-Colored Worlds.
"Keu, keuaaaak!"
As his level rose, his perception of time was forcibly extended.
Only a few seconds had passed.
He could feel his soul being forcibly elevated to a higher dimension.
No, more precisely, it was being forcibly dragged up by rough hands...
FLASH!
The waves of power close to rampage subsided.
In the pupils of Rudian, who had regained consciousness, were... circles of black, blue, and green.
"..."
Feeling the wavelength of power flowing from Rudian, Mars unconsciously muttered:
-Avatar of... Destruction?
-...
Baal was also greatly flustered, and though he didn't speak, his gaze was directed this way.
There had been times when the truth about the Seven-Colored Worlds was revealed from Krakar's mouth.
The Seven-Colored Worlds were artifacts used to create worlds, but they also functioned as god-slaying weapons to kill all gods.
At the pinnacle of that god-slaying power was the Avatar of Destruction.
It wasn't unreasonable for Mars to make such a mistake.
While Mars and Baal were shocked by Rudian's appearance.
"...Son of a bitch! Really, let me see you do this twice. Damn incantation."
Rudian's body trembled greatly due to the phantom pain attacking his entire body.
He could temporarily gain power surpassing gods using the resonance of the Seven-Colored Worlds, but...
No matter how much of a super transformation was possible, if this level of pain accompanied it, it would be better not to do it at all, really.
-Did I see wrong?
Mars, who heard Rudian's complaints, finally came to his senses.
-No, I didn't see wrong. That... even if it's not at the level of the Avatar of Destruction, it would be enough to be called a God of Destruction.
-...!
Baal's words were not wrong.
More precisely, it was closer to a God of Chaos rather than a God of Destruction.
Since he had ruthlessly mixed the power used for creation, its nature had been reversed.
Rudian lightly grasped Diablo's sword hilt.
'...Huh?'
But for some reason, Diablo's blade, which had been jet black, was dyed pure white like a holy sword.
'Why are you like this?'
It wasn't like it had holiness like Daylight though.
Looking closely, it was just that the colorless chaos flowing from Rudian's body had temporarily devoured the demonic energy.
-Damn... bastard! Quickly... finish it! The chaos you possess is eroding my power!
Seeing Diablo making uncharacteristic groaning sounds, he could definitely realize how dangerous this incantation's power was.
'A guy from the Seven Seats complaining...'
-This... isn't something... that simple!
'I know, I know. I'll finish it quickly!'
Rudian, who had quieted Diablo's complaints, raised his head and met Mars' gaze.
-This bastard...
"Seeing Diablo in pain, I should finish this quickly."
-You #$!&%!
Diablo had a fit, but Rudian gently ignored it.
-Hmm, judging by the momentum, it seems I should be the one taking a supporting role.
A smile formed on Baal's hideous lips.
But Rudian was resolute.
"Support or whatever, where is that? Let's quickly combine and beat that guy up before going back."
-That's a good opinion.
Normally, Baal would have slipped away like a loach, but for some reason, he seemed to be reluctant about a situation where archangels would intervene.
-Even if one more has been added, you cannot surpass me!
FLASH!
Tens of thousands of light rays shot out from Mars' hands.
A lethal strike that decorated outer space and completely blocked all escape routes.
But for some reason... Rudian felt that Mars' strike lacked something.
'It's powerful, but...'
Rudian didn't think of dodging and simply raised his hand to form a light barrier.
BAAAAANG!
He could feel the endless pounding against the barrier.
Rudian finally realized what that sense of unease was.
"I see. You've recovered your power, but... you haven't recovered your divinity itself."
He had recovered tremendous power by devouring the causality of the degenerate path and Helios, but that wasn't all converted to divinity.
-Uuugh!
Mars also seemed to recognize this fact as he gritted his teeth and hesitated.
Divinity was the lifeline of gods and played the most important role in battles against gods.
No matter how many types of power one possessed, lacking divinity meant being unable to deliver a decisive blow to the opponent.
-Even if I lack divinity, I have chaos! I am the sun god Mars!
Mars' flickering entire body began to change to a texture like it was squirming.
That was proof that Mars was transforming his power into chaos.
"...Idiot."
-What?
"You're drinking poison because you're in a hurry."
Even after living for hundreds of thousands, millions of years, the moment you make one foolish judgment, it becomes irreversible.
Of course, Mars would have dealt with chaos before.
No, in terms of skill level, he could probably handle it much more skillfully than Rudian.
Of course, Mars could use chaos as a substitute for divinity like Rudian.
But the reason most gods don't deal with chaos is that chaos is inherently the power of unrefined disorder.
Even if you're a god, if you fail to handle it even once, you can't avoid self-destruction - it's a self-destructive power.
WHOOOOSH!
-KRAAAAAK!
The brilliant flames that had been wrapping around Mars' entire body were converted to chaos and began to run through Mars' entire body in disorder.
Even if he had dealt with chaos during his time as a sun god, he would have been able to control chaos sufficiently with his overflowing divinity.
But now Mars had only recovered divinity at the level of a mid-level god at best.
With just that level of divinity, trying to convert Helios' tremendous power into chaos would be hard to handle.
Unless you have an extremely strong fortress like Rudian's Adi, or unless your authority itself is specialized in handling power like Baal!
-An, anyway, I have no more opportunities...! Since it's ending like this anyway, I'll definitely kill you all here!
HAAAAA!
Countless tentacles shot out from Mars' entire body, attacking Baal and Rudian.
The brilliant majesty he had shown just moments ago had completely disappeared, leaving only the most hideous appearance of being consumed by power.
"I told you."
Rudian smoothly charged toward Mars' main body, riding through the shower of tentacles.
"That you were drinking poison."
-This bastaaaard!
"You should have fought with the authority of the sun even if you died."
No matter how much you aim for mutual destruction with tremendous chaos, what use would that be?
-Hi, my power isn't working?
"Of course, since my body itself is practically chaos right now!"
The power of chaos obtained through the resonance and reversal of the Seven-Colored Worlds eroded Mars' chaos much more greedily than Baal's Vlemya (Gluttony).
The terror of having control of one's own body stolen by another moment by moment.
-Uaaaaa! Get away from me!
-Hahahaha, where are you struggling?
Baal activated Vlemya (Gluttony) and bound Mars' body from behind.
With Rudian alone being insufficient to focus on, and now Baal joining in, the urgency carved on Mars' expression began to deepen more and more.
'I understand why Diablo is annoyed.'
While eroding Mars' chaos, it felt like his limbs were extending in real time.
From the opponent's perspective, it would be maddening and infuriating.
Since it wasn't a particularly pleasant feeling, Rudian settled his expression and looked for a place to strike.
'Where is his core?'
Since he had revealed his main body, there should be a core made of divinity somewhere in his body.
'There it is!'
Near his heart. A small sun of brilliant light that had not yet been invaded by chaos was discovered by Rudian's eyes.
-No, no!
As Rudian, holding Diablo, took a charging stance aiming for the heart area, Mars exploded with all his body's power and attempted to struggle.
But with Baal even using his authority to bind his entire body, there was nothing Mars could do.
KUGUGUGUGUNG!
Rudian, who had charged toward Mars' heart area, pierced through his epidermis made of chaos.
And beyond that, he split Mars' true main body - the giant core - in one strike.
-Uaaaak! Baal! Berus! You cursed traitors!
CRACK! CRACKLE!
These words became Mars' last words.