Chapter 552: War End (1/2)

A explosion which shook the fabrics of entire Asphodel ensued.

Everyone's vision were covered by thick clouds of dusts. Moments later, the scene below was revealed to them...

A massive crater was left from the impact their combined efforts. At it's center, remains of Lust could be seen.

There were barely anything left of them. At least 90% of Lust's body was gone. What remained was only their hand and some skin.

No one attacked, they merely spread their senses in there to check if Lust still shoes any signs of being alive. The War Gods hadn't dropped their guards down yet. In fact, they were even ready to lash out the moment a sign of Lust being alive was discovered.

*Swoosh!*

The War Gods were startled.

Even with their guards raised, they were still surprised by a sudden gust of wind running past them. All of them looked back in alarm yet they found no traces of the enemy or whatsoever, still they were convinced that Lust was still alive. The problem is, they don't see him or have any way of attacking him.

Raven who felt the same gust of wind snorted loudly.

He stomped a foot forward and a tall pillar of blazing white flames erupted from within his body. Next, he moved swiftly and intercepted something which cannot be seen by others except from him.

”You're not going anywhere, not under my watch.” Raven uttered coldly. He raised his palms and grunted: ”Crucifixion!”

*Aaaarrrrrgggghhhhhh!!!!*

A guttural roar echoed across the entirety of Asphodel.

The War Gods were shocked as they heard the agonized scream of Lust, which not only confirmed their guesses that they're still alive, but also surprised the War Gods since Raven easily saw what they can't and easily intercepted it.

A massive crucifix appeared in front of them. Theo, who's watching this scene, had a brilliant smile on his face. Of course he would, after all he was the one who created this technique after all. Only a handful of people could perform this technique due its strict requirements which mostly because of Cleansing Flames, so seeing it being performed by someone else in front of him, caused him to feel incredibly elated.

The War Gods watched the massive crucifix in awe. At the center of it, was a figure which looked just like lust but without the wings. It was suffering from extreme agony, it didn't matter how hard it tried to free itself, the crucifixion flames won't let go, and it's agony will only continue.

Nevertheless, Raven himself didn't know what to do. He's aware that being trapped in the crucifix of Cleansing Flames was an agonizing experience for Lust but Raven doubted that it would kill it. In fact, he's already expecting that it won't. But it won't be freeing itself anytime soon so he wanted to use this time to ask for the opinion of the War Gods.

”Should we kill it?” That's all he wanted to ask. Nevertheless, his question had an incredible importance.

”Why hesitate, 9th?” Levi asked, ”That's our job right?”

”I know.” Raven nodded, ”But if we do, the Devil Emperor will surely sense it. In fact, I even have a feeling that it already knows. The emperor might order its minions to launch another invasion, more aggressively this time, if we truly kill this thing.”

”But at the same time, letting it go means allowing it to report to its brothers what we did. That's important intel that they might use against us in the future. At the same time, this thing won't make the same mistake in the future, so our chances of killing it would lessen.”

”I want your opinions about this matter. I'm fairly new so I'll just go by your decision.” Raven stated, causing the War Gods to look at him approvingly.

The War Gods looked at each other and nodded. They all then said: ”Kill.”

Henry stepped forward and said: ”It's fine that you think that way, after all you're considering the future of the sect with your decision. But what Levi said is true. It is our job to slay these things, the more the better. Eradicating them is our purpose, for the greater good.”

”We'll leave the honors to you. This is your Merit, after all if it weren't for you, our casualties would be way higher.” Paolo added with a huge grin on his face.

”Aw, shucks...” Raven placed a bashful expression on his face as he stepped closer to the tortured soul of Lust.

Seeing that expression caused the War Gods' faces to twitch...

”I just feel the need to smack his face whenever he wears that expression. Is it just me?” Logan stated. The other War Gods didn't say a thing but all of them agreed inwardly.

As Raven stood in front of Lust's soul, he clenched his hand and torrents of pure white flames started pulsating from his fist.

A hoarse laugh escaped from Lust's lips despite the agonizing pain it endured. It then looked savagely at Raven and said:

”I can't believe this.” It said, ”On normal occasions, I could squash something like you with a random yawn, yet now I will meet my end on your hands. Oh! What kind of laughable fate is this?”