Chapter 657: Contact (2/2)

Since there were no survivors left, Raven retracted his domain and walked outside of the island. He was now headed towards the black beam of light that will transport him to the 80th floor, walking on the surface of water.

Even from this distance, Raven could feel the disgusting presence of the Devil Emperor. He could feel a gaze on him, if felt heavy and malicious. He wasn't surprised that their dearest prisoner was observing what's happening here despite this place being literally the edge of its domain.

He could see several tendrils of nothing but pure evil and rot wrapped around the beam of light. Still, Raven approached it fearlessly with a calm smile on his face. He wasn't afraid nor confident. He's just focused on one task left for him to do and that is to modify the 79th floor to his advantage.

When he was less than fifteen meters away from the beam of light, he saw the black tendrils shivering but not from fear, out of anger. These tendrils were like mother snakes, hissing at him threateningly and telling him not to approach any further.

Raven shrugged and the Brush of Wisdom appeared on his hand. He began weaving lines filled with Golden and Silver energies. They twisted together and form runes that glowed and released a powerful might.

The hissing turned louder, it was if the tendrils were giving him an ultimatum. Raven didn't care. He continued his work when all of a sudden, several tendrils were launched, slithering towards his direction.

Raven showed no signs of stopping or surprise. He continued his work even with the threat of the tendrils attacking him.

When the black tendrils were mere inches away from him and was about to bite his head off, Raven's body suddenly blazed with white flames. Scorching the black tendrils and causing them to screech in pain and agony.

It didn't stop there, the white flames swiftly spread, burning the other tendrils and crept up to the source and burned it as well. The screeching noises filled the entire 79th floor, yet it did nothing to distract Raven from his work.

As the Cleansing Flames burned away the edges of the Devil Emperor creeping through the 79th floor, Raven eventually finished his runes. He looked up and saw that the flames were burning the remains of the prisoner's domain.

Raven felt the gaze and started back at it. He got this impression that he's looking at the whatever's shrouded behind the darkness. He could feel a large influence trying to dye him in black but Raven's brilliant Soul and unshakable Will held on without even budging.

He could feel that the entity was shocked, prompting Raven to chuckle.

Had Raven wanted to, he could modified the pagoda all the way up here back then. It's guaranteed that he'll be able to do just that and still remain unscathed. However, knowing that there's a chance that he will have contact with the Devil Emperor here, caused him to feel slightly threatened.

Raven has no idea just how strong the Devil Emperor was even at its weakened state. Additionally, he's at a disadvantage since his soul was injured back then and the chances of the Devil Emperor attempting to paint him in its colors will be high. He had read records of this being the case and the worst of them, resulted in the birth of the Allfather - who embraced the Devil Emperor's Will.

Now that his soul had fully recovered, this possibility was of course shattered. Even if the maniacal and demented Will of the Devil Emperor was strong, it could never hope to influence Raven at all due to his experiences before.

”Who...are...you...?”

A disembodied voice echoed on Raven's ears. Raven didn't reply, he merely smirked and pointed at the beam of light causing the runes to fly towards the beam of black light.

”...!”

Even as the runes he created did their work, Raven never broke his eye-contact with the prisoner. His spirit remained serene. He could feel the Devil Emperor trying to do something to prevent whatever's happening to occur but Raven wasn't worried. He smirked and said:

”Behave.”

One word was all he needed in order to piss-off the Devil Emperor, he could feel it thrashing around it's cell but Raven couldn't care less.

And as the Cleansing Flame burned the last specks, the runes Raven created also finished materializing and the 79th floor was successfully modified.