Chapter 619 - 564: Fallen Gods and Rising Devils (2/2)

”And how did the balance get broken?”

”Well, there are many reasons, for example, the conjunction of two or more cycles, messing with time, etc…”

He paused for a second and studied Death's face before continuing: ”In this case, it's because the natural laws couldn't handle the Shadow Emperor's existence. The Shadow Laws were getting out of hand and affecting the other ones hence the appearance of those disasters. Facing extinction, the laws started acting on their own, though what they had done didn't really affect Moriah, who chose to end his own life.”

”So it's just because of Moriah?”

”What do you mean 'just because of Moriah'? It's more than enough of a reason. He became so powerful that his existence started erasing everything else, just thinking about it gives me the chills.”

”I thought Moriah died because he couldn't handle his own power.”

As she said that, the silent Leiu corrected her: ”If he didn��t end his own life then he wouldn't died anyway. He absorbed too much from the shadows and wasn't able to contain it all regardless of how tough his shell was.”

After saying that, the youth stood up and waved his hand while adding:

”It's almost time. You should leave… and take Saly home. Safely.”

He didn't wait for Anastassia to reply and quickly left the room, followed by the Joker, who didn't want to leave his brother's side. They were heading to the 50th floor; the World of Darkness.

Left alone, Death looked at the sleeping little girl then at the monitor. She enveloped the young beastmen with her magic and left the Red Tower second later.

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An enormous illusory golden palm struck two Fallen Gods, flattening them on the ground and when they were about to get up, thick jet black chains sprung from the ground and bound their bodies, the gravity was also increased, further decreasing their mobility. Arthur descended from the sky, hitting one of the targets' faceless heads with his glowing fist. A thundering explosion echoed across the area when his fist connected with the mass of black light, which was tougher than Amtir's Jade.

Arthur clenched his teeth and punched again, this time unleashing a burst of Dark and Void Magic. The Fallen God's head slowly vanished but its body continued its struggle to break free from the chains. As for the other God, it managed to shatter the chains and attack the parasite only to be hit by a meteor-like fireball created by the Quad-Spirit.

As flames engulfed the Fallen God, a grey tornado appeared from within Arthur's body and flung the enemy in the air before it started eating what little was left of its Life essence.

Without wasting any second, Arthur transformed into a White Tiger and leapt far away, leaving only one headless Fallen God wriggling on the ground. He left the perimeter of the whirlpool and entered another area flagged by a disastrous ash-colored rain.

The heavy pouring liquid slowly decreased Arthur's health and even when coated himself with Dark Magic, it didn't work. In the end, he had to continuously use Life Energy to regenerate the lost Health.

He was getting closer and closer to Lucy, who seemed to be in the middle of battling Fallen Gods along with Losha.

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Several minutes after finishing those two Fallen Gods, Arthur finally arrived at where his wife is. His eyes glowed with a blue light, freezing one of two enemies next to Lucy and her teacher, he teleported three times, appearing behind the target then used the White Tiger's massive body to bash the Fallen God then he returned to his human form and flew next to Lucy, holding her wrist and spinning around.

He spun 180 degrees before letting go of her hand, causing her body to fly in the air, directly towards one of the enemies. The White Specter made use of Devil Arm to slash at the mass of black light, ripping it into pieces.

Surprisingly, the energy released by her arm was highly effective against the Fallen Gods. As for Losha, she didn't face any troubles as her body was able to block all the attacks while her Divine Sword purged those malevolent entities.

Once the few enemies were disposed of, Arthur looked at the massive scarlet moon above him, focusing mainly on the black dots fighting each other. There appeared to be two sides, one was composed of Fallen Gods and the others were humanoid-like monsters with horns and long tail. The shape of their hands and the scales covering them were a bit similar to Lucy's devil arms but theirs didn't release steam or has a shoulder-guards made of dark red scales.