281 A might that eclipsed the sun (1/2)

Golden chains were penetrating the body of this man, and Oliver and Tomas were standing by his side, like two faithful watchdogs. The Angelic Paragons had their eyes filled with boiling asphalt and an emotionless expression on their faces.

From the Sage's hand, pulses of dark aura were being released into the clone's head, and boiling asphalt invaded his body and mind, ready to take control of them once Zatiel's soul showed the first sign of weakness.

Without any warning, the Sage's body started to tremble and cough uncontrollably. The mask he was wearing broke into hundreds of pieces before falling to the ground.

His face was composed of thousands of small mutant leeches that formed three orifices. The two that were filled with a white light should be the eyes, and the last one packed with spikes was taking the form of a monstrous mouth. He was so hideous that even a Mane would be considered pretty in front of him.

Mouthfuls of black blood fell from that repulsive mouth. The blood behaved like acid as it burned the floor.

Despite the havoc that was occurring inside his body and consciousness, the Sage did not take his hand out of the clone's head, but the pulses of dark energy had stopped.

It took a moment for the Sage to regain control of his body, and the first thing he did after that was closing his eyes and focusing all of his power on the Law of Fate. It only took him a moment to realize the origin of his injury. He looked at the clone, and his eyes narrowed.

”I suppose you were the one... who helped those four-eyed pests. Not bad, but hardly... enough to defeat me” The Sage's voice was rough, and was having a hard time maintaining his body straight. He won't be able to keep the Deep Dark Dream much longer due to the chaotic energy running in his body, but that did not stop him from using every single ounce of power he had during these last few moments.

The power in the dark aura and the amount of boiling asphalt that headed to the clone's body and consciousness increased exponentially.

As long Zatiel's soul fell into the Deep Dark Dream, and he obtained control over this singularly, the positive feedback he would obtain from the Law of Fate would be enough to heal all the damage he had received from the backlash.

Unfortunately for the Sage, the Neo-Demon's soul stood strong despite everything he did and was able to escape from the dream world he had put him into.

He was someone who had provoked the doom of countless beings, many of them Soul Law Domain existences, and yet his plan had been thwarted by a Rank 3 life form again and again. No matter how powerful was Zatiel in his previous life, the Sage could not tolerate being humiliated like this.

”Hmph, you are naive if you think I am defeated. The only thing your tricks will achieve is to buy you some time. I was going to let you live in a beautiful dream once you surrender, but I have changed my mind. Once you accept the dream as a reality and fall to my control, I will make sure you see them die over and over again until the end of times.”

It was clear that when it comes to viciousness, the Sage did not fall short compared to Archedevils.

All of a sudden, while the Sage envisioned the hell to which he would submit Zatiel, his eyes widened. Part of the reason was the surge of energy he felt in the direction of the Fornes continent, but more importantly, he had lost his connection with the exterior. It felt as if a curtain had covered the entire Beta Heavenly World, blocking everything.

”The connection birthed from my soul should be impossible to block. What is happening?.” The Sage was not accustomed to things being outside of his understanding.

However, he did not have time to figure out the origin of the interference before the appearance of giant runic lines that covered the sky, the ocean, and the earth. Hundreds of them even passed right through the castle in which he stayed.

This scene truly surprised the Sage, and he was not the only one, since this scene left every single intelligent being in the Beta Heavenly World stunned and confused.

Before the Sage could even start to comprehend those runic lines, a power assaulted his consciousness and soul and attempted to knock him out.