Ch 188 – Humanity’s Rebirth

As a purple gate opened over a city currently being overrun by monsters and a ginormous Hydra the size of multiple buildings, it was as if it sensed something and the Hydra roared loudly, multiple of its head opened and beams of fire, water, acid, and more combined to shoot towards the purple gate. In response, golden light gathered to form a protective barrier around the purple gate, blocking the oncoming attack.

Seeing that the Hydra attacked instantly, Angela who walked through the purple gate smirked and said: "It seems like this big guy isn't so happy that we're here."

In response, Isaac Deathwill who now held a staff made from draconic bones walked through the purple gate and said: "Hmm, it seems like this big guy will be a bit troublesome. Hydras have an absurdly high regeneration speed and their life energy is immense, so I'll have to slowly kill the Hydra by corroding it with death energy. Do you think you can buy me enough time for that to happen?"

"I'll do my best," Angela smiled and turned around. Her eyes glowed brightly, and just like an Empress of Light, golden flakes gathered around her body. She flew through the sky and approached the Hydra unhindered by any beast, her eyes were fearless upon nearing the powerful Demigod, on the contrary, she even smiled as power coursed throughout her entire body.

Instantly, the invisible spirits of light that exist throughout the area responded to her call. Blades of light formed, and they pierced through the sky and roared toward the Hydra.

Seeing that, its eyes gleamed, and beams of ice approached the blades of light to obstruct their path, while its head moved to the side to avoid the attacks. But those blades of light were made to take the attention of the Hydra, as she increased her speed and arrived near the Hydra while a sword of light formed around her hand.

She tried to swing it as hard as she can, but before it can even cut through the neck of the Hydra, it quickly regenerated at an absurd rate that made her eyes widen. Noticing her actions, the Hydra responded by swinging its head to try and smash its neck at her, but Angela's body quickly morphed into pure golden light, and the long neck of the Hydra passed through her.

'Tch, this is more troublesome than I thought.' Quickly appearing above the sky, she glances down at the ground as hordes of undead mow down the monsters in the area, causing their strengths to rise while more undead form.

Seeing that, Angela's eyes gleamed in awe while muttering: "Right, I only need to stall for time before the Hydra gets knocked down by the corrosive death energy."

And so, Angela continued to fight and fight. She persisted and resisted the attacks of the Hydra and just like what Isaac said, the Hydra's body slowly withered and turned ashy, as if it was nearing its death already.

Even her attacks are starting to take effect, as patches of skin remained unhealed and burned by her intense light. Even a head was chopped without being able to heal, as death energy was emitted from the neckless part of the Hydra.

Z-Rank beasts, though powerful and have a hint of wisdom, are still beasts with low intelligence. Even if they hold wisdom far superior compared to lower rank beasts, compared to Demigods stemming from a sapient race like humans or elves, they are severely outmatched in terms of intelligence. Just like that, the mighty Hydra fell to the scheme of the two Demigods of Earth and was slowly dying.

But with their lower intelligence comes terrifying might. At the moment, Angela was already huffing with exhaustion as traces of damage can be seen on her body. Even her excessive use of turning into pure light dwindled down as it taxes her body too much whenever she used it. But victory was already within reach, and she only needs to hold on before the Hydra is slain.

One head, two heads, three heads, four heads; the Hydra slowly died under their onslaught of attacks, while she also continued to get drained of her energy.

Five heads, six heads, seven heads, eight heads; only a single head remain.

Seeing that, she rushed forward through the sky like a beam of light, a brilliant sword of light coalesced around her right arm as she stared at the Hydra intensely. Its body was battered with wounds and reeked of death energy, and she was also exhausted after this long fight.

But it was almost over, she only needs to finish it with a single swing.

"DIE!" She cried out while, and with one swift slash, her sword cut through the Hydra's neck and with a heaving chest, she turned her head and saw the head sliding down the Hydra's body.

"We… We did it-"

The sound of flesh being pierced by metal was heard, and Angela puked out blood from her mouth. She slowly glanced down, a black tentacle pierced through her chest as her vitality was quickly drained. In her last moments, she saw a man cladded in gray floating right in front of her.

"Good job, Bahamut," Isaac said as he stretched out his hands toward the corpse of Angela coldly.

On the other hand, one can find a long tentacle near the beheaded part of the Hydra. Quickly, the whole city saw the dead Hydra disappear like an illusion, but in Isaac's perspective, the entirety of the Hydra's body, including the heads lying on the ground, gathered into a lump of black goo which jumped towards him from Angela's pierced chest.

Remaining silent, Isaac activated his cheat, and the dead Angela's eyes opened wide in mere moments. Seeing that, he smiled coldly and both disappeared with a flash of white light.

***

At the moment, both Shadow Monarch and Gal Jum can be seen fiercely fighting the mountain-like Ancient Undead Dragon in the sky. All throughout the land, one can find undead beings facing hordes of beasts and shadows, as a war was brewing within the city that unfortunately faced the wrath of multiple Demigods.

Shadow Monarch launched himself forward, a blade of shadows gathered around his hand and he approached the head of the ginormous head of the Ancient Undead Dragon fearlessly. All around him, wisps of shadow followed just like traces of black gas.

But just as he was about to swing his sword to shoot off the condensed shadows that gathered at the edge of his blade, a strange feeling soon appeared inside his mind that made him feel an immense amount of danger: 'Angela… died?'

Before he can even process what was happening, he heard the sound of air wooshing behind him, and relying purely on instinct, his body turned disappeared with a poof of black gas, as Gal Jum's monstrous fist appeared in the area.

Seeing that in the far distance, Shadow Monarch's eyes widened with surprise as an intense feeling of foreboding invaded him. 'I need to run!'

"You can't escape now, Shadow Monarch!" Gal Jum's pair of eyes turned purple, and instantly, the area around them was suddenly covered by a purple barrier.

Shadow Monarch instantly understood that this barrier prevents his ability to teleport away and traps him inside this space. Seeing that, he understood that he will have to get out of this by killing Gal Jum.

So with fighting being the only choice left, he charged forward fearlessly.

***

"You! What are you doing?!" Grid Valere shouted while clutching his missing arm. In front of him, he saw Yokota Makoto surrounded by a barrier of yellow light.

Just as he stared at Yokota Makoto, an immense feeling of danger warned him and he turned his head to the side and saw a ginormous black maw greeting him.

'What?! I thought we already killed the Chimera Overlord!' At that moment, Grid Valere's body was shrouded by a burst of white light, which caused a small explosion to occur that made the ginormous maw disappear.

As the light receded, one can now see that his body was surrounded by brilliant white armor, which caused Yokota Makoto to click his tongue in response.

"It seems like you're a tougher opponent to deal with than I originally thought, I must say that you truly do live up to the title of 'Treasure Heaven's founder', Grid Valere."

***

Dark clouds gathered in the sky as both Qian Feng and Immortal King stared at each other.

Immortal King furrowed his brows while staring at Qian Feng, he gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "Qian Feng! Why are you collaborating with the Evil Spirit!"

Qian Feng remained silent, more and more swords surrounded his body as peerless sword energy covered his body. On the other hand, black smoke formed into a humanoid figure that emitted ghostly energy that made the surrounding temperature drop by several degrees.

Seeing that negotiations are out of the table, both of his hands glowed brightly with white light and two ginormous palms appeared beside him. Qian Feng remained calm, while the Immortal King was facing two fearsome opponents all alone.

They quickly fought, showing the fearsome might of Demigods. The sky was split into several areas, the clouds were parted, the ground quaked, and the forests and mountains around them were decimated.

The Immortal King, though powerful, was unfortunately alone. On the other hand, the two beings in front of it were both experienced Demigods, and they worked in sync with one another like they had been partners since birth.

Just like that, the Immortal King was quickly overwhelmed that a fatal flaw was seen. Without letting it go, Qian Feng's eyes glowed brightly and he raised his hand forward, which caused a sword to pierce through the air at sonic speeds, leaving behind a trail of white sword energy behind it.

*Kashuk*

The sound of his sword puncturing the Immortal King's forehead was heard, and the pair of ginormous white hands disappeared into thin air. Seeing that, Qian Feng remained unperturbed and retrieved his sword where the Immortal King's body remained hanging.

On the other hand, the Evil Spirit transformed into a black ball of goo and landed on Qian Feng's sword.

As all the conditions were set, both of them disappeared.

***

High in the pacific sea, multiple beings can be seen appearing at the very same moment in a flash of white light.

A man with long silver-gray hair and eyes along with a woman with golden hair and eyes.

A young man with golden hair and eyes carrying the body of a bloody man with black hair and golden eyes.

A muscular man with hair akin to a river of blood holding a man covered in shadow-like armor by the neck.

A sword immortal with a floating sword hovering beside him where a sagely man lay hanging.

A man with rainbow hair and eyes.

A woman with blond hair and blue eyes.

From their bodies, black goo flew towards Isaac Deathwill and entered his body, disappearing into nowhere.

Next, they all gave the dead bodies to Isaac Deathwill. One by one, a strange power coursed through the corpses, their wounds healed, signs of life appeared, and they opened their eyes in mere moments. As all of them were officially turned into Servants, beings neither dead nor alive, they floated to the side.

"Darling!" The woman with blond hair and blue eyes lunged at the man, her eyes were lovestruck as she snuggled her head on Isaac's muscular chest.

Seeing that, he chuckled with a low laugh while his eyes glowed with malicious light: "Finally, I have all of them dead."

"Yes! We can finally have this whole world be at the palm of your hands just like you planned!" Clover Fourleaf squealed with glee.

Hearing her, he smiled lightly and a pair of blue balls floated from his back. Raising his staff of bones towards the sky, an immense amount of mana gathered and Angelica who was inspecting the whole event gasped with surprise.

If one were to observe Earth at that moment, one can find a ginormous magic circle covering the entirety of the Pacific Ocean, and it quickly expanded to an astronomical degree as more and more mana was poured in with the help of his Servants.

Soon, the humans of Earth looked to the sky and saw interweaving gray lines forming complex runes and spell matrixes, shocking all of Earth. It was as if time came to a standstill, where every being on Earth just stood there, staring in awe at the grand magic construct in the sky.

"All of this planning has finally led to this one single moment, to this one single moment where all of humanity will die… and undergo rebirth!" His voice roared throughout the entire Earth as seas shook and the clouds parted.

A terrifying amount of energy gathered around the skies, and as Isaac's eyes gleamed with malicious intent, he smiled horrifically and just like that…

*Boom*

AN: This chapter has 2190 words.

You didn't expect for Isaac Deathwill to just end all of humanity in one go, huh? You thought he would do some overly complicated scheme to slowly make all of humanity his Servants. But nope, he just killed them all in one swift spell.

And you wanna know what's more wacky? It's when Kaleido slaughters an entire tribe because some drunkard Gu Immortal had something he wanted. Or how he sacrificed an uncountable number of lives to Dang Hun Mountain, or how he even allowed countless to die so that his luck can increase? Yeah, self-promotion is truly "malala".

Malala is like, uh... bruh, it's harder to describe filipino words than I thought. It's like severe or bad, but in like: "Damn, that wound's severe." Okay, fuck you guys, I'm leaving it as that.

(November 6, 2022 – 347th day of writing)