Salvos

Chapter 601: The Strongest

601. The Strongest

There they were. Two behemoths of the Netherworld. Colossal creatures that towered over mountains, standing at the pinnacle of power in all the Nexeus.

The first was [The Great Agarus]. It was shaped like an island rotund, bloated body carried by four legs. It was like a turtle without a shell, except it had a face full of eyes, and a beard of even more tendrils.

It was a wild Primordial Demon that wasnt so wild? I wasnt sure if it was actually completely mindless, since it was targeting me out of all the swathes of other possible Demons it could attack. It didnt like me because of my partial corruption. Or at least, that was what I thought.

I didnt actually know why it hated me. I just knew that it wanted me dead, and if not for using all my Grand Skills, I wouldnt have survived my encounters with it.

The second Primordial Demon was the Primordial Demon. It was the highest-leveled being in all of the Nexeus even my dad feared it for its immense strength. And my dad was the Devil!

The Beast had the body of a wolf, and the heads of seven serpents. Except after it was struck by a vortex from [The Great Agarus], its heads had multiplied.

And both Primordial Demons were massive. It was like watching a pair of mountains facing off each other. In the valley between them, there were innumerable wild Demons gathered, swarming mindlessly for an invisible beacon. Little did they know that they were going to be ripped apart by the Beast and [The Great Agarus] soon enough.

I narrowed my eyes as [The Great Agarus] foolishly turned away from the Beast, sweeping its gaze over the landscape in search of me.

You shouldnt have done that

I murmured to myself, and Haec approached me from behind. He looked out through the glass-like panels, staring at the Beast as it let out a ferocious roar. But thanks to [The World Of My Mind], the sound was muffled.

Should we even be watching this?

Haec asked apprehensively as I shook my head.

Well be fine. Just sit back and watch.

I gave my companion a reassuring nod before looking back towards the Beast. One of its mouths opened as colorful embers gathered there, creating an iridescent fireball. My eyes flickered.

Is that divinity?

I wondered aloud. And all at once, the Beast unleashed the blazing sphere at [The Great Agarus].

The iridescent fireball was the size of a small hill. It had to have been hundreds of feet wide. But despite its size, the other Primordial Demon hadnt even been expecting the attack. Its gaze had been turned to the side as it scanned the sea of Demons at its feet for me.

[The Great Agarus] only realized something was amiss when the iridescent fireball was about to strike. Its many eyes darted to the side, and it raised its head right in time to be engulfed in a pillar of blinding flames.

We had to have been over a dozen miles away from the battlefield, but the blast nearly reached us. Even though I was safe in [The World Of My Mind], I reeled back from the explosion. The wild Demons gathered closest to the blast evaporated in an instant, and even more that tried to flee the scene were ripped apart from the shockwave. It was so powerful, my pocket space trembled for a brief moment, before the light dissipated.

I looked back up towards where [The Great Agarus] had been standing. The landscape had been ravaged. Hundreds of thousands of wild Demons were killed in an instant their charred remains littering the ground. Many of them were even incinerated, their ashen remains staining the ground where they had stood. A colossal curtain of smoke rose from the earth, and a shadowed figure moved within.

[The Great Agarus] emerged from a massive crater, ripping through the smoke with a terrible screech. Its tendrils were burning, and a chunk of its back was missing. But it didnt look hurt. It just looked at the Beast in anger.

So theyve both got in one free hit on each other. That even things out I think?

I crossed my arms as I looked back towards the Beast. Even after being struck by the vortex earlier, it was completely unscathed. It drew forward as it raised its ten heads, roaring back at [The Great Agarus].

The sky crackled with dozens of black lightning. Each lightning bolt was powerful enough to strike me down if I was in its path. They ripped apart the shifting landscape of Reconstruction, before shooting out straight at the Level 225 Primordial Demon.

In response, [The Great Agarus] just raised its tendrils. Somehow, it redirected the black lightning, and the bolts crashed against the rock ground, shredding open an entire canyon before my eyes.

[The Great Agarus] reeled as its shell was completely ripped off its back. The layer of protection gone, it was now vulnerable to direct attacks from the Beast. It backed away, but the Beasts many heads were faster. They clamped onto [The Great Agarus], keeping it from escaping.

With seven of its heads, the Beast flipped [The Great Agarus] onto the ground. I looked on as the tide of battle quickly shifted, and the biting heads of the Beast ripped apart the hard skin of the Level 225 Primordial Demon.

To its credit, [The Great Agarus] didnt give up, even on the ground. Its tendrils moved as dozens of black lightning bolts crashed from the sky. But the attempt at a counter attack was completely pointless. The Beast completely ignored the dark lightning striking its back, continuing to tear into its opponent.

So youre saying the black lightning the iridescent flames those arent the Beasts real Skills?

Haec asked, completely baffled as he watched the Beast rip into [The Great Agarus]. Bertrugil sighed.

I guess they could be considered Skills. But Id consider them Skills in the same way youd consider punching with your enhanced strength a Skill.

Thats

The former Heir of the Netherworld opened his mouth, before catching himself. He was at a loss for words. But I wasnt. I placed a hand on the wall of my pocket space.

Amazing that is why its the strongest, huh?

And [The Great Agarus] screeched as one of its limbs was torn from its body. It lay there, its body almost growing limp as its many eyes began to bleed. For a moment, I thought the battle was over. But then I sensed a surge of magic pouring out.

The Beast itself paused, sensing the same thing coming from its enemy. Eight of its heads were already pinning down [The Great Agarus], but the remaining four moved to stop whatever was happening.

However, the Beast was too slow. [The Great Agarus] raised its head as its bleeding eyes focused on the Beast. And one of the thirteen serpent-like heads twisted, spilling a deluge of black blood. Another bent broken, and another.

Haec blinked a few times, and even Bertrugil was confused.

What is going on?

The [Abraxas] asked as I bit my lower lip. I saw it, even if no one else did the fabric of reality bending before my very eyes.

Space magic. Like nothing I have ever seen before.

And that wasnt a lie. Even the strength of a Corrupted Rift was incomparable to what I was witnessing. [The Great Agarus] broke another of the Beasts many heads, slowly rising from the ground. It looked like the Level 225 Primordial Demon could actually have a chance at winning.

But that was a mistake, wasnt it?

I asked, not even looking at Bertrugil. He nodded behind me.

Indeed.

The Beast stumbled back as [The Great Agarus] stood on its three remaining legs. It focused its attack on another head, and I saw space twisting where the serpent-like neck. And that was when the Beast had enough.

A thirteenth head sprouted from the Beast, and it ignored the continued attack from [The Great Agarus]. Even as another of the first twelve heads was snapped, the thirteenth head just rose to the sky.

The crimson dome overhead began to glow bright. I watched as a spell circle took shape there, spreading out a dozen miles wide. [The Great Agarus] ignored this, opening its mouth once again. Another black hole took shape there as it broke another one of the Beasts few remaining heads.

And I saw the pentagram take shape in the sky. The Beast let out a final roar, and that was when I heard the blaring of [Angelic Premonition] in my head. I spun around, cursing to myself as I reached for my pocket space.

Shit

A pillar of white light shot down from the sky a second later. And in an instant, everything in hundreds of miles the mountains, [The Great Agarus], the wild Demons and even my pocket space was engulfed in a fiery explosion.