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Bestellen glanced at the fight unfold through Graham's connection, as the other Gods also perceived it.

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Many of them were in shock about what they saw.

Not only the Half-Demon boy had survived several attacks from Graham, a Familiar Spirit that should be capable of killing a mortal with ease, but two other figures had emerged amidst the battle.

A strange and bizarre Living Armor, and a young adult human man.

"Wait… Is that a Living Armor?! Is that really that lowly Undead-type monster?" asked one of the Gods, Rhalorr, the God of Water and Oceans

"It is…" said Bestellen, his expression was filled with intrigue.

"It… It… Fused with the boy?!" asked Phunana, the Goddess of Thunder and Weather.

"Unbelievable… Soul Fusion, something that only Gods can do!" said Chaneyr, the God of Wind and the Sky.

"But even amongst the Gods that have fused with other Gods, none had done it this easily!" said Uphy, the Goddess of Fire and the Sun.

"And even then… It seems that they did it incredibly casually… Does this mean that they can also go back at will? This is…! Only the Demon God King had the power to fuse itself with souls so easily and also to discard them if he wanted…!" said Rhalorr.

"Hm… Perhaps there is way more than we had expected. The Half-Demon might not be the only danger being around that group, the Living Armor itself is already a calamity-class monster, but it seems to have the same intelligence as a human…" said Bestellen.

"And their presence… just as Graham had thought, they have several fragments of Anir and Kelsus with them… how is it possible for them to not have gone berserk yet?" asked Rhalorr.

"Strange, very strange indeed…" said Bestellen.

The Gods fell into silence as they glanced at the battle unfold.

Graham had conjured a stronger version of his Supernova Spell, Grand Supernova, which generated an even larger and stronger sphere of light.

Clashing against the fusion, Veronica used her Abyssal Soul to fight back against such light, using her sol as a weapon and shaping it as an enormous sphere of darkness, feeding it with mana and other spells thanks to Shade, she threw it against Graham's Grand Supernova, managing to destroy it.

Boom!

Graham was impacted by the wave of darkness that penetrated his Divine Soul, seeping into his ethereal body, as if it were deadly poison.

Graham quickly realized that this was Miasma.

Miasma was corrupted by Mana, which was concentrated in enormous quantities, to the point that instead of nourishing the bodies of living beings, it affected them negatively.

Mortals were rather resistant to it as they had a flesh body, but Gods, whose Divine Souls were exposed directly to it, might undergo exhaustion, pain, and even weakened states.

In some cases where Miasma is too strong, Gods would be infected by it and turn berserk, sometimes becoming Fallen Gods, other times falling into eternal slumbers, and so on.

Due to this infectious essence, Gods from this world would feel weakened, while monsters and Demon Gods born from this would feel strengthened, this was why Ervas and Veronica's souls were not affected by such corrosive substance.

Alongside this, Graham quickly realized that his soul began to feel great pain.

Within Veronica's attack came Soul Break, the powerful ability to break and damage souls, by enveloping their attacks with it, even an Immortal Soul would receive damage.

"Impressive…! To be expected of the damned Demon King…! My Soul aches in pain! But it does not mean anything…! I must pursue my goal, and defeat them! This is my duty! This is why Bestellen-sama has given me all of this power!" said Graham aloud, as his entire body was coated in bright light, his eyes shining brightly as they released two lasers of yellow-gold light.

Flash! Flash!

"Oh! Are those Fragments of Anir? Interesting…!" said Veronica.

"Let's block it," said Ervas.

"Let me help!" said Jason.

The Veronica and Ervas quickly moved as one, as Jason infused his Fire Attribute Spells into the Fusion!

Flash!

An enormous wall of dark flames emerged around them, blocking the light and slowly dissipating by the powerful lasers!

Boom!

Graham smiled as he moved at the incredible speed that he had acquired, appearing right behind Ervas and Veronica!

"Perish! Heavenly Sanctification Beam!"

Graham conjured another of his ridiculous power Light and Life Attribute Spells, releasing a gigantic beam of yellow-gold light towards the group!

"Veronica, let's fuse our magic as well," said Ervas.

"On it!" said Veronica.

Veronica and Ervas souls extended as enormous phantasmal claws, clashing against the gigantic beam, and resisting it!

"Impossible!" said Graham in disbelief, how could a measly phantom hand resist his strongest spell?!

However, this was not even their spell, but a way to defend themselves that was quicker than conjuring barriers.

The real spell appeared right above Graham, as space began to distort, and an enormous sphere of abyssal chaos and void merged together emerged.

"Wha-"

"Oooooohhhh!"

The sphere suddenly groaned, extending countless tentacles towards Graham, entangling his body as he tried to fend it off, slaying off several tentacles with his light, but many of them seeped into his body, leaving large wounds on his Divine Soul, all charged with Soul Break!

Clash! Clash! Clash!

"Unnghhooooohh…!"

Graham roared, as he released an enormous wave o flight and managed to escape the voracious entity, which was nothing but an actual spell and not a living being.

"Chaos and Void Beast, a Spell that Kireina taught to us… By using both our Chaos and Void Attributes, and by adding ridiculous amounts of Mana, we can generate these 'creatures', their strength and speed are immense, and they don't die either… We can even choose where to place them as long as they're around a radius of ten meters around us," thought Ervas.

"Oooooh…!"

The Chaos and Void Beast groaned once more, as it appeared right behind Graham through Warp!

"W-What?!" asked Graham, releasing a blast of light and disintegrating half of the mischievous beasts' body, however, its tentacles once more extended, as grasped on Graham tightly!

Graham glanced at the horrifying creature as a smile surged from within it!

BOOM!

"Although it costs a lot of Mana," said Ervas, glancing as Graham was impacted head-on by their strange spell, as the creature exploded!

"Nngguuoooohhh…!"

Graham cried in agony, falling from the sky, as he saw his brilliant body being slowly corrupted by darkness…!

Although becoming a Familiar Spirit brought several strengths, it also brought a lot of weaknesses!

Flash!

At that moment, Ervas, Veronica, and Jason appeared right behind Graham, not through Warp, but their sheer speed.

Enhancing their bodies with their fused souls and Jason's added power, a barrage of punches fell upon Graham, the combination of the three that made this fusion's techniques into one!

"Nngh!"

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

A punch hit Graham's stomach, a kick fell into his head, and a claw slashed his legs!

Graham tried to dodge or counterattack, but he felt like the speed and power he once had was already dimming!

"This… What is… my body feels so weakened…!" muttered Graham, feeling as if Bestellen himself had brought his demise!

"I see what happened… Bestellen converted you into a Familiar Spirit, right? I guess he never told you that if you did not create a Divine Area around yourself to nourish your soul and to exist within this area filled with miasma, that you would soon be so weakened by the miasma that you would most likely fall into an eternal slumber? I guess he never told you that, didn't he?" asked Veronica and Ervas voices.

"What kind of… Bestellen-sama would never do such a thing! Silence!" cried Graham, releasing enormous rays from his eyes, impacting the fusion directly, as they generated gigantic claws with their Souls and Phantom, and then released a spear of black flames directly towards the rays from within Graham's eyes!

FLASH!

"Eh?!"

CLASH!

The spear of black flames impacted Graham directly on his head, as he shrieked in agony!

"Nnnggguuaaahh…!"

Graham, on his rage and pain, infused everything he had, generating dozens of Grand Supernovas and launching them at Ervas, Veronica, and Jason!

"Perish in the name of my lord!" he roared.

Flash! Flash! Flash!

"Good thing my Resistance is at Level 5!" said Veronica, releasing her combined soul with Ervas once more, and combining it with Jason's flames, unleashing an enormous wall of black flames, impacting the Grand Supernovas as they exploded near her.

Flash!

The fusion quickly flew near Graham once more, as their metallic claws grew even more grotesque, like enormous pincers!

"You monster!" cried Graham, he was beginning to fall into despair as he could not take off his mind the thought about Bestellen having used him as a mere pawn, just to die in here and not reach anything at all!

He tried to employ his eyes once more, but the Black Flames Spear that impacted his head had left his eyes damaged, and he was not able to use them properly.

Even more, he had begun to feel like the eyes had some kind of will of their own, not obeying him!

"This is…! I am a battle pope! Obey me!" he cried.

"Main body, main body!"

"You're not the main body!

"The main body… is near!"

"Main body…?! But you are Anir's Fragments, how can a Demon King be your main body?! This… doesn't make sense at all!" roared Graham, as he tried to fly away from the fusion's onslaught.

"Well, not even us are quite clear either…" said Veronica and Ervas voices combined, as they appeared right in front of Graham!

"Abyssal Purgatory Punishment!" roared Ervas, Veronica, and Jason's voices, combining their powers together as an enormous storm of black flames emerged from their very bodies, flying towards Graham, and catching him off guard!

"Nnngggyaaaaaaahh…! Impossible…! I was.. destined to triumph! Bestellen-sama! Help! Help me…!" cried Graham, glancing at the sky and extending his arm…

However, nothing answered his call.

Bestellen only glanced with a cold stare at Graham's death.

"A-Ah… No… Bestellen-sama…?"

Crack, crack!

Graham's entire body began to crack like fine glass, as Ervas and Veronica extended their metallic claws, grasping his entire Divine Soul!

"How does it feel?" they asked.

Graham felt immense pain through his entire body, he was not only just dying with his body now, but his entire soul was also being destroyed!

Crack, crack!

There was no going back now, no second chances…

Only the complete annihilation of his entire existence!

Crack, crack!

"After you have taken all these lives… from innocent people… Isn't this a fitting end, Graham Gold?!" asked Ervas and Veronica's voices, maliciously putting all of their strength into Graham's whole soul, as the respected Battle Pope, member of the prestigious group of Five Constellations, cried and agonized!

"A-Ah…! BESTELLEN-SAMAAAAAAAA…! GYAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH…!"

CRASH!

The tiny pieces of soul-glass were slowly absorbed into Ervas and Veronica's fused soul, as a new surge of power began to shower their souls!

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