Chapter 129

Arc 14 - Absolute Wish - Part 12

The mightiest ability in creation has been activated. An ability so powerful, it made a human reach a state of existence, which was impossible to achieve by anyone.

「Absolute Wish」.

It made everything easier for Nazar.

He found out the true identity of the person who has been hurting him for a long time.

However, it comes with a heavy price.

No, it does not need any form of conditions to use it. So, he doesn’t need to pay a price for it, but the universe will.

With his emotions running around uncontrollably in turmoil, the creation paid a hefty price for it.

Across the creation, billions upon billions of planets came into existence. A million new universes emerged in a span of a short time, zeptosecond - or perhaps even shorter.

But on the opposite spectrum, a faraway light - an Ultraverse with 3 conventional multiverses and 15 higher Dimensional Planes of Existence - extinguished out of existence.

Trillions upon trillions of worlds just vanished.

Arosus, the man who holds Nazar’s omnipotent power narrowed his eyes with a thin smile as he watched every corner of the creation.

“I did not expect that, really.”

In the stead of the dead Ultraverse, a new light slowly emerged.

Arosus couldn’t help but smile in awe.

He has never seen Nazar use 「Absolute Wish」 in a long time.

“But you might want to focus on your own world… Hah!”

And just outside the conventional multiverse, a great explosion of occurred-- BIG BANG! A new multiverse came into existence in this Ultraverse, causing Lucifer's powers to skyrocket. But at the same time, he felt intense pain.

The multiverse exists on the Third Dimensional Plane of Existence, so the new multiverse which came into creation in this Ultraverse did not affect the higher Planes of Existence.

The multiverse was identical to the current one with a similar cosmic structure, but so far, it had no living beings in it. Perhaps it will stay like this or will it spawn new and terrible creatures?

Lucifer fell to the ground as he coughed blood.

When an infinitely large multiverse appeared, it expanded. The size of the Ultraverse expanded.

Since Lucifer is the Ultraverse itself, it means he too became bigger than before. In other words, the bigger the size, the greater the power.

The sudden increase in his size was too much for him to handle.

He might be able to handle it if it increased slowly, but the sudden rise in the energies was too much for his body to handle.

Nazar, however, stared at the queen without caring about what is happening.

“Oh my, oh my, the 「Great Destroyer」 is back.”

The Queen of Virrasil giggled.

“Are you ignoring our nights together?”

Her sound sounded cute, almost cute.

But Nazar could see the evil behind her voice. The malice it carried pained him.

Shaking his head, he controlled his feelings.

“What do you want with me?”

“Your power,” she replied without hesitation.

Nazar wanted to say, “Then take it!” but instead, he kept quiet.

How was she able to enter my mind just now?

He wished for it.

Naturally, the answer was inside his head.

I see. So, she has been using my connection to Laura from what far away to enter my mind… So, that was the back door.

As Nazar was thinking, the Queen shot herself at him.

She swung her fist down at him, but Nazar raised his left forearm and blocked her punch.

The shockwave from their clash sent ripples across the world.

"I wonder, can the protection placed upon me protect me from the mightiest ability in creation?"

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Australia:

Above this large country, a beautiful slender woman with chalk-like white face floated. Her beautiful hair - which felt like it was a picture of beautiful black, blue and purple space, but the small stars were moving and a nebula seems to appear slowly in the corner - flowed beautifully in the breeze.

Similarly, her big black eyes had stars in it, which shone brightly.

Her strapless dress with long back and the short front looked as if it included a whole universe in it. The galaxies were moving, suns extinguished and new ones were born.

She is 「Luna, the Goddess of Space」.

Her slender fingers clicked, and the shockwave which was going to destroy most of the planet vanished into nothingness.

It was felt throughout the world, but nobody and nothing was damaged.

“What an… odd world.”

The Goddess of Space is the very space of this Ultraverse, so she has come across many worlds. But since Earth was made by Lucifer, she resented it.

At the same time, she couldn’t help but respect it since someone like Nazar was born here. Or created here.

She does not know of his true nature, but she respects the power held by this human.

It was a cosmic phenomenon even before he was born. This planet was under everyone’s watch.

“Now then...”

She glanced down and saw someone wreaking great havoc.

“I have no choice but to defeat you and save this backwater planet.”

She slowly descended onto the ground where the monster was causing havoc.

It was a tall monster with multiple arms who was destroying buildings in his path and killing people.

“Why must you ruin such a beautiful space?”

Luna spoke to him in a very calm voice.

“And you are?”

The monster turned around and looked back at the Goddess.

He was the sin 「Pride」 of the Seven Deadly Sins.

“Matter not, but I beg of you not to hurt--”

The sin laughed.

“Ha! You expect me to stop killing these people? But I won’t.”

She shook her head and denied.

“Mm, people matter less to me, I am worried about their surroundings. The world beneath them, the roofs above them and the mountains around them.”

Pride was baffled.

In his short life, he has never once come across someone who cares about silly constructions than life.

“I will allow you to--”

Pride ignored her and threw a kick.

Although there was no nearby building for a few hundred meters, the shockwave of it was strong enough to wipe out an entire country.

But Luna snapped her fingers and the shockwave was rendered useless.

“I don’t understand. Why must you hurt this world?”

She was curious.

Pride, however, shrugged off her question and instead, he stabbed his foot into the ground, sending tremors across the city.

The cool and emotionless face of Luna did not change.

“I will not forgive Lucifer,” she spoke slowly.

Why must she forgive the man who ruined her life? Why must she forgive the man who made these abominations?

"You devil."

She lightly tapped her leg on the ground, fixing everything broken for hundreds of miles.

It was as if a VHS was being rewound.

She was not reversing time but merely putting things back the way they were.

Pride grinned thinly.

“GREAT!”

He spread his arms wide.

“I shall destr--”

His eyes went wide.

His mouth was left half-open.

The Goddess of Space had shrunk the universe between the two, so she stood before him.

“Do you hold a vital position in this universe?”

Pride was confused.

He tried to move back, but the universe kept shrinking around him.

“Will something bad happen if I were to unalive you?”

“U-unalive?” Pride spoke stiffly.

She tilted her head to the right.

“Did I say something wrong?”

Pride clenched his right fist, swung it upwards and punched her in the torso.

No, he tried.

His fist went through her body.

However, he did not feel anything. It was as if she had no skin or organs. And the dress wasn’t really a dress.

"!!"

His fist felt the cold of space, the flow of cosmic energies. He could feel the heat of the sun and the shockwave of a planet blowing up.

"What are--"

“Esme doesn’t like the word k--l,” a beeping sound came out of her mouth, so the word was not said fully. “So, I don’t wish to make her uncomfortable in any way.”

Pride was too confused to worry about her explanation.

“I mustn't let other Gods feel uncomfortable in my presence. I know what it’s like to make them uncomfortable. Azazel did and he paid the price.”

Her voice was emotionless, but Pride could feel sadness and contempt behind her cold voice.

Perhaps not for herself, but for someone else.

"I must unalive you in a way so she will not notice it... Ah!" at the end, she blurted out a cute voice, unfitting of the cool Goddess from before. She sounded happy but her face did not change. "I got it!"

Pride did not want to listen anymore. So, he wanted to attack differently. He jumped back and raised his hand.

He is a sin. A deadly sin.

Everyone sins, be it a human or an angel, a god or a devil. Everyone sins.

Pride is considered one of the deadliest sins and as it turns out, even the weakest people have pride of their own.

Even if their pride is very low, just the idea of pride existing means one thing; a Sin can manipulate their designated sin.

“That’s right.”

The sense of pride Luna had skyrocketed.

Which means Pride can cause greater damage to her.

Can he touch her? Perhaps not. Either way, physical attacks are unbefitting for beings of such calibre.

Without uttering a word, Pride used a skill.

「Sin of Pride: Grasp Heart」

Using the 「pride」 within her, he hardened it into energy then redirected that energy throughout her body, stabbing into many of her organs until it reached her heart. Once it reached the heart, the energy grasped it and squeezed it.

Her heart burst.

She should have been dead.

However!

Her heart had been replaced by a pseudo heart made of dark matter.

Luna sensed what Pride was going to do, so she replaced all of her internal organs with dark matter. Her organs were transported to her own dimension in the Sixth Dimensional Plane of Existence.

“Ahm?”

“Unlike Arael and Orion, who prefers physical battle to anything else, your petty tricks will not work on the rest of us.”

Around Pride, a light blue square appeared around him.

It was a two-dimensional square, but Pride could not move at all. It was as if he was imprisoned within it.

“Wh-”

“I would advise battling against us, the Gods or even angels. You are a mere creation of Lucifer, you cannot hope to stand against us.”

She walked closer to him.

Holding her palm at him, Pride was confused.

“You can hurt these people all you want, but I wouldn’t recommend hurting anything around them. Oh, and make sure Esme doesn't see you."

Luna closed her fist.

Star looking bright flash of light appeared, engulfing the square which was holding Pride.

As the bright flash of light vanished, Pride could not be seen anywhere.

Luna hummed as she held her hands behind her back. Gleefully walking, the world around her changed.

She had fixed it earlier, but there were still some problems, so instead of fixing that, she redesigned the whole city.

The coastal city of Bunbury, which used to have many different forms of houses, now had the exact same looking houses throughout. Three storey white houses, with green gardens around.

Large trees grew from the ground.

She also created large colourful parks in every town.

The water in the city was cleaned, as well as the water in the ocean for hundreds of miles.

“Ahhh,” a faint smile flourished on her cold face, “it’s beautiful.”

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Canada:

An old man with a grey goatee and big moustache, wearing a beige long coat and a top hot, was floating above snowy mountains.

“The planet is being sucked out of its rightful place and being shifted to another 「Phase」.”

The Ultraverse is made of Eight Dimensional Planes of existence.

The first two Planes of Existence are the foundation of this Ultraverse. The Third Dimensional Plane of Existence is where the multiverse and thousands of other dimensions. The Fourth Plane of Existence encompasses this large multiverse. And so on.

When the second multiverse appeared, the Third Dimensional Plane of Existence expanded, and in turn, so did every other higher Plane of Existence, which encompasses one another.

So, what exactly is a Phase?

Between each Plane of Existence, there exist ten thousand higher dimensions known as 「Phase」.

Phase is like the stairs one needs to take to reach the next floor - another of Plane of Existence.

The reasons people from multiverse can integrate 11th-dimensional physics in their powers and science is because the Third Plane of Existence consists of ten thousand higher dimensions.

While they exist on the same Plane of Existence, each phase has its own different reality.

Right now, the planet Earth is being pushed up and down through the different Phases.

“The moment they appeared on this planet, they destabilized it at the quantum level. It’s being sucked out of its rightful place and going up and down.”

His eyes widened slightly as he realised something.

“The reason it’s going down is because Lucifer is on Earth and pushing it back down? That would make sense. If he doesn’t interfere, this planet will be sucked into the Fourth Dimensional Plane of Existence thus it will die along with everyone.”

As Chronos was analysing the world, he felt something hit him from the back.

He slowly turned around and found out he was punched by a tall grey monster who was drooling.

“And you are?” Chronos casually asked.

The monster seemed confused and surprised.

The large monster swung one of its four fists down at Chronos.

However, it did not reach him.

The fist was frozen.

“Ah, you are 「Sloth」, I presume?”

“You presume correctly, the embodiment of time, Chro--”

Chronos, the Lord of Time, raised his index finger, stopping the monster from speaking.

“Since you will be dying, I will tell you the truth. A lie we tell beings from lower Planes to keep the truth away from them.”

Sloth glanced at his fist and tried to move it but it did not work.

“Angels and Gods are not the embodiment of their aspect, they are that. I am not the embodiment of time, I am...”

『TIME ITSELF』!

The Lord of Time vanished.

But his voice could be heard from every angle.

『I AM TIME ITSELF. I EXIST EVERYWHEN. I AM YOUR PAST AND THE FUTURE WHICH WILL BE MADE. SLOTH...』

The sinister voice of this God caused the monster to shrink in fear.

『I COULD STOP LUCIFER FROM MAKING YOU. I COULD REMOVE YOU FROM THE MOMENT WHEN YOU WERE RESURRECTED. OR…』

“Huh?”

The monster lost control of his body’s movement.

He was floating upwards.

『DO YOU WANT ME TO DE-AGE YOU TO INFANCY? OR PERHAPS MAKE YOU LIVE TRILLIONS OF YEARS IN AN INSTANT?』

Sloth was frozen in time and moved towards space.

Unlike Chronos, Sloth and the Seven Deadly Sins are creatures of the Third Dimensional Planes of Existence.

So, he has no resistance against Chronos in any form or shape.

Furthermore, Chronos is the only God who is devoid of any form of emotions, which means Sloth cannot hurt him with his latent ability.

At that moment, Sloth realised something.

Though he is a creation of the mighty Lucifer, he made them purposefully weak. So weak that they cannot even lay a finger on an angel.

So, what was their purpose, Sloth wondered. Why do they exist?

Simple; Lucifer wanted to experiment and created these monsters. He realised the dangers these sins would cause to the Lower Planes of Existence, so he got rid of them very quickly.

『CHOOSE YOUR POISON, SLOTH.』

Chronos took his humanoid form once again as he looked down on the monster.

“Get de-aged to infancy or live for trillions of years in an instant. Death awaits you at the end.”

Sloth, the monster could not control his movement.

“You chose to endanger this world, for reasons unknown to me, so you must pay the price for your crimes.”

Chronos waved his hand and allowed Sloth’s mouth to move.

“So, what will you choose?”

“Life.”

“So, you have made your choice."

Chronos held his palm at him.

“A trillion years awaits you.”

A green stream of energy flowed out of his hand.

Sloth could not help but drown in energy.

What can only be considered an instant, the Sin of Sloth lived for a trillion years until he withered out of existence.

Once Sloth was dead, Chronos took off his top hat and rubbed it as if he was rubbing the dust of it.

Putting his hat back on, he said, “Now then… Hm?”

He was pulled into another dimension without his control, which looked like a comfortable resting room. The white room was filled with colourful furniture and decorations.

Chronos, the Lord of Time looked around but did not see anyone.

“Oi.”

Someone called out to him.

He looked around but there was nobody.

Hearing a clicking noise, he faced a sofa which to his right.

Was that always here, Chronos wondered.

The first sight he saw was a pair of alluring slender legs coming out of a black dress.

Chronos raised his eyes.

The slender and beautiful woman was sitting comfortably on a brown luxurious sofa.

When his eyes met her beautiful face, she removed a pair of black glasses slowly with her right hand, revealing crystal blue eyes.

With her right hand, she swayed the few blonde hairs off her face and tucked it behind her ears.

Chronos, the Lord of Time, has no lust. He is devoid of emotions. But for some reasons, he found this woman very attractive. Even the simple act of moving her hands caused him to feel something, which should not be possible.

“Chronos.”

Her beautiful glittering red lips spread across her face, forming a welcoming smile.

"Please, sit."

With her left elbow resting on the cushion of the sofa behind her, she pointed at the sofa opposite her with her hand opposite her.

Following the trail of her hand, Chronos looked at the sofa and sat on it.

"I am Emily Jones. The 「Axis of Time」 itself."

Chronos has never met her.

But he knows. He knows who she is.

“Without you, time would not move forward, correct?”

She nodded with her eyes.

“Yes.”

“What do you want with me, my lady?”

“My lady?” Emily muttered as the smile stiffened with complicated emotions.

“But before that...” Chronos removed his hat. “What are you doing to me?”

“Ah!” with her shoulders jerked, Emily realised something.

She felt a little embarrassed and covered her face with both of her hands.

Chronos, who felt something odd once he came to this dimension started to go back to normal.

When I use my powers, I lose control of my pheromones, Emily thought to herself, still hiding her face. It can mess with people’s emotions.

“I apologise for that," she slowly removed her hands.

Chronos was expecting an explanation, but she did not provide any.

He thought it would be rude of him to ask such a high profile being a question like this, so he kept quiet.

“Leaving that aside… What is happening to my world?”

“It’s being forced to move up through the phases, and perhaps reach a Higher Plane.”

“I see.”

She did not seem too worried.

“Will you help me save my world?”

Chronos did not need to agree. He can leave her and the world as it is. He has no connection to it. He was asked to investigate the problem, not to deal with the problem.

But even then, he nodded and agreed to help.

“Of course.”

A part of him wanted to ask her why she needs his help. She is a being who stands in a position above him, so she does not need his help.

In the end, he decided against asking her any unnecessary questions.

"!!"

Emily narrowed her beautiful eyes, “Here is what we will do...”

Chronos couldn’t help but gulp. He realised it too late.

He knew what she was going to say.

She is asking to activate a weapon that is within Chronos. A weapon too powerful to be used regularly, so it’s only meant to be used at doomsday situations.

But how does she know?

“Activate 「Deus Ex Machina」!”

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Saudi Arabia:

Archangel Michael, who had crossed his legs in the air, floated above the sand country, smiled thinly. However, not in an evil way.

“Oh?”

He seemed very impressed as if he solved a million-year-old mystery.

“So, the rumours were true.”

For a being who has been to every corner of the multiverse, but he never paid attention to one small detail.

Recently, he went to a small world at the edge of the multiverse, where he heard from a priest that holy places have healing abilities.

While he laughed at it then, something struck him.

Knowing the kind of person the Supreme One is, why would he add healing abilities to holy places?

While Michael would have usually rolled his eyes at statements like this usually, but these days, he is very bored so he has a lot of time to waste on silly rumours.

“These places do give off radiation, which can be used for healing…”

He glanced down at the palm of his hand and produced a green flame.

Analysing the energy in the palm of his hand and coming out of a holy place, Michael nodded his head.

“I get it now. It's simple. You want people to always have you in their thoughts and believe in you and the more they do, the greater your influence and power would be. Truly, what a great plan.”

"Michael!"

The hulking God known as Orion called out to Michael angrily.

However, Michael clicked his tongue in return.

“Oh, if it isn’t God’s righteous soldier.”

Michael plastered a teasing smile.

“The dog who doesn’t know how to do anything but bark,” Michael hid his displeasure behind a smile. “I wonder who's throwing the bone at you now. My sister, Esme?”

Orion ignored him.

“What are you doing here, Michael?”

“Hmmmmm, it’s simple.”

Michael uncrossed his legs and floated in front of Orion.

“Do you know why I came to this specific part of this world?”

Orion tried to shake his head from left to right, to change the topic, but Michael paid no attention to him.

“You are the God of War, so how can you let this be?”

He pointed at the country beneath him with a palm of his hand.

“It’s a country without war and suffering, but if you look at the country near it, it’s the opposite. Hunger, famine, war, death, and more. So! How can you, the God of War, who can end all of this, but won’t?”

Orion was not sure where he was going with this.

Is Michael not here to cause damage to this world? So, why is he bringing up something which isn’t related? Or does he actually care about these lower life forms?

“Some suffer, some don’t. They are next to one another, so why? Why do you let this happen?”

Orion tried to open his mouth to forcefully change the topic, but Michael did not give him a chance.

Certainly, Orion could attack him, but it would prove terribly for him. The difference between Orion and Archangel Michael is immense.

“With a thought, you could end all of this across the multiverse, but why do you not?”

“Be--”

Michael raised his palm, stopping him.

Gleefully, he continued speaking.

“When I tried to recreate creation in my image, this wouldn’t have happened. It would have been either all war or all peace. Isn’t that more interesting?”

“Free will,” Orion spoke sternly. “That is what your world would have been missing.”

“Ha!” Michael let out a burst of hysterical laughter. “Look at all the good free will has done.”

Annoyed, Orion clicked his tongue.

“Why are you on this Earth?”

Michael shrugged with a scornful smile.

“Wasting time, enjoying the view and...”

Orion’s body stiffened. He realised what Michael was about to do.

Michael swept his hand grandly through the air.

“!!”

Orion did not understand what Michael was doing. Why was he doing this? What was he achieving from this?

However, he did not have time to worry about it, so he reached out his hand, trying to stop him.

“NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!”

But he was too late.

Very late.

The Arabian Peninsula is located in the transcontinental Middle East region and includes seven of the strongest countries from the Arab World. This region has a population of over 80 million and it's on the rise at a rapid rate.

No, to be specific, it ‘included’ and ‘had’.

The largest peninsula in the world had been reduced to nothing but ash.

“Oops~" Michael raised his right hand, covering his mouth as he breathed in a derisive gasp.

Orion’s horrified eyes met with his.

Michael seemed like that child who broke something purposefully but tries to play it off as an accident in their mother.

“How did this happen?”

“MICHAEL!”

Orion’s eyes lit up with red energy as he swung his fist at Michael.

“HOW DARE YOU--”

"Woah, calm down, meathead," Michael raised his hands slightly as if he was surrendering. "I just brought in eternal peace to this land. Shouldn't you be happy?"

Michael opened his mouth wide.

Slamming the bottom of his right fist into his left palm, he spoke.

"Oh, I get it now. I destroyed the peaceful countries... My bad."

Michael tilted his upper body to the right while laughing under his breath, dodging the coming blow from Orion.

Orion was weak. He was slow. And Michael resented him for that.

He could have been much more powerful but he decides not to reach that high.

The Supreme One's soldiers have a latent ability known as; 「Amplification」. It allows the angels - and Sixth Dimensional Gods - to increase their capabilities by a greater degree while tapping into their assigned aspect.

Michael does not have an aspect like them, so his abilities cannot be amplified.

"Grr!" Orion groaned angrily.

"Ahh. I forgot to tell you something... In ten seconds--"

Michael trailed off as he thought.

"I will give you thirty seconds. Yeah, that's right. Thirty seconds."

Michael held his index finger at Orion as he smiled smugly.

"Thirty 「Heavenly Lights」 will be coming down at different religious spots of the world. If you manage to save all of it, then I might consider leaving this world."

Orion looked up at the sky as he confirmed the coming Heavenly Lights.

“If it was Arael, he could have done something. I mean, he DID manage to face the Supreme One on the equal grounds for a few seconds.”

Michael’s snarky tone felt like he wanted Orion to take his bait and give in to his anger.

If he does give in to his anger, he will unleash enough power that will reduce this world to ashes.

But what exactly does Michael want? What's his plan?

"So, what will you do?"

Without hesitation, Orion flew away.

"Heh," Michael laughed.

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As if things were not bad already, in Plymouth, in front of their home, a Sin - Gluttony - landed on the ground, creating a big crater.

There was a barrier around this house, but when these beings entered this solar system, it seems this barrier was destroyed along with it.

Emma’s shoulders jerked in fear as the house shook.

She glanced at Aeron, who was sitting near her.

He shot a confused glance back at her.

“What was…?”

“Then check it out!” Emma said forcefully to him.

Aeron frowned unpleasantly.

But even then, he stood up and looked outside the window.

Seeing a grey tall and wide monster with thick drools coming out of his mouth, Aeron did not react in any way. He was not surprised or fearful.

“It’s a giant monster.”

Emma gasped.

“Wh-wha-what do you mean?”

“OH SHIT!” Aeron realised something.

There is a monster in front of their house. An angry and evil monster.

With Nazar gone, they don’t have anyone who can protect them.

Which means!

“Run to the lab at the back,” he ordered Emma frantically without turning around. “Angela is there and tell her to prepare the force field Nazar made a few days ago.”

Just in case if this force field fails, he gave him a device which should protect the house.

“Quickly!”

Emma, however, had lost the feeling in her legs so she couldn’t move.

She hadn’t seen the monster, but she could hear a low and sinister growl, which caused her to cower in fear.

“WhEre iS ThEe MEATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!” the monster screamed, causing a great shockwave around him.

“Hya!” Emma’s body stiffened.

“ComE OUUTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!” his growl sent powerful waves at the house, shaking it violently.