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THE LORD OF EXISTENCE (4)
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"We must seal it!"

"!!!!"

The dark reigner and godmother didn't get what the lord of afterlife meant by saying such weird stuff. He then brought out two bottles with weird design and gave each bottle to the dark reigner and godmother who were fatigued. He said, "Drink. You both are needed in this strategy. I can't do this alone. That portion heals your body. I will buy time until you heal completely!"

He then began to walk forward. The dark reigner attempted, "That lord of existence didn't even suffer anything even from our dual supreme sovereignty. How are you going to buy us time in your state?

The lord of afterlife stopped and said, "I worked like a freak for all these millions of years. And now, I achieved a new height. My years of hardwork came into fruition!"

The dark reigner responded, "What nonsense are you spouting?"

---crackle---

Wrath of daylight was spawned on the lefthand of the lord of afterlife. Both the fatigued entities were focused on him. He then closed his eyes and spilled out,

"""RISING DEATH REALM!"""

---booom---

Later, followed a huge explosion of black and white aura. The dark reigner said, "Sigh... I thought only you would come to compete with me, Martha. Now, even that fellow has achieved his own supreme sovereignty!"

The godmother commented, "He gave his supreme sovereignty a weird name as usual!"

[;;;;... Yeah, the name 'Rising death realm' sounds super weird. And what does she mean as usual?]

---whoosh---

The lord of afterlife became visible.

"????"

The dark reigner commented, "What is that outer appearance?"

The skin turned into pure black that was emitting black aura while the eyes and hair were emanating pure white flames. It was none other than the lord of afterlife. He seemed like a real ghost. He then raised his wrath of daylight and enchanted,

""HELLISH HALBERD!""

---crackle---crackle---whoosh---

The weapon that was held on his left hand now turned into a halberd. It was a two sided halberd that almost looked like a trident from afar. The top part was combined with a sharp sword inbetween and a two sided axe on the side edge.

[The name 'Hellish Halberd' is still weird. I would say 'wrath of daylight' is better than that.]

The godmother complimented, "That is one heck of an appearance. Even his weapon is on a whole new level compared to his previous one!"

Both dark reigner and godmother sat side by side facing the lord of existence and lord of afterlife.

[Are you watching some kind of concert or a drama?]

---step---step---step---step---

---bzzt---

The lord of afterlife charged towards the lord of existence with high speed. The black and white lightning sounds fluctuated with electrocuting sounds due to his speed. But, the speed was not on the level of 'Darkened Daylight' or 'Shining Abyss'. I looked forward to how the scene unfolds. He clenched his muscles and tightened his grip on both hands to not let go of hellish halberd.

"""VERSE 1 - RISING MILLENNIUM!"""

[Hey hey hey, pause.]

Everything got paused. A background voice began to enter my ears. It was dark reigner's that asked, "What is it, young lad!"

[Why is this lord using verses. Isn't supreme sovereignty supposed to be a single technique?]

The dark reigner answered, "That was what Martha meant earlier!"

[;;;;... Weird name as usual? This is what she meant? Sigh... Please continue.]

---flick---

Everything came back to a second.

"""VERSE 1 - RISING MILLENNIUM!"""

---whoosh---bzzzt---

The size of muscles slightly increased, nerves became visible on the skin and speed increased tenfold. The lord of existence raised it's hand while saying, "Fun-time is over!"

---flick---whoosh---

The whole environment shook. Dark reigner's darkened white flame fists, godmother's light aura swords and lord of afterlife's enchanted weapons where literatures are to be seen, all spawned at once. The lord of existence then released them all towards the lord of afterlife who was charging towards it.

---whoosh---flash---boom---

The fists, light swords and weapons charged towards the lord of afterlife. Some of exploded inbetween.

---bzzt---

The lord of afterlife increased his speed even more.

---boom---slash---crash---clash---thud---thud---crash---clash(x_)---

The fight was so fierce. The lord of afterlife was using techniques for everything. I felt like I was watching an ancient martial arts movie. He was using swift movements to dodge and parry the enemy's attacks. Every technique was consisting a unique pattern and mechanism.

[Those unique techniques and swiftness with perfection... I wonder who will inherit such sovereignty with overbearing complications.]

First, there was a huge explosion. The lord of afterlife slashed the wave of explosion with his halberd and passed from inbetween. The slash impacted the rocks that were floating around inbetween and crashed them.

Second, two huge fists with darkened white flames travelled towards him. The two fists clashed with hellish halberd consecutively. It still impacted the rocks nearby. The range of slash crashed those rocks.

Third, fists and light swords including enchanted weapons clashed with hellish halberd. The scale of attack was overpowering the lord of afterlife.

He then yelled out,

"""VERSE 2 - CURSE OF THE DARKSMITH!"""

[Here comes another weird name.]

---flick---

Weapons enchanted with spells from small-sized to large-sized medium spawned out of thin air instead of portals. Every weapon consisted a unique literature on the plane side. The letters were omitting black and white aura more fiercely than the previous weapons.

---bzzt---whoosh---boom---crash---whoosh---clash(x_)---bzzt---claaasshh---

The lord of afterlife charged towards the lord of existence with his weapons that were flying along with him and collisions of each weapon evolved into explosions. The nearby rocks crashed again. The series of attack still continued. His weapons clashed with the foe's attacks. He wasn't even flinching. The weapons were moving by themselves with swiftness and mobility.

[The spells that are written on the weapons must be making them look like living beings. Its truly a curse in a way.]

Later, the events were followed by the clashing of the cursed weapons and the lord of afterlife using his swift movements with unique techniques that suited his hellish halberd. He then flew above in mid-space and brought hellish halberd into it's slashing motion. The force got amplified and the single slash parried everything infront of him.

---step---

He then landed on a floating rock that was a hundred meters away from the lord of existence. Lord of existence looked at the lord of afterlife. Mixed voice came out of it's mouth, "You are somehow entertaining. Hahahaaa... !"

---bzzt---

The lord of afterlife charged forward at once. He brought his halberd into motion. As the weapon was about to slash the lord of existence,

---clench---

The lord of existence clenched the halberd with bare hands. What's more shocking is that the sharp edge of the sides didn't penetrate the palm of the ugly monster. The lord of afterlife tried to take back his weapon by releasing his aura at once. But, the ugly lord of existence didn't even budge.

---smack---

It kicked the lord of afterlife in the stomach that led to him vomiting black-coloured blood. The lord of existence let go of her hand and slapped him on the right side of his face.

---slap---

The single slap sent the lord of afterlife towards a huge rock. But, he snapped out of the pain in mid-space and stepped on the rock white gritting his teeth. The lord of existence charged towards him while laughing, "Hahahahaha... Entertain me more!"

The lord of afterlife yelled again,

"""VERSE 3 - JUDGEMENT IN HELL!"""

---slash---

...

A cursed weapon where the speed was equivalent to the speed of light, caught the lord of existence off-guard and cut it's arm. But, the arm regenerated. Later came series of weapons with speed of light and high mobility. The weapons were moving in coordination. They were in murmuration. The weapons then continuously engaged towards the lord of existence.

---thrust(x_)---slash(x_)---thud---

Numerous weapons under the authority of lord of afterlife thrusted and slashed the lord of existence in light speed without a gap. The reigning of weapons continued for half a minute.

[30 seconds have passed and the same attack is still continuing? I swear, I will never inherit such weird power.]

The attack came to an end. All of a sudden, there was a scream in the form of roar.

"Rooooaaaarrr!!!"

[Ouch, that hurt my ears.]

It was the lord of existence that got enraged. It then shouted, "You, you are a bad child. I should teach you a lesson!"

[I would also react the same way if an attack has such long duration.]

---clash(x_)---

The lord of afterlife's halberd along with his cursed weapons and lord of existence's bare hands and legs clashed with eachother indefinite times. Their movements formed patterns that seemed like constellations from a faraway distance. The lord of afterlife was dragging the fight. All of a sudden, the lord of existence let out an enormous scream.

"Rooooooaaaaaarrrr!!!!"

The lord of afterlife vomitted blood and his ears began to bleed. The dark reigner and godmother also suffered the same. The lord of afterlife was floating in mid-space and without notice, the lord of existence kicked him in the stomach. He vomitted blood again. But, he still didn't give in to the pain. He catched her leg and threw her away.

---crash---crash---crash---

She crashed onto three huge rocks consecutively. The lord of afterlife took out a bottle out of thin air. It was the same as the ones he gave to dark reigner and godmother earlier. He drank the portion from it and threw it. The bleeding from his ears and mouth came into a halt. He then looked above. The lord of existence was levitating infront of him. She was back to her former position. The lord of afterlife stood firm while facing her. He held his halberd with his lefthand.

---whoosh---

He exploded enormous amount of black aura from his body while white aura was emanating with the white flames of his hair and eyes. He raised hellish halberd and yelled,

"""VERSE 4 - DEATH SOVEREIGN!"""

---crumble(x_)---whoosh---

All the weapons under the authority of the lord of afterlife crumbled into ashes and the ashes flew towards the hellish halberd. Those weapons were being absorbed and unified into the halberd.

---crackle---whoosh---

The Hellish Halberd's sword part at once exploded omnious black and white lightning while the double sided axe part emanated black and white flames. The lord of existence charged forward. The lord of afterlife did the same.

---clash---booom---

The upgraded hellish halberd and the palm of the lord of existence clashed with eachother. Later event was followed by a huge explosion.

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