Chapter 45:

Love, Too, Is an Enemy

The Devourer of Destiny


A fleeting moment of happiness turned into a deep despair.

Before him stood a beautiful, graceful figure in silvery white, with three pairs of large wings. Her golden eyes shone and stared at him intently, unusually cold stare, with a deep hatred and a profound desire for vengeance.

Shortly after the enchanting figure appeared, the God of Dreams—Morpheus—emerged behind it.

At that moment, Mahendra thought that perhaps, from the very beginning, it was impossible to avoid every enemy. Even the enemies he thought had been eliminated could rise again because of him.

How ironic.

"I am Archangel. You couldn't have forgotten me, could you, Devourer Destiny?"

"So it was you who was trapped in the black crystal after I defeated you the first time!"

From the highest heavens, a red lightning bolt struck the man who was falling from the Upper Realm. The God's Necklace remained intact, as did the man's body itself.

All negative emotions swirled around him like billowing black smoke. It was thick, dense, and sickening. Amidst the many layers of the sky, the weather seemed to change from clear to overcast.

White clouds were replaced by black ones. The sky slowly grew darker and darker until a single speck of red appeared, turning the entire sky the color of blood.

The wind howled like the screams of the dead. A dizzying, metallic scent intoxicated him, pulling him into the existence of a darkness. A black curse spread, covering his entire body.

Even with the God's Necklace restraining his madness, the curse continued to spread, making it difficult for Mahendra to control his immense rage.

Creatures in all three realms simultaneously witnessed this strange phenomenon. The sky had turned red, dark, and terrifying. Humans feared it was a sign of the end of the world.

This was also the case for the four legends, who now looked warily at the phenomenon. They all knew this was the sign of the "Devourer Destiny's" reawakening.

"Has Devourer Destiny reawakened?"

Wandering King smiled faintly as he looked up at the sky. Seeing his expression, Liliana could only remain silent, her brow furrowed.

"Captain... is it true what Mr. Wandering King said? Has the Devourer Destiny reawakened?" one of her crew members asked.

Liliana was reluctant to answer. She felt a strange aura that seemed to gnaw at her to the bone.

A deadly cold, a darkness leading to emptiness, a redness as if a flood of blood, the air feeling heavy but also light for a moment.

"He has awakened. He has indeed awakened, but the necklace from me will hold him back, and he won't be able to unleash his full power," Wandering King explained, shaking his head.

"Why is that? Wouldn't it be dangerous if he's still in the Upper Realm?"

"It is dangerous, but he won't die that easily."

It was as if Wandering King had been waiting for this moment for a long time.
In the same way, the other most powerful legends like Nephilim, Immortal Warrior, and Azazel were all thinking the same thing as Wandering King.

There was a feeling of fear and anxiety, yet they were all anticipating the moment of Devourer Destiny's awakening.

"Why do I get the feeling you're hoping for something from this?" another crew member from the ship chimed in.

"Watch what you say!" Liliana snapped.

"Yes, I'm just looking forward to the destruction of the Upper Realm," Wandering King replied candidly.

He didn't hesitate to reveal his true intentions. When she first met him, Liliana thought she was only seeing a man with a weak and spoiled mentality, but she never expected this man to be a step ahead of everyone else.

"Just how far does his plan go? Is Master alright?" Liliana thought, starting to feel uneasy.

"Relax, Captain Liliana. He's fine," Wandering King replied.

Liliana flinched in surprise as the man answered her, even though she had only spoken to heart.

***

The red color grew thicker in the highest part, near the entrance to the Upper Realm. Mahendra, still suspended in the air, now resigned himself to falling without being able to fight back.

Not long after he left the Upper Realm and was still airborne in the human realm, dozens of white feathers emerged, piercing through a cluster of clouds from above. All the feathers targeted Mahendra alone.

"This is bad," Mahendra muttered.

The dozens of white feathers, which seemed to be from an angel's wings, clearly targeted him. At high speed, the tips of each feather embedded themselves in every part of his body.

Although they looked like ordinary feathers, they were in fact like sharp daggers.With his power restrained by the God's Necklace, the white feathers now sealed off every kind of his power. 

Mahendra was truly in a desperate situation, though he couldn't understand how the angel was able to do it.

"Hahahaha!" Yet, he was able to laugh in the midst of the crisis. He laughed as if his sealed power was nothing.

"You want to kill me again?! I only killed you once, but you! You have killed me many times, Archangel!"

Devourer Destiny's scream echoed in the sky. The mention of his name made the Archangel's ears ring. He then launched the same attack again until Mahendra fell, fell, and fell further downward.

His emotions were turned upside down, or so it seemed. In reality, Mahendra only wanted to change the mood of the situation where he was being cornered by an opponent he had once loved.

"Argh... this hurts!"

Thunder roared in the black clouds and then struck. The Sky World felt Mahendra's pain and seemed to feel it with him.

Falling into an imbalance, the white feathers froze his movements. His back slammed into the ground, piercing through the human realm and falling into the Lower Realm.

The loud thud he made when he finally stopped sounded like a volcanic eruption. The ceilings of the cave shattered, making it look like a crater. With his body covered in blood and the black curse spreading, Mahendra lay weak, his breath shallow.

***

In the Upper Realm.

"We will chase after him," Morpheus said.

"There's no need! I am the one who will finish him off. That last attack was just the beginning so that he can't use his power."

"But if he's killed, he will just rise again one day and become even stronger."

Archangel was stunned into silence at these words.

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