Chapter 32:
Chapter Thirty Two: God Of War
THE INFINITY WORLD
HAH… HAH…
Finally…
I hovered in midair, chest heaving, heart pounding like a war drum. The world below was a smoking ruin, yet it still didn’t feel real. The battle had ended, but my body refused to believe it.
“Ha…ha…”
A faint laugh escaped my lips—a fragile celebration of victory.
Light… the god of lightning and speed. The most relentless opponent I have ever faced. And yet… strangely, I still had strength left in my body. Enough to keep me standing, enough to breathe.
The fight that began in the capital had torn through city after city, each strike from Light strong enough to hurl me miles away until we finally ended in the shattered remains of City 8.
LV…Her battle had ended as well.
Thinking of her, I summoned LV to me. She was falling, her body limp from exhaustion, and I caught her in my arms before she could crash to the broken earth.
“I’ve returned… the favor,” I said, trying to tease her, though my voice was hoarse and shaking.
“Yeah…” she whispered faintly, barely able to respond.
Her energy was completely drained.
I lowered us gently to the ruined ground, sitting with her head resting against my lap.
“I see you’re… a mess,” I murmured, brushing a streak of frost from her hair. She looked even more battered than I was.
“He was no easy opponent…” she said weakly.
The god she fought was known as the Cool God—a monster who commanded ice itself and wielded an even more terrifying power: Chain Commandment, chains that siphon the very energy from an opponent’s body.
Because LV had long lost her blessing as a god, the consequences were brutal.
Here is how her fight unfolded…
---
After my reset punch sent Light hurtling far from the city, LV re-summoned herself to an empty desert field—the very same wasteland where I once fought Wa’e’rrut.
The Cool God followed instantly, erecting a wall of ice that stretched as far as the eye could see. His attacks were pure death—shards of frozen energy capable of freezing even a god solid in less than a second.
LV summoned Cracker, her weapon of choice, to counter the freezing barrage.
At first, she dominated the fight in close combat, dodging the snapping chains with supernatural flexibility. But the god was cunning. As she moved in for a decisive strike, an invisible chain lashed out and coiled around her legs.
Her energy began draining immediately, siphoned into the god’s body.
“I didn’t use Zinertia because I knew you needed all the energy you could get,” she would later explain.
And so she fought using only her summons, Cracker, and sheer combat skill. But the chains were merciless, leeching away her strength. With every second, her movements slowed—falling toward human limits.
Realizing the danger, she severed her connection to me, cutting off the flow of energy from her host. That left her with only the scraps of power she’d retained before the break.
Her slowed body became a target. Ice spikes rained down like spears, encasing her in a crystalline prison until she stood frozen solid, a statue in a field of death.
The Cool God approached her frozen form, laughing in cruel triumph.
But LV was not finished.
With her last reserves of power, she coated her body in a thin layer of Zinertia, shattering the ice in an instant. In a blur of speed that even the Cool God could not follow, she unleashed a massive wave of Zinertia directly at him.
When the light cleared, the lower half of his enormous body had been disintegrated. LV collapsed, unable to move.
Yet even as his giant frame lay broken, the god laughed.
The towering wall of ice around them quivered—and then sharpened into countless spikes, all aimed directly at LV.
It was a kill shot. LV was drained and helpless.
The god unleashed his final attack, a barrage that would have ended her life.
In a desperate, subconscious attempt to survive, LV reconnected to me, tapping just enough of my energy to evade and swing Cracker one last time.
Her strike landed.
The field erupted with shattering ice. The Cool God’s body cracked into a million glittering shards.
But even that was not enough to kill him. He could still reform from the ice outside her attack range.
With nothing left to lose, LV unleashed one final Zinertia wave—vast and all-consuming—obliterating every fragment of ice before he could take shape again.
And that was how she won her fight.
---
“My energy doubled after my fight with Eldraneel,” I said softly. “Why didn’t you… use the amount you needed?”
“Your fight with Light was just that grave…” she whispered. “I’m surprised you’re still moving. You needed that energy more than I did. And besides… if you lose, that’s the end of humanity.”
I clenched my fists. She was right. I only survived because I had escaped into that hidden space when Light stopped time. Without it, the fight would have ended the moment he froze the world.
Apparently, Tagreanda—one of the gods I had faced earlier—was Light’s disciple. He was the one who granted Light the ability to stop an opponent in their tracks.
“I guess you tried pretty hard… for a parasite,” LV said, her faint smile tinged with exhaustion.
“Yeah… I guess I did,” I replied.
“You’ve changed,” she murmured. “Three years ago, you only thought about yourself. You did everything alone. But now… you’re just like any normal human.”
I paused, the words sinking in.
I see.
Hinata…Where are you?All she ever wanted was to spend time with me.
Why do I have to lose people while the gods simply return to their realms?
{Hey, Infinity.}
The familiar voice slipped into my mind like a whisper.
Hmm? Mind…
{I see you’ve once again emerged victorious.}
“I told you not to trust a coward, didn’t I?”
She’s close. Was she watching the entire time?
{Yep! I told you I’ve seen all your fights, didn’t I? This last one was close. Not all higher gods can create their own personal space, you know?}
Well… I’m not just any god.
{I heard that. You can’t hide your thoughts from me, you know~.}
You are Mind, after all…
“Hey, why are you even talking to her?” LV said suddenly, glaring weakly. “She only thought of saving herself when the gods showed up.”
“Hmm… she did help with the transmission. And besides… we’re going to conquer the heavens. Three gods are too many for us to ignore.”
{As ambitious as always, I see. If you think your opponents will only get weaker, think again. You still haven’t seen true power.}
True power…?
Only I have true power.I haven’t even reached half of my potential. When I master Zinertia to its fullest, every god will bow before me.
{I’ll be staying in the human world, so I guess I won’t be bowing to you.}
“Aren’t you forgetting something?” LV interrupted sharply.
What is it?
“If you’ve forgotten, then I guess you still have energy to spare.”
“Oh… my mind still hasn’t cooled off yet.”
SUMMONING!
………………………………
SUMMONING!
………………………………
Strange. I’ve always been able to summon Rai on the first try.I still have energy left—so what’s wrong?
No matter. The fight is over.
BAD-UMP BAD-UMP.
My heart thundered in warning.
The wind began to stir.A sudden shift in the air—like the world itself was holding its breath.
………………………………?
I gently laid LV on the ground and rose to my feet.
The sky distorted, twisting as if crying in anguish.A hand—massive and clawed—tore open the fabric of space.
“I can’t be defeated by a human!!”
BAD-UMP BAD-UMP.
Light.
He’s back.
With only one hand, he ripped open reality and glared down at me from the sky.
“Behold, human! Behold my true form!”
The heavens erupted in blinding brilliance.
BAAAAAAAAM!!
A colossal explosion shook the ground as something crashed, gouging a deep crater into the earth.
What… is this presence?
My entire body trembled. The air itself grew heavy, thick enough to choke.
“He won’t interfere anymore.”
The voice that rumbled from the crater was deep, resonant, and terrifying.
“No… it can’t be… It’s content… Run! You have to run!!!”
LV’s panicked scream shattered the air. She lay helpless, yet her voice carried the weight of absolute terror.
DAAM… DAAM…
Footsteps.Heavy, deliberate, echoing from the depths of the crater.
“Infinity! I’ve been searching everywhere for you!”
Mint.
“Mint—take her away from here!” I barked, eyes never leaving the crater.
But how? I left him behind in the capital!
I turned—and the impossible truth struck me like lightning.
Mitreanreax hovered in the sky, LV cradled in his arms.
BAD-UMP BAD-UMP.
“You have to run!!!!!!!” LV screamed, her voice breaking as she and Mitreanreax vanished in an instant.
“I commend you… human.”
The voice returned, deeper and heavier, dragging the air down like gravity.
The being emerged at last.
I turned, heart frozen.
He was enormous.Towering.Terrifying.
And in his right hand—
He held Light, crushed as easily as a piece of fruit.
With a single squeeze, the god of lightning was annihilated, his body vanishing into nothing.
BAD-UMP BAD-UMP.
My blood turned to ice.
He is…
The GOD OF WAR.
Finally…
I hovered in midair, chest heaving, heart pounding like a war drum. The world below was a smoking ruin, yet it still didn’t feel real. The battle had ended, but my body refused to believe it.
“Ha…ha…”
A faint laugh escaped my lips—a fragile celebration of victory.
Light… the god of lightning and speed. The most relentless opponent I have ever faced. And yet… strangely, I still had strength left in my body. Enough to keep me standing, enough to breathe.
The fight that began in the capital had torn through city after city, each strike from Light strong enough to hurl me miles away until we finally ended in the shattered remains of City 8.
LV…Her battle had ended as well.
Thinking of her, I summoned LV to me. She was falling, her body limp from exhaustion, and I caught her in my arms before she could crash to the broken earth.
“I’ve returned… the favor,” I said, trying to tease her, though my voice was hoarse and shaking.
“Yeah…” she whispered faintly, barely able to respond.
Her energy was completely drained.
I lowered us gently to the ruined ground, sitting with her head resting against my lap.
“I see you’re… a mess,” I murmured, brushing a streak of frost from her hair. She looked even more battered than I was.
“He was no easy opponent…” she said weakly.
The god she fought was known as the Cool God—a monster who commanded ice itself and wielded an even more terrifying power: Chain Commandment, chains that siphon the very energy from an opponent’s body.
Because LV had long lost her blessing as a god, the consequences were brutal.
Here is how her fight unfolded…
---
After my reset punch sent Light hurtling far from the city, LV re-summoned herself to an empty desert field—the very same wasteland where I once fought Wa’e’rrut.
The Cool God followed instantly, erecting a wall of ice that stretched as far as the eye could see. His attacks were pure death—shards of frozen energy capable of freezing even a god solid in less than a second.
LV summoned Cracker, her weapon of choice, to counter the freezing barrage.
At first, she dominated the fight in close combat, dodging the snapping chains with supernatural flexibility. But the god was cunning. As she moved in for a decisive strike, an invisible chain lashed out and coiled around her legs.
Her energy began draining immediately, siphoned into the god’s body.
“I didn’t use Zinertia because I knew you needed all the energy you could get,” she would later explain.
And so she fought using only her summons, Cracker, and sheer combat skill. But the chains were merciless, leeching away her strength. With every second, her movements slowed—falling toward human limits.
Realizing the danger, she severed her connection to me, cutting off the flow of energy from her host. That left her with only the scraps of power she’d retained before the break.
Her slowed body became a target. Ice spikes rained down like spears, encasing her in a crystalline prison until she stood frozen solid, a statue in a field of death.
The Cool God approached her frozen form, laughing in cruel triumph.
But LV was not finished.
With her last reserves of power, she coated her body in a thin layer of Zinertia, shattering the ice in an instant. In a blur of speed that even the Cool God could not follow, she unleashed a massive wave of Zinertia directly at him.
When the light cleared, the lower half of his enormous body had been disintegrated. LV collapsed, unable to move.
Yet even as his giant frame lay broken, the god laughed.
The towering wall of ice around them quivered—and then sharpened into countless spikes, all aimed directly at LV.
It was a kill shot. LV was drained and helpless.
The god unleashed his final attack, a barrage that would have ended her life.
In a desperate, subconscious attempt to survive, LV reconnected to me, tapping just enough of my energy to evade and swing Cracker one last time.
Her strike landed.
The field erupted with shattering ice. The Cool God’s body cracked into a million glittering shards.
But even that was not enough to kill him. He could still reform from the ice outside her attack range.
With nothing left to lose, LV unleashed one final Zinertia wave—vast and all-consuming—obliterating every fragment of ice before he could take shape again.
And that was how she won her fight.
---
“My energy doubled after my fight with Eldraneel,” I said softly. “Why didn’t you… use the amount you needed?”
“Your fight with Light was just that grave…” she whispered. “I’m surprised you’re still moving. You needed that energy more than I did. And besides… if you lose, that’s the end of humanity.”
I clenched my fists. She was right. I only survived because I had escaped into that hidden space when Light stopped time. Without it, the fight would have ended the moment he froze the world.
Apparently, Tagreanda—one of the gods I had faced earlier—was Light’s disciple. He was the one who granted Light the ability to stop an opponent in their tracks.
“I guess you tried pretty hard… for a parasite,” LV said, her faint smile tinged with exhaustion.
“Yeah… I guess I did,” I replied.
“You’ve changed,” she murmured. “Three years ago, you only thought about yourself. You did everything alone. But now… you’re just like any normal human.”
I paused, the words sinking in.
I see.
Hinata…Where are you?All she ever wanted was to spend time with me.
Why do I have to lose people while the gods simply return to their realms?
{Hey, Infinity.}
The familiar voice slipped into my mind like a whisper.
Hmm? Mind…
{I see you’ve once again emerged victorious.}
“I told you not to trust a coward, didn’t I?”
She’s close. Was she watching the entire time?
{Yep! I told you I’ve seen all your fights, didn’t I? This last one was close. Not all higher gods can create their own personal space, you know?}
Well… I’m not just any god.
{I heard that. You can’t hide your thoughts from me, you know~.}
You are Mind, after all…
“Hey, why are you even talking to her?” LV said suddenly, glaring weakly. “She only thought of saving herself when the gods showed up.”
“Hmm… she did help with the transmission. And besides… we’re going to conquer the heavens. Three gods are too many for us to ignore.”
{As ambitious as always, I see. If you think your opponents will only get weaker, think again. You still haven’t seen true power.}
True power…?
Only I have true power.I haven’t even reached half of my potential. When I master Zinertia to its fullest, every god will bow before me.
{I’ll be staying in the human world, so I guess I won’t be bowing to you.}
“Aren’t you forgetting something?” LV interrupted sharply.
What is it?
“If you’ve forgotten, then I guess you still have energy to spare.”
“Oh… my mind still hasn’t cooled off yet.”
SUMMONING!
………………………………
SUMMONING!
………………………………
Strange. I’ve always been able to summon Rai on the first try.I still have energy left—so what’s wrong?
No matter. The fight is over.
BAD-UMP BAD-UMP.
My heart thundered in warning.
The wind began to stir.A sudden shift in the air—like the world itself was holding its breath.
………………………………?
I gently laid LV on the ground and rose to my feet.
The sky distorted, twisting as if crying in anguish.A hand—massive and clawed—tore open the fabric of space.
“I can’t be defeated by a human!!”
BAD-UMP BAD-UMP.
Light.
He’s back.
With only one hand, he ripped open reality and glared down at me from the sky.
“Behold, human! Behold my true form!”
The heavens erupted in blinding brilliance.
BAAAAAAAAM!!
A colossal explosion shook the ground as something crashed, gouging a deep crater into the earth.
What… is this presence?
My entire body trembled. The air itself grew heavy, thick enough to choke.
“He won’t interfere anymore.”
The voice that rumbled from the crater was deep, resonant, and terrifying.
“No… it can’t be… It’s content… Run! You have to run!!!”
LV’s panicked scream shattered the air. She lay helpless, yet her voice carried the weight of absolute terror.
DAAM… DAAM…
Footsteps.Heavy, deliberate, echoing from the depths of the crater.
“Infinity! I’ve been searching everywhere for you!”
Mint.
“Mint—take her away from here!” I barked, eyes never leaving the crater.
But how? I left him behind in the capital!
I turned—and the impossible truth struck me like lightning.
Mitreanreax hovered in the sky, LV cradled in his arms.
BAD-UMP BAD-UMP.
“You have to run!!!!!!!” LV screamed, her voice breaking as she and Mitreanreax vanished in an instant.
“I commend you… human.”
The voice returned, deeper and heavier, dragging the air down like gravity.
The being emerged at last.
I turned, heart frozen.
He was enormous.Towering.Terrifying.
And in his right hand—
He held Light, crushed as easily as a piece of fruit.
With a single squeeze, the god of lightning was annihilated, his body vanishing into nothing.
BAD-UMP BAD-UMP.
My blood turned to ice.
He is…
The GOD OF WAR.
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