"An acquaintance of yours?" – Lucifer asked, leaping back to gain some distance after exchanging hundreds of punches and kicks with Kojou.
Naturally, the one Lucifer was referring to was Pandora, who was jumping around cheering for Kojou like an overenthusiastic fangirl.
"My adoptive mother," – Kojou said indifferently as he conjured dozens of golden lightning orbs and launched them toward Lucifer.
"She seems like a very passionate mother," – Lucifer commented casually, summoning his own dozens of black flame spheres to intercept Kojou's attack.
Boom!
"Can't deny that," – Kojou smiled. While some might find Pandora's excessive attention annoying, he appreciated it. His real parents had never shown him such affection.
"You seem happy," – Lucifer said as he noticed Kojou's smile at the mention of Pandora. He then conjured several spears of light and hurled them toward Kojou.
Swish
Swish
Swish
"Kind of." – Kojou nodded, his hand turning black with crimson veins glowing across it, surrounded by a bloody mist. "Come on, Al-Nasl-Minium!!"
At his shout, a bicorn with glowing purple eyes, black skin, a mane like purple fire, and floating glowing plate-shaped armor around its neck materialized.
Swish!
With a tilt of its horn, Al-Nasl-Minium disintegrated the light spears on a molecular level, completely destroying Lucifer's attack.
"Al-Nasl-Minium!!" – Kojou called again, and the beast released high-frequency vibrations toward Lucifer.
"You possess quite the interesting power," – Lucifer remarked, not bothering to dodge or defend. He welcomed the attack with a confident smile.
Boom!
A massive explosion followed, obliterating the area of impact. Lucifer was nowhere to be seen through the thick cloud of dust.
"Did he just... die like that?" – Susanoo muttered, feeling that Lucifer might have overestimated his strength. The attack was enough to kill Susanoo several times over, and there was no way Lucifer emerged unscathed—if at all.
"You're giving that monster too much credit," – Pandora said with a slight frown. While others might not have known Lucifer well, she had met him multiple times in the past—and witnessed just how terrifyingly powerful he truly was.
"Your power is... quite fascinating, Kojou." – Lucifer's voice echoed as a gust of wind blew from his direction, clearing the dust. "Seems like the Father hasn't completely abandoned you."
Lucifer was standing there, almost completely unharmed—except for one thing: his right arm was gone. No blood, no wound—just... gone. And it showed no signs of regenerating.
"What do you mean?" – Kojou asked, confused. He didn't understand why the Father was being mentioned in relation to the Fourth Primogenitor's power.
"You seriously don't know?" – Lucifer looked surprised and pointed at Al-Nasl-Minium. "That power... was born from the Father's hatred. While it seems other gods later sacrificed themselves to complete it—transforming into hatred themselves—the core of that power is still the Father's own rage."
"Are you serious!!?" – Kojou stared at Al-Nasl-Minium in disbelief. While he wielded the power of the Fourth Primogenitor, he had never truly understood its origins. But now, Lucifer's explanation made it clear why this being was called the strongest vampire in the world.
"Very few things can nullify my immortality—and one of them is the Father's power." – Lucifer stated coldly, then without hesitation, severed his own arm completely. If left alone, it wouldn't regenerate and would likely destroy him from within.
The moment he sliced it off, a new arm quickly grew in its place.
"Not bad..." – Lucifer nodded. Though the newly formed arm was slightly weaker than the original, it wasn't a big deal. Better that than being torn apart by Al-Nasl-Minium's inner corruption.
"How about we end this with one final strike?" – Lucifer proposed, unleashing his magical energy without restraint. The atmosphere around them began to distort as corrupted, dark energy spread and turned the terrain into a desolate, hellish wasteland.
This was one of Lucifer's powers as the Lord of Hell. Even though this was only a fragment of Hell, summoning it dramatically boosted his power.
"You're right. Looks like a lot of pests are thinking about interfering in our fight." – Kojou replied, also unleashing his full magical energy. The entire Netherworld began to tremble and destabilize from the overwhelming forces of both combatants.
"Come on, Kiffa-Ater!!" – Kojou roared, summoning a massive sword over 100 meters long—golden and black, inscribed with glowing red runes.
"Guh...!" – Kojou coughed up blood. He had forcibly merged Kiffa-Ater with the Golden Sword, a reckless move that fused divine and demonic energies, resulting in a violent backlash.
"Heh~ you're insanely reckless," – Lucifer commented. But he was doing the same. He merged his divine and demonic powers, forming a massive, unstable black-and-white sphere of energy.
Unlike Kojou, Lucifer didn't suffer any backlash. His essence was built from both forces, and he had long since mastered them.
"Goodbye," – Lucifer said as he hurled his attack toward Kojou. This was everything he could muster at this moment.
"Kiffa-Ater!!" – Kojou shouted, bringing the colossal sword crashing down to meet Lucifer's attack. "Come on, Mesarthim-Adamas!!"
Without hesitation, Kojou summoned Mesarthim-Adamas and encased himself in hexagonal diamond-shaped shields. They might be useless—but anything was better than nothing.
Boom!
A colossal explosion rocked the Netherworld—and with it, shook the human world and the mythical realm alike, as the devastating power of their clash tore through the dimensions.
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