"ROARRRRRR!!!"
The whole pace shook as the abomination began charging at Rasera with a heaven-defying roar.
The Elven Goddess extended her mighty sword, looking down at the abomination before her, and casted her trump card right away.
"[Corruption of Stars]"
As she cast her spell, the massive corpse monster managed to reach the Goddess and shot all of its tentacles at once against her.
"Hideous monster. Die!"
Then, silence prevailed on the entire battlefield, not even the demon army or the Archdemon could utter a single word from the immense power they felt.
Not even a single nanosecond has passed, and as if time itself has been split into two, the attack from Rasera was shot at the speed surpassing light itself.
The attack was in an instant and it already reached countless tentacles from the Compound Corpse before it.
BOOM!!!!!!!
The two forces collided, and the Compound Corpse had already lost the battle as its whole body was vaporized just an instant, without leaving any trace behind.
"How weak. Did you think sending a low tier Undead monster against a Goddess could work?"
There was no way the Undead could have survived from that.
"Oh, you pitiful Goddess. You're making one fatal error, though."
The wide smile and condescending words proceeding from the demon caused everything around to tremble.
"You've overestimated your actions."
"Huh...?"
The impossible began to happen in the presence of the Goddess and the nation's leaders.
FSHUU!
Particles of dark red liquid began to appear in the air. This was quickly followed by patches of flesh-like muscles, and then bones, before dead skin finally wrapped itself around everything to form a singular entity.
That singular entity... was the Compound Corpse.
"What!?"
"Ahahahahaha!! You should know that Compound Corpses have multiple lives. They possess the same amount of lives as the number of corpses used in creating them."
As the black-suited demon uttered those words, the colossal entity began to stand.
"You killed this Corpse only once, and you have to kill it a million times more. Even if you want to kill it at once, you need to kill it entirely both body and soul, unless, of course, you had a higher-level Existence Erasure Magic!" As those words echoed in the air, an ominous ambiance took over. "Furthermore, it evolves upon each death so that it doesn't suffer again. This adaptability depends on the material used for its creation,"
In this case, it meant this abomination was virtually immortal and grew stronger with each evolution.
"It seems you still have a long way to go!"
In the next moment, the Compound Corpse opened one of its numerous mouths and unleashed her [Corruption of Stars] towards the Goddess. Rasera, using all her power, flew above the strike, which obliterated countless buildings and several mountains in its path.
"Tch!"
Coming to a halt, Rasera fired several fireballs from her wings, but the Compound Corpse blocked the barrage with its tentacles, exploding and blowing chunks off of it.
With a fearsome shriek, the Compound Corpse swung several of its tentacles, each tearing through space and opening rifts that sent more tentacles through. Moments later, a number of portals opened behind Rasera, and tentacles shot through them. Rasera used her wings to block the attack, but the monster's overwhelming strength sent her flying into the streets.
With that, the Compound Corpse fired Rasera's [Corruption of Stars] from its mouth, but she quickly flew into the air as the divine ray annihilated ten cities tens of kilometers away like it was nothing.
At that moment, the Compound Corpse leaped high over Rasera and launched its tentacles down. But the Goddess swiftly flew around, avoiding the tentacles that tore the earth apart and demolished everything wherever they landed.
As it landed back on the ground, the Compound Corpse tore another space on the ground and sent its tentacles into it. A heartbeat later, a space rift opened above Rasera, and the tentacles shot through, pushing her into the roof of a building and crushing them both.
The Compound Corpse's tentacles reached into the crumbled building, grabbing Rasera out of the rubble and crushing her by wrapping her tightly, causing her to cough up more blood.
"AHHHHHHH!!"
"You got anything more left with your tricks? I'm still waiting!" Death laughed along with Famine as they watched her suffering in amusement.
In pure rage, Rasera's wings ignited an explosion, destroying the Compound Corpse's tentacles and freeing herself. She landed on a roof and let out a war cry as the flames on her body grew brighter and more intense than before.
"I'LL SHOW YOU MORE, YOU ABOMINATIONS!!"
Then she shouted.
"[Divine Beast Summoning: SSS-tier]"
Kang!
There was a bright flash of light that forced everyone to close their eyes, and when they opened them again, most of them were gobsmacked by the sight before them.
A gigantic figure appeared above Rasera and the Compound Corpse. This figure wore a white robe, was blindfolded, had beautiful silver hair, and twelve pairs of white wings.
Not only the humans but also the demon army and the Archdemons felt fear gripping their souls for the first time since they had stepped foot into this world. Even the Compound Corpse stepped back and seemed afraid. Before it could do anything, the Angel swung the giant sword in her hands.
Kabooooom!
Almost all of the Demon Army, including the Compound Corpse, were annihilated, and the entire city was cleaved in two.
Not even the Compound Corpse's insane regeneration and adaptability could withstand this level of power.
Everything within a hundred kilometers trembled before the might of the highest-level Summoning Angel. The presence of this beautiful angel was like the descent of the strongest archangel Michael, her twelve pairs of wings moving simultaneously. It was like the bane for evil, as every dark energy trying to gnaw at Rasera's presence disappeared immediately.
This was her trump card.
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"W-What is that?!!" Famine exclaimed as she turned to face Death, who had a far more complicated expression. Yes, something akin to fear was embedded deep within his eyes, but there was something else.
...Something more primal.
"No... way," he mumbled, his calm and collected mask completely shattering that very instant.
"T-THAT'S A SERAPH EMPYREAN!!"
Panic mixed with an instinctive desire for survival filled his face.
From what he knew, these Angels were one of the highest, if not the highest ranked Angel-type summoning beings.
They were heaven's most powerful spiritual entities that had slaughtered countless Archdemons like them and single-handedly stopped Armageddon on more than one occasion.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
An immeasurable burst of crimson energy exploded that very instant, all rising from the Archdemon. Without hesitation, he began to initiate his full power.
"Release Restraint Level 0, Primeval Lich!"
Once he shouted those words, he called forth his strongest summons. A shadowy entity emerges from the sea of darkness, revealing it to be a creature of horror.
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'Primeval Lich, one of my most powerful and dangerous monsters that I've been contained. Its mere presence alone is enough to cause mass death. If there is anything that could rival that Angel is this monster of Death!'
Staring at the Seraph Empyrean with its deathly glare, one of the rulers of the dead manifest a humongous scythe filled with miasma and emits the power of Death.
The Seraph did the same and ready its Divine Blade that will smite its evil counterpart.
Like the battle between Lucifer and Archangel Michael, the distance between them was instantly shortened, and they clashed with their godly weapons.
BOOOOOM!
Their clash was so powerful it caused an explosion that destroyed the surrounding clouds.
But the powerful explosion didn't affect the two powerful beings. In mere moments, the Arch Lich unconsciously began to emit a tremendous amount of negative energy bursting out from him as it covered half the landscape with its deathly embrace.
At the same time, the Seraph does the same thing as positive energy bursts from within her and covers the other half of the landscape in its prideful embrace.
The two opposite energies clashed to a standstill.
Black and White.
Good and Evil.
In that area of effect, life thrived and died at the same time. For the next couple of seconds, the effects of their attack ceased with a shockwave that trembled the fabric of space before they clashed again.
It was being watched by both leaders of the Empire and the remaining members of the 19th Black Armored Division a hundred kilometers from their previous position.
And they all could only watch in complete silence, their faces filled with shock and awe upon seeing something that seemed only possible in dreams.
"This... this is the most beautiful thing I've seen in my long life," General Francisco muttered as a tear leaked from his eye. "Is this a sign from God? A savior from heaven, sent here as it was written?"
Though he, his remaining soldiers, and the corpses of their fallen men had been suddenly transported a hundred miles from Marawi City by that Alien Witch, they could see the world divided into black and white.
It was as if a divine battle were occurring.
Just then, General Francisco noticed a wave of white energy heading in his direction. Before he knew it, it passed over him. Touching his chest, Francisco thought it might have done something, but he felt nothing.
"Weird..."
But then...
"MAJOR GENERAL!!"
His thoughts were interrupted by one of his soldiers. He let out an annoyed growl and turned to shout back, only to find himself witnessing something that can only be described as a miracle.
"What in the...?"
Before the Major General, countless corpses of his fallen men, most inside body bags, began to awaken from death. It was a miracle that none of his surviving men shot them if not for their senses not alerting them of danger.
Alexandre Trese, who was about to place a soldier, whose body was torn to pieces, into a body bag, was shocked to see the mutilated pieces of the corpse reattach themselves.
She would have shot the body down if she hadn't recognized who it was.
"Holy shit, Private Medorie. I saw you get dismembered or mutilated by those demons. What the hell happened?"
The female soldier, who was supposed to be dead, placed her palm on her head and groaned, "I don't know. I had this strange dream in some white room, and before I could understand what happened, I came back here."
"Still, I can't believe I've witnessed a resurrection," Trese laughed, shouting into the air, "Haha yeah! Fuck you, atheist socialist scums! Fairy tale my ass, our faith in the Lord has proven to be superior once again!"