NOVEL NEXT Chapter 1479: Goodbye
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"This is it, Belphegor! Goodbye, forever this time."
"NO…! NOOOOO! STOP! I BEG YOU, ASMODEUS! I WILL DO ANYTHING! ANYTHING! BUT DON'T KILL MEEEEEEE….!"
SLAAAAASH!
Belphegor screamed in horror as Blake's divine sword of light sliced right through his soul, dividing him into two halves, the purifying light entering his entire soul and burning it from the inside out.
"AAAAAIIIIIIEEEHHHHHH!"
Unable to do anything but beg of his life, Belphegor's entire soul inflated like a balloon, and exploded into a blast of light and holy flames, burning through the entire Nightmare Realm and destroying it, as a shockwave of purifying angelic light reached every corner of it.
BOOOMMM!!!
The Nightmare Realm quickly started to disappear, as the souls within it began to go back to their bodies. Blake glanced at the scene with a nod, as the Nightmare Realm disappeared, revealing the bright sun above the blue skies, they were back to the normal world, above the skies.
"We did it, Blake!" Erika celebrated happily. "But what was that?! The entire black cloud is gone?! We're falling?!"
"Hah, yeah, it went as planned," Blake nodded. "I used that last attack and Belphegor's powers with the Morning Star's Light to purify and fix everything."
"Amazing!" Elizabeth said. "Everything was solved so quickly?! This is incredible!"
"It wouldn't have worked without everyone's help," Blake said. "Erika and your attack helped fill Belphegor with a lot of Nature and Holy Spirit Energy, the attacks from everyone else also dealt enough damage for this to work, and lastly, Cattalina and Helene's combined formation too, which was also for this whole goal."
"So that why they took so long? They had to do it when he was about to die!" Chris flew to Blake's side to voice his opinion.
"Indeed," Cattalina nodded. "I apologize for not having told you before…"
"It worked better if you didn't know," Helene said. "If Belphegor guessed we were stalling for time, he would have done something for sure, demons are cunning entities."
"Yeah," Blake nodded. "Alright then, everyone! It was a job well done, and we were able to finish it quickly as well."
"Honestly I still can't believe it!" Alberta cried happily. "We have to go see my father and my mother, and everyone else! Ahh, what if they feel sick?! We need to heal them!"
"The wave of light should have healed them and also refilled their stamina and vitality to an extent," Blake explained. "After all, it contained Elizabeth's Holy Spirit Light, her healing magic can do all of that and more."
"Heheh, well, I suppose that's what happened," Elizabeth looked quite flattered.
"Hm, this is impressive, I never imagined we would have been able to succeed with such an insane plan," Helene said. "I guess the Summoner and his Heroes are truly people capable of bringing miracles to reality, as the rumors say."
"Miracles to reality?" Erika giggled. "So there are rumors about us already?"
"But of course, there's nobody that doesn't know about you at this point, saving the elven continent, discovering that the King was actually a Demon and slaying him, then slaying Fafnir right afterwards… and also healing the continent! Is there a thing you cannot do?" Helene smiled, sighing. "This new generation is truly full of wondrous talents. Cattalina, you have a wonderful daughter."
"Hahah, thank you… But I… well, it isn't thanks to me that she ended that way," Cattalina sighed, admitting that she was an absent mother through Erika's entire childhood. "It's all thanks to her father… and her friends. That man… my husband, he raised her wonderfully. And… I guess I regret every day that I never was able to meet him again after everything happened."
"Mom…" Erika sighed. "W-Well! I'm sure he's fine wherever he is! He's waiting for us in the afterlife."
"Hahah… I'd like to think like that too, I suppose," Cattalina smiled. "For all the things I did wrong, I swore that I would help you in anything I could from now on, and if that means going against the King of all Demons in the depths of Hell itself… then I'll go as well."
"You're really coming with us?!" Erika panicked. "But that's… well, there's still a while before we do that."
"Not that long actually," Blake said. "With Belphegor slain… the only ones left are Lucifer himself and… Leviathan, but that last one, I'm sure he's in Hell. He's the second strongest after Lucifer after all, and also he's not overly confident, so he probably stayed in Hell for his own safety, and at the same time, to amass more power."
"Leviathan, huh?" Elfriedden wondered, crossing his arms. "Well, whatever the case, we're done here right? So let's just go to the castle! Being in the skies while talking feels odd, especially when so many people down there have begun to wake up."
"You're right," Blake nodded. "Let's go, everyone."
Blake and Eleanora unfused, and also Hendrick and Sapphira unfused from the Gluttony Spear, looking rather exhausted, but also quite happy to have helped in the whole thing.
"Well, a job well done is a job well done!" Hendrick celebrated. "It's a pity we couldn't secure any materials, master, everything turned into ashes! Did you even secure Belphegor's Archdemon Core?"
"Yes," Blake smiled, as his shadows twisted, revealing a massive purple colored jewel the size of over ten meters of height. "I took it from him when I destroyed his soul. His core is quite literally the crystallization of all his power, so the only thing left of him, and the others are their sealed bodies… no, I think Beelzebub had yet to have his soul completely destroyed, when we fought him I wasn't as strong after all…"
"Well that's annoying," Eleanora sighed. "But I doubt he could even do much either way… What about Satan or Lilith?"
"Probably the same to an extent," Blake said, crossing his arms. "Well, we can handle them once we get there. For now, we should descend and talk with the King and the Queen."
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