Summoning the Holy Sword

Chaos existed since the creation of this world. It formed the main melody of the world where everything was born, and yet disappeared in it. Only Chaos lasted forever. It was the controller, ruler, and dominator of this world. Anyone or anything couldn’t go against its will and the same went for Order. No rules lasted for long, as laws and rules changed constantly, eventually twisting into nothingness. This was the process of birth, growth, and destruction that all things went through.

There was no exception.

“Everything shall be destroyed; only Chaos exists forever!”

“Who gives a damn about you!”

Mini Bubble Gum snarled, raising her arms and a translucent barrier emerged before her to stop the fluttering attack of slimy tentacles. The face on the rotten octopus head let out an indiscernible roar that resembled screaming and howling. Just hearing it made one uncomfortable. Not only that, but the shapeless sound waves also tore through the land, carrying a burst of loose, flying sand around the young lady. If it weren’t for the fact that Mini Bubble Gum was different from ordinary people, perhaps the sharp sound waves would have exploded her brains out of her skull. But even so, the ear-deafening scream left Mini Bubble Gum in discontent. She knitted her brows, let out a strong snort, and pointed her right hand forward. Then, along with her movement, several rays were released from the air behind her, penetrating the monster in front of her. The holy and fiery rays sliced the rotten skin like sharp blades and slashed into the body. Murky, revolting liquid gushed out, raising billows of green smoke upon splashing on the ground. In a single glance, one knew that one should definitely not approach that thing.

“Ahhh!”

The sharp scream erupted once more and invisible sound waves swept across the land yet again. The solid ground under Mini Bubble Gum’s feet cracked before crumbling down. She swayed a little, but swiftly kept her balance in midair and didn’t fall through it. But even so, she presented a dissatisfied look on her face.

“… Enough already, what in the world are you screaming for? It seems like Leader was right; I don’t have time to waste on dumb trash like you! Die!” Mini Bubble Gum said and her expression turned grim. She spread her arms apart and along with her movements, four dazzling wings of light as though formed by circuit boards emerged on her back. She glared at the creature of Chaos before her and said, “I hereby declare with supreme authority: light barrier, unfold! Authority—Light Judgment, fully unlock!”

As Mini Bubble Gum summoned, the wings on her back shined in fluctuation. Then, a spot of light appeared in midair and flew along the circuit lines, fusing into her body. She raised her right arm and clenched the air when suddenly, a light longsword of several meters long appeared in her hand.

“Taste my power! This is the strength of the Zaku II Red Comet. Attack! Bardiche, holy blade mode! Ooooooh!”

“No… this is impossible. I… impossible… I…”

But those were its last words. In a single move, the devil stopped moving. Then, as though after countless years, its body began to crumble, turning into ashes and fading away in the wind. In a few moments, there were no traces of the devil in front of Alice anymore. Alice, who was quietly witnessing everything, closed her eyes. Then, she closed the tome and retreated, before vanishing into the endless void.

***

Swish!

The octopus devil brandished its enormous tentacle at Rhode, but he raised Slaughter without giving it a single look. Rhode flourished the sword forward and an extreme, razor-sharp wind blades split the tentacle into two effortlessly. But shortly after, the sliced tentacle shook and regenerated fully.

“Frankly, I don’t care what you say.”

Rhode slashed the sword in his hand once again, spraying beads of blood to the ground. Then, the tentacle in front him instantly flew off like sliced wheat crumbling to the ground. Upon sensing the tremendous pain, Nakvard’s determined face twitched. However, he continued to gnash his teeth and tolerated the agony. Even after detecting the power Rhode possessed, Nakvard didn’t give up.

“You can’t possibly understand the destiny we humans have for ourselves…!”

But before Nakvard finished his sentence, Rhode penetrated his chest with the razor-sharp, scarlet blade.

“I said, I don’t care. Besides, please don’t try to represent most humans as perhaps their understanding of destiny is different from yours.” Rhode responded and the steel chains wrapped around his arm spun and rose like menacing vipers. Then, the steel chains punctured Nakvard’s face, stirring and ruining the acceptable-looking face into a bloody mess of flesh. Shortly after, Nakvard’s swelling body shriveled and deflated like a rubber ball.

“… Your… struggles… are meaningless…”

Nakvard’s voice didn’t vanish from the dried, trembling body.

“The power of Chaos… is far stronger than you imagine… And… you don’t have much… time left…. Even if I fail… it is… only temporary… because all of you will eventually perish!”

As though responding to Nakvard’s words, the stable Chaos Gate started distorting and shaking, unable to maintain its balance after losing its cores. Then, a storm from the void erupted.

The spatial turbulence began with a round dark hole appearing in the center of the Chaos Gate. The enormous force of attraction swiftly devoured everything, be it the sky or earth, dead or alive.

However, Rhode had already made his way out.