Chapter 298: MOON [2]
The frost continued to spread into the small world like blizzard had appeared.
It raced across the ground, climbed the trees, and crawled over the countless tentacles that had invaded the realm.
The once crimson sky gradually faded away. Red clouds by rotten energy turned silver.
The thick, corrupted atmosphere was replaced by an overwhelming coldness. Every breath carried a faint mist, and the wind became so frigid that even the remaining corruption began to disappear.
The vile energy that had poisoned the air for so long was being purified simply by coming into contact with the divine radiance.
At the center of it all, the enormous silver moon remained suspended in the heavens.
The moon remained silent, beautiful and untouchable to anyone else other than person standing on it.
The abomination stared at it. Its remaining eyes trembled with anger, hatred—and something it had never shown before.
There was fear. Large portions of its grotesque body had been frozen solid. Everything near the moon had been transformed into crystal-clear ice, trapping its rotten flesh beneath layers of silver-blue frost.
Noah slowly raised his hand. Divine energy surged through his body. The silver radiance gathered within his palm before rapidly condensing.
SHIIING!
A sword materialized.
Its blade was formed entirely from ice created by the divine coldness. It wasn’t ordinary frost. The blade seemed to contain the very essence of the moon’s frigid power.
Noah wrapped his fingers around the hilt.
The moment he did,
BOOM!
An invisible pressure erupted from his body. He felt stronger than he had ever felt before. Not merely stronger. He felt as though his very existence had been elevated to another level.
He knew that this was not his powers, it was given by someone else. Yet they didn’t felt unknown.
’Or... this freezing powers related to my bloodline? Maybe... Her divine energy only helped me to use them for temporary.’
Noah slowly raised the sword above his head. His white hair fluttered in the freezing wind with smooth motion.
His silver aura illuminated the darkness around him. His expression remained completely emotionless. His skin turned pale milky white. As if he posses no blood in his body.
There was no anger in him. There was no hatred for the creature. Nor there was any desire for revenge. All remained inside him was cold indifference.
As if the terrifying creature before him wasn’t even worthy of provoking an emotion.
"It’s your end, Monarch of Decay."
His voice was quiet. Yet it echoed throughout the dying realm.
The abomination’s countless mouths opened.
"YOU DARE THREATEN ME?!"
Its roar shook the remaining mountains.
Noah didn’t even blink. He simply stared at it.
Then he moved. There was no reason for him to waste time. It should end as fast as possible.
BOOOOOOM!
The enormous silver moon above him suddenly trembled.
The abomination froze. Every remaining eye turned upward. Terror appeared within them at the sight in front of them.
But then those eyes shifted, not toward the moon but toward the figure standing upon it.
As if he had sense something from the man. Something similar to them. Not the divine energy of the moon, but something different.
Then it clicked to monarch of decay.
"...A... Monarch?"
The creature’s voice trembled for the first time.
Then behind the moon, an enormous silver silhouette slowly emerged. It was shaped like a woman.
A veil concealed her face, while her colossal hands appeared beneath the moon, as though she were gently holding it between her palms.
Her presence alone caused the entire dimension to tremble. Noah remained completely still. Not aware of what decay was watching. Then he moved.
His sword descended.
SWIISH!
It was a one elegant motion. The movement was simple, precise. Almost effortless, yet behind that single slash was an immeasurable amount of divine power.
A thin silver line appeared across the moon.
After that silence followed. Nothing happened.
The Decay’s countless pupils moved around. It was completely helpless.
CRACK.
A fracture appeared across its surface.
CRACK! CRACK! CRACK!
Countless cracks rapidly spread across the enormous moon, branching in every direction like a web.
Akari, who had barely managed to stand, stared upward in disbelief.
"Noah..."
The moon began to glow. Brilliant silver light poured through every crack. The entire realm became illuminated. For one fleeting moment, everything was silent.
But that silence was just a calm before the storm.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!
The moon exploded. A colossal pillar of silver divine energy erupted from its shattered core.
There was no heat within it.
Only cold.
A primordial coldness so absolute that even the surrounding space seemed to freeze.
The pillar descended upon the forest and the mountains. The corrupted earth was pierced by it.
And finally, The Monarch of Decay.
"ARRRRRGHHHHHHHHHH!!!"
Its scream echoed throughout the realm. Its enormous body struggled against the pillar, countless tentacles thrashing wildly.
But the divine cold consumed everything. Its rotten flesh froze. Its countless mouths shattered.
Its eyes disappeared beneath layers of silver ice. Even the corruption sustaining its body was extinguished. The pillar continued expanding in kilometers non stop.
The entire pocket dimension was swallowed by silver radiance in freezing coldness. Everything froze inside it, not explode.
CRACK.
Space fractured rapidly.
CRACK! CRACK! CRACK!
The dimensional walls began collapsing. Frozen mountains broke apart with huge cracks. The ground shattered into countless fragments.
The sky itself split open. The pocket dimension could no longer withstand the force of the attack.
And finally the time for it’s end came.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!
The entire realm collapsed. Not like destruction from an explosion. But it was as if everything froze and then shattered.
Everything disappeared into an endless explosion of silver light. The forest, the corruption and even the portal, they all vanished.
The Monarch of Decay. Even the dimension itself.
All of it ceased to exist.
And between all of this only Noah and Akira remained alive. Finally they had killed the creature.
Noah lost his consciousness and fell down, Akari saw it.
"Noah!!" She yelled and shot toward him as the world started to crumble.