Urban Legends

by Kanius

"It's coming. It's here." Said the female Revenant. A man with no memories and a Shogi woman meet again. Thieves and Revenants cross paths. Fates intertwine when dark entities manipulate and tweak the timeline. Mysteries of the dark entities will be unraveled. [A Persona 5 and Code Vein crossover with Kakegurui and Nioh elements. A sequel to Ford1114's Persona Vein.]

27. Ragnarok Vein End, Yami Matter Reaction

Chapter XXVII

Ragnarok Vein's End; Yami Matter Reaction (ラグナロクの静脈の終わり; 闇遊戯反応)

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Dimension: PV-CV-19/Provisional Government Building/Gaol of the Stagnant Blood

As she descended, Yliaster Sophia embraced the newfound power coursing through her. She never felt so much stronger. With Io's essence assimilated with her, Yliaster Sophia became a match for Sophia's power, currently resonating within Tennyo. Reflecting the new power coursing through her, Yliaster Sophia's physical features changed. Her hair turned to silver. Her dark blue pupils complemented the black filling out her irises. Silver wings protruded from her back of her shoulders.

"How does it feel to possess the Weeping Tree's power, my daughter?" Mido queried Yliaster Sophia.

Then, in a shocking twist, Yliaster Sophia answered with Mido's voice coming out of her mouth. "Heheh, it's marvelous! I never would've imagined the power of Sophia would be this exhilarating! Heheheh, it gives me goosebumps!" She wrapped her arms around herself and chuckled. Her dark blue eyes veered toward Sion, Tennyo, and Io specifically. "Well, what do you think?"

"You monster! How dare you pervert my image to your liking!" Tennyo exclaimed, refusing to accept her enemy's insidious tone coming out of a cloned Hifumi.

"Perverted? Hehehe, I disagree. I am the perfected version of you, Togo Hifumi! It's you who is inferior!" Yliaster Sophia declared as she glanced toward Mido. "Don't you wholeheartedly agree, father?"

Chuckling, Mido responded in kind to his daughter. "I cannot disagree, my daughter. You are primed to replace Sophia as the one and true goddess of our new utopia."

"No, we won't let that happen!" Sion angrily rebuked as he, Tennyo, and Io rushed ahead and attacked Yliaster Sophia, who effortlessly swept them back with her ko-naginata. As she raced ahead to attack them, Sion, Tennyo, and Io spread out. Tennyo and Io pounced and attacked Yliaster Sophia only for the goddess to brush them away with her aura.

When Sion ran at Yliaster Sophia, he slashed her with his Regicide Blade. However, the dark goddess swung her naginata, knocking away his blade. When Yliaster Sophia attempted to slash him, Sion invoked his Ogre-Type Blood Veil and caught Yliaster Sophia's naginata. Satanael ΩX, Louis (PV-CV-19), and Sion (PV-CV-19) joined in to assist Sion, Tennyo, and Io.

"Your efforts are useless! Jinyo, destroy them!" Mido encouraged his daughter, who used her power to repel most of her opposition away, save for Satanael ΩX, Sion, Tennyo, and Io.

"Joker!" Hecate ΩX worryingly called out to Satanael ΩX.

As he threw his Tyrant Dagger toward Yliaster Sophia, the dark goddess batted it away with her ko-naginata and scoffed.

"Nice try, Ren-ren, but even your Persona's Ascendancy power isn't a match for my daughter!" Mido boasted. He then shifted toward the other Phantom Thieves, Vein Remnants, the Elven Princesses, and the Revenants (PV-CV-19). "Do you see now? No matter how much you may want to band together, but Yliaster Sophia will strike you all down! And only once you're all out of our way, we'll carry on with force evolving humanity into a superhuman race! One race defined by strength alone!"

"You're mad, Mido! And you won't succeed!" Anat ΩX harshly berated the madman.

"Mido, your ambitions will fall short when it's said and done!" Engineer exclaimed.

"Yes, you will fail just like the last time," scornfully added Louis (PV-CV-19).

Then, Hecate ΩX stepped up and gripped the whip in her hand. Everyone close to Hecate ΩX sensed her feral aura. Like a volcano waiting to erupt and like a bomb ready to go off, Hecate ΩX snarled toward Mido.

"What's wrong, Annie? Cat got your tongue?" Mido purposefully taunted Hecate ΩX, who rebuked with abhorrence.

"How about I rip out your tongue… MOTHERFUCKER?!"

Most of the others backed away from Hecate ΩX, who stood covered in a bright red aura. As Hecate ΩX ran toward Mido with reckless abandon, Mido hastily phased away, only to reappear behind Hecate ΩX. Preparing to deal a deadly strike to Hecate ΩX, Satanael ΩX swiftly raced over and pushed her away.

"Nice save, Ren-ren. If you hadn't saved Annie, well, I can't guarantee she'd be breathing now," Mido chuckled, watching Satanael ΩX helping Hecate ΩX up.

"Ann, that was stupid! Look, I get it, you want a piece of him, but don't you needlessly throw yourself like that!" Satanael ΩX yelled at her as he pulled her into a loving hug. "Don't forget we have a child waiting for us."

Hearing this, Hecate ΩX let out a tear-filled gasp. "...yes, you're right." As her husband helped her up, Hecate ΩX held his hand and faced Mido with contempt.

"Why don't we take him down together instead?"

"Alright," Hecate ΩX conceded to her husband's wishes.

Yliaster Sophia floated over beside Mido and brandished her ko-naginata. "So, which ones do you want to kill, father?"

"I'm not picky as long as Annie is among my victims," Mido said, adjusting his right arm and popping his neck. "I'll let you play with Ren-ren, Sion, Hifumi, and the Persona Vein."

With a conniving grin on her face, Yliaster Sophia set her sights specifically on Satanael ΩX, Sion, Tennyo, and Io. Anat ΩX, Mercurius ΩX, Loki ΩX, Jack, Eva, and the Elven Princesses joined in to face Yliaster Sophia.

Mido scanned the opposition surrounding him. Among them are Sion (PV-CV-19), Hecate ΩX, Seiten Taisei ΩX, Astarte ΩX, Prometheus ΩX, Kamu Susano-o ΩX, Engineer, Hound, Stinger, Mia (PV-CV-19), Yakumo (PV-CV-19), Louis (PV-CV-19), Jack (PV-CV-19), and Eva (PV-CV-19).

Exchanging nods, Mido and Yliaster Sophia quickly proceeded to attack the groups.

Targeting Engineer and Hecate ΩX first, Mido summoned assorted red energy blades, sending them flying at his intended targets. Calling out to Hecate ΩX, Engineer warned her of Blades of Richelieu hurtling their way. They narrowly dodged, almost cut down by Mido's skin piercing blades. Engineer invoked his Ogre-Type Blood Veil and knocked away Mido's blades. Hecate ΩX cast Maragion and blasted away some of these blades.

As the others took out his blades, they directed their attacks toward Mido. Springing high into the air, Mido quickly projected afterimages and meteors behind him. Recognizing the beginning stages of Mido's forthcoming Nibiru Finisher, Engineer and Louis (PV-CV-19) warned the others. Anticipating Mido's attack, Sion (PV-CV-19), Jack (PV-CV-19), and Eva (PV-CV-19) jumped up and ganged up Mido. Between Sion (PV-CV-19) using his Queenslayer Blade and Jack (PV-CV-19) summoning his Hound-Type Blood Veil, the two Revenants hacked and slashed Mido, who crossed his arms and guarded himself against their physical blows. Eva (PV-CV-19) blasted him.

Quickly moving away from his opposition, Mido conjured four black spheres from his hands and telekinetically moved them around. Then, with a finger flick, the black spheres stopped and exploded like bombs, unleashing a barrage of red beams at his adversaries.

"Heads up!" Engineer and Louis (PV-CV-18) shouted in unison, rallying their allies to respond or guard themselves against Mido's Collapsar Ray barrage.

Prometheus ΩX took the initiative and forged barriers for herself and the group. These helped protect them and absorb the impact of Mido's beams.

"Good thing I'm here! Are you guys ok?!" Prometheus ΩX asked, turning toward the others.

"Yes, thanks, Oracle!" Stinger cried out.

"Thanks, Futaba!" Astarte X added with relief.

"Now, let's give this asshole the biggest ass whooping he's been beggin' for!" Seiten Taisei ΩX declared, already charging up a thunderball in his right hand.

Gnashing her teeth, Hecate ΩX growled. "Make sure I'm in, Skull. If anyone's serving him a quick trip to hell, it's me!"

Cackling, Mido responded by projecting afterimages and meteors once again. This time he acted quickly as he and his afterimages surrounded the group. They, along with the meteors' impact blows, delivered kicks that unleashed an explosive impact that felt like a meteor crash. Unleashing the full extent of his Nibiru Finisher, Mido knocked away the majority of his adversaries. A few managed to hold their ground, including Prometheus ΩX who created barriers strong enough to protect herself and the others. However, Mido's explosive kicks shattered even the hacker's barriers.

The rest of the other Phantom Thieves, Vein Remnants, and the Revenants (PV-CV-19) were knocked down. After laying everyone out, Hecate ΩX was the only one left standing as she faced Mido alone.

"It's just you and me now, Annie. Now, what was that about you sending me straight to hell?" Mido chuckled, taunting the red clad Phantom Thief, who looked around at her friends still laying or starting to recover. "C'mon, I'm giving you the opportunity to attack me! Well, give me your best shot, Annie!"

Gritting her teeth, Hecate ΩX conjured flames from her body and whip, sending a fiery wave that pushed Mido back. As he crossed his arms in front, Mido's body absorbed her fiery attack. She attempted Maragidyne, but Mido effortlessly knocked her down with his Nibiru Finisher. As she crashed hard to the ground, Hecate ΩX found herself at Mido's mercy. As the Revenant scientist raised a hand over her, Seiten Taisei ΩX stepped in Mido's way and blasted him back with an Electric Kamehameha. After being pushed far back by Seiten Taisei ΩX's attack, Engineer, Kamu Susano-o ΩX, Astarte ΩX, Stinger, and Hound pushed him away.

"Panther, are you ok?!" Seiten Taisei ΩX called to Hecate ΩX.

Snarling with fury, Hecate ΩX imbued her whip with flames and blasted Mido with flames. Absorbing the full blast from Hecate ΩX's attack, Mido was pushed further away as he crashed into a wall.

"I'M NOT DONE WITH YOU!" Hecate ΩX then unleashed a wave of flames at the Revenant scientist. She repeatedly blasted him until a bright aura formed over Mido, dispelling Hecate ΩX's explosive flames. "JUST DIE ALREADY!"

Chuckling, Mido ripped himself off the wall and recovered from their attacks.

"Die here? So sorry to disappoint you, Annie, but I'm still here," Mido openly mocked Hecate ΩX. Shifting away from her, he faced Engineer, Jack (PV-CV-19), and Yakumo (PV-CV-19). "Who knew there was someone who despises me as much as you three."

"I can't say I blame her and I wouldn't either after what you did to my friends," Yakumo (PV-CV-19) vehemently replied.

"Yeah, you're not exactly anyone's friend, Mido," Jack (PV-CV-19) said. "Don't think I haven't forgotten what you've done to Eva."

"And you even acted like someone I initially admired! Cruz is gone because of you and the Yami Matter!" Engineer scornfully yelled at the Revenant researcher.

"We all hate you for many reasons, you bastard," Hecate ΩX muttered, darkening her tone.

Unfazed by their disparaging remarks, Mido shrugged. "What can I say? A man of science like myself has no need for petty attachments such as bonds. All of you are just mere subjects for my experiments. It's sad you all won't be alive to witness the rise of the new superhuman race." As he said this, a red glow radiated off his body, giving off a thumping sound akin to a heartbeat rhythm.

"No, something's happening to him!" Mia (PV-CV-19) cried out.

"Look out! His power is growing!" Stinger warned the others.

"Jack, get back from him!" Eva (PV-CV-19) called out to her lover.

"Panther, you better get moving, too! I don't like where this is leading!" Kamu Susano-o ΩX shouted.

Taking heed of their warning, Hecate ΩX, Engineer, Yakumo (PV-CV-19), and Jack (PV-CV-19) moved away from Mido. The red aura surrounding Mido covered him from head to toe.

"Hehehe, do you recall slaying my three Successor beasts? Well, what if I told you I've revived them?" Mido asked the group. "However, you won't just be fighting them again. You will fight them here and now!"

"No, don't tell me you…! You took their power and turned yourself into a Successor?!" Engineer gasped, realizing what Mido hinted toward.

"Having incorporated the powers of my three Successor beasts, behold the pinnacle of Revenant evolution!"

With that, as a red aura wisped over him, the Revenant researcher underwent his transformation. His body grew many stories tall. Now towering over his adversaries, Mido reached up to 30 feet tall. His bipedal body frame gained a slight hunch as his body structure started changing. His appearance started to resemble the Zealous Ziz, which was Eon's transformed state. Mido became that same avian Roc-like monster but maintained his silver schemed armor. The metallic feathers forming all over his body was silver instead of black. A pair of Brahma bull horns and tusks popped out, features previously seen on the Grappler Behemoth. He has gained the Abyss Leviathan's oarfish backfins. His face has the same hoatzin visage Eon's Successor Beast form had. Opening up his right eye, the same red eye scanned over his adversaries.

Arching his head up, Mido towered over the Revenants and the Thieves. After letting out a loud screech and a few bellows, Mido's voice, now distorted, came out of the Roc-like titan. "I've integrated the power of Zealous Ziz, Grappler Behemoth, and Abyss Leviathan into my being! Witness the peak of Revenant evolution! Behold the power of the Successor of the Grand Beast!" He ended with another deepened bird-like screech as he opened up his wings and rushed to attack members of the Thieves, the Vein Remnants, and the Revenants (PV-CV-19).

The Thieves, Vein Remnants, and the Revenants (PV-CV-19) spread out and conjured their attacks. However, after letting out a high-pitched bellow, the Successor of the Grand Beast swung its fin-like tail forward, generating a massive shockwave and unleashing a massive tidal wave. The makeshift tsunami crashed through and nearly destroyed the spacious throne room. The group quickly searched for higher ground, avoiding getting swallowed up and swept away by the Successor's Panthalassic Meteotsunami.

Having avoided being swallowed by the massive waves, the group spread to higher ground and evaluated their next attacks on the giant Roc-like beast. Shifting its view toward the throne, the Successor walked over and crushed Gregorio's seat beneath its feet. It then stomped its feet, creating seismic shaking. As he made earthquakes occur, the group quickly distanced away from the Successor's reach. The Successor's Pangaea Ultima created more earthquakes, knocking some of his adversaries off their feet.

"Great, so he's using attacks based on the elements?!" Hound exclaimed.

"Water and Earth. All that's left is…" Before Kamu Susano-o ΩX can finish, Seiten Taisei ΩX cut him off with an irked glare.

"Dude, don't jinx us!" Seiten Taisei ΩX yelled out.

"Crap, too late," Prometheus ΩX gulped, pointing to Mido gathering air from his surroundings. The giant Roch then swallowed the air through its beak. Then, a few moments passed.

It seemingly did nothing.

Then, it unleashed a massive energy beam from its beak and blasted through barricades within the ravaged throne room. It pivoted and directed its Beam of Lemuria toward the group as the intense beam continued cutting through the room's interior.

The Thieves, the Vein Remnants, and the Revenants (PV-CV-19) desperately scrambled around, evading the Successor's destructive ray. Every member hid behind debris and enclosed spots to stay out of the giant Roc's field of vision. However, this strategy became null when the Successor flew high into the air and located them.

Letting out a high-pitched bellow, the Successor enveloped its entire body with intense flames. These flames bathed the Roc until it started to resemble a phoenix. The flames then imbued the Successor's avian armor, converting it to look like molten lava. Flapping its blazing wings, the Successor unleashed a volley of fiery blasts as they rained down on the throne room. As if that wasn't enough, the Successor expelled a molten lava blast from its beak. As fire and lava spread, the Successor's Volcanic Shahrokh eroded anything it touched. This enabled the Successor to expose his enemies from hiding.

"Shit, at this rate we're all going to be burned and melted!" Engineer shouted. His eyes and mouth became terrified at the Successor's potent fire attacks.

As the Successor's fiery aura started to fade, the groups counterattacked him. Louis (PV-CV-19) quickly amassed his colleagues and attacked the giant Roc. The Revenants (PV-CV-19) fiercely attacked him with their Blood Veils. Yakumo (PV-CV-19) and Jack (PV-CV-19) summoned their Hound-Type Blood Veils, using them to tear into Mido's wings. Sion (PV-CV-19) slashed Mido with his Queenslayer Blade and Hanemukuro.

Engineer, Hound, and Stinger transformed into their Successor forms. Charging head-on with the giant Roc, the Successor of Babylon Leo blasted him with a mouthful of his Vapula's Roar. After being stunned by Engineer, the Successor of Urine tackled Mido and caught him with vicious claw swipes to Mido's face. The giant bear dog then followed up and attacked the Successor of the Grand Beast. The Successor of Alexandra Panthera jumped up and bit down on Mido's left shoulder.

The Successor of Grand Beast let out another high-pitched screech, unleashing Panthalassic Meteotsunami once again. After pushing away the three Successors with a tidal wave, Hecate ΩX, Seiten Taisei ΩX, Astarte ΩX, Prometheus ΩX, and Kamu Susano-o ΩX launched a united front against Mido. As Prometheus ΩX restored and healed her friends, Seiten Taisei ΩX ran up a wall of debris and jumped up, somersaulting the giant Roc's face and blasting him in the face with his Electric Kamehameha. After throwing her ax at Mido, Astarte ΩX struck him with Ω Psycho Force. Kamu Susano-o ΩX used ice to hold Mido's feet down, allowing Hecate ΩX to step in.

With fiery scorn burning in her eyes, Hecate ΩX's face contorted with the intent to kill and swing down her whip. She fiercely blasted Mido with her ΩX Blazing Hell. While this attack did little to damage Mido, the red clad Phantom Thief had no plans to cease her unrelenting attacks.

Meanwhile, Yliaster Sophia flew through the giant hole in the ceiling. Led by Satanael ΩX, Sion, Hifumi, the others pursued Yliaster Sophia and engaged her in a desperate attempt to defeat the dark goddess. Swinging her ko-naginata around, she effortlessly knocked away her adversaries.

"Hifumi!" Io beckoned as she reached out to Hifumi

Upon seeing Hifumi and Io's attempt to invoke Sophia, Yliaster Sophia hastily flew over to stop them. As she was inches from reaching them, Sio stepped in and slashed her with his Regicide Blade. Scowling, Yliaster Sophia lunged at Sion, but he sidestepped her ko-naginata swing and punched her face. Slightly dazed, Yliaster Sophia was knocked down with black blood oozing from her nose.

"So, you bleed. That means you're not immortal," Sion scoffed, wiping her dark blood from his knuckles.

"You'd actually hit someone wearing your girlfriend's face? My, what a savage you are, Skyler Jones!" Yliaster Sophia replied with a fiendish grin, her face contorted with a maniacal grin and a widen eyed expression. She rushed at Sion and went for a sidekick, which Sion evaded. Then, she caught him with an elbow to his face.

However, her blow barely did anything, but anger Sion, who grabbed and tossed her away with a judo throw. Yliaster Sophia then floated up into the air and angrily scoffed.

"And you hit like a girl, Mido," Sion snidely remarked, rubbing a bloodied mark on the right side of his nose. "Oh that's right. A piece of you has already taken over your daughter's body. How sick can you get?"

"She consented, so I didn't violate my Jinyo," Yliaster Sophia clarified.

"Hifumi, it's time!" Io called out as she and Hifumi's bodies glowed white as they were pulled together into their merger. As Io vanished and became a veil of white light, she once again re-entered Hifumi's body, using her as the medium to turn her into Sophia. As Hifumi opened her eyes, they became golden like Io's. Her long dark hair turned snow white. Six angelic wings formed out of Hifumi's back.

Sion's memories of the previous one showed him images of the last time Hifumi turned into the reality-warping goddess Sophia. He consciously became familiar with Sophia and smiled.

"Yeah, now I remember what the previous Sion saw before. It's still an incredible sight," the Revenant quietly muttered. "Hifumi and Io, you two are something else."

Satanael ΩX, Anat ΩX, Mercurius ΩX, and event Loki ΩX to an extent remembered Sophia That final battle against Saklas/Yaldabaoth ΩZ was still fresh on their minds.

"Wow, are you seeing this, Nadia? Isn't she beautiful?" Anastasia asked her Elven friend.

"Yeah, I'll say. When those two combine, they become a force you don't wanna mess with!" Nadia replied awestruck at the glowing white aura shrouding Sophia, who readied her ko-naginata.

"Come," Sophia beckoned Yliaster Sophia, who let out a crazed laugh and flew at her with ko-naginata ready to cut her in half. As Yliaster Sophia swung, Sophia narrowly dodged and soared high above the dark goddess.

"Heheh, you are quite magnificent, Sophia, but your power will not defeat my daughter's!" Yliaster Sophia proudly boasted while gliding toward Sophia and madly swinging her ko-naginata at the light goddess. While the two goddesses collided head-on, they swung at each other with their ko-naginatas. Yliaster Sophia quickly countered Sophia's swing and kicked her away.

Targeting Yliaster Sophia, Satanael ΩX came flying at and unloading open fired shots with his pistol. With a ko-naginata swing, she deflected his volley of bullets, sending them back at Satanael ΩX. Just then, Sion used his Ogre-Type Blood Veil to catch the incoming bullets. Sion then unleashed his Stinger-Type Blood Veil, almost stabbing Yliaster Sophia with his tail.

Anat ΩX then raced at and attacked Yliaster Sophia with her two-punch Nuclear Fist combo strikes. Yliaster Sophia narrowly dodged Anat ΩX's blows and kicked her far back. Loki ΩX rushed headlong with Yliaster Sophia, slashing her with his serrated swords. She effortlessly parried Loki ΩX's sword attacks and repelled him with a wave. Mercurius ΩX lunged at Yliaster Sophia, shooting a barrage of bombs. When the dark goddess swung around her ko-naginata, she sliced apart the bombs, only for them to explode and shroud her in smoke.

Then, while Eva jumped in to attack Yliaster Sophia, Jack invoked his Drake-Type Blood Veil and turned his Drake form. Screaming blood-curdling roars, the Drake and his two hound heads inflicted their triple bite force, hitting Yliaster Sophia with Slavic Fangs. After getting struck by the Drake's attack, Sion turned into his allosaurid form. Taking on his Successor of Julius Deinos form, Sion tail whipped her into the air. Anastasia and Nadia took turns attacking Yliaster Sophia. Yliaster Sophia evaded Anastasia's arrows. She then grabbed Nadia's whip and pulled her forward into a backhanded slap.

Then, Sophia slipped in and landed a kick to her nemesis's face. After kicking Yliaster Sophia into the air, Yliaster Sophia rebounded in mid-air and conjured a dark sphere in her hands. After tossing her Jigoku Star at Sophia, she increased its potency, looking to wipe out the entire group in one shot. Taking no chances, Sophia matched the dark goddess' power and materialized a blue sphere in her palms. She tossed her Tengoku Star and used it to push back against Yliaster Sophia's finishing attack.

With a diabolical look on her face, Yliaster Sophia cackled insanely. "Heheheeh, perish! Perish! PERISH, PERSONA VEIN!"

Using the extent of hers and Io's combined powers, Sophia pushed back against Yliaster Sophia. Facing down her cloned nemesis, Sophia's golden eyes emboldened. She gathered enough inner strength to push Yliaster Sophia's black sphere forward. Yliaster Sophia's menacing grin started to fade, replaced with unrest.

"You will never replace me, Jinyo! No matter what Mido tells you!" Sophia reprimanded Yliaster Sophia, whose state of mind showed signs of discomposure. Sophia noticed this slight disturbance and started gaining leverage over the dark clone.

Shaking her head, Yliaster Sophia vehemently denied. "No, no, no, NO! YOU BE SILENT! JUST PERISH!" She screamed, pushing back against Sophia's resistance as both their signature attacks canceled each other out with an explosion that knocked them both into the air.

"HIFUMI! IO!" Sion called out as Sophia and Yliaster Sophia flew high into the air.

As both managed to recover, Sophia and Yliaster Sophia intensely glared down. Both then went at it while grabbing each other's throats as well as punching and kicking the other. Their physical blows caused ripples to their surroundings, including affecting the dimensional fabrics. The more physical their attacks got, the more damage was being done to the physical universe. The others witnessed as two angels whose powers surpassed Yaldabaoth threatened to inflict irreparable damage to the PV-CV-19 universe.

"I WILL REPLACE YOU AS THE ONE AND ONLY ANGEL! I WILL BE THE NEW SOPHIA!" Yliaster Sophia heatedly boasted while punching Sophia, who fought back with punches and kicks.

Sophia even grabbed Yliaster Sophia and judo tossed her away. "Not a chance! I'm ending you now!" She growled as white energy imbued her hands, which she used to fiercely strike Yliaster Sophia with. They carried on striking and blasting each other indiscriminately. Sophia kept the dark goddess far away from the others. She did so to prevent them from getting caught in their divine crossfires.

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Provisional Government Outskirts

Sensing the approach of the Über-Valkyries, Kriemhild took the initiative and flew straight into the air. As she accelerated her flight speed, she was already about to hit headlong into the clouds. She looked up, seeing the Valkyries already on her trail.

Wearing an insidious smile, Kriemhild was already a step ahead of the vengeful maidens, plotting various ways to kill them.

"Heheh, so I don't have any control over you? That's ok. You've all outlived your use to me, Valkyries!" Kriemhild chortled, quickly forging purple and green flames in her hands.

As she gained closer to her nemesis, burning vengeance was all Brynhildr had on her mind. That burning desire for revenge matched the Valkyrie's incandescent rage.

With a yell, Brynhildr roared with intense anger, venting out all her frustrations against being used as Kriemhild's pet puppet. "THOU HAST TAKEN YEARS OF MY LIFE AWAY TURNING ME INTO THY VESSEL, KRIEMHILD! I SHALT RIP THY HEAD OFF AND BATH IN THY BLOOD!" Her screams echoed throughout the post-apocalyptic heavens.

Behind Brynhildr, Sigrún, Eir, Thrúd, Geirdriful, Ölrún, and Mist followed the Blood Valkyries in their long-awaited battle against Kriemhild.

"We must keep Brynhildr under control. Though, I understand her desire for revenge. Kriemhild stole our lives away," Sigrún informed her colleagues.

"Indeed, if we art to defeat Kriemhild, we must be vigilant," Eir sagely advised her younger compatriots.

"I dost not care what Brynhildr dost, I will smash Kriemhild until there is nothing left of that witch!" Thrúd declared, readying her Mjölnir and Umbra Stormbreaker.

"I hast put aside all my petty grudges to cooperate with the rest of thee, my fellow maidens! And I will not let Brynhildr kill Kriemhild before I do!" Mist shouted.

Geirdriful and Ölrún both nodded as they followed behind their colleagues.

Flying high in the same direction but separated from the other Valkyries, Göndul and Skögul desired their own revenge on Kriemhild. With Kriemhild's control over them gone, the Masculine and Feminine Valkyries were free to plot against their fellow Valkyries.

In fact, Skögul already has plans to kill most of the other Valkyries for failing to save her and her lover from becoming 'horur'.

"Skögul, I suggest we play up to their expectations and turn on them after we hast disposed of Kriemhild," Göndul stated, but she received no immediate response from her Valkyrie lover. Instead, she noticed Skögul clenching her teeth and eyes full of vexation.

And in an enraged tone that surpassed even Brynhildr, the beautiful maiden unveiled her true monstrous nature. "KRIEMHILD, THOU FUKKA BIKKJE, I SHALT PEEL THY FLESH FROM THY BODY AND MAKE THEE SCREAM AS I TEAR THEE PIECE BY PIECE! AND I SHALT DEFECATE ALL OVER THY REMAINS! BRYNHILDR, THOU WILL NOY DENY ME MY REVENGE!"

Hearing Brynhildr and Skögul projecting their desire for vengeance, Kriemhild verbally roasted the petty Valkyries. "Feh, then do your fucking worst, my vengeful friends."

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Outer Space

As Kriemhild flew into and passed orbit, the evil sorceress patiently waited for the vengeful maidens. Unfazed by the vacuum of space, Kriemhild sat down cross legged and magically forged a nail filer to file her nails.

"KRIEMHILD! I AM HERE, FUKKA BIKKJE!" Brynhildr bellowed furiously. She reached Kriemhild's level and met her with a baleful gaze. Brandishing Blood Gram, the Blood Valkyrie prepared to exact her revenge, which she has long waited to do after the witch killed her and Sigurd.

"Well, well, look who it is. My old friend, Brynhildr!" Kriemhild feigned genuine affection for the Blood Valkyrie. After tossing away her nail filer, she gazed over the Blood Valkyrie. "For someone who hasn't had her body for a long time, you're looking well, but you can thank me for that. I made sure to preserve you and your friends' beautiful bodies the way they were."

"STOP TALKING, BIKKJE! AND THEY ART NOT MY FRIENDS! ALL I CARE ABOUT IS KILLING THEE!"

Kriemhild clapped her hands in front of her, almost begging off. "Please have mercy! Can you ever forgive me for borrowing your body and making you a vampire?"

"SHUT THE FUKKA UP! THOU DIE!" Brynhildr roared as she swung her Blood Gram at Kriemhild, but before she could connect, a tidal wave knocked Brynhildr back.

After recovering from the tidal attack, Brynhildr faced her attacker. It was none other than Skögul, who heavily and angrily panted. Still gnashing her teeth, Skögul bit down on her bottom lip so hard that blood started to seep.

"WHAT THE HELL ART THOU DOING, SKöGUL?! THIS HORUR IS MINE!"

"No…" Skögul growled as she intensely screamed. "THE FUKKA BIKKJE IS MINE! STAY OUT OF THIS, MANGEY BEAST!"

"THOU WILL HAVE TO KILL ME IF THEE WISH TO BUTCHER THIS WITCH!" Brynhildr screamed back.

Just then, the other Valkyries reached into orbit and saw the two furious maidens berating each other. However, Kriemhild was thoroughly enjoying every solid moment of Brynhildr and Skögul's heated argument.

"Heheheh. Now, now, there will be plenty of me to go around by!" Kriemhild chortled, making light of the Valkyries' petty argument.

Just then, Sigrún and Göndul intervened on behalf of their colleagues. Sigrún pulled aside her friend Brynhildr. Göndul dragged away Skögul.

"Kriemhild, it is over! We art going to end thy existence in the name of Asgard!" Eir openly vowed on behalf of her maidens.

"Thou created perversions of us, turning us into thy living vessels, but not anymore! We art free!" Thrúd roared, raising her hammer mightily and drawing in cosmic lightning from her surroundings.

"Thought thou hadst us under thy control for long? Well, think again! Now, I can pay thee back for tricking and mind controlling me!" Mist exclaimed.

"Thou hast lived long enough, Kriemhild," Geirdriful added, producing deadly threads around her fingers.

"All of thee best stay out of mine and my lover's way. We shalt kill Kriemhild for ourselves," Göndul warned them.

"No, we must unite if we art to defeat Kriemhild! We cannot win if we art divided!" Sigrún pleaded to the Masculine Valkyrie.

"Unite, thou sayeth?" Skögul angrily retorted, spitting saliva mixed with blood from her mouth. "That is what I think of our unity. My lover and I hast decided to kill Kriemhild for ourselves!"

Brynhildr scowled. "Fine, then I can kill thee both."

"Thou welcome to try, Brynhildr! Thou cannot beat us both!" The Masculine Valkyrie raised a clenched fist.

Suddenly, the Valkyries turned and saw Kriemhild clapping nonchalantly. With a calm demeanor, Kriemhild was thoroughly entertained by the Valkyries' bickering and interrupted them with a slow golf clap.

"And this is how I win. I don't even have to lift a finger. You'll kill each other for me," Kriemhild chortled while mockingly clapping at the Valkyries' expense.

"The only one dying here is thee, Kriemhild!" Sigrún rebuked against the witch.

"Well then, I'm right here. Come and get me if you can!" Kriemhild goaded the Valkyries to fight her. "But, just a fair warning, I don't even need to exert much effort to put you down like the dogs you are. Speaking of dogs, in your Über forms, you are like mongrels to me now." With that, she recreated her whip from green and purple flames. "Now, get ready to play dead!"

"We will show thee who the mongrels art!" Eir roared, readying her staff.

As the Über-Valkyries flew at and attacked Kriemhild, she defended herself while swinging her whip at them. With the lash of her whip, she unleashed her Seiðkona Flames. Warding them off with purple and green flames, Kriemhild quickly sent the Über-Valkyries flying back. When Brynhildr went to slash her with Blood Gram, Skögul blasted her away with Waves of Poseidon and flew at Kriemhild.

With a maniacal grin on her face, Skögul displayed her true ugly nature with an insidious laugh to reflect her change in demeanor. "Ehehehhe… YEHAHAHAHAHAHA! I DOST NOT GIVE A FUKKA ABOUT OUR TEAM ANYMORE! THOU ART ALL DEAD TO ME! KRIEMHILD, THOU ART MINE!" She hastily flew into Kriemhild, who narrowly jumped away to avoid the mentally broken Valkyrie. "DOST NOT THINK I HAST FORGOTTEN WHAT THOU DID TO ME AND MY LOVER, TURNING US INTO MINDLESS HORUR FOR THAT BASTARD HRYM! AND SEALING AWAY OUR SOULS IN THY RING WHILE WE WATCHED OUR BODIES GET VIOLATED!"

Growling angrily, Göndul felt every ounce of Skögul's pain and anguish, recalling seeing her own mindless body being turned into Hrym's personal slave possession.

"THOU MADE US INTO SOMEONE ELSE'S PLEASURE! FOR THAT I WILL KILL THEE!" Skögul screamed, attacking Kriemhild with fervorous anger. "AND TURN ME INTO A HORUR?! WHO DOST THINK I AM?! I AM THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BEING IN EXISTENCE! THERE IS NONE WHO SURPASSES MY BEAUTY! NOT THOU, MY SO-CALLED COLLEAGUES, AND NOT EVEN THE ONE WHO CALL HERSELF THE BEAUTY THIEF! YEAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

Briefly taking a pause, the Valkyries witnessed their colleagues' degenerative mental breakdown before their eyes. Kriemhild has done more than steal her life away but turned her and Göndul into someone else's personal sex slaves. For someone who prided herself on her own materialistic beauty, she loathed the notion of anyone else being her sex partner but Göndul. She also heavily relied on outer beauty to trap the true ugly beast underneath. Not only did getting violated by Hrym mentally destroy her, but it also caused her to degenerate into an absolute maniacal creature who lost her humanity and character.

With every maniacal laugh and blood-curdling scream, Skögul descended further into madness. The highfalutin Valkyrie became what she hates the most: a stupid and haughty 'bikkje', and a lowly creature compared to intelligent masterminds such as Kriemhild and Mido.

"Skögul, our combined strength and love will be enough to destroy not just Kriemhild but this entire dimension!" Göndul boasted as a battle aura enveloped over her. She gathered space rocks, amassed them into a meteor-like ball and kicked it straight at Kriemhild. The sorceress shattered it to pieces with her whip.

With her guard dropped, Kriemhild was blasted away by another tidal wave. Skögul sent Kriemhild flying back. However, Kriemhild recovered and laughed off the enraged Feminine Valkyrie's onslaught.

"Heheheh, wow! That was some flare! And here I thought Brynhildr hated me most, but you clearly loathe me more, dear Skögul!" Kriemhild laughed hysterically. "But, it's going to take more than that little tantrum to best me." She beckoned Skögul to attack her again.

Suddenly, the Über-Valkyries launched yet another counterattack on Kriemhild. Fighting with unity, the others engaged Kriemhild. As Kriemhild flew around, the Über-Valkyries turned into streaks of light and zipped around orbit while attempting to throw the witch off her guard.

However, Kriemhild kept her guard up and patiently waited for the right moment to strike.

"Nice little light show, but it's time to start putting you all to sleep, my mongrels," Kriemhild veered, turning around and facing the Über-Valkyries. With a lash from her whip, she unleashed more Seiðkona Flames, which not only kept them at bay but divided them.

Upon seeing Geirdriful being separated from the others, the witch began her systematic divide and conquer strategy. She flew at the thread user and summoned her sword from purple & green flames. With her Gullveig Squall, she attacked the Thread Valkyrie, who defended herself from Kriemhild's sword slashes with threads.

"Away with thee, witch!" Geirdriful shouted, scanning Kriemhild with her analytic eyes like a computer. Closely following Kriemhild's moves, Geirdriful tossed her threads, narrowly catching Kriemhild, but she kept dodging the Valkyrie's threads. That's when the Thread Valkyrie created a net with her threads and trapped Kriemhild. "I hast thee!"

"Did you?" Kriemhild coyly smiled, using her abilities to manipulate Geirdriful's threads, turning the thread net on the Thread Valkyrie. The threads not only ensnared Geirdriful but tore through her body and sliced her body apart into gory pieces. On top of ripping her body apart, the threads ripped Geirdriful's soul apart as her entire existence was wiped out.

"Geirdriful!" Ölrún screamed in horror. Attempting to avenge Geirdriful, the Huntress Valkyrie fired Agilaz's Volley at the witch. But, Kriemhild conjured a magical green barrier, nullifying Ölrún's fiery arrow barrage. "I am not done!" She flew at Kriemhild and readied a bigger arrow, but before she fired it, Kriemhild unleashed a black wave. Ölrún quickly moved away and shot her Crippling Shot, which exploded into a barrage of arrows.

However, Kriemhild effortlessly reflected the arrows at Ölrún, which pierced nearly her whole body. One arrow ran through her left eye socket and pierced her brain. Struggling to rip the arrows out, Kriemhild willfully manipulated the arrow in Ölrún's eye, causing the fire from the arrow to engulf the Huntress Valkyrie from the inside out. Letting out a blood-curdling scream, Ölrún burned alive before being obliterated completely right down to her soul ceasing.

As Kriemhild faced her next victims, she turned and got caught with a bone crunching fist to her face. Göndul landed a hard punch, sending Kriemhild flying far back. Then, Skögul followed through and formed a watery sphere, slamming her Waves of Rán into the witch. After double teaming Kriemhild, Göndul ran at Kriemhild and hit her with body blows. After dealing Kriemhild with Rocky Beat Rush, Göndul uppercut Kriemhild's jaw.

"THOU ART FINISHED, KRIEMHILD! I SHALT TAKE THY LIFE! YEHAHAHAHAHA!" Maniacally laughed Skögul, who crashed a bigger tidal wave over Kriemhild. Following Wave of Poseidon, Skögul expelled her Breath of the Sea, attempting to freeze the drenched Kriemhild in solid ice.

However, Kriemhild summoned green and purple flames to stop Skögul's freezing breath.

"Dost not worry, Skögul. After Kriemhild is gone, we can get rid of the others. They art expendable to us!" Göndul openly declared her undying loyalty to her feminine lover, who chuckled evilly as her true sadistic persona surfaced.

"KILL THEM ALL!" Screamed Skögul, who turned away from the other Valkyries and set her sights directly on Kriemhild.

"Hmph, how pitiful. The once proud beauty has regressed into some mindless beast with no real character. Oh well, no one will miss you two," Kriemhild smirked, her right hand glowed purple and turned into a demon-like claw.

"NO, THAT BIKKJE IS MINE!" Brynhildr roared as she hastily flew headlong toward Skögul and Göndul.

"Brynhildr, stop!" Sigrún shouted as she headed off to stop the Blood Valkyrie. She immediately got caught in the middle of Brynhildr's brawl against the Valkyrie lesbians, who fought off the Blood Valkyrie with water and rocks. Sigrún joined in, using her shield to hold off Skögul's water blasts.

Swinging Blood Gram, Brynhildr nearly beheaded Göndul, who tucked her head and kicked Brynhildr's gut. After kicking Brynhildr back, the Masculine Valkyrie went for her Rocky Beat Rush, but Brynhildr fiercely fought back and unleashed her Blades of Ares. Evading the red projectile blades, Göndul left herself open for Brynhildr to slash chest with Blood Gram.

"NO! GET AWAY FROM HER, BEAST!" The Feminine Valkyrie screamed with bloody anger. Before she could blast her with a water blast, Sigrún kicked her hard in the back, sending her flying next to her lover.

"Brynhildr, art thou ok?!" Sigrún asked the Blood Valkyrie, who turned to attack Kriemhild next, but the witch swiftly made her next move.

"Much appreciated wearing them down for me!" Kriemhild evilly chuckled as she flew passed Brynhildr. As Göndul and Skögul recovered, the witch used her demonic hand and stabbed them both with long fingered claws through their torsos. After tearing open up their torsos and ripping out their intestines, Kriemhild conjured black tentacles from her body.

Folding her arms around her bleeding waist, Göndul coughed blood. "...thou fukka will not get away with thy crimes…"

"No! NO! I WILL NOT BE DENIED VENGEANCE!" Loudly screamed Skögul, who tried healing her wound with her water.

"Sorry to disappoint but I will get to live another day!" Kriemhild declared, shoving two of her tentacles down Göndul and Skögul's mouths. "Since you already know what it's like to be 'horur', then you should know how to suck dick!" She then pumped putrid green fluids into the Valkyrie lovers' mouths. As she continued pumping into them, their bodies started expanding like balloons.

As they expanded, their bulging, grotesque eyes popped open. Green slime poured out the sides of their mouth, giving off a putrid stench that kept the Valkyries away. As Kriemhild continued to pump them, Göndul and Skögul's not only grew but seemingly started liquifying. They resembled pumped up balloons waiting to pop.

Finally, their bodies exploded, sending a rain of skin, bloody body parts, bones, and organs all over Kriemhild and the Valkyries. Kriemhild was seen dancing around in the Valkyrie lovers' bloody remains. Upon witnessing their former cohorts being blown into pieces, the other Valkyries were shocked, but Brynhildr showed no reaction to their gory demise.

With that, Göndul and Skögul were no more but scattered flesh remains that Kriemhild burned away. She quickly grabbed their souls and crushed them in her hands.

"So much for your revenge, you baleful creature. Four down and five left to go," Kriemhild chortled evilly, setting her sights on Sigrún next. As she flew straight for the Radiance Valkyrie, Thrúd crossed the witch's way and slammed Mjölnir into Kriemhild's face. After knocking her away, the Storm Valkyrie crossed her hammer and ax together, creating a massive thunder ball. With her Ber-serkr Ball, she tossed it and wiped out Kriemhild's tentacles. Then, she tossed her Umbra Stormbreaker at Kriemhild.

Barely catching the Stormbreaker ax, Kriemhild dissolved it with her demonic hand.

"Thou hast gotten away with too much blood in thy hands! I shalt slay thee in the name of my father, Thor the almighty!" Thrúd roared with ferocity, swinging her hammer around and amassed cosmic lightning. She then tossed Mjölnir's Strike, blasting Kriemhild back, but the witch once again summoned her giant mollusk shell construct. With her Völva Cylindrus, Kriemhild stopped the Storm Valkyrie's devastating attack.

Then, Thrúd increased the output of her cosmic-powered bolt and cracked through Kriemhild's defense spell. When the shell shattered, Kriemhild narrowly dodged, but Thrúd quickly flew up and snatched her throat.

"I have thee, witch!" Thrúd roared, charging lightning bolts from her hammer and horns. As these bolts converged, they formed into a large lightning ball that seemingly engulfed and electrocuted the witch, frying her to death.

"Yes, keep it up, Thrúd!" Eir yelled out, encouraging her.

"Thou can dost it!" Mist cheered her friend on.

"I hast won!" Thrúd yelled proudly. Then, to hers and the other's utter disbelief, Kriemhild emerged almost unscathed save for a few burned skin marks. Kriemhild grabbed Thrúd's hammer. Applying enough brute force with her demonic hand, she crushed and destroyed Mjölnir with ease. "No...! My father's weapon…!" Her face paled and she became aghast with despair.

"I think this belongs to you," Kriemhild then redirected the lightning bolt Thrúd shot her with. After tossing the cosmic bolt back to her, Thrúd now had a sizable hole in her torso.

Covering her mouth, Mist became horrified. The pupils in her eyes shrank.

"THRúD!" Mist screamed in horror.

Without hesitation, Kriemhild quickly swished her demonic claws through Thrúd and beheaded her. As her head popped off her body, blood spewed out from the neck stump where her head used to be. Then, the witch incinerated both the Storm Valkyrie's head and body with her Seiðkona Flames.

"Not even the daughter of Thor could make a difference? You're all pitiful," Kriemhild chortled.

"THOU BIKKJE!" Mist screamed furiously, flying headlong into Kriemhild. Readying her scorpion's tail, the Shroud Valkyrie fired Celadon Wind from her tail. After delivering a few piercing blows into Kriemhild, Mist summoned a Draugr creature to devour the witch. "FEAST ON HER FLESH AND LEAVE NOTHING LEFT!"

As the Draugr bit Kriemhild's shoulder, she feigned a pained scream. Then as the undead creature chewed on her, Kriemhild's screams were replaced with giggles.

"Oh, yes! Thanks for the massage! How about around the back of my neck? There's a pinched nerve there needing to be fixed," Kriemhild taunted Mist and her Draugr.

"Thou art not taking me seriously, murderer?!" Mist yelled in Kriemhild's face.

"You never were a threat to me, little one. I played you like a fool then and now you've fallen for my trap," the witch coolly replied, gutting her with her sword. Then, with another quick slash, Kriemhild bisected through Mist's abdomen, cutting her in two. Then, the witch conjured a purple miasma that swallowed Mist and her Draugr up.

Try as she might, Mist's own green miasma couldn't protect her. Kriemhild's miasma contained acidic properties, melting the Shroud Valkyrie alive as her screams filled the other Valkyries' with dread. The Draugr melted away faster. Upon hearing her pained cries, Eir shed tears. As the purple mist dispersed, all that was left as Mist's soul orb, which Kriemhild dissolved with her demonic hand.

"Who's next to join her?!" Kriemhild gave a maniacally crazed expression. Waving her hands forward, she forged green and black orbs around Brynhildr, Sigrún, and Eir.

"MOVE!" Sigrún screamed as the orbs converged and combined into a single destructive beam.

As the Valkyrie trio dodged Kriemhild's deadly Ummorapocalypse, they were once again spread out as Kriemhild wanted. The witch hastily went for Eir, who blocked her hand with her staff. Then, the Healing Valkyrie smacked Kriemhild's face with her staff.

"Be gone, witch!" Eir shouted as she and Kriemhild reignited their past battle. Recalling each other's moves before the final moments of Ragnarök, Eir and Kriemhild attacked each other with ferocity. As Kriemhild blasted her with green and purple flames, Eir formed a white aura. After nullifying Kriemhild's flames with Demeter's Shields, Eir summoned her flesh-eating plants to ensnare Kriemhild.

Kriemhild cast her Heiðr Esclachier, which halted the plants behind a barrier and burned the man eating plants away. With a white aura shrouding her, Eir then flew over Kriemhild and raised her staff, sending an orb of white light into Kriemhild. With a determined glare, Eir scornfully faced down her nemesis.

"It is done, Kriemhild! I finish thee here!" The Healing Valkyrie declared, but her hopes were swiftly dashed when Kriemhild broke her defenses and seized the Healing Valkyrie's throat. Sinking her claws into Eir's neck, the witch absorbed her life force, draining the living essence right out of the Valkyrie.

Eir got weaker as she rapidly aged. Her brilliant silver hair turned dull gray and her fair, radiant complexion shriveled up like a disgusting prune. Having all of her life drained away, the Healing Valkyrie was reduced to a hollow husk. With a final gasp. Eir's body shuddered and turned into dust. When Eir's soul essence emerged, Kriemhild purged it completely.

Watching their leader and eldest colleague mercilessly killed, Sigrún's voice cracked following a pained scream. However, Brynhildr remained unfazed, her eyes devoid of any emotion as if the other Valkyries' lives didn't matter.

"Two left, but of course I must save you for last, dear Brynhildr. So, logically that means you're next, Sigrún," Kriemhild smirked with cruelty. As she beckoned Sigrún to attack her, the Radiance Valkyrie threw her spear at her, but Kriemhild easily caught Sigrún's weapon and snapped it in two. "What was that? Your best shot…"

Suddenly, Sigrún was gone, throwing Kriemhild off. Before she can even react, Sigrún used Will of Hundingsbane to briefly enhance her movement and get right on the witch's blind spot. With a kick to her head, Sigrún knocked Kriemhild back. Then, the Radiance Valkyrie blinded her with a bright flash of light. After blinding her with Sváfa's Radiance, Sigrún smacked her in the face with her shield.

Then, the Radiance Valkyrie gathered raw energy in her mouth and fired her Athena's Light. After blasting her head-on with her mouth beam, Sigrún ran up to finish off Kriemhild before the witch could rebound. Grabbing Kriemhild, she prepared to behead her with her shield. "Thy terror ends here, demoness!"

"Oh, has it…?" Kriemhild giggled evilly, shoving her hand through Sigrún's chest and ripping her heart out.

Gasping, Sigrún watched in horror at her own heart still thumping in Kriemhild's perverse hand. As she reached for it, Kriemhild crushed it in front of her. Blood and other fluids splatted over Sigrún's dying face. The life in Sigrún's eyes started fading.

"Sigrún…" Brynhildr finally muttered someone's name, not even acknowledging her other colleagues' names beforehand. She watched as Kriemhild fired a beam that obliterated Sigrún right down to her soul being erased.

Taking a deep breath, Kriemhild chuckled. "And all that's left is one. How fitting it comes down to you and me, beast."

"Thou…" Brynhildr clenched her teeth, biting her bottom lip hard enough to cut it open. Blood dripped from the sides of her mouth, but she didn't care. She maintained a hateful glare at the insidious witch. "THOU ART NOW MINE TO KILL, FUKKA WITCH!" She screamed as she attacked Kriemhild with her Blood Gram.

Reading through Brunhildr's blind attacks, Kriemhild dodged and parried her sword slashes. "Oooh, almost had me, dearest Brynhildr! So unfocused! Such unpolished strikes! You're making this too easy!"

Just then, Brynhildr swung her sword, delivering an upward slash across Kriemhild's chest. After drawing the witch's blood, Brynhildr collected enough of Kriemhild's blood among others to enhance Blood Gram's power. Flying straight at Kriemhild, Brynhildt attacked her with reckless abandon. Every sword swing was accompanied by her unbridled roars and frantic swearing. Having been humbled by Odin, Brynhildr was then humiliated further when Mist burned her alive and used her body as a vessel. Having to witness Kriemhild use her body, Brynhildr was forced to be a witness.

Now, with the Advaranaut gone, Kriemhild lost control over the Blood Valkyrie. The enraged Valkyrie finally has a chance to slay the witch that took Sigurd and her entire dimension away. This was her chance to redeem her Valkyrie pride.

"THOU HAST TAKEN EVERYTHING FROM ME, KRIEMHILD! NOW I SHALT TAKE THY PITIFUL LIFE, FUKKA COWARD!" Brynhildr roared incessantly in the face of her enemy, who despite taking sword slashes and stab wounds just laughed in her face.

"You might think you have me, but it's too late! The Yami Matter, Mido, and I already have taken all that you hold dear! Sigurd, your entire dimension, your chance at becoming Asgard's Allmother, your petty vengeance against the Allfather, your dear friend Sigrún, your body, but most importantly your conviction as a prideful Valkyrie! I've taken it all away and if I had the chance, I'd rewind and do it all over again!" Kriemhild cackled, healing her wounds and summoning her Unmorapocalypse.

As Brynhildr cut through Kriemhild's devastating flames with her Blood Gram, the Blood Valkyrie swung and slashed open Kriemhild's chest, causing blood to spew out.

"Now, look at you, Brynhildr! I've broken you down to a mindless beast with no moral conduct. Not that you had any to begin with, but you carry no convictions. A beast such as yourself has no pride!" Kriemhild laughed while berating and parrying Brynhildr's unfocused attacks.

Just then, Brynhildr grabbed Kriemhild's neck and flew up carrying her away from Earth's orbit. She raised Blood Gram and bisected Kriemhild in two. As her body came apart, numerous black tendrils popped out of Kriemhild and ensnared Brynhildr. As she fiercely cut through the tentacles, Kriemhild pieced herself together and formed green & purple flames in her hands.

"Heheh, it's been fun! Why don't we end our wonderful relationship on a high note, Brynhildr?!" Kriemhild openly declared as she conjured a wave of black light. Launching herself at Brynhildr, Kriemhild unleashed her Eternal Nightshroud.

Invoking her Rage of the Valkyrie innate ability, the Blood Valkyrie increased her bloodlust and flew forward ready to finish off Kriemhild.

As the two irresistible forces collided, Kriemhild's darkness engulfed Brynhildr. Brynhildr's intense raw power overwhelmed Kriemhild. After a moment of struggle, they quickly wiped each other out. Brynhildr's pure screaming, which was filled with incessant rage, continued echoing. Then, her screams were accompanied shortly after by Kriemhild's calm and baleful laughter, as if signifying that Kriemhild won the battle. While the witch's ultimate goal failed, she still managed to win in the long run, tarnishing and ending Brynhildr's legacy.

As the mix of screaming and laughing ceased, so, too, did their existences.

xxxxx

Provisional Government Building/Gaol of the Stagnant Blood

Meanwhile, the goddesses took their fight into space where the Valkyries and Kriemhild last settled their conflict. Following more powerful blows, their attacks created waves that almost ruptured the physical plane of this dimension. Grabbing Sophia's throat, Yliaster Sophia shoved her light-powered nemesis through the atmosphere, sending her falling into the Provisional Government Building.

At the last moment, Sophia turned the tables and grabbed Yliaster Sophia's neck and flipped her around. Both crashed through the roof of the building and fell in a heap, causing everyone to cease their battle against Mido. Satanael ΩX and the others re-entered the ravaged throne room and watched the two goddesses standing and limping toward the other. Clenching their fists, Sophia and Yliaster Sophia ran toward the other and punched each other at the same time.

It was Yliaster Sophia who knocked Sophia flat on her back.

"No! Hifumi! Io!" Sion fearfully called out to Sophia, who was now at the dark goddess' mercy.

"Yes, it's time to take what's rightfully mine. Once I dispose of you, I'll harvest Sophia's power and become complete!" Yliaster Sophia boasted, stalking toward Sophia. Before he could reach her, he was met with resistance by Sion, Satanael ΩX, and the others. "Feh, try all you can, your resistance is futile now!" With a hand wave, she effortlessly knocked away all, but Sion and Satanael ΩX. "You two still stand? Well, not for long!"

Yliaster Sophia willfully pulled Sion and Satanael ΩX toward her. She then choked them with dark energy rings forming around their necks. The allosaurid let out pained roars as Yliaster Mido squeezed his neck tight with her dark ring.

A loud cackle was heard from the Successor of the Grand Beast. "Yes, take what is yours, my Jinyo! Become the supreme goddess you were meant to be!"

"Joker!" Hecate ΩX screamed as she and her group intervened to save him and Sion, but the Successor of the Grand Beast blocked their way. "GET OUT OF OUR FUCKING WAY!" She cast Ω Blazing Hell, surrounding him in a ring of blazing fire.

Although Mido resisted the flames, they trapped him. Engineer, Hound, and Stinger then tackled Mido once again, biting, clawing, and stinging. The bear dog bit hard on Mido's right shoulder while the snow leopard poked his neck with her stinger barb. Screeching loudly, the Successor of the grand Beast's body glowed with fire and unleashed molten lava blasts. He quickly shook them off with his Volcanic Shahrokh.

"Louis!" Anat ΩX called out to her Engineer as she and Astarte ΩX tended to the Barbary lion licking his wounds received from Mido's fiery cloak.

As Kamu Susano-o ΩX poured his Ω Diamond Dust, he put out Mido's fiery cloak with sheets of ice. After putting out the hazardous fire, Engineer, Stinger, Hound, and the Revenants (PV-CV-19) relentlessly attacked Mido, who fired his Beam of Lemuria to ward off his foes. The Successor trio dodged and then mercilessly attacked the giant Roc.

Upon recovering from Yliaster Sophia's devastating punch, Sophia stirred and saw Sion being choked out by the dark goddess. She also saw Satanael ΩX being strangled to death. Seizing her ko-naginata, she imbued her divine light through it and rushed forward, shoving her bladed spear through Yliaster Sophia's chest. Releasing Sion and Satanael ΩX from her grasp, Yliaster Sophia whipped around as Sophia blasted her with her Tengoku Star.

After taking Sophia's attack, Satanael ΩX shot and damaged her left-sided wings with his Ω Riot Gun. After stunning her with another gunshot, he summoned four Personas: Rale Rider, White Rider, Red Rider, and Black Rider. He and his 'Horsemen' swiftly attacked the dark goddess. Then, the ascended Phantom Thief added the exclamation point and ordered his Horsemen of the Apocalypse Persona to engage her. As the four riders charged at Yliaster Sophia, they crushed her with their Four Horsemen Strike, delivering bloody slashes that ravaged her.

As she nearly collapsed, Yliaster Sophia quickly pulled herself up and blasted Satanael ΩX's riders away with her Jingoku Star. Then, Sion charged in and headbutted her from behind. After knocking her away, Anat ΩX ran forward and blasted her using her Ω Atomic Flare, overwhelming the dark goddess with nuclear energy. However, Yliaster Sophia's body violently twitched as it regenerated from Anat ΩX's powerful force.

As Sion turned back to his Revenant self, he jumped up and swiftly slashed her with consecutive, lightning fast strikes with his glowing Regicide Blade. After striking her with his Will d'Artagnan, Sion kicked Yliaster Sophia to the ground.

As the dark goddess recovered to her feet, she turned around and was met by Sophia's ko-naginata, now glowing pale blue. Having imbued her weapon with her Tengoku Star, she struck Yliaster Sophia with her Tengoku Lightning Thorn, blasting her consecutively with divine lightning bolts. After shocking her a few times, she, Satanael ΩX, and Sion took her down with their own All-Out Attack.

"NO! I CANNOT BE BEATEN LIKE THIS!" Yliaster Sophia screamed with dismay.

"Checkmate," Sophia delivered the decisive blow, purging the piece of Mido's soul out of her body.

Letting out a pained gasp, Yliaster Sophia witnessed her own father's soul fragment being removed.

"NO!" Yliaster Sophia screamed, her own voice returning.

As Sophia discarded the soul fragment, it returned to Mido, who witnessed his daughter being purified by Sophia's divine light.

"No, my Jinyo! What have you done?!" The Revenant scientist's voice resonated behind the Roc's high-pitched screech. As he tried saving her, Hecate ΩX set his path ablaze with another Ω Blazing Hell. The flames trapped him long enough for the other Vein Remnants, Phantom Thieves, and the Revenants (PV-CV-19) to relentlessly devastate him with a myriad of attacks.

With a darkened glare, Hecate ΩX fiercely chastised Mido. "YOU'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE!" She held him off with another Ω Blazing Hell.

As Yliaster Sophia collapsed, she bore a gaping hole in her chest where Sophia removed Mido's fragmented soul. Sophia held Yliaster Sophia, who weakly turned her head.

"...you… you're me…" Yliaster Sophia gazed at Sophia, her eyes quickly widened as she let out a horrified scream. Her eyes quickly became instilled with terror as if she had previously been traumatized. "NO! PLEASE, MAKE HIM STOP! MAKE HIM STOP!" As she saw Mido, she screamed more, terrifying Sophia.

"What did he do to you?!" Sophia asked her. "Please, tell me! I can help!"

"HE FORCED HIMSELF ONTO ME! THAT MONSTER VIOLATED ME! HE… HE… INSERTED A PIECE OF HIMSELF INTO ME!"

Upon hearing this, Sophia, Satanael ΩX, Sion, and the others became horrified by the truth. Mido didn't just clone a daughter based on Togo Hifumi, but he raped her while incorporating a piece of himself into his clone daughter, using her as a vessel to take in the Weeping Tree's living essence. It was his elaborate plan to manipulate and create his own Sophia, who could then reset the whole world and create a utopia full of superpowered beings to replace what he deems 'weak and insignificant' humans.

Grasping Sophia's hand, Yliaster Sophia pleaded. "Please… help me…" Her eyes brimmed with tears.

"I can't," Sophia nodded. "I'm sorry, but I can ease your pain."

"Ease my pain…?"

"Hifumi, Io, what are you planning to do?" Sion asked the goddess, who held Yliaster Sophia's hands.

"I can take back the Weeping Tree's power that you absorbed and send it back where it belongs," Sophia then absorbed Io's essence from Yliaster Sophia's body. Having lost Io's power, Yliaster Sophia turned back into Jinyo.

Jinyo closed her eyes and weakly smiled. "...I don't hurt anymore… I'm ready to go free…"

Placing a hand over Jinyo's forehead, Sophia muttered. "I can't send you to the afterlife, you'd only suffer torment, but I can make the pain go away."

"Do what you must…" Jinyo resigned to her fate.

With that, Sophia drew the divine powers from Tennyo and the two Ios to mercifully purge the Hifumi clone's body and soul from existence. Jinyo's body faded and along with it her tormented existence.

"Hifumi, did you and Io just…" Sion muttered as he and the others watched Sophia face the Weeping Tree.

"Time to course correct," Sophia adamantly stated. As she sent Io's essence to the tree, the beautiful white tree glowed with life and regained its radiance. Finally, Sophia exhausted herself as she split back into Tennyo and Ivy.

"Hifumi, Io!" Sion ran over to check on the two. He embraced both lovingly. "Thank goodness you two are ok!" Both women hugged him back.

"You're not going to lose me, Skyler," Hifumi lovingly whispered into the Revenant's ear.

"We are inseparable," Ivy genuinely smiled.

Suddenly, everyone heard the deafening roars from the Successor of the Grand Beast. Not only was he surrounded by a wall of fire, but was being ravaged by the other Phantom Thieves, Vein Remnants, and their allies.

"Mido, it's down to just you!" Satanael ΩX fiercely pointed toward the giant Roc. "You're not getting away with all you've done!"

"You've caused enough pain and anguish to others for too long!" Sion chastised him.

"You're too dangerous to be kept alive! This is where we end you!" Engineer openly declared Mido's execution.

Grasping Io's hand, Tennyo resolutely nodded. "Are you ready to finish this?"

"Yes, let's end this monster!" Ivy concurred, her golden eyes glowing intensely.

"I think you two better sit this one out," Mercurius ΩX insisted. "That fight with Jinyo drained you two." He then healed them with Ω Salvation. "We'll handle it from here."

As the Successor of the Grand Beast rushed through the wall of flames forged by Hecate ΩX, the Thieves, the Vein Remnants, the Elven Princesses, and the Revenants (PV-CV-19) bombarded the giant Roc with a myriad of various attacks.

With their Persona's Ascendancy powers in full effect, the Phantom Thieves unleashed a full-on assault on the giant Roc. When the Successor of the Grand Beast fired its Beam of Lemuria, Prometheus ΩX used her Techno Force ability, nullifying the giant Roc's laser beam. She followed up and blasted him with a flash of multi-colored laser beams. After striking the monster with her DJ Laser Storm, Astarte ΩX struck Mido with her Ω Psycho Force, knocking the feathered behemoth back. The ascended Beauty Thief then readied and fired her Ω Triple Down from two artillery cannons.

After that, Kamu Susano-o ΩX once again used his Ω Diamond Dust to put out the fire covering the area and to lock the giant Roc's feet in place. This enabled him to deliver a powerful forward charge, striking the Successor with his katana. After several consecutive strikes with his Divine Glaive, Kamu Susano-o ΩX left Mido open for Seiten Taisei ΩX to attack, Riding high on his nimbus cloud, Seiten Taisei ΩX electrocuted Mido with an electrically charged Ω Thunder Reign. After zapping the giant Roc, the ascended Phantom Thief smacked Mido's face with his staff and punched him with an electrified-charged Ω God's Hand.

Flying through the air, Mercurius ΩX quickly zipped and slashed through the Successor's giant frame with Lightspeed Drive. After delivering consecutive strikes, the giant Roc was brought down to one leg. Loki followed through and unleashed his Loptr Tornado, pummeling him with powerful gusts of wind energies. He then disoriented Mido with his Hvedrungr Roar, a devastating sonic wave that affected the Roc's senses.

Charging nuclear energy in her fists, Anat ΩX jumped high into the air and fell down, unloading her one-two punch Nuclear Fist combo, which exploded in Mido's face and broke half of his beak off. Then, the Phantom Thief powerhouse devastated him with nuclear energies from her Ω Atomic Flare.

Hecate ΩX summoned two black dog heads, reminiscent of Hound, Jack, Sion, and Yakumo (PV-CV-19)'s twin hounds. These black dog heads viciously mauled Mido's shoulders and burned him with their fiery imbued Cerberi Fangs. However, the hounds didn't stop there as they continued to maul him at the behest of their master, Hecate ΩX, who smiled with cruel satisfaction at Mido's plight. His pained screeches became cathartic for her. As she powered herself up with Habanera Riser, she unleashed her most devastating Ω Blazing Hell, which burned and ripped through Mido's immense body.

Then, after blasting him with his Ω Riot Gun, Satanael ΩX transformed into his hydra form and charged three flamed beams. These flames converged into a single black flamed sphere and collided with the Successor of the Grand Beast. After being blasted away by the Sinful Neuron Blast, Sion, Engineer, Stinger, and Hound used their Envoys of Vein to attack Mido.

With his glowing Regicide Blade, Sion slashed Mido with his Will of d'Artagnan. Utilizing his Blade of Athos, Engineer delivered an upward slash and cut through the giant Roc's body with his glowing white sword. Stinger bombarded Mido with a barrage of white beams from her rifle, shooting up and damaging him with her Bullets of Aramis. Hound conjured his Hound-Type Blood Veil, inflicting his Jaws of Porthos to shatter the remaining beak and body.

Just then, Jack, in his Drake form, burned the Successor with his Fafnir's Breath. After dowsing him with blue flames, Eva, still in her Successor of the Throat state, unleashed a whirlwind attack that dazed him.

Subsequently following the Vein Remnants' attacks, the Elven Princesses pressed each other's hands together, performing a duet as the Virgo and Libra symbols flashed on their bosoms. Drawing mystic energies from their symbols, they combined their arrows and whip to create a giant crossbow made of energy. Holding the crossbow construct in their hands, they shot a massive arrow made of powerful spiritual energy. Their Divine Alf Arrow hit its mark and pierced through the Successor's body, bringing him down to his other leg.

The Revenants (PV-CV-19) then each inflicted damage to Mido. After Sion (PV-CV-19) slashed him with his Hanemukuro and Queenslayer blade, he burned him with Frenzied Fire. Delivering a decisive blow, Yakumo (PV-CV-19) ruptured a damaging blow to Mido's body with a shockwave. After Yakumo (PV-CV-19)'s Impact Wave, Mido fell back.

Suddenly, seizing this opportunity, Tennyo and Ivy merged into Sophia again. The goddess hastily flew straight for the Successor of the Grand Beast. Rather than one blue sphere, she conjured two glowing blue she collided with the giant Roc, Sophia unleashed a Double Tengoku Star, obliterating the Successor's body, causing the beast to regress in size and turn back into Mido's Envoy of Evolution state.

Growling with fury, Mido vehemently bellowed. "No! NO! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!" As he prepared to fight back, he heard the battle cry from the Phantom Thieves and Vein Remnants. Before he realized it, he received two All-Out Attacks, one after the other. He felt every vicious shot, stab, devastating blow, and element ripping through his once impenetrable body.

One from the Phantom Thieves.

And the other from the Vein Remnants.

Then, Mido heard whispers in his head, which only he can hear. The Yami Matter communicated with him, causing him to become befuddled and deeply concerned as if he felt betrayed.

"No… you don't understand! I had them! I swear I was going to rebound from their attacks!" Mido yelled, almost pleading to the Yami Matter.

Suddenly, a bolt of black light hurtled from the sky and engulfed Mido. He screamed in anguish as he felt his body seemingly being torn apart from the inside. He watched as he was stripped not just of his Envoy of Evolution armor, but the power which revived him was being taken from him.

"THIS CANNOT BE! NO! YAMI MATTER! GIVE ME ANOTHER CHANCE! I CAN RECOVER AND DESTROY THEM! JINYO AND I HAD THEM BEATEN IF NOT FOR SOPHIA!" Mido screamed as the Yami Matter took his power away and regressed him back to his base form. Looking over himself, Mido saw his hands breaking down into embers. "AUGH! NO! THIS CANNOT BE! I CANNOT DIE LIKE THIS!"

As the goddess landed near the group, Sophia unfused into Tennyo and Ivy again. Satanael ΩX turned back to his normal state. As the three regrouped with the others, the Phantom Thieves, the Vein Remnants, the Elven Princesses, and the Revenants (PV-CV-19) silently watched Mido being broken down to his most pitiful state. Individually, any one of them could defeat Mido as he is now. Seeing this as an opportunity to satisfy her vengeance, Hecate ΩX readied to unleash an inferno on Mido, but Satanael ΩX stopped her.

"Don't. He's finished," Satanael ΩX reassured his wife, who reluctantly stood her ground.

As his pitiful cursing ceased, Mido turned and faced his adversaries. His entire body quickly started dissolving into ash and embers.

"Well done, vigilantes of justice. You've bested me, my daughter, and my every resource. Who knew the Yami Matter would eventually turn against me. In the end, I'm not surprised. Yes, I sense Kriemhild, too, has fallen. Despite our machinations, we were just mere pawns for the Yami Matter. Together we devastated many realms, but we were just a means to an end. For Kriemhild, it was to bring chaos and destruction to her own world. For me, it was a means to bring me closer to you, Sion… you, the Persona Vein Io, Togo Hifumi, and the Phantom Thieves. The Yami Matter was going to grant me my revenge, but not today…" Mido grimaced as half of his body dissolved away. He gave a subdued chuckle. "But, I see it was not meant to be… even you 'Annie'... no, Ann… you showed me your tenacity… all of you showed me diligence… you've all earned my respect… my worthy opposition…" With that, his entire upper body and head dissolved into embers, leaving no traces of the Revenant scientist behind.

After a few moments of silence, Sion scowled. "The Yami Matter. That's right. It's still out there."

"It's been watching us this whole time even during these battles,s' Satanael ΩX looked up to the darkened sky.

"But, we've beaten Mido. There's no one else who can manipulate it now," Tennyo stated.

"I mean, who else is out there?" Anat ΩX wondered.

"No one else," Ivy muttered dreadfully as she sensed the growing malevolent and ubiquitous presence.

Suddenly, the dark red sky began to glow profusely as black matter quickly seeped out like ooze pouring out. The black matter, like an infection, spread out and darkened the sky, blocking out any sunlight from coming through.

With Mido and his entourage removed, the Yami Matter finally decided to initiate a course of action. Everyone could hear creepy and distorted whispering in their heads.

"Are these the voices Mido and Kriemhild hear?!" Sion exclaimed, shaking his head.

"It's the Yami Matter! It's telling us it's going to spread and slowly infect our world!" Ivy warned Sion and the others.

"What?! Now?!" Tennyo cried out in horror.

"It has lost interest in this dimension. It's going back to our world!" Ivy called out, revealing the Yami Matter's next intentions.

"Yo! Something's happening!" Seiten Taisei ΩX yelled out, pointing everyone toward a black beam hitting the ground in front of them.

"What the hell now?!" Stinger cried out.

"Looks like the Yami Matter isn't wasting any more time!" Morgana cried out.

"But, what could top Mido, Jinyo, and Kriemhild?" frantically wondered Astarte ΩX.

Suddenly, nine black formless blobs materialized in front of the Thieves, the Vein Remnants, the Elven Princesses, and the Revenants (PV-CV-19). These blobs then morphed, taking on the appearances of the Phantom Thieves. The Thieves were taken aback as they faced their darker mirror selves: the Yami Persona's Ascendancy, the same ascended fallen angels created by Saklas.

Yami Satanael ΩX, Yami Hecate ΩX, Yami Anat ΩX, Yami Astarte ΩX, Yami Seiten Taisei ΩX, Yami Mercurius ΩX, Yami Kamu Susano-o ΩX, Yami Prometheus ΩX, and Yami Loki ΩX faced off with the Persona's Ascendancy Phantom Thieves.

"I think the Yami Matter just answered for you, Haru!" Engineer cried out.

"It's us!" Anat ΩX snapped, quickly taking on a fighting stance. "Who knew we'd be fighting ourselves again."

"Except, these are not the Knights of Control!" Tennyo clarified, pointing out the fact these weren't Saklas' Lost variations of the Phantom Thieves.

"Yes, you're right. These are pure constructs summoned by the Yami Matter," Ivy assessed the Yami Persona's Ascendancy.

"Ugh, great and we've just finished a brutal fight. How far is the Yami Matter willing to go to wear us down?!" Hecate ΩX vented with frustration, now taking it out on the formless entity.

"That's the point. This is a war of attrition until we can't go anymore," Sion plainly stated the Yami Matter's intentions.

"Remember we're still here if you need us," Louis (PV-CV-19) offered as he and his Revenant colleagues stepped up to assist the Thieves, the Vein Remnants, and the Elven Princesses.

"Actually, you should just let us Phantom Thieves handle this," Satanael ΩX insisted as he beckoned his team to join him.

"Right, there's only Yami versions of us Phantom Thieves. The rest of you hang back and conserve your powers," Mercurius ΩX insisted while facing his Yami counterpart.

In no time, the ascended Phantom Thieves immediately fought their Yami counterparts in a heated battle royal.

Kamu Susano-o ΩX rushed Yami Kamu Susano-o ΩX with his katana. The Yami Phantom Thief quickly drew his katana and countered Kamu Susano-o ΩX. Attempting his Divine Glaive, Yami Kamu Susano-o ΩX struck him down with his katana.

Prometheus ΩX fired her DJ Laser Storm at Yami Prometheus ΩX. The Yami counterpart cast Yami Techno Force to neutralize her multi-colored beams. When Prometheus ΩX attacked with her laser sword, Yami Prometheus ΩX conjured a red laser sword and clashed swords with her.

Yami Anat ΩX and Anat ΩX raced at one another and punched each other far back. Both intensely faced each other down ready to rumble again. Meanwhile, Astarte ΩX swung her ax while trying to behead Yami Astarte ΩX. The Yami counterpart tried using her Yami Psychic Burst to make Astarte ΩX explode from the inside, but Astarte ΩX resisted using her own Psychic Burst.

Loki ΩX clashed swords with Yami Loki ΩX. During their sword duel, Yami Loki ΩX laughed maniacally in his counter's face. Loki ΩX tried not to let his Yami counterpart faze him with his scare tactics.

Charging yellow electricity through his body, Seiten Taisei ΩX flew right at Yami Seiten Taisei ΩX. He went for his Electric Kaio-Ken, but Yami Seiten Taisei ΩX used his Yami Electric Kaio-ken to evade his head-on attack. The Yami counterpart zipped around and blasted Seiten Taisei ΩX with electrical blasts.

Mercurius ΩX went head to head with Yami Mercurius ΩX. They tried outmaneuvering one another with their Lightspeed Drive, but the Yami counterpart's Yami Lightspeed Drive granted him a slightly faster speed advantage. Yami Mercurius ΩX shot an explosive from his slingshot, which knocked Mercurius ΩX back.

Hecate ΩX tossed her whip at Yami Hecate ΩX, who caught it with one hand. Yami Hecate ΩX then pulled Hecate ΩX and tossed her around. Then, the Yami counterpart unleashed black flames, nearly engulfing Hecate ΩX with it. Hecate ΩX cast her Ω Blazing Hell but nullified it with a wall of black fire. Taken aback, Hecate ΩX couldn't believe how potent her Yami counterpart's black fire was compared to hers.

Satanael ΩX and Yami Satanael ΩX both had the same idea as they fired their Ω Riot Gun. Unlike the others, Satanael ΩX used his previous fight against Akireplica as an advantage while fighting his Yami counterpart. Both drew their daggers and swiped at each other. When Satanael ΩX transformed into his Devil Hydra form, Yami Satanael ΩX did as well, transforming into a darker variation of Satanael ΩX's hydra form. Both hydra monsters fired their Sinful Neutron Blasts at the same time. As their attacks collided and exploded, the shockwaves created from their exploding attack knocked them back. Both turned back to their ascended Phantom Thief forms.

The Phantom Thieves then performed their Ω All-Out Attack on their Yami counterparts. With exact timing, the Yami Thieves struck back with their Yami Ω All-Out Attack. Both sides were quickly swept away by their finishing attack. Every Phantom thief and their Yami counterparts stood while each of them intensely glared down.

"Heh," evilly grinned Yami Satanael ΩX. "You're not ready to stop the Yami matter from purging your dimension. The end is drawing near."

With that, Yami Satanael ΩX snapped his fingers. Heeding their leader's beckoning, the Yami Phantom Thieves regrouped with Yami Satanael ΩX.

"We shall be waiting in your world. Face us if you dare," Yami Satanael ΩX opened the gauntlet to the Phantom Thieves and the others. He and his cohorts then vanished.

Just then, the sky started to return to normal. This signified that the Yami Matter has left the PV-CV-19 dimension behind.

"Look, everything's returning to normal!" Kamu Susano-o ΩX pointed out.

"Then, we need to head back to our world!" Anat ΩX stated.

"Joker, we need to go now," Sion said.

Before Satanael ΩX could respond, the Revenants (PV-CV-19) approached the group.

"We wish we could go, but we need to stay here and clean up the damage Mido and his allies caused here," Louis (PV-CV-19) stated.

"Understandable. We appreciate all the help you gave us," Engineer earnestly replied.

"Yes, thank you all," Stinger nodded. "We will not forget you."

"It was nothing. You helped us get rid of Mido once and for all," Mia (PV-CV-19) added.

"Sion," Sion (PV-CV-19) approached his counterpart. "Or rather, Skyler Jones. It was nice to meet you and…" He turned toward Ivy and smiled. "And Io, too. Thanks for returning our Io to the tree."

Ivy wholesomely smiled and nodded. "Your Io told me to tell you, 'she's still looking after you.'"

"She did? I'm glad. Thank you for telling me that," Sion (PV-CV-19) almost teared up.

"Take care, other me," Sion shook his PV-CV-19 counterpart's hand.

"Hey, other me," Jack (PV-CV-19) walked up to Jack. "I don't suppose you'd know how I could turn into a dragon like you?"

"No, I don't. Sorry, but my ability is unique only to me," Jack replied, grasping and hiding his orb necklace.

Eva waved off to Eva (PV-CV-19). "Take care of yourself and the other Jack."

"I will. Same to you and your Jack as well," the PV-CV-19 counterpart genuinely replied.

"Louis," Louis (PV-CV-19) confronted Engineer. He briefly noted Anat ΩX and Astarte ΩX beside him. "I trust you two will take good care of him."

"Absolutely," Astarte ΩX nodded.

"No one hurts our Louis," Anat ΩX lightly tapped Engineer's chest.

"Thank you, other me. Take care and continue rebuilding a better future for this world," Engineer said, shaking Louis's (PV-CV-19) hand.

"Hey, you all take care and we're pulling for you to save your world!" Yakumo (PV-CV-19) called out.

"Hifumi, we're ready," Satanael ΩX approached Tennyo.

"Let's get moving then," Tennyo stated, putting her hand forward as she formed a portal in front of them. Joining her, the Thieves, the Vein Remnants, and the Elven Princesses hopped through the portal.

As the portal closed, the Revenants (PV-CV-19) briefly conversed over what just happened. Sion (PV-CV-19) briefly pivoted toward the Weeping Tree, a small grin adorning his face.

"Thanks, Io," Sion (PV-CV-19) wistfully whispered for his old friend.

xxxxx

Dimension: PV-18/Meiji Shrine (明治神宮)/Shibuya, Tokyo (渋谷区, 東京)/12:30 AM (JST)

Upon returning to their dimension, the Phantom Thieves, the Vein Remnants, and the Elven Princesses were back in Meiji Shrine. They looked up to the sky, which was already shrouded by black matter. The Yami Matter not only beat them to their destination but spread its infectious cloud over the sky.

"Damn it! We're too late!" Sion exclaimed.

"It's already spreading and gotten a hold of our world!" Queen cried out.

"And look around us! It's altering reality as we speak!" Fox pointed everyone toward distortions forming and changing the physical appearance of their city.

"Where do we even begin to start to fight the Yami Matter now?!" Panther wondered.

Tennyo and Io both sensed the Yami Matter rapidly spreading like cancerous cells spreading over the dimensional body. They and the others agreed if nothing is done soon, their world will meet a similar fate that befell the Wulf-Edda dimension.

"Hifumi, Io, can't Sophia's power do anything to purge the Yami Matter?" Engineer asked them.

"It will take more than our combined power as Sophia to make a difference," Io answered, shaking her head.

"Damn it, then that's it?! After all the shit we've been through, it's over?!" Skull flipped out, panicking.

"No, it's not over! In fact, we still have a chance to save your dimension!" Called an unfamiliar voice belonging to a youthful woman.

"Who's there?!" Joker called out as he and his colleagues whirled around to face the source of this new presence. Initially brandishing his dagger, Joker stood his ground, but let go of his defensive stance. His reaction changed from distress to bewilderment.

"Who are you?" Sion asked the source as the individual emerged from the shadows.

Approaching them is an attractive, slender young woman with long russet brown hair. She has her russet hair pulled up in a band coupled with a back length ponytail hanging down. The girl has two pairs of bangs parted away toward the sides of her face, revealing most of her forehead. Her skin, in comparison to Hifumi's light and fair complexion, has a slight tan with caramel shading. Her eyes are filled with vigor and resolve, which contrasts Hifumi's usually demure expression when she's not full of bliss, shock, anger, or distress. Her eyes are dull reddish brown. On top of having a slender body, her full-bodied dark red, black, and light gray bodysuit showed some thickness in her arms, hips, legs, and posterior. Her thickness seemed to give the others an impression she is physically trained for combat. She has an extra layer of black and silver armored leggings with skate blade-like heels, which appeared to be utilized more than just for aesthetics. They seemed to allow her to support her legs, allowing her to walk forward and overcome her leg disabilities. There are pink wing-like protrusions coming out her hips and heels.

Every step she made created a thunk every time her heels tapped the concrete ground. She greeted them with a grim and serious look. When meeting her, Sion was left stunned and speechless by the young woman's beautiful features. Likewise, when she looked at Sion, he reminded her of someone she's currently with.

"Hello, heroes of this dimension. We're here to help you stop the Yami Matter from consuming your world," the young woman addressed the Thieves, the Revenants, and the Elven Princesses.

"We?" Hound asked her.

"And who's we? You're just one person," Stinger pointed out.

"Wait, I see more coming out!" Noir called out as they saw several figures emerge and stand behind the red-suited young woman.

Some of these figureheads were instantly recognized from a glance.

"No freakin' way!" Skull exclaimed in shock.

"Hey, I know you!" Oracle cried out toward the red-suited young woman. "You're that wheelchair bound girl from Guilty Crown! Shinomiya Ayase!"

"It is Ayase!" Sion added with shock.

Hearing this, a smile broadened on Ayase's face. "Then, my introductions aren't needed since you know who I am, but allow me to introduce you to my colleagues. Funeral Parlor, come forth!"

Heeding her call, four individuals appeared next to the young woman. All of them were from the Guilty Crown series: Tsugumi, Tsukishima Argo, Shibungi, and Fyu-Neru.

The others that assembled with Ayase and Funeral Parlor: Buffy Summers, Son Goku, Vegeta, Tsukino Usagi/Sailor Moon, Meiō Setsuna/Sailor Pluto, the Tenth Doctor (Doctor Who), Sora (Kingdom Hearts, in his Kingdom Hearts III attire), Superman (DCAU), Batman (DCAU), Wonder Woman (DCAU), Iron Man (MCU), Captain America (MCU), Thor (MCU), Star-Lord (MCU), and Blue (Jurassic World).

"Oh man, am I dreamin'? Skull gaped in shock.

"They're all with you?!" Panther exclaimed.

"Now, this is what I call an elite group," Morgana remarked.

As Joker, Sion, and Tennyo approached Ayase, they cautiously wondered if this was a trap set by the Yami Matter. However, Io saw things differently.

"It's ok, you three. I don't sense Yami Matter influence from them," Io reassured them, her golden eyes scanned Ayase and her large group.

"As I said, I'm… I mean, we're here to help," Ayase opened up to them.

"Alright, but we'll need to relocate," Joker replied.

"Yeah, and now we're going to need all the help we can get," Sion said as he walked up to Ayase. "But, we're going to need to know how you got in our world."

Nodding, Ayase replied genuinely. "Fair enough."

"What do you call your group?" Tennyo asked her.

"We're the SWO, the Secret World Organization. I am their leader," Ayase answered. "Now, let us plan out and liberate your world from the Yami Matter."

"But, we are in the middle of the same Yami Matter event, right?" Akechi asked the red-suited young woman.

"I mean, we did kick Mido and Jinyo's asses, but the Yami Matter summoned our Yami selves right after that," Queen added.

"So, what then? Is this still the Sixth Yami Matter event?" Engineer wondered.

"It has to be an extension of it then," Sion deduced.

Ayase just shook her head. "No, this is the final Yami Matter Event. It's the one that will determine the fate of your entire dimension."

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Chapter Soundtrack

Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood OST - Lurking - Yliaster Sophia opens her eyes and smiles. Prelude to the dark goddess's assault.
Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood OST - Mortal Sin - Mido rants about his dream for his utopia and replacing humanity with superior beings. Yliaster Sophia's attack on the heroes.
Attack on Titan OST - (WMId)| Hiroyuki Sawano ft. Eliana - Attack on Titan Season 3 by Hiroyuki Sawano - vs. Yliaster Sophia and Mido. Mido's transformation into the Successor of the Grand Beast.
Odin Sphere Leifthrasir - Battle in Ragnanival ~ Final Chapter - Valkyries vs. Kriemhild. All of the Valkyries except Brynhildr are wiped out of existence by their enemy.
Bayonetta Soundtrack - The Greatest Jubilee - Brynhildr vs. Kriemhild
Bayonetta 2 OST - Aesir- Brynhildr and Kriemhild's final round, leading to them wiping each other out of existence.
Kingdom Hearts III OST - Key To All - vs. and defeating Yliaster Sophia and Mido.
Shin Megami Tensei IV FINAL OST - CD 2 Track 10 (F8 Evil Incarnate)- Persona's Ascendancy's battle royale against the Yami Persona's Ascendancy after the Sixth YM event (in PV-CV-19) and before the start of the final YM event (by returning to PV-18). Nine ascended angels serving the True Kami (Sophia) vs. nine ascended fallen angels serving the False God's Angel (Saklas) and the YM; including the Ω All-Out Attack vs. Yami Ω All-Out Attack.
Guilty Crown - Friends - In a shocking turn of events, the gang meets Shinomiya Ayase and other fictitious characters come to life. The SWO (Secret World Organization) offers to help in the Final Yami Matter Event.

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A/N: Didn't expect the chapter to end on that note, huh? Yes, the Final Yami Matter Event will involve fictional characters come to life to help our heroes! Remember all those 'Urban Myth' character cameos that dispersed throughout the story? The same ones that watched our heroes' daily activities unbeknownst to them? Well, these are some of them and plenty of more will show up.

The big reveal is not even them, but the appearance of Shinomiya Ayase of Guilty Crown, along with some of her compatriots. They along with the SWO have been conjured into reality to resist the Yami Matter. Ayase will explain her side of the story about the Yami Matter's influence in the next chapter.

So, to recap: Mido, Yliaster Sophia/Jinyo, and Kriemhild were the bosses. Mido turned into a giant demon bird. Jinyo with Mido's voice took a page from Ra's al Ghul possessing Talia like in Batman Beyond. Now, just picture a crazed Yliaster Sophia's face looking like female!Alucard's psychotic, over the top expressions. Yes, I want you to burn that image in your minds now.

And wow, talk about a Valkyrie massacre. Kriemhild completely had the Wulf-Edda Valkyrie's numbers and straight up jobbed out most of them. Alas, is anyone going to miss Göndul and Skögul? The latter revealed her true villainous character and intended to betray the others, except her masculine lover, who is merely just the 'muscle' extension of herself. Yeah, I doubt anyone's going to miss those two. They received the most gruesome and satisfying deaths. But, sad to say others like Eir had to die. And while Brynhildr did manage to kill Kriemhild, the sorceress still got the last laugh. She destroyed Brynhildr's reputation, wiped out the Valkyries, and purged the entire Wulf-Edda dimension with the Yami Matter and Mido's help. She got a lot done during her stint in this story.

Both Mido and Jinyo met their ends. Just for the record, the Sophia in this story is not the same one from Persona 5: Scramble, but I'm sure those who've been reading this already knew that. Well, anyway, our other two villains met their ends, Jinyo does out on a somber note, but Mido not only gets his comeuppance, but Ann gets plenty of licks in before his demise. Ok, maybe she didn't deliver the final blow, but she at least contributed to his downfall. And Mido dies in atypical villain fashion and congratulates our heroes. Since it's uncertain if Mido will return for a Code Vein sequel, at least here he doesn't vow revenge on his enemies and if he does return he can focus his plans exclusively on the main Code Vein (PV-CV-19) cast.

And did anyone expect the Yami Persona's Ascendancy? Well, the Thieves certainly didn't. After that, our heroes bid the canon!Revenants farewell and return to their world already taken over by the Yami Matter. Man, talk about walking right into a shitstorm.

Finally, as already mentioned, the SWO greets our heroes and their leader, Ayase, is ready to explain her side of the Yami Matter conflict.

With that, the Final Yami Matter Event is upon us. There are just 3 chapters left for Urban Legends. Strap yourselves in for this chaotic 3-part finale!

Until then, send a review and see you soon!