Hello there peeps, Uncle Klyju is back! We have finally reached the season finale, everyone! This has been a long time coming, especially since this is the first time I've ever finished a story arc! I hope you all enjoy this chapter because, after this, I'm taking a break before starting up… Daily Life With A Human Demon Harem! I hope you all get excited about that! Anyway, recently I received a message from a fan of my previous story, Kimetsu no Kaiju, who was saddened by my abandoning and deletion of the story. It made me realize that I upset quite a lot of people when I did that. Perhaps someday, maybe, I'll bring it back. Maybe.

But for now, let us enjoy the present with the SoHverse, which is going to expand soon. Following this, DLWAHDH will get 5 chapters to it before I resume this story with the Sports Festival Arc, where things are gonna pick up quickly!

You know, it's kind of funny. I never expected this story to get so much love from anyone. I just thought that I'd face with a horde of people wanting more Pigzuku, but I kept pushing with this story, and here we are! Even with all the stress I've been having recently, I still found a way to keep pushing through with this story, and I still want to keep going! So, I hope you are all excited for what the future brings for not just this story, but all others that will come! As usual, I don't own anything here.

So, without further ado, OPEN THE GAME!

As the Slayer and the Demonomu circled one another, the tension in the air growing thicker, the class watching felt beads of sweat trickle down their faces, growing more nervous as to how the fight will end, especially considering that both fighters were healed back to full health. They were back at square one.

However, the Slayer was different. He took out the Demonomu's primary weapon, and that alone should make a big enough difference in his favor. As the two fighters got in position, quiet reigned over the arena at the middle of the training facility before the monstrous hybrid charged towards the Slayer, who revved up the Chaingun's Mini-turrets before his opponent was rapidly pelted by the uranium-coated rounds. Despite the fact that it's flesh was being shredded, however, the Demonomu didn't stop charging towards its opponent, prompting the Slayer to fire a grenade at the hybrid's feet, knocking it off balance long enough for him to switch to the Ballista and fire an Arbalest round, knocking it back as the plasma round exploded, leaving a scorch mark on the beast's chest.

Quickly charging a Blood Punch, the Slayer created another gash on the Demonomu's body, but the massive beast took the chance to grab at the Slayer. It reared back its head, with the Slayer mirroring the action before they headbutt one another and created a small shockwave. Both opponents stood their ground, trying to push one another away before the armored man began to repeatedly smash his fist into the hybrid's side. Fractures formed in the Demonomu's skin with each strike, prompting it to let go of its opponent before backhanding him away with the remains of its chaingun arm, only for the attack to be caught by the Slayer. Acting quickly, the Slayer planted his foot on the hybrid's torso to use it as leverage before he began to pull at the gun arm. Within moments, blood began to spray out of where flesh and metal were conjoined before Izuku managed to rip the metallic limb off completely.

Stumbling back in pain, the Demonomu was left open for a strike that Katsumi delivered from behind, dashing towards it with a full-body blow. After striking at it, the blonde aimed her hands at the beast and let loose a great explosion, knocking it back long enough for the Slayer to pelt it with Micro-Missiles. As the Demonomu was being pushed back by the countless explosions, Shoko took the opportunity to send an ice wave to it's back, the iceberg's tip skewering through the beast's chest before it quickly melted from the demon hybrid's body temperature.

The Demonomu let out a roar as it turned towards the peppermint-haired girl, but the distraction allowed the Slayer to run up towards it before he climbed on it. As the beast tried desperately to shake him off, the Slayer leaped towards the front of its torso and aimed the Combat Shotgun into the demon's mouth before firing all five sticky bombs down its throat. Emptying the last bomb, the armored man jumped off, switching to the Rocket Launcher and firing a rocket to use the recoil to fly further back. The rocket made an impact with the monster, and upon doing so, the sticky bombs still down its gullet blew up, spraying blood from the explosion. Despite this, the demon was still kicking, letting out a guttural roar as it charged towards its opponent.

Just according to plan.

The Slayer brought out the Unmaykr before unloading the Argent bullets on the charging demon, quickly shredding away at its hide before it teleported. Listening intently, the Slayer dodged the hybrid's falling body as he brought out the BFG-9000, firing a BFG Round at the hybrid, locking it into place. Taking advantage, Izuku dashed towards the Demonomu to knee it in the face, shattering its jaw. Flying past it, he resumed the beat down, slamming his fist into its back, snapping its spine in two. As the beast fell back, the Slayer then slammed his fist into the demon's face, crushing the front half of its skull before he grabbed it by the horns and began prying it from its neck. Soon enough, the Demonomu's head was ripped off, and its life signs quickly dropped, with no signs of regeneration.

The Slayer tossed away the Demonomu's head, satisfied with his work before he and the class heard the sounds of the doors slamming open. "Aizawa-sensei!" Tomoyo exclaimed as she was followed by the UA Staff. "We have…! Oh! You already dealt with the threat?"

The scruffy teacher nodded. "Yeah, we dealt with the threat ASAP," She explained before noticing that there were some villains groaning. "Now, if you don't mind, we have to deal with these bitches right about now."

As the teachers began to tie up the downed villains that littered the courtyard, Recovery Girl began to walk towards the class, a concerned expression on her face. "Alright, children, line up, we need to get you all checked up!" She stated. Almost immediately, some of the students turned towards the Slayer, looking concerned before Tomoyo walked towards him. "Midoriya, it's best if you come along for this," She stated, grabbing him by the wrist, only to fall back as she tried to pry him towards the school nurse. The Slayer shook his head, letting out a grunt of disagreement. "Uh, I don't think it's good for you to ignore medical procedures, Midoriya. You need to get checked on."

"Izuku, just do it," Katsumi stated. "There is no fucking way that you're completely okay! We saw you fucking DIE out there!"

Upon hearing this, some of the staff sharply turned their heads towards the Slayer, who was unbothered by all the stares he was receiving. "Young Midoriya," All Might began. "What does young Bakugo mean by that? Did you receive fatal injuries?"

The Slayer made no motions other than let out an annoyed grunt. "Midoriya, if you have any grievous injuries, you need to get them checked up on," Midnight told him. "It's not a good idea to just 'try and shake it off!'"

This did little to change the mind of the Slayer. To him, the fight was practically next to nothing. This wasn't even the worst injuries he had ever received.

Besides, it wasn't the first time he died.

Eons Ago… Phobos Base

Izuku panted in exhaustion as he wiped the sweat from his forehead, the corpses of the toughest demons he has fought up against so far. The Bruiser Brothers had terrified him at first, but he managed to steel himself, mustering the courage to go up against the Barons of Hell with the weapons he found on his way up to this point. "Who… else… wants some?" He gasped out as he saw the path towards the portal open up. He was almost there. He was almost to civilization, as the portal should take him to Deimos, where the humans should be.

He sprinted towards the portal, ignoring the pain in his legs as he climbed the stairs. He was almost there. Just a few more steps towards freedom.

Mustering the last bit of his energy, Izuku jumped through the portal and landed on the other side, a grin on his face… before it was wiped from his face. Instead of people, instead of salvation, he saw a massive hoard of zombies, imps, and pinkies. The demons all quickly took notice of his presence and let out roars of rage, prompting him to bring out the chaingun to retaliate. As he began firing white-hot lead from the barrels of his weapon, he was quickly being pelted by shotgun pellets, bullets, fireballs, bites, and scratches from his enemies. With each wound that formed, Izuku felt his body caving under pressure, blood spurting from the bullet holes and gashes in his skin. Within moments…

"GAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGHHHHH!" He yelled out as his body fell to the floor. Within moments, his heart stopped beating, having been shredded to pieces in the firefight.

Izuku Midoriya… had died.

But his story did not end, as hours later, in the Deimos Facility…

Izuku sprung back up from the ground, pistol in hand, wearing repaired armor. He was confused as to how he was still alive, but his curiosity went out the window when he saw a zombie nearby before he blew its brains out.

"Alright then," He uttered as he heard more zombies nearby. "You guys want a piece of me? Then come on! BRING IT ON!"

As the Slayer reminisced over his first death, the other students looked over towards him in concern. Why was he so adamant against getting an examination? Nobody should be able to handle the injuries he had received and come out fine, much less be so nonchalant about it!

At that moment, Class 1-A decided that they would try to figure out the secret of the Slayer.

Later, UA Staff Meeting

"So, as we all know, the USJ assignment was compromised with the sudden villain assault," Nozomi stated from her seat as she looked over the teaching staff. "The media is going to lambast UA over the situation, and the public isn't exactly going to recover easily from the situation. Some people may lose their trust in us, especially after what happened to Midoriya."

"Even so, the most rational course of action should be to continue with the Sports Festival," Aizawa stated as she set down her papers. "If we let an incident like this set us back, the public is even more likely to doubt the safety of the school, not to mention our capabilities in teaching."

"Speaking of which, we need to discuss the incident that Aizawa and the other students reported," Midnight began as she turned to look at the nearby computer monitor, where Hayden's avatar was displayed. "They all reported the… 'Demonomu'... had killed Midoriya, only for him to somehow come back from the dead without injury. Could you explain that, Dr. Hayden?"

The former cyborg let out a robotic sigh before his avatar walked around the virtual room in cyberspace. "I suppose you were going to find out at some point, whether by the Slayer's choice, or by another method," Hayden began before slides of the Sentinels and Izuku popped up next to him. "You see, the Night Sentinels once found Izuku Midoriya long ago, and during his time with them, he… was blessed, for lack of a better term, giving him the speed and power to carry on his crusade." Sketches of the Divinity then showed up on the screen. "However, it had… another effect on him… Back on Mars… we carbon-dated his body… the results showed that he was at least several eons old."

This got the attention of the rest of the staff. "So, that implies…" Present Mic began in a surprised tone.

"Yes," Hayden confirmed. "Midoriya is, in fact, immortal, and probably has been since even before he was found by the Sentinels."

The bombshell of that news stunned the UA staff into silence as they processed over the news that was brought upon them. "So, there is way no to kill him, then," Nozomi stated quietly as she mulled over the fact. "As hard as it is to believe, the reports do seem to back this up."

"However, I do have theory," Hayden continued, getting the attention of everyone in the room. "Theoretically, he is a Primeval, and therefore, only another Primeval of similar power can slay him. The only two who come close to his power would be either the Dark Lord… or the Father."

"The Dark Lord and the Father…" Midnight muttered as she and her comrades realized what that meant. "So, you're saying that Midoriya is as strong as God and the Devil?"

"Indeed," Hayden confirmed. "However, that is still to be seen, as neither of the aforementioned beings have been sighted in over decillions of years, as only their severed consciousnesses remain."

"And how would you know that?" Aizawa asked for her fellow heroes, who narrowed their eyes at the knowledge gained from the former cyborg. For a few moments, Hayden remained quiet, making them more apprehensive before the virtual being spoke up. "I have my sources."

Realizing that they won't be able to get any more information out of the robotic being, but also knowing that they needed to keep a closer eye on him, Aizawa let out an exhausted sigh. "Regardless, it would be best if we keep all this a secret from the public," She stated. "If people found out about him, we'd be caught up in a political mess unlike any reported in history before. There's no way that a male with immortality wouldn't cause unrest in today's society."

"Agreed," Nozomi stated as she got up from her seat. "We'll have to continue this discussion tomorrow, though. Meeting dismissed."

1-A Dorms

Izuku sat in his room, whetstone in hand as he sharpened his DOOM Blade. It had been a few hours since the incident at USJ, and the Slayer had focused all his energy to tuning up his armor and weaponry. It had been several eons since he last died, and the Demonomu showed him that he was far too used to the standard demon affair. He needed to learn to improvise faster against threats like that, especially if there were more variants of it. Any combination was possible, and he needed to be ready next time.

As he mulled over this, he heard a knock on his door, which was followed by Momo's voice coming through. "Midoriya? Are you in there?" She asked, prompting him to walk over to the door. Opening it up revealed that the ponytailed girl was accompanied by Eiko, Katsumi, Ochako, and Shoko, all of whom had expressions of concern on their faces. "We… wanted to see how you were doing, Midoriya," Momo explained. "We are somewhat worried about you, after seeing what happened at USJ…"

However, try as they might, the girls found themselves distracted by Midoriya's shirtless body, but instead of being distracted by lust, they were distracted by the scars that were on display. Each scar told a story to them, and the sheer number of them told them of the horrors he must have gone through. This haunted Katsumi especially, because she knew that he would've received those scars when he went missing, meaning that he went through those horrors alone. He had to suffer without any help.

They were brought out of their thoughts when they saw the Slayer nod out of the corner of their eyes as he signed a response towards them. "I'm fine. It was nothing."

Despite this, the girls still seemed unsure of his state, but they knew that he wouldn't tell them anything else. "I see… Well, if you're sure about that," Momo stated. "We'll see you tomorrow."

The Slayer nodded before closing the door, leaving the group of girls alone in the hall before they went back to their rooms, each of them swearing a silent vow to improve themselves to prevent any more incidents like USJ from happening again.

Elsewhere

"GRAAAAAAAAAGGGGGHHHHH!" Shigaraki screamed out in pain as she had the stump stitched, having lost her arm at USJ. Kurogiri merely sighed as she cut the thread from the needle, just happy that she was done with her job. Placing the needle into a tray, she stepped back from her blue-haired charge as the womanchild trashed around in her chair in pain before calming down. Letting out grunt in pain, Shigaraki stumbled out of towards the bar's main room towards a nearby computer screen before she got ready for a video call with Sensei, knowing that she'd have to report her failure.

As if on cue, the screen flickered to life as an 'anonymous caller' picture showed up on it. "Shigaraki," The synthesized voice of Sensei spoke. "I assume your mission was a failure?"

Despite not wanting to disappoint, the blue-haired woman sighed in resignation. "They had this cheater out there," She growled out. "He had this bullshit God mode on, and he had a damn lightsaber with him! Not even the Demonomu survived, and we had to disconnect before All Might arrived!"

"He?" Sensei questioned. "A male fought the Demonomu and defeated it?"

"It was bullshit!" Shigaraki exclaimed. "He had this armor on him, and-!"

"That is quite enough, Shigaraki," The distorted voice said, as on the other side, a masculine voice spoke. "You did your best today. It just so happened that there was a variable you didn't factor in. You'll get them next time, and besides… We have more Demonomus from where it came from. Things will go our way soon…"

"Very soon…"

ANNND SCENE! Holy stinking super crap. This SOB was a nightmare to get through, what, with all the stress I had been dealing with for a while, not to mention playing MKX for inspiration (BTW, Mileena should've been the MC, I'm just saying), dealing with scholarship, the depression, No Nut November, trying to find ideas, and general burnt-out from writing for so long.

But at long last, we have reached the end of Season 1 of Symbol of Hope! This has been a wild ride, and I'm sorry for the short chapter. I hope that I can make the next one better.

Speaking of, I hope you are all ready for Daily Life With A Human Demon Harem! Yes, the next entry to the SoHverse is coming up next, and I am very excited to get to that soon!

Also, during my time playing MKX to get ideas for the fight scene, an idea popped into my head, so I ask you all this: How would you all feel about Mileena!Momo? I feel like that would make for an interesting story. Let me know if y'all want it.

With that said, Klyju out.