The group flew on; coming to a point which... felt strange. Everyone could feel the raw energy coursing through their bodies. The very magic in their bodies resonating. Even Yumemi could feel something.
Looking around; there were many passageways; similar to what they had come down. However; the energy flowing from each of them felt different. Foreign. Alice and Rumia could instantly tell which direction was towards Makai.
Of course; the main thing in this large; empty area; the crossroads between dimensions; was the reason they had come.
Titania floated right in the centre of the worlds. Her eyes closed. She hardly resembled the time she was seen over the Misty Lake now; feeding off the fear of most of the multiverse had changed her. Her once white; angelic wings were now six; black wings, five of them with a crystal orb embedded inside them. She did not wear Yuuka's outfit like before; instead; she was wearing an outfit seemingly made of various parts of nature. Her right arm was covered in ice; while her left was covered in an armor of rocks. Her torso and down to her knees was covered by a tunic of leaves ; vines and flowers; while her lower legs had what seemed to be stormclouds around them.
Her hair flowed wildly behind her; as if it was being thrashed by a hurricane. It was a few shades darker than before. Her eyes were no longer red like most youkai; but jet black. Her arms were elongated; reaching down to just below her knees; no longer much like humans; with the fingers and nails more like blades than actual fingers. Titania as a whole was several times larger than before as well; she was five times larger than anyone else there.
The orbs in her wings matched the appearance of the five stones that appeared before the group earlier. Rumia could feel the magical power swirling around them. These were the real deal. These stones were the same powerful catalysts as the Heart of Makai. And there were five of them, being used by someone as brutally powerful as Titania.
"Where's Sanae!" Reimu shouted; looking around for the other Miko frantically.
Titania turned slowly towards the group.
"Who is Sanae?" she asked. Her voice and expression clearly showed she had completely lost it. She sounded more insane than Flandre or Enkura had ever done so.
"Green haired Miko... she was with the two gods you butchered and put on display!" Byakuren said furiously.
"Oh... someone that insignificant... I did not even care to remember her existence." Titania replied. "I vaguely recall having some fun torturing two Goddesses who had the folly to attack me however."
"What did you do?" Rumia asked.
"Weak as she is; she might have actually been dangerous if she awakened as a God. I made her power part of my own." Titania answered; before indicating to her stomach. "The strong devour the weak."
The realisation of what Titania was saying was too much for Maribel and Renko; as Renko raised her staff to the sky with a roar; and Maribel began to open a massive amount of gaps around Titania.
"We'll destroy you! Monster!" Renko screamed; before she formed a massive orange sphere of flame at the tip of her staff. "Nova!"
Utusho pointed her control rod at the miniature sun; and it turned to a bright blue and grew even larger; before Renko launched it into a gap. The gap Renko fired her attack into closed; before everyone temporarily lost their hearing as a gigantic explosion erupted. A massive shockwave and plumes of flame shot out of Maribel's gaps; engulfing the wicked Goddess from all directions. Then; after a few seconds of the explosion still ongoing; the gaps seemed to rip open wider for a second; before Maribel cried in pain and flew backwards; her hands burnt; and the gaps closed.
"Thanks Utusho; without your help I wouldn't have had the power to push my Nova attack to a SuperNova instead." Renko said; panting heavily.
Eirin flew over to Maribel; and looked at her hands.
"That attack... it was so powerful that the backlash harmed Maribel just from her attempting to control it in her dimension... it ripped open the gaps themselves."
"A supernova is the strongest possible explosion." Utusho explained. "The biggest; hottest stars die with an explosion strong enough to rend even space itself! Even a god would struggle to survive such a powerful attack; even if that was far weaker than a real Supernova."
Titania was still engulfed in blue fire; but Byakuren raised her hands; and began to chant; her scroll unfolding.
"I'm going to cast everything I can to make you all as strong as possible." Byakuren said. "I won't be able to help while sustaining this many charms. Cover me."
"Wait... you mean she's not dead?" Rika asked.
"Surely you can tell that her magical readings are still in that fire." Rumia said.
"Her power is so great I can't even register it on my sensors; actually." Rika admitted.
The flames then were quashed; blown away by a powerful gale that blasted out from Titania; revealing the Goddess; completely unharmed.
"For a mortal... that as impressive; even aided by Yatagarasu. The legacy of Yakumo is indeed powerful." Titania said. "But you fail to realise; you cannot harm me. It is impossible."
"Yeah; we'll see about that." Rumia retorted; feeling herself being reinforced by magical power.
"Fine. I shall show you your folly. I shall give you all five minutes. During that time; I will not attack or defend myself. After that time however; you can despair knowing that pointless cause you are throwing your lives away for!" Titania said; raising her hand and forming a magical clock out of flames; which started ticking down.
One after another; everyone unleashed their most powerful ranged attacks; being very careful not to cancel out someone else's, while also helping each other out. For example; everyone who could make use of flames attacked together; unleashing a massive torrent of fire which washed over the goddess; bolstered by Tenma; Toyohime and Aya's control over wind and the air pressure. Remilia threw Gungir into the firestorm; and as it cleared; Flandre flew in and smashed Titania with Laevateinn; charged with her power to destroy.
Nothing happened.
"Impossible!" Remilia cried. Gungir was not even anywhere to be seen; and even Flandre's attack had not left a mark.
Then; Yorihime and Eirin both used their skill with archery; launching divine; lunar arrows of great power; while Alice; Marisa; Rika and Rumia supported the assault with various laser-based attacks; and Reimu added in her talismans. Again; the attack had no effect.
Everyone proficient in melee combat then flew in; attempting to defeat Titania that way; but their strikes had no effect; the Goddess being unscathed. Even Rumia tried to strike with the dirk made by Shinki specifically for this sort of occasion; Kage no Kiba; but the blade just bounced off Titania's skin.
The Goddess howled with laughter.
"You don't get it! My domain is over Nature! My power is absolute! Everything you try is a product of nature! And with the green-haired miko's power over Miracles; even the un-natural is averted by a Miracle! I am invincible!"
Yorihime shook her head.
"She's right... if she's absorbed the power of someone who can invoke miracles; and such a massive reserve of fear to fuel her divine invocations; she is truly invincible."
"No... she isn't." Maribel said; standing up. She looked exhausted from her attempt to attack with Renko; and her hands were still very badly burnt.
"What do you mean?" Patchouli asked. "Do you have an idea on how to stop her?"
"Kanko and Suwako would not have survived long in that condition; and they would have damn sure done everything they could have to protect Sanae." Maribel said. "There's a chance that; while Titania has Sanae's powers and can invoke Miracles as she wishes due to her massive reserve of power... that I can save Sanae and rob those powers from her."
"But she said she ate Sanae!" Rumia said, before her expression changed from confusion to terror.
"No... Maribel... you don't mean..."
"I'm going to gap inside of Titania... and bring Sanae out." Maribel said. "It's the only way we can have any chance; unless we cut Titania off from her supply of fear from every dimension and force her to use all of her energy. She'll still have power over nature; but without Sanae; she shouldn't have power over Miracles as well... un-natural or divine means should harm her; she can't avert them with a miracle!"
Rumia was going to argue; but sighed. There was no other way.
"How long do we have before she starts attacking?" Maribel asked.
"One more minute." Renko said weakly; looking at the clock.
"Oh my; it seems that Yakumo's offspring is as bright as the real deal." Titania said. "To have figured out how to try and weaken me as such... but do you really have what it takes... to go inside me and take her from me?"
Maribel opened a gap up in front of her and stared the god in the eyes.
"Yes. I do. And you better hope I don't find her in the next forty seconds."
Maribel vanished into her gap. The time ticked down; unti; with five seconds left; a gap opened.
"Someone!" Maribel shouted; the portal showing Maribel on the other side; seemingly next to a tree with and injured and unconscious Sanae tied to it. "Cut the branches!"
The branches were cut instantly; Konngara slicing them apart with waves from her blade at incredible speed; before Maribel ripped Sanae away and flew out of the gap.
Sanae was breathing; and nowhere near as injured as her goddesses. Titania just laughed.
"Oh well; I'll regain her power soon. Fighting me when I am untouchable yet not even trying to fight back is one thing. Fighting me when I am fighting back... is quite another. Can your attacks even reach me?"
Rumia appeared out of Titania's shadow as she spoke; Kage no Kiba in her hand; jumping towards the back of Titania's neck.
'Don't speak too soon; overconfident bitch!' Rumia thought.
Then she was blown away. Not even by an attack aimed at her; but a almost instantly fired Spark at the others; the shockwave caused being enough to blow her away alone. She saw Buru form some sort of massive earth barrier with her imagination; as well as a few others make actions; but Buru's barrier blocked Rumia from seeing exactly what they did.
Rumia recovered; and noticed the barrier had brought enough time for the spark to be evaded; the barrier cut through; clearly showing a large layer of ice that Cirno certainly contributed a lot to; as well as a magical barrier and a seal layer.
"Scatter like leaves before even a slither of my power; pathetic beings. In my new world; I hope nature does not produce such fragile beings; that dare not even face punishment from their mother." Titania said; a massively sadistic look on her face.
Author Notes:
Here we go; the final battle begins!
Titania is strong;but to outright recreate the universe she needs all the power she can get. She's using basically the very cornerstones of magic to power herself up; along with fear from the entire multiverse; and also wants Sanae's power to invoke Miracles as her own; which she can use freely with her massive amount of fear which she can fuel it with. [Sanae has to use it very sparingly because of her low amount of faith she has]
Of course; being Mother Nature gives her a lot of perks in the first place; but being able to invoke Miracles as well made her outright invulnerable. Even a divine weapon like Gungir thrown by someone like a buffed Remilia can't harm her; as a miracle occurs to stop Gungir harming her.
With Sanae saved from her; however; she's no longer completely invulnerable. But she's still crazy strong.