Chapter 94

"I am only one man with one heart...Call me a demon, call me a monster...but I can't be the strongest forever...!!!"

Edward Newgate

One Piece

The poems in this chapter are owned by Joseph Matar & Lord Byron with some changes.

An old once says a man truly dies not when his body stops functioning, but when he is forgotten. Gaeris Adler is supposed to embrace his death an eternity ago, but even at the moment he is not forgotten. Both his soul and his heart, that's why he is still alive. But at the moment, Naght Sieger doesn't care about anyone considering his live at all. All his life, he has endured everything that was given to him. From pain to suffering, from joy to happiness, from sad to sorrow, and from laugh to cheers. He has endured it all until he finally loses his last straw and snaps. The wounds from having been gunned by Rekenber soldiers haven't fully recovered yet. But he doesn't feel like stopping to greet whoever enters his chamber first at all. Sitting quietly on his throne on the top floor of Endless Tower, the demon sees his hands, wet and colored red of blood. They are cold. The same hands, which he once used to embrace his wife, stroke the hair of his children, lift his sons and daughters with passion and love, are now cold. They are cold and harsh. Maybe because he grabbed both his swords too much ever since Isabel left the island. So often their hilt is stained red. He plastered his eyes to both his hands with no intention of letting his sight go; thinking all his doing there's no turning back now. His once kind and caring eyes cannot stop glaring like he's going to kill anyone he sees. His calming aura now turns fearsome. All his life he's been looking for forgiveness, and as stated many times he never found it. So he stopped forgiving himself. All he wants is to end it all. Deep inside when no once can hear him, he solemnly whispers,

"JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE …AND THEN I CAN…SEE YOUR FACES AGAIN…"

Using the packs, Olivia, Eremes, Marcus, Sasha, Fenrir, and Frea quickly reach the 90th floor to enter the west part of the island stage. It seems the closer the level to the top, the more it shows the nature of the island. And right before their eyes, Beelzebub and Amon Ra have been waiting for them. Both of them are looking ferocious.

"They are the last two before Sieger" Olivia reminds the others, "Isabel told me the path to the 100th floor would only open if the winners could be decided here on the 90th floor"

Seeing they are going to face a god and a godlike, Fenrir quickly voices a suggestion, "Okay, we got two fishes to try here so listen to me. Amon Ra is a god, so your attacks will never affect him. Luckily he is not on the same level of Ifrit or Beelzephir so you guys better leave him to me and Frea. We're going to fry him good. You might want to keep yourself busy with Beelzebub. Now, he is skillful on lightning magic so my ice magic would mean nothing in front of him. Thankfully, he is a godlike and that means you four can harm him. So can I leave him to all four of you?"

"Okay" Olivia represents the agreement as this battle goes into 4 on 1 and 2 on 1. Marcus, Eremes, Sasha, and Olivia surround Beelzebub fast. His large stature doesn't allow him to move much so giving him fewer space to work with might be the best idea.

Eyeing all his opponents, Beelzebub states, "IT'S FOUR AGAINST ONE, SO BASICALLY IT WOULD BE NORMAL FOR ME TO LOSE. BUT IF IT'S THE OTHER WAY AROUND, IT WOULD BE SHAMEFUL FOR ALL OF YOU"

"Yeah, or maybe not" Eremes quickly comes up right above Beelzebub and slashes his face using Sonic Blow. Weirdly, every hit only meets the sound of another metal crossing with Eremes' weapon. When he backs off, he could see Beelzebub unscathed, "What?"

"WHO WANTS TO TRY NEXT?" Beelzebub taunts the group, "GO AHEAD, THERE ARE STILL THE THREE OF YOU. I CAN BE KIND AND LET YOU ATTACK ME THREE MORE TIMES BEFORE I ACTUALLY ATTACKING YOU BACK"

Marcus goes for a try with his Arrow Shower before Sasha coming with her Piercing Shot. The arrows and the bullet hit Beelzebub, but he is still unaffected, "THAT'S TWO. THAT MEANS ONE MORE LEFT"

Knowing Olivia doesn't have any attack that would be effective against a non-undead or demon monster, all four of them attack together. Starting by an Enchant Venom from Eremes, Olivia follows by hitting her Angra Manyu on Beelzebub's head before Sasha and Marcus attacking the fly's stomach using multiple Piercing Shots and Phantasmic Arrow respectively. A loud bang is heard from their side.

Meanwhile, Fenrir and Frea are also busy with Amon Ra.

"VOICING SOME IDEAS, FENRIR?" Amon Ra, still sitting on his rock throne, greets his fellow god, "HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN AGAIN? TEN THOUSAND YEARS?"

"Keep the nostalgia for your own, Ra. I'm not interested on finding how did you survive Ragnarok"

"Nor do I" Frea shows two spheres in both her hands, "So, you're going to fight us or are you expecting an open invitation?"

"FINE" Amon Ra raises from his throne and in an amazing speed appear right before Fenrir. The earth god smacks Fenrir on the face, getting a reply in the form of a backfist to his jaw. Ra grabbed Fenrir's neck and head-butt him on the face; if it were George he would have cracked. Fenrir encases his right hand with ice and cross punches the god, cracking a small part on his face. Fenrir thrusts some more jabs to the stomach ended by a hook to the face. Ra retaliates by giving Fenrir a live shot after a shovel hook, continued by three more hooks to the face and ended by straight. Regardless, both gods are still standing. Fenrir delivers a hammer fist via his wrist to Ra's neck and follows it with a direct uppercut to Ra's jaw. The larger god counters via an overhead chop right to Fenrir's forehead, nearly knocking him down. Before The Black Reaper could give a nice comeback, Ra performs a quick jab. Fortunately before the jab connects, Fenrir connects a quick cross-counter punch to Ra's face, effectively countering and stopping his attack at the same time. Fenrir gains the upper hand again by using a series of three short straight-punch applied to Ra's stomach. The god of earth breaks off the attempt after a straight to Fenrir's face which forced him to step backwards. After staring at each other for several seconds, Ra initiates another attack by grappling the smaller god's face and slams him to the ground, but Fenrir apply a gogoplata by holding Ra's upper back using both his legs before locking his hand behind Ra's head and choking him by pressing his shin. Ra tries to break free from the lock which would cause him to suffocate but to no avail, Fenrir locks him tightly. Ra stops retaliating and starts bagging Fenrir's head using several punches by his right hand so Fenrir would grow tired of this lock and release him. After several punches, Ra could feel the lock lessening but Fenrir forces himself to apply more power to the maneuver. The god of earth feels like he could hardly breathe, even if Fenrir lets him go his neck must be fatally injured. Finally gaining an idea, Ra grabs Fenrir's arms holding him and rises to his two feet, slamming Fenrir to the ground and successfully releasing himself of the chokehold. Ignoring his injured neck, Alvin quickly bends forward in front of Frank, grabs hold of his opponent, and stands up, lifting Frank up and over and dropping him behind the back. Frank lands to the floor harshly, escaping a small flinch. Feeling a bit furious, Franks runs towards Alvin with his fists ready. Alvin ducks, hooks his foe left leg with his left arm, stands up and falls backwards, flipping Frank and driving him back first down to the floor, with Alvin landing on top of the gloomy man. Alvin quickly furthers the distance between himself and Frank as the dark haired man stands back. This is just the start of their fight and both men are already slightly battered.

"Frea, it's your turn!" The advantage of a handicap match; Frea goes to battle Ra and replaces Fenrir for awhile. Frea quickly casts two esmas and sends it to Ra only to be blocked by an earth spike. But that wasn't Frea's plan; she only wanted to get closer to her target. Frea uses her speed advantage to kicks Ra twice in the head using a front kick before following it with a reverse side kick. Ra retaliates by smashing Frea to the ground but Frea quickly attacks back with a calf kick to the back of Ra's neck. Frea gives a front knee strike to the neck again before delivering an esma right to the god's face. Ra doesn't feel like losing and hits Frea's head with his staff, a feat followed by a shovel hook to the smaller lady. Frea summons five more esmas and connects all of them to Ra's head, visibly cracking it again. Ra casts a fire pillar from below and blasts it to Frea, wounding both her arms she used to shield herself. Both fighters pull back to catch some breath, thinking on what to do. Ra gets the idea quicker than Frea when he summons three golems to attack Frea from behind. Luckily Fenrir swipes all the golems using an ice wall, "Now, it's my turn again! Step aside, Frea!"

"No fair!! It's still my turn!! You go wait there!" Frea protests the Black Reaper. Of course, knowing the two we will never hear the end of this.

"YOU BOTH CAN ALL HAVE YOUR TURN IN HELL" Ra doesn't wait for the two to be finished and attacks them by another eruption of fire pillar from below. However, Fenrir anticipated this by previously casting another ice wall and quickly engage Ra in another hand to hand combat, leaving Frea disgruntled.

Fenrir takes the lead by hitting Ra's lower torso after successfully landing a reverse side kick. The Black Reaper steps forward with a long fist punch to Ra's face continued by an arm punch. Ra retaliates by sending a chambered punch to Fenrir's neck, reintroducing the pain on his neck. The God of Earth carries on the attack via another chambered punch to the face and a hammered fist again to the neck, this time knocking Fenrir down to the ground. Fenrir anticipates further attempt to attack him by tackling Ra's leg and bringing him down too. Ra, not wanting to be trapped in one of Fenrir's possible hold, quickly rises as Fenrir follows. Fenrir nails a hook to Ra's face followed by an uppercut. Ra nearly loses his balance yet he quickly regains it and fights back by hitting an upset punch to Fenrir's stomach. The god resumes the assault after grappling the back of Fenrir's head and forcing him down to pummel his face with a front knee strike. Blood is visibly coming out from Fenrir's nose and lips after Ra releases the grappling, but that doesn't stop Fenrir from attacking back. Showing his talent on knee attack, Fenrir suddenly unleashes a flying front knee attack from stand-up position using his left leg and hits Ra's jaw, spurting blood from his mouth as well as stunning him for a second. To finalize the payback, Fenrir swings his right leg sideways in full circle and, with full power, kicks Ra's face to strike him down. That was one fine roundhouse kick from the Black Reaper.

"It's my turn now!" Frea impatiently joins the battle and pushes Fenrir aside, preparing to take the battle for herself. Lord…what is it with the god and goddess?

"Frea, you cannot take him head on!! What are you, insane?! You saw what happened when you got careless, right?!"

"Ukh…but I still want to contribute something for the group!!"

"Ok…why don't you link your soul with me? That way you can increase my power and you can still count yourself as doing the group a favor, right?"

"…fine"

"Good girl…now do it!" Fenrir is quickly busy with Ra again. Ra changes the shape of his arms into something like a pair of tonfas is attached to his wrists. Fenrir puts another stance while Frea is linking her soul to Fenrir's via Monk Spirit. The Black Reaper tries to measure how Ra is going to play his tonfa like arms as his wild card. The Odin-slayer knows all too well a hit from the arm could very well hurt him in the long run. When Frea signals him the linking is done, Fenrir carefully steps forward. Tonfa doesn't only apply more power for an attacking force, but it also defends at the same time. In defense, if the handle is grasped then the shaft protects the forearm and hand while the knob protects the thumb. If both ends of the shaft are held, the shaft can be used to ward off blows and the handle can be used as a hook to catch the opponent's weapons. In offense, one can swing the shaft to strike the target. Large amounts of momentum can be imparted to the shaft by twirling the tonfa by the handle. The tonfa can also be wielded in such a way as to use the knob as a striking implement, held either by the handle or by the shaft. One can also stab opponents with the shaft of the tonfa. By holding the shaft and the handle of the tonfa together, one can use it for holding or breaking techniques. Fenrir slowly moves to launch an attack; when he sees Ra isn't moving or giving any sign of moving. Fenrir sends a long fist to break the ice but Ra quickly locks Fenrir 's arm between both his tonfas and pulls Fenrir closer to him. The god of earth hits a side knee strike to Fenrir's waist before striking his lower jaw with the tonfa from downward. Fenrir gets stunned thanks to the two attacks, resulting on Ra applying three more consecutive strikes with the tonfa to the smaller god shoulder and neck, giving more pain to the already injured neck. Fenrir quickly retreats to give himself some space to heal but Ra thinks otherwise. To finalize his assault, Ra sends Alvin to meet the ground (again) by delivering a quick kick in the mid-air, preceded by a running start and jump, right to Fenrir's face.

"Fenrir!!" Frea cannot believe Fenrir got owned.

"It's okay, I'm fine!" Fenrir tries to calm the soul linker for the better. But he knows Ra is one tough SOB, and he's not going down so easily. Ra seems so calm knowing he has taken control of the battle.

Fenrir could feel his body in pain, his shoulders, head, and neck are all starting to bleed. Not to mention his face which already bruised. As expected, Ra knew how to make a good use of his tonfas. Standing back, Fenrir prepares a stance and proceeds with care. But contrary to Fenrir's prediction, Ra suddenly sprints and leaps to the mid-air, at full extension he bents his right knee and snaps his right foot to the side, impacting Fenrir's upper torso with the heel as he hits a perfect Jump Spin Hook Kick. Fenrir is forced to step aback several steps, but it wasn't enough to take him down for the second time. Ra hits his target's face twice with his left tonfas in a hook style punch before lifting the right one overhead and slams it hard to Fenrir's forehead. Fenrir feels his vision is blurred for several seconds, allowing Ra to connect another overhead attack to the injured neck, this time forcing Fenrir to be down to one knee. To complete his job, Ra spins his right tonfa and, with another overhead smash, hits Fenrir's neck and brings him down for two consecutive time to the floor.

Fenrir couldn't believe this. Had he faced upward, Frank would be able to see his widened eyes. The baskar fighter couldn't believe the table turned just because a pair of tonfas. His body, especially his neck, bleeds quite badly and is in dire pain by now. "Unbelievable! Amon Ra is able to keep gaining the upper hand!" Frea finally realize maybe this fight wouldn't be so easy to end after all. Fenrir rushes to Ra with a series of quick jabs. Ra shields all of them with his tonfas and slips an overhand hit with the tonfas to the face. A shovel hook comes up next to jaw before a direct hit again to the neck, all done by applying the tonfas. Fenrir then feels his ribs hit by two jab strikes with the tonfas, followed by an uppercut hit to the head. Spinning in circle, Ra spins his right tonfa and connects a direct hit again to the neck of his target, this time sending him down to the floor quicker than the previous two. Ra observes his work; Fenrir is not moving.

"SO THIS IS ALL THE ONE WHO HAD DEFEATED ODIN COULD DO? WAS ODIN SLEEPING WHEN YOU KILLED HIM?" Amon Ra is understandably upset, "IS THAT ALL YOU GOT, FENRIR?"

"Fenrir, are you okay?!" Frea quickly runs to Fenrir's side and pulls him out of Ra's eyesight, who is surprisingly not doing anything at all. Perhaps he enjoys this moment. Meanwhile, Frea is scolding Fenrir, "What's wrong with you, Fenrir?! Shouldn't it be a little easier for you to defeat him?!"

"It's not that easy, Frea. He's one of the hardest beating gods out there! He didn't survive Ragnarok by chance you know?!" Fenrir disputes, "But take it easy. I think I know how to deal with that guy now"

"Are you sure?"

"Watch me" Then, Fenrir goes back to face off against Ra.

"ARE YOU STILL GOING TO SPEAK SO HIGH USING YOUR LOUDMOUTH?"

"Beats me"

"HEH, I WILL" Just one second after saying that, Ra could feel a vicious attack hitting him on the chin. Fenrir just launched a high side thrust kick attack, which sees the Black Reaper use the sole of the foot to strike Ra's chin, preceded by a sidestep. Ra goes to the ground while coughing out some blood, visibly shocked by the sudden attack. "Didn't see that coming, Ra?" Ra could hear Fenrir mentioning his first fall, "Don't worry more of them will come up"

If Ra guesses correctly, Fenrir is going to take him down two more time. Now carefully rises and moves to a stance, Ra lifts both his arm to cover his face. His tonfas should at least add some defensive power for him. But before he could think of anything to attack Fenrir, Ra sees Fenrir jumps up and kicks forward with both feet in a pedaling motion with the foot that gets lifted second being extended fully to catch a himself directly in the face. His nose feels like getting sucked up to inside his face as Ra falls again with his nose bleeding. And if I may add, badly. "You didn't see that coming again, Ra? Pitiful" Fenrir is heard continuing the count after the bicycle kick. Frank couldn't believe this. Just with two moves Alvin suddenly gained the upper hand again? "One more left, right?"

Now with Fenrir's intention clear, Ra tries not too get caught up with his fast kicks again. Preparing his defensive stance guarding his face, Ra got owned…again. That's what Fenrir has been trying to do. If he knocked down Ra twice by attacking his head, Ra would automatically guard his head, thus leaving the lower area wide open. Swinging his leg in semicircular motion after crouching, Fenrir sweeps Ra's ankle from around his back and remains straight, leaving Ra in the mid-air. Rising back, Fenrir executes the same kick and hits Ra's waist, sending him higher on the air. To finish his triple roundhouse kick, Fenrir leaps and smashes Ra's face using the same kick in mid-air, sending him crashing to the ground after spinning uncontrollably. That was a great attack by the Black Reaper, "That's three. We're even now"

"YOU'VE DONE YOUR HOMEWORK, FENRIR!" Ra sounds really pissed after being taken down thrice in a row, "I'LL TAKE YOU OUT NOW!"

"Bring it on!" Seeing Ra charges to him with both arm tonfas ready, Fenrir starts running before leaping to the mid-air and throws a back kick right to Ra's face, sending him down again. The angered god quickly rises back to find Fenrir's shovel hook, done in close range halfway between a hook and an uppercut, hits his face from the right. Fenrir smacks Ra with another shovel hook from the left and again from the right, gaining momentum as he maintains his upper hand. From his previous experience, Fenrir knew he couldn't let Ra use his tonfas or he's done for. And the best way too prevent it from happening is by a quick close range attack by using either his kick or punch. Another shovel hook from the right to Ra's battered face is followed by a hard one from the left, leaving Ra somewhat limping and a bit dizzy. Fenrir takes his chance to attack Ra's stomach using a front knee strike, resulting in Ra placed in a standing bent forward with his head placed between Fenrir's thighs. Ra is then lifted up on the Fenrir's shoulders before Fenrir proceeds to lift Ra even higher by holding on to Frank's waist and extending his arms up, lifting Ra up off Fenrir's shoulders just moments before slamming Ra down back first to the floor; the last attack did a good job punishing the god even more. Ra coughs out some more blood before rising back, but it's obvious he is limping even more. Concentrating his power on his right hand, Fenrir doesn't waste his time connecting a violent Ashura Strike right to Ra's face. The latter flung across the ground and lands in a very harsh manner, bloodied and battered. "Done already? Ow, were your enemies sleeping during Ragnarok?" That's one hell of a comeback! Knowing Ra is done for good and only needs a little touch to finish him off, Fenrir casts his blue sphere on his right hand, preparing to launch his Sub-Zero Cannon. But not before letting Ra in for something, "Tell you what, Odin wasn't completely sleeping when he fought me. In fact, it was I who put him to sleep forever"

"SCREW YOU…FENRIR…" That's Ra's last words.

"Cool" Without mercy, Fenrir launches the ice beam and hits Ra with it. Ra quickly freezes into a human shaped ice block. It was so fast he didn't even get to scream. Little by little, Ra's body begins to shatter into pieces. Starting from his fingers to both his arms before his head could be seen cracking. Sub-Zero Cannon, if hits perfectly, will turn its target into an ice block which soon will crumble; the shattering continues to both his ears before three seconds later Ra's left leg crumbles and he falls down. His body completely shatters into pieces of ices as it hits the ground, killing him, "Screw you too, Ra"

"Fenrir!" Frea comes after Ra is defeated, "Wow, you really defeated him! I thought he got your numbers when he owned you back there!"

"Well, wouldn't it be lame if the hero didn't get suppressed first?" Typical answer from Fenrir…who obviously wants to impress the soul linker, "How's it? Did I do good?"

"Yeah, yeah. You did good" Frea is understandably irritated by the pride of the Black Reaper, "I wonder how everyone else is doing"

"I think they are doing just fi…" Fenrir never get to finish his sentence because suddenly a flying Eremes crashes onto him, surprising both himself and Frea. Eremes is heavily wounded; despite having the spell of Dionysus gradually healing him he is still heavily wounded.

"What happened?! Where the others?!" Frea asks upon helping Eremes stand back.

"Beelzebub…he is…too strong!" Eremes warns the other two as an explosion comes out from the opposite direction, followed by Sasha, Olivia, Marcus, and Gregory crashes not far from the three. When Frea and Fenrir cast their vision to a certain direction, Beelzebub comes out surrounded by two dozen Hell Flies.

"WELL, WELL…I SEE AMON RA HAS BEEN DEFEATED. AT LEAST HE MANAGED TO INJURE YOU, FENRIR. I COULD NOT EXPECT MORE FROM A GOD WHO CAME FROM THE MIDDLE HIERARCHY AGAINST THE ONE FROM THE HIGH HIERARCHY. NOW WITH ALL OF YOU HERE, I CAN FINISH YOU OFF QUICKLY" Beelzebub summons a horizontal Lord of Vermillion and directs it to the group. Fenrir dispatches the attempt by sending another Sub-Zero Cannon. The two beams cross path and cause a flash bang followed by an explosion in the mid-air; although ice based attack is weak to wind based attack it seems Fenrir managed to somehow retaliate. What he didn't count is right after the impact is finished, the Hell Flies speed to Fenrir's direction. Each one of them is filled with electricity that runs throughout their body, making them look like an electric grenade. The hell flies explode in the air after surrounding Fenrir and unleash a massive charge of electricity that forms a wide blast used to devastate Fenrir.

"Uaaaaakh!!!!" Fenrir succumbs to the ground directly upon receiving the Electric Grenades. His body is badly burned.

"Fenrir!" Again, Frea goes to his side, "Are you alright?!"

"No…thanks for asking by the way…" An obvious answer from the weakened god.

"AN ICE BASED FIGHTER SHOULD BE CAREFUL WHENEVER HE MEETS A WIND BASED ONE. IT WAS SUCH A LUCK ODIN WAS A DARK BASED, EH?" Again, another taunt from Beelzebub.

"Enough of you!" Frea loses her patience and recklessly charges to Beelzebub with several esmas on her hands. Beelzebub doesn't even bother avoiding when all the esmas hit him, again to no effect. Beelzebub calmly strikes back via sending a Jupitel Thunder and gives Frea painful run of electric shock before falling down, "Aaaaaaaaah!!!"

"This is getting out of hand!" Eremes makes a good use of his superior speed to try attacking Beelzebub again. This time, Eremes violently unleashing his Soul Breaker to pierce through Beelzebub; he's doing it so fast Beelzebub couldn't even be seen moving from his spot, passively receiving all the blows. Soul Breaker is normally ten times stronger and faster than Sonic Blow, so if Beelzebub escapes this Eremes wouldn't stand a chance anymore. And indeed he doesn't, Beelzebub comes out unscratched again, "Impossible!!! How could you not be affected at all?!"

The only thing answering Eremes is another Jupitel Thunder which strikes him down. Olivia, Sasha, and Marcus soon try to get back but their attempt is dispatched by three Jupitel Thunder. Wow, Beelzebub really rules here!!

"HOW YOU ASKED? I WILL ENLIGHT YOU BEFORE YOUR DEATH BY TELLING YOU HOW" The usual antagonist explanation, "MAYBE NONE OF YOU KNEW THIS, BUT MY SKIN IS HARDER THAN EVEN STEEL. YOU MAY WONDER HOW COME I COULD BE LIKE THIS AFTER I GOT THRASHED IN PAYON, BUT JUST LIKE GREAT DEMON BAPHOMET NOW, BACK THERE IN PAYON I WAS IN A CATATONIC STATE DUE TO SUDDEN REVIVAL. NOW WITH MY POWER COMPLETE, I AM GODLIKE BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE. MY SKIN IS IMPENETRABLE! WITH THIS POWER, I WILL KILL NAGHT SIEGER AFTER I KILL ALL OF YOU AND CLAIM THE ISLAND FOR MYSELF!!!"

"No chance in hell" A confident voice interrupt Beelzebub from his bragging. A familiar voice which belongs to Elraven who is coming to the battlefield with the companionship of Fio, "That is more ridiculous than Ifrit's referring to human as worms"

"I REMEMBER YOU! YOU ARE THE GUNSLINGER FROM BACK THERE!"

"Correctimundo" El shortly replies, "And I'm going to give you the beating of your life"

"HAH?! IS THAT SUPPOSED TO BE A JOKE?!" Beelzebub points to the obvious fact, "DON'T YOU SEE ALL YOUR COMRADES RIGHT THERE?! WHAT MAKES YOU THINK YOU ARE ABLE TO EVEN SCRATH ME?!"

"I don't think. I know" Elraven nods to Fio, secretly telling her to keep guard on the others.

Fio quickly helps the rest and puts them around a boulder so they can lie down for awhile. "What are you planning?" Frea realizes something and asks the rune knight, "Is he going to use that? He told you about it, right?"

"Yeah, he did. And yes, he is"

"What are you two talking about?" Sasha obliviously asks, "He's going to fight Beelzebub? He doesn't even bring his HAVOX! What is he going to show us?!"

"A once in a lifetime experience" Fio answers again, "Keep your eye and watch"

Facing one on one against Beelzebub, Elraven removes the purple glasses on from his eye as Beelzebub mocks him again, "YOU ARE GOING TO DIE BEFORE YOU EVEN KNEW IT"

"And you are going to die without even being able to stop running your mouth around" When El is done replying, Beelzebub and the group could feel the sky suddenly darkened more than it already has. With his angelic tone special for poems, Elraven begins chanting when the sky conceal his stature,

"I am the child of light, the gift of heaven's sun,

And 'tis Satan who spreads hate and the fire from the gun.

At dawn the sun rose fearfully and peeped with timid eye

Hid behind a sickening cloud, 'twas all he could espy"

Suddenly, Beelzebub could feel a huge pressure on his back as if something incredibly heavy is pressuring him. The same applies to the others, especially Fio who could actually feel atmosphere. She feels like the sky is falling, dark is the sky above and darker still the ground, where rising columns swirl and spread their smoke around. Dark figures toil to stoke the blaze by adding on more tires. The ashes glow, the odors grow, and the air is all tormented. For people fear, both far and near, a plot has long fermented. An omen of the future that warns of things to come.

"Land of mighty cedars, land of gods with glory crowned,

Bitter warring parties have shed blood upon your ground.

Land of many saints, from where the alphabet once spread,

Land of love and welcome, where head and heart are wed"

The sky begins to create a rumbling sound as the ground starts to shake. Beelzebub could feel himself cold sweating from the fear. In the faraway area, the inside of Pegasus is also silent. Gen Ed remembers he felt this kind of pressure only once, and that was not long after finding Elraven. The rest of the group who's conscious cannot do a thing but staying still. Everyone feels the invisible pressure pushing them down. Even Naght Sieger was taken aback and stood from his throne upon feeling the aura. Even he couldn't hide the shock.

"They slept on the abyss without a surge

The waves were dead; the tides were in their grave,

The moon their mistress had expired before;

The winds were withered in the stagnant air,

And the clouds perish'd; Darkness had no need

Of aid from them.

For I am darkness"

Upon finishing the poem, the black cloud spreads and stutters the area in a quick second. And Elraven finally reveals himself, in his new form. Two pairs of wings are endowed on his back. The top row features dark colored angelic wings whereas the bottom row features white. His hair has grown longer, covering both his ears. Both his eyes turned bloody red and his hands are already holding Tristan and Lancelot. He gives an invisible pressure especially to Beelzebub, "Are you ready to begin?"

In one unseen motion, El is already standing beside the stunned Beelzebub and hits the butt of his Lancelot after effectively changing his grip into a butt-stroke grip. The impact of the hit is enormous. As if the air behind him is sucking him, Beelzebub's rear side is destroyed into pieces as his blood and his whole body dash across the area. The sound of air cracking is heard throughout the space as the ground below which Beelzebub came across is ripped into shreds. Beelzebub landed in a violent way to the land, just one blow and his proud skin is half-destroyed. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!" Beelzebub screams, expressing his obvious pain, "AAAAAKH!!! GUAAAAAAH!!!!"

Elraven slowly heads to the screaming direction, leaving his group bewildered,

Fe: With just one punch?! Unbelievable!

Sa: That is…really vice-captain?

Ol: (While healing herself) Impossible!

Mar: (Returning from his unconscious state) Huh? What's going on?

Gre: Marcus you fool.

Er: He owned Beelzebub…

Fr: I've heard of this power from Sarkhan…but this is beyond my expectation…

Fio: If I didn't see that with my own eyes…I will have a really hard time believing…

"Is that it?" Elraven speaks upon closing to Beelzebub, "You talked big just a minute ago? Where did all that talk go?"

"YOU…BASTARD!!!" Beelzebub moves despite the unspeakable pain he is feeling and summons his Hell Flies. He doesn't waste any second charging his electricity and attacks El with his electric grenades. The Hell Flies gives El an electric shock but his face is still so pacifistic. The attack didn't hurt him at all. Beelzebub can only watch in shock and horror when El aims his Tristan at him and shoots him. Once the bullet begins piercing him, it turns into a red sphere and explodes before swallowing some part of Beelzebub. The demon wails again when his body is deformed even further than it already is. El grabs Beelzebub's face before throwing him to the air. In the mid-air, El outmaneuvers the demon by appearing above him and gives him another smash in the face. Beelzebub strikes down the earth so hard he nearly buried himself because of the damage. And again, his body seems like it sucked to the inside. Elraven continues the merciless assault by giving Beelzebub the third butt-stroke today. Blood splatters from under the ground as Beelzebub roars in pain, "YOUUUUUUUUU!!! I WILL KILL YOU!!!"

Beelzebub forces his body to move and maims El's head with his Staff of Destruction, but El didn't even bulge. "Try again?" El taunts the demon so casually. Beelzebub casts his horizontal Lord of Vermillion and charges the lightning bolt to El, who is again, remains unaffected. Beelzebub receives another smashing on his face which sends him for the ground again. Man. What is it between Beelzebub and the earth? "Maybe you will have to try again. Harder"

In a desperate attempt, Beelzebub snaps and summons swarms of Hell Flies emerging from the sky. At the same time, he casts all the remaining power had in his Staff of Destruction to unleash a huge Lord of Vermillion, "YOU HAVE MOCKED ME TOO MUCH, GUNSLINGER!!! THIS TIME, I WILL KILL YOU FOR REAL!!!'

"Just a friendly reminder" Yeah, a friendly reminder, "If you fail to finish me off this time, you're dead"

Unleashing every remaining thing on his arsenal, Beelzebub sends his huge Lord of Vermillion and all his Hell Flies to El's direction, causing the warm, moist air moves upward, its cools, condenses, and forms cumulonimbus clouds that can reach heights of 10 km. As the rising air reaches its dew point, water droplets and ice form and begin falling the long distance through the clouds towards Earth's surface. As the droplets fall, they collide with other droplets and become larger. The falling droplets create a downdraft of air that spreads out at Earth's surface and causes strong winds, followed by more than twelve lightning bolts from the sky. The area is wrecked in havoc as lightning bolt after lightning bolt screams and roams around destroying everything it hits, particularly the area where Elraven is standing. Fio and the other could only protect their eyes and ears from the impact of the attack. When the attack is done, the only remaining thing to be seen is a large hailstorm.

"HAHA…HAHAHA…" Beelzebub begins to laugh when he doesn't see Elraven anywhere at all, "HAHAHAHAHA!!!! YOU'RE DEAD, GUNSLINGER!! YOU TOOK ME LIGHTLY AND NOW YOU'RE DEAD!! I WON! I WON!! YOU'RE…GUAAAAAKH!!!"

The laugh is stopped by another butt-stroke to the stomach which nearly severe Beelzebub's torso to half. "El!!!" Fio is the first one to express her happiness seeing the gunslinger lives.

"WAAAAAAH!!! AAAAAAAHHH!!!" Beelzebub crawls and rolls on the ground in pain again, screaming like there's no tomorrow, "HOW COME?! WHAT KIND OF POWER IS THAT?!"

"The power of Lucifer" El enlightens the demon, maybe so he won't die out of curiosity, "When I received my changeling power, I happened to receive the highest of its kind…which is the power of The Fallen Angel himself. I only received 3% of its overall power, but this is more than enough"

"3%?! ONLY 3%?!"

" No need to be any higher than that. Besides, this power comes from he whom God banished. I shall show you, Magnum Genocide" Extending both his arms and aiming both Tristan & Lancelot to Beelzebub, Elraven finalizes like always, "Now I must bid you farewell"

Pulling his trigger in uncountable times, El fires both guns repeatedly as if he's firing his Gatling Gun. The rate of the firing is so fast each time the bullets hits the explosions emerge in turns and fry Beelzebub in a good fashion. His fleshes are destroyed, his skin is destroyed, his blood is boiled, and his bones are crushed after each shot. When El is done unloading his bullets, the only things left from Beelzebub are his broken crown, torn robe, and destroyed staff. Beelzebub didn't even have the chance to scream, of his death. He has been reduced into nothingness in one fine attempt. Fio and the rest of the group are watching with widened eyes. So far in their live, this is the purest and the best total ownage they've ever seen.

And that leaves them commenting,

Fio: What power…

Er: I'm in lost words…

Fe: Even Gods couldn't do that much…

Fr: …

Ol: This is too much even for a dream…

Sa: …cool

Mar: Yeah, he's cool.

Gre: Wow…

Elraven lowers both his arms before gradually turning back to normal. Before he could do anything else, for the first time ever, he falls to one knee and groans, "Ukh!"

"El!" Fio quickly helps him to stand, "What happened?!"

"It's odd…I've trained myself to ignore any kind of pain but this one is different! My body hurts so much! It seems Lucifer Form has taken its toll on me, and I only used for like five minutes!"

"Calm down. Can you still stand?"

"I can. Don't worry, I'll still accompany you to go above" El slowly releases himself from burdening the Rune Knight even further and regains his composure, "I'm okay…I'm already feeling good"

"Are you sure?"

"Of course, didn't I take an oath to support you living your path?" The two shares an understanding eye to eye contact.

"OK…thank you" Wow, isn't that sweet?

"Don't mention it" Elraven chuckles, "Maybe you should tell them to prepare themselves. I'm going to get the feeling of my body back"

"Alright" Fio walks back to where the group is resting and confirms their condition, "Olivia, have you finished healing yourself?"

"I guess so" Olivia looks at herself to find her wounds closed, "Yeah, I'm perfect. I'll start healing the others after this"

"Good and after that we can continue to go upstairs" The final deed is about to begin, "Naght Sieger is waiting"

See? Didn't I tell you Elraven is the Chuck Norris of The Knightfall? This arc will be closed in the next chapter, so the next chappy will take a lot of time to be worked on. I miss your reviews and messages, guys. C u next chappy (^^)!!!