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[Tsar Bomba!]

Indeed, this was Drei’s technique. Of course, the current result was at another level completely.

BOOM!!!

Blinding explosions filled the void of space as Tiamat watched speechlessly while Anubis began to laugh like a mad lunatic.

“Hahaha! I would have never thought that I would get such an interesting skill from a King rank. Heh. As I thought, reincarnators are really the best.”

The last part of this sentence was mumbled inwardly.

Then, waving his hand, two daggers appeared in his palms before floating and spinning.

They spun and spun at a speed so fast they were nearly invisible.

When the explosion ended, except for Nihil and the Titan demigods, the other ones were quite embarrassed.

Such an attack was of course unable to kill a demigod. Much less a bunch of them. Still, the explosion was powerful enough to wipe out all life on the entire continent. It was no joke to take something like this head-on.

Sadly for them, they had no time to rest as the two daggers flew at them filled with deadly intent.

Demigods were incredibly hard to kill.

It wasn’t just a question of power. After living for so long, demigods had many life-saving ways. Some could even fake their death or find a way to reincarnate.

This was why Demigods rarely fought outside of war. It simply wasn’t worth it. Who knew if the one you “killed” would suddenly come back to life and give you trouble?

Of course, this problem never bothered Anubis.

When he killed someone — either they stayed dead or became one of his Undead.

There was no third option.

Feeling the threat, the few demigods separated in order to avoid getting targeted.

At the same time, Surtr who had not even registered the earlier explosion stayed still like a rock as he looked at Tiamat.

He knew very well that currently, he was her target and that Anubis, despite all his jester-like attitude, would not attack him as a sign of respect for her.

As such, rather than wasting time, he had been focusing the power on his sword.

The Fire of Destruction. A flame that could erase all life from a planet, if not controlled properly, in an instant. A power that was bestowed to him by Ymir.

He was a natural disaster and while he didn’t believe he could win against Tiamat, he was sure he could bring her down with him if he decided to sacrifice himself.

“I never understood how those goddesses had such loyal followers.”

Tiamat, seemingly understanding the determination of Surtr, shook her head in bemusement. She was also very impressed inwardly. No matter what, loyalty was an admirable trait. While she felt no loyalty to her creator, she would not insult those who did.

Everyone needed to place their faith in something or someone.

In Tiamat's case though, she was only loyal to herself and those that followed her.

The goddesses could go die for all she cared.

Like this, the fight between the demigods began with a bang.

From the get go, the side of Chaos was already somewhat suppressed.

But it was alright as they could still hold on.

Whenever one demigod was about to receive a mortal blow, Surtr and Nihil would come to help.

It was sad to see twelve demigods struggle so much against two, but none of them felt any shame about this situation.

They were too busy fighting to stay alive to bother about something like shame.

Some of them even regretted coming to this place after being bewitched by the allure of the treasures they could get from the Dragon Territory.

But it was too late to regret and all they could do was fight.

Nihil was tense all throughout the fight as she felt how Anubis was targeting her constantly.

At this rate, it wouldn’t take long before one or two demigods were taken out of commission or simply died.

But they could still hold on.

As long as no other variable appeared.

As long as there was no other accident.

They could at least escape if necessary.

Sadly…Nihil should have realized it by now.

The more you rely on Fate — the greater the chance that Fate would betray your expectation in the cruelest way possible.

Using a lapse in their defense, Anubis manifested a scythe, one weapon that was rather useless in combat but was still his favorite one.

The blade of this weapon was one that could bypass all physical defense and directly target the soul.

Anubis hadn’t simply blown up those undead for fun — even if fun was a great part of it.

<<Switch>>

Anubis could exchange places with his undead — even if there was only some small part left of them.

Once he switched, he appeared directly behind one of the demigods that he inwardly named as 'Demigod 12' as it was the weakest here and the one with the least experience.

When Anubis appeared like a god of death with his scythe held high in order to cut his head, the demigod froze in fear.

Of course, this wasn’t simply his fault.

<<Soul Shock>>

A simple skill with little to no lethal power that could only daze people at the demigod level for a short instant.

But, at their level, a short instant was the difference between life and death.

“No!”

While Demigod 12 was dazed, Nihil was not. Bringing out the full power of her dimension in order to transfer him out of the way, she was shocked to realize that all her control over the surrounding space had been overridden.

The result of her incapacity to act was evident.

No blood splashed as the scythe simply phased through the body of the demigod. But from his diminishing aura, it was clear that he was deader than dead.

Sadly for that demigod, even his death garnered no attention as all the people of the field turned towards the source of this incident… except Anubis who was busy collecting the body of that demigod.

Nihil felt a chill behind her. It was only thanks to her years of experience that she managed to move out of the way fast enough as an attack passed through space.

Though she couldn't get away unscratched.

Nihil's brow furrowed as she appeared next to Surtr and looked at her right sleeve which was now bloody and empty.

Looking back at the place she left, she could see a young man grinning while waving the severed arm at her.

“Hey Nihil. It isn’t fun when someone puts a wrench in your plan, right? Payback is a bitch.”

Mocking words sounded as the crimson world of Nihil was eroded by a fully monochrome world.

<<Dimension Encroachment: Inverse World>>

It was time for the greatest variable to appear on the battlefield.