Crushing Defeat

Chapter 140: Crushing Defeat

"Tch, damn…"

Returning to the human world, Peter held his right arm tightly, his body was covered in wounds and cuts on all sides, the few clothes he had left were stained with dust, dirt and blood.

All the buildings around him had turned into rubble, it can be seen that they were neatly cut into pieces that filled the entire place.

He was standing unsteadily and panting, his breathing was not steady and his heart was beating very hard and fast, he was standing on rubble under the shadow of a large building that eclipsed the moonlight in front of him, however, there is something else on that building that Peter's gaze is focused on.

Despite the condition of his body, his senses were still superior and his vision was not damaged at all, he could see that terrifying figure crouching on top of the building looking at him with disdain and gloating, its strange eyes shining with a crimson light that made his already imposing appearance even more intimidating.

With ridiculously large muscles and a pair of broken horns, the demon bared its sharp teeth as if smiling without being a smile, instead extremely disgusting foam spewed from between its teeth and pooled at the corners of its mouth like a rabid animal. .

Unlike before, the demon's scales have fist-like dents digging into his body, many parts have already been cracked, and he has lost many scales, even blood can be seen on these fist marks.

Only if we knew about the previous battle would we know something, this red blood does not belong to the demon, quite the contrary, Peter's knuckles are bruised and bleeding, this was a consequence of using all his strength to hit this demon whose defense is beyond this world.

Even though his original plan was to avoid a head-on battle, Peter was forced to strike at exact times in order to fall back safely, it's fortunate that this demon seems to have left his brains at home and fighting methods of his own. he be so direct.

This lack of technique on his opponent's part played an important role in surviving, Peter's senses allowed him to act quickly as a result of the demon's attacks, whose strength and speed were even above his own.

But even this wasn't enough, he can't defeat this enemy with brute force alone, so he's been taking advantage of his intelligence up until now.

'They must be far from here by now...'

Peter thought that he had bought enough time for the previous bus to move away from this place, with this in mind, his objective has already been accomplished and he does not intend to die in a fight against a supernatural being.

The spirit of heroism has not yet awakened within him, he is still a reckless and selfish teenager to a certain extent, so he only cared about the safety of his loved ones, regarding other strangers, they are nothing more than that, they are just strangers he wouldn't risk his life for.

It is only after the death of Uncle Ben that Peter matures a bit, although he was blinded by the spirit of revenge on several occasions, he became the hero who applied justice to the villains, but at this moment he is only a teenager who has gained great power.

swoosh*

The demon did not stay still for long, in this state of madness and bloodlust he only thinks of one thing, to kill.

A great force was exerted from his legs against the ground, he jumped at incredible speed and only the next moment the entire ground exploded under his feet, his direction from him was obvious, to go straight for Peter.

In the air, the demon spread both arms to the sides, its sharp claws gleaming under the moonlight, in addition to the crimson glow of its eyes and the apocalyptic setting, it could surely terrify an ordinary person with will to death. weak.

But Peter is different, seeing the demon in the air, whose body seemed to cover the moon at this moment, he gritted his teeth and forced himself to move.

He made a great effort to aim at the demon with his arms, enduring the pain in his entire body, he shot a bunch of spider webs to the point of not being able to see the demon.

It's painful, but it will be even worse if he doesn't do anything, it would be like waiting for imminent death.

"Grwaaaaa!!"

With a roar filled with madness, the demon's bloody aura erupted all over the place again, facing these cobwebs, the demon waved his arms firing slashing attacks from his claws.

Swoosssh* Swoosss* Swoosss*

A dozen slashes flew up in an instant, cutting through the cobwebs and continuing on their way to the ground, but as soon as the situation on the ground came to his eyes, the demon seemed confused, and then very angry for some reason.

Ban!* Bam* Bam!*

The cutting bursts hit the ground, filling everything with dust in a second, the demon finally reached the ground and immediately launched itself to that specific place, however, its expression became even more terrifying when it noticed that its eyes had not failed. before, because Peter had disappeared from this place at some point.

Peter had taken advantage of the brief moment when he disappeared from the demon's sight to escape, crawling through the ruins like a spider and quickly escaping from this place, however.

'What is this?'

Not far away, Peter had his back to a wall and was sticking his head out to take a look at the street, he had planned to enter the sewers, but something up ahead surprised him and he immediately hid.

Peter's eyes were wide open, he was even more surprised than when he saw that demon, because in the middle of the street he could see something extremely terrifying.

There, a large amount of magical energy swirled and filled the place with a gloomy feeling, like the arrival of the apocalypse, as if this energy formed a gate that directly connected to hell.

But as if that wasn't enough, the next scene made Peter's entire body tremble, because a bunch of terrifying demons started coming out of that energy.

…

Going back to hell

'Hey?'

In Har's eyes, he just appeared in front of Mephisto and the whole place was back to normal, but he knows that every second counts, so he immediately crossed his arms and cast what he thinks is his most powerful ability, Scent Bubble. chaos.

At this distance it would be hard for anyone to dodge, even if it's Mephisto, at least he should take minimal damage from this.

A terrifying bubble appeared between his arms, he had left all the energy he had in that second for this attack, and he didn't launch it from this place, instead he teleported behind Mephisto and released the bubble of chaos.

Har doesn't know it, but Mephisto is no longer in the mood to waste his time, no longer facing the former playful personality of the King of Hell, but a dimensional god.

Without changing his expression, a tenth of Mephisto's power gushed out of his body and all the laws of the dimension changed at his whim, as a result, Har was stunned to see the bubble completely disappear.

'Is that power again?'

Har had already seen other objects move instantly before, even he fell victim to this power a few seconds ago, he didn't know that he was wrong and that his life is already hanging by a thread.

Har opened his wings and instantly moved away from Mephisto, with a burst of purple particles, his body appeared about 400 meters behind, and as soon as he did, his eyes widened and amazement could be seen with the naked eye. seen in his expression.

A chill ran down his spine and his body tensed for some reason, it was only turning his head that confirmed his creepy guess.

'Did he do it again?'

Har wondered this even though he thought he was right, it seems that Mephisto used his power to move objects instantly again, but what had disappeared now was not a simple object, but the End crystal he was holding next to him. he with his energy was gone.

Turning his gaze to the front, he should be looking at the back of Mephisto's throne, but for some reason he was facing Mephisto, but he didn't care about this, because the Ending Crystal was in Mephisto's hands.

He was still shooting a purple energy beam straight at Har, just like in the video game.

'What does this guy want to do?'

Har was uneasy, the feeling of danger was still ingrained in his bones and the chill still pricked his back, it was as if a great calamity was about to arrive.

But Har remained calm on the outside, even though Mephisto stole his End crystal, which means his infinite energy flow can be cut off, he doesn't really care about that, End crystals are easy to create and it leads to the least a dozen in your inventory.

What really worries him is what Mephisto can do with the crystal, this object may be simple in the original video game, but now it has become a real item that contains the infinite power of a dimension, if that is the case , what uses can a true dimensional god give to this class of items at the divine level?

No matter the slightest benefit this thing can bring to Mephisto, even a bit of its power can spell tragedy for ordinary people, what if he can get the infinite power of this thing then, would he have in his hands the two-dimensional power?

Even though Har wanted to act before Mephisto made a move, he didn't know that he had already started investigating the End Crystal with his magic power, still, at least he wanted to blow this thing up.

Forgetting about the power of it, the name of this item makes clear its fragility, since it is a glass to a certain extent, it can be broken very easily.

"Uh?"

When Har tried to move, he was confused by noticing something unusual, his legs didn't respond at all, the scariest thing is that he couldn't feel any of his limbs, as if his whole body was anesthetized, it seemed like his legs and arms just inexplicably disappeared .

'Wha-what happened?'

Lowering his head to check, Har realized the abnormal state of his body, in fact, his arms and legs disappeared without a trace, even though they seem to have been cut off by the roots, they cannot be seen anywhere as if they actually disappeared, moreover, blood doesn't flow or escape from his body, he can't feel any pain at all, it all seems like an illusion.

The craziest thing is that the regeneration has no effect and even the virtual hearts in front of him, in charge of representing his Hp, have not decreased at all.

"Pretty interesting…"

Just as Har was lost in the confusion, Mephisto up front said a few words, and despite his expressionless face at the moment, his tone showed interest, not in Har's abnormal situation, but in the crystal shaped like a cat. hexagon in his hand.

"What kind of existence managed to create something like this?"

Mephisto seemed to have doubts, he stared at Har as a lot of ideas went through his mind.

From the looks of it, this thing in his hand isn't really a pocket dimension or anything like that, but it's something more interesting than that, much more interesting than any knowledge of dimensions Mephisto had, because in his understanding, this thing is an imitation of a dimension.

It's normal for Mephisto to think this, to some extent this crystal is the origin of the End's power, even though it's not really a dimension at all, it still has the characteristic infinite magical power and regeneration of a dimension.

As if to confirm his thought, a horned dark aura escaped from his body and flew like lightning, leaving no time for unexpected situations, the dark aura inserted into Har's forehead.

"Uhh!!"

As if his head was pierced, still conscious Har cried out in pain, his strange eyes widened and he raised his head to the sky, roaring loudly like a true dragon.

Despite the power in his body, he felt powerless against the extraordinary Mephisto, he couldn't move from this place and had become nothing more than a human puppet.

Still, he unleashed all of his power to prevent whatever Mephisto wants to do to him from succeeding.

"Do you think you can resist?"

Mephisto sneered, immediately, a crimson aura surrounded the crystal of the End creating a kind of barrier, with this done, not only did the energy beam that was shot towards Har stop, but it even severed its link with the End completely. glass.

"Aaaah!!"

Har continued to roar to the sky, all the magic power in his body was directed at his head, he was trying to expel the black aura shot by Mephisto, he felt that he would lose his mind at any moment.

Now that he ran out of a power source, sooner or later he would lose in this battle of endurance, he can only do his best.

As time passed, the dragon scales that covered Har gradually disappeared, as well as various other limbs that he obtained from the energy of the End.

Even with the End crystal surrounded by his energy, Mephisto remained silent watching this thing, he didn't bother to ask Har, sooner or later he would turn him into his avatar and get all the information without problems, so he just dedicated himself to researching so far, he did not want to absorb the power of this unknown artifact without knowing what consequences it might cause him.

"...?"

As if sensing something interesting, Mephisto looked up, fixing his eyes on the pitiful figure not far in front of him, looking at it as if it were something strange for a moment before asking in a daze:

"It turned out to be...a human?"

That's right, now Har only has the strange eyes of the sage mode, he has lost all his previous majestic energy and doesn't look at all like a mystical beast like before, even though he still has magical power outside the normal standards of a human, Mephisto you can tell that Har at this point is certainly a human.

It is because of this that he couldn't help but show his small astonishment, before he thought that he was facing a dimensional god, but it turned out that this person, who could even enter his dimension without his consent and possessed abilities at the level of the strongest demons in the world. hell, he is actually a human, they have been a symbol of weakness throughout their existence.

However, Mephisto didn't have time to think too much about this, because Har was losing all his energy and his eyeballs were returning to normal at the moment, he knew that he couldn't compete against Mephisto's means once he ran out of energy. So he made a move that left Mephisto's eyes rolling.

If Mephisto wants to take his head, then just get rid of it.

With that thought in mind, a translucent purple arm materialized on his back, he used the last trace of energy he had left for this, then, out of Mephisto's expectations, a bright blue sword appeared grasping Mephisto's arm. he.

Relaxing his neck, Har looked at Mephisto with his head still up, the next second…

swosssh!*

The purple energy arm swung the sword rapidly, surprisingly, it only aimed to slash Har, who did not put up the slightest resistance, as a consequence, his head was cut cleanly, blood splashed everywhere and his head, still with its eyes open, he fell to the ground quickly.

"Have humans gotten so crazy in these thousands of years?"

Seeing this scene, Mephisto felt helpless, a human not only dared to enter hell, but even challenged him head-on without saying a word, when he couldn't beat him, he simply committed suicide, he didn't say his intentions from start to finish .

The dark aura in Har's head came out and he was about to return, after all, he needs the avatar to be alive in order to get information, however, something he didn't expect happened the next moment.

Har's headless body, standing on the barren plain of the underworld, glowed with an unknown golden light.

"That?"

Seeing this brilliance and feeling the holy power, Mephisto widened his eyes in disbelief, the end crystal floated beside him held in midair by the crimson energy, he placed both hands on the throne's armrest and squeezed them, leaning his body forward and watched this scene as if he couldn't believe it.

"Uh?"

Just the next second, a small golden doll with emerald eyes flew out in front of Har, throwing colorful particles everywhere as if he was celebrating something, this scene like a bad joke puzzled Mephisto.

Can't they take the arrival of this kind of power more seriously?

-End of this chapter-

I took a long break from writing, I really needed it, I was thinking about why I had lost inspiration to such an extent that I couldn't write even 100 words in a day, I came to the conclusion that I haven't been writing what I really I want, but what I think the readers want.

My intentions at the beginning were always to write a fun fanfiction, without complicated plots, but obviously everything has changed, my intentions have been lost as well as my passion for writing.

From now on I will write without any obligation, going back to my previous way of writing for fun, I hope you understand me.