CHAPTER 22: DEATH OF A HERO

They looked up and saw a projectile heading towards them.

"This is not good," Mark thought. The people around started to whisper when they saw the projectile heading for them.

"They can't get away," Tiger thought. The other three looked at him,

"Don't worry I've got this" He said as wings popped out from his back and flapping his wings forcefully he launched himself into the sky. His sword appeared in his hand. Fearsome sword intent came out from his body and they all entered his sword and condensed. He had a feeling that he must use his strongest skill, that thing cannot be toyed with. His face turned pale immediately.

"Final stake". A condensed sword intent in the form of a snake was launched out from the sword and headed toward the oncoming missile.

"Bang" A loud sound was heard as the two collided. The sword intent destroyed the missile till it reached the middle before it was finally exhausted.

"What" Mark exclaimed surprised.

"Boom" The residual of the missile exploded. The shockwave hit him and he spat out a mouthful of blood and fell from the sky.

"What's that?" The other three looked at it terrified, they had already witnessed Mark's skill when he just created it, and even Amelia was almost killed by it.

"If that thing landed" They could not help but shudder at the thought.

Mark landed on the floor, his face was extremely pale, his body was already bettered from the fight and he used a skill that damaged him, his body had already reached the limit.

"What was that" He thought. Suddenly they looked up and saw more of the missiles.

"What!!"He looked alarmed.

"Leave this place," Liz said.

"No I have to save the people" he answered.

"Look at it. That is dangerous even though though you might not be able to escape at your top condition not to talk of now that you are battered. Just leave" Liz tried to convince him.

"No everyone will die if I don't do something," he said stubbornly.

"If you don't leave now and you die here then the world is doomed, You are the only hope for this world" Liz tried to persuade him.

"No, if I don't save these people and just leave then who am I to save the world? How will I save the world if I can't even do anything about this? I would rather die here than leave these people to die, even Elizabeth will be disappointed if I don't do anything" He said as he floated to where the other three were.

"Try to stop the shockwave from reaching the people, I will stop the missile," He told them.

"Mark" Amelia looked at him worriedly.

"Will you be ok?" She asked.

"Don't worry I will be ok, I promise" he said. He flapped his wings forcefully as he flew towards the missile.

"How much of my ability cells have recovered," He asked Liz.

"50" Liz answered.

"All I need," he said as he flew towards the missiles.

Just when he was one hundred meters, his shadow extended from his foot and covered him and the missiles.

"Let's do this" He shouted as he removed his blindfold and fully transformed.

"Infinite dimension" The two balls came out from his eyes and extended, they covered him and the missiles.

"Lock" He extended his hands forward and the missile suddenly stopped moving forward. He spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Disintegrate and devour' He used the second and third skills of the infinite dimension. Part of the missiles started to disappear in front of him, but when all of them disintegrated till they got halfway the skill stopped, he could not take it anymore. His body was already reaching a limit.

"Recall the world, they will explode" Liz shouted.

"No the people will die if I do so," He said.

"Boom" A loud explosion was heard.

The whole world was silent. Everyone looked up and saw a lot of smoke cover the sky but it was quickly extending. A phantom rose from Amelia's back and she spread her arms.

"Freeze," She said. The shockwave that was extending started to freeze, they froze and after some time.

"Bang" Another explosion was heard as the ice exploded into dust. Amelia was thrown away as a trail of blood followed her path. The whole battlefield was leveled and water came gushing out from the floor, the whole place turned into a sea immediately. Martins quickly caught her and looked at her pulse. He found out that she was still breathing albeit very slowly. The crisis had finally been resolved but no one knew the fate of Mark.

"What weapon was that" was the thought on everyone's heart.

The whole world turned silent. Everyone watching the scene was looking on expectantly but there was nothing after one minute

"Hmmm," Martins sighed sadly while Charlotte looked emotionlessly but tears were already dropping from her face. The people sighed.

"A hero is gone, he died trying to save the people when he could have run away".

Tiger and the leaders sighed in relief.

"Even though the expected result was not achieved, the main person finally died, his ability is too terrifying he could stop the missiles that took ninety percent out of the whole superpower budget," Tiger said as he showed a pained expression. The missile took a lot out of the planet's resources and all of them are gone the worst of it was that it only killed one person.

Back in the mercenary ground, the water gushing out was quickly approaching the normal human. Amelia extended her hands quickly and a wall of ice quickly formed extending upward, it surrounded the whole southern region.

"Where's Mark" She asked.

"He possibly could not have survived" The people all bowed toward the sky, a hero was finally dead. The people at home all stood up, they wanted to give a standing ovation to the hero who deified people. They stood for twenty hours as they all cried. Amelia who already regained part of her strength knelt crying. Martins and Charlotte who were behind her also cried. Butterfly goddess already appeared behind them, she also sighed sadly. She dared not relay the result to the academy because she was tasked with protecting Mark. She did not do anything because she wanted to see how far he could go before she noticed anything, it was too late. The missiles caught her by surprise.

On the twenty-third hour after Marks's death,

Suddenly

"Hmm" Butterfly eyes shone with a strange light and she flew towards the ice and snapped her fingers. The ice surrounding that place disintegrated, the water tried to enter but it was stopped by her. The image of a person appeared and "Crack" The hole extended as a person fell from the water.

"Mark" She shouted surprised. Mark stood up, his eyes were closed.

"The blindfold you gave me is destroyed," He said. Everyone who was grieving looked towards her and they were wide-eyed. Mark was standing there and apart from his pale face and body, he looked okay. She was surprised,

"How" She thought. Something so powerful that even caught her off guard as powerful as she is. She just could not place her fingers on it.

Everyone cheered when they saw him including the people at home. The grieving atmosphere turned joyful. Many people knelt while they cried with emotion.

"God" The people on mercenary ground all cried as they kowtowed loudly. No one thought that he could have survived

"How could he survive" Tiger's body shook. The leaders all felt their bodies shook as they looked at the screen.

"We can't handle this again, let's inform the leaders" Was the thought on their minds.

"He is alive" The humans who once thought that he was dead all cheered happily. The whole world turned joyful immediately

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Back before the missile exploded.

"Recall the world" Liz shouted.

"No they will all die if I do that" He answered.

"Boom" The missile exploded. The world shattered and his shadow void also returned. His whole body was blown off and disintegrated. After his body disintegrated, something looking like a sphere was left in its place but it was invisible. It was the world inside his body where his sword heart, soul, and his connection to the chaotic energy and primal energy is. It protected his soul.

It fell from the sky into the battlefield and water soon covered him. Inside the world, His soul started to shine while chaotic energy and primal energy surrounded it. A skeleton started to form slowly and after some time, it soon finished forming, and following it were organs and flesh. The whole body was soon formed except his two eyeballs. He regained consciousness but his whole world was still dark. He felt a splitting headache and still felt like sleeping

"How am I still alive" He asked himself surprised and grunted in pain.

"Fool, you were saved because the world took the shockwave, if not your soul would have disintegrated" He looked around and saw that he was in the world. He looked up and saw the portal connecting him to the chaotic energy and the one connecting him to the primal energy.

"That will mean butterfly goddess," He thought but was interrupted.

"No one can see it except you and me, it's ethereal, and not even her can see it," Liz told him.

"Why is my eyeball not forming" He asked. "It was destroyed along with the infinite realm so it will take some time to replicate the one from your soul," She told him.

"I guess I have to be here for some time," He said.

"What you did was very dangerous, if not for the world, you would have died and that means the whole world is doomed," Liz said worriedly.

"I did not die and if I don't do it how will I find out that the world can save me" He asked.

"But still it took a lot of energy from this world and also from your soul to save you and it will take some time before it can recover from the damage and also the energy it exhausted," Liz said again.

"Don't worry as long as it does not impact anything" He said.

"It will take around twelve hours before your soul recovers but your world will need a long time before it recovers, She said.

"How long" He asked. "Around one year so it can't protect you again from another mishap. If anything happens then you are dead for sure," She said.

"Ok," He answered as he looked at his soul that was being nourished with the primal energy and chaotic energy.

"Just sleep," Liz said. He soon fell into a deep sleep.