[Chapter 40] Throughout the Heaven and Earth, I Alone Am the Honored One

[South Korea near Jirisan National Park, Eminence Headquarters] 

[Early Morning 6:35 am] 

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Chelsea was minding her own business, dilly dallying around like she usually does. When unexpectedly, she felt her heart clench as her body temperature increased. 

This was odd, she doesn't recall ever having a fever of any sort. Did she perhaps catch one? She didn't know. And she didn't have much time to think about it as her vision blurred, an intense headache sprang through her brain, causing her to hold onto her desk for dear life. 

Unfortunately, she couldn't hold on for much longer as her conscious slipped away from her by a single second, causing her to black out slightly as she falls flat onto the ground. Feeling the cold pavement flush against her face, she felt her head cool off a bit before it suddenly rang loud. 

 "Arrk! A- ahH!" Her senses overwhelmed her, the room was spinning as she held her head in contempt. 

Someone must've heard her because in the next second, people were in her room as they held her up asking what was wrong. She didn't know. But, there's only one person that could cause her so much pain like her current state. 

"Yulius!" Her voice came out small like a whisper, but loud enough for everyone to hear. "Yulius! Yulius! Y- Yulius! S- she- s- something's wrong!" 

Understanding the seriousness of the situation, they immediately informed the others to find their other chairwomen as the rest accompany Zefron, who was carry the younger twin to the infirmary as she chants, "find her." Before eventually drifting off to sleep. 

The group that was sent to investigate Yulius whereabouts was the white tiger clan led by Jason (purple mask) as they were the fastest awakeners currently affiliated with EAO. 

When they arrived at the coordinates where the elder twin was last spotted, the sight they saw was something neither of them expected. 

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{~𝕊𝕔𝕖𝕟𝕖 ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖~} 

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[South Korea, Somewhere Under the Rainbow] 

[Early Morning 6:25 am] 

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[~𝟙𝟘 𝕄𝕚𝕟𝕦𝕥𝕖𝕤 𝔼𝕒𝕣𝕝𝕚𝕖𝕣~]

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"Tsk, to think I, the disciple of Andrei, one of the Top 10's, needed to team up with a loser like you, in order to catch this runt off guard. How pathetic." Ben complained. 

"Well, it's better than dying!" Cecilia replied back logically, annoyed by Ben's massive ego. She swears, if it weren't for him being the disciple of a Top 10, she would've used him as a scapegoat in order to escape from the girl. 

"Whatever, I still could've beaten the girl by myself." Ticking off Cecilia, 'how stuck up can someone be?!' Very, very stuck up. Ben's a prime example of one. 

She gritted her teeth, "whatever you say." 

After saying that, they picked up after themselves by fixing their appearance and getting back their energy. 

Cecilia: "So what now?" 

Ben: "We find the girl is what?"

Cecilia: "Huh?! Couldn't she have escaped by now?" 

Ben: "I still have my spatial isolation up, so it's impossible for her to have left." 

Cecilia: "Hhm, true but I don't sense her anywhere." 

Ben: "This brat must've done something to her, or us, which disables our sensing abilities." 

Cecilia: "I suppose you're right. What will we do with her body?" 

Implying Yulius's 'dead' body. 

Ben: "Leave it. We'll dispose of it after we find the girl. That way, we'll show her what will happen to the people she loves and cares for if she has any idea of escaping again." 

Cecilia: "Sounds about right." 

Agreeing, they split up going opposite directions in search of the girl. 5 minutes later, they didn't find anything except for a very tiny crater with seals left around it. Concluding that the 'dead' brat must've somehow found a way to teleport their target outside the barrier. 

Cecilia: "So what now? I'd be hard to recapture the raven again since security will be heavier this time around." 

Ben: "Damn it!"

He slammed his fist against a nearby wall, shattering it completely. Anger by the mere thought of failing a mission personally sent by his master. No, he will not accept failure. 

Ben: "We'll get the girl back." 

Cecilia: "Do you hear yourself?! The girl has probably already made it back to Shinhwa's organization, surrounded by many skilled awakeners! Do you think your current state is in any position to challenge all of them by yourself?!" 

He brushed her aside, making his way towards Yulius's dead body, which was on his way towards the exit. Works out perfectly for him since he's able to dispose of her body on his way to Shinhwa with Cecilia lagging close behind him. 

Even as Cecilia continued to lecture him about how recklessly storming an organization will only lead to his demise, he persisted that he alone was enough. He'll win. 

Cecilia: "You can't seriously believe-" 

The arrogant blonde awakener rudely interrupted her mid-way through, "look! I don't care what you believe! I'm getting the girl back and that's final!" Turning a corner before walking a little more, just to stop. A shocked expression masking his entire face. 

Cecilia following close behind him was deep in thought, so she didn't see him pause and bump right into him. As she was about to complain, she looked forward and finally understood why he halted, a look of surprise plastered onto her face. 

There, the once dead Yulius stood bloodily in their presence. A maniacal smile formed, "hey, it's been a while."

Ben: "You're sh*tting me!"

Cecilia: "You're alive?!" 

"Bingo!" Lifting her pale left hand up to her head, moving some of her bangs to the side, revealing her healed wounds. "I'm alive and kicking!" 

"How?!" Both confused awakeners couldn't help but ask. I mean, any stab wound to the head and down across their chest would've left other awakeners dead. But she- what is going on?!

It's impossible to sustain that amount of injures and survive! So how is she standing upright after being stabbed?! The better question yet is, how she's even live and breathing?

The questions were answered when Yulius blankly explained Reverse Curse Technique and how curse energy is negative energy. While it can enhance the body, it can't regenerate it. 

So you multiply that negative energy against itself to create positive energy. That's the Reverse Cursed Technique. Easier said than done.

"But I finally grasped it on the verge of death! The true essence of cursed energy!" She shouted to the world, spreading her arms out with a menacing grin proudly plastered on her face as she looked up to the sky in awe. 

Naturally, Yulius wouldn't have explained her techniques or how she escaped death. But as you can see, she is not in her right mind. Both parties can agree, she is high. 

But this is good for them. If she is not in her right mind, this leaves so many openings to attack her from. Moreover, she must've expended most of her reserves by reviving herself. 

So there was no better time than right now to strike the delirious girl. Which they were wrong about. Yes, she's high, but her reserves are close to full. 

You see, once she died, Cleave automatically deactivated, returning her reserves back to its highest. Not that she requires much energy in the first place as after her enlightenment, her control over all energy in general has reached its maximum potential. 

They didn't know that, so they didn't know any better that defeating the current Yulius was less than 0%, meaning a negative percent chance of eliminating the girl. 

The only reason why they succeeded in the first place was because she let her guard down which isn't much of an excuse. In addition, she never did take them seriously in the beginning and instead fought them where she was at a disadvantage. 

"The reason you're going to lose is because you didn't chop my head off." She spouted. 

"We're going to lose?" Cecilia scoff as Ben got in position, "our fight is just getting started." 

"Oh? Is it?" She rose her hands up crazily, "yeah... Maybe so!" Before extending it out, a craze battle hungry grin lingers heavily upon her bloody face. "Shall we dance?!"

Ben lowered his stance, formed a physical dagger with his red aura, as he launched himself towards the drunk girl. Swinging it at her head in a vertical slash, changing the trajectory of it when she dodges it to the side, aiming from a stab to her head. 

Yulius disappeared from where she was last standing, appearing behind both Ben and Cecilia who were lined up perfectly in front of her, as she floats upside down and prepared her next move. 

"Curse Technique Reversal: Red." 

The red orb blasted right through Cecilia, instantly killing her upon impact. Ben on the other hand, responded fast and brought his dagger up to meet the attack head on as it pushes him back into a wall, causing him to bleed but also smile. 

Watching as the white head floats in the air with no care whatsoever in the world, he couldn't help but acknowledge Yulius as a "monster." 

He gets up, stretching his hands behind the back of his head, before interlocking them together as he flexes his veins. Getting ready for round 2 as he stretches to the side before creating another dagger with chains attached to it. 

The blondie held the chain part of the weapon as he twirls the dagger around and grins. So what if she somehow resurrected herself. All he has to do is kill her again. Nothing he can't handle, right?

But even his overconfident nature sense something was off. Her eyes were a different shade of blue. No, it seems brighter, and colder at the same time. Her hollow blue eyes made contact with his yellow red-ish ones.

His grin faulter slight, before returning to its full glory, "no. This is fine." Swing the dagger around harder as it dents the cement below him. His eyes going full black, "I'll kill you!" 

Announcing that, he swings the chains to the side before refocusing the dagger towards the flying white goddess who leans her head back, dodging the attack beautifully. 

He pulls the chain back, imbuing it with sharper and firmer black energy before dragging it towards Yulius's direction, intending to strike her in the head once more. 

She lowers her head, watching as the attack fade right over her face, while observing the beautiful surroundings as her white locks flutter gently. 'The world. It feels so, so wonderful right now.' Watching the birds fly by as the sun glares in over the white clouds. Truly beautiful.

She posed blessingly. 

"Throughout the Heaven and Earth, I alone am the honored one."

Ben whisks red energy around him, effectively destroying nearby buildings in order to swing the debris at her direction with the dagger attached to his chains. 

They were all stopped by her limitless technique, infinity. 

She observes him as he swings his dagger again, aiming for the back of her head. Before it makes contact, Yulius already made her next move. The world paused as dramatic music plays in the background. 

Yulius: 'Take the amplified and the reversal, then smash together those two different expressions of infinity to create and push out imaginary mass.' 

"Imaginary Technique: Purple." 

The technique looks purple and creates a ball of imaginary mass so massive that it can annihilate anything that comes its way. It rushes forward and erases everything in its path.

Precisely what it did to part of Ben's torso. The imaginary mass tore through all his defense and right through half of his upper body, 'something's off.' He couldn't help but last think, as the light faded in his yellow pupils. 

If he was Toji Fushiguro with heavenly restriction on, he probably would have held his consciousness for a good few seconds before drifting off to the afterlife. But he wasn't. So Yulius wasn't able to hear his last words. Not that she cared. 

And it seems the winner of the battle has been decided. 

Yulius Tsuna Seo wins! 

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[~𝔹𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 ℙ𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕖𝕟𝕥~]

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