The moment Chrunus had witnessed the intruders, he had used [Eye of Chaos] to inspect them. While the woman seemed to be ridiculously powerful compared to even his most powerful elementals, the man was a completely different beast.
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He sensed the power rivaling his own, yet his [Eye of Chaos] could not appraise him.
His dominions had failed, and his supreme elementals were eradicated by the woman.
What was worse, he was hit by the same skill. And it was not pleasant. He felt fear of mortality for the first time in his existence.
He would not abide by it. He used [Chaos Mist] to escape the Paladin's grip and make distance, and used one of his most powerful abilities, [Gravity Dominion: Event Horizon].
Yet when the god before him used [End of All Things] it merely disappeared as if it never existed in the first place.
While he was capable of healing any damage that he received from the blade wielded by an unknown god, it did not mean he couldn't feel pain.
Every single strike received by that blade caused excruciating pain.
His blood hit the Lands of Chalk, and then it sizzled. While the warrior in front of him had pretended not to be tired, he knew better. Nobody could fight him and remain standing for so long without serious effort.
What's worse, his gaze kept wandering to the acursed woman who dispatched his entire Supreme Elemental retinue. Not only was she unharmed, but she also held a pair of glowing rods as she danced and cheered for his downfall.
He wanted to kill her.
She deserved to die almost as much as the god in front of him.
However, he could not afford to turn his back. He raised his dark claymore and struck at the Paladin.
'Why can't I cut through the armor?!' It was a question he kept asking himself. The blade wielded by the opponent cut through his like butter, yet the opposite was not true.
His skills definitely hurt him, yet his sword failed to pierce him. It had broken multiple times by now, yet Cedric had not replaced either the weapon or the armor.
The Paladin's blade buried itself into his calf and forced him to his knees.
[Holy Strike]! The Paladin's blade glowed once more, yet Chrunus would not allow such a thing to happen.
[Space Dominion: Galactic Expansion] The space between them grew to nigh infinity.
"Behold! The truth of the creation! [Space Dominion], [Gravity Dominion], [Space and Gravity: Big Bang]!"
A singularity appeared in his hand. It was as small as a grain of sand, yet it floated between his fingers.
"Begone!" His fingers pinched the singularity, and then it destabilized.
Its size changed wildly before a massive explosion erupted in a wave in front of Chrunus.
[End of All Things]! Instantly, as Cedric's blade struck the upcoming force of destruction, it dissipated.
And what was worse, the [End of All Things] struck him again.
He felt himself become lightheaded and fall to his knees. "You!".
A skill like that should not have existed.
For a moment, he thought that it was not worth fighting and that he should just run; however, he could not allow some unknown force to invade his realm and ruin everything he had built.
He had dominated gods, desolated their domains, and was on the verge of taking control over the entire humanity.
"Cedric, was it?" His voice was full of disdain, yet he suppressed it.
The Paladin did not answer; instead, Cedric merely launched more and more holy strikes at him.
"You needn't answer me, but we could work together to destroy Iguva!" He coughed up black blood once again.
"Silence, Demon! You are to be brought to hell and punished for your sin!" In an instant, he found himself thrown into one of the abyssal ravines of the Divine Realm.
[Defy Gravity], he flew up with speeds surpassing light.
However, just as he flew out of the ravine, he found Cedric floating in the air, and the bell ringing in the sky.
"Shit!" He braced for impact as [End of All Things] hit him again.
He recoiled in pain as he fell into the ravine again.
Cedric followed after him and launched another [Holy Strike].
[Create Chaos Construct: Supreme]! A massive elemental formed in front of him.
Yet it instantly died as Holy Strike hit it.
Chrunus did not wait for Cedric to reach him as he activated [Chaos Mists] and rushed out of the ravine.
However, he found Cedric's gauntlet around his throat.
The Paladin's hand glowed with [God's Holy Light] and burned away his armor and skin.
The pained scream he let out shattered even more of the Lands of Chalk.
Without even a moment to think, Paladin's fist buried itself into his skull.
Cedric swung his arm in an arc and threw Chrunus to the ground. The dark god's body dived through the chalk as if it were water before he felt a sabaton punch through his chest.
"ARGH!" He screamed, his voice threatened to destroy the divine realm once and for all, yet Cedric did not care.
He was silent, and he was here to put an end to the demon calling himself Chrunus.
Mists regenerated him quickly, yet he felt immense holy energy striking him each moment.
He could not speak without his head, yet he felt everything.
It hurt; he felt scared for the first time since he had gained the support of Chaos.
"Before God, your existence means nothing. You are a demon tricking humanity into worshipping you. You had tricked others into believing they are gods, and now, when they aren't useful, you discard them."
"However, Chrunus. Tell me one thing, what is it that makes you different from them?" Cedric gripped the newly regenerated head of Chrunus and with a single slash of his sword, he found himself with mere mist in its place.
Cedric chuckled for a moment, "Unlike you, they are just like infidels of humanity, led astray by forces they know nothing about. One should not hate them, but instead pity them for their naivety, but you are as vile as the demon emperor."
Cedric raised his blade above him and, with one final stab through the heart, Chrunus expired.