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Chapter 61 - Don't monologue

A berserk Gabriel walked to the last seal and laid an hand over it, before he reared it back and charged it with Nen, using Ko.

At the other side, Touhou was a bit far away, he couldn't risk to put more seals because it would exhaust him. The moment the last seal "Exploded", Touhou immediately threw needles charged with Youki at Gabriel, some needles missed him while others reached his injuries, hurting Gabriel even more than it should.

Gabriel let out a roar in pain, before he got enraged and glared at Touhou with his bestial eyes.

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After that, he used his Battle Form because he was not capable defeating Touhou without any problem in the current condition he was, his body started to develop bone armors and he grew some inches more taller, the armor covered many injuries, but about the left arm he couldn't do anything now.

After that, he kicked the ground and was instantly behind Touhou.

Touhou: Wha- *Crack!*

Before he could even finish his sentence, Touhou was kicked on his side, almost breaking his spine, and he was flung against many buildings, taking them down one after another.

[Inside]

The same thing happened in the fight between Gabriel and Meruem, Gabriel threw a kick on Meruem's side, throwing him against a pillar, where he crushed on it and stopped his flight, but Meruem wasn't that damaged like Touhou.

Meruem quickly got out from the pillar and vanished, reappearing behind Gabriel, who caught his incoming fist with his hand before he twisted his own body and threw Meruem away.

Then Gabriel jumped at Meruem and when he was over him, he used him as a platform by stomping on his back and jumping on the ceiling, Meruem was shot down while Gabriel reached the ceiling and ricocheted from there to Meruem like a rocket.

When Meruem reached the ground before Gabriel, he moved his body away from where Gabriel would fall before he punched Gabriel in the face right when he almost crashed in the ground.

Outside, Touhou, who was almost getting hit from Gabriel once again, was saved when Gabriel's jaw took an abnormal position, and broke.

Touhou used this chance to jump away from Gabriel before he recovered from the stun.

Inside, Gabriel was keeping rotating around with a broken jaw, and then he crashed in a pillar, destroying it, the pieces of the pillar fell over Gabriel until they accumulated into a small mountain.

Gabriel used this chance to use immediately In to conceal his Nen, and sneaked out from the rubbles. Meruem landed on the rubbled and tried to search for Gabriel to attack him again, but unexpectedly for him, Gabriel was behind him.

He grabbed Meruem's right arm and put it behind his back, then he pushed the arm up and broke it, now Meruem has only 1 arm and 2 legs he could use at the 100%.

Meruem: Tch…

Now that Meruem's arm was broken, he twisted it even more and punched Gabriel in the chest, sending him away from him, then he looked at his own broken arm and clicked his tongue.

Gabriel landed on his feet and was dragged back from the force of the punch for some meters before he stopped himself.

Outside, Touhou was using any concealment technique and was always trying to escape from the berserk Gabriel, his attacks didn't even give him an itch, and his "Youki" would almost always find him, he didn't even knew that Youki could work like that, even if he didn't knew that it was Nen.

Before he jumped over another building, Gabriel appeared in front of him and backhanded him, sending him fly at the speed of the sound in the ground, and it was then, that he turned back to his old form, he used too much energy to escape from Gabriel…

He slowly got up and turned around, where he found Gabriel looking down on him in primal rage, he could even see saliva coming out from his mouth, as if he was ready to eat lunch… HE'S GOING TO EAT HIM!?

Touhou: 'I never thought that I would be eaten to death…'

But before Gabriel could devour Touhou, a hole appeared in his chest, stopping his movements…

[Inside]

Gabriel: Pfft…

He spat out a mouthful of blood while his eyes widened in surprise, his chest was penetrated from Meruem's hand…

Meruem: I won, Gabriel…

Gabriel: You…

Meruem: Congratulations for holding more than 1 day against me, I was many times near death, but I know your reaction time…

Gabriel: You…!

Meruem: ...Goodbye, Gabriel…

Then Meruem tried to move his arm, but Gabriel grabbed it, stopping him.

Meruem: Are you still trying to resi-

The words he was trying to say were stuck in his throat when he saw Gabriel's expression… He was… Smiling…?

Gabriel: You… Fool…

Meruem's eyes widened due to the familiar scene that was playing in his mind, Gabriel's image was replaced with that of a certain old man that just gave him some scratches when he was at his strongest, but he killed him when he was at his weakest...

Now that he was stunned, Gabriel released his hold on Meruem's arm and drived a palm attack on Meruem's elbow, completely shattering it, it as in this moment that Meruem recovered from the attack and was backhanded from Gabriel.

Meruem rolled on the ground with both of his arms broken, now that he lost both of his arms and his tail, he needed more time to get up, and Gabriel used that time to reach Meruem and drive a knee in his face, sending Meruem roll in the ground once again, but this time, he didn't try to get up, and Gabriel got near him while taking deep breaths.

Gabriel: The next time you fight someone in your next life, don't monologue and finish him or her off directly.

After that, Gabriel raised his leg and stomped repeatedly Meruem's head, until he broke his skull. A brutal death for a King, but a miracle for the human…

After finishing Meruem off, Gabriel was unable to stay awake any longer and kneeled down, looking down on Meruem's corpse that was slowly vanishing, before he closed his heavy eyelashes…

Outside, the berserk Gabriel fell unconscious too, leaving a greatly injured Touhou.

Touhou: ...Hopefully he did it…

Then he was the next one to fall unconscious, when Lingling and Fangfang noticed that the sounds of fighting disappeared, they turned back to the other dimension and took away Touhou and Gabriel to the nearest guest room to help them recover.

Meruem isn't here anymore…

Gabriel won, he is the new King of the Ant Kings…

And he regained his humanity back from the claws of destiny…

Now that Meruem died, his memory entered on Gabriel's mind, but he was still unconscious, meanwhile, his Nen started to get more pure, even if it was still a demonic violet due to its nature.