Eve knew the seal on her was even more troublesome than it appeared on the surface. The Wizard Sage and Satan ensured that she could not escape; even if she managed to, she would have to pay the price.
They linked the seal to the Eastern Spirit World and the Afterlife to strengthen it and as a powerful curse. If she ever left Elysium, all the soul energy since the war millions of years ago and all the Shikigamis in the Spirit World would turn into a curse that stripped away most of her power.
Eve would never accept such an outcome. Unfortunately, she needed Satan's power and the Spade Origin Grimoire to remove that curse. Her original plan was to use Asta and Liebe to acquire Satan's body and Zuriel to get the Spade Origin Grimoire.
Then, she changed to Edward.
Black chains suddenly appeared on Eve's body before breaking one by one. Meanwhile, Edward quickly summoned his Grimoire and saw it was glowing. Additionally, he detected a strange aura emanating from his body.
"I see," he muttered. He understood that she needed the Grimoire and the Authority of Underworld's Leader to escape. The Grimoire was in his possession, and after turning Satan's bones into an undead, he was now the ruler of the underworld.
Furthermore, he also understood that God might have hidden a lot of information about the seal, hence the reason he did discover anything wrong with it.
'Truly a worthy foe,' thought Edward. While God was slowly freeing herself, he was also detecting and removing the spiritual hint inside his mind. Once he finished, his Grimoire appeared before him, and he tapped his leg on the ground.
Fire-Earth Magic: Volcano Apocalypse
The ground cracked as it turned into a volcano.
Boom!
The entire fourth layer exploded as if a volcano exploded, and Edward appeared on the third layer, shocking the other magic knights. Not long afterward, Eve also appeared on that layer.
"My little pond; this is where I created my children." Then, she took a deep breath and inhaled the oxygen and mana in the surroundings.
"Is this what freedom feels like?"
"You need to leave," said Edward with a stern face.
"Maybe we can help you," said Yami.
"Listen to me and leave immediately."
"Like I would let you."
Destruction Magic: Destruction Ball
An enormous purple ball appeared in front of Ever before exploding, annihilating everything in its path.
Edward created a shield to protect all the magic knights, buying them enough time to teleport away. Despite his success, Elysium's remaining layers were annihilated by the explosion. He then looked at God.
"That spell."
"You should be familiar with it since it's your creation," replied Eve with a smile.
Edward squinted his eyes, "Could it be?"
"As you guess. Alan did not survive the ancient war without paying a price. Before he sealed me, I took something precious of him." She waved her hand, and a book appeared: a Grimoire with a Joker design on the cover.
"This part of the Origin Grimoire is the most important. It is connected to all the Grimoires in existence since ancient times and thus contains all the spells ever created–including the ones you made.
"When combined with your Origin Grimoire, it allows wizards to use the Universe Will to create spells tailored to their wills, ideologies, talents, and ambitions. Well, since I also have control of the Universe Will, the one in your hand is essentially useless."
Edward looked at the Joker Grimoire before smiling. He put away his Grimoire, and immediately, Eve knew things were about to get serious.
Arcane Rune Spell: Meteor Summoning
Suddenly, all the people living in both the Western and Eastern Continents saw that the sun had disappeared, and a looming shadow enveloped them. They raised their heads to see an enormous rock descending from the sky.
The fear of death suddenly overwhelmed everybody as they knew if that thing hit, the world would end; no species would survive this catastrophe.
Eve raised her head to look at the upcoming meteor; she could feel the thing lock her position, so it would follow no matter where she went. So, she used another of Edward's invented spells.
Crushing Magic: Cubing
Suddenly, the enormous meteor the size of a star broke down into billions of earth cubes the size of a basketball, scattering throughout the world.
Edward frowned after seeing this and waved his hand, making the cubes disappear. He pointed his hand and shot out a purple energy blast made of pure mana.
Eve created a shield to easily blocked that attack. But before she could react, she suddenly disappeared. She was no longer floating above the Western Continent but above an ocean.
"A parallel timeline? You're indeed a cold individual," she said before gazing at Edward, who had just appeared. "So, you have no qualms killing the people here."
Edward did not say anything since he knew she was correct. Both of them are Tier 7, reaching the ceiling of this world. So, an all-out battle would probably do catastrophic damage to the entire world.
And if he had to fight while worrying about protecting others, he knew she would take advantage of the situation. The alternative is to use the Mirror Dimension. However, she could easily escape from there, forcing him to fight in the real world.
However, after leaving his timeline, he tasked one of his clones and Morgana to protect that timeline and prevent anyone from entering. Also, navigating the multiverse is much more complex than a mirror dimension.
"Alright, let's get this over with," said Eve, who used a Gravity Spell to levitate the Eastern and Western Continent before throwing them at Edward.
Arcane Rune Spell: Intangibility.
The continents passed through his body as if he was a phantom. When they landed, they created a massive tsunami that swallowed the entire world. Then, Edward went on the offensive, using a similar method as his opponent.
Except he dropped the sun on her.
Ever calmly raised her head to look at the falling sun and smiled before blowing casually. In an instant, the sun froze–even the mana core deep inside was not spared.
The world was now in complete darkness.
Thousands of black arrows appeared above Eve's head, rushing towards her.
"Really? Anti-Magic? Do you think you can defeat me, as the creator of this magic, with my own magic?"
She raised her hand to create a large sphere of Anti-Magic to cancel out Edward's attack.
Arcane Rune Spell: Time Erasing Swords
Dozens of blades with clocks designs on the edges appeared above Eve. She frowned for a moment before creating Time Bubbles that Julius used for his Time Magic.
She caught the blades and stopped them, but to her slight horror, they appeared faster and faster until she could not keep up. Then, one stabbed through her heart, erasing her time and thus her existence.
As Edward watched her disappear, he frowned as he sensed things would not be so simple. And as expected, a few seconds later, a new God appeared before him: perfectly intact.
"Vanessa's Fate Reversing Spell," he said.
"Bingo."
"You are more of a nuisance than I anticipated."
"Oh, you have no ideas, as this is just the beginning."
Then, Ever opened a portal and disappeared. Edward frowned as he locked on her Ki and followed her to her destination: another parallel timeline.
As soon as he arrived, he sensed something was wrong. After observing the surroundings, he discovered the lack of mana in nature.
'I see. Using such a spell takes a lot of mana, so she does not want to run out amidst our battle, so she is recharging.'
Arcane Rune Spell: Mana Drain
Tiny black holes appeared around Eve, trying to drain her. However, she slashed her hand to create Anti-Magic Slashes that destroyed the black holes.
Water Creation Magic: Water Titan
She controlled all the ocean water to create an enormous entity made entirely from water. Then, the Water Titan raised his hand to crush Edward like a bug.