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3rd Pov
" This is what we found", Perugius said as he looked seriously at the destroyed land before him. Orsted looked around only to find destruction of a level befitting between two Gods. " Anything else? Any guess where he went?", Orsted asked in a plain tone and Perugius shook his head while clenching his fists," If I was a bit earlier, I could have killed that bastard."
Orsted jumped and arrived a few kilometers away in a second, he knelt and placed his hand on the ground,' No doubt, this is the result of Laplace, but this is something that should not have happened. It is the first time he broke out this fast, not to mention who is the other person that fought against him? Even if Laplace is crazy and mad, he is no fool to waste mana despite possessing the largest Mana pool in the world ', he thought seriously.
He stood up, by the moment Perugius was beside him. " There is no need for you to partake, I will kill that bastard myself ", he said, his words firm and filled with aggression. If it was any other moment he would have never dared to raise his voice against Dragon for he had no desire to die before killing Laplace, but now that his sworn enemy was free he wanted to kill him on his own without any help from other Seven Great Powers.
" Oh, I had no intention of involving myself, but since this was a matter concerning the entire world, I came here and I have gotten what I wanted", he replied, and then glanced at Perugius enough for him to shiver instinct due to his curse. " Also do not get your hopes up", he said as he walked away and continued," It is apparent that he is dead ", then he left.
Perugius clenched his fists while his most loyal summon Alfamani quickly said," My Lord! Don't worry! I doubt Laplace had died, for he is no easy opponent. Only the likes of you can purge him ", his words had the desired effect and it soothed Perugius' mind," Heh, Infact I can also conclude from the traces of battle that Laplace should be dead ", he said surprising his retainer.
" But- I would like to believe he had escaped while injured, so that I can finish him myself- avenge my comrades... But it is a wishful thinking. Anyway order all the Ancient spirits to search for Laplace and this new Power who could stand up against the likes of him ", he ordered and Alfamani bowed before unsummoning himself.
Perugius glanced at the destroyed place and clicked his tongue," I Should have set up a teleportation circle here ", he muttered in annoyance, he was one of the few who had the capability to teleport, but it was only via teleportation circle and it was one of the forbidden magics taught him by his former Comrade Dragon God Urupen.
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Arthur Pov
After killing the Demon God, it was the time I killed the Dragon God part of Laplace before attempting to change my race. Now it was going to be quite difficult, not because he is apparently even stronger than Dragon God Orsted who has a fairly small mana pool and extreme slow mana regeneration debuff, but because that guy is at unknown location.
I expanded my Magical senses to the limits but had been failed to find him, I did managed to find the Death God, who was more of a psyhco killer having extreme strength. He wasn't even a real God to begin with, only beings such as Demon God Laplace, Dragon God Urupen, Dragon God Orsted, and Dragon God Laplace were classified as gods.
Since, we failed to find him on the mainland we decided to further our search into the seas, and not long before I found a powerful presence in one of the Islands nearly at the center of the world. It took an entire month with several hundreds of my clones searching all over but in the end it was worth it.
I teleported directly on the place and landed on the Island, [ It would seem there is a civilization of the habitants from Water World here, dear], Minerva informed me and I looked at the waterbody and expanded my [Magical Sense] covering up the entire area, I could see what one would call 'Fishmen ', living inside the ocean.
' Not my problem though ', I thought as I took back my [Magical Sense] and released a huge amount of Aura, it was same as announcing myself to the entire world, at least those who could sense it, but I doubt they will be come here any faster before I finish the Technique God. I waited for a few seconds before a person was before me and his fist on my neck.
" Speak, for what you have came here for ", he asked me in a authorative tone tickling my pride," Pretty arrogant for a self proclaimed number 1 ", I said in a taunting tone, his eyes narrowed and a wide grin formed on his face," I see, so you are here for death", he said as he attacked me with his hand infused with an aura that was different from the Battle Aura I possessed at nearly the speed of light.
The world around me lost all color as my perception reached maximum what it was capable of and I dodged the attack, and attacks after it, he even kicked at me with a speed that made very fabric of space twisted around it, I dodged it as well with my veins bulging and finally our small ordeal was over. ' He is fucking strong Physical Wise ', I thought as I huffed a bit.
" Not bad, for a mere human ", he said with a plain tone, as if he didn't put me in his eyes. [ Dear how about we show this arrogant Lizard the result of his arrogance? ] Minerva asked me a sweet devilish tone and a smirk emerged on my face,' Indeed ', I replied and activated my Skills. The moment I activated my [Enlightened One's Aura], the entire place became calm. It boosted all my passive abilities to a great deal, including my physical prowess itself.
My [King's Aura], too manifested covering my body, merging with my [Battle Aura] and [Magic Aura] forming an Aura superior to his Saint Dragon Battle Aura, his eyes which were filled with arrogance now had shock in them, as if he couldn't believe that the perfected Aura he learned from Dragon God Urupen were inferior to the one covering my body. If it wasn't enough I even released my [Dominating Aura].
" I see, you are the strongest opponent I had ever faced, and I believe you are the one I had been waiting for, I shall now kill you and hereby surpass my old self, reaching Godhood! ", he said and this time I attacked him, using [Longsword of Light], using only my hands as it were far more superior than any weapon in this world as of now.
The world again became grey and the perception around me slowed down, deflecting his attack I punched it right in his throat, he wasn't able to block my attack and neither dodge it resulting a complete vaporization of the ground behind him, and even the sea. Without any doubt if it was a normal Earth my attack would have destroyed the entire civilization.
But neither did the force of the attack did anything other than creating some huge Tsunamis or obliterating the entire Island off the map of this world. He had lost his balance and this was my chance, I quickly rushed in with my hand nearing his chest, ready to pierce through his dragon heart. Scales materialized on his chest surprising me a bit, as we were fighting nearly at the speed of light.
It wasn't his only measure saving his life, he summoned a sword out of nowhere and quickly changed his direction, with his blade swinging near my hand approaching his heart, for a moment though he surpassed my speed, but I didn't cared any of it as my hand struck against the blade shattering it into pieces, his Saint Dragon Battle Aura was overpowered by the almagation of the Auras I possessed.
My hand pierced through his scale and reached his heart, his eyes widened in disbelief as the time around us returned to normal, we stood upon empty air as the Island and water was blown kilometers away overturning the small city of the Fishmen living here. It was over, the moment I ripped his heart off and took a bite of it.
He fell hundreds of meters below with little life left, watching as I ate his source of power and soon finished it, after which I arrived near him. " No! No! NO! NO! NO! It- can't be- I haven't- became - Allmighty-God ye-", he said his last words before dying, I wasted no moment and used Predator devouring his body and soul.
It was too quick to be true, that I defeated Dragon easily but that's how the fight between two powerful opponents play. It either drags too long or gets over early and I was extremely stronger than him and thus I defeated him, it is not as if it didn't needed me using magic, but against a person who can fight at near the speed of light it would had been of no use, thus using my own advantage we defeated him.
[Dear, The soul has been absorbed... all the Battle Techniques had been recieved... to attain all the Unique Skills and Intrinsic Skills the Evolution of the race is required, should we proceed?], Minerva asked me, and I teleported from the place back at the saferoom of my castle and said,' Yes ', thus marking another important event in my path of getting stronger.
To be continued...