Chapter 130:
Everything inside and out of Chronolux was silent.
The Void was expanding, its abyssal tendrils stretching, devouring everything and anything in their path. It was growing in size at rates incomprehensible to those who can only see finite and countable infinities even those who can comprehend and see the uncountable infinity struggled and those who were beyond even that barely witnessed what was happening and at what rate the void was expanding. The sky cracked, splintering apart as concepts unraveled, the very laws of existence twisting and distorting under the sheer weight of the ritual's completion.
Hikari stood at the center of it all, bathed in the celestial glow of the four kingdom relics, their energy merging with the dark pulse of the Void. His golden eyes burned with victory, his smirk a perfect picture of divine arrogance.
This was it.
The moment he would prove himself to his father.
The moment he would eradicate The pathetic abomination's existence, ensuring that the abomination's wretched influence was forever erased from history.
And yet—
Just as he prepared to revel in his triumph—
A sound.
Soft. Subtle.
A slow clap.
Steady. Mocking.
Hikari stopped everything he was doing and about to do.
Then a voice. Cold, calculated.
"Bravo, Hikari. You played your role exactly as I expected. Like a good puppy but that would be offensive to puppies" Noboru says in mocking tone as he Steps from the Shadows
From what Hikari can sense his Omni Energy was nowhere and everywhere, a figure emerged but right in front of me.
He had been right there the entire time—watching, waiting, letting Hikari believe he was in control.
"Presence Concealment. That's what I did. But don't hurt your head thinking about it—someone of your level wouldn't understand anyway" Noboru says. Noboru knew he was being rude but Noboru spited and hated this annoyance. First he stopped him from avenging old man fenrir and second he kept getting in his way. He also made him lose Fire General Kai's trust.
As Noboru stepped forward, his crimson eyes with golden rings was glowing against the darkened sky, his form unshaken by the cataclysmic storm of energy swirling around him.
He was relaxed, hands tucked into his pockets, a small, knowing smirk playing on his lips.
Hikari's entire body tensed.
His mind reeled.
"What?!"
His smirk vanished, golden energy crackling wildly around him as anger surged through his veins.
"ANOMINATION?!"
The battlefield trembled with his fury, the very air vibrating with his rage.
"How? How long have you been here?!"
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING THERE?"
"WHAT TRICK ARE USING THERE IS NO WAY AFTER I TRAINED WITH URIEL YOU CAN DECIEVE ME."
Noboru exhaled slowly, tilting his head.
"I was here in the center since before the moment you set foot in Chronolux."
Hikari's fists clenched.
That meant—
That meant Noboru had seen everything.
The entire ritual. The Void's expansion. The moment the relics merged their divine energy.
And he had done nothing.
He had just watched.
Like it was all part of some grand game.
"You—" Hikari's voice was a low growl, his golden aura flaring as realization dawned. "You let me do this."
"WHY?!"
Noboru's smirk widened, amusement flickering in his gaze.
"You're quick for someone so blind."
Hikari snarled, stepping forward.
"Then tell me, you bastard—WHY? Why let the ritual finish if you wanted to stop me? Why let the Void expand?"
His voice was demanding, desperate for answers—because this didn't make sense.
If Noboru wanted Yami to stay sealed, he would've stopped this before it even began.
But instead—he had let it happen.
And that terrified him.
Noboru stared at him, his eyes cold, detached—unreadable.
Then, with a low chuckle, he spoke.
"Your mind is shackled by Heaven's arrogance. My goals are beyond the understanding of a divine slave like you."
The words cut deep, slicing through Hikari's already fraying temper.
A sharp intake of breath. A single moment of stunned silence.
Then—pure, unrestrained fury.
A blinding eruption of golden light tore through the battlefield.
Hikari's anger exploded, his divine presence expanding in a wave of holy destruction. The ground beneath him cracked and shattered, pillars of golden fire erupting into the sky.
"I'LL KILL YOU!"
"YOU'RE NOTHING BUT A FILTHY STAIN ON EXISTENCE!"
"I'LL BURN YOUR EXISTENCE OUT OF REALITY ITSELF!"
"YOU FILTHY ABOMINATION!"
"YOU SON OF A WHORE!"
Hikari yelled as his form began to shift, the golden radiance of Heaven's Wrath enveloping him.
His golden Omni Energy expanded, his Golden wings splitting into twelve, burning with divine fury. His armor liquefied and reshaped, turning into something far more refined, far more terrifying—a celestial form that radiated unquestionable dominance.
This was his strongest form.
His final trump card.
He was no longer just Hikari, the Archangel.
He was Hikari, Heaven's Supreme Executioner.
Divine scriptures of Heaven manifested in golden chains around him, sealing his power into a form that could no longer be contained.
Omni Energy surged through his body, condensing into a single, overwhelming presence.
"You had your chance to stop me, and you didn't take it."
His voice boomed, layered with the voices of a thousand divine beings speaking as one.
"Now you will suffer for your arrogance, Abomination Noboru Chikara."
He lunged forward, preparing to annihilate Noboru with everything he had.
But before he could take a single step—
The world shook.
A new presence descended upon the battlefield.
One that dwarfed even the might of Heaven's Wrath.
The very Void itself trembled in response.
A single sound echoed through Chronolux.
A low, shuddering crack.
The Void Prison—the ancient, omnipotent seal that had bound Yami for eons upon eons—began to break apart.
Dark energy surged, a pulse of pure nothingness rippling through the battlefield, warping the very concept of existence itself.
Hikari's golden aura flickered—for the first time, his perfectly honed senses wavered.
"What is—"
A second crack.
This time, the very air distorted, as if reality itself had taken a deep, shuddering breath.
Then—
A single, chilling whisper.
A voice so familiar, yet so distant.
A voice dripping with power, amusement… and something terrifyingly unreadable.
"…Noboru?"
The Void Prison shattered.
The sky turned black.
The battlefield was engulfed in a pulse of absolute emptiness.
And from the heart of that abyss—she emerged.
The Void Queen had awakened.
Noboru watched it all unfold, his smirk never fading.
He had played Hikari.
He had set the board.
And now—the real game was about to begin.