While Ryoma was still in awe upon seeing the legendary super robot posing as the final hurdle for his evolution, the said super robot spoke.
Its voice, melodious but chaotic as if thousands of women spoke at the same time, reverberated directly inside Esdeath's mind and soul yet she somehow could interpret the word it said clearly….
["Why?"]
One word, one question…
Why? Why what?? She couldn't understand, why wouldn't it directly try to attack her sides with no words spoken like usual instead of asking such a weird question?
"Why did you betray our Great Mother?"
And as Esdeath pondered further, the crimson humanoid colossus questioned once more with a voice brimming with confusion, sadness, and rage.
Ignoring the mix of negativity in the entity's tone, the question was indeed less enigmatic than before. Yet, it still made her confused…
Great Mother who?? She didn't remember ever betraying someone using that moniker. Hell, she had never betrayed anyone before!
["Ahahaha interesting!"]
Consequently, as her husband's soul was linked with hers, he could hear the voice too and somehow he understood it.
["Elaborate?"]
So obviously she asked him….
["She asked why did you betray this universe as 'Our Great Mother' most likely refers to that"]
["I see…"]
Now it started to make sense….
As a native, someone born under its grace, she truly had committed the most treacherous act against this universe, her home, her own 'mother' for joining hands with the one trying to predate its whole existence.
Nevertheless, her answer to the red giant's question was obvious….
["For him, the one i love with my everything…"]
She already said it before, right? Even if the whole universe was against them, she'd always stand by his side no matter what!
["Oh my… you made me blush…"]
And the Ice Empress's heartfelt declaration made the three mechs of Ryoma to turn their heads away from her.
If they weren't robots, a pink hue could possibly be seen on their faces…..
What? He never thought that she could make him fall deeper for her but she just did!
"Love…."
Hearing the answer of the traitor, Diebuster muttered as she looked down, a distant memory briefly flashed through her mind. An unpleasant one, which made her tremble in rage for love, was the one that hurt her, breaking her apart, turning her into a monster…
"LOVE… HUH?!"
And this treacherous bitch dared to use love as her justification for her traitorous act?!
"FOR SUCH A MEANINGLESS REASON YOU DECIDED TO BETRAY THIS UNIVERSE, YOUR OWN MOTHER?!"
Then without any warning, one thirds of the Buster Legions split off from the crimson tides, forming an outrageously monstrous crimson spear surrounded by arcs of dark purple lightning
"THEN PERISH ALONGSIDE YOUR LOVE!"
Thus, as the spear finished forming, it burst forth towards the four mechs beyond the speed of light. Yet, the titanic thunder spear of doom wasn't alone in its endeavor to annihilate its master's nemesis…
Ä̵͙̑̊̌A̷̼̩͛͝A̴̻̜͈͓̋͌͌̈̈́̆̚͝Ȃ̶͓͔͚̟͂̐̌͐ͅA̷̢̙̼͕̳̰̫̩͓̍̄̋̏͆̈́̅̚A̷̢̪̫̗̻͚̗̹͊͋́̆̈́͠A̶̗̝͉̼̠̾̚̚͜Å̷̬̠̲̃̀Ą̵̧̛̤̹̗̀́̎̋͐A̷͔͓̥͕̞̭̙̟̥̿͐́́͌̃̀̔̕ͅA̸̡̛͊̄͛̾̇͐̎̕Ä̶̤͔̻͙̔̃͝Ā̴̢̘̼̯̯̣̫̯͚͔̊̌̉A̵̡̻̝̯̤͑̍A̸̡̡̬̠̗͋A̴̡̧̻̖̟͍͇̅̓̓̿͋͊̔̊͊͜A̶̋̔̂͋͊̚͝ͅḀ̷̧͇̫̪̉͐̊Ạ̵̢̟̱͗̂
For it was accompanied by a destructive purple sphere of energy many times larger than a star spat out by the black hole carrying beast as it once again shrieked with utter hatred.
And if one of them hit the Wall of Ramiel, it would immediately shatter into pieces! Turning the evolution chamber of the Getter Emperor defenseless!
["Es, I'm counting on you!"]
Rebellio, wielding his shield in front of his body, charged towards the incoming spear of doom. The size difference which made its 13m frame seemed like an atom against mount everest if he was compared to the spear didn't discourage him in the slightest!
Because his Goddess of Death was behind him!
["Roger that! RGK: Helheim!"]
The divine domain of death descended once again, blanketing large portions of the cosmic battlefield in hazy white hue, sending many of the bugs inside the crimson tides towards their agonizing demise yet didn't harm the Goddess' own allies.
Still, while the crimson spear's outer layer was chipped by the deathly corrosion, it only served as a minor hindrance as it kept barreling towards the four with full speed in an attempt to crush them into nothing.
But the activation of Hel's divine domain true goal wasn't to stop the spear in the first place…..
["Dear! Take my blessings!"]
From the tip of Esdeath's finger, a string of blurry platinum ray was shot towards the center of Rebellio's back.
And the light, containing the concentrated divinity of the Mechanical Goddess of Death finally unleashed the hidden power that couldn't even be triggered by the Getter Emperor's larval form!
[Mechanical God's Essence Absorbed!]
Eyes gleaming in red, his Goddess' blessings he gladly embraced…
[Mechanical Saint Fusion Core Burst Mode Engaged!]
A faint golden hue began enveloping his white knightly frame and his energy skyrocketed by leaps and bounds….
[Initiating Mechanical Saint's Apotheosis!]
The golden hue morphed into an obscure platinum aura soon after, the color of her divinity…
A sign that her powers had been united with his own!
[Ascend!]
The gallant white knight was no more…
[Mechanical Saint of Death!]
For he had become The Apostle of Death!
One who seeks nothing more than to bring destruction to those who stand in his Goddess' path!
Using his newfound power, the mechanical apostle charged towards the crimson spear of doom with more fervor, the trails of lights he left on his path made him akin to a platinum comet.
["Heed my call!"]
Then an obscene amount of hazy platinum energy burst forth from his shield as he almost reached the impact point, forming another shield with shape resembling that of a twin gate with size equalling the crimson spear.
["The Blood Stained Hound…."]
And as a gate, it must have its own guardian, no?
["The Gate Keeper! Garmr!"]
HOWL!!
Thus, the Gate Guardian finally emerged upon its partner's call with a deafening soul stirring howl that echoed throughout the battlefield! Further empowering its mechanical allies while striking bits of fear upon the tides of insectoids.
Its form which was even more humongous than the gate it guarded resembled that of a wolf made out of ashen fog with red eyes gleaming in rage as they stared towards the incoming spear of doom.
BOOM!
The guardian wolf opened its colossal maw and bit down the crimson spear hard! The shockwaves generated from the impact of the spear's blade with the wolf's fangs blew away large chunks of the combatants from both sides, creating a field void of all life except for the nearby four extraordinarily powerful machines.
And at last, the advance of the crimson spear of doom was forced to a halt! Yet, it kept persisting as it rained down barrages upon barrages of dark purple thunder upon its canine contender, making it growl darkly as its ashen form got dispersed piece by piece.
GRRRRRRRR
The wolf, enraged by the spear's struggle, gnawed upon the blade with even more savagery. Its rows of countless gigantic fangs sunk down onto the blade of the spear, the exceedingly cold and corrosive energy of their goddess contained within them assisted in their quest to break apart the hateful spear.
Crack!
So broke apart it did! Though the ashen guardian wolf had yet to reign supreme for the shards of the broken spears transformed into countless smaller copies of it and initiate another charge towards the wolf and the four elite machines like swarms of enraged locusts.
["Child's play!"]
Still, such a cheap trick was truly laughable for the ashen wolf true Master!
Did it think that by once again trying to use numbers against her and her dearest husband it could win against them?? No way in hell!
Click!
With a snap of her fingers, the guardian wolf burst into clusters of deathly ashen fog, condensing once more into rows upon rows of ashen ice lances, rivaling or even possibly exceeding the numbers of the thunder spears!
And once again they clashed, thunderous scarlet spears of The Universe's Guardian against the all corroding lances of the traitorous Mechanical Goddess of Death, aiming towards their counterparts' decimation!
["Fufufu~ see~? it's useless~"]
Alas, the corrosive energy of the ashen guardian wolf's bite persistently lingering around and inside the shards of crimson spear salvoes had already tipped the scales of the battle before it even began, the deathly white aura from the Mechanical Goddess of Death herself permeating all over battlefield too didn't help but worsen the already unfair disadvantages.
["Now that we have done our greetings, how about we begin our finale against this universe's guardians, dear?"]
["I'll gladly take your offer, my lady~"]
And as the final remaining shards of the previously cosmic scaled spear had been erased from existence, the Mechanical Goddess of Death held the right hand of her husband's weapon which had taken the seat of her one and only Apostle and disappeared right into the heart of the battlefield alongside him through the portal under their feet…..
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On another side of the battle fields a few moments prior…..
While the white knight now turned into the Apostle of The Mechanical Goddess of Death was holding the lines against the crimson spear's charge, who were the ones defending Ramiel Wall against the beast's orb of destruction?
["Zhen: Awakening!"]
["Zhen: Awakening!"]
Indeed! They were none other than the two mechanical divine beasts! And this time, the golden 真 (Zhen/True) marks engraved on the right wing of Zhen Zhu Que and the left pauldron of Zhen Xuan Wu were shining brilliantly!
A sign to unleash their true power!
["From The Tranquil Black Sea...."]
Beyond science! Beyond reason! A black ocean suddenly emerged below the feet of Zhen Xuan Wu! Drowning both his mechanical allies which weren't able to evade in time upon the given signal and his insectoid nemesis!
No waves, no flows, and no ripples could be seen upon the surface of the black ocean suspended in space. And those trapped within its grasp were oddly forced to a state of stillness for their time and space had been brought to an absolute tranquility.
["Emerge! Xuan Wu!"]
And with upwards movements of the six arms of the black turtle's mechanical embodiment, six gigantic heads of black dragon turtle emerged from the tranquil abyss. Their maws, big enough to swallow a star with a single gulp were opened as Zhen Xuan Wu's six arms took a stance with opened palms, waiting for the incoming mass of destruction.
["Sink into the abyss!"]
Then following the grabbing motion of Zhen Xuan Wu's arms, the six black dragon turtles clamped down their colossal maws into the arriving purple orb of destruction from below.
Neither extravagant clashes of energy or explosions could be seen upon their impact as the orb of destruction had been imposed with the concept of absolute tranquility after being touched by the black turtle's fang.
And so, the stasis orb was then helplessly dragged down by the six dragon turtle's heads into their abyss…
Never to be seen again….
["From The Wrathful Vermillion Heaven!"]
And above the tranquil black sea, right after the orb of destruction vanished into the abyss, The cosmos was burning in red!
The majestic wings of the vermillion bird unfolded in all their glory! Their heat transcended the core of a neutron star!
["Descend! Zhu Que!"]
SCREECH!!
Then with an enraged wail, the fully manifested divine bird immediately dove through the crimson tides, aiming towards the one that sent the orb of destruction upon its Master.
Its wrath knew no bounds as it scorched everything in its path indiscriminately whether they were the gigantic space monsters of the crimson tides or the unfortunate mechanical armies caught within its line of fire, ignoring their extremely heat resistant and adaptive carapace and composite armor.
"PUNY INVADERS….."
Though the Vermillion Bird failed to reach its mark as it was instantly obliterated into fireworks after getting hit by a thin purple beam fired off from Diebuster's finger tip.
And seeing the beam which continued to pierce through the battlefield the six heads of the black turtle's manifestation tried to block it with their concept of absolute tranquility.
But something odd occured….
["Hah! Not bad!"]
The thin string of light somehow managed to bust through five out of the six dragon turtle's heads before stopping for good, ignoring the latter's conceptual ability!
Did Diebuster have her own resistance against time and space manipulation or even conceptual manipulation in general? A perk granted as the final champion of this universe?! No matter, it only made their final battle more exciting!
"YOUR RESISTANCE IS MEANINGLESS!"
Their Great Mother would reign supreme! And as her final champions, It was their duty to make it a reality!
P̷̛̗̾̇́Ë̷̜͓͍̯͍̹͕́̋͛͊̕͠R̴̢̧̗͔̮̅͐̕̕I̵̛͉̪̫̦̱̒̒̍̂͜S̵̹̾̈̏̈̿͘͜ͅȞ̶̨̙͈͉̭̤͎̫̤̅̎̏̇ F̴̧̧̣̹͔̪̬̠͚̮̗̖̰̅̈́̈́̐͋̽̈̈̄̓̇̈͘ͅỌ̸̢͚̱̞̾̄Ṙ̷͈̂̏͊͌̔̽̉̚͘ ̸͇̤̗̭͚͌́̈́͛̊̊͌̈́̔̍̐͂̚͠O̵̻̭͉̜̓́̈́͌̎̆͂̎̀͊͆U̷̢̢͔͈͚͕̝̙̦̪̜͋̓R̵̗̩͎̫̀̇͆̀̽̿̔̾́̚̕͝͝ ̷̜͓̳̈́́̃̿̈́̈͗͐͂̐͆͂͘G̴̡̬͈͉̪̤̝̲͍̣̞͎̾̈́̎́̃̂̉̐̋̽͜͝R̸͍̦͙̙̈́̀͂̊̔̒͗̀̍̒̾̓̍̍͘E̴̡̨̛̪͙̳̦͔͙̠̙̦̅́̈̉͗̎̌̓́̔̕͝͝Ǎ̴̛̹̳̹̪̹̞̥̭̘̝͙̲͉̳̋̿̀̀̇̚̚͘͜Ţ̶̤͎̦͈͙͈̜̱̏͑͌ͅͅ ̶̨̳̙̼͚̮̳̹͍̗̗̪̼͊̍̋̽͛̏͐͘͝M̴̞̪̹̭͉̼̗̥̤̖͚͎̳̱̿̿̀̍̏̽̊̒̈́͗̚͠Ô̶̧̯̮͕͓̠̞͂̐͂̿͋͂̒̋̍̇T̷̡̳̝̮͖̳͔̥̙͂̀̽̿̑͗̌̂̈́̈̐̍͆̚͝Ḩ̷̻͓͔̫̥͓̻͎̺̤̰̑́̂̉̋̏͌̑̽͜͠Ę̴̨̧̤̘͎̦̘͑͐̈̒̿̈́͊͂͜R̷̢̰̱̘̳̭͖̆̎͜!!
Her arms extended in front of her chest, joining and morphing into a massive hand cannon. Then thousands of connector tendrils sprouted from her bladed legs, stabbing into the comrade in arms below her.
Ḑ̸͇͈͈̠͍̝̭̜͍͆̓̚̕Ỳ̸̛̳̯̈́͐̀̀̎̉͝N̶̥̪̥̑̊̆́̀́͐̾̉̕A̴̡͖̺̠͖̼̔̎̍̔͐̌̓͝͝Ṁ̶͚̱̥̣̬̻̹̀̐Ī̶̢͉̣̫̰̰͙̙̩̀͊͊̋͝Ç̵̨̠̼̯̗̝̠̩̝͖̆̉͝ ...
Their powers resonated, amplifying by leaps and bounds whilst lending each other their unique abilities granted as blessings from their Great Mother….
B̵̝̈͋̈́̅̾͒͊Ǘ̵̟̮͙̜̱̙̬̗͚͖̬̆̒̈ͅŞ̴̜̬̩͈͈͓̤̬̟̈́̃̾͑̿͆̀͜T̷̛̼̗̍͊̑̈̓̋̾̽̆̕ͅȨ̵̱͙̺̤͎͔̼̮̘̩̳̃͂̓̈́͜͝R̸̛̳̠͎͑̐̄͊̆͑̃͑͌́̃͊̈́͝.̴͙͚̭̺̞͗̂̽͋̋̌͒͗̂͗̅͌̂͜͝.̷̡̛͈̤̝̘̰̤̻̙͈̑͐͋̇̈̀̅͜͠͝.̵̞͕͇̉̔̿̊̊̍̓͆̀͘.̵̣̥̔͂̾̓̄̀̐̎̕͝…
Then an ominous dark purple energy orb began to form in front of the muzzle of the hand cannon, its size stayed the same yet its density kept growing exponentially overtime as the pair of final champions kept feeding it with more and more energy…
And with this, the blasphemous act of the invaders against their Great Mother would end right here! Right now!
"TCH!"
Or not…. because that orb was forced to split into two to guard her neck from a pair of hazy white and silver light blades of death coming to claim her head from both sides!
BOOM!!
And from the brief clash, the split energy orb finally exploded, sending both the pair of final champions alongside the ones who ambushed them far away
"CURSE YOU! TRAITOR!"
Indeed! That disgusting traitor of her Great Mother and her so called lover were the ones trying to disgracefully ambush them!
["Hah.... we failed huh?..."]
But, as it was shown before, their attempt failed. They too didn't come out unscathed either from the prior exchange as their previously smooth and shiny metal armor was now full of scratches and dents which were rapidly recovering even after most of the damages were tanked by the energy shield covering their body.
["We lost some, we won some"]
Indeed, even though they failed to behead Diebuster, they had successfully foiled her ultimate attack. Quite a fair trade to say the least.
["Besides, if she was that easy to slay then this fight wouldn't be fun, no?"]
["Obviously~ oh look! it seems like we have enraged them!"]
Upon Esdeath's exclamation, billions of dark purple rays were already coming towards them from many directions, aiming to turn the two into metal scraps full of holes!
["That we do…."]
The pair of apostle and his goddess weaved through rains of destruction rays sent as a retaliation by the one they tried to assassinate with impossibly agile movements while nearly missing every single one of them as if they were taunting the already enraged crimson giant.
Click!
And with another snap of Esdeath's fingers, she sent her counter attack in the form of numerous soul corroding gigantic icebergs barrages summoned all around the Beast and Diebuster.
A̶̙̖̭͎̰͙͍̟̯̕A̶̮̲͉̤͍̘̜̗͛͜ͅA̶̧̛̟͖̖̞̫͍͕̥̪̫͓͌͋͗̏͋ͅÃ̷̢͚̠̦͓̖̈́̇Ă̵̪̱͔̗͓̯͓̌͂̌͊̏̓͌͗̾̕͝Ǎ̴̢̝̻̬̜̩̀͗̂͌͋͂̅͐͠A̵̳͚̻͈̹͔͎̘̪̭̽̋͗̎̉́̌̿͆A̶̧̨̡̛͍̮̰̻̗̳͇̲̲̾͐̄̕̚͜͝A̴͚̫͚͎̗̎̈́̽͑̌̏̂̂̀̓͆̀͘͜͠Ą̵̨̮̹͈͚̥̳̳̒̃́͂́̇̅̽̓͑̋̍
Yet the beast proved that the massive singularity on its back wasn't just for show as it managed to instantly compress all the incoming icebergs into tiny marbles with its exceptionally powerful gravity manipulation.
["Ugh… you damn oversized bug!"]
And not forgetting to lock the traitorous one in place while attempting to crush her with its gravity power into a compressed metal junk!
It would absolutely make it slow and painful for the traitorous pest because it was the only fate awaiting those who betrayed its Great Mother!
But its fellow champion had another thought…
"YOUR BLASPHEMOUS LOVE ENDS HERE! TRAITOR!"
Using the opportunity given by her comrade in arms, Diebuster jumped from the beast's head, launching her massive frame with speed unbelievable for her size towards the traitorous one. Dark purple lighting arched around her bladed leg as she sent a kick which could shatter worlds into dust, Intending to end the traitor instantly once and for all!
["Heh~ Got you!"]
Though a smirk was heard from the traitorous Goddess of Death even if a certain doom was already right in front of her eyes….
["Switch!"]
Because she had his dearest husband by her side!
CLANK!
Rebellio which had been separated millions of kilometers away from Esdeath because of the light show from before suddenly appeared before Diebuster, blocking the crimson giantess kick with his shield while she herself was already right behind the neck of the crimson giant, her light blade of death was already on its way to behead the giant's neck once again.
So how did they do that? This machine of his wasn't included in the stabilized space-time domain's exemption, right?
["The power of our love is unbeatable!"]
Indeed! The power of love! Or to be exact, Esdeath used the power of her marriage ring to switch places with her beloved husband then immediately warped behind Diebuster, effectively breaking the gravity shackle with ease!
"WHAT DO A TREACHEROUS WENCH AND AN ACCURSED INVADER KNOW ABOUT LOVE?!"
["Shit!"]
Yet the lover's pair remarks only served to fuel the flames of rage already searing inside the Crimson Giant, making it gain a sudden burst of power which instantly shattered Rebellio's shield and left arm then sent his body barreling backwards uncontrollably for millions of kilometers.
BOOM!
["Gah!"]
The Frost Goddess of Death too received the same or even worse backlash than her beloved husband from the sudden outrage of Diebuster as her blade hit many unstable blackholes the super robot created to parry her surprise attack which instantly exploded in front of her face like reactive armor.
And let's say that she was indeed lucky to come out of it with only one arm obliterated and severe cracks marks decorating all over her formerly sleek and graceful metallic frame, though her battle damage could be seen to be recovering at an absurd pace.
Even so, it wasn't only the pair of lovers who failed in landing another coup de grace that suffered…
"How despicable...."
A gaping bullet hole was visible in Diebuster's right calf that she used to kick Rebellio away. Furthermore, the flesh around that wound had begun showing signs of severe frostbite before rapidly crumbling into dust.
It turned out the ashen apostle still managed to shoot the crimson giant with the gunlance he wielded on his intact right arm, meticulously securing an even trade!
"But it doesn't matter…. Only some minor inconveniences…."
With absolute decisiveness, she immediately severed both the corporeal form of the corroded calf alongside parts of her soul in it with an energy blade extending from her hand to not let the soul corrosion encroach even further. And the stump left by the severed calf was replaced by a solidified scarlet energy construct resembling the crimson giant's previously lost limb soon after, almost as capable as her original one.
"Now… I WILL TEAR BOTH OF YOU APART INTO SHREDS!"
Finished recuperating, the Crimson Giant began engaging once more with both the blasphemous traitor and the accursed invader as she charged with full speed towards the still recovering Rebellio, planning to rip the lover of the traitorous one to show her despair before finishing her off for good.
And seeing that its comrade had begun fighting again, the black hole carrying beast tried lending a hand by ensnaring the lovers pair with its gravity….
["Forgetting about us already?"]
But it was forced to divert its attention towards the six outrageously huge ice fists coming out of nowhere from its sides and below alongside an enraged vermillion bird from above!
A̶̙̖̭͎̰͙͍̟̯̕A̶̮̲͉̤͍̘̜̗͛͜ͅA̶̧̛̟͖̖̞̫͍͕̥̪̫͓͌͋͗̏͋ͅÃ̷̢͚̠̦͓̖̈́̇Ă̵̪̱͔̗͓̯͓̌͂̌͊̏̓͌͗̾̕͝Ǎ̴̢̝̻̬̜̩̀͗̂͌͋͂̅͐͠A̵̳͚̻͈̹͔͎̘̪̭̽̋͗̎̉́̌̿͆A̶̧̨̡̛͍̮̰̻̗̳͇̲̲̾͐̄̕̚͜͝A̴͚̫͚͎̗̎̈́̽͑̌̏̂̂̀̓͆̀͘͜͠Ą̵̨̮̹͈͚̥̳̳̒̃́͂́̇̅̽̓͑̋̍
Roaring with hatred, the beast then had to give up in assisting its comrade for it needed to give its all to deal with the mechanical divine beasts.
And thus, the fate of the universe would be decided with the grandest tag team battle since time immemorial!