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Chapter 45 - Chapter 44: The Conquering of Death and The Fear of Gods.

Death, a lowly God that all souls must meet at the end of their long or short journey. When souls have died, they first at sent to the Astral Plane then sent to Death after a short or infinite duration.

Death controls the end of life and is the embodiment of blank growth. He is so powerful that his being,gaze or touch is enough to kill a anything that has life. It has dominion over a lowly entity's lifespan, but is unable to affect the likes of Transcendent, Heavenly Beings or True Gods.

If Death were to die, then all things would be either immortal or die and the balance of life will be erupted. Either being non or over populated. Souls what does would be left in nothingness and reincarnation would be impossible.

But Death dying is like saying liquid can be liquified. In truth, Death is immortal and can't be killed no matter what. Only the Monarch of Gods can erase this entity.

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Kyo charged at Death with fury in his eyes and unwavering confidence and arrogance in his heart. He held Transcendent in his hand and he fiercely rushed towards the God of Death.

Death scoffed, "IF A FIGHT YOU WHAT, I'LL GIVE YOU THE PLEASURE OF YOU BEING IN THE PRESENCE OF MY DIVINE WEAPON."

Death lifted his robe and line of black aura began to spill from it. Suddenly, a scythe of overwhelming power came forth.

"BEHOLD, THE ONLY WEAPON IN MY ARSENAL AND THE MOST POWERFUL IN ANY REALM OF YOU LOWLY MAGGOTS. THE SCYTHE OF THANATOS!"

Death swinged his scythe at Kyo. An imaginary line was made by his throat and the next second..

[You have died]

[...]

[You are alive!]

Kyo opened his eyes as he saw that he was slowly falling into the white void.

"The hell? Didn't I just die?" He asked.

Down below, he saw Death take a seat on his throne.

Kyo grit his teeth and an overwhelming grudge filled his soul.

"Whatever! That bastard is in my reach!!"

Kyo is a soul that is arrogant and confident. And when he is bested, he will do anything in his power to out play that person. Even if it takes a whole life time.

At this very moment onwards, Death is Kyo's number enemy. That is until he can magically beat, which is impossible.

Infinitely Impossible.

Lightning struck up top of Death's head.

"HMM?" The God inquired.

Death wasn't hazed or hurt the slightest.

"STILL ALIVE? MUST BE THE DOING OF THAT MONGREL THAT SEEKS TO BECOME THE NEXT MONARCH OF GODS," said Death with malice in his echoing voice. "STUPIDITY AT ITS FINEST. A DEMON CANNOT BECOME A GOD. AND CERTAINLY NOT THE MONARCH OF THEM."

Death swinged his scythe once again at Kyo. This time aiming at his whole body, seeing as he looked like a fine piece of dust at that height.

[You have died]

"HUH?" Death inquired in confusion once again.

"I'm starting to get the hang of this guy's ability," said Kyo, who was behind Death ready to swing the katana, Transcendent.

"USELESS," Death said with a mighty voice.

With its voice alone, Kyo went flying into oblivion.

[You have died]

"I DON'T KNOW WHAT POWER THAT FOOL HAS GIVEN YOU INSECTS BUT I WON'T BE DEFEAT BY HIS PAWNS!!"

"Huh?" Kyo said, raising his head and peering at Death with his crimson eyes. "I don't know who you are talking about. But.."

Kyo began to dash towards Death a transonic speeds. He began to go faster until he was faster than sound and was half the speed of light.

".. I'm going to kill you and become so strong that no one can fuck with me anymore!!!"

Weapons crafted by The System don't have a true story or past. It was forged like their own souls. What Kyo was blabbing about wasn't something he experienced. How he acted wasn't how he or his environment grew himself to be. He was made like that.

But, what is special about all of Kris's Soul Weapons is that they surpass their expertise further then they were intended.

For Transcendent it was raw power. Bo, intelligence.

And for Kyo, unmatched willpower.

It was battle between unbelievable willpower, mental endurance versus overwhelming despair and agony.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Kyo yelled with every fibre of his being.

Death glared at Kyo with malice and said, "YOU MUST BE THE MOST DUNCE PERSON IN EXIST TO BELIEVE YOU CAN DEFEAT M-.."

Death was then cut off and Kyo was missing. Death glared behind itself with its glowing purple eyes and saw him.

Kyo.

Somehow he managed to move so fast that even Death couldn't see or sense.

Faster Than Light Speeds? No.

Massively Faster Than Light!

"How does it feel to be outclassed,"

Death robe began to tear, revealing a skeletal figure covered in a black present inside. Its bone were cut, chopped and some were gone.

Death crumbled and fell.

It asked with a wavering, trembling but yet, mighty voice, "WHAT.. WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME?!"

"Simply," said Kyo.

He turned around and pointed at his left arm and then his neck bleeding excessively. His crimson eyes were glowing with a blood-like mist floating from them

"You've been beat."

Kyo's eyes then began to bleed and he then collapsed.

[You have died]

Kyo had achieved Soul Essence, which enchanted his strength, speed and his unbreakable willpower. But not alone that, but he finally gained an ability like the rest.

The other souls had abilities while Kyo had none. Despite that he is the third strongest of them and none was able to destroy multiple large stars.

The ability he gained was labeled as "Crimson Stop." The ability allowed him to freeze time Infinitely were alone him and him alone can move. But, in order to activate he must sacrifice a portion of life force like a fraction of his soul or Kris's own blood. The more life force he uses, the more infinite time he gains and it also increases his own stats massively.

Kyo woke up once again and saw Death laying down on the white void as a pile of bones. Kyo, who was fully healed walked towards Death.

"So it looks like I beat you, huh?" Kyo said with an arrogant smirk and his face.

"... NO...."

Black portals formed on the ground and armies of souls began to pour out of everyone of them. They soldiers of the dead, lost souls of powerful knights and banished Divine Entity that Death only gained because the Gods saw it a threat.

This was Death's last attempt.

"Hmm," Kyo smirked.

"So this is why had my eardrums ringing over? You hyped this pile of shits up real good," Kyo said smugly.

Yet, he was correct. They were just normal entities across the universe and one Divine Entity. But this universe is ruled by The System, so everything has to follow the law. Even a lowly God like Death.

If The System wasn't brought to his domain, he could have easily killed and countered Kyo cheating of death and the fact that he could stop time.

"HUH?" Death inquired.

The next second, all of its subordinates were taken down, except the Divine Entity.

Kyo only wound was a cut on his arm vein.

"That was easy," said Kyo. "Now itself time to take out the big guy."

The Divine Entity glared at Kyo with its golden eyes. It had black skin and blue astec-like markings on itself.

"ARRGHH!" It roared.

Kyo only mocked the creature.

"Oohh, scary," he said while raising his hands in the air.

The titan, about three meters through a punch at Kyo. At faster than light speeds.

Kyo just laughed, "Pfft."

He then walked back towards Death and said, "While that should be all that I'm supposed to do here. Now how do I come out of this body?"

The Divine Entity was rendered to a pile of cubic flesh that drifted off in the white void.

Death was astonished and also disappointed in itself. It is, no; it was the God of Death. This boy had just outclassed him. Death was superior in every aspect.

"IT'S BECAUSE OF THAT MONGREL," Death said with a calm but rage filled voice.

Kyo then turned his head and said, "You know I can hear every word that you utter?"

Death glared at Kyo and then smiled.

"What the?"

Suddenly, a black aura surrounded Kyo and a burn pain with into his heart.

"Ah! What the hell did you just do!" Kyo inquired as he turned and peered at Death.

"AH, THAT'S ALL," said Death. "WHAT I'VE JUST GIFTED YOU IS THE POWER AND AUTHORITY OVER DEATH. GIVING YOU THIS POWER SHOULD HAVE EITHER KILLED YOU OR LEFT YOU IN GREAT AGONY."

"Is that so?" Kyo said with a smug look on his face. "While I'm just built different."

"TRUE, AS THAT PAIN IS ETERNAL WILL LAST FOREVER, EVEN AFTER DEATH OR REINCARNATION. EVEN IF YOU BECOME NOTHING, YOU'LL STILL FEEL THIS PAIN IN YOUR SOUL."

"..." Kyo said quiet.

"ALSO, THE SECOND GIFT IS THAT DIVINE ENTITY YOU JUST DEFEAT. IT WILL BE UNDER YOUR DOMINION."

[Quest Completed!]

A portal then appeared infront of Kyo that which was meant to send him back to Earth.

"NOW GET OUT OF HERE," Death said as it got up.

The white void then began to go turn black as it once was.

"Ok," said Kyo as he walked through the portal.

Before, he left he said, "Thanks for the amazing powers that are linked to my soul so that this body can't use them."

"..." Death stayed silent. "DECISIVE."

[Congratulations!]

[You'll be taken to the creator of The System, The Omega King!]

To Be Continued...

Next Chapter: Floor 100.