The other leaders discussed amongs themselves, in little chatter.
They also couldn't help but notice that both of the combatants had ignored them the entire time.
It made them quite pissed off, especially Arachne who had been discontented with Vin, ever since he showed up.
"There is no need to lower yourself to someone of such level Lord Archon. Let us take care of this so called leader of the Exodus Order" Arachne said as she stood up from her seat
"So I'm guess I need to handle the small fries first before fighting the main boss, touche" Vin commented
"And who the hell are you calling small fry?" the other fifth stage leader scoffed as he stood up "You're just a fifth stage combatant, don't get cocky you bastard" this person's name was Dante.
"What did you just call me, you vermin?" Vin asked with dripping bloodlust.
"It's Dante, you lowlife" Dante said as both he and Arachne walked towards Vin. The rest of the leaders also stood up from their seats and walked towards Vin.
They stood a few meters in front of him, ready to fight even though they knew they were too weak to do so, and could only serve as backup.
"Dante huh, I would make sure you regret saying those words" Vin stated calmly, but you could here the rippling killing intent in his voice.
"With just you, don't flatter yourself" Dante sneered in disdain. Vin didn't reply him immediately, but took a glance towards the Archon.
"You don't have to worry about me Zero, their life and death is of no concern, I was only sent here to give them directions, not babysit, so I won't interfere with your battle.
"You can kill them at your discretion" The Archon said as he raised his legs while crossing them on the round table.
He truly meant what he said about not interfering, when the rest of the ten leaders heard it, they were quite displeased, even though they knew what he said was correct, it still stung when he said it like that.
It almost felt like he was presenting them to be slaughtered by the enemy, but when they realized that this same enemy was alone, they regained their confidence and immediately went on the offensive.
"Now then, tell me, how exactly do you want to die!?" Vin asked as he stood tall, his eyes scanning the battlefield as the ten leaders of the Tenebrous Taskforce closed in.
Arachne's Shadow Spinners wove a web of darkness as she casted her skills, she was also a shadow user like Diane but obviously more powerful.
"Tenebrous Apocalypse"
A devastating wave of darkness was released from her body as it was sent towards Vin.
while Dante's casted his most devastating skill called 'Dark Harvest' unleashing a hail of cursed projectiles.
As for the three fourth stages, Zuba casted a skill called 'Crimson slash' sending a red blast of energy charging forward.
Vin watched all these attack coming at him and only muttered four words.
"Celestial Authority ~ Neptune's Protection"
Immediately violet colored runic symbols condensed around him like a small world surrounding him. Vin then muttered another four words.
"Celestial Authority ~ Uranus Unbound"
The small world surrounding exploded into a huge wave of energy blasting them all away.
Dante retaliated with a wave of dark energy, but Vin dodged the attack with ease, using his agility and quick reflexes to weave between the shadows. Vin landed a swift kick on Dante, sending him stumbling back.
Zuba's 'Crimson Requiem' pressed the attack, but Vin summoned the 'Neptune's Protection' blocking the attack before countering with 'Uranus Unbound', dispersing the energy and leaving Zuba exposed.
Vin seized the opportunity, landing a devastating combination of punches and kicks that sent Kael crashing to the ground, and his punches were quiet heavy due to the gauntlets he wore.
As the battle raged on, Vin faced off against the other two fourth stages Vena casted a powerful sound skill called 'Midnight Symphony', it's melodic attack weaving a hypnotic spell.
Vin resisted the spell, using his God's eye to shatter the melody and send Lyra's unit into disarray.
Stain, unleashed his elemental attack , but Vin had was prepared. He countered with a blast of arcane force, shattering Stain's energy Shield and leaving him vulnerable.
The rest of the third stages also attacked at that moment too.
Vesper's skill 'Umbra's Nightshade' attempted to engulf Vin in darkness, but he summoned a flaming aura, illuminating the shadows and sending Vesper reeling.
Zephyrine skill 'Tempest Fury' unleashed a storm of elemental lightning attacks, but Vin blocked the attack, summoning a counter-storm of Flames that dispersed Zephyr's skill, sending her flying.
Jena's ultimate skill 'Dark Empyrean' attempted to drain Vin's life force, but he countered with a blast of arcane energy, shattering Nyx's dark elements and sending her into retreat.
Cassius's skill 'Silentium' tried to silence Vin with their sound-absorbing magic, but Vin adapted, using his God's eye to create a resonance frequency that shattered Cassius's attack.
Finally, Xandros's 'Tainted Blade' charged forward, his corrupted weapon at the ready as he attacked.
But Vin summoned deflected the attack with his gauntlets, clashing with Xandros in a flurry of strikes. Vin delivered a heavy punch, his gauntlets shattering Xandros's corrupted blade.
As the dust settled, Vin stood victorious, having dominated all ten leaders of the Tenebrous Taskforce. His mastery of the arcane, combined with his combat prowess and strategic thinking, had allowed him to overcome the overwhelming odds.
The Tenebrous Taskforce leaders lay defeated, but they weren't humbled by Vin's unyielding determination and power.
But Vin wasn't about to give them the opportunity to retaliate, he had played with them enough now it was time to get serious.
"Let's end this little farce, shall we?. It's time for you all to die." Vin declared as his eyes finally turned serious.
"Hmph. Don't get cocky you bastard, you still have won yet" Dante shouted as he stood his ground along with the rest of the leaders.
But Vin only looked at them in disdain, and in reply only muttered five words.
"Celestial Authority ~ Domain Expansion ~ Equinox"
The moment he said those words, it seemed like a God of death had appeared.
A huge wave of spiritual pressure was released from Vin's body, as tens of thousands of violet colored runic symbols condensed around him, before flickering and vanishing into the sky through the roof of the base.
From the view of the outside world, tens of thousands of violet colored runic symbols gathered around the base of the Tenebrous Taskforce.
Before condensing into a huge violet-colored compass, above the base and encompassing the entire valley.
After that, large rays of energy beams descended into the ground before connecting together and entrapping the entire valley and everything in it, including the base of the Tenebrous Taskforce in a repelling forcefield.
The needles of the compass then began spinning at a very high frequency until it became so fast that it seemed it wasn't moving anymore.
A huge gravitational force started gathering at the center of the compass, before descended on the entire base, crushing almost half of the building into shambles.
But this wasn't all, the compass kept releasing waves and waves of gravitational force, that it didn't take long before the entire base was crushed into bits.
This action alone killed almost half of the villains in the Tenebrous Taskforce.
The villagers that had already evacuated the village, were all in awe of the magnificent sight, they also thanked their stars that they had left the village, otherwise they might have been caught up in the aftermath of the battle.
But they were mostly grateful for the very person that had made this possible, as they looked towards her direction.
The person in question who is actually Zidane, was staring at the Equinox domain in a huge fervor, there was revealing reverence and worship in her eyes.
"Lord Zero is always so amazing, and his skills are overpowered, I however wish I was also at the center of the action, but my duty here is also equally important, just being able to see him in action alone is quite a blessing" she exclaimed to herself.
But the rest of the viewers who were watching the view thought differently, this included the villagers, the researchers and even the kids that were rescued.
The were even some people from the other villages and even cities, both the weak and the strong who had been alarmed by the huge compass that had appeared in the sky above the valley.
And they all rushed here to investigate the cause of such phenomenon, and when they got here, they immediately questioned the villagers of Hage village.
The Hage villagers informed them about the base of the Tenebrous Taskforce that had been discovered, and how a new group called the Exodus Order established with the sole purpose of exterminate them.
They also informed them that the compass domain was most likely unleashed by the leader of the Exodus Order called Zero.
Some of these information were the ones that had been purposely released and spread among the villagers by Zidane herself.
She wanted to gain as much publicity as she could for the Exodus Order so that their reputation and power would be firmly imprinted in the minds of every one of them.
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