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The Divine Sword of Salvation, emitting a platinum glow, struck Haru's left shoulder with a resounding clash of metal.
The sword sliced through Haru's muscles but was halted by his indestructible bones when it struck the skeleton. With no time to pull out the Divine Sword, Rama hurriedly retreated to avoid Haru's terrifying retaliatory punch.
In the blink of an eye, Rama, riding his chariot, had retreated nearly a hundred meters before stopping. He looked up, eyes filled with shock as he gazed at Haru.
Haru grasped the hilt with his right hand and slowly pulled out the Divine Sword of Salvation. As the sword left his body, the continental tattoos on Haru's skin emitted a faint glow, and the wound on his shoulder instantly healed.
Fixing Rama with a fierce gaze, Haru grinned, baring his teeth. "That actually hurt. It's been a while since I've felt pain like this."
Seeing the wound heal in an instant, Rama's pupils contracted. Steam rose profusely from his body as he smiled bitterly.
"Haru-kun, you're truly a monster. Your magical power rivals mine, your defense surpasses mine, and the only advantage I have in attack is the Divine Sword. The Earth Mothers have really Birthed a scary Demon King."
"But I must achieve victory. Since you know of my existence, you should understand that if I continue to remain on earth, many things and lives will come to an end."
"Fierce winds will howl, the heat in the oceans and land will continuously rise, mountains will erupt, and heaven and earth will tremble violently, ultimately causing the death of all life on the surface."
Haru nodded slightly. He indeed understood that Rama was a heroic god embodying both salvation and destruction.
Salvation represented his mission to annihilate Demon Kings, while destruction meant that his mere existence would affect the Earth's energy flow, causing volcanoes worldwide to erupt and leading to mass extinctions.
"Due to my earlier full-strength efforts, the temperature within me has reached an unacceptable level. This heat will disperse to every corner of the earth, causing the world's appearance to change drastically. Humans might call it the 'End of Days.' There are only two ways to prevent this."
Rama, the last manifested King of the world, spoke calmly.
"First, I can annihilate all the Godslayers ruling the earth today. If I complete this mission, I can return to slumber in the form of the Divine Sword."
"Second, if you defeat me, I will re-enter slumber as the Divine Sword, maintaining that state for several months or years before reawakening to continue my annihilation activities."
"Emotionally, I prefer the first option, quickly eliminating the Demon Kings and entering sleep. But now, I have no confidence in killing you."
"And once I annihilate the other Demon Kings, according to the Covenant Law, the fewer Godslayers there are, the weaker I become, making it even harder to fight you. As for the second option, if you defeat me and I fall into slumber, it's only a temporary solution; I will eventually return."
Rama's previously calm expression turned extremely serious, his gaze locking firmly on Haru's figure not far away.
He shouted loudly, "Since the Earth Mother Goddesses have fully nurtured you, Haru-kun, there must be a way to let me enter eternal rest. Please show me. If such a method exists, I am prepared to face death willingly."
Crack! Crack!
Haru fixed his gaze on Rama, moving his left shoulder slightly. Feeling no difference from before, his eyes sharpened. In his soul space, the egg trembled, and negative energy flowed through Haru's arm to contact the Divine Sword of Salvation.
Negative energy surged out, simulating the power of the Divine Sword, eroding it. The sword began to disintegrate inch by inch from the tip, and a large amount of rule information was deduced by the egg.
As time passed and more than half of the blade had disintegrated, Haru stopped the process.
Rama watched with surprise as the Divine Sword of Salvation disintegrated inch by inch, but then he sensed something, and despair flashed in his eyes.
When more than half of the Divine Sword had disintegrated, Rama sensed the awakening of the nearest Divine Sword remnant.
In countless years of annihilating Demon Kings, he had left innumerable remnants of the Divine Sword across the world. Lancelot's Holy Blade, Excalibur, was forged using one of them as raw material.
The total number of Divine Sword remnants existing worldwide was beyond even his own count. If the Divine Sword here was disintegrated, he would resurrect through another remnant elsewhere.
If that were all, he was mentally prepared to revive and face death countless times. But the condition for the Divine Sword's resurrection was to absorb the Earth's essence, turning the land where it rested into a dead zone.
If he fell into a cycle of resurrection and death, the planet would ultimately become a wasteland due to his battles with Haru. How could lifeless land nurture life? In the end, it would still be an apocalyptic outcome.
Thus, Rama called back the Divine Sword of Salvation. The sword disappeared from Haru's hand and returned to Rama's.
His gaze darkened and deepened; the only thing he could do now was to give his all, surpass his limits to kill the Demon King before him, and then proceed to slay the other Kings of the Earth. That was the only path left.
Watching Rama summon back the Divine Sword, Haru helplessly curled his lips. He knew he couldn't prevent this. Feeling the information about Rama transmitted by the egg in his mind, the corner of Haru's mouth twitched slightly.
Through this information, Haru understood that the ultimate outcome of their battle would inevitably be world destruction. Originally, he thought that relying on the egg's disintegration ability would be enough to kill Rama, but as Murphy's Law dictates, things developed in the worst possible direction.
However, Haru still had a solution. He had initially thought it was a malicious method of revenge and, after learning about Rama's inherently good and heroic nature, was reluctant to use it. But things were unfolding in the way Sita most desired.
"Hey, Rama, I have another method. The consequence is that you'll live a life worse than death from now on, but it can resolve the inevitable apocalyptic situation. Will you give up resisting?"
Rama looked at Kasugano Haru, exasperated. This Demon King really had thick skin.
"You already said it's a method worse than death, and you think I'd accept it?... In that case, let's proceed as Gods and Demon Kings do when they meet. I'll save the world in my way as a hero, and you use your way to bury me."
Rama tightly gripped the hilt of the Divine Sword of Salvation with both hands, holding it before him. His eyes were exceptionally sharp.
Crack! Crack!
Haru flexed his fingers, the corners of his mouth curling into an extremely wicked smile.
"You're right, might makes right. Since Sita has sacrificed so much, I should respond to her expectations a bit."
Hearing Haru's words, even Rama's good temper couldn't prevent him from being instantly enraged. To mock a man about being cuckolded right to his face was intolerable. Rama gripped the hilt of the Divine Sword tightly.
"You really are an exceptionally evil Demon King, to say such words in front of a hero. Well then, Demon King, prepare yourself!"
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