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Zehe, Herbell, and Redgaria stepped forward, while Loki's family continued fending off the Undead monsters and tentacles coming from outside. After having summoned his Cosmic Relic to Genesis and making Hel its wielder, the Necrotic Plane Ruler was now sure of his victory.
"For now, let's try restraining her!" Said Zehe.
"Even if it sounds impossible… We have no choice but to try." Herbell said.
"I always fantasized of fighting Hel, but now that she's a victim in this whole thing, it really leaves a bad taste in my mouth…" Redgaria sighed. "[Maxima Summon Transformation]! [Undead Dragon's Armor]!"
FLAAASH!
A huge skeleton dragon emerged from within his shadows, suddenly transforming into a skeleton dragon armor, and quickly covering his entire body.
His staff suddenly gained part of his Maxima Summon's powers as well, gaining the huge skull of the skeleton dragon, and even glowing with draconic phantasmal flames.
"You're a bunch of pathetic vermin." The Necrotic Plane Ruler laughed. "KNOW YOUR PLACE!"
FLAAASH!
He flew directly towards Zehe, who he wanted to kill the most, only to be stopped by Herbell and Redgaria, both of them using their weapons and magic powers to their fullest!
"[Absolute Elemental Magic]: [Elemental Ray]!!!"
"[Abyssal Necromancy Arts]: [Absolute Death Legion]!"
A gigantic ray of combined elemental magics was unleashed from a rainbow-colored magic circle that surged in front of Herbell, while Redgaria summoned a portal to his soul, bringing out a gigantic wave of divine undead, all of them at Great God level as minimum, swarming their opponent!
BOOOOOOMMM!!!
However, that only bought two or three seconds at most! The Necrotic Ruler laughed, swinging his scythe, and cutting down the beam of elements in a second, and with his free hand, he quickly crushed the Undead attacking him by making it grow into a titanic skeletal claw!
CRAAAAASH!
"PATETHIC!"
"How about this then? [Divine Abyssal Darkness Magic]: [Eternal Void Beams]!"
Zehe's red eyes shone brightly as she summoned several portals around the Necrotic Ruler in just a split of a second, distorting space and time itself! Thousands of void beams attempted to pierce his entire body!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOOM!!!
His powerful barrier quickly ended shattering into pieces as his armor started being covered on deadly cracks and holes, hurting his vessel behind the armor! His soul wavered in pain, although Herbell and Redgaria could at most buy time, Zehe's powers were the real deal.
"You're pushing your boundaries…" The Necrotic Ruler groaned, quickly exuding an even stronger Aura from within, as a portal opened behind him, and countless of titanic skeletal claws appeared everywhere!
CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CRAAASH!
They quickly started attempting to catch them, trying to crush them one by one. However, Herbell moved forward, utilizing his mighty armor and defenses to tank the hits while using his powerful sword to release destructive and explosive phantasmal flame slashes!
"[Undead Knights Netherworld Blade Arts]: [Infernal Phantom Flames Eruption]!!!"
With a loud and brave roar, his soul started combusting into pure phantasmal flames, covering the entire surroundings! Thanks to his recent power up when Kireina visited Hell itself, he attained not only a Necrotic Core but also a Demonic Core!
Combining them both, he was capable of combining these elements together, alongside his developed divinities and skills and divine techniques, to create much stronger techniques and skills!
FLUOOOOOOSSSSHH!!!
"Unnngghh?! Those flames… They have Demonic Energy?!" The Necrotic Plane Ruler panicked, stepping back in shock.
"[Undead Knights Netherworld Blade Arts]: [Endless Phantom Blade Dance]!!! RAAAAHHH!!!"
Herbell kept pushing himself to his limits, his entire body constantly erupting with more and more flames as he constantly moved with all his might, his blade piercing and slashing against the dozens of titanic skeletal arms, shattering them apart!
SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! CRAAASH!
"TAKE…! THIS!!!"
Herbell's blade reached the Necrotic Ruler with all his might, the moment of impact, a huge explosion of demonic and phantasmal flames spread over the ruler's body…
However.
"Ungh?!"
Herbell's blade had only hit the scythe, which seemed completely unscathed by the attack. To make things worse, a huge amount of cosmic energy started surging from within it.
"As I said… You should learn your place."
SLAAAAAASH!
"Z-Ze… he…!"
A single slash using the scythe was all it took, as Herbell's body was swiftly cut in two halves, his soul and cores were also shattered easily.
BAAAAAMMM…!
"FATHER!!!" Zehe cried, her magic which she was preparing in those seconds was quickly conjured. "[Divine Abyssal Darkness Magic]: [Eldritch Call]!!!" Zehe roared while tears flowed from her eyes.
RUMBLE!
"UNGH?! What is it now?!" The Necrotic Ruler panicked, as a huge portal leading to a completely different plane of existence opened, enormous tentacles surged from within, as eyes glanced into his soul!
"MY CONTRACTOR HAS CALLED FOR MY ASSISTANCE… BUT I NEVER EXPECTED IT TO BE YOU FROM ALL BEINGS…"
The huge red eyes glared at the very soul of the Necrotic Ruler. The Ruler of the Netherworld Plane quickly feeling utter fear as he realized an Eldritch Being of a much higher power level than him had been summoned!
The eldritch being very presence exuded a deadly aura, weakening his possession over Hel, while his deadly tentacles cancelled up to 50% of his total necrotic power!
"Get away from me!" The Necrotic Ruler cried in fear, swinging his scythe against the tentacles. "YOU DON'T BELONG HERE!"
SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLAAASH!
The Necrotic Plane Ruler started fighting almost evenly against the eldritch being whose powers had been partially summoned. Zehe's dark abyss magic had reached such a high level that she had already created a contract with Eldritch entities, becoming a Warlock.
"FATHER!" Zehe ran towards Herbell's destroyed body, tears flowing from her eyes. "Resist there! I won't let you pass on!"
"Z-Ze… he…?! Ungh… My soul is too damaged…" Herbell started crying tears made of phantasmal flames, his skull was shattered into two halves. "My daughter…"
"REDGARIA! Do something!" Zehe cried, her powers couldn't reconstruct Herbell at all.
"I am already busy dealing with all these skeleton claws!" Redgaria sighed. "But even now, I'm trying, nothing works! He must have been infected with Necrotic Energy of such a high density that necromancy doesn't work on him…"
"N-No…" Zehe continued crying.
"I won't… leave you…" Herbell cried. "Even if I cannot come back… I will… become your strength."
His powers suddenly flowed into Zehe, as she unwillingly ended being forced to absorb his soul, and the rest of his body into her own.
"Take my power… ZEHE!"
FLAAAAASH!
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