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Alongside cutting the hydra’s heads, Maria’s free hand pierced its body once more, utilizing the powers of her transformation, she forcefully extracted the entire Demonite Heart Core and raised it into the skies.

Crack… crack… CRAAASH!

“Enough of this!” She roared, her titanic hand instantly shattering the jewel into pieces, while two white spheres flew away from it, chained with black chains made of powerful necromancy magic and the Evil God’s Miasma.

“W-What is that?!” Jonathan asked.

“That must be the “Origin” that the bitch vampire said.” Maria sighed, grabbing the two spheres and… swallowing them. “Gulp…”

Within her stomach, both of the Origin Orbs continued fighting against her, but her darkness powers and her Unique Skill made that.. utterly impossible.

Freed from the Demonite Heart Core that was encompassing them, the chains wrapped around their bodies were instantly consumed by Maria’s Abyssal Phantasmal Stomach, dissolving…

FRSSSHHHH…!

And then, she spit the two Origins again, putting them into her hands.

“Huh, so this is an Origin?” She sighed. “Well now, shouldn’t you two be a bit more grateful now that we’ve freed you?”

“GRRRHHH…”

“GRAAR!”

However, both Origins were barking like mad dogs, they hated her a lot…

“Now that they’re no longer bound, can they pass away in peace?” Jonathan asked. “Could you let the go, Maria?”

His shiny eyes looked like those of a puppy… Maria was incapable of resisting.

“Sigh, well, whatever.” Maria sighed, letting them go, the two Origins slowly dissipated into thin air, now no longer bound with the Vampiress’ demonic powers, they were able to finally go to an eternal rest in the Underworld. “Now, let’s quickly go help everyone before my transformation ends!”

“Sure!” Jonathan nodded.

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CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH!

Lucifer’s claws clashed against the deadly frozen claws of Valkoinen on his third resurrected body, who had already taken a more draconic body, while having muscular arms and legs from Argus, who only manifested as a tiny head on his back.

“HAHAHAHA! I couldn’t had expected less from the brother of that damned dragon woman!” Valkoinen laughed. “However, it is FUTILE! I AM IMMORTAL NOW!”

“Immortal you say?!” Lucifer smiled, his eyes glowing bright red. “I doubt so!”

Lucifer’s claws pierced through the chest of the Frost Dagon once more, as he channeled his powerful Divine Magic.

“[Chaotic Catastrophe]!”

FLAAAASH!

“HUH?!”

BOOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!

The giant dragon’s body blew into pieces once more, turning into snow after his death, only for his Demonite Heart Core to fall into the floor, gaining even more cracks…

“I’ve already realized your weakness!” Lucifer roared. “And sadly for you, I have grown much stronger than you could ever be, no matter how long you transform or revive! [Eternal Domain of Hel]!”

FLUOOOSH!

Lucifer unleashed a domain of pure Death, as the surroundings transformed into something similar to the Underworld itself.

The dragon and the ice giant quickly revived into a new form, resembling a giant turtle this time, only to find themselves trapped within this Domain…

“UOOOHHHH!”

“GRAAAHH!!”

“HEHEHEH!”

Thousands of the souls of the dead emerged from around the Domain, wrapping around their bodies and inhibiting their movement, at the same time as weakening them even more.

“HUH?! W-WHAT IS THIS?!” Valkoinen was surprised.

“M-MY BODY… IT IS WEAKENED…?!” Argus was shocked.

“Hehehe… HAHAHA! Did you thought I would play fair with just punches and kicks?” Lucifer smiled. “Now that I’ve got you where I want to… [Scythe of Death]!”

FLUOOOSH!

Lucifer’s Abyssal Death Flames materialized together into a giant, long scythe of pure darkness, glowing with phantasmal and divine essence…

“D-DON’T MESS WITH ME!!! ROOOAAARRRRR!!!” Valkoinen and Argus roared at the same time, rushing towards Lucifer only to be grabbed by more and more souls, dragging them down and weakening them even more. “HUH?! I-I CAN’T MOVE…!”

“These souls will judge you the more sins you commit.” Lucifer smiled. “Looks like you two are unredeemable bastards. Valkoinen, I have no respect for you even if you’re a fellow dragon. Now… PERISH!”

SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLAAASH!

Lucifer roared, swinging his gigantic scythe several times with Draconic fury, slashing away at the chimera’s body until it exploded into pieces, turning into snow, and revealing the Demonite Heart Core once more.

“NOW!”

Lucifer swung the Scythe of Death vertically while the Demonite Heart Core was falling from midair, slicing through it, and finally managing to shatter it!

SLAAAAAAAASSSH!!! 

Crack… crack… CRAAASH!

FLUOSH!

Two spheres, their Origins, floated away, escaping Lucifer while being bound by black chains made out of the Evil God’s Miasma and Divine Powers conjured by the Vampiress.

“Maria!” Lucifer roared.

“Just in time, honey!” Maria smiled, jumping over Lucifer’s back and then into the skies, grabbing the two Origin Orbs and swallowing them too. “Gulp!”

BAAAAM…!

Her giant body fell into the floor, rushing directly towards Partner and Emeraldine, who had Zero and Frost on their fifth revival now, finally shattering their Demonite Heart Core at the same time through their combined Vampiric powers and Spiritual Magic.

“N-NO… WAIT! I DON’T WANT TO DIE AGAINNNNNN…!” Zero cried.

“M-MY LIEGEEEEE….!” Frost screamed.

Crack… crack… CRAAASH!

“Master!” Partner cried.

“Maria!” Emeraldine said.

“On it!” Maria grasped their Origin Orbs, swallowing them as well.

The four Origins screamed in agony and fury as Maria’s Phantasmal Stomach dissolved what bound them together to this endless cycle of self-revival, and then using her powers, she let the four of them go directly to Hel’s lap.

“Now, BEGONE!”

“UUUAAAGGH!”

“I DON’T WANT TO DIE…!”

“NO…! NOT TO HELHEIM!”

“GYAAAAAHHHH…!”

The last four were really quite the annoying bunch, screaming like babies. Nonetheless, once a dark portal absorbed them back to the Underworld, Hel caught them and threw them down into a sea of Phantasmal Flames.

“There you go, my escapees. You’re not escaping from me anymore~” She giggled. “Now, Maria, I hope you can beat the challenges coming next, they won’t be easy.”

Within the upper floors of Skadi’s Divine Tower, two enormous and scaled behemoths glanced at what happened in the lower floors through a magical projection.

“It seems they have overcome that Vampiress’ tricks.”

“Indeed, my brother. Now, let’s see how strong they truly are…”

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