Black Central Fields…

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Aunder whistled a folk tune from his home world . He walked unhurriedly toward an army that called themselves the Punishment squad . a.n.a.lyzing the leader who hovered above them, he somewhat admired those crimson angel wings flapping in the chilly wind .

Supreme Punisher- Atlas

Level: G-1 . 1

Type: Arch-Spirit .

Work under: *Genesis Omen Director*

Special: Solid Purity Blast . [24% chance of instant death . ]

Weakness: taint .

Resistances: all darkness elements .

Despite hovering around Central Fields, the Punishment squad were nothing more than observers, at least for now . Mortem also awaited, and he looked different . Instead of being an eight-inch-tall, fairy-boy, he was five feet tall, red eyes glowing just a bit, batwings spanning at least fifteen feet wide . Muscled, red and gold aura that looked like lightning, spiraled around him . The ent.i.ty was equipped with a wicked katana which actually impressed Aunder .

Chaos Mortem (Unrestricted Ent.i.ty Mode)

Level: 9001 (compressed)

Type: Ent.i.ty

Work under: Venus, G.o.ddess of Love

Special: ???

Weakness: love, taint .

Resistances: all dark elements .

Secret: likes to sneak grapes from his main master's bowl when she isn't looking . Secretly likes dark elves .

Aunder's eyes widened . His level was not only visible but impossibly high . Ent.i.ties hid their levels, but every now and then one slipped . The highest he recorded before this was eight hundred . The cap should've been one thousand, right? What could a G level be?

"Why did you come here, drunk?" Mortem said . "Don't answer that . This station, this setup—"

"A trap," Aunder said . "That much is obvious . Now are you going to give me a good fight or what?"

"A trap you say . " Mortem chuckled deeply . "You found us because we summoned you . It is time you receive pain for killing innocent ent.i.ties . We were going to kill you, but the Watchers declined to give us permission on the grounds of investing too much time and resources into the stone-viper games . So the next best thing will be to make you wish for death . "

Aunder laughed .

"Come, bat boy, you can try . And just so you know, I'm here to kill you . "

"An open threat, just as expected . Punishment squad you witnessed it so, I will proceed to kill him on grounds of self-preserving all . "

[Aunder has been challenged by Ent.i.ty, Mortem . ]

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[Aunder has entered a Maxed Death Sentence!]

[Warning: this should not be taken lightly!]

[Life and Death!]

Aunder's cloak fluttered as the winds lifted . He gestured at Mortem to come at him . The ent.i.ty drew his sword . The Viper did not .

"You will pay for what you did to them, I swear it," Mortem said . In a blink, he was beside Aunder . The Viper's eyes widened—HE couldn't follow that speed . He…couldn't follow that .

He still dodged Mortem's sword . Or so he thought . A grazing sliced at his cloak . "You do not take this fight seriously—you TAKE THIS ALL AS A JOKE . Wearing your cloak against a foe, hiding yourself, and you dare spout out talk of honor . "

Aunder laughed .

[Aunder's HP has dropped—]

He cut off the prompt . He wasn't going to die, so why read it? Maybe he would . If Mortem proved himself to be a worthy fight . The ent.i.ty came at him again with impossible speed, but this time, Aunder antic.i.p.ated where he would swing . Yet, Mortem didn't swing .

Ki . . . no . And White Ki…it shouldn't exist . Purity in disguise and the batboy could utilize it without official permission from his chain of command . The dragon-shaped energy blast engulfed him and all his could do was laugh as he felt real pain .

[DOUBLE Hyper-Critical! Your HP has dropped to 200% Warning, you took a Ma.s.sIVE amount of damage . You will feel the ache . ]

The black cloak burned away, revealing a tan man with long black hair, purple eyes that glowed, s.h.i.+rtless . A tattoo of a beautiful woman was on his back, the G.o.ddess of his world .

"Fighting with Ki," Aunder said . "I suppose it's only fair to take every advantage possible . "

He teleported to the side of Mortem and delivered a roundhouse kick that spiraled the ent.i.ty two miles away . The ent.i.ty wasted no time instantly teleporting back to him .

[Mortem's HP has dropped to 15 . 5B]

He felt the batboy channeling . Timing it perfectly, he dodged all three Ki-b.a.l.l.s, knowing d.a.m.ned well not to be foolish enough to let them hit .

"If Ki was a pretty lady, she'd be the one I'd never get," Aunder said .

"You still do not draw your sword," Mortem said calmly . "Very well . "

[You have been caught in a death-blind . ]

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Energy tendrils materialized around the Viper .

[Aunder is dying…]

[Aunder is fading . ]

"You've earned this," Mortem said . "Farewell . "

Aunder laughed .

"I really should stop letting you get your hopes up . "

Abruptly, the bindings dissolved .

((Aunder triggered- *Book of Life*: once per day, you may fully heal . ))

[Aunder fully healed . Status effects cleared . ]

Mortem's eyes widened .

"Mortem, no matter how much you beef yourself, it will be years before you can catch me, fairy-boy . "

He teleported in front of the ent.i.ty . Mortem teleported out of the way of his flick . That's when he plunged his sword through Aunder's chest so fast, that time briefly stopped .

The ent.i.ty grinned .

"As if I'd fail to some mere mortal after being blessed by seven different G.o.ds . "

He pulled back his sword, spin-kicking the Viper backward .

[Aunder has been injected with taint . ]

[Warning, Mortem has no idea that his weapon was secretly fused with taint . ]

[Aunder's HP has halved and will continue to halve for the next five seconds . ]

Aunder dropped to a knee, panting . Taint . The opposite of purity, an element that's an enemy to even residents of the dark . He stood, grin dropped .

((Aunder triggered Self-stabilize))

The chakra wouldn't burn away every drop of the taint, but it'd hold the micro-leftovers off to a corner, caged by his pool of magic .

"Prepare yourself, batboy," he said then drew a sword with a glowing orange blade . "You asked for this . "

[Aunder is now taking the fight seriously . ]

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With one swipe of his blade at the air, black magic the size of two cities crashed onto Mortem like a tidal wave . And the ent.i.ty didn't see it coming .

[Mortem's Hp has dropped to 1300%]

"I am not finished," Aunder said calmly . He sprinted toward the recovering ent.i.ty, moving at the speed of sound . Swinging the blade, Mortem just barely blocked . Sparks and magic erupted between the swords . Mortem snarled, overwhelmed .

Aunder kicked him into the air then teleported in front his flight path . He smashed the ent.i.ty to the ground with a downward kick, then hovered .

((Chakra flight engaged . ))

He gently landed in front of the ent.i.ty .

"I can almost smell the regret," Aunder said . "You despicable creatures created a death game and just expect someone like me to play along . " He picked up Mortem by the throat . "Playtime's over . I've had enough of this . " He aimed one hand at the Punishers . "What will happen when I kill them?"

"You're a fool, drunk," Mortem wheezed . "A fool who believes he's won . "

Aunder's eyes widened too late .

The Ki-blast rocketed the man backward several dozen feet, skidding along the ground . Blood gushed from his mouth and a few wounds .

"If you honestly believe you're ready to challenge them, then you're an idiot . " Mortem walked over to the Viper and grinned .

[Aunder's HP has dropped to 50%]

"Not so tough, now are you?" Mortem said, aiming a hand . Aunder laughed .

"Well done, Mortem, giving me a high-level challenge that could actually make me bleed," he said .

"But you've made one miscalculation . "

Aunder teleported to the side of the ent.i.ty . Mortem snarled as his attack plunged into the ground .

"Chaos Mortem, ent.i.ty blessed by six deities, deceived by one . You seriously believe you stand a chance against me . The G.o.ds who forced me into this game simply have no idea . "

Dark purple aura erupted around the Viper . His purple eyes glowed brightly . If anyone were to witness it from a distance, they'd see the giant shape of a winged reptile .

[Aunder has invoked 5% of Viper Mode . ]

The planet began to shake . The noon sky darkened to night . The moon in the sky turn red then bled . Actual blood drizzled . The universe shuddered, fear rippling through it like shockwaves .

"Whoops, it seems like I injured the Moon G.o.ddess," Aunder said . "I normally do not hurt pretty ladies—and in fact, give them more loving than they'd expect . But for deities . " He chuckled . "I have no love for them . " Mortem trembled involuntarily . "Now you're probably wondering why I'm stomping out a level nine thousand fellow such as yourself . Let ask you this instead . Is the deity that selected me, the strongest of a warrior race, trustworthy? Probably not . "

He slashed off Mortem's ear with the edge of his blade . The ent.i.ty yelled in agony . "I can image how badly you treated my counterpart . He who is not from my race . He who doesn't have the inherit absolute power . " Aunder smashed the ent.i.ty's face into the dirt . "You aren't a deity, yet you have the audacity to challenge me . " He kicked him forward . When the ent.i.ty landed, he reverted back to normal . "He who has no honor . He who supports this game . You should've just left me alone to my drinks . Now you're going to pay for it . " He aimed a hand at Mortem . Intense magic, energy, chakra, and essence gathered into his palm, creating a black, white, and blue glow that seemed to invert its colors every second . "Die . "

Mortem trembled, holding his ear, eyes wide in utter fear . He…was dead .

Someone appeared in front of Aunder . Someone who's beauty he could not describe . She grabbed his arm .

[Aunder's special skill was disabled . ]

"That's a hardworking servant of mine," the obvious G.o.ddess said . "Out of respect for the games, I will not kill you, this once . " She glared at the observing Punishment squad . "Of course they'd simply watch and let this happen . " She sighed . "Off you go . You will no longer have access to this area . "

"I do not think so, deity," Aunder said . When he tried to move…he couldn't .

The G.o.ddess winked .

"Bye-bye," she said . "And do try to follow the rules . "

[Aunder is being forced back to his previous location . ]

"As if I'd let you power up to one hundred percent . " The woman giggled . "It still wouldn't be enough to make me blink . Bye!"

Niyoto…

[12th Quarter . ] [Norline Street . ]

Clyde shuddered as he felt…something surged through him . Many sensations picked at him, from drowning to electrical to fear . Then as quickly as they came, the feelings vanished . Ruri sniffed the air .

"Clyde, are you okay? You . . "

"Don't worry about me," he said . "It's the cold breeze I guess . Let's just get this contract-breaking out of the way, so we can discuss what to do about the demon lord . I'll even give you guys tomorrow off as a job well done against the minotaur herd . "

"You mean we don't have to spend the day researching?" Chika and Ruri said .

"You don't have to research," Clyde said . "But while exploring town, if you do see something, I expect a report . "

Alice rubbed Clyde's shoulder .

"Look at you, all leader-like . " She kissed him . "A far speck above the mortal that gave me cake . Did you know that that was the first time I've tried birthday cake?"

"I see," Clyde said .

"Her father was even super restrictive back when we were kids," Ruri said . "He made her eat boring luxury meals from the demon realm . Well, the meat was good—but you know what I mean . "

"And then you snuck hot pepper into my soup," Alice said . Ruri giggled .

"I suppose I was a bit too much of a prankster back then," the h.e.l.lhound said . She and her friend smiled at each other .

The adorable smiles dropped as they reached the front entrance of the minotaur cult headquarters .

Yuki shook her head .

"I wonder if I'll ever understand humans . "

Chika patted her shoulder .

"That's why you've got me . Now let me take the lead in this one . "

"Be careful in there, human sister," Alice said . Chika smiled .

"You know I will," she said . "Should take no more than a few minutes . "

The party stood out of sight while the silver-haired girl stealthed . Clyde wondered what kind of crazy and whacky s.h.i.+t lied within that large church-like building .

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