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Frank rushed towards Acacia Town, gritting his teeth as he enhanced his aura with both Death Attribute Mana and Starlight Mana, generating a fusion of both bright yellow light and dark blackness.

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Flash!

"Wait, Frank, don't rush!" cried Kamei at Frank's side, as she began to be left behind.

"Here!" said Frank, as he extended his aura of darkness and starlight grabbing Kamei and sticking her to his body!

"Uwah! Since when you could do that?!" asked Kamei.

"It's named Soul Materialization," said Frank.

The Aura Frank used to coat himself was his soul itself, combined with the Domain of the Dracolich Ancestor, which he then used Soul Materialization to materialize and use as a limb, similar to a tentacle.

Through that, he was able to grab things with it, hit them, or many other things!

Boom!

Frank and Kamei suddenly glanced at the town, as they saw that something within it began to occur, explosions occurred, and blazing flames covered a large area within the center!

Boom! Boom! CLASH!

"Those are… Gwendolyn's Spells!" said Kamei.

"Gwendolyn?! Those giant spheres of flames? She had indeed grown stronger…" said Frank, as he suddenly saw something even more terrible, however.

FLASH!

"Eh?!" cried Kamei in surprise and horror.

Frank's eyes opened wide.

A gigantic sphere of dark flames emerged at the opposite side where the spheres of red flames coming from Gwendolyn were…

And Frank felt it.

This was the power of that "being".

Frank's eyes flashed with darkness and light, as he enhanced his speed to his limits!

"Grab me tightly, Kamei!" roared Frank, as Kamei tightly grabbed Frank's torso with her legs!

FLASH!

Like a meteor of light, Frank rushed at an immense speed towards the city!

It was as if everything around him… slowed down!

The abyssal horror within Acacia Town laughed eerily, raising its deformed and burnt claws as it copied Gwendolyn's Spell and made it even better, generating a gigantic sphere of black flames, big enough to completely wipe out the entire town if it were to fall into the ground!

Gwendolyn felt weak after using all of her Mana, and everyone else was preparing a combined spell… But it was not fast enough!

"Shit, shit, shit! I cannot die here! Nngh… Move! Move…!" roared Gwendolyn, as she tried to muster all the Mana she could within her Mana Core, as a flash of tiny flames emerged, and a strong pain took hold of her head after having overused her Mana.

"Anghh…!"

Gwendolyn glared at the abyssal aberration laughing eerily, its deformed insect-like face seemed to come straight from a nightmare...

"Weak!" it said, as the sphere of flames began to fall over Gwendolyn and everyone else…

Slowly, demise approached.

After having reached so far…

After having grown so strong…

Something that they could not simply stop with their efforts alone emerged.

Something abyssal and monstrously strong.

Did they had a chance?

Did they even stand a chance against it?

Perhaps.

But due to its amazing regeneration, monstrous nature, and insane copy-like ability, they were not capable of stopping it in time.

This was the strength of a mere pawn of the Demon King, the Chaos Child.

Just imagining how strong could be the actual being was a terrifying thought…

Gwendolyn began to think about all the regrets of her life, about her daughter, which she could not glance in time back…

She began to think about her entire life when her husband died when she went to war when she survived and managed to give birth to Annabelle… And about all those years she spent taking care of her.

It was arduous…

But it was all worth it, for her beloved daughter…

However, now, they were about to die against an unstoppable force, something that could very well represent the force of nature itself, an abyssal horror that came to exert retribution over the surface after having lived its entire life in complete darkness.

A chaotic being.

Between the many regrets within her mind, there was another little one.

"I should have told him that I liked him…" she sighed, thinking about a young man who had won her old and tired heart.

"Frank… sorry…" she muttered, as tears began to flow from within her eyes, as the dark flames slowly reached her skin…

"There is no need to be sorry. Actually, I am sorry for being late."

A voice resonated within the darkness of endless despair.

Like a bright light penetrating an eternal night.

It came rushing from the very sky, like a brilliant sun bringing new hope.

And countless emotions bubbling within her heart.

Everyone else also heard such a voice.

Such a familiar voice…

Someone they missed for so long.

The figure of a young man emerged in front of Gwendolyn.

His build had become larger and more muscular as if he had grown into a full adult now.

His back was so wide that it covered Gwendolyn almost completely with its shadow.

Iridescent brown hair, and an Aura that transcended what she thought was normal.

Who else could it be?

"…Frank!" muttered Gwendolyn, as her eyes began to flow with tears.

"That's my name," said Frank with a smile, as he raised his arms.

A flashing bright light emerged from Frank's hands, encompassing everything.

"Combine Light Ray, Cosmic King Magic, Void Magic, Storm, Fire Arrows…"

Suddenly, the ray of light shaped itself as a giant sphere of light and darkness, clashing against the sun made of black flames!

BOOM!

"GRAKH?!"

The abyssal horror could not properly handle its own spell, and when Frank emerged and clashed against it with his own spell imitating it, it lost complete control, and the spell was sent to the skies!

BOOOOM!

Both spheres of magic exploded high into the sky, generating enormous shockwaves which Frank and Kamei's barriers managed to block, saving what remained of the town!

The monstrous creature glared at Frank with surprise, for the first time since it arrived at the surface- no, for the first time since it became alive and aware of itself… it stepped back.

"Graaggaagggkkh…" it groaned, as it saw Frank glare back at it.

"A fitting meal for my awakening… However, I might as well carry you elsewhere…" said Frank nonchalantly, as he flashed towards the monster with immense speed, leaving Kamei behind in the town, as he grabbed the creature with his materialized soul!

"GRAAKH?!"

The creature struggled, but Frank was way too fast, in a flash of light and darkness, they were already out of the town, flying high into the skies!

"GRUUUUUOOGGH!"

The beast suddenly broke out of Frank's materialized soul, as it quickly generated dozens of spheres of black flames, desperately throwing them at Frank!

However!

"Combine, Unarmed Fighting Technique, Claws of the Dracolich, Cosmic King Magic, Void Magic,"

Suddenly, Frank's arms fused with his very soul and aura, as if countless arms and claws emerged from his torso!

Blazing with dark and bright flames, enormous fists clashed against each of the monster's dark fireballs, making them explode one by one, generating an amazing spectacle of fireworks high into the sky!

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

"G-GRAAKH!"

The beast doubted itself, but out of desperation and its instinct of survival, it decided to fire a giant flash of darkness and crimson light against Frank as he destroyed its fireballs!

BOOM!

However, Frank stopped it with an enormous shield made of light and darkness!

"Dark Starlight Aegis…" he said, as he had just come out with a new Spell that was an improvement to all of his barrier-type ones.

FLASH!

Like a meteor made of light and darkness, Frank reached the horror's back in a second, startling it!

"Are you good at close combat?"

Frank's fists once more created the illusion that they were endless, hitting the abyssal beast with thousands of jabs over all of its body, the beast's entire body began to bulge as if it were being deformed by Frank's mere fists!

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

"GRRRYYYAAAKKHHH…!"

The beast began to explode into pieces!

However, Frank knew its true nature!

It was an entity similar to a slime… which means!

"GRAKAKAH!"

It was able to regenerate!

Frank glanced as he punched the beast, its entire slimy body began to wrap around his arms, crushing them with immense strength!

It was trying to devour Frank!

"Hah, so physical attacks don't work… Very well then, let's see who can eat who first, Gluttony!" roared Frank, as his aura suddenly shapeshifted into an enormous, abyssal jaw, which constantly twisted with various dark colors, roaring fiercely like a beast of the depths of hell!

"GROOOOOAAAARRR!"

CRUNCH!

The gigantic jaw crushed the monster's entire slimy body, as it began to consume it!

The beast resisted however it could, trying to devour Frank's arms, and managing to tear them apart!

However, Frank kept smiling, as blood did not even come out of his wounds, only bright light.

Flash.

Suddenly, new arms emerged where the others once were!

"GRRAAKH!"

The beast was startled by Frank's insane regeneration capabilities… they were similar to his!

Left without options, it recurred to the same thing as Frank, to devour him before he could devour it!

CRUNCH! CRUNCH! CRUNCH!

Both enormous abyssal monsters made of darkness tried to eat each other, crunching their very souls as a chaotic scene unfolded!

Frank kept infusing all of his Mana into the task, as he materialized his soul and generated enormous claws to keep the beast still!

"GRRRYYYAAAARRR…!"

The beast desperately attacked Frank with everything it had, throwing dark flames, arrows of darkness, rays of black light, and more, clashing against Frank's soul!

However, Frank unleashed his own attacks, as countless meteors of bright light and dark claws exploded over the beast!

The beast began to feel it…

It is entire being… was being torn apart!

"GRRUUUUUOOOOOHHH…!"

Unleashing a last cry of agony, the beast struggled one last moment, before Frank completely ate it through his Soul, slurping it like a noodle!

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