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The other Gods of Terra that were not Thineas, Abraddon, Zudithe, Judith, and Axitl suddenly felt something.

The connection between them and the Heroes they had given their Divine Protections to was suddenly destroyed!

Something strange had happened, they were sure that the Heroes were rushing towards the area where the Demon King was emerging, where they would also meet with the last Hero!

But now… something was wrong.

In a blink of an eye, their lives disappeared, they were simply put… dead!

The Gods were shocked… without the Heroes to defeat the Demon King, how would it be slain?

Without the Heroes who could be infused with their Divine Souls to gain a part of their godly powers, there was no chance to defeat it!

This was the trick that heroes used in the past, even if their Mana Core Ranks didn't match the power of the Rank 10 Abyssal Miasma Core of the Demon King, the Gods that granted them Divine Protections would use a special Ability named Divine Possession on the heroes, using a part of their Divine Souls to possess the Heroes bodies as vessels and giving them an outstanding amount of power, enough to put down the Demon King by using a combined elemental attack (or several) into the beast's Miasma Soul.

This was why even incompetent and petulant brats could save the world…

Although, it also held a great burden in the bodies of the Heroes, and after using all of the power infused by the Gods… they would most of the time die right afterward.

But the Gods knew this was a sacrifice that it was needed to be done, and the Heroes had accepted such fate already, offering their lives to save the world.

In the past, heroes had died before this, yes, but it was always before the Demon King emerged, and new Heroes would be selected quickly after by the Gods…

Now, they were forced to quickly choose new candidates and give them their Divine Protections!

However, it was too strange!

The Gods quickly tried to find who killed their Heroes, but their vision was limited to the area their Divine Realms were located in.

They were left in the blue as the Demon King was about to emerge in just a few minutes…

Meanwhile, Frank quickly killed and devoured the annoying flies that tried to attack and kill him for some weird reason.

He knew that they were not part of his team, and didn't recognize anyone…

Perhaps he saw a strange black cat man, but he was covered by the colorful clothes of the other people over the flying beast, so he didn't give it any more thought and just killed them so he could continue doing his work.

However, the moment he devoured them, crushing their bodies into a pulp and shattering their mana cores, he felt like he gained a noticeable amount of power, more than what he had expected from some strange people.

But now, he was too busy, so he paid no mind and quickly continued to destroy the monster in front of him!

CLASH! CLASH! CLASH!

Enormous meteors fell asunder as his fate blades exploded as well, a constant attack of elements fell over the slimy monster, as Frank extended his jaws and managed to grab the Miasma Core, crushing it with his jaws and devouring it!

CRASH!

"GRRRUUUOOOOHHH…!"

SPLAT!

The monster, as if it were a puppet losing its strings quickly fell into a puddle of miasma!

Frank gasped for air, sighing in relief, everything seemed a bit peaceful now, but the Demon King was approaching…

He flew into the air and used this little window of mere seconds to assess the situation and his System, alongside his gains.

Ding!

[Your Level has increased to Level 101!]

[Your Level has increased to Level 102!]

[Your Level has increased to Level 103!]

[Your Level has increased to Level 104!]

[Your Level has increased to Level 105!]

[Your Level has increased to Level 106!]

[You gained a large amount of App Points]

[You gained bonus Skill Proficiency]

[The Levels of several Skills has increased]

[You learned the [Blazing Warful Oppression: Level 1] Skill!]

[Blazing Warful Oppression: Level 1/10]

The power that someone who has become a complete warmonger filled with blazing power can exert over its enemies.

Enhances damage dealt by all physical and contact attacks by 10% with each level.

Decrease damage received from physical attacks by 5% with each level.

Grants the burning effect to all your physical attacks.

…

Frank felt like his Mana Core was evolving once more, in a flash, after having eaten so many Mana Cores and those mysterious people that wanted to kill him, he ranked up.

[You gained gargantuan quantities of World's Source Energy!]

[Your Mana Core Rank has increased to [Rank 7: Peak Stage]!]

[Your Mana Core Rank has increased to [Rank 8: Initial Stage]!]

[Your Mana Core Rank has increased to [Rank 8: Middle Stage]!]

"Rank 8!" thought Frank in surprise, as he felt a small feeling of exhilaration. Continuously grinding for EXP and more power in this world-ending event brought him a constant amount of growth, which made him feel even dizzier, things were going way too fast, but he was adapting as much as he could, and trying to use this power in the best possible ways.

And then… he felt it.

Ding!

[You have reached the [Mana Core and Soul Fusion Realm]!]

[Fusing Mana Core with Soul…]

"Oh…"

FLASH!

Out of nowhere, Frank's soul began to fuse with the Mana Core he had been cultivating since he came to Terra!

The large jewel of his Mana Core quickly began to expand, even more, melting into his Soul and fusing with it completely!

It wasn't like when he ate mana cores with his soul through gluttony… no, this feeling was completely different.

After all, this was Frank's Mana Core, a Mana Core that easily surpassed common sense already by the ridiculous amounts of Mana it possessed.

All of that Mana merged with his soul, the Mana Veins and Soul Veins… as Frank felt his soul expand and shine with brilliance.

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