Caaaaaack!
Harvey Draker lunged at Zeke, extending countless tentacles as if to devour him in a single gulp.
Zeke reached out toward the oncoming Harvey Draker.
Woooooong!
The soul's newly acquired rank stirred up waves that converged in Zeke's hand, and he unleashed them straight at Harvey Draker.
Woooooong!
As the waves swept through his body, Harvey Draker felt a faint vibration at the cellular level.
Soon, the tentacles sprouting all over the aberrant dragon's form trembled in agony before they crumbled into black ash and scattered away.
Caaaaa!
The aberrant dragon gaped its maw and let out a hideous screech.
From within its mouth, dark energy rose like haze.
The energy soon coalesced and compressed, beginning to rotate.
Whiiiiiing!
With intense rotation, the air warped, and black currents arced in all directions.
Harvey Draker, embedded in the aberrant dragon's head, extended a finger toward Zeke. "Dieeeee!"
Along with Harvey Draker's sharp cry, the sphere of darkness hurtled toward Zeke.
Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa!
Zeke extended his hand toward the black sphere that flew swiftly while scattering dark currents.
At his sides, Ascalon and Laevatein floated up into the air.
From the two swords, sword light blazed forth simultaneously.
Woooooong!
Ascalon and Laevatein let out long cries, flying toward the dark sphere as if alive.
Shwaaaaa!
The two swords cleaved through the air, hurtling toward the dark sphere in an erratic trajectory like shooting stars, poised to pierce it.
Ku-gu-gu-gu-gu!
As the wave barrier created by the dark sphere expanded to block the swords, Laevatein and Ascalon slammed into it.
Pajijijijik!
Intense currents sparked from the tips of the swords where they met the wave barrier, and plasma began to whirl.
Dudududu—
The impact distorted the dimension, creating rifts.
Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa!
Books from the infinite archive were sucked into the cracks in the shattered dimension.
Innocent, who had been protecting the High Table members, raised his staff toward the torn dimension from the shock.
Tzutututzu—
Possessing a fragment of the Great Sage's soul, Innocent tried to hold the rift in the dimension together.
But the power clash between the two beings of constellation rank was too much; the unique domain itself could not withstand it.
Jijijijijik!
Seeing the ceiling of the infinite archive finally tear wide open, unable to hold any longer, Nabu screamed.
"Kyaaaa! At this rate, we'll all get sucked into that dimensional rift!"
Being pulled into a dimensional rift would turn one into a lost wanderer of space-time, drifting as flotsam until the soul dissipated.
Unwilling to face such a horrific fate, Nabu shouted loudly at Zeke, who floated in the air.
"Zeke! If you've got the Demon King's soul, let's get out of here quick! If we stay longer, we'll all get swept away!"
At that moment, an even louder sound echoed from above.
Kiiiiiiing!
The wave barrier shattered, and Laevatein and Ascalon shot toward the dark sphere at tremendous speed.
Shwaaaaa!
The two swords swapped positions, charging in an irregular trajectory.
This time, the dark sphere unleashed black currents to knock the swords away.
But from Ascalon, white currents erupted, canceling out the black ones.
Pajijijijik!
Currents arced everywhere in the infinite archive, generating plasma.
As a result, space tore like ragged cloth in places, creating multiple dimensional rifts.
The plasma and currents were sucked into the new rifts, accelerating the unique domain's collapse.
While Ascalon neutralized the currents, Laevatein surged forward through the gap.
Laevatein's blade extended straight ahead, stabbing into the dark sphere.
Woooooong!
The dark sphere rotated, trying to crush Laevatein.
Surprisingly, Laevatein activated its own unique ability and began absorbing the dark sphere.
Tzututututzu—
This was something even Zeke, who had launched the sword, had not anticipated.
Then, a message appeared before Zeke's eyes.
[The Black Darkness Sword Laevatein absorbs the source of twisted causality, 'Dark Matter.']
[The 'Dark Matter' absorbed by the Black Darkness Sword Laevatein undergoes qualitative transformation.]
[The transformation energy from the absorbed 'Dark Matter' unlocks the Black
Darkness Sword Laevatein's unique authority 'Dark-Soul Technique.']
Laevatein had suddenly unlocked a new authority.
['Unique Authority: Dark-Soul Technique?']
Information about the new authority, Dark-Soul Technique, flowed into Zeke's mind.
—Unique Authority Dark-Soul Technique Information—
Dark-Soul Technique: Can revert twisted causality to nothingness. / Can convert absorbed Dark Matter into karma points.
Zeke's eyes flashed as he read the information on Dark-Soul Technique.
['An authority that can revert twisted causality to nothingness.']
In the situation where Arthur Draker used twisted causality to empower his subordinates, Dark-Soul Technique was the most powerful weapon to counter them.
With Dark-Soul Technique, he could normalize twisted causality without expending karma points.
['It can absorb Dark Matter, the source of twisted causality, and convert it into karma points, giving me an advantage in the battle against Arthur Draker.']
Confirming that Laevatein had fully absorbed the Dark Matter-formed dark sphere, Zeke beckoned it back.
Laevatein returned to his hand.
Woooooong!
Laevatein transferred the absorbed energy to Zeke.
A message appeared before his eyes.
[By purifying twisted causality and absorbing the Dark Matter, the source of chaos, the rank of the soul has increased.]
[With the increased rank of the soul, the new system function 'Overclock' is unlocked.] Information about the newly unlocked function 'Overclock' flowed into Zeke's mind. -Overclock System Information-
Overclock: By expending karma points when using the function, it can induce phenomena beyond karma's restrictions for a certain duration.
In truth, karma points themselves were already a power that transcended the process of causality.
However, there were aspects that even karma points could not surpass, like karma's sanctions and restriction points.
But using Overclock allowed him to exceed those restriction points for a limited time.
['If this is the case, I might even be able to use the original power of the restricted divinity.']
Zeke confirmed that the absorbed Dark Matter had been converted into karma points.
An enormous amount had accumulated, incomparable to what he gained from slaying magical beasts.
Seeing this, Zeke expended some of the accumulated karma points to activate 'Overclock.' Woooooong!
As Zeke executed Overclock, a prismatic aura rippled from his body.
He had escaped karma's restriction points and could now unlock his inherent divinity.
['Power boils throughout my body.']
Zeke fully unlocked his divinity beyond the restrictions.
Kwa-gwa-gwa-gwa-gwa!
The power of the constellation He Who Surpassed the Wall emanated from Zeke's entire body.
Enveloped in the prismatic aura, Zeke raised his head and extended his hand toward the rifts in the unique domain.
Tzututututzu—
The authority of re-creation, infused with complete divinity, filled the rifts in the unique domain.
Thanks to this, the infinite archive, which had seemed about to tear apart completely, quickly regained stability.
['So that's how it works.']
Having grasped how to use Overclock, Zeke now extended his hand toward where the High Table members were.
Woooooong!
Prismatic light rippled beneath their feet.
Nabu and the others panicked at the sudden light shimmering from the ground.
Moments later, the prismatic light enveloped them and, as if sucked in, they vanished into a portal that tore through space.
Zeke had used the enhanced system portal to send the High Table members out of the infinite archive.
Ku-gu-gu-gu-gu!
Though Zeke's authority had somewhat stabilized the unique domain of the infinite archive, aftershocks remained, with rifts still forming in places.
At that moment, the aberrant dragon's screech echoed everywhere, accelerating the rifts further.
Caaaaaack!
Looking back, Zeke saw that Harvey Draker, having lost his Dark Matter power, was under attack from the incoming Ascalon.
Tentacles burst from between the sharp scales, trying to wrap around and drop the sword, but it was too fast to catch.
Ascalon, cloaked in sacred radiance enhanced by divinity, relentlessly sliced through the tentacles and assaulted the aberrant dragon's main body.
With each graze of the sword, scales rained down from the aberrant dragon's body, and wounds etched into its surface.
"Zeke Drakerrrr!"
Harvey Draker, attached to the aberrant dragon's head, screamed at Zeke like a wail.
Zeke, emanating prismatic light and revealing his complete divinity, looked down at Harvey Draker from the air.
Harvey Draker, seeing Zeke like that, let out a cry as if unable to endure it.
"The protagonist of the final stage is me! Not scum like you!"
Harvey Draker, made into a savior by the Great Sage's homunculus.
From some point, he had envied and resented Zeke Draker, who possessed the true rank of a savior.
Because Zeke held everything Harvey Draker desired.
That distorted desire of Harvey Draker turned into a strong aspiration, awakening the source of twisted causality attached to his heart.
Kwa-dudududu—
The Dark Matter source stone embedded in his heart reacted to Harvey Draker's aspiration.
— I want that power as my own.
The Dark Matter source stone manifested the depths of Harvey Draker's heart into the phenomenal world.
Kwa-dudududuk!
Empowered by the source stone, the aberrant dragon began to transform.
And its changed form was none other than a gigantic 'Zeke Draker.'
He held Laevatein, wore the Draker uniform, and transformed into a black stone statue modeled after Zeke Draker.
Kuuuwoong!
The gigantic Zeke Draker extended his hand and grasped the real Zeke Draker in one fist.
— Your power is mine.
With those words, he shoved the Zeke Draker in his hand into his mouth and swallowed him whole.
The gigantic Zeke Draker that had swallowed Zeke began to twitch.
Soon, his face contorted, changing from Zeke's face to another.
It seemed to shift to Harvey Draker's face, but the distorted expression froze in place without fully changing.
A voice leaked from the crooked mouth.
— Completely mine. Everything is mine....
It was then.
Kwajik, kwajik, kwajik—
A breaking sound came from the gigantic Harvey Draker's body.
As if something inside his stomach was gnawing at his insides.
As the pain gradually became evident, Harvey Draker clutched his abdomen and writhed.
— Ah, no...!
Soon, his scream echoed.
At the same time, Laevatein's blade, cloaked in Dark-Soul Technique, burst out from Harvey Draker's chest.
Kwa-dududuk!
Then, a black shadow surged from Laevatein, soon transforming into a massive beast's maw.
The distorted Harvey Draker's face met the beast's mouth.
As he tried to say something, the shadow's mouth gaped wide and swallowed his head whole.
Kwa-duduk— kwa-duduk—
Soon, black blades protruded from all over his body, turning into mouths that began devouring the crystallized gigantic form.
Kuduk, kuduk!
Thus, the being known as Harvey Draker vanished in an instant.
In his place, only a black shadow floated aimlessly.
Soon, the shadow slithered away, revealing Zeke.
Tzututututzu—
The shadow seeped back into Zeke's body.
['A trivial and hollow end.']
That was Zeke's impression of the final moments of Harvey Draker, the high priest of Narak who had persistently blocked his path and one of the shadows behind the scenes.
As the shadows fully returned, the absorbed power transferred to Zeke.
A message appeared before his eyes.
[You have absorbed the regenerated body of the first avatar 'Adam,' directly crafted and breathed life into by ■■■.]