A big explosion was happening on top of a platform connected by the tree, as it shattered the parts of it. Nonetheless, it didn’t make it completely crumbled or fall to the ground.
From the dust that created by that explosion, Ignatius’ figure was dully visible. The state right now was worse than before; his body had been covered by more and more dirt, as several parts nearby his face were turning to black. His hair was also untidier than before, but it still wouldn’t rise to reveal his eyes, nonetheless.
What’s more crucial point was in the middle of his chest, a hole was made and surrounding it was a black stain that most likely was a blood.
Few moments later, Marquise had arrived on top of it as he walked closer to Ignatius.
“Oh. I lose,”
That’s what the first sentence that the blue wizard muttered after being punched in the chest by Marquise. As he lifted his head, he continued:
“...Then, what are you going to do?”
Without thinking anymore, Marquise gave the blue wizard his hand. However, it eventually choked him —all of sudden was forced to stood and pushed him to the wall behind. Marquise’s expression now changed gradually, as the wall made a shadow nearby his face. He lowered his head, and thus emitted a bright and scary glow —
— A creepy smile had been crawled out from his face. So, Ignatius asked him in confusion:
“Eh? What are you —”
“— Aa!”
Marquise lifted his neck higher, as he pushed it harder to the wall. Ignatius now couldn’t think about resisting that choke. Now, he was thinking about that eerie scene that was unfolded before him. This challenge shouldn’t be that deadly. This mustn’t be this brutal and bloodlusted. But, why did Marquise do that to him in the end?
...Maybe, he did think about that.
A stream of blood ran out from the blue wizard’s mouth. He felt he was ruptured from the inside. His organs —even his very fundamental aspects — all were abruptly crushed at once. Likewise, he felt that he was going to explode in no time.
Marquise, on the other hand answered:
"I’m sorry I can’t let go of you...”
His tone went distinctly lower than before, as it was filled by a great intimidation. He continued.
“—————————————”
Ignatius couldn’t answer, as his throat was struggling to speak. But nothing fruits out from it, so Marquise spoke to him:
“Hey, do you wished to know why did I want to challenge you?”
His grin grew scarier than before, as if his face turned to become the smile that of a devil.
“...That was because I want to kill people like you.”
“I, the Great Archangel Marquise, love to spread the end. I also love challenge those people above me ——gods and even The Pantheon ——in the end, they will be weaker than me.”
"We created as strong beings should be the same. What’s the point of being strong, but never use it correctly? “
“...That is because, we should be the same. My hegemony, dominance and destruction doesn’t know any end. No, even it is the end itself. I kill and I gave mercy. I bring salvation to everything. I strengthen the will of those lost lambs. I call those who brought my strong will.”
“... That was why I killed the mother of angels on her throne, took her trumpet and destroy The World of Pantheons. That was why I summoned The Crow Demon and The Snake to kill you observers that stood in my way, as such founded the Schtarz. My trumpet wants to dominate and destroy, as such bring the end to everything, as I said before. And you are, I didn’t see any of this strong will from you. You are just a mere pantheon that only wanted to protect. Our paths always deviate, after all.”
“Ah, my sole end is just to re-create this rotten world —rotten existence —so it will bend to my hegemony.”
Marquise had done this long talk to him. From what did Marquise say before, the blue wizard could pull out the conclusion if he was utterly ‘The True Enemy’. Marquise used many things such as Schtarz, to spread his hegemony, or his dominance and destruction through all in the existence, as well as Jules and Caduceus. As he pulled out more conclusions, he had already mustered all of his hostility towards Marquise. Hence, his voice had done its struggle from his throat...
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“...I see.”
“—————————”
Marquise abruptly fell silent. In that beat, he did think about:
‘What the hell happened?’
What actually happened in that instant?
The blue wizard suddenly disappeared from Marquise’s grasp. That did make him ask myriads of questions, especially ‘Where did he go?’ and ‘How did he do that?’. It was an unthinkable scene to him after all. Gradually, his mind was surrounded with confusion.
...Soon, he turned his head back slowly and slowly. And, it was all happened when...
“...Is that so?”
A voice of someone had reverberated throughout the deep silence of the night. It was loud and clear as if it was whispered directly through Marquise’s ears. Marquise, at the moment he fully gazed behind, he saw...
“Surprised, aren’t you?”
That was an infamous figure of man suddenly popped up —Ignatius was there, stood unscathed as there was nothing happened to him at all. Likewise, his state now was also tidy like the beginning. Marquise shocked as he saw that before his eyes. He uttered a word inside his heart:
‘Impossible.’
Ignatius, suddenly spoke again as Marquise was still overthinking about that odd scene. Hence, the table has turned.
“Oh, it is Impossible, isn’t it? Your face seemed like you are seeing a ghost, right now. I had heard everything from beginning. I knew it, and it didn’t surprise me.”
He continued:
“...You are such an imbecile. Why did you reveal it blatantly to your enemy, as if you are talking to a corpse? And I don’t know why do you do such things without concerning other things. You did just want to spread that stupid hegemony of yours instead. That is the most laughable farce that I have ever heard in these ages.”
“...”
Marquise didn’t say any response to him. He didn’t understand what was unfolding before his eyes right now. At the moment, his eyes just left wide open for the entire time. Ignatius spoke again to him, and this time.
“...And look what have you made. All of your forces now had fallen in my hand. You came too late.”
Marquise spontaneously shocked as he heard it.
“___________________.” His breath became unstable
“ R...Re...i...ne....Crow....ley....?”
“Yes. Even though that girl had managed to eliminate Dandelion, in the end she was forced to retreat, as well as the assassin. My children did well, though. And my friends, they had erased the Old World people with no trace left in the entire existence. Hmph. And where do you think my allies were going, before this? And yes, it was all happened unfathomably rapid.”
From what he talked before; he did everything on purpose. It was still unknown what did he planned before, or even, he didn’t. The blue wizard had already made his resolve. His conviction was now clear; to destroy and banish Marquise from all. Ignatius continued:
“You are just a mistake that didn’t know the purpose of your existence. Now —————Begone!!!”
The air abruptly became intense, as the current of surroundings converged into the blue wizard’s body. A blue energy suddenly emanated below his body and his staff. The chaotic phenomena also created some winds that fluttered the blue cloak, made his armor visible to naked eyes. It also fluttered his hair, and —
“Το τέλος, η αποκάλυψη, το τίποτα. Η αρχή, αναγέννηση, ευλογία, άνθηση. Η δύναμή σου πρέπει να γίνει ένα. Ακούστε την κλήση μου και εσείς, ένας απόλυτος αμαρτωλός θα γίνετε ένα με το τέλος και την αρχή.”
"The end, the revelation, the nothing. The beginning, rebirth, blessing, flourishing. Your power must become one. Heed the call of mine, and absolute sinner, will become one with the end and the beginning.”
Ignatius said it rapidly, and afterwards, he rose the black curtain that enveloped his eyes with his hand, and:
“.............You bastard.......”
The blue wizard glared towards Marquise, gave a superb scenery of a sparkling blue colors that surpassed the beauty of every gemstone in the existence. The glimmering sparkle of it was undefeatable, as everything ——all existence ——was there. It was unfolded myriads of times before the angel of hegemony.
On the other hand, Marquise felt a warm and fresh sensation ——the red blood from his forehead. His body trembles and shook intensely overtime. A blue light then gradually enveloped him as it engulfed the whole body until it left no trace of him in a split second.
——Marquise was no more in the entire existence.
Ignatius heaved out a sigh as the situation went back normal. He paced around that platform as the dawn came to greet him ——
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...Ah. I have done fighting him. My unfathomable and mysterious power that was beyond his comprehension had erased him to the core of his existence. Thanks to my eyes, those had endowed the power of the end and beginning, like my creator said before “Die to The End and The Beginning.” Likewise, it was the true meaning of ‘Minusomega’. End and beginning, birth and demise, rise and fall, flourish and wither; it was all overlapped into madness. Or wilderness, they said.
…Now, what?
He had revealed his purposes and his final goal, but that was all the cost that he must pay. From what he said, we had confirmed the true enemy. No, first of all, I had to declare it first. His goals. His ridiculous blabbers, and whatever that was...
...Though I know almost all in your creation, my friend. I can declare more and more, concerning his evils that he did.
I stood to the ends of my home’s platform. Morning skies were visible through here. Birds sang peacefully around these heights. The land below me smiled into its’ bright color. With all of my might, I hereby declared:
“Everyone out there! My friends that live on the skies! By my name, Ignatius, I have come to tell you who is your true enemy! The Angel of The Hegemony is the true evil!”
“Dear, O my respected allies and master out there! If someday he will come back, please give this whole creation ——the entire existence another hope!”
I ended my declaration there with such superb. My booming voice reverberates as if it trembled the entire existence ——no, it already had. My words had changed the truth; Angel of the Hegemony is the true enemy of all. As the sun had rose as tall as me, I muttered few words to my friend, to him that bested all the existence. Even though he wasn’t here —or will never be here —I could always feel him:
“...I believe that you’ll always give us hope. Is that true, my friend?”