The Dark One howls from the throbbing pain from Jon's devour ability and starts to worry when Jon never shows any sign of stopping. Anyone who tries to capture and absorb the Dark One's power finds their end either from soul imprisonment ability or dies painfully from the demonic corrosion it releases.

"It's too much for you to handle!" Bm shouts, knowing how dangerous to be in close proximity to the Dark One with the demonic energy surging out of control and about to lay waste to the land.

"It's okay! If I let go or stop, everyone will die!" Jio replies, despite the excruciating pain from the energy flowing through his body, "I'm happy that you didn't kill me when we first met."

Bm watches Jio suffers as she holds the boundary of the solid energy sphere that the Dark One erects and slowly walks inside. At this moment, only Jio and Bm are the only being in the continent that can come close to the Dark One like the two are fated to this from the day they are born.

Even the Dark One uses all the souls it collects over the years to create a massive explosion; the memories and horrible experiences remain and are instantly shared with Jio mentally like a night terror, slowly crushing Jio's sanity every second pass.

Jio starts to lose control and does not expect a gentle and warm embrace from behind. He doesn't know who's behind him since he concentrates on controlling all the energy around him, but Bm's floral scents give him a hint of who and immediately return him to reality as Jio holds Jon tightly.

Bm absorbs the excess energy from Jio's body and releases it into the air, creating a spiral and chaotic energy in the surrounding space. Thanks to Jio teaching Lala during their travel, Bm can assist and save Jio this time from his carelessness for thinking that he can devour an old powerful Demonic Spirit.

"You don't have to do this!" Jio angrily let out and continued, "Tell everyone to run; I can hold all of this... Please, save yourself."

Bm closes her eyes as she endures the pain and holds Jio tighter, smiling, "Remember what Lala told you?"

*Lala's future husband... When she grew up, Ha!* Jio thought as he concentrated on manipulating the demonic energy that the Dark One produces and devour it at the same time.

The demonic energy flows through Jio and Bm's bodies while the surrounding areas become violent, like they're in the middle of a severe and perilous storm. The Dark One screams and slowly shrinks to nothingness, leaving the chaotic energy from the unfortunate souls to spiral everywhere, and without someone to harness this power, only destruction awaits.

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Everything seemed to calm down, and the General thought of securing the place until Jio released all the energy he absorbed and directed it to the sky, combining the chaotic energy and the Dark One's power. The ground starts to rambles, and the wind swipes the debris and buildings as the dark beam coming from Jio's body consumes the light, instantly making the city dark like the night sky.

Jio's eyes turn gold, witnessing every detail around him in slow motion as he tries to control the combined energy forming a sphere. Trap inside, Jio tries to think of something fast. If everything continues uncontrolled, the combined energy will kill everyone, and Jio and Bm's effort will be in vain.

The people outside can't do anything while Jio tries his best to hold the combined energy, and his eyes start to bleed for keeping his eye ability actives for too long. Jio thought that he could endure everything for another half an hour but passes out with Bm, and the combined energy collapsed as it exploded and pulled everything, then released a shock wave. When everyone checked what happened, only an empty fifty meters crater was in front of them.

Jio's sworn brothers and sister rush over the center of the crater, looking for any sign and hoping to find their little brother along with Bm. It took them an hour before the General to stop the search and didn't find any trace, not even a strand of hair. They know that he's still alive thanks to the gift they received from him to upgrade their weapon.

The General stands in the center of the crater while magicians lift the ground and start talking, "Today we won because we work together! Our friends, brothers, sisters, and family lost their lives to this war, but not in vain, and we will not forget their sacrifice. I want to talk to The Reaper and his lover personally, but they gave their lives to protect us from the Dark One's power."

Aera tears up but is immediately comfort by Mickey, staying strong in front of his lover but deep inside, he's hurt like he lost a family since Jio is the first person who treats him like a brother.

The General continues to speak about the war, the people who sacrificed their lives, and the Dark One's schemes. The magicians use magic to melt and mold the weapons and shields into a tall statue holding a scythe with a little girl with a pair of wings, also known as the "Little Angel of Death," to remember their heroic action in saving the continent.

By the time the General finished talking, the news had spread to the whole continent, and the Sects, Schools, Cities, Guilds, and powerful families celebrated, knowing there would be peace on the land for generations.

Somewhere on the other side of the planet, Jio and Bm found themselves in the vast forest of Sera Madre, the biggest monster territory, Bm's birthplace. Just like what they left back from the Holy Land, an empty fifty meters crater with everything devastated by the combined energy.

Ailar is the continent across the Great Atlanta with a neverending war between the Human and Monster race. Passed out in the crater, a being with glowing eyes approached Jio and Bm, wondering how these two created such destruction to his home he swore to protect with his life.

To be continued,