Several small light orbs twinkling in the basement as though they were real stars. And the man who created them stood in the middle of the stars as if he ruled over them.

“Who are you? Why do we not have any data on a mage like you who can travel through the multiverse?” The Black Spider-Man asked threateningly.

“That is not something you need to know, Pestilence, a traitor who sold his own world.” The noble mage said indifferently to the Black Spider-Man, referring to him as Pestilence.

“How? How do you know about it?” The shock upon the revelation of his identity was clearly visible on Pestilence’s face.

“It has only been two months since I have joined the symbiotes after betraying my world. And this is my first mission. How can you know about me?

This is something which should have been impossible for anyone to know. The only way was if you were monitoring us. But we should have found you then. I have to inform Master about this development right now!”

Pestilence took out some kind of communicator and activated it. For some reason, the noble mage was just watching Pestilence use the communicator with a smile, without even trying to interrupt him.

“Why is it not working?” Pestilence cursed as he couldn't send the message.

“Why do you think I casted the [Stellar Barrier]? Until this barrier is gone, there is simply no way you can contact your side. Tonight is when you die, Pestilence. A traitor who has betrayed his world twice doesn't deserve to live.” The noble mage explained while also hinting about Pestilence's past.

It was clear from his words that the noble mage’s side had been keeping an eye on Pestilence's world for a long time and thus knew everything about Pestilence.

“A traitor who has betrayed his world twice, you say. Ha ha ha ha!! Yes, I did it. I betrayed my world and I did it with a smile on my face.” Pestilence said with a sneer on his face upon hearing the noble mage's words.

“I did it because the so called heroes had destroyed my world. It was because of those pretentious fools that Aunt May, MJ and my unborn child inside her died. And so I betrayed everything I stood for because that was the only way I could have obtained my revenge.” Pestilence said, revealing his life story to us.

I literally shivered as I heard his life story. When I had first seen this Peter Parker, I couldn't believe that a Peter Parker could turn out to be so evil.

However, as I heard his life story, I realised that Pestilence had been far too broken and desperate.

Far more than my own Peter Parker had been when he had injected an untested Lizard serum inside himself. In his pursuit of vengeance, Pestilence was ready to destroy anything if it meant he could achieve his revenge.

“That was when Apocalypse appeared before me and managed to convince me in my broken state that we could create a new world. A world better than the one we lived in, the world which had murdered my family.

And indeed we made a new world, a world where everyone except Apocalypse and his men were slaves. By the time I realised what I had done, it was too late. Apocalypse was nigh invincible. There was nothing I could do.

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That is when my current Master appeared before me, tried to convince me that I could overthrow Apocalypse with his power. I accepted his proposal, thinking about could be the worst. At worst, I would just die.

But I actually won and in doing so, my world fell to the symbiotes. Now, there are no slaves in my world, only my mindless puppets. Perhaps in a few years, my world cease to exist. Happy to hear my story now! Why I betrayed my world twice?”

“But this story has nothing to do with the current you, Pestilence. The moment you joined the symbiotes, you became a mere extension of your Master. Moreover, you are trying to make these young Spiders destroy their worlds just like how you destroyed yours. This is unacceptable!” The noble mage said in a cold tone.

“That is just my job now, destroying worlds!” Pestilence said as his mask once again grew on his face. This time however, he had a mouth just like the ones on the lesser symbiotes, one filled with sharp, pointy teeth. Like something right out of a horror movie.

“If you think that you can kill me easily just because you have isolated me, then you are merely dreaming.” Pestilence said as the lesser symbiotes suddenly approached him and were absorbed by his suit.

His entire body started bulking and black tentacles grew from all over his body. Combined with his eight limbs, Pestilence looked more like a lovecraftian monster than a Spider-Man.

“Kill me if you can.” Pestilence said in a distorted voice as he stood on all of his eight limbs, acting exactly like a spider.

Pestilence rushed towards the noble mage, his moments erratic as he jumped from one building to another, perhaps to confuse the mage who was still watching him without any action on his part.

Running on a total of eight legs like a spider, his speed was truly fast. Perhaps only lesser when compared to my Peter aka Albion’s speed.

As Pestilence came closer, he suddenly stood on his four legs and then punched towards the noble mage with his muscular four arms, the tentacles emerging from his body following right behind.

Yet, a circular golden barrier formed around the noble mage suddenly. Some of the stars near the noble mage had transformed into magical circles which now formed the golden barrier.

As the four arms hit the golden barrier, a shockwave was created from the impact yet not a single crack appeared on the barrier.

“Why is it not breaking?” Pestilence cursed as he continuously hit the golden barrier with his four arms as well as the multiple tentacles but the golden barrier showed no signs of breaking.

“Try all you want, Pestilence. But your end has come.” The noble mage said coldly at Pestilence’s futile efforts.

More stars gathered above the noble mage and transformed into magic circles, this time launching a ray of light at Pestilence.

Pestilence dodged the ray of light with his Spider Sense but the ray of light went on and easily pierced through the walls of a building. It showed just how powerful the noble mage was even against a monstrously powerful Spider-Man.

More rays of light was shot at Pestilence but he dodged each one of them with the help of his unique body and Spider Sense. But his situation clearly didn't look bright.

Many more stars were forming into magic circles, encircling Pestilence and shooting rays of light at him. He had even started using webs to dodge the rays of light but it was clear that he won’t be able to do this for too long.

“Just who the hell are you? There is simply no way my Master won't know about a mage like you. Can you at least give me your name before I die? It is not like I can reveal it to anyone.” Pestilence asked, knowing that his end was in sight.

“Kirschtaria Wodime.” The noble mage answered, his name clearly a unique one.

“It would be an honour dying at your hands, Kirschtaria. An honour which I clearly don't deserve.” Pestilence said, his original personality coming out now that he knew that his end was near.

“Little Spiders, I would give you this last piece of advice from someone who failed as a Spider-Man. Always keep your loved ones close. Never compromise on them even it means that you have to miss a day or two as Spider-Man.” Pestilence said to us and then willingly let himself be hit by one of the light rays.

The ray of light pierced through Pestilence’s chest, creating a hole in his body. At this moment, it was clear that Pestilence was dead. He had willingly died after a life of being used by others.