Magic Duel Arc: Chapter 2. Valoran vs A Death God Part 1

Valoran immediately noticed something was wrong with Elana's fragment.

"Her fragment is.... -" - Valoran gets interrupted by Atticus.

"- is what Valoran?" - Atticus asked in fear.

"Her fragment is leaking." - Valoran said.

"Leaking? What do you mean by that?" - Atticus asked not knowing what Valoran was saying.

"Her fragment is damaged."-Valoran said.

He then stretches out his arm and pulls out her fragment as Valoran is capable of interacting with fragments.

"Is that..... ?" - Atticus asked.

"Yes. That is her fragment."-Valoran said.

Valoran then uses his eyes to see where the leak is coming from.

He then eventually finds the problem.

"There it is. A small crack" - Valoran said.

"A crack? How did this happen?" - Atticus asked.

"A fragment is created when you are born. It houses your everything: Magic, Soul, concepts, principles, fundamentals and your life force. It seems that in your sister's case the fragment did not fully develop. As she got older and used more and more magic it seems that her fragment could not contain her increasing magic power. This led to the fragment cracking. This is the first time that I have seen this. It is extremely rare so rare in fact that nobody checked for that. She is lucky the fragment could have shattered completely and she would be gone by now"-Valoran explained to Atticus.

Hearing this Atticus was worried that he might never see her sister wake up again.

"Is there anything you can do? Can you fix the leak in the fragment?" - Atticus asked.

"I can fix it of course. However, if I were to fix it right now only a portion of her: soul and magic would remain. This means that she would not be the same." - Valoran explained.

"I see-" - Atticus is being interrupted.

"Unless I go into the death realm" - Valoran says.

"Death realm?.... " - Atticus asked.

"The death realm is where the dead souls venture to ones they died in the mortal realm for reincarnation; it is also known as the realm of nothingness. Your sister's soul is currently being pulled to the death realm. I will venture into the death realm and get her remaining soul back " - Valoran says.

"Can I come?"-Atticus asked.

"No. As soon as you enter the realm of death/realm of nothingness. You become nothingness and vanish" - Valoran said.

"And you?. Won't you become nothingness and vanish into nothingness? " - Atticus asked.

"No. I am a being of nothingness myself."-Valoran said.

"I don't understand." - Atticus replied.

"To put it in simple terms. Consider that 1 is existence and 0 is non-existence. I am neither 1 nor 0. This means I cannot vanish or be trapped by nothingness, so don't worry about me."-Valoran said.

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"I see. Are you sure you can come back?" - Atticus asked, concerned.

"Don't worry this is a simple task for me" - Valoran said.

"Now then. I need to remove your sister's fragment and take it with me into the death realm. From there the fragment will lead me to your sister's other half of her fragment and then I can fix the leak and restore her soul." - Valoran said.

"But isn't removing the fragment lethal for her?" - Atticus asked with worry.

"Normally yes. Since you cannot survive for long without your fragment. This is why I will stop time. Then I have all the time I need." - Valoran said.

"Al-Alright" - Atticus said.

Valoran removes the fragment from Elana's body.

"Alright, I will now stop time. For you it will be over in a blink of an eye" - Valoran said.

"I trust you. Thank you for doing this" - Atticus said.

He then casts Ridim time manipulation magic to stop time in the world.

Valoran then opens a portal that leads to the death realm.

He then steps into the portal.

He arrives at the death realm also known as the realm of nothingness. It is also a space above the idea of dimensionality.

It is a dark space lit by an endless number of fragments that left their dead bodies from different multiverses.

"This is the death realm. Much brighter than I thought." - Valoran said.

He then looks at the fragment. The fragment creates a trail which leads to the other half of Elana's fragment.

"So far so good" - Valoran says.

He then notices death angels flying around and spotting him.

Then a dark voice echoes.

"How dare you enter my realm." A deep angered voice calls out.

"I am here to collect half a fragment" - Valoran replied.

"You dare to claim something that belongs to me." - The dark and deep voice said.

"She is not yours. She is still part of the living." - Valoran said.

The death angels who look like grim reapers and wielding black death scythes surround Valoran.

Then a black mist forms into a person.

"I am a supreme deity of death. Death God Raizel."

"My name is Valoran Silver. Today you will let me pass. Or stand against me." - Valoran said.

"HAHAHAHAH. You dare to threaten me boy?" - Raizel said.

"I do."-Valoran replied.

"The fact that you have the power to not only enter but also remain in this realm shows me that you possess great power and that you are a being of nothingness like myself. That does not change the fact that I will destroy you" - Raizel said.

"So be it" - Valoran replied.

With that 12 death angels directly head for Valoran to attack him.

"You must be fools. I'll show you my true power." - Valoran says.

With that Valoran's body is covered in red lighting and casts blaze (lighting magic) which turns the death angels into ashes in an instant.

After that Valoran absorbs all 12 death angels fragments.

"WHAT?!!!. How did you kill my 12 angels so easily? and how did you absorb all their power?" - Raizel asks in shock.

"Well, you see. I am not someone that came naturally. I was born without having a father." - Valoran replied.

"I see. You are not a normal human. You are no human. You are something else." - Raizel replied.

"To be honest I expected a little more when I absorbed the 12 death angels. Are you sure they each contain limitless power?" - Valoran asked in a mocking tone.

"Of course they do…don't get so cocky we Gods possess powers that make limitless power look like a candle next to a star." - Raizel replied.

Then out of nowhere Raizel summons 13 spears that all impale Valoran.

He then closed his eyes and his head dropped.

"HAHAHA. Die now. It was amusing while it lasted." - Raizel said.

"What do you mean? It is only the beginning." - Valoran said.

Then the hellfire burns the spears into nothingness.

"How? My death spears can kill other Gods and Titans. How come after 13 of my death spears impaled you, you are still standing as if nothing happened? "-Raizel asks in shock.

"There is no doubt in my mind. You are the next Magic King." - Raizel said.

"You Gods and Angels terrorised the weak for centuries, and for some reason when victory was near you simply vanished and returned to the divine realm. Why?" - Valoran asked.

"Because we want to conquer your world, but we wanted to see and wait for the next Magic King" - Raizel said.

"I see. Conquering is not honourable for you Gods without killing the strongest beings first." - Valoran said.

"Yes" - Raizel answered.

"If my spears are not enough then I will delete you with my deletion ray." - Raizel said.

"My deletion ray deleted thousands of multiverses with a single blast." - Raizel violently expresses.

"I see. Give it your best shot. God of death." - Valoran said.

After Valoran said that a giant magical circle appeared ready to fire the deletion ray toward Valoran.

"Farewell. You were strong but it looks like I was wrong…you are not the next King of Magic." - Raizel said with smugness.

With that, he fired the deletion ray directly at Valoran.

After that Valoran was gone...

"He is dead no… deleted" - Raizel said.