Speed Is King

They were so deeply engrossed in their savage attempt to kill each other and by the massive threat that they posed to each other that their senses failed to warn them in time about the exponentially rising threat level which was produced by Aleyria!

They stopped their fighting for a moment to stare at the new threat with a growing sense of horror.

The sense of horror was not induced so much by the physical presence of so many Aleyrias. In fact, a hundred thousand Aleyrias actually made for a very beautiful view indeed.

Specifically, their sense of horror was due the strange but dreadful sense of impending doom which the Elliot had warned them about.

It was as though something really, REALLY bad was about to happen, something which would affect them too, regardless of how insanely powerful they were.

God or Devil, Wild Space Energy or not, the fearsome premonition of doom threatens their deaths all of them equally.

“We don’t have a second to waste.” Primal Alexander said to Aleyria. “Kill them as fast as possible, and send your clones into the Realm of Sin. We might just be able to escape from the mysterious apocalypse that threatens us.”

“I understand.” Aleyria said very simply and all hundred thousand clones raised their Staffs of the Almighty at Lucifer.

“Sacred Light of the Almighty.” A hundred thousand Aleyrias whispered together at the same time._.

As one hundred thousand staffs began to shine brightly with unparalleled luminance, they also released a hitherto unseen level of energy which more than oversaturated the energy contained within space itself!

It took less than a split second for the staffs to charge up their power, and for their searingly blinding light to explode towards Lucifer in what was definitely a God-slaying level of attack!

A hundred thousand moon-sized beams of light was physically still just a fraction of the size of a mega supergiant star that was Lucifer.

But Magius was able to use just five of those fiercely powerful beams of light to physically stop Lucifer’s retreat into his portal back to the Realm of Sin.

By that logic, ten should be enough to heavily wound him. Fifty should be overkill.

But Lucifer was already infested by the Wild Energy life form which allowed him to increase his strength significantly and further trigger his evolution by devouring all sorts of energy.

There was simply no telling how long Lucifer had been infested, and just how much he had devoured.

And so, Aleyria had decided to completely err on the side of caution, and to release all hundred thousand beams of light on him!

“This is just ridiculous.” Magius’ real sighed slightly dejectedly. “I mean, I am gratified that such great power could be brought to bear from our side. But…”

“You feel useless.” Primal Alexander chuckled.

“Very much so.” Magius sighed even as he watched the hundred thousand beams of light rip into Lucifer’s body mercilessly.

They left a trail of huge space gashes that had black lightning arching around them with deadly intensity.

The hundred thousand beams had completely destabilized space around them and caused the barriers between various realms to be ripped open!

And most importantly, the beams of light also managed to pierce through the powerful blood red barrier which Lucifer had hastily thrown up around him.

CRAAAAAACKKK!!

The red barrier shattered into a billion pieces and the light beams smashed into Lucifer’s scaly body and pierced into him!

The beams of light took a few seconds to travel the length of Lucifer’s body before continuing to exit it from behind him.

“RIDICULOUS! IMPOSSIBLE!!” Lucifer roared with unresigned indignance at what was befalling him.

But his body was filled with hundred thousand new holes, and it was a reality that was as undeniable as the massive spatial cracks that had opened up everywhere the beams of light passed through!

GRAAAAHHHHHHHH!!

Wild Energy Lucifer gave a fearsome roar and then did something which nearly blew Elliot’s, Aleyria and Alexander’s minds off.

His massive body which was riddled with holes caused by the bright beams of light suddenly glowed bright red!

“What the heck is he-” Primal Alexander began.

“It is absorbing the essence of the Sacred Light of the Almighty attack!” Aleyria cried out in absolute shock. “Insanity!”

But as insane as it sounds, it was exactly what the Wild Energy Lucifer was doing.

GRAAAAHHHHHHH!!! It roared out in extreme pain as it furiously tried to devour and convert the ridiculous amount of damage that the Aleyrias were dishing out into nourishing energy which it could use to forcibly evolve itself further.

“So at this level it can even absorb attacks and devour its essence.” Elliot thought calmly even as his eyes roved all around the area, searching for signs of the impending doom that was definitely about to happen.

“Magius, go ahead and continue cloning yourself and your staffs.” Elliot said calmly to him. “It will hasten the apocalypse, but we need more power to overwhelm his rate of devour and kill him.”

Magius nodded silently, and immediately did as Elliot said.

Once more, the heavy sense of dread intensified even further as more Magiuses appeared with full powered Staffs of the Almighty.

“What exactly is this fearsome sense of doom? It’s so suffocating.” Primal Alexander’s real body winced slightly.

“I suggest we retreat to my multiverse.” Elliot said quietly even as he started to open a portal that would lead him back home.

Aleyria glanced at Alexander, then at Magius, who had an extremely solemn look on his face.

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“Gather your loved ones, and whoever you feel is worth saving. Retreat to planet earth within my multiverse. That’s the best advice I could give you. With such a heavy sense of crisis, I doubt the realm would fare very well. And if we don’t do it now, we might lose the chance to do it.” Elliot repeated his advice.

Aleyria, Alexander and Magius sighed deeply and nodded.

“Let’s go.” Alexander said decisively, and immediately got his clones to spread out and forcibly bring his subjects to safety.

Magius and Aleyria did the same thing as well.

Elliot dispersed clones to act as lookouts so that they could get as much of an advance warning as possible when the apocalypse struck them.ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ nov????l(f)ire

His real body quickly got back to where he came from earlier.

As soon as the portal closed behind him, the sense of doom in his heart disappeared without a trace.

“So it cannot cross the barriers of the multiverse.” Elliot murmured softly.

“What cannot cross the barriers of the multiverse?” Came Jessica Sand’s voice. “Where did you go?”

“Oh hey. I went to help Primal Alexander for a bit in his multiverse. Believe it or not, I actually met the Devil there. In fact, there were tw-… HOT DAMN!!! WHAT THE HELL???” Elliot roared in shock as he witnessed the beginning of the apocalypse in Alexander and Aleyria’s multiverse!!