My Goddess is Good at Pretending-Chapter 696: From Pain and Chaos

Even though the demonic domain collapsed, the demons remained trapped in the realm between the outside world’s dimension and the void. Thanks to the seal powered by the world’s dragon vein, although greatly weakened, it is still powerful enough to contain the demon king remaining in the core seal in his inner palace’s throne hall.

The blinding light had yet to subside, but the White Hero bolstered by the remaining power-up and blessings unleashed a final hit to the demon king’s 3rd heart. His decisive strike penetrated the demon king’s defenses. His white magic and the holy energy within his sword countered the demon king’s dark energy.

The demon king staggered back as he spat out blood, but he landed a perfect direct hit at the White Hero’s body.

"Ghak!" Mashiro was sent flying and slammed into the nearby walls and debris, breaking several bones.

He wiped the blood from the corner of his lips, but he smiled when he found that the demon king had no more working hearts as the three had been stabbed by holy weapons, two from the secret protectors and one from him.

Unfortunately, he had to sacrifice his holy sword because once it penetrated the demon king’s body. Just like the secret protector’s holy weapons, his holy sword couldn’t be pulled after piercing the demon king’s heart. It would stay there until the demon king’s death.

With a deafening roar, the demon king fell to his knees as his demonic essence got corroded by the divine light.

The darkness that had plagued the throne hall receded, and the oppressive aura was lifted. The summoned demons vanished, and the three demon generals were once again killed.

The final battle’s second phase was nothing short of apocalyptic. When everyone thought the victory was already within sight, the demon king smirked in contempt.

"This is not the end. I’ve accumulated everything for centuries... this won’t rest just here. I underestimated you, but did you think you’d defeated me? It’s not even my final form yet." Alronuth spoke with a crazed expression.

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Right at that moment, he pierced his chest with his own hand, pulling out his core. "I’ll sacrifice everything for my own awakening. Awaken, the primal of chaos within me, bring the world into the stepping stone they supposed to be."

*Rumble!*

A devastating power emerged out of nowhere. The remaining energy that supported the seal got absorbed by the demon king’s core.

The demon king’s core vibrated as the dark force engulfed his body in a pitch-dark energy. In that split second, the vibration transformed into a dark wave, spreading to the entire demonic city with an unstoppable force.

"!!!" Miko’s emergency barrier forcefully activated, protecting everyone under her blessing. The amulet in everyone’s pocket also got forced to activate, protecting them from the extreme demonic energy.

"The realm collapsed for real! What kind of power is that!?" Mingyue fell on her knees as the atmosphere became so heavy.

Similar to her, all the warriors got pushed to the ground, no longer able to stand due to the severe gravity pull despite Miko’s holy protection and blessings.

"I see... so, this is the trump card you accumulated for years? I didn’t expect you to reverse the dragon vein and sacrifice everyone in the city for your power-ups..." Shiina held her divine necklace in her hand, shaking the gem to create a ringing sound.

The countless demons outside the core seal, everyone in the Nacrax City got sacrificed and evaporated into dark demonic mist. The dark wave just now killed countless demons and living beings in just one dark energy wave.

If Miko’s amulets and passive protective spell failed to protect everyone, the heroes would most likely get wiped out and get their souls taken for the demon king’s power-ups.

She stepped closer to the partially awakened demon king before he successfully transformed into his third phase.

The Demon King of Extreme Evil was an anomaly among the demon kings in this world, possessing countless tricks on his sleeve that made him super hard to kill.

And this power-up was so sinister and dangerous. She reckoned it would be more terrifying than his fourth phase centuries ago. If she let him enter his third form, everyone would suffer and many deaths for sure, even if they were under Miko’s protection.

The dark wave shook the castle to its foundations, heavily weakening the core seal. With the demon king’s newly ascended power, he probably only needed three years at most to fully destroy the seal. However, Shiina already made her move. She stood before the demon king’s awakening.

"This is bad!" Rhykdohr widened his eyes when he realized that the heavenly agent would counter the demon king during the power-up transformation.

He had a hard time protecting himself and Mashiro because of the sudden deadly dark wave, and yet, the heavenly agent wanted to make a move when everyone had yet to recover from the backlash.

Realizing the heavenly agent seemed to ignore him and the half-unconscious Mashiro, he immediately mustered all his strength to get away from there.

"You, it’s you!" Alronuth was shocked beyond measure when he realized the familiar woman standing before him.

He would never ignore it, the face of someone who defeated him shamefully and sealed him for centuries. It was the same heavenly agent from centuries ago!

"You still remember me? But, too bad... I’m no longer the past me. Let’s see if you can survive the Ancient God’s power." Shiina extended her hand forward with her divine necklace in hand.

It served as a catalyst to bypass the mortal world’s restrictions, and she unleashed her 15th Rank power to hit Alronuth in a stream of heavenly punishment from the sky.

Unfortunately, it was not enough to fully kill him. His transformation might be his weakest, vulnerable state. Thus, she unleashed her ultimate move right at the start.

"Hot blooms..."

"I’ll bring you down with me!" Alronuth struggled heavily to resist the divine punishment of the sky. He forcefully tried to break free during his power-ups and transformation, no matter whether he would suffer a tremendous backlash or might die on the spot. At least, he would take the hateful heavenly agent with him to the netherworld of the dead!

Unfortunately, Shiina already finished her ultimate move’s spell. She moved her left hand up and right hand down as if she crushed something in the empty air. "From pain and chaos..."

*Rumble!*

Divine lightning descended from the sky with heavenly power, and the earth’s energy soared up to crush the demon king in the middle, leaving no path to escape.

Shiina stood amidst the destruction and raised her staff high, calling upon the heavens to smite the dying demon king with another divine judgment as she had to ensure his true death this time. A radiant pillar of light descended, piercing through the darkness and striking the demon king with unrelenting force.

After an intense divine judgment that seemed to last an eternity, the demon king let out a final, earth-shattering roar before crumbling into ashes. With his demise, the dark energy suffusing the city began to dissipate, leaving nothing but an empty demonic city of ruins.

"Lady Shiina, you almost killed us because of the impact..." Miko used her staff to help her stand up.

Her disciples, holy knights, priests, and priestesses scattered on the ground with injuries. The hero party’s warriors got blown a bit away, including the heroes and prodigies. All of them lay flat on the ground, suffering some injuries as well.

She depleted a substantial amount of magical power to keep everyone safe from the impact, and it made her drowsy. However, she shouldn’t have fallen asleep yet!

"O-oh dear me!?" Shiina covered her mouth, shocked to see the allies got injured as well. Fortunately, they were still alive, only suffering minor injuries.

She decided to make a move at the right moment earlier because it was the best opportunity to strike the final judgment to end him, but even though she focused the heaven and earth divine punishment on the demon king, the impact spread to the allies as well.

However! Miko got injured despite Miko’s divine protection shield and her additional protective spell. She would be punished for sure because of this! Therefore, she rushed to Miko’s side and healed the one she had to protect at all costs. Everyone else might get injured, but not Miko because if so, she didn’t know what Agent White, the Lord of Heaven, and the Supreme Goddess would do for her punishment once they returned later.

"My apologies. I didn’t expect the concentrated force to spread." Shiina bowed in apology.

"Heal my people as well, and I will accept your apology." Miko sighed, but she couldn’t blame Lady Shiina because it might be an accident, overlooking the unexpected.

"Hey, then what about us? You almost killed us alongside that demon king from close proximity." Rhykdohr voices his complaint full of dissatisfaction.

"You can keep your arse safe on your own, secret protector." Shiina snorted and went to heal Miko’s people quickly and swiftly.

Yet, she only healed the hero party moderately with a treatment far different from how she healed Miko’s people to full health. She had to sacrifice several bottles of divine healing elixirs for it.

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When the hero party returned to their senses, the Elysion Church’s people were already in the heart of the city, performing a prayer to release the departed souls trapped in this demonic city to the afterlife.

"What just happened?" Mashiro looked left and right. The demon king unleashed a powerful move, and the lady beside Saintess Miko made a move and he lost consciousness partially at that moment, oblivious of things afterward.

And yet, when he regained consciousness, everything was over and his comrades were lying on the ground with some minor injuries.

"It’s our victory. You did great to kill the demon king’s second form, lad." Rhykdohr patted Mashiro’s back.

"It was all thanks to your help, senior." Mashiro was flattered, but the credit wasn’t for him alone. Everyone fought for it.

As Saintess Miko sang the hymn, the prayer for the departed, with the priestesses surrounding her, everyone’s attention was soon drawn to the ladies of the Elysion Chruch, and also the souls emerged from the ground. Only those with sensitive vision ability could see the emergence of the thousands of souls, but those who could witness it responded with a satisfied smile to send the departed.

It was their victory. The demon king and the demons were slayed, and the departed souls trapped in this land were released with a smile. Those souls expressed their gratitude before leaving for the sky.