Eldritch Creature's Guide

279  Pinnacle Mortal Battle (2)

But Holy Legendaries were rare, and people who reached that boundary and could become Transcendents at any given moment were even beyond rare. Each one f them was an undisputed ruler of the Material Plane of the Cosmos.

With the death of Johan d'Orleáns of the Most Holy Paladin Order of the Silver Crusade of Divine Light, the list would be once again shorter and the Paladin Order would need to invest a lot of resources into the cultivation of a new Grandmaster.

"So that was your aim from the start..."

Johan d'Orleáns said quietly, without much emotion showing, because he accepted his fate and knew that this wasn't just the plot of the Hall of Kadath.

No matter how arrogant he was, he had to admit that compared to the Hall of Kadath, the Most Holy Paladin Order of the Silver Crusade of Divine Light and even the entire Avalon Kingdom were nothing more than just annoying pests.

The Hall of Kadath in truth didn't care about the existence of the Most Holy Paladin Order of the Silver Crusade of Divine Light, though they were wary of the Avalon Kingdom for an obvious reason.

"Who else?"

Johan d'Orleáns asked as he defended against the Spells of the Hall Master, who was considered as one of the most powerful Spell Casters among the mortals for the past several Eras.

"At least half of the 13 Gates..."

Supreme Pontiff of the Azathoth's Court answered casually as he conjured another wave of crimson-like energy into a form of an arrow and shot it towards Johan d'Orleáns at tremendous speed.

Actually, the sole reason he was doing this entire charade was that he was paid for it by the combined efforts of the Nesser Dynasty, Underdark, Asura Tribe, Pale Congregation, Calamity Church, Germinal Order and Magisterium to get rid of Johan d'Orleáns and thus weaken the Most Holy Paladin Order of the Silver Crusade of Divine Light.

Most of these factions didn't wish to fight Grandmaster Johan d'Orleáns on their own for many reasons, so they put a request through The Guild for the assassination of Grandmaster Johan d'Orleáns.

Meanwhile, Menuhyutt Faulhaber wanted to kill another being on the same level and quench his thirst for battle, which, while very well controlled, but he needed to satiate it once in a while.

Apocalypse Magic was one of the most dangerous branches of Magic in existence and it was something that was typically wielded only by powerful Transcendental Spell Casters.

But right now, the mortal was using the power of the Apocalypse Magic to destroy the Divine Light Shield that was protecting the Grandmaster Johan d'Orleáns through Apocalyptic Spell Weapons that the Hall Master was casting at him.

To the mild surprise of the Hall Master of the Hall of Kadath, the Divine Light Shield that was protecting Grandmaster Johan d'Orleáns was holding still. It didn't take a genius to figure out that the Grandmaster Johan d'Orleáns was using the Divine Power of his Lord to boost up his own combat prowess...

Which was most interesting, using that power right from the start.

Normally speaking, even Holies couldn't hold the Transcendental Power for a prolonged period of time, especially if it was the Transcendental Power of one of 'Them'.

Even their mighty bodies would crumble and their very own souls would be crushed into nothingness under such overwhelming might that was never to be meant in their hands in the first place.

'He is still holding very well... I wonder how he will survive this.'

As the Grandmaster Johan d'Orleáns was preoccupied with maintaining the Divine Light Shield, Menhuhyutt Faulhaber summoned his sword and staff as he spread his arms, holding a sword in his right hand and staff in his left hand.

In a split of a second, the sky darkened from the previous azure blue color to the menacing crimson-black color as thunderbolts started striking the ground and wind was blowing, the earth was shaking and nature itself was becoming unstable.

Not even moments later, the crimson sphere of destruction appeared in the sky; as the entire Middle World shook, nature cried in panic and the mountains around them started collapsing one by one.

"Enjoy... Ruin the Extinct."

As he finished the incarnation, the crimson sphere of destruction fell onto the Grandmaster Johan d'Orleáns's Divine Light Shield as everything went white from the explosion.

The very own second the crimson sphere of destruction exploded, the central Leylines imploded from the explosion above them.

What followed after was an unprecedented degree of destruction, as the Leylines all over the entire Middle World started exploding one by one; most of them were entirely destroyed while some, which were not, were crippled.

Menuhyutt Faulhaber used the Void Magic to cast a Void Shield over him to protect himself from the Apocalypse that was taking place on the earth because he was sure that even he wouldn't leave unscathed if he was caught in those explosions.

He waited for some time for the situation to calm down as approximately 95% of the lifeforms in the Middle World had perished, while the remaining 5% would perish within the upcoming day as they were lucky to survive.

Unfortunately for them, the destruction of the Leyline Network through the Apocalyptic Magic was far more frightening than even the Hall Master anticipated. Even though the Middle World was standing and wouldn't be destroyed, it would soon enough be turned into a Death World.

This was a grave loss for the Avalon Kingdom and Most Holy Paladin Order of the Silver Crusade of Divine Light, probably even far more severe than the loss of their Grandmaster Johan d'Orleáns.

Only rarely is the World destroyed because it was very rare for such a thing to happen and not many Transcendental would care enough to destroy World personally.

Worlds were crucial resources for the development of the factions, and due to fact that Transcendents could exist in the High World, it mainly left Middle World and Lower Worlds for the mortal factions to develop.

To obtain resources, recruit people and so on...

So Middle Worlds were priceless and irreplaceable resources for any faction.

And even if the World wasn't destroyed, it became a Death World...

Which was essentially the same thing, just in a different way.

Death Worlds were worlds that were once magical in nature, but their Leylines were entirely destroyed and the World Core was damaged severely through it.

When that happens, although the World won't be destroyed, it will become an empty husk without any life, resources, energy or anything else.

Once the explosions died down, Menuhyutt Faulhaber looked at the broken form of the Grandmaster Johan d'Orleáns, who indeed perished in the explosions...

"Goodbye... old friend."

He muttered as he looked at the departing soul of Grandmaster Johan d'Orleáns, which was being personally taken to the Divine Kingdom of the 'Him'.

In this regard, even though Menuhyutt was tempted to catch it, he didn't dare.