"TI STOP!" she shouted, hoping it wasn't already too late. That's how fast an attack at the speed of light could be.
The world lost its color once again. Black and white dominated everything.
As her powers took hold, she quickly jumped back, her movents frantic as she felt the warmth of blood spilling from her neck.
The pain was excruciating, but she didn't have the luxury to fully comprehend it because of the death energy still sipping through her wound.
"BUAAHH" She vomited a large amount of blood—her head barely holding itself together.
She checked her condition and discovered the blade had cut through eighty percent of her neck, narrowly missing her jugular.
'I need to heal myself first,'
Slowly, her neck began to regenerate. Normally, it would've been faster, but the death energy was now far more powerful.
'I can finally breathe,' she exhaled, her gaze drifting to Reign's frozen body, his twenty wings unfurled behind him.
'I can't believe it. He actually reached the pinnacle without relying on the Holy Grail.'
What he had done was nothing short of miraculous.
However, from the state of his body, which was slowly breaking apart, she quickly realized it was a temporary boost of power that would ultimately kill him.
Still, it didn't change the fact that he had reached her level without relying on any external items.
'What terrifying talent.'
She spent countless years, resources, and effort to get to where she was, so she knew just how painstakingly difficult it was.
'I'm glad I got this beforehand,' she muttered to herself, her fingers brushing against her chest.
Slowly, she revealed a pendant—a round gold stopwatch. It was one of the Creator's heavenly artifacts.
The Holy Grail, the Clockwork, and the Divine Eater—three artifacts, each a key to unimaginable power. And now, she has two of them in her grasp.
Three—once he extracted the Divine Eater from Lucifer's corpse.
And when that happened, she would be unrivaled, her power reaching the sa level as the almighty Creator.
'Let's end this once and for all,'
The effect of the Clockwork would soon wear off, so she needed to hurry.
Raising her hand, a black hole slowly began to form, pulling Reign's body bit by bit, warping him as the intense gravitational force stretched and compressed everything within its range.
She watched the process unfold in slow motion. She didn't dare release her ti-stop until she was certain he was gone.
With his speed, escaping a black hole was not entirely impossible.
In a way this was her way of showing his respect to him.
Finally, after what felt like an eternity, there was nothing left but empty space. Reign was gone, erased from existence.
"It's over. I'm the winner that gets to take it all," Lilith whispered, a small smile played on her lips while the colors of the world returned, and ti resud.
"I can relax--"
SLASH!
Her smile vanished. Eyes wide with disbelief.
Blood slid down her face as her vision blurred. She looked down, slowly, and saw a clean vertical gash slicing her body in two—perfectly down the center.
But even that wasn't enough to kill her.
Unfortunately, her attacker had no intention of letting her live.
SLASH!
SLASH!
SLASH!
The sound of slicing wind echoed repeatedly as her body was torn into countless pieces.
Reign's slashes were too fast, too precise. Afterimage after afterimage appeared, and within monts, she was reduced to nothing but diced at.
'How…?' That was the only thought echoing in her fading consciousness after seeing Reign laughing at her expense in one of her eyeballs.
She was sure she killed him. The ti stop, the black hole—there was no way he could have escaped.
So why? Why was she the one in this situation now? Why?
If she knew what really took place, then she would curse herself for being stupid.
A few seconds earlier, just before he completely severed her head.
He expected her to activate ti stop, so at the exact nanosecond her lips moved, he burned 75% of his energy reserve to break past the speed of light.
At that speed, his reaction ti nearly halted ti itself—though only for a split nanosecond. In that brief mont, he had to make a decision.
He knew that even if ti stopped from his perspective, it would all be for nothing if her power took effect.
So, he launched himself high into the air, leaving only an afterimage behind.
Frozen high above her, he watched as she erased his afterimage like an idiot, unaware of what was to co.
When ti resud, he dropped down like a god of death to finish her off. Unlike her, he made sure she never had a chance to counter.
Honestly, he was doing her a big favor. All that power was being wasted because she was too stupid to use it properly.
If she just checked her surroundings during the ti stop, she might have seen it coming.
"Don't worry. I'll make sure to use the power-up I'll get from eating you. And by the way, kudos for making yourself so strong. I'm sure you'll taste even better," he chuckled sadistically, his words the final straw.
All she could feel was resentnt. What hurt the most was that she couldn't even scream at him for ruining her life works after she slice her lips off.
After the anger ca regret. She wondered if any of this would have happened if she hadn't betrayed him in the first place.
Unfortunately, all those thoughts were just "ifs.".
She died without ever having the chance to speak her mind.
He sensed her anger, but he couldn't bring himself to care.
Still, the lack of ti to properly break her—physically and ntally—left a bad taste on his mouth. He would have loved to drag it out, but she was simply too powerful for that.
'Let's make sure not to waste a single drop.' He used his divine creation to create a barrier and scooped up her sliced remains midair.
Funny enough, her at looked like marbled sushi now, thanks to how thinly he had cut her up.
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