Chapter 95

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Under the guidance of Guild Master Act, the ultra-evolved heroes splendidly defeated the Four Heavenly Kings.

In the grasslands near the northern wall.

"We did it! We won, we won, we won!"

The evil dragon Vivel, in human form, was hopping around.

"You guys are amazing! Seriously, you're all so cool!"

"Hey, Vivel, are you there?"

"Uh, yeah, I'm here! I was with Lawrence and the others the whole time!"

"You ran away to the sky right after you dropped us off, didn't you?"

Sighing, Ulgar said, "Well, well."

"Hey, it's fine! I value my life too! I don't want to get caught up in a battle between monsters!"

"‘Monsters between monsters?’"

The Lawrence party tilted their heads in confusion.

"You guys, that's what you are."

Kahagi and Vivel muttered in exasperation.

The members of the Far Eastern Hero Party also nodded.

"Well, we've defeated the Four Heavenly Kings, so it's over, right? They won't do anything anymore, right? Absolutely not!"

Vivel said with a smile, and at that moment...

...the world stopped.

"What! What's going on? Nothing's moving... I can't move either!"

The sky and the flowers were frozen in place.

Everyone was frozen, but one person was clapping.

"Excellent. Truly excellent."

A masked man descended from the sky.

"Who are you!?"

Vivel, wide-eyed with shock, watched as the man landed gracefully.

"Nice to meet you. I am Dostoevsky, one of the evil gods who bring destruction and chaos to this world."

"An evil god...! Oh! I've heard of you... There was a story about an evil god who tried to destroy the world..."

Humans believe that evil gods are just myths or fairy tales.

But the long-lived demon races know that such beings truly exist.

Vivel, being a demon, had heard rumors about the evil gods through word of mouth.

"Ah, you were the assistant to the Four Heavenly Kings, weren't you? And yet you don't know me?"

"Ah... yeah..."

The man was just talking normally.

But Vivel felt like he was being crushed.

As the ultimate weapon against ultra-heroes, the evil dragon could accurately sense the strange magic power the evil god possessed.

"Well, you were just a lackey, so it's natural that you wouldn't know me."

Surrounded by enemies, Dostoevsky smiled confidently.

Indeed, whether in the middle of the enemy camp or in this stopped world, he was the only one who could move.

"However, impressive... As expected of the ultimate weapon against ultra-heroes. To maintain consciousness in a stopped time is quite remarkable."

Vivel tried desperately to move his body.

But he couldn't move a single finger.

"It's futile. Time is completely stopped now. In this stopped world, no one can move except me, absolutely no one."

Dostoevsky approached Vivel with a confident smile.

"What do you want with us, an evil god?"

Dostoevsky clearly belonged to the side of the Demon King.

Vivel trembled, imagining the worst possible scenario.

"I was planning to let you run around a bit more for fun... but I received an order from above to eliminate you."

"Eliminate... But it's useless! Lawrence and the others are ultra-strong! No matter how powerful you are, you can't win!"

"True, if we fought head-on, that would be the case. So I'll use my trump card."

The evil god turned his palm upward.

There, the black sphere that Jaki had swallowed earlier was now crackling with electricity.

"The Madness Gem. A final weapon against ultra-heroes, entrusted to me by the Demon King. Didn't you find it strange that it was so easily destroyed?"

Jaki had used it to power up.

But he was still defeated by the Lawrence party.

While the ultra-heroes were exceptional, the final weapon seemed somewhat disappointing.

"This gem has a hidden function. It becomes a highly advanced small bomb by sacrificing the user's soul."

"A bomb!?"

"Yes. It has the power to destroy half of this planet in an instant. Of course, it only activates with a soul of the Four Heavenly Kings' level, and there's only one of them."

Vivel shuddered.

To think he had such a terrifying weapon hidden...

If he had a moment, Lawrence could have destroyed the gem.

But now, the world was stopped.

"Lawrence! Everyone! Damn it! Move! Everyone! Everyone!"

Vivel desperately called out to his companions.

But no one could move in this frozen time.

Including Vivel.

He couldn't even transform into a dragon and escape.

"Vivel, I have a proposal."

The masked man smiled and extended his hand.

"Would you betray the heroes and join my ranks?"

"What!? Betray!?"

Vivel was confused by Dostoevsky's sudden offer.

To join his ranks meant to become an ally of the Demon King.

"If I use this bomb, the ultra-heroes will surely die here. The world will fall into the hands of the demons. Even if you could survive the bomb... there would be no place for you in the new world."

Dostoevsky was right.

Lawrence's defeat meant the defeat of humanity and the victory of the demons.

In a world ruled by the Demon King, there would be no place for Vivel, a former ally of the heroes.

If he betrayed them now, he might secure a position.

"..."

"How about it?"

Dostoevsky tapped Vivel's shoulder.

At that moment, Vivel could move again.

"In this situation, will you side with the heroes or the Demon King? Even you, a fool, should understand, right?"

Dostoevsky extended his hand.

Vivel stared at it... and laughed.

"Right. Even a fool can understand."

Vivel slowly took the evil god's hand.

Dostoevsky smirked.

"It's that you're a fool!"

Vivel clenched his fist and punched Dostoevsky hard.

He transformed into the evil dragon.

"I was picked up by Act when I was wandering aimlessly after being exiled from the Demon King's army."

Magic power gathered in Vivel's mouth.

"I might be a fool! But! I'm not ungrateful enough to repay kindness with betrayal!"

He unleashed a powerful breath attack at the evil god.

A terrifying black dragon's breath, powerful enough to shake the stopped world, struck the evil god.

A deafening explosion and smoke filled the area.

"Huff... huff... Did I... do it?"

"Indeed, I understand."

"Wh-What!?"

The evil god Dostoevsky was unharmed by the dragon's attack.

He snapped his fingers.

Vivel's body was torn to shreds, leaving only his head on the ground.

"I have no use for fools who defy me. Die with your companions."

His cold voice contrasted with his previous confident demeanor.

In his hand, the high-performance bomb was vibrating and making a high-pitched sound.

"Act... help me..."

Vivel pleaded with the guild master who had saved him many times.

"Haha! Useless. Even that guild master is powerless in this stopped time."

Dostoevsky looked at Lawrence and the others.

The black-haired guild master was also frozen like the others.

However, the evil god didn't notice that Act was pressing his left eye with his hand.

"It's over... it's all over..."

"Kukuku! Farewell, foolish humans."

Dostoevsky threw the gem into the air.

...At that moment, the world ended.

The bomb, containing immense energy, instantly erased half of the world.

No one realized the end of the world.

Everything was annihilated before they could even notice the collapse.

...Thus, the ultra-heroes died, and the world fell into the hands of the Demon King...

"It's not over yet. The end of the world is still far off."

In the next instant, the destroyed world was instantly restored.

"What! No way!?"

Dostoevsky was shocked.

The world had been destroyed by the bomb.

Yet, everything was back to normal... no, it had been restored.

"Sniff... I believed in you... I knew you would... definitely do something..."

Vivel, his voice trembling, looked at him.

Tears streaming down the evil dragon's eyes, he saw the black-haired guild master.

"Act Age...!"

He had golden eyes that shone as he calmly glared at Dostoevsky.

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