Devil's System: A Necromancer's Rise

The golden light enveloping Bellarion faded, revealing a new, more formidable form. Six flaming wings blazed like the sun, radiating blinding brilliance.

His body was now clad in powerful celestial armor, inscribed with gleaming holy runes. His weapons had merged into a single massive, glowing axe with a plasma core, ready to annihilate anyone in its path.

Raiden, witnessing the transformation, shifted his stance. His thunder hammer pulsed wildly, sensing the overwhelming pressure of this newfound power. "Good... you've got my blood boiling!"

CLANG!

Without warning, Bellarion vanished and reappeared before Raiden. His speed had increased tenfold!

Moving at lightning speed, Bellarion unleashed a hundred slashes per second, each swing splitting the air into superheated plasma.

Raiden, bombarded by the relentless assault, could only defend with Thunder Mirage, creating eight lightning illusions across the battlefield.

BOOOOOM!

The sky split as the two colossal forces clashed. Bellarion, in his Sacra Bellum Divinum form, shot forward like a meteor, his fiery axe scorching the air crimson. Raiden met him head-on with a thunderous swing of his hammer.

CLANGGGG!

The first collision shook the entire kingdom. The ground cracked like glass, buildings crumbling to dust.

"HAHAHA! THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR!" Raiden roared, his eyes blazing with blue electricity.

Bellarion grinned, his six flaming wings flaring. "You're only hastening your own death!"

Spinning his axe, Bellarion summoned a swirling plasma tornado. "INFERNO DESTROYER!"

Raiden, unable to dodge, slammed his hammer into the earth. "THUNDER GOD'S WRATH!"

KRAAAK!

A bolt of blue-green lightning split the heavens, cleaving the fire tornado in two. Bellarion was thrown back but instantly retaliated.

"FLAME PILLAR!"

A colossal pillar of fire erupted beneath Raiden—but he vanished, reappearing above Bellarion with his hammer raised high.

"RAGNAROK SMASH!"

DUARRR!

The hammer struck Bellarion's back, sending him crashing down like a stone. Yet, before hitting the ground, he twisted and hurled his axe.

"BOOMERANG INFERNO!"

Raiden spun, deflecting the spinning axe with his hammer, sending sparks of fire and lightning scattering.

"You're fast," Raiden admitted, spitting blood.

Bellarion caught his returning axe. "Getting tired already?"

Raiden merely smirked. Blood dripped from his wounds, but his eyes still burned with excitement. "Just warming up."

He channeled energy into his hammer. "THUNDER CHARGE!"

Lightning enveloped him, drastically boosting his speed. A barrage of strikes rained upon Bellarion—gut punches, spinning kicks to the chin, elbow strikes to the ribs.

But Bellarion endured them all. "ENOUGH!"

He flung out his hand. "SOLAR FLARE!"

A blinding explosion of light forced Raiden to stagger. Seizing the moment, Bellarion swung his axe, slicing Raiden's shoulder.

SLASH!

Blood sprayed.

"GRAAAH!" Raiden stumbled but quickly regained his footing.

Bellarion gave him no respite. "HEAVEN'S FLAME!"

He raised both hands, conjuring a massive fireball above. The heat was so intense that nearby stones began to melt.

Raiden looked up and laughed. "You really wanna end this?"

He raised his hammer high, gathering lightning from all directions. "FINE! I'LL SEE THIS THROUGH TO THE END!"

"INFERNO JUDGMENT!" Bellarion roared, hurling the fireball.

"THOR'S APOCALYPSE!" Raiden countered, launching his hammer—now a living bolt of thunder.

DOREEEEEM!

For a moment, the world stood still as the two forces collided.

Then—

BOOOOOOOM!

An indescribable explosion. The shockwave flattened everything within a kilometer.

As the dust settled, Raiden lay in a massive crater, his thunder hammer cracked beside him.

Bellarion stood over him, barely in better shape. Four of his six wings were shattered, his celestial armor fractured.

"You... are truly a monster," he muttered, raising his axe for the final blow.

Suddenly—

SHIIIING!

A white-aura katana stabbed into the ground between them.

A cloaked figure appeared in a flash.

"That's enough," a cold, flat voice declared.

Before Bellarion could react—

SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!

Three invisible strikes severed his last wings.

A final kick to his temple sent him crashing unconscious to the ground.

The mysterious figure then turned to Raiden, who managed a weak smile.

"Still alive, Raiden?"

Raiden raised a bloody thumb. "Always..."

=== BAB 15 END ===