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    A chilly wind blew across the battlefield.


    The thick smell of blood wafted across the-wide battlefield.


    It was to be thest smell that majority of these survivors would experience.


    The-wide battle still raged, the survivors still fought but it was no longer a brave and valiant resistance, it was now simply a futile and desperate attempt to prolong their lives for as long as possible.


    There were 3 foremost prominent figures in Darvis, Vice President Lydia, President Shanks, and Army Commander Legs.


    Though the death of the President was not public, having not seen him for so long despite the deteriorating condition of the battle, any warrior with a semnce of a brain could already guess what became of him.


    Despite surviving, Vice President Lydia could do nothing to turn the tides of this battle as she was simply not strong enough in the grand scheme of things.


    With those 2 important individuals out, only 1 remained, Legs.


    After the stunts that he pulled during the Battle of Hellfire Mountains, most of the warriors of Darvis only saw President Shanks as the surface leader. To them, Army Commander Legs was their true leader and protector.


    To them, he was the Divine Symbol representing Darvis.


    When Legs arrived from Austere with therge army of reinforcement, morale increased among the warriors. In their opinions, the oue of the battle was already more or less decided.


    They never expected even Legs to struggle so much against the Bug.


    The battle drenched them with the cold hard truth of reality, Legs was no God, he was a human like them, a Super with flesh and blood.


    BAM!


    The Bug Emperor''s tail stabbed through the Army Commander''s chest, impaling his heart and snuffing all remaining semnce of life away from him.


    With the tail stuck in his chest, the Army Commander gave up the ghost.


    Those who witnessed it seemed to see the end of their world as they knew it. They were right, by now, there was really no more hope.


    The war… was lost.


    Young promising warriors crumbled in fear as they saw their idol and role model die before them. The Bugs were ruthless, they rushed and massacred them.


    Veteran warriors copsed in tears. "We''ve lost!"


    Squad Commanders crumbled under the pressure. "We can''t win!"


    Legs'' death was thest stray that needed to snap. After it, Darvis truly crumbled. The Bugs steamrolled through them, squeezing them of their lives, their blood, and their determination.


    It was a total massacre.


    By now, Darvis already lost any semnce of a defense. All the shelters constructed across the were now useless as Bugs invaded inside,ying waste to the millions of lives that hid inside.


    With no one to protect them, they stood no chance.


    Tears were apanied by wails of terror and helplessness.


    "SCREEEEEECH…!!!" The mighty Bug shrieked in rage and ecstasy.


    He celebrated his victory as using his tail, he raised the corpse of his greatest nuisance and showcased it to all survivors in the battlefield.


    Christensen saw the lifeless body of his master being paraded.


    "…" Looking up, this Summoner chuckled as tears flowed down his eyes.


    ''Even master…''


    ''Our fate is really that of death…''


    They say during yourst moments, your life shes before you, Christensen experienced the same. His full life shed before him.


    He had shbacks of when he was a young, na?ve, and foolish Prince.


    He had shbacks of the silly fights he engaged in as a kid.


    He had shbacks of how he abused his parent''s power.


    He had shbacks of the first day that he met his master. ''Haha, I''m d Leo got missing, if not I would have never met master''.


    He had shbacks of his training.


    He remembered his Super way. ''He''s dead, I guess there''s really no use to living anymore, I may as well just die''.


    He had shbacks of his highest moments and his lowest ones.


    ''Hehe, my life was well spent, my only regret is dying a virgin''.


    Christensen gathered all his remaining Summoner energy and concentrated it on his body. Bloating it to the maximum, he self-destructed.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    BOOM…!!!


    "SCREEEECH…!!!" The Bug Emperor kept on shrieking victoriously.


    Watching as his father was murdered and as his uncle was forced to self-destruct, Uranus was traumatized so much that he became mentally defective.


    ''Just…, if only I had more power''.


    He coughed blood, then grabbing his ming sword onest time, he charged at the Bug Emperor while screaming in a maniacal manner.


    "DIE…!!!"


    BAM!


    Having recovered a bit of power during this time, a Psychic st was all it needed to end this Titan''s life. Uranus froze as his already severely damaged soul was sted out of his body; his body became an empty shell.


    With a sad smile on his face, his body copsed, Uranus died.


    "…" de took a deep breath.


    He watched as everything happened.


    He watched as his master died, as Christensen self-destructed, and as Uranus died, he didn''t act because he knew that even if he did, it meant nothing.


    For the first time in his life since meeting his mentor, de wanted to take the easy way out. ''It''s better I just self-destruct…'' But he paused.


    He thought of his rtionship with all those who died today.


    He thought of his rtionship with his master, Christensen, Uranus, High Official Eleanor, President Shanks, literally everybody. And he also thought of his rtionship with his dead mentor, Jon Stones.


    "…" He took another deep breath.


    ''Death is not to be feared, it''s a release, it''s a liberation''.


    ''What should be feared is dying in the wrong manner''.


    ''The least I can do for them is die honorably''.


    ''At least, I should get master''s body toy on the dirt''.


    With a smile on his face, he channeled all his remaining Pugilist energy into his sword before taking a step forward. This was hisst moments, he knew it, but he would use them to the fullest and embrace death honorably.


    Gathering all his energy on his Lightsaber, he shed.


    BOOM!


    The Bug Emperor defended but the attack chipped at his tail, cutting a significant part that held Legs'' body. The next moment, Legs'' lifeless body copsed on the ground even as the Bug retaliated.


    Another tail attack was all it took to finish de, he didn''t even try to dodge or defend, his work in this world was done.


    Before his consciousness could leave his body, he staggered to where his master''s body fell then he directed a long emotional nce at him.


    He copsed on his knees beside him. "I hope I made you proud…"


    de died.


    …


    Hourster…


    Standing on top a mountain, Vice President Lydia looked at the gradually dying aftermath of the battle as the Bugs shrieked victoriously.


    No vegetation, no survivors, just blood and devastation.


    She was thest man standing.


    Levitating in the skies, the gigantic Bug Emperor looked at the result of his actions as he screeched loudly in victory.


    "SCREEECH…!!!"


    Vice President Lydia smiled. "Given our chances from the beginning against a Grade A Cosmic Horror, I''ll say we tried".


    "It''s an honor to be thest one dying".


    She self-destructed.


    BOOM!


    The history of Darvis came to an end.