"Toying with you? Hah, do not flatter yourself, what I am doing is no different than how an adult would not fight a child with their full strength," Responded not-God, getting up again as I used Restoration Magic on Persia, before forming some clones to heal the others that were still alive, as well as to unravel the barrier around Az.

  "Keep talking, you bastard," I growled in response, drawing out my twin blades, before saying to Persia, "Stay down, I'll handle him on my own. My clones will tell the others to do the same……with Az passed out, I'm the only one that really stands a chance."

  "But that's……no, I-I understand. Fine, but you better not die, Kuro!" She exclaimed pleadingly.

  "Don't worry, it's been quite a while since I lost a fight……I'll be just fine," I assured her confidently, as I shifted my gaze over towards him.

  All that said, how am I supposed to kill him? He can immediately undo any physical damage with Restoration Magic, just like how I can. I need to restrain or incapacitate him, and then drain his life force……but how do I accomplish the former, now that my rainbow beam has been rendered ineffective against him?

  Not-God then shot towards me, firing out a barrage of several Elemental blasts, which I blocked with my Defense Magic, before immediately using Teleport as I lost sight of him. A Destruction Magic blast came zipping towards me as I reappeared, which I quickly countered with an Obliteration Magic blast, canceling it out.

  I then stiffened as I felt my hair shift a bit, quickly darting myself out of the way in response as he tried to grab my head from behind, instead grabbing my right shoulder as I evaded, and crushed it effortlessly.

  I rapidly extended my claws towards him as I used Restoration Magic on myself to restore my arm, he quickly teleported to dodge, right before I felt an immense impact on my back, my spine shattering and organs rupturing as I got sent rapidly zipping through the air and crashing onto the barrier with immense force.

  As I restored myself again, I fired out a powerful sonic blast from my mouth towards him, which he didn't even bother to dodge, before I switched to my sticky spiderwebs, but he tore them apart with heated water slashes, closing in on me and punching a hole through my chest before I could teleport or dodge.

  "Your Restoration Magic will be useless once you are dead. I shall crush your head and tear out your heart, not even you cannot survive such immense damage," He remarked, reaching for my head and starting to crush it in his grasp, before everything went dark……

  "Now, who is next……ah, I forgot about this ability, what a nuisance you are," Frowned not-God, flaming roaring around my body as my Phoenix Resurrection kicked in and I revived, before quickly teleporting a fair distance away……crap, I can't use that ability again for a whole day.

  And like he said, I can only use Restoration Magic so long as I'm still alive, I can't cast the spell if I'm dead, after all. What do I……suddenly, someone spoke to me through the telepathic link, changing the entire equation.

  "How are you even still alive……no, that's not important right now. Are you sure this'll work?" I inquired in response.

  "Hmph, who do you think I am? Just make sure to play your part."

  Alright, then……we've got a plan. Now to execute it, I just have to wait for the signal……

  "It's finally time to end this, wouldn't you say, not-God?" I remarked with a sigh.

  "Oh, it is already over, you just do not know it," He replied with a scoff, as he formed a large Destruction Magic blast……which suddenly disappeared, as the barrier turned red, and he exclaimed in shock, "What……!? What is this!?"

  "Now's your chance!" Yelled Belia, sitting up after having played dead this whole time.

  I immediately shot towards not-God, who was looking bewildered and confused, as I extended out my unicorn horn, teleported to his blind spot behind and fired out the beam. He began to react, but his movements were a lot less sharp than before……as my beam struck him head-on, but wasn't nullified this time.

  Because the modification to the barrier that Belia had just added nullified all Divine Magic……she'd been the one who contacted me using the telepathic link, to tell me that she'd be using the last remaining drop of her Divine Magic to form a barrier that both prevents the activation of other Divine Magic spells and nullifies any active Divine Magic spells.

  And while that also meant that I won't be able to use my Divine Magic, not-God will be at a far, far greater disadvantage without his Divine Magic that I am without mine. With the tiny amount of Divine Magic that Belia had left, this modification to the barrier would only last for five seconds……which is more than enough time for me this finish this.

  Having struck him with my rainbow beam, the job was half-complete……all that's left is to see it through. I slashed off his arms with my blades before getting him in a tight headlock, as I finally managed to sink my claws into him and began absorbing his life force.

  Suddenly, Shiro appeared, still completely naked, and dug his own claws into not-God, consuming his life force.

  "Hey, what do you think you're-!?" I began to snap with a frown.

  "Oh, zip it, this guy's got a ton of life force, let's not take any chances, and just drain him as quickly as possible!" He snapped in response.

  Tch, I suppose he has a point……Belia's barrier just faded, so we need to finish this off quickly.

  "No……no, I refuse to be killed by you! This world will fall into chaos if I cease to exist!" Exclaimed not-God, as he suddenly began struggling, starting to wrench free of my grasp.

  No way, are the effects of my rainbow beam already fading? He's recovering from it a lot faster than Sant did.

  "I don't think so……," Suddenly came Az's voice, as not-God's lower half got encased in ice in the blink of an eye, "What was it that you were repeating to us this whole battle……oh, that's right, 'you are just wasting your time'."

  I then quickly fired a continuous rainbow beam at Sant, deciding to keep it going until he ceases to exist……

  "D-damn you……Kuro Black! My biggest mistake was reincarnating you with your memories intact, this world has become unstable ever since then! Your existence cannot be allowed! If I cease to exist, the world will only further plunge into instability and chaos, the reincarnation cycle will be unregulated, volatile and unstable, that cannot happen-!" He yelled in despair and panic.

  "Yeah, well, guess what? I don't care about any of that," I cut him off coldly, before the last of his life force was drained away, his body turning to dust.

  It's……it's over. It's finally over. Right……?

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  Point-of-View: Samsara

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  How can this be……? This cannot be possible, am I about to cease to exist? No……no, I refuse to die like this!

  "No……no, I refuse to be killed by you! This world will fall into chaos if I cease to exist!" I declared, before my lower body was encased in ice.

  Hm? My energy flow……it is stabilizing slightly. But not enough for me to cast any spells, at least not any complex enough to be of use in this situation. I do not have any moves left……at this rate, I will cease to exist in a matter of seconds!

  That cannot happen……it simply cannot! But……I cannot escape. Very well, then……if I am to die, I shall make sure that they will not be allowed to live freely afterwards! I probably cannot kill them……but one way or another, I will have my revenge for this unacceptable humiliation!

  With my barely stable energy flow, I managed to sever a piece of my consciousness, along with a small bit of Divine Magic, detaching it from my body while contained in a small, invisible orb. Right as I finished severing that fraction of my being, I was hit with another rainbow beam, the hint of stability I'd regained instantly undone……but I managed to detach that fraction just in time.

  Very well, then……I suppose that I have no choice but to accept it……I have been defeated here, there is no denying that. In the end, I made the same mistake that Sant did, and underestimated them……leading to my downfall.

  However, unlike Sant, I……I shall return, and in order to plunge all of them into the deepest of despair when I do, I shall make it seem like they have completely defeated me……

  "D-damn you……Kuro Black! My biggest mistake was reincarnating you with your memories intact, this world has become unstable ever since then! Your existence cannot be allowed! If I cease to exist, the world will only further plunge into instability and chaos, the reincarnation cycle will be unregulated, volatile and unstable, that cannot happen-!" He yelled, putting on an act.

  "Yeah, well, guess what? I don't care about any of that," He responded, as he consumed the remainder of my life force and Divine Magic, my body fading……

  My severed bit of consciousness then awakened, it was nothing but a small, invisible orb that could not be perceived by sight alone. The small amount of Divine Magic that I managed to retain is likely only enough for a single significant divine spell……once I cast it, I shall cease to exist.

  And if I do not cast it, I will cease to exist eventually, most likely within a few years. And this amount of my consciousness is far too small to even attempt taking over the body of another. Either way, it is impossible for me to survive, my death is now nothing more than an inevitability. But before I cease to exist, I shall find a way to make them pay for what they have done to me, it will be the last thing that I ever do……

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