Chapter 262: Final Battle, Sacrifice, and Chains of Order
"Roar!" An even more massive Deep Realm King rose from the ruins with terrifying majesty.
Its form was so enormous that the shadow hanging from its palm could easily cover a large group of wizards.
Chaos reached into the ruins with its right hand and pulled out an identical giant sword.
The giant sword crashed down on the numerous wizards, the accompanying wind pressure making everyone gasp for breath.
Despair spread through everyone's hearts, and some wizards had already given up with obvious defeat.
But a grey-white scaled dragon flew up, magical power flickering in the mysterious symbols on its scales.
The dragon opened its mouth and bit the giant sword, sparks flying where teeth met blade.
The shockwave from the collision of powerful forces scattered the wizards in all directions.
Sensing its nemesis's aura, the wound on Chaos's chest began to ache faintly and drove it even more insane.
"Hey, pull yourselves together! Behind us are the people we love!" Aiden's voice, accompanied by mental waves, spread across the entire battlefield.
With the four legendary wizards casting spells to enhance him, combined with his own magical power, the gap in size was finally bridged.
The Deep Realm King's power began eroding the surroundings as a church made of bones descended from above.
Like a nail, it pinned down the entire Deep Realm's space-time. Two forces pulled against each other, and the church creaked ominously.
"Act quickly! Its ability to modify the world has been nullified!" Aiden shouted back with urgency.
The wizards raised their wands together, hurling flames, frost, and lightning at Chaos like they cost nothing.
Chaos took advantage of Aiden's moment of speaking to pull back its giant sword, preparing to strike the wizards again.
Aiden could only open his mouth to bite at its shoulder. Chaos cried out in pain and changed the direction of its sword swing.
The blade carved a long wound across Aiden's back with brutal force.
"Whimper!"
Pain triggered Aiden's ferocity. Violence flashed in his heterochromatic eyes as frost carried mental breath poured forth.
The attack poured directly through Chaos's wound, freezing its shoulder while causing tears in its body.
The surrounding black gel surged again, preparing to repair Chaos's body.
"Stop it!" the President shouted with desperate determination.
Godric, Salazar, Rowena, and Helga all attacked the black gel simultaneously, but unfortunately with little effect.
"President, what do we do?" a young man asked, looking toward the President.
"Of course, we use humanity's consistent cheating methods."
The President took off his robes and handed them to the young man, saying with resolve:
"Neville Cole, in my name as President, I command you to take over my duties!"
A golden rune flickered on his body... the sacrifice rune Tiwaz (ᛏ).
With Apparition, the President appeared above the black gel.
The golden rune blazed with light as his deathly resolve merged with his magical power. An explosion sounded, and a massive golden pillar shot skyward, dispersing the surrounding black gel.
"President!" Before Neville Cole could grieve, the gel began surging again.
"Herman Ortega, in my name as President, I command you to take over."
Soon Neville followed in the President's footsteps with the same sacrifice.
"Joy Roland..." "Weber Schroder..." "Joan Sherman..."
The platinum robes passed continuously among the wizards.
More wizards saw the situation and lit up their Tiwaz (ᛏ) runes.
With resolute will, they passed on threads of insignificant hope.
"I'll go too!" Godric said. Runes appeared between his fingers.
But another wizard stopped him, saying with obvious urgency:
"You must maintain the spells on the dragon! And children, we're counting on you!"
After speaking, this wizard also charged into the black gel with determination.
Aiden felt the deadly resolve behind him and worked even harder to breathe dragon breath at Chaos.
Through Aiden's efforts, Chaos's core was finally exposed to everyone.
The grey-white dragon pushed Chaos away with its claws. Chaos reached out to grab him but was covered by more spells.
Aiden flapped his wings and flew into the air. Ignoring his still-bleeding back, lightning began gathering on his body.
Rage and killing intent condensed. After witnessing so many wizards sacrifice their lives, Aiden's heart could not remain calm.
Sorrow slowly tinted the purple lightning with dark-red radiance. Someone on the fourth layer throne of the Deep Realm suddenly sensed this.
At this moment, golden particles scattered around suddenly gathered toward Aiden.
"Young man, sober up! Don't let hatred cloud your mind!" The President's voice echoed in Aiden's mind.
The killing intent in his heterochromatic eyes gradually subsided, returning to their previous calm.
"Don't try to kill them. These filthy things can't be killed. Make good use of everyone's sacrifice."
More voices reached Aiden's heart through the golden particles.
The wills of numerous wizards echoed, and the collective unconscious sea above the Deep Realm trembled.
Aiden turned his gaze to the four giants, thoughts flowing into their minds.
The four giants also nodded to Aiden with understanding.
Aiden's gaze pierced through the Deep Realm, reaching the collective unconscious sea.
A castle broke through the Deep Realm's layers of seals and appeared in the sixth layer.
The dragon flew toward the castle and landed there. The castle slowly absorbed the golden particles from Aiden's body.
The gates opened, and golden chains flew out, wrapping around the Deep Realm King.
"Roar!" The Deep Realm King began struggling to rise with desperate fury.
The surrounding gel surged more violently, but the wall formed by the sacrificial explosions of numerous wizards prevented them from breaking through.
"Then let this final strike serve as our farewell."
Aiden raised his staff. The Manipulator's ability combined with magical power as massive amounts of purple lightning burst from the staff's tip.
Lightning wrapped around the staff like fabric, with a thin line connecting both ends.
A great purple bow appeared in Aiden's hands.
Aiden drew the longbow, and golden particles gathered toward it again.
At the same time, Aiden's magical power and abilities seeped in, and a seven-coloured arrow appeared.
Aiden released the bowstring. The arrow disappeared the moment it left the bow.
The next moment, a cracking sound rang out as the colourful arrow precisely pierced through Chaos's core.
The core shattered, and Chaos could no longer resist Hogwarts castle's spectral grasp.
The remaining fragments were wrapped in golden chains and imprisoned within Hogwarts castle.
"We won..."
It was the same wizard as before, but this time his companion punched him in the face, making him swallow his words.
Cheers echoed throughout the entire Deep Realm. Aiden also used Hogwarts' reflection to open the path back.
Returning to the real world, the Muggles had been completely defeated, and the militant elites among magical creatures were all eliminated.
Years of war finally came to an end at this moment.
The last person to appear before Aiden with the platinum robes was a child.
Aiden didn't know his name. He just patted the child's shoulder and extracted the particles of the sacrificed.
Placing the particles into parchment, something magical happened. This single scroll actually split into three items.
A book, a quill, and a list.
Aiden forced himself to hand the list to the boy before collapsing unconscious with exhaustion.