Within the endless chaos, the golden sun continued to expand, illuminating this chaos.
Boundaries began to clarify within the chaos: sky and earth, day and night, light and dark, fantasy and reality, life and death, spring, summer, autumn, and winter, the boundaries between stars and stars...
Countless boundaries separated the chaos, the irregular chaos evolving toward order.
The ability of boundaries is one that can fundamentally overturn everything in the world.
It is because of boundaries that all things can exist. Without the water's surface, a lake cannot exist; without the mountain's ridge, mountains and sky cannot exist.
Without boundaries, the world itself cannot exist.
This is a fundamental power touching the deepest roots of the world, and also the Boundary Truth mastered by the Halloween Queen.
What is called the ability to summon monsters beyond her limits is merely a partial description of the truth she masters.
Yet now, no matter how extremely she escalates, no matter how she radiates her Spirit Status and unleashes her truth—
All of it is useless against the true monster she cannot comprehend.
"The authority over boundaries has been seized?"
The Halloween Queen opened her mouth in shock. She couldn't imagine what kind of monster Judas had summoned.
Though its Spirit Status was far lower than hers, and it had no truth in its body—merely by existing here, it rendered her utterly powerless, able only to await death.
Omniscience and Omnipotence? What exactly is Omniscience and Omnipotence? Even Little Garden's Central Core might not comprehend true Omniscience and Omnipotence.
All Little Garden's Central Core can do is limited Omniscience and Omnipotence within its domain—only its domain is slightly vast.
But that doesn't mean limited Omniscience and Omnipotence is weak—like a monster that can destroy the multiverse with five kilograms of Psychic power.
Output can never limit Omniscience and Omnipotence. The only thing that can limit it is will.
Without will, Omniscience and Omnipotence mean nothing. Without meaning, it does not exist.
The Monotheistic God Yahweh summoned by Judas right now is exactly like that.
He merely stands there, rendering the Halloween Queen powerless. Unable to attack, unable to interfere, unable to comprehend.
Thus, the Halloween Queen can hold on for a moment, not instantly defeated.
Yet now, seeing the fake Last King's Spirit Status taken from Aslan's body, the Halloween Queen smiled bitterly.
"Haha, in the end, I truly deserved it."
The Halloween Queen never expected this was originally a joke she and Aslan planned for the gods.
But who would have thought—just for a joke—the Christian Holy Son would sacrifice everything, even going truly insane to obtain it?
Or, who could have imagined? Just as she never expected the Holy Son was truly Judas.
Now, she seemed to already see it—Judas using his last breath to command the Monotheistic God before him to kill her.
Wanting to perish together with her.
"Shiroyasha and Aslan, this time I was truly harmed by you two."
The Halloween Queen sighed softly, retracting her Spirit Status, gathering her Authorities, and finally tidying her appearance once more.
Smiling, she looked toward the Monotheistic God slowly beginning to move before her.
She knew that as long as she canceled Khaos's summoning and reconnected with Little Garden's Central Core, she could escape this predicament.
The Winds of Decadence would emerge and cleanse all demons and monsters.
But summoning the Winds of Decadence also has a price. Once Two-Digit-level Winds of Decadence blow, what is cleansed won't just be the Monotheistic God before her.
Little Garden, human history—everything would end.
She, the Halloween Queen, could not sacrifice Little Garden, sacrifice human history, just to survive.
Better to sacrifice herself and vanish together with this Monotheistic God that should not exist.
"I hope after I'm gone, you can take good care of the Halloween Queen Community."
The golden-haired Queen in a blazing red dress—stubborn to the end—closed her eyes, preparing to welcome her own end.
The Halloween Queen—one of the three Problem Children who had never lost—would finally welcome her great defeat at this moment.
Only her defeat was the most painful—sacrificing her life.
Star Spirits cannot die. To kill a Star Spirit, all corresponding stars in the infinite worlds must be destroyed simultaneously.
To kill her, all suns must be destroyed.
But that is only under normal circumstances. In the current situation, Omniscience and Omnipotence can certainly erase her without destroying all suns.
"Your Majesty the Queen, why close your eyes at this moment?"
Right then, a familiar voice exploded in her ears. The Halloween Queen's eyelids trembled slightly.
Was it an auditory hallucination? No? It wasn't.
It was Aslan wearing Arthur's skin—who, unbeknownst when, had already appeared before her.
Seeing Aslan, the Halloween Queen slightly tilted her head, staring at him with slight confusion.
"What are you doing here?"
As she spoke, the Halloween Queen raised her hand to send Aslan away. Sacrificing her alone was enough.
There was no need to let Aslan—a promising future Creator God—also sacrifice himself here.
And this was ultimately her fault. This was a problem she caused—so wasn't it normal to end it with her life?
Just like Judas—in his final moments before death—commanded Yahweh to kill the Halloween Queen.
In his view, all this was the Halloween Queen's plan. Even if he died, he must drag her to hell with him.
"Of course, to protect you, Your Majesty the Queen."
Aslan slightly bowed to the Halloween Queen, holding back the hand preparing to send him away.
Aslan gently grasped the Halloween Queen's hand and kissed it while bowing.
Then, he turned, staring firmly at the vast and indescribable Monotheistic God in the distance.
Suddenly, endless light gathered in his hand, condensing the ancient Star Holy Sword—as if it had existed since the planet's birth.
At the same time, in the depths of chaos—at that initial singularity—a pillar of light piercing heaven and earth appeared.
The power of the Star Holy Sword in Aslan's hand also began swelling rapidly, as if without upper limit.
Until it reached a level sufficient to rival the Monotheistic God before him.
"What's happening? Wasn't that fake?"
Judas—his body pierced by spear and sword, on the brink of death—stared at the Star Holy Sword in Aslan's hand, unable to help widening his eyes.
"This Last King's Spirit Status… wasn't it fictional?"
He was unwilling. Why?
Why was the Last King's Spirit Status fake in his hands, having no effect on him?
But in Aslan's hands, it was real.
"Perhaps, perhaps you weren't worthy?"
Indra added a soft strike—like a sharp sword piercing Judas's heart.
"Hahaha…"
Judas laughed heartily, as if he had shattered.
He seemed to understand something.
He felt that his Two-Digit life was truly full of drama.
Rising to that position was purely due to Jesus's advantage, and his fall was deserved.
Virtue not matching position inevitably brings disaster.
Is this what "virtue not matching position" means?
Then amid laughter, Judas truly lost his breath.
Prithvi looked at Judas with pity. It could only be said Judas's death was well-deserved. If only this man hadn't been so greedy, he wouldn't have ended like this.
On the other side, the Halloween Queen raised her head, looking at Aslan blocking her path.
For some reason, a sudden sense of security emerged in her heart—like a tall knight appearing before a frail princess.
No—the word "like" should be removed.
At this moment, her long-frozen heart beat again. A strange feeling surged within her.
But Aslan didn't know what the Halloween Queen was thinking. He only somehow felt a cold sweat.
(Damn, overacting too much.)
His body was slightly unable to withstand such immense power.
Little Garden's Central Core support for him was certainly not without cost. After Aslan finished charging and swung this sword, he would certainly cleanse the Monotheistic God bug that should not exist.
But one troublesome thing: Arthur's current Spirit Status was still Four-Digit level.
The Last King's Spirit Status also hadn't reached Two-Digit level. The Star Holy Sword's output limit was only Three-Digit level.
That was Three-Digit—not like existences written as Three-Digit but actually no different from Two-Digit, like the Halloween Queen.
The Three-Digit output limit of the Star Holy Sword was like a Four-Digit Outlier compared to Three-Digit—truly invincible in the Lower Layers.
But in the Upper Layers, it wasn't even comparable to an ordinary Three-Digit.
Arthur's Spirit Status, plus the Last King's Spirit Status, plus three Star Holy Sword output channels to reach Two-Digit—even for an output that could erase the Monotheistic God bug in one strike—was still somewhat difficult.
Cracks slowly appeared on Aslan's skin, and the sound of glass breaking rang out.
Even the Star Holy Sword was somewhat unable to withstand this output.
Aslan wasn't Zeus, who had accumulated power for years. Moreover, currently, with Khaos's isolation, Little Garden's Central Core could only support him to have output capable of erasing the Monotheistic God.
(No!)
Suddenly, the Halloween Queen's heart pounded.
A panicked feeling emerged. She unconsciously reached out, wanting to stop Aslan.
But Aslan's current body was so fragile that even a light touch would shatter it.
"This is the Salvation War!!!"
Finally, endless light flowed from the Holy Sword, tearing through chaos and also erasing the Monotheistic God.
Light from Little Garden's Central Core finally descended. Pitch-black Winds of Decadence slowly blew, cleansing this final trace.
Only Aslan before the Halloween Queen slowly vanished, leaving behind one shattered Star Holy Sword.
"Farewell, Your Majesty the Queen, the only eternal sun in my heart…"
The Halloween Queen silently took the shattered Star Holy Sword—no longer possessing its former glory—and fell silent.
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At the former location of Outer Gate 7777, Aslan stared painfully at the cracked Arthur Planeswalker card.
"It really almost broke."
"But after repair, it should be able to maintain one Two-Digit output under normal conditions."
Shiroyasha glanced at him, understanding Aslan's return meant no major issues, and felt relieved.
"By the way, why didn't Halloween come back with you?"
"I left first, and canceled the Arthur identity before leaving."
Aslan said with slight pride. This time he had truly escaped the Halloween Queen.