Chapter 415: Chapter 416 : The Thrill of battle after a long time

Victoria floated high above the mansion, suspended effortlessly in the night sky.

The wind curled around her body, crimson strands of hair flowing like living flame down her back. Each movement of her hair shimmered faintly under the moonlight, as if touched by embers.

Her eyes burned the same shade of red — deep, luminous, furious.

She was breathtaking.

Not in a gentle way.

In a catastrophic way.

Her outfit clung to her figure in dark crimson and black fabric, sculpted to her body like ceremonial battle attire. The material hugged her waist and hips tightly, while the upper design dipped just enough to reveal the soft curve of her cleavage without appearing fragile. It was not designed for seduction.

The fabric around her thighs shifted with the wind, revealing glimpses of pale skin beneath.

She looked like destruction wrapped in elegance.

Her crimson eyes narrowed.

She sensed it.

That presence.

Inside the mansion.

Familiar.

Infuriating.

Her lips curled in irritation.

In a low voice, she muttered,

“That useless girl kaelith… what the hell is she doing here?”

Her aura flared subtly.

“Did she follow me here?”

Her expression darkened.

“That’s it. I don’t care anymore.”

The air around her vibrated violently.

“I’m killing her today and absorbing her.”

Her voice grew colder.

“I don’t care what Belial says now.”

Her eyes burned brighter.

“She crossed a line this time. Going behind my back to meet my greatest foe.”

Her jaw tightened.

“She should have stayed in that little castle of hers.”

“Trapped like a bird.”

Slowly, she lifted a single finger.

And flicked it.

Boom.

A colossal barrier erupted outward from her position.

It expanded in an instant, swallowing the mansion and stretching far beyond the town’s limits. A crimson dome sealed the sky, locking space itself under her authority.

Silence fell.

Then—

A voice echoed.

Calm.

Unshaken.

“Astral Domain.”

Victoria’s eyes widened slightly.

“What?”

Reality shifted.

The sky fractured like glass.

Her barrier dissolved into particles.

The world around her peeled away in layers.

Darkness swallowed everything.

Then—

Stars ignited.

She found herself standing upon solid ground.

Cold.

Gray.

She looked down.

A moon.

She was standing on the surface of a vast celestial body.

Around her stretched endless space.

Galaxies spiraled in the distance.

Nebulas pulsed with vibrant color.

Comets streaked across the void.

Countless planets orbited slowly around an invisible gravitational center.

It was breathtaking.

It was silent.

It was infinite.

This domain carried both creation and destruction woven into its fabric. Entire constellations formed and collapsed in the distance. Stars were born in brilliant flares before imploding into nothingness.

A smile slowly formed on Victoria’s lips.

“What a cute trick.”

Space rippled in front of her.

Particles of darkness and purple light gathered.

A figure began to materialize.

First the silhouette.

Then the body.

Alex appeared before her.

Tall.

Perfectly proportioned.

His build was lean yet powerful, sculpted like a model carved from shadow itself.

Black hair fell slightly over his forehead.

A skeletal mask covered his face, white bone contrasting sharply against the cosmic backdrop. Behind the hollow eye sockets, faint purple light flickered.

His outfit was entirely black — long fitted coat flowing behind him like smoke, sharp shoulders, dark gloves, boots polished like obsidian. Subtle violet lines ran across the fabric, pulsing faintly with energy.

In his hand—

A sword.

Long.

Sleek.

Engulfed in dense purple energy that twisted like a living entity.

The blade hummed violently, space distorting around its edge.

He rested it casually on his shoulder.

“Sorry,” he said calmly, voice echoing through the void.

“I can only entertain you with these cheap tricks.”

Victoria assessed him slowly.

Her gaze traveled from his mask… to his posture… to the weapon in his hand.

The moment her eyes landed on the sword—

Her mood soured even more than before.

The amusement vanished.

Her expression darkened instantly.

That purple energy.

She recognized it.

Her voice dropped.

“So after all that nonsense about being free…”

Her eyes burned.

“She submitted herself in the end.”

A faint tremor passed through the sword.

The purple energy flared violently, as if angered by her words.

“She really was a Hopeless failure.”

Alex tilted his head slightly as he gripped the sword tighter.

“Relax.”

He adjusted the blade on his shoulder.

“You’ll get your revenge.”

Victoria’s eyes snapped back to him.

A menacing smile stretched across her lips.

“So you’re Lucifer, huh?”

Her aura pulsed darkly.

“You are nothing special after all.”

She gestured lightly at the vast space around them.

“These cheap tricks of yours are nothing.”

Her expression sharpened.

“First Law.”

Her voice echoed across galaxies.

“World of Decay.”

Instantly—

The stars dimmed.

The nebulae withered.

Planets began cracking.

A second domain erupted from her body.

It expanded violently, colliding with Alex’s Astral Domain.

Reality screamed.

Cracks tore through space like fractured glass.

Galaxies shattered into dust.

Moons crumbled.

The sky distorted violently as the two domains clashed for supremacy.

Alex’s eyes narrowed slightly.

For the first time—

He looked surprised.

His Astral Domain began fracturing under pressure.

Entire star systems collapsed into nothing.

’Interesting…’

It was the first time someone had begun overpowering his domain.

But Victoria noticed something else.

The more she destroyed—

The more it rebuilt.

Stars reformed.

Moons reconstructed.

Space healed slowly but surely.

Her eyes narrowed.

She poured even more cursed energy outward.

The void trembled violently.

Her Decay consumed faster than creation could repair.

Finally—

Crack.

Alex’s Astral Domain shattered completely.

Everything collapsed.

Silence.

Then—

A new world formed.

Rotting.

Crumbling.

Endless gray sky.

They now stood within her World of Decay.

Buildings in the distance eroded into dust mid-structure.

Mountains collapsed slowly into sand.

The ground beneath their feet flaked apart layer by layer.

The air itself felt old.

Dying.

Time moved strangely here — everything accelerated toward ruin.

Alex inhaled slightly.

He felt it.

His life force.

Slowly draining.

Subtly.

Continuously.

Like an invisible parasite feeding from his existence.

His lips curved slightly beneath the mask.

’Wow.’

’It’s been a while since I’ve felt this kind of thrill.’

His pulse quickened.

Exhilaration flickered through him.

Victoria watched him coldly.

“Now…”

Her body blurred.

“You die.”

She vanished in the next Instant.

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