Deep down,below the chaos caused by the black witch even lower than the kaleidoscope environment that the goddess was in someone had woken up
That someone being gilgamesh
he was under black dust as he suddenly came out of it coughing
"*cough* *cough*!!
Enkidu are you okay?"he asked looking for his friend but to no response
He then looked around,there was nothing as far as the eye could see,he looked at under his feet to see that he was both standing on top of nothing and something at the same time
"What the hell is this place?"he asked
"It appears this is the same planet we live on"said a chilling and hard voice
He turned around to be greeted by king hassan who illuminated the darkness with his cold blue eyes
"You?where is enkidu?what happened to our world?"
King hassan looked under his feet as he then pulled out his sword
"The black witch arose from the dead and purged our entire world
She cleansed all living things"
"So you're saying everyone is dead?"
"No there is no such thing as death anymore,all that was once living and dead is now gone"
"Then how come only the two of us are left"
"It's because of our connection to the brat"said another person as/they turned around to see the person who inhibited Y/n's body holding a sphere of light
Arkhaon
"What do you mean?"asked gilgamesh
"I am his predecessor so of course I am not dead since I am linked to him,and the old man has the sword that I gave him at the end of my training in my first life,though I'm curious about you and how you're still here"
"Well it's simply because I am too-"
Realization then struck him as he then opened one of his golden portals
"I see"
"That explains a lot"
The gauntlet,he had the same circumstances as king hassan,they both had something that tied them to Y/n
"Wait speaking of him where is he?"asked gilgamesh as they started to look around
"Oh fuck"cursed arkhaon
"What is it?"asked gilgamesh
"I think I found him"he said as he pointed to the distance
Gilgamesh brought out a pair of binoculars out of his treasury to look at what it was
It was a woman with the same hat as him who was shaking who appeared to be none other than Y/n who was lying on the ground
"Let us go"sais hassan as they walked over to Y/n and the woman
"Speak your name,mongrel"said gilgamesh
The girl turned to them
"I'm alys,the emperors daughter"she said
"SAY WHAT?!"
"This isn't the time to joke around,even I am a little uneasy but it explains why she was unaffected"said arkhaon as his daughter was right next to him
"What happened to the child?"asked hassan
"The stones were removed from his body so his body is now in a state of shock until it can adjust to its state"said a childlike voice
Everyone turned around to see kyubey walking over to them surprisingly with the doomslayer by his side
"YOU!!"shouted alys as she then summoned a spear and a shield and went to attack him but she was surprisingly stopped by the doomslayer
"Doomslayer?!why are you stopping me?!he killed the marauder!"she shouted
"I'm not your enemy,if you can consider HER an enemy,besides,he nearly killed me if I didn't have a way to help"
"Speak your name"demanded hassan
"My name is kyubey,I was the one who orchestrated all of this but I didn't intend it to end this way"
He then started to float as he started choking as everyone turned around to see arkhaon Choking kyubey with the space stone
"You got the balls to show up here?after tricking me and then causing all of this?"
However the doomslayer stopped any harm towards the child yet again
"Why the hell are you so adamant on protecting the bastard?he killed the marauder for me sake!"said arkhaon
Kyubey then spoke up
"I-I know a way to bring everything back to normal and heal the kid"he said as arkhaon didn't stop
"You think I care?"he said as he was about to finish him off
But then multiple blades and a shotgun were pointed at his face
"Fine I'll stop"he said as he put kyubey down
"Geez,give me a break"
"Heal the kid then we can talk"he said as kyubey nodded
"Why are you helping us"said alys still doubting kyubey
"Because I want the black witch dead,that's all"
"So you caused all of this and then instantly switch sides?"asked gilgamesh
"Hey arkhaon remember what you told Y/n about letting our mother rest in peace?"
"Yeah,I remember"
"I admit I never thought of that,I only cared about my own selfishness like the kid here,I failed to see that I would only be discarded in the end and it ended up being true"he said as white veins bursted out of his wrists and dug themselves inside of Y/n's skin
after only a few moments,y/n's eyes shot open as he gasped for air
He then started to look around at the space surrounding him
"Where the hell am I?"he asked
"Nowhere"said arkhaon
Y/n turned
"What?arkhaon?!"
He then noticed the people here
"What the hell is going on here?"he asked
"You caused this"responded arkhaon
"After you brought her back to life,the black witch ended the world killing everyone,only you and people who are related to you by blood or with an item from you are here"
"What?it can't be!!but then Where's renka?she has my blood in her veins right?"
That's because she is with me
Hearing everyone made everyone sweat out of dread as they looked at the direction which was upward yet they saw nothing
You told me you had a crush on her,so preserved her body to the next world I will create so you may end up as lovers in the next life,I don't know about the others,maybe they're with all the other people
But if you want to complain then...
As she finished that sentence a staircase appeared that would take them above
But do hurry,your friends want to talk to you
Then they looked back,seeing what was in front of them
This made Y/n petrified
Everyone,all his friends,all his people,all the people in all of creation have been corrupted
"The hell's that?!they're current energy is far beyond what they used to be!!"said arkhaon as then came some that appeared to be evolved states of people they used to know
There were so many that they could be counted as infinite
Fufufufu,don't worry they're your friends Y/n
"Y/n--"
"Why?---"
"--how could you do this?---"
Y/n was shivering in fear as he couldn't control his emotions
"I-I caused all this!i-i.."he didn't finish as he was smacked in the head
He looked up to see gilgamesh with a pissed off look on his face
"YOU FOOL!!!stop crying just because you made a mistake!!everyone makes mistake!!no matter if it involves the entire world getting annihilated,it's only a mistake!!so get up from there!!"shouted gilgamesh as he created a portal and out of it pulled out his trusted sword of rupture EA
He then pointed it to the above
"AND YOU!!!!
what kind of mother are you?!"
I'm only teaching my son a lesson that's all
"You can shove that lesson up your omnipotent ass!!
If it weren't for two things then I would have kicked you butt out of up there!"he shouted
Oh really?and what could those two things be?
"YOU'RE HIS MOTHER AND I WILL NOT BEAT MY STUDENTS MOTHER!
AND SECOND
HE WILL BE THE ONE TO DO THAT NOT ME!!"he shouted as she stayed quiet
He then looked at Y/n and did something he had never done to anyone
"Y/n
You had a test and you failed miserably at it
HOWEVER!!
Since I like you,I will allow you to cheat!!and fix those mistakes of yours
And before you go"he said as out of a portal he pulled out the golden gauntlet
"I know you have no powers left,but perhaps you may still find use in this"he said as Y/n grabbed it with his two hands
"I won't let you down!!I'll make you proud!!"said Y/n as he began climbing up the stairs
"I already am"whispered gilgamesh
"I'm going with him,kyubey you're coming with us"said arkhaon
"I'm staying neu-AHH!!"he didn't finish as arkhaon already dragged him along
Meanwhile the doomslayer,hassan and gilgamesh stayed behind
"Will the three of you be alright?"she asked
"Do not worry,assist your father,he will need all the help that is provided to him"said hassan
She nodded as she went up
Then total silence as the waves of zombies who were walking began to run
"It seems you lot have forgotten who I am
COME!!!I WILL REMIND YOU ALL WHY I AM THE KING OF HEROES!!!"he shouted
"If you lot have lost the taste of death ,then it is my duty to remind you the taste of it
COME FORTH!!!THE EVENING BELL HAS TOLLED THY NAME"
The doomslayer stayed silent but one could see the undying fire In his heart when he was loading his shotgun one final time
And then gilgamesh began to float as behind his back his entire treasury opened creating a sun that defied the oppressing darkness
"CONE FORTH!!I HOPE YOU HAVE ENOUGH MONSTERS IN YOUR RANKS FOR MY TREASURY!!!"as they went into a desperate battle
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Approximately THREE chapters left until the epilogue lol