Meanwhile...
Stella, Rika, and Megumin were still battling the monsters summoned by Gabimaru.
Megumin unsheathed her sword and dashed through the swarming beasts.
A black hole suddenly opened, sucking in several monsters.
But the situation changed when the number of monsters started to dwindle.
BOOM!
The black hole exploded prematurely.
"You're pretty impressive for defeating those high-level monsters," said a half-demon man, stepping out of the shadows.
"Who are you?" snapped Megumin.
"The name's Suwarna, subordinate of Demon Queen Clara and ally of Gabimaru."
Megumin raised her sword—but with just a blink from Suwarna, it shattered into pieces.
"Relax, I'm not here to hurt you… I'm here to offer you a place under Clara's command."
Stella was shocked by Suwarna's proposal.
"And if we refuse your offer?" Stella asked coldly.
"I'll kill you, then resurrect you as undead slaves to serve Clara," Suwarna replied without hesitation.
Enraged, Megumin raised her hand.
"Don't joke with me, bastard!" she yelled, summoning a massive meteor hurtling toward Earth.
As the meteor approached, the remaining monsters attacked Megumin, but Stella and Rika fought back, using a combined flame technique.
The monsters burned to ashes.
Just before the meteor could crash, Suwarna casually clenched his fist.
The meteor shattered.
"Alright, enough of the show now, little miss," he said with a sneer.
He dashed forward and punched Megumin straight through her stomach, then split her in half.
He moved toward Stella.
"Big sis, watch out!" Rika pushed Stella away, taking the hit herself—her head severed.
Stella stood frozen, unable to speak.
"You're next, sweetheart," Suwarna taunted.
An intense flame aura erupted from Stella.
"Why…?" she muttered.
"Why?" Suwarna echoed mockingly.
The fire surged wildly.
Suwarna laughed… until Stella vanished in an instant.
Sensing danger, Suwarna turned around—but was slammed in the face by a fiery fist, sending him flying.
Panic set in as Suwarna tried to grab Kuroichi and Amaterasu as hostages.
"Don't move or—"
BAM! Another fiery punch to the face.
Suwarna was launched again.
As he tried to stand, a massive fire blast engulfed him.
"Ahhhhhh!" he screamed.
Now fully awakened, Stella mercilessly pounded Suwarna.
With one final flaming punch, she smashed the floor beneath them.
Suwarna plummeted and crashed painfully to the ground.
He coughed up blood, bones broken, organs failing.
Crawling away in desperation…
But Stella approached.
"N-no! Stay away!!" he panicked.
"You'll pay for everything," Stella growled.
"Nooooo—"
She repeatedly punched his face—again and again—until his body lay dead.
Exhausted, Stella collapsed and fainted.
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Meanwhile – Allen's POV
Allen stared at his shattered avatar.
He looked at Gabimaru with sharp eyes, intimidating him.
Gabimaru attacked first—but his move had no effect on Allen.
Allen drew his Shinigami Sword and sent Gabimaru flying.
"Strange… why does he still exist? Anyone hit by that slash should be erased, regardless of their existential level."
Gabimaru calmly walked over and placed his hand on Allen's chest.
"Erased," he muttered—his special technique meant to erase existence.
But it didn't work on Allen.
Instead, the multiverse they were in vanished.
"What just happened?" Allen muttered.
Gabimaru, realizing something, fled—shifting to another multiverse.
Allen restored the destroyed multiverse, then chased Gabimaru.
But he soon noticed… this new multiverse belonged to Gabimaru.
> SYSTEM: Gabimaru's Multiverse
Ability: Absorbs all of the enemy's mana.
SYSTEM: Your defense has increased in this verse.
SYSTEM: Reactive Evolution and Adaptation enhanced.
"Where is Gabimaru?" Allen asked, eyes closed in focus.
> SYSTEM: Detecting... Enemy hiding at 7 o'clock position.
Allen pointed.
"Die," he said.
Gabimaru was instantly killed without a fierce fight.
Allen restored the nearly-destroyed multiverse with a clap.
As he tried to leave—
"Where am I?" Allen asked aloud.
He realized he was in a new place.
He raised his guard.
> SYSTEM: Welcome.
You are now in an unknown place.
"What is this place?" he asked.
> SYSTEM: You are inside a story… but not one you created.
"I get it… testing my fate, huh?"
Allen tried punching through the dimension—but nothing worked.
Then someone approached.
"My child sure is unique… I hope the others are safe," said a voice.
Allen turned—shocked.
"Fujimiya?! Why are you here? My system can't even identify this place!"
"I'm the mastermind behind all of this," Fujimiya grinned.
Allen froze in shock at the revelation.
To be continued...