Rise of the Inquisition (Arc 10)

Chapter 225: Bent not Broken

Everything flashes white for Paladin again, and he finds himself opening his eyes - right as Durandal pierces through the heart of Tiberius, instantly killing Tiberius and making him fall back onto the ground, right as Paladin pulled Durandal out from his body.

Paladin watches as the red glowing eyes of Tiberius slowly dissipate, its glow burning away as Tiberius' life disappears. He couldn't help but look on at the mask of Tiberius, and couldn't help but feel intrigued about the face of Tiberius. Wondering what God's experiment had physically looked like, and how much of a failure it was. However, he decides that he had to respect the death wish of Tiberius, and that it was best to not look upon the face of God's experiment.

He then watches as a black vortex - not one of Lucifer's kind of vortexes, appears below Tiberius and quickly consumes him. The body of Tiberius completely disappeared, leaving Paladin confused as it closed, wondering what the purpose of the vortex was and where it lead to.

Paladin couldn't wonder what happened to Tiberius for long, as he could hear the fighting of the remaining legionnaires against the Grand Army of Orion continue, a fight of clashing swords and sounds of agony. A fight that needed to end.

Therefore, Paladin commands Drachenflammen from Alpha's blood, causing golden Dragon flames to burst around him in a circle, and to quickly spread to the surviving legionnaires of the Legion of Death. The flames quickly moved through every single legionnaire remaining, causing them to be instantly burnt to a crisp as the golden Dragon flames flow through them - the flames stopping before it touched the Grand Army of Orion.

Paladin then watches as legionnaires fall over in the masses, not a single legionnaire surviving the golden Dragon flames that flowed through them, leaving their bodies no choice but to fall over in a burnt defeat.

The remaining soldiers of the Grand Army of Orion were immediately surprised, they couldn't help but be confused by what had just happened - the Dragon flames coming out of nowhere for them, but they soon didn't care. Since the cheers of victory soon overtook the battlefield, celebration from the Grand Army of Orion commencing as they had just survived the Legion of Death, emerging victorious from the fighting that felt like it was lasting for decades.

While the remaining soldiers of the Grand Army celebrate, they don't notice as black vortexes appear below every single dead body - all over the battlefield, no matter if they were bodies of the Legion of Death or the Grand Army of Orion. The vortexes quickly consume the bodies, leaving no evidence behind of them ever existing, before disappearing like they were never there.

"Tiberius should've hit me in my heart if he wanted to kill me..."

Paladin turns to Omega, who slowly gets off the ground. He tosses Durandal at Omega, who picks it out of the air and quickly sheathes the sword at his side.

"Thanks."

Paladin nods.

As Omega heard the celebrations coming from all over the battlefield, he turned to them. Soon seeing Crazy wandering all over the battlefield, endlessly searching for the body of his dead friend Rabbit, while the Crimson soldiers of the Crimson Kingdom celebrated, next to the Demon Zealots led by Amy - who triumphantly planted her halberd into the ground, while the Demon Zealots around her raise their halberds in victory.

Omega was about to look on at the others, but he couldn't help but watch as the red sky shifted. - garnering the attention of everyone, shifting from its corrupted blood red back into its innocent light blue. The sun becoming visible, as clouds quickly move out of its way.

Omega then watches as Einhart, Lady Saber, and General Zelox come running over, both Einhart and General Zelox stopping before they came close to Omega.