Calamity Upon This World

'Am I going to die here?' Sung thought in horror as he felt his body refuse to listen to him and continued to walk towards William.

He wasn't sure what was happening or how Edge Lord was doing it.

But he did know that Edge Lord hated him and would waste no second in killing him if given the chance.

The only reason he had survived until now was the presence of the barrier.

Once he stepped outside, his life would be over.

Even his system, which had guided him so far, was absent.

'Have I been abandoned?'

He wondered, thinking that maybe, due to him failing the ritual, his guardian system had abandoned him.

As Sung continued walking, the feeling of dread that he felt continued to increase.

The closer he got to William, the more he could see the massive chasm that existed between the two of them.
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One that he would never be able to bridge, regardless of what he does.

Sung could tell that the boy was younger than himself, and yet he was so much more powerful than he could ever even dream of being.

'So this is what it's like to be talented?' He thought as the hate he felt for William increased even more making him once again realise just how unfair the world was.

And despite this, there was nothing he could do; in just a few seconds, he was about to get killed by the boy who had the thing he lacked.

The thing that Sung hated even more than merely dying to someone born with talent they did not deserve was how the boy, despite already having so much talent, took away his once-in-a lifetime chance to gain talent.

'No, I can't die yet,' Sung thought as he tried to bite his tongue to regain control over his own body, but even that didn't work.

He had completely lost control over his body, leaving him a mere puppet for someone more talented than him to control.

Was this really it?

Had all his efforts led up to this moment?

Was he about to just die helplessly after all the sacrifices he had made?

"No, fuck that."

Somehow, against all odds, through sheer power of will, for just a brief moment, Sung managed to regain control over his body to say this before he lost control again.

Even William was shocked to see how Sung had managed to regain control over his body for a second, despite his authority over Mana being absolute, at least against those weaker than him.

Almost like waiting for this, a new system prompt appeared in front of Sung.

[Well done in that case. I'll help you do that.]

Sung smiled seeing this as he realised that he hadn't completely given up on yet ,as a bright blue portal appeared in front of him and the mana controlling his body was forcefully repelled, allowing him to regain control.

"Don't you dare fucking step through that portal, motherfucker," William shouted in panic as he used all his power to forcefully close that portal or at least stop Sung from stepping through.

This was the first time William had lost composure since he entered the boss room.

Hearing the desperate cry for help from its child, all the mana in the area followed his wish and tried to close the portal or at least stop Sung from stepping through it.

But it was unable to even do that, as the authority of even a sealed God in his own domain was simply too much for William to contest.

Seeing William lose his composure like this, Sung smirked, relishing in the little victory he had gotten.

He was completely forgetting about how he almost died if not for the evil God who saved him.

As Sung stepped through the portal, he said:.

"Let's meet again, Edge Lord."

And with those words, he stepped through the portal.

Once Sung entered the portal, it closed, as it took him to a faraway place safe from the wrath of William.

And just like the birth of the fourth divine aspect, as well as the descent of an evil god was stopped.

Without the world ever even knowing just how close it had come to complete destruction if not for William.

**

"Fuck"

William muttered as he fell to the ground after deactivating both his ascension abilities.

William's whole self was overflowing with rage and hatred as he realised he had really just let Sung escape after almost killing both him and his party, as well as killing the miners who he promised to protect.

William had done everything in his power to kill him, and yet in front of a sealed God, it was all useless.

All of William's talent and abilities became useless when faced with a god.

He hated this feeling where someone could hurt him and those dear to him and get away with it, scott free.

It doesn't matter if he had the backing of a god or not; the only thing that mattered was that he was unable to make the person who almost killed him pay.

While yes, it was a good thing that he managed to prevent the end of the world and the power of a divine aspect falling into the wrong hands.

Anyone else would have probably celebrated such a feat.

But not to William; to him, the only thing that mattered was his hurt pride.

William's mind was filled with ideas of revenge and the things he was going to make him go through to make him pay.

After a while, William finally stood back up and said to seemingly no one but himself.

"Sung I promised to you that I would kill you in the most horrific way possible, and the next time we meet, not even God of yours will be able to save you."

[Ding! The sin of pride positively reacts to the user's desire for revenge.

William was weirded out seeing this, but just like all the previous times, his mind forcefully forgot about the notification as he went back to planning his revenge.

While William was planning all the things he was going to do to Sung to make him pay, another system notification appeared in front of him.

[Allocating rewards for clearing the S rank dungeon altar of |-+";? *+| π√$ based on the personal contribution of each party member]