840: Victory! ...But The War Has Yet To End

Victory! ...But The War Has Yet To End

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The Hivemind Matriarch felt within the depths of her soul as a small pearl was pierced by the two spears, and it began to spread cracks all over its spherical body, the core of her soul was shattering into pieces, falling apart. And with that, her consciousness, her whole existence, it was all fading and disappearing…

"No…"

The Hivemind Matriarch's eyes broke into tears. Surprisingly, Manationia and the split souls looked at her with a bit of shock.

Why was she crying?

Was it to deceive them?

Or was… genuine?

"I… I wanted… a family…"

"What?" Asked Manationia.

"You would… never get it…"

"…" The split souls remained in silence.

"The solitude… of this empty… and cold… universe…"

The Hivemind Matriarch slowly began to dissolve into flames.

"You don't have to be so alone anymore then." Said Veronica, touching her face. "You'll be an eternity with us… In our stomachs, that's it. You think we'll pity you or something?" Veronica mercilessly said, as her entire body spread over the Hivemind Matriarch and… devoured her whole.

CRUNCH!

"That was unexpectedly cold of you." Said Ervas to Veronica.

"…I have grown tired of these aliens." Sighed Veronica.

"…Still, you're such a softie…" Sighed Ervas.

In front of both of their consciousness, the consciousness of the Hivemind floated in midair, looking around curiously.

"Where… am I?" She wondered.

"Stay in the purgatory for a few centuries, repent and blah, blah, blah. After that, maybe we'll reincarnate you into a normal person, so you can experience what it feels like to have a family, and the warmth you always sought." Said Veronica with a pitiful smile.

"…Thanks." The Hivemind Matriarch's consciousness slowly flew away into the depths of Helheim within the split souls World Realm.

TRUUUUMMM…!

And at the same time, they felt it. The power of the Hivemind was the last bit of energy they required to unlock their fullest capacity. An enormous amount of power began to surge from within them… covering their entire vision and emotions with the feeling of… power. An enormous quantity of cosmic power.

Their World Realm began to expand. Lights emerged within the ever-expanding cosmos as these lights continued to grow bigger and bigger, enormous stars, one after the other appeared. Not only one, but dozens, hundreds, thousands… millions!

FLAAAAAAAASSSSSSHHHH!

Their glorious light illuminated the near-endless space within their souls, as a small Galaxy had already begun to emerge! The power within their Origin Core had been unlocked almost completely, the power that allowed their infant form to once devour small galaxies and star system with ease.

"So this was it… We needed to just swallow a star? Come on, I wish we could had known this beforehand." Sighed Veronica.

"It is not easy to swallow one…" Sighed Ervas.

"You two stop messing around, shouldn't you be celebrating? You gained immense power!" Said the System, emerging behind them as a beautiful lady made of gold wearing a white dress.

"You've surely grown more beautiful." Said Veronica.

"System, how do you feel now that we have reached the Galaxy Soul Realm?" Asked Ervas.

"Partially stronger than before… I think I can do a lot of things for you now, however, a key member is required. Apparently, through the countless times you fused with her, she had become part of you, in a way…" Said the System.

"Oh, Aurora." Said Veronica.

"She's in Eden, right?" Asked Ervas.

…

Within, Eden, an enormous mech flew out of the water, having slowly regained her energies, she quickly felt the presence of something greater being born within the outer space surrounding the planet.

She felt as if something was calling her. Since the moment she was revived by her beloved Violet that Aurora had felt slightly different each time she merged with Ervas and Veronica, this was mostly because she was too weak back then, and it was thanks to them giving her big chunks of their souls that she was able to regenerate back to her prime.

But this also made her… slightly, something different.

She was now a mix, between a fragment of her original creator, Kireina. And… the split souls Veronica and Ervas. A unique existence by itself.

"I guess I just realized this, huh? I have indeed become someone very unique… I am part of their group now, the third piece…" Aurora thought to herself, as she flew, met Aqua, and with Aqua at her side, they flew towards an enormous vortex of light and darkness in front of them, entering it, they found themselves within a whole cosmos. It felt as if they entered into a completely different dimension.

"You're finally here, we were dying waiting for you." Sighed Veronica. "Come on, touch me."

"What? I am married you know?" Sighed Aurora.

"Don't mess around, Kosmos needs our help, after that… Samsara's head is rolling through the ground." Said Ervas.

"Alright boss." Said Aurora with a smile, as she touched Veronica and Ervas hands, the three converged into radiant spiral of gray energy, light and dark converged together, all while Aqua, Manationia, Yggdrasil, and Octo glanced from the distance.

"Incredible… So this is it, the true power… of my creators…" Said Yggdrasil.

"Huh, I guess this is the peak they can achieve?" Wondered Octo.

"Not yet… I am sure there must be more." Said Manationia.

"Uwah, they're all merging, uegh…" Said Aqua.

Everyone looked back at Aqua.

"Eh? What? Isn't it a bit disgusting though?" Aqua wondered. She was the only one that found it weird…

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Within the confines of the Heaven Dimension, The One attended the wounds of his Valkyries, as his divine powers and his Angel Priests slowly healed the Valkyries from their wounds. He suddenly felt something.

The power within the split souls… it had finally awakened.

"Incredible, they have achieved it." He said proudly. "Chaos, can you hear me?"

The voice of a woman quickly answered.

"I can… I am also quite glad they had achieved this far. However, The One… Do you believe this is enough to go against Samsara?"

"To an extent, it should… After all, Samsara's power is… conditional, Chaos."

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