105)Dimensional Warfare III

The sky rumbled as a tsunami of reddish-black energy raced through the air, a wave of gold-yellow energy that was nearly the same size of it roaring to life before the two monstrous blasts crashed with a magnificent explosion.

Sirzechs frowned as he dismissed his Power of Destruction before creating numerous miniature reddish-black Destruction orbs around him, the air around him crackling with power before he flicked a finger forward.

Unlike his opponent, though, Crom Cruach had a happy grin on his face as he rocketed forward, his grin widening as he ducked & rolled in between the orbs while Sirzechs simply flicked his finger upwards.

The orbs instantly ceased in place before they all flew upwards, Crom Cruach stopping in place before smirking as the orbs all split even further into dozens of coin-sized orbs from each orb.

Despite their smaller size, each felt just as powerful as their original forms and the Evil Dragon grinned as he dove down to the ground just as a rain of black corrosive energy swarm down after him.

Abruptly pulling up before he could hit the army below him & rocketing back up, Crom expected the blasts to hit the opposing army for him to be surprised as the orbs simply flew around Sirzechs' allies while tearing right through Rizevim's army in pursuit of him.

'Well, he is said to have the best control out of any devil so it would make sense that he could manipulate demonic energy even to the smallest amounts.' Crom thought with a smirk as he raced through the air, arcs of light & shadows barely missing his form as he dove in between Ra & Apophis' attacks before frowning as numerous magic crests appeared around him.

However, he simply scoffed as he dove right through the one in front of him and towards the ground, racing towards Sirzechs at a blistering pace while the others behind him were easily nullified & shattered by a frowning Azi Dahaka as he kept Odin & Rudeus' sealing spells at bay.

Watching as his foe dived down towards him, Sirzechs frowned as an absurd amount of potent draconic energy covered Crom's fist before the skin on his own right arm peeled away to reveal nothing but the Power of Destruction condensed into a physical form.

The world around them vanished as both fighters pulled their fists back & focused on the other, waiting until the last minute before swinging their fists forward & clashed with an unholy symphony of catastrophic explosions that shook the very air around them.

Down below their battle, dozens of green crests that looked to be a mixture of Beelzebub & Astaroth floated around Ajuka as he sent out precise blasts of demonic energy that curved & twisted through the sky towards Rizevim, who frowned as he used his own demonic energy to cancel them out.

However, he did not just use his demonic energy as the rings on his fingers glowed before unleashing a flurry of light spears from all directions before he frowned as Falbium appeared in front of Ajuka & created numerous orange crests around them in a dome-like shape.

The moment the spears made contact with the magic dome however, they were all instantly absorbed by it before the crests sunk back into his body, Falbium letting out a soft sigh as he quickly converted the holy energy into demonic energy before adding it to his own as he gave Rizevim an amused smile.

The next second, a magic crest appeared above Rizevim before a pillar of holy energy shot out of it, the devil scoffing as he created a defensive magic circle above him to block the attack before his eyes widened slightly as some of the runic patterns were shifted & allowed some of the holy energy to pass through & hit him.

Glaring at Ajuka as he knew that it was him that did so, the Satan Beelzebub simply gave him a smirk before pointing upwards, the son of Lucifer looking up just in time to catch a bleeding Grendel to the face.

“Here's your pet back, devil!” Zeus shouted as he floated back down, Rizevim cursing as he threw the cackling & severely injured Grendel to the side before frowning at the sight of Ladon appearing next to him.

“What are you doing here?! Where is-!”

“Azathoth was rescued by their siblings and his concubines! We need to leave now, my lord, if you wish to survive another day!” Ladon quickly explained before Rizevim could threaten him, the devil frowning before gritting his teeth as he nodded & snapped his fingers.

As Zeus went to throw his lightning bolt at the devil, his eyes widened as a pitch black void appeared in front of his attack & absorbed it, the god's eyes widening before a guttural growl escaped his lips as Rizevim & Ladon were pulled into the void.

“Echidna & Typhon!!” The god's True Voice sounded like the rumbling of a thunderstorm as he spoke, the grinning face in the void simply giving a wink before it disappeared without a trace & left them all staring at air.

“So, Rizevim still has allies hidden?” Falbium muttered out loud and Ajuka nodded before frowning as he looked towards the cackling Grendel, the other two paying attention as the dragon stood up with a manic grin while his wounds visibly snapped shut.

'Outrage.' Ajuka thought with a frown as he saw the manic look in the beast's eyes, raising a hand to attack before frowning as Zeus held up a hand to stop him while his javelin was held tightly in his other hand.

“Don't think that our battle is going to end just like that, Zeus!! I will not stop until I tear your limbs from your corpse and cave your skull in with them!” Grendel roared as he charged forward, Zeus humming as he watched the beast charging them before he flashed forward with a loud thunderous boom.

Grendel's eyes widened as the god's punch knocked the wind out of his lungs, Zeus spinning under the arm stretched out to grab him before wrapping his arms around his midsection and slamming the dragon skull first into the groumd.

Before the dragon could steady himself, Zeus' javelin sparked with power as it floated above the two before Zeus leapt away just as dozens of bright bolts rippled from its form & pierced right through the beast's chest, Grendel's eyes widening & blood flying from his mouth as gaping holes were ripped open on his upper body.

Not finished yet, Ajuka unleashed a small yet potent ray of demonic energy that pierced right through the dragon's skull, Falbium absorbing the energy of Zeus' leftover lightning before exploding the energy inside of Grendel's body and making blood & guts fly everywhere.

“Urgh, this is why I hate fighting battle maniacs.” Zeus grumbled as he wiped the blood off of his face, the rest of it being burned away by his electricity before he rolled his eyes as Ajuka dismissed the magic crests he held in front of him & Falbium.

“Show-off.”

“It's called being prepared for anything, Lord Zeus. Now, I will go & help Lord Odin & Lord Rudeus with their foe while you, Lord Zeus, go help Lord Ra and you, Ajuka, go ahead & help Sirzechs.” Falbium ordered before racing through the air to where Odin & Rudeus were still fighting against their foe, Zeus grumbling as he watched Ajuka flying up to Sirzechs before rolling his eyes as he rocketed up to where Ra was fighting Apophis.

“A year ago, I could have beaten both of them for even talking to me like that. Now, I'm their servant. Oh, how the mighty have fallen~”

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Ra frowned as he rushed forward, radiant light exuding from his body & keeping the primordial darkness around him at bay as the serpentine form of Apophis slithered through the sky.

Raising a hand to the sky, the light around him condensed to his finger tips before five bright & scorching suns appeared above his hand, the god spinning around & unleashing the suns in all directions just as Apophis opened his maw & unleashed another wave of pitch black shadows in the form of a beam.

The beast quickly transformed back into his Euclid form just as Ra finished fighting off the Eternal Darkness around him & flew towards him, quickly coating his body in shadows right before he blasted right through the sun as his foe created even more suns around him.

“Radiant Light!” / “Devouring Darkness!” Ra & Apophis chanted respectively as Ra unleashed a flurry of divine lights that burned away the darkness in its path, the beams curving & warping through the air before a storm of screeching shadow-like creatures flew from Apophis' aura & completely nullified them.

However, what neither of them expected was for a trio of lightning bolts to impact Apophis' back & make him stumble just enough for Ra to appear in front of the dragon & hit him with a roundhouse that sent the beast ragdolling through the air.

“Sorry for interrupting your fight, but it appears that their commander has retreated and left his army to die.” Zeus spoke as he floated up to Ra, who nodded before frowning as he saw Apophis swiftly stopping his spinning to glare at them with a frown.

“So, Grendel is dead, is he? Can't say I'll miss the crazy masochistic bastard.” Apophis spoke with a scoff as the world of darkness around them sunk back into his skin and Ra's frown deepened as he saw the dark purple crest appearing below the dragon.

“If you wish to stop me, you may attack, Ra.” Apophis spoke with an amused smirk and Ra scoffed as he shook his head.

“We've fought too many times for me to fall for your little trick, Apophis. You think I can't see the traps you've already laid on your form?” The Sun God asked and Apophis chuckled as his form began to fade, revealing miniature shadow-like creatures slithering under his clothes before they vanished with him.

“Huh, how many times has he caught you with that one?” Zeus asked and Ra snorted as he held up two fingers.

“The third time's the charm, but only after I nearly lost my life with the first two times.” Ra answered and Zeus chuckled before they blinked as a monstrous explosion echoed in the sky above, looking up only for both to raise an eyebrow at the sight of a pitch black dragon with gold streaks across its body and gold horns glaring down at Sirzechs & Ajuka.

“Do you think we should help?” Ra asked as they watched Sirzechs racing towards Crom Cruach, his skin peeling away while light green jagged veins grew all over Ajuka's body as his eyes turned pitch black.

“I feel like they got it under control. Let's go help Odin.”

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A Few Moments Earlier:

“Crescent Storm!” Crom Cruach roared as he swung his arm down, Sirzechs frowning as he created a shield of Destruction energy in front of him that twisted & erased the attack before the shield spun & unleashed a pillar of Destruction in the dragon's direction.

Shifting himself to the side as the blast missed him, Crom grinned as he launched towards Sirzechs, the Satan grunting as he raised an arm to block the kick aimed at his head before grabbing Crom's leg & spinning rapidly with him.

However, he quickly let go & dropped as he saw Crom creating a circle of energy around them, the dragon frowning as his circular blast missed the devil before diving towards Sirzechs as the devil watched him coming closer.

Crom growled as he pulled an arm back before swinging it forward only for his eyes to widen ever so slightly as Sirzechs ducked just in time for an eerie green blast of demonic energy to catch his arm & sent him blasting off to the side, the redhead smirking as his best friend floated besides him with a raised eyebrow.

“Do you believe that is enough?”

“Oh, not at all. In fact, I'd say that he's even more pissed off now than he was before.” As if on cue, a menacing roar echoed from Crom Cruach's lips as he flipped around to face him before Sirzechs sighed as he watched the dragon's body pulsating & growing outwards.

All sounds of the battlefield began to die down as everyone felt Crom Cruach's aura radiating through the Dimensional Gap, Sirzechs scratching the back of his head before looking towards a now wary Ajuka as numerous green magic circles appeared around him.

“He's going all out so we'll need to take him serious. You up for it?”

“Hah, this is why I just wanted to stay in my lab and not become a Satan.” Ajuka muttered as sparks of green demonic energy flashed around him before his veins began to pump that very energy through his blood, Sirzechs chuckling as he nodded before the air trembled as he rocketed towards Crom Cruach with a determined frown.

As soon as he neared Crom Cruach & his destructive energy, the void itself shrieked as his skin began to peel away to reveal corrosive energy underneath it, Sirzechs' clothes eroding away within milliseconds as he transformed into a being made out of pure destruction.

Crom Cruach roared as he swung his fist forward, Sirzechs clenching his fist & making it grow out to thrice its size before the two beasts clashed with a cataclysmic boom, Ajuka typing away on dozens of holographic keyboards around him before smirking as he pointed at Crom Cruach.

The next moment, spacial tears opened up all around the two fighters before thousands of holographic monsters charged through & slammed into Crom Cruach, Sirzechs' energy erasing the monsters that neared him as he grabbed the dragon's fist with his large hand and threw it upwards with an unholy howl.

Not done yet, Ajuka flicked a finger down & the spacial rifts around them snapped shut before a giant one opened above & below them, Sirzechs diving through the one below before Crom Cruach howled in pain as the Satan flew down from the one on top & slammed his fists into the beast's back.

However, he was a bit surprised to see that his attack only dented his scales & didn't shatter them like he thought it would, Crom growling as he spun around & gripped the Satan in one hand before tossing him to the ground as hard as he could.

Glaring at Ajuka as he saw cannons forming behind the devil, absurdly potent energy gathered in his mouth before he roared & unleashed a hurricane of draconic energy, the Satan frowning as his cannons lit up & unleashed a combined blast of potent demonic energy to clash with the dragon's blast.

However, in front of Crom's eyes, he watched as his own energy blast was turned into digital ones & zeroes that flew into the spacial rift in front of Ajuka before the devil opened a rift above him.

Quickly looking up to stop the blast, he was surprised by the fact that it was a feint as two more rifts appeared on both sides of him, Sirzechs roaring as he unleashed a sea of Destruction from below while Ajuka smirked as the digital information from Crom's attack quickly reconstructed itself into two beams that flew at the dragon from the rifts at his sides.

Unfortunately, both devils were surprised as twin magical circles with thousands of forbidden sealing runes appeared on both sides of the dragons to block his redirected blast while Crom reached down & stopped Sirzechs' attack with both hands, a growl escaping his lips as his energy flushed into the attack & cancelled it out.

“Not bad there, devil. The tales of your strength were not exaggerated.” Crom spoke with a battle hungry smirk as the skin & scales on his palms had been tore open while Ajuka frowned at the sight of Azi Dahaka floating in front of his fellow Evil Dragon with a frown as his sealing crests shattered.

“Apologies, but he teleported away before we could stop him.” Odin spoke with an apologetic smile as he & Rudeus floated down towards him, Ajuka frowning as he saw the old god's left arm hanging loosely & Rudeus' bloody side before turning back to look at Azi Dahaka to see the dragon missing an arm on his left side.

“Sacrificial Spell?” Ajuka asked as he began to create more crests around him, Odin nodding as Rudeus held a hand out to him & began restoring his arm to perfect condition.

“Yes, but he sacrificed one of his arms to create a clone that took the spell for him.”

'So, he knows forbidden fleshcrafting magic as well, huh? That's just another art added to the already dozens of magical arts that we know he has.' Ajuka thought with a frown as he wanted to create a sealing cage around them all, but he frowned as he saw Azi Dahaka having already created counter spells for the runes on his own crests.

A challenging look appeared in Ajuka's eyes as he rapidly shifted through hundreds of calculations & runic patterns while Azi Dahaka smirked at the challenge as he easily shifted his own runic patterns & crests to directly counter the devil's sealing spells.

“…I did not think those kinds of patterns were possible.” Odin whispered to Rudeus as they watched the two magicians shifting through spell patterns like it was just two plus two, the leader of the Golden Dawn looking just as surprised as the god he was currently healing.

“Juka, stop. You're going into dangerous territory there. Too many allies nearby.” Sirzechs whispered the last part and Ajuka frowned before Azi Dahaka looked a bit disappointed as the devil shattered his crests, the dragon dismissing his own before holding a hand up as Crom Cruach went to attack.

“You better have a good reason to stop me, Azi Dahaka.”

“Rizevim is no longer here, which means that we've lost this battle.” Azi Dahaka spoke before smirking as Nidhoggr's form was sent flying towards them, Crom catching the injured form of Siegfried before scoffing as he let the dragon fall onto the magic crest of Azi and transformed back into his human form.

“Very well, but the next time you interfere in my battle is when I kill you, understood?”

“Of course.”

“FOR ASGARD!” The dragons frowned as they heard Thor's shout, looking up to see a gigantic hammer of lightning, a bright blue javelin of lightning and a brilliant scorching sun slowly descending upon them.

“Demonic Resonance.” Azi Dahaka chanted as a large crest appeared above them and everyone stared in shock as hundreds of Isaiah Azathoths shot out of the crest & cancelled out the attacks with a simultaneous slash from the Grams in their grasp.

“Ah, I forgot! Tell Isaiah Azathoth I thank him for his memories & skills and will put them to good use.” Those were Azi Dahaka's last words before the three dragons vanished, the leaders shocked by that last attack before they looked down to see a shocked Azazel flying up to them.

“…So, was I imagining that or did everyone else see a couple of hundred Isaiah Azathoths protecting the dragons from those attacks.

A/N: And a shocking factor as Azi Dahaka reveals the real reason why they kidnapped Isaiah!! Also, the first victory of this war goes to the Utopian Alliance!!
Next chapter, recovery & invasion!!

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