My Beast Is the 12-Winged Angel Chapter 510 - 511: This Is Hope!
Previously on My Beast Is the 12-Winged Angel...
The figure of the woman dressed in black came to a sudden stop.
She turned around gradually, her eyes pitch black gazing at the white-robed silhouette that had materialized abruptly.
Beneath her hazy presence, her expression appeared utterly still, though the air around them chilled noticeably.
"You won."
"Are you showing up just to ridicule me? I never thought you'd enjoy such dark jests."
The woman in white was enveloped in a veil of ethereal, holy light, her demeanor utterly unlike that of the black-clad one.
She ignored the jabs from the woman in black, instead replying in a serene tone with a soft voice:
"I'm not here to ridicule."
"I've come to conclude this feud that has lasted through endless ages."
"Conclude?"
A faint chuckle escaped from the face of the black-clad woman, serene as a timeless pond:
"Our pact involves battling for control of this realm."
"The loser departs."
"But the individual you selected..."
Her ebony eyes shifted toward Speed nearby, her voice laced with open apathy and a trace of mockery.
"...doesn't belong to the natives of this realm."
"This competition was flawed right from the beginning."
"I refrained from harming him, which already respects our pact."
"The outcome of this era doesn't count! In the next era, we'll clash once more."
Her intent was obvious.
Initially, they had both consented to choosing species from this realm for the rivalry.
Yet...
Consequently, Speed's essence failed to satisfy the original criteria.
Thus, the woman in black outright dismissed this confrontation.
Still, the woman in white gently shook her head.
The radiance encircling her wavered a bit, as though infused with a breath of regret.
"You're far too rigid, Ruins."
For the initial time, she uttered the other's name.
"Suppose you ultimately stand alone, dominating this entire realm, then what?"
"From your origin and your journey, everything was fated to spiral into quiet oblivion right from the outset."
"Haven't you ever noticed that you and I form two facets of the same entity in this realm, together upholding the wheel of rebirth for life and death?"
"The conclusion you embody and the origin I embody cannot exist in isolation."
"What exactly are you implying?"
The shadows encircling Ruins started to ripple faintly, betraying her inner turmoil.
She was well aware of all this!
But who decreed she couldn't dominate this realm?
Even if her dominion led this realm to ruin, that was her decision!
"You're bringing this up now—do you plan to clash with me?!"
"I'm fine with that!"
"Yet these delicate, budding realms probably can't withstand the might unleashed between us!"
She yearned to be the supreme entity, yet she had no desire to oversee a pile of shattered realms!
She voiced this not as intimidation, but as reality.
Given their immense power levels, even a single strike could obliterate numerous realms.
That's why they established the pact to determine the supreme victor via the species each influenced.
The woman in white shook her head once more, her sight passing beyond Ruins to land on Speed.
Her gaze held a tender commission.
"Naturally, I won't battle you."
"By calling him forth, I anticipated this instant and have... embraced this conclusion."
She raised her hand a little, directing it toward Speed.
"I trust that Speed... will serve as the finest protector and guide for these realms in the coming age."
"What?!"
Ruins' jet-black eyes narrowed sharply, displaying true shock for the first time.
She quickly scanned her environment.
It was then she spotted the anomaly!
Right now, every realm under Angel's sway connected with this man.
Angel Realm, Alternate Space, Blue Star, Dragon Realm, Insect Realm, Ghost Realm...
Every domain Angel governed, through her influence...
Innumerable threads of the elusive, shapeless World Law now pulsed with vitality and purpose, rushing to gather, twist, and fuse with Speed!
Every connection formed meant that all within those domains began forging profound ties with Speed!
If the Divine Position merely tethered him to the realm.
Then this force allowed all realms to acknowledge Speed as their sovereign!
In that instant, Speed's form was rapidly drawing in energy from diverse realms.
His presence swelled and evolved at a staggering pace.
It even started to subtly release an aura akin to Angel's!
"You truly... handed over your full dominion... to this man?!"
Disbelief colored Ruins' tone, and the obscurity around her churned as fiercely as an ocean in tempest.
This transcended mere racial conflict!
This involved Angel stripping away her entire being, channeling it via the realms, and bestowing it upon Speed!
Upon completion, this man would cease being a mere piece.
He would emerge as the fresh, unified, vital source for these realms!
And Angel herself could fully vanish.
Perhaps reverting to a basic, unaware condition.
"I'm simply... choosing a brighter path for them, and for me."
The light around her grew sheer, her outline increasingly faint, ready to dissolve into luminescence at any second.
"Ruins, you crave to be the sole ruler."
"But have you considered that unity doesn't have to mean just one shape."
"Unity can also mean... the wellspring that encompasses all and fosters endless potentials."
"Speed's soul hails from outside this realm, and that's precisely his strength."
"He remains unbound by the fates or rebirth cycles set by you or me; his journey is his to forge, his destiny brimming with unknowns beyond even our sight."
"Bearing mortal body, he endures the flow of ages, earns the approval of various domains, gathers divine roles around him..."
"Isn't all this the perfect embodiment of what I've sought—the rupture of stagnation and the dawn of a fresh era?"
With her statement concluded, the law strands binding Speed to the domains thickened and strengthened.
Speed's presence had exceeded the Divine Level, pushing firmly toward the domain shared by Ruins and Angel.
Ruins' ebony eyes locked onto the form at the heart of the glow.
Then shifted to Angel, whose light dimmed steadily yet whose expression stayed composed.
She understood that once Angel opted for this resolution, all was set in stone.
Attempting to halt it by force would not only devastate every realm.
It would also disrupt Angel's dominion, nullifying all utterly.
"Lunatic... you're an absolute lunatic!"
"For some uncertain chance, you're staking your everything, even endangering the balance of current realms..."
"This isn't a bet, Ruins."
Angel's form was almost gone now, yet her mild voice echoed distinctly.
"This represents... hope."
As her words trailed off, Angel's last trace of presence scattered fully, like dawn's rays.
Turning into myriad pristine specks of light, softly dispersing over the realms, and also falling upon Speed.
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