Chapter 1646: Abnormality
"No! This can't be happening!"
Engulfed by the flame rays released by Mazinger ZERO, Hades let out an earth-shaking scream, his voice filled with disbelief and terror. He seemed never to have imagined that things would develop to this point in such a short time.
He had believed that, with Zeus completely missing, he could descend upon the material world and use his power as a god to destroy and conquer it. Yet merely two machines created by humans had turned all his excitement into the most unrealistic fantasy. And now, in the end, just one machine evolved from Mazinger Z—a machine that had filled him with fear—had made Hades feel unable to hold on any longer with a single attack.
Especially as he felt his body being scorched, melted, and torn apart by the blazing flames. The sensation of clearly feeling, helplessly watching his own body slowly turn to nothingness and march toward death made even Hades's soul seem to tremble.
"No! I am a god, the god of the Mycenaean underworld! You cannot kill me! I will return, and when I return, your doom will come!"
As an inexplicable light emerged from Hades's body, seeming to take the form of a massive ghost that flashed before everyone's eyes, Hades's body was utterly reduced to ashes by Mazinger ZERO's attack and vanished from this world. All that remained was a huge scar carved into the ground by Mazinger ZERO's attack, stretching beyond sight.
"Has Hades... died?"
At that moment, many people suddenly had that thought. Hades had indeed disappeared from this world, but the ghostly figure that had appeared at the end, along with the words Hades had left before turning completely to ash, cast a dark cloud over everyone's heads.
"The battle is over... but