I Came Out for a Morning Run

I Came Out for a Morning Run. Inside Heavenly Rock Cave, God struggled to rise and let out a long howl at the sky.

It struggled with all its might, even as netherfire scorched its body.

"Quiet down."

Oboro hovered high in the air and spoke calmly.

At once, the chains binding God's body suddenly tightened, beginning to crush its torso.

But Thresh's chains creaked as God's limbs continuously forced them apart. The strength behind its desperate counterattack was somewhat frightening.

Finally, the chains were broken free by brute force. God spread open its palm, where what seemed like stars swirled, then struck at Oboro.

"Heh."

Oboro smiled teasingly.

From the ocean of souls behind him, Thresh's enormous figure instantly surged into his body.

Then, his appearance changed.

His flesh and skin began to turn ethereal, transforming him into a smaller version of Thresh.

Oboro raised the lantern at one end of the chain with one hand and swung the chain's hooked axe with the other. The terrifying axe light seemed capable of splitting heaven and earth, instantly cleaving apart the descending stars. It continued onward without losing momentum, burying the axe in God's skull.

"Death Sentence..." Oboro murmured.

Then, he opened the lantern's shutter. A massive soul prison rose around God, trapping it in the center.

An eerie ghostly glow shone from Oboro's eyes.

"Netherworld Prison..."

With another murmur, he slowly closed the lantern's soul-drawing intake.

Endless soul power immediately flooded over God like a tidal wave, then transformed into a thin stream like a whale drawing in water, flying into the soul lantern and being sucked inside.

Snap.

At last, he shut the soul lantern and slowly raised it.

God had already become a ball of soul flame, flickering brightly and dimly within the lantern. It was now