Chapter 12: I Am Already Invincible (cont.)

"I shall, on behalf of the wizard race, take revenge on humanity."

Westcott put on a show as he bowed to the Spirits before him, like an actor announcing the end of a performance to the audience.

His body rose into the air, and a blinding light flared behind him before gradually turning into pitch-black darkness.

A gigantic tree appeared behind the floating Westcott.

The black tree extended branches and roots that clawed at the sky and gouged the earth. Its bark was as decayed as dead wood, yet the ominous miasma it exuded brimmed with vitality.

Mio Hanamura's second Angel, Law Angel, was called Ain Soph Aur (Ain Soph).

Within its split portions were maiden-like tree spirits. Through its spreading roots, it deployed a Territory, rewriting the real world into the neighboring world around itself. Any place covered by Ain Soph Aur became a monochrome world of black and white. Within the neighboring world, Mio could alter the rules of paradise, while opponents carrying Mio's spiritual power could become immune to them.

The great tree behind Westcott was Eternal Purgatory, the Demon King corresponding to Ain Soph Aur—a nightmare Demon King that spread despair to all who beheld it.

The Spirits looked up at the sky together in bewilderment.

Westcott swept both hands like a conductor, wearing an intoxicated expression as he announced to the world:

"Come, let us create the world—Eternal Purgatory, Berial."

In an instant, the black tree stirred as though a fetus were moving within a womb, its branches and roots beginning to stretch toward heaven and earth. At the same time, the sky centered on the tree began to display a different landscape, which spread outward.

The end of destruction silently raised a raging tide of finality. Everything around them began to tremble, producing a