The instant Elora withdrew her power of destruction, Evan’s body began to heal rapidly under his monstrous endurance.

But despite knowing he was no longer in danger of dying, Evan felt no joy because just by looking at Elora, he could tell that something was wrong with his little glutton.

The power of destruction... No! The power currently emanating from her was far more destructive and terrifying than the power of destruction he usually sensed from her.

The energy within her now seemed like an evolved version of the power of destruction.

Without caring about his still-healing body, Evan immediately moved closer to Elora and asked with concern.

"Sweetie, are you alright?"

Elora did not answer his question and simply stared at him blankly.

Seeing this, Evan grew even more concerned.

Just then, he thought of something and immediately summoned the Halberd of Destruction that he had put away earlier.

A dim golden light flashed in his hand, and the halberd appeared.

However, the moment Evan saw it, his pupils contracted to the size of needles.

"This..."

He stared at the halberd in shock, its entire frame was filled with cracks.

CRACK!

At this very moment, a sharp cracking sound echoed, and another fracture appeared on the halberd.

Along with the crack, the power emanating from Elora surged to an even higher level.

At the same time, Evan watched in shock as a faint image of a beast unfolded behind Elora, a dragon-like creature with a massive body and two enormous wings stretching out from its back.

The beast was crimson in color and stood atop a towering mountain of corpses.

Behind it, a black hole spun endlessly, devouring everything around it.

Looking at the beast, Evan immediately recalled that he had seen the same phenomenon when he revived Clara. (Chap— 1278)

At that time, after she was brought back to life using his skill, a giant purple eye had appeared in the sky of the Dryads’ closed world.

Back then, no one but him had been able to see that eye, not even Anastasia.

But Elora had sensed it, and she had reacted violently, even losing control of her power.

It was at that moment that this same phenomenon, a giant beast had appeared around her.

’Does this mean that because of the cracks on the halberd, she has lost control over her power?’

This thought arose in Evan’s mind, and it seemed entirely possible.

ROAR!

Just as he was thinking, an earth-shattering roar echoed between heaven and earth, resounding throughout Utopia.

Whether it was the Eastern Territory or the Northern Territory, the Southern Territory or the Western Territory, every single person in Utopia heard that roar.

And for some reason, all of them felt a strange fear rising from the depths of their hearts.

Baphomet, who stood not far away from Evan also turned pale.

Unlike Evan, who was more concerned about Elora than the terrifying power emanating from her, Baphomet could clearly sense the true horror of that energy.

This power was far more potent than the power of destruction. It was like...

’It’s the END itself,’ Baphomet thought, his expression turning grave.

Just as he was considering retreating for the time being, the giant beast behind Elora roared once again.

The roar was filled with a destructive urge, shaking both Evan and Baphomet to their very cores.

Immediately after the roar, Elora’s body began to change.

As if something inside her was breaking free, she started to grow larger, slowly transforming into the crimson beast identical to the one in the phenomenon.

The aura of END spread throughout the entirety of Utopia, shaking its very foundation.

In fact, at this moment, it was not just Utopia, most of the lower-level worlds connected to it through the World Domain, such as Earth and the Arora World also began to tremble, as if they could be destroyed at any moment.

ROAR!

The instant Elora fully transformed into the crimson beast, she finally lost control.

Without hesitation, she swung her claw toward Evan, who was standing directly in front of her.

The power of the END flowed through her claw, and even before the attack could reach him, Evan’s body began to disintegrate.

"Damn it!"

Evan gritted his teeth and, by squeezing out the small amount of energy he had just recovered, used Void Law energy to instantly appear behind Elora, far away from her.

BOOOOOOOM!

The power behind a single swing of Elora’s claw was far more terrifying than he had anticipated.

The moment he dodged, the force of her attack transformed into a surge of golden light imbued with the power of destruction and continued forward, annihilating everything in its path.

And when it was said that it annihilated everything, it truly meant everything.

Space, the void, and even the fundamental rules of the world itself, everything was erased, leaving behind only a vast patch of utter darkness filled with the power of nothingness.

That desolate expanse stretched for millions of miles, all ruined by a single, casual swing of Elora’s claw.

Baphomet, who had been preparing to flee froze when he saw this and his face turned extremely ugly.

They were currently in the Southern Territory, the domain under the rule of the Gehenna Empire.

As its ruler, if he allowed Elora to run wild here, she could destroy the entire Southern Territory in a very short time.

Looking at the massive region consumed by nothingness, Baphomet gritted his teeth and he had no choice but to abandon his plan of escape and step forward to stop Elora.

"Bastard! Just what kind of monster have you unleashed here? Do you want to destroy all of Utopia?"

The demon monarch roared at Evan in fury as he attacked Elora, attempting to stop her from causing further destruction.

But to both his and Evan’s utter shock, the moment Baphomet’s attack approached Elora, the black hole spinning behind her trembled and before the attack could even touch her, it was devoured completely.

"What?!!!"

A look of disbelief, even greater than when he had first sensed Elora’s destructive aura appeared on Baphomet’s face as he could not comprehend how his attack failed to even reach her.

Evan was equally stunned. At the same time, he suddenly felt his connection with Elora weakening.

He glanced at the cracked Halberd of Destruction, and a look of anxiety surfaced on his face.

’Damn it... if this halberd is completely destroyed, she will lose the medium that is keeping her here and will be sent back to the Tomb of the Ancient, where the real Halberd of Destruction is located.’

Evan gritted his teeth, wondering if he should destroy the halberd by himself and send Elora back to the Tomb of the Ancient to stop her.

But when he recalled how she had cried upon first seeing him inside the tomb, how she had spoken of her loneliness, he simply could not bring himself to do something like that.

’There must be another way...’

Evan’s mind raced rapidly as he tried to think of a solution.