In the Abyssal contract signed between Orsaga and the Chloroya Merchant Guild, there was a specific clause:
he was forbidden from intentionally causing large-scale destruction to the Seven Seas realm.
At first glance, that didn't sound unreasonable.
But the term "intentionally" was open to many interpretations.
If destruction occurred as a byproduct of killing an enemy, it clearly wasn't considered "intentional."
However, once he received the Guild's message reminding him of the clause, that excuse no longer held water.
Now slightly irritated but with no real alternatives, Orsaga was forced to comply.
Abyssal contracts were absolute. Loopholes could be exploited, but open defiance was suicide.
History had proven this countless times, even Demon Princes who defied the contract could die on the spot.
So he set aside his plan to detonate the sun,
and chose a… milder approach instead.
As each of the vortexes on the sun's surface expanded to tens of thousands of kilometers in diameter,
the star's brightness dimmed drastically.
At this point, 99% of its light and heat had been siphoned away.
On the surface of the world, the skies turned pitch black—
as if night had fallen in an instant.
To ordinary people, the phenomenon sparked confusion, but not outright panic. With no access to observation tools, many treated it as a rare astronomical wonder.
Some were even excited.
But those who could observe the heavens—mages, priests, astronomers, were consumed by a gnawing unease.
They might not be able to spot Orsaga himself—his forty-meter form was minuscule in the starry void—
but the fire vortexes burning across the solar surface were impossible to miss.
Their arrangement was clearly artificial.
Anyone with basic magical knowledge could tell this was a powerful ritual, and not a friendly one.
Unlike the ignorant masses who thought the sun was just a big ball of fire, the ruling elite knew better.
The sun was more than a light source—it was the foundation of life.
Even influencing it could spell ecological disaster.
Like nudging a furnace—not enough to tip it over,
but enough to send burning coals flying…
and for the ants nearby, that's all it takes to die.
Right now, they were the ants. And all of them were beginning to worry about being scorched.
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One of the Greater-Rank Demons, locked in battle elsewhere, suddenly paused.
One of his many heads tilted skyward, eyeing the anomaly.
Yes—he had multiple heads, and sparing one for observation didn't hinder him in the least.
Upon seeing the vortexes scarring the sun's surface, his nostrils flared.
That fire...
That unmistakable scent of the Abyss...
He knew exactly who had done it.
"That guy…"
He grinned at the god standing across from him and said with a chuckle,
"Take a look up there. Quite the spectacle, wouldn't you say?"
"...?"
Wary but curious, the god cautiously glanced toward the sky, while still guarding against an ambush.
And then—he froze.
As one of the native gods of the Seven Seas realm,
he knew all too well what the sun meant to Helion.
If a demon had tampered with the solar core,
then Helion's fate was sealed.
That blow landed hard.
He'd been hoping Helion would defeat his opponent and come to his aid.
Now… that hope was shattered.
His confidence, once rock-solid, began to crack.
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Orsaga paid no mind to what others were thinking.
Once he sensed the vortexes had absorbed enough energy,
he extended his right hand toward the sun.
Fingers splayed.
Then clenched into a fist.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!!!
Every vortex detonated at once.
The resulting shockwave rippled across the entire solar surface, even the sun itself shuddered under the force.
A massive solar storm erupted.
Solar flares surged outward in all directions,
blasting nearby stars with blazing radiation.
Amid the chaotic aftermath, Orsaga's swarm of floating eyes detected a momentary anomaly.
A ripple in space.
Without hesitation, Orsaga ripped through the void, arriving at the disturbance's source.
At first glance—nothing.
Nothing but solar plasma.
But he simply scoffed.
Around him, the bloodflames that hadn't yet dispersed began flowing back, converging into a volatile, seething mass.
Each wave twisted and collapsed inward, like a star preparing to go nova.
"No matter how well something hides," Orsaga muttered,
"if you poke it hard enough with raw power, it'll twitch."
And with that—
The gathered flames exploded outward once more.
The resulting blast eclipsed even the previous solar storm.
From far outside the sun's atmosphere, observers could clearly see a gargantuan flame pillar rising from the surface.
At the core of that eruption, Orsaga detected it—a distinct spatial fluctuation.
"There you are."
His hands shot forward.
Ten fingers sank into the void like claws.
Crack… crick… crackle…!
With sheer force, he tore open an invisible barrier,
unveiling a hidden passageway.
No hesitation.
Orsaga dove in.
He hadn't even landed before arrows and light-beams screamed toward him.
A barrage of divine magic and siege weaponry, all launched by the surviving supplicant army.
The god's final defenders—fanatical, fearless—unleashed everything they had.
Like a tidal wave of holy fury, their attacks rained down.
But Orsaga only grinned.
He inhaled sharply…
…and exhaled.
FWOOOOOOOSH!!
A monstrous blood-red inferno erupted from his maw,
consuming spells, arrows, soldiers—everything—in one devastating blaze.
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Ten minutes later—
He pushed open the massive gates of the central temple,
their sacred carvings still glowing faintly.
Now reduced to five or six meters in height, he strolled in lazily, dragging a chain of scorched, half-dead bodies behind him like trophies.
At the end of the hall sat Helion, perched silently on his divine throne.
Orsaga smiled.
"I'm here to kill you."
Helion rose slowly, weapon in hand.
Calm and composed.
"Then come."
BOOM!!!
The grand cathedral—constructed over countless centuries by the hands of faithful mortals—
was obliterated in an instant.
And with it, the entire divine kingdom began to collapse…
falling into the void.
Leaving behind nothing.
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