One question was left in Knull’s mind as he thought about things.
’How?’
’How had this even happened?’
’How had a situation they thought to be so inconsequential become something as huge as them potentially facing extinction soon?’
’Not even Theth’Vorgath, the feared Knull of Carnage, had driven their race to such a state upon falling out with them.’
’Yet, how had this brat done it with no one at all to aid him?’
He wanted to rage.
He wanted to destroy him.
But it was just like Ryuk had said.
So what if he was destroyed or died?
His race was doomed anyway.
"Ubi?"
Where?
Knull asked.
"Ubi regnum Knullicum quoque proiecisti?"
Where did you throw the Knull domain to?
"A random Void. They could be anywhere..."
He replied, and in the next moment,
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
Space before him shattered apart as Knull’s wide claws slashed the space into nothing, leaving a scar on reality itself.
He remained in his position, turning his head to find Ryuk silently floating in the Void with both arms crossed.
"Mihi tantum te delere necesse est."
I just need to destroy you.
"Quando te delebo propter miliones Knullorum quos occidisti, Knullos recuperabo et abscondam."
When I destroy you for the millions of Knulls you killed, I will gather back the Knulls and hide them away.
"Licet centena, etiam millia annorum somni capiat, nos Knulli iterum renascemur."
Let it take hundreds or even thousands of years of slumber, but we Knulls will grow back.
"Et cum in hoc universo iterum apparebimus, fortiores quam umquam erimus."
And when we reappear in this universe, we will be stronger than ever.
"Modo te mori opportet!"
You just need to DIEEEE!
He roared, stretching his palm toward Ryuk.
RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIP!
Space was sliced apart as a pillar of condensed, destructive abyssal energy burst forward toward Ryuk with insane speed.
To the attack, Ryuk reached out his right hand as well.
The energy that made his body concentrated around his arm, the dark motes specifically, and in the next moment,
CRAAACKLEEE!
CRAAACKLEEE!
The sound of lightning crackling resounded through the Void as lightning coalesced over his palm.
"Fall."
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
Reality in his path was destroyed into nothing as the pitch-black lightning crackled furiously toward the approaching pillar of Abyssal energy.
When they collided, the lightning pillar completely tore through the abyssal energy, devouring it as its power skyrocketed to extreme levels.
"Quid est...Fulmen Punitoris!?"
What is... Punisher Lightning!?
Knull roared in shock, the lightning slowly disappearing, only for a vortex to appear right before his face and it shut out.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
It slammed into him with immense power, a massive detonation that sent Knull’s head curving backward as lightning constantly crackled across his face amidst the destroyed remains of the Void.
He remained in that position for a while before raising his head.
The dark skin of his face had been peeled off, and what was beneath wasn’t a humanoid skull but an object.
It was shaped like one, but it wasn’t bone; it was crimson in color, with thousands of ever-twisting layers of crimson runes etched upon its surface.
The sight of those runes sent Ryuk’s heart into a frenzy.
’That’s...that’s It!"
"Ahhhhhh..."
A deep exhale of dark smoke left Knull’s lips as he stared emptily at the Void beneath his feet before his face suddenly jerked up, eyes turning fully crimson.
"Per—"
Be destro—
He stopped mid-command, frozen as he found Ryuk standing just a few inches from his face.
Ryuk’s palm reached out and landed upon the interlocking runes present on Knull’s forehead.
"I am well aware of your Power of Dark Command, Knull."
"I won’t let that repeat."
Immediately, Knull swung his massive claws, brimming with abyssal energy.
It appeared by Ryuk’s side faster than an instant.
But Ryuk moved faster.
With one hand resting over Knull’s skull, the other formed a seal as he called out,
"Forbidden Abyss Wrath Art: Abyss Overwrite!"
A ripple speared out from his hand resting upon Knull’s head.
The interlocking runes upon Knull’s face forcefully halted before they all reversed.
But at the same time, the claw reached Ryuk.
When it slammed into him, his entire body shifted to the side, blasted so far that reality cracked, and he disappeared through the crack, completely fading out of existence.
"QUID!"
WHAT!?
"QUID FECISITI!?"
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!?
Knull’s roar of horror echoed throughout the Void as his massive claws gripped his head.
The darkness that covered his skin faded away, revealing his bony inner layer, and upon it were millions upon millions of runes.
What was worse was that those runes were spinning.
They were revolving, and each revolution was absolutely beyond Knull’s control.
They were reversing!
His hands gripped his head; the feeling of strength that ought to be increasing from the endless abyssal energy in the world tethered upon the runes started to reverse upon him.
Immediately, his massive claws gripped tighter as he fell into a silent slumber.
It became a war.
A war to force his own runes back to their normal revolution.
Intense abyssal energy burst out from Knull’s hulking frame, filling the Void and twisting reality itself.
His teeth ground together, and after what seemed like an eternity, the runes upon his body slowed their reversal before completely halting.
Then he changed his seal, and in the next moment, the runes’ revolution returned to normal.
The second that was done, Knull’s eyes softened, his massive hands falling to his knees as he breathed out chaotically.
He looked into the chaotic rift where Ryuk had been sent, and his tired expression turned into an evil grin.
His claw attack wasn’t a simple strike.
Knull was the manifestation of Darkness, and he used that darkness to bypass this reality and tear it open, leading to another reality beyond this one.
The reality that the gods came.
But while gods were allowed to descend upon this reality, the rule of the universe stated that no being born within it could ascend to the reality where the gods came from.
They would face absolute erasure halfway, and right now, Ryuk was as good as dead.
"In fine, es tantum spurius puer."
In The End, You’re Just A Bastard Brat!
He called with a disgusted huff, turning his back on the rift.
But he had yet to take even a few steps when,
SPLATTER!
The sound of liquid splashing rang out.
Knull paused, raising his hand.
His eyes furrowed as he noticed blood on them.
"Quid est...?"
What is...?
SPLASSSSSSH!
In the next moment, it became a full downpour of thick red blood.
The sight of a rain of blood made Knull’s eyes slowly widen from the realization, and in the next moment, his body suddenly began to shake in uncontrollable fear as his trembling head turned upward toward the sky.
There, riding upon a wave of blood that descended from the heavens, was a being.
A being that was never meant to be.
"T...T...Theth’Vorgath!!!"