The Magic Empire for 20,000 years

Chapter 98 The Final Battle, the End of All Things
For El-Erian, that nightmare was only 10 years ago, yet it felt like yesterday.

Those terrifying beings beyond those dimensions, those great beings who surpassed [powerful divine power] and reached [divine power above all else], destroyed everything in the Great Wheel Universe.

They toppled the Seven Heavens Mountain, casting this hill bathed in light and justice, along with all the wretched gods of the entire plane, into the sea of ​​chaos...

They reigned supreme in the shadowy realm of the Fallen Underworld, instantly destroying the Raven Queen's divine kingdom. Deep within the shadows, the "hidden forces" of the "Raven Pavilion Demon Realm" attempted to halt their advance, but those great beings, surpassing even the gods, simply annihilated them with a mere flick of their wrists…

They plunged into the deepest depths of the "bottomless" abyss, and even the [Will of the Abyss], representing the pinnacle of the chaotic forces of the Great Wheel Universe, was defeated in its confrontation with those seven terrifying beings. Hundreds of layers of the abyss were torn apart, and the Undying Lord Orcus, the Demon Prince Demogorgon, the Minotaur King Buffyment, the Gnoll King Yenogu, the Fungal Lady Zul'Gurub, the Spider Queen Lolth… all the demon lords and abyssal gods perished in this great war…

They invaded the Outer Realm, considered the center of all planes, toppled the towering "Peak of Infinity," and slew the mysterious and powerful "Lady of Pain." A vast fleet conquered the ruins of [Sign City]...

Having witnessed the destruction of various planes, the [Creation Twin Serpents], representing the pinnacle of the Great Wheel Universe Order, finally set aside their past grievances and joined forces again.

Asmodeus, the king of demons in hell, and the hidden serpent of Paradise Mountain, have joined forces for the first time since the creation of the world. Together, they demonstrate a status that surpasses that of the gods, attempting to reclaim the authority of creation and lead the last gods, mortal heroes, and demon gods to a new universe.

But by now, cooperation is already too late...

How could the Outer Gods, who sought to devour everything, allow the Order Serpents to succeed?
That was the war that ended all wars.

All the gods and mortal heroes perished.

The stars have fallen silent, and the Mind Flayer fleet from a distant land has conquered every corner of the endless starry sea.

The last survivor among the gods is a deity who wields the power of time and magic.

Legend has it that this master of time and magic is an ancient god from the beginning of the creation of the universe.

It was only once weak, and it took tens of thousands of years to recover to its current state.

Only in the most obscure poems and rumors does one arrogantly proclaim:

"Even the leader of the gods was once a mortal!"

Regardless of the truth, this last deity, empowered by the will of the universe, sacrificed all its magic and divinity, self-destructing its divine body to briefly force back the seven supreme outer gods, tearing open a passage to the past in the vast starry sky.

"Come on, follow me."

"Abandon your divinity, abandon your flesh, your person, and your power, and follow in my footsteps..."

In the deep, dark space, the ethereal figure, having abandoned everything, turned and plunged into the tunnel ahead.

The time tunnel, radiating a deep blue light, slowly closed behind God.

The vast sea of ​​stars fell into a brief silence.

The Outer God witnessed all of this and immediately used the power to tear through time.

—As evil beings existing outside of dimensions and even more ancient than time, the seven most powerful Outer Gods still possess a small amount of authority over time, even without the divine office of [Time]!
The time tunnel that had just closed has reopened, radiating a deep blue light.

However, no Outer God was willing to step into this tunnel.

Their status, their power, their physical form, their divinity—these are far too heavy for this fragile tunnel spanning the long river of time.

The god who controls time and magic has nothing left to lose, so he is willing to abandon everything and merely send a wisp of consciousness back 2 years.

But they are the victors, so there's no need for them to sacrifice so much.

It is clear that the ripples brought about by the rewriting of history are about to reach the present timeline, distorting everything.

In the final moments, the power of the Outer God suddenly enveloped the Mind Flayer fleet closest to the time tunnel, hurling the entire fleet into the tunnel that shone with a ghostly blue light...

Those dozens of spaceships, large and small, along with all the Mind Flayers and [Main Brain] inside, were swept into the vortex of time, their minds echoing their master's final command:

"...Searching for...the masters of time and magic..."

"...to ensure...that history has progressed to this point..."

"...Forget this war...Remember...One day...your fleet will conquer every corner of the endless galaxy..."

"...Gathering the power of ten thousand minds...Pooling spiritual energy...The God-Making Project..." "...Destroying the endless sun to silence the light..."

"...Paradise Mountain...Snake Extermination..."

The remnant soul of a god, traveling through the time tunnel, turned around and saw the Mind Flayer fleet following closely behind.

As you can see, these dozens of spaceships drifted away in the turbulent currents of spacetime, scattering in all directions...

Some landed on the planet that gave birth to the earliest civilization, while others landed on other planets, and still others landed in the abyss, hell, Mount Paradise, and other planes.

Every single place, in the grand scheme of things, corresponds to a pivotal point in the destiny of the universe. This is an arrangement made by the Outer God in an instant, following the intuition of fate...

……

The memory stopped abruptly.

Before me lies a mirror reflecting ever-changing scenes, and an antique black wooden table.

Elian gathered his thoughts and tapped his fingertips lightly on the dark wooden table:

"As expected, the Mind Flayer's fleet has indeed successfully traversed the river of time and arrived in this era."

"At present, at least one spaceship has landed on this planet, on this continent."

"Considering the Mind Flayers' lifestyle, they likely hid underground and built cities!"

The hypothesis was confirmed, and El-Erian did not panic.

On the contrary, I felt a sense of relief.

Indeed, this fleet, capable of conquering the stars in the final war, is incomparably powerful.

Any ordinary Mind Flayer ship is guarded by a mid-level legendary [Mastermind] and a large number of Mind Flayers.

Its overall combat strength definitely surpasses that of Eldoron at present.

Not to mention the secondary and primary warships, which are even more powerful than ordinary spaceships.

Admittedly, the Mind Flayers who can traverse tunnels lack divinity, but their main warships, thanks to their psionic energy amplification devices, possess a true combat power comparable to that of a true god with "weak divine power"!

However, El-Erian was not so worried.

He knew that compared to the Mind Flayer, this alien species from a distant land, he possessed a significant advantage—

The mind flayers are unaware of the "original" history of this world!

Similarly, they didn't know who the God of Time and Magic from the Doomsday War had become.

But Elian knew them.

The enemy is in the open, while we are in the dark!

Bringing his thoughts back, Elian turned his gaze back to the mirror before him, to the Mind Flayer, who wore an anti-magic collar and was tightly bound.

Upon seeing Princess Leah's arrival, the monster began to struggle rapidly.

……

The maidservant responsible for guarding the mind flayers couldn't help but shudder as she looked at the tentacles waving from the alien creature's mouth.
"Your Highness, where did you find such an ugly and terrifying octopus head?"

"These creatures are simply not from our world!"

She temporarily referred to the alien creature as "octopus head".

(End of this chapter)