Hogwarts Raven

Chapter 392, Section 391: The Resurrected Sun God

Before he could finish speaking, one of the most agile tentacles, with a tip like a giant pincer, emerged like a venomous snake, ignoring the several magical shields Ian had hastily erected, and once again grabbed him with perfect precision!
The tentacles possessed terrifying power, instantly compressing Ian until his bones groaned under the immense pressure. His magic was completely sealed, making even breathing difficult. He was lifted high, like a lamb to the slaughter, suspended directly in front of the sixteen perfect faces of the evil god.

“Struggle!” the evil god grinned, the tentacle gripping Ian slowly moving, sending him toward the gaping maw of one of the faces, filled with sharp teeth! “Let fear permeate your soul! Let despair gnaw at your mind! In the eternal agony of becoming a part of my ‘perfection,’ savor the folly of your choice today!”

Ian was gripped tightly, like a bird coiled around a giant python. He struggled fiercely, unleashing magical attacks and physical twisting, but the evil god's power was as immovable as a mountain. The gaping maw filled with sharp teeth drew closer, a stench assaulting his nostrils, and he could even see the pulsating, dark purple flesh deep within its mouth, like living organs.

The shadow of death has never been so clear.

Just as the gigantic jaws were about to close and the sharp teeth were about to bite down—

Ian, who was being gripped tightly and seemed to be in dire straits, suddenly stiffened. Then, on his face, which was contorted with pain and suffocation, the corners of his mouth turned up in an extremely abrupt and extremely slow motion.

"Ha ha……"

A low, hoarse laugh, filled with an indescribable mockery and calculation, was squeezed out of his constricted throat.

The evil god's movements froze for an extremely brief moment, less than half a second, because of this untimely laughter. A hint of doubt flashed in its giant, purplish-red eyes.

"Laughing even when death is imminent?"

A sense of unease flickered in his heart.

So he tried to suppress his intuition with a roar.

He was still too naive and didn't live long enough.

In that frozen moment!

"I am the bridge between reality and illusion."

All the remaining magic power within Ian, along with the "Prince" bloodline power ignited by the sun god Ra and now fully erupting due to his desperate situation, burst forth like a dam breaking! The giant tentacles binding him were utterly unable to stop this transformation that originated from the essence of life and transcended physical form!

puff!
With a soft click, "Ian," who had been gripped tightly by the giant claws of the evil god, instantly transformed into a flurry of black feathers! Meanwhile, the real Ian, concealed by the swirling feathers, in the form of a raven, broke free from the gaps in the giant claws like a bolt of lightning!

He intervenes in nothingness.

It has once again manifested itself in reality.

In the blink of an eye, they broke free from their restraints.

Using the force of the evil god's pull, he shot towards the eye of the god of pull, which was right in front of him, like an arrow released from a bow!

"what?!"

The evil god was terrified and tried to stop it, but it was too late.

"Damn it!"

The evil god's gigantic maw snapped shut at this sudden turn of events, only managing to crush a useless tuft of feathers with a hollow "crack." Its massive, purplish-red eyes instantly filled with rage and astonishment!

Ian.

That black raven—did not pause for a moment! Its goal, from beginning to end, was not to escape! Its trajectory was straight, resolute, and with a determination to perish together, as it launched its final and most fatal dive towards the "Eye of Ra," which was now within arm's reach!
From the moment he was grabbed by the tentacles and pushed towards the giant maw, Ian had given up on futile struggles. He endured immense pain and suffocation, all for this moment! He was betting on the arrogance of the evil god as the "victor," betting that the evil god would personally deliver him, the "prey," to the vicinity of its own power core! He risked his life, using himself as bait, and through the evil god's own hand, completed the most crucial step.

By using the evil god's own power, we can close the distance with the Eye of Ra!

"Do not--!"

The evil god wasn't entirely incompetent; he finally understood Ian's scheme and let out a deafening roar, causing all his tentacles to frantically fight back!
But, it's too late!
The evil god tried frantically to stop it, but it was too late. Ian was already extremely close to the Eye of Ra, and the evil god's own pulling force further increased the distance.

This attack was faster than anyone could have imagined.

The black raven, like a moth drawn to a flame, or a sharp blade piercing the heart, used all its strength and its speed to strike the pulsating, pus-covered core of the "Eye of Ra" with its hard, iron-like beak with incredible precision!
"You bastard!"

Seth Appepp let out a terrified roar.

Click!

A crisp, yet resounding, shattering sound, echoing throughout the entire God War Space, suddenly rang out!

A crack appeared on the Eye of Ra, and golden light burst forth from the crack.

"No! Impossible!"

The evil god frantically tried to repair the amulet, but the cracks spread rapidly and soon covered the entire Eye of Ra.

The moment Ra's Eye shattered, time seemed to freeze. The golden amulet embedded in the evil god's neck erupted with an blindingly brilliant light, like a million suns exploding simultaneously. Cracks spread rapidly, as if alive, quickly covering the entire surface of the amulet.

Boom!

The Eye of Ra exploded completely, turning into countless golden fragments. An indescribable, immense power surged from the center of the explosion, like a volcano that had been dormant for millennia suddenly erupting.

The energy vortex began to collapse, and the tentacles binding Osiris and Isis snapped off one by one. The evil god let out a painful and unwilling roar, and his body began to disintegrate rapidly—having lost the Eye of Ra, the anchor point that stole the source of the sun god, he could no longer maintain such a massive energy form.

"No—!!!" Seth Appepp roared deafeningly, his voice filled with disbelief, terror, and rage. "This is impossible! My perfect plan!"

The roar was filled with curses against Ian, the Hades couple, and the entire world, but even more so, it was a despair at the complete shattering of his own "perfection."

An indescribable surge of immense energy erupted from the epicenter of the explosion—the stolen and imprisoned power of the Sun God's primordial essence. A golden torrent, like the first rays of light at the dawn of the universe, instantly swept across the entire world. Like the core of the sun, suppressed for billions of years, bursting forth from its shattered pupil!

The energy vortex crumbled under the impact of this pure divine power.

The swallowed matter and energy were released.

The light was no longer the warm sunlight, but a liquid, surging divine power, imbued with supreme majesty and purifying might! It was like a golden tsunami. The most awe-inspiring scene unfolded—the abdomen of the evil god Set-Apep suddenly swelled violently, as if something was about to burst forth from within.

His skin turned transparent, revealing a curled-up figure awakening within. "Damn it!"

The evil god roared in agony, trying to press his hands against his ever-expanding belly, but all in vain.

Just as the evil god's core collapsed and twisted in agony due to the shattering of the "Eye of Ra," the abdomen of His massive body was torn open from the inside as if by an invisible giant hand! A huge rift, its edges burning with pure golden flames, appeared out of thin air! Immediately afterward, a small, barefoot figure appeared.

It emerged slowly and resolutely from the depths of that churning fissure, seeping pus and golden flames! It was the little boy with golden eyes who had been curled up in the center of the cellar!
He is indeed the sun god Ra himself.

At this moment, he was completely different. He floated in mid-air, his small body bathed in the torrent of divine power emanating from the "Eyes of Ra," a torrent like a golden galaxy. Those two jet-black eyes that had once devoured all light had now completely transformed into two eternally burning, dazzling golden suns, their light shining brightly and illuminating the universe.

"You...you actually dared to do this!" Seth-Appepp stared incredulously at the sun god emerging from his body, his mangled body beginning to rapidly disintegrate.

Ra hovered in mid-air, enveloped in golden light. The divine power released from Ra's Eye of God converged on him like bees returning to their hive, merging into his body. With each unit of divine power absorbed, his form became more solid, and the pressure he exuded grew stronger.

"I'm back."

The sun god's tattered white robes vanished under the wash of divine power, replaced by a divine armor of pure light energy, resembling a pharaoh's crown and a scarab beetle's breastplate. Countless streams of golden divine power gushed from the "Eye of Ra," flowing like rivers into the sea or weary birds returning to their nests, frantically and systematically converging and merging into his small body!
His form stabilized and sublimated in the light, and the divine radiance spread out in a ring around him. Wherever it passed, even the dark red clouds in the sky, which had been contaminated by the evil god and resembled congealed blood, were quickly purified and dispelled! The long-lost, pure, and warm sky blue returned.

Like a canvas that has been washed anew, it is gradually spread across the sky.

The unsettling golden hue gradually faded, replaced by the warm and pure natural color of sunlight.

The color of the "sun" in the universe is being forcibly corrected, returning to its proper, life-giving origin. The false sun in the sky has completely dissipated, and although the real sun has not yet fully risen, its light has already begun to cleanse the world. Ra's voice was calm yet full of majesty.

Those golden eyes burned with the fire of ancient wisdom.

"Your theft journey ends here."

It was like a verdict.

This was unacceptable to the evil god.

"I am the strongest! The most perfect!"

The evil god's massive body, struck by the shattering of the "Eye of Ra" and the bursting forth of the sun god, crashed backward like a spineless beast. Its remaining form disintegrated and shrank under the onslaught of golden divine power, its crimson light dimming to its lowest point.

However, the essence of that "evil" did not perish. Instead, in utter failure and destruction, it was forced to reveal its most primitive, most distorted, and most sinister form!
Seth-Appepp has now completely lost his divine appearance, transforming into a monster composed of pure darkness and chaos. His remaining consciousness, like a collection of billions of vengeful spirits, emits a final, endlessly venomous shriek, gathering all the remaining, most filthy dark power.

The evil god transformed into a twisted torrent of purplish-black energy composed of countless wailing faces, recklessly and frantically shooting towards the sun god who was absorbing the source of divine power and hovering in the air!

"Even if I lose my divine power, I will drag you down with me!" the evil god roared madly.

This torrent contained the final curse and destructive will of the evil god, and its power was astonishing.

But his attack couldn't touch Ra at all. Just as the purplish-black torrent was about to touch the small figure bathed in golden divine power, a magnificent golden shield of light, made of pure solar divine power and as grand as an ancient Egyptian temple, silently appeared in front of Him.

The torrent crashed violently against the light shield, but it was like a mud ox sinking into the sea, failing to even stir up a ripple!
The light shield remained completely still, instead filtering and purifying the evil and resentment contained in the purplish-black torrent like a sieve, turning it into harmless light spots that dissipated.

The Sun God didn't even blink. His two golden sun eyes calmly looked down at the remaining, twisting and disintegrating remains of the evil god below, like a deity looking down at dust.

Well, he is a god himself.

His very existence is an insurmountable barrier; the remaining power of the evil god cannot even make the hem of His robes tremble.

"Don't you understand?" Ra shook her head gently, her tone tinged with pity. "You were never a true god, but a thief who stole divine power."

"You are an aggregate of evil from time. Now that my divine power has been returned to its rightful owner, you will naturally revert to your original form." The Sun God spoke condescendingly, his words utterly ruthless and insidious.

The evil god's roar grew increasingly hysterical.

Just then, far beyond the temple, on the ruins at the edge of the city.

The priestess Karina, who had been staring intently at the direction of the divine war with a heart full of despair, and the group of believers behind her who had been rejected by Hades Osiris for "suicide as a way out" and could only wait in despair for the end of the world, suddenly raised their heads.

They saw it!
I saw the divine power that tore through the blood-red sky, cascading down like a golden waterfall! I saw the small golden figure suspended in the air, like a newborn sun!

They saw the nightmarish dark red in the sky quickly dissipate, replaced by the long-lost, pure sky blue! A ray—no, countless rays—of real, warm sunlight, like golden swords, fell generously and without hindrance upon this land that had been cursed for so long!
When they saw the true light of the sun god shine again, these devout people knelt down, tears streaming down their faces.

"It's a success! It really is a success! That one in a million chance!"

Karina's lips trembled, and tears streamed down her face like a burst dam, washing away the dust and despair. Behind her, her followers, whether wounded warriors or dying civilians, whether white-haired elders or ignorant children, all knelt on the ground, weeping loudly.

"La God. It really is La God."

Karina choked back tears as she felt the warm, pure sunlight bathing her.

An astonishing thing happened—wherever the sunlight reached, all the wounds healed at a speed visible to the naked eye. Those who had been corrupted and mutated by the evil god began to return to normal; their detached limbs were replaced by new skin covering the exposed flesh, and their mad eyes regained their clarity.

The whole city seemed to be awakening.

As if infused with the fountain of life, tender green shoots stubbornly sprouted from the cracks in the ruins; clear springs began to flow in the dried-up riverbeds; even the air was filled with a long-lost, fresh scent of life. Sleeping life was being gently and firmly awakened anew by the returning power of the sun.

Sunlight, like the source of life, washes away all filth and darkness.

However, in this sacred resurrection scene, one person is doing something completely different—Ian Prince is lying on the ground, groping around without any regard for his image.

"Where are the fragments? Where did all those fragments go?"

He muttered to himself.

His eyes scanned the ground eagerly.

(End of this chapter)