GOD OF ALL SYSTEMS
Chapter 52 - 52: Absolute Thrashing 2

Though silent, the scene permeated with intense energies as two groups of self-acclaimed gods faced each other. The surrounding cerulean mana became chaotic and unstable, as the energies released by either the demon god or Patrick were independent energy sources from the now cerulean energy of the planet.

The demon god exuded endless barbaric and ominous power, his energy constantly devouring any cerulean mana in the scene. But just when one would think the demon's slightly overpowered ability was a flex, the demonic energy was being devoured by the golden-black energy, well to be exact, the golden-darkish erased the red-darkish demonic energy emanating from Patrick and Athena.

Witnessing his defeat in the exchange of energies, the demon god looked up at Patrick who gazed at the demon like a pitiful bug waiting to be squashed. Dissatisfied with how he was being stared down upon, the demon god's large and widespread wings twitched as he instantly blinked behind Patrick. With claws large enough to slash through a full-grown human male, the demons slashed at Patrick's neck.

A whistling sound echoed as the demon slashed at Patrick.

But before the demon's claws could even move an inch, Patrick spoke, his words

halting time around the demon, "Dare attempt an attack against me! Patrick Alexander King? Not even funny."

Finished speaking, the space around Patrick rippled as it suddenly constrained the demon god. Feeling his body halting midair, the demon god furrowed his brows as he shifted his eyes and observed the fabrics of space wrapping around him like mummifying a body. The demon was then brought over as he hovered before Patrick and Athena.

But upon seeing the duo, a look of suspicion and discernment filled the demon's eyes as he stared at Patrick as if trying to decipher something, but then as if discovered his intended memory, the demon god widened his eyes as his face went from casual and calm to serious and anxious.

With trembling lips, the demon god widened his eyes at Patrick and said in his hoarse tone, his action stating the recognition of something of the past.

"You! So, it's you? The hidden God!?" The demon god said, and without the slightest hesitation, he instinctively utilized all his demonic energy and instantly evaporated into a puff of smoke, his figure dissolving from the tightened grip of space fabrics as it dispersed into the surroundings, making him practically invisible from the scene.

Seeing this, Patrick scoffed with a smirk as he said, "Sacrificing ninety-nine percent of your soul for a futile escape attempt, pathetic. Escaping death is a dream many have realized when faced with death itself, but when I'm involved in that equation, that dream becomes an illusion."

As Patrick spoke, the reality and space fabrics in the scene shattered, leaving the scene in a void-like state, devoid of reality or space and time. And within the now depraved reality, the demon god can be seen two hundred thousand miles away from his previous location, frozen in time, and his smoke-like body scattered within the multiple shattered pieces of reality and

space.

Patrick stared at the scattered pieces in the distance as they vanished and materialized before him at a speed faster than light, in Earth's case, in an instant. As the reality assembled before Patrick, the demon god was formed with it. But he was still frozen in time, as one could see a desperate look on his face while trying to escape, or so he thought.

With the demon now reformed before him, Patrick had his impassive expression as he said while unfreezing time on the demon, returning him to the current reality, "How long since our first encounter, little demon?"

With him being unfrozen, the demon watched his surroundings only to discover the scene in a chaotic state; the planet previously known as Earth was no longer, as it was now scattered within the countless fabrics of shattered space and reality.

Although the scene was scary and chaotic, that wasn't close enough to scare the demon god, the one thing that gave the demon god the chills down his spine were the two beings currently floating before him.

Despite space and time being practically non-existent, they were unbothered and unaffected by the chaos. Not even in the least, as while everything else was in a shattered state of reality, the reality and space around them were fine, it was as if they were still on Earth while everything else was not.

Listening to Patrick, the demon couldn't help but struggle to speak, as every aspect of his being was restricted, even his ability to speak or breathe, let alone radiate his demonic power.

With a negligent attitude, Patrick pretended the demon couldn't answer as he continued, despite him being the one restricting him from even breathing, "You don't have to answer that. There's nothing from you worth listening to." As Patrick uttered those words, he opened his right hand as the demon god got drawn into it.

Holding the demon god's neck in his hand, Patrick thought as the previous reality reformed, the earth, space, and time all returning to normal. But the instant everything reformed, a massive object suddenly appeared from the distance as it approached Patrick and Athena at super speed.

But as the object reached them, Patrick extended his arm holding the demon god, the massive object, a massive pillar made of spikes and impaled with countless swords, crashed into the extended body of the demon god, the countless swords and spikes grating against the demon god's face, "Arg ahh arghh!" this physical interaction causing the demon god to bellow in agony and causing his entire energy-like face to be erased by

countless shreds and slices.

The massive object zoomed past Patrick and Athena as it vanished into the fabric of reality behind them. But despite the demon god's agonizing hoarse scream, Patrick remained unimpressed. With a thought, the Earth began spinning at an extinction rate (basically at a speed where the Earth will go extinct if it spins even for half a cycle).

And indeed, the instant the earth started spinning, everything within it went extinct.

As the earth started spinning for even half a cycle, the Earth and everything within it became chaotic and was engulfed in a massive tornado, and Patrick, Athena, and the demon god were in the center of that tornado.

As the countless debris of objects spun around Patrick, he again stretched the demon god into the chaotic swirling, with countless objects clashing against the demon god's body and destroying his energy-state-like body.

"ARGG!" The demon god's cry reverberated within the hallowed earth as his body was constantly shredded by countless objects. And as his body was shredding, while also restricted from utilizing his demonic energy, the demon god was forced to return to his physical state. But this only made it worse, as in his physical state, everything was ten times worse than when he was in an energy state.

Still not satisfied with the demon's punishment, Patrick sent the demon god in the air as he said, "Grace, time evaporation!" Upon calling Grace, the space above the demon god's body instantly cracked and shattered as a massive downpour of countless colors-like plasma descended on the demon's body.

Like blowing hot air on plastic, the demon god's armor and flesh were instantaneously melted and blasted away as the river of time shredded his lifespan away, going from his previous wounded state to a matured demon with a worn-down face and skin, then to an old demon with broken horns and wrinkled dried skin, and then to a literal skeleton, and finally to debris of dust that got ultimately washed away.

Note that all these events occurred simultaneously, from the beginning to the end.

The downpour ceased, and space reconstructed itself. The

demon god was shredded and erased to nothingness by the downpour of the rivers

of time.

But before a second could even tic by, Patrick said, "Oh no, little demon, a swift death is too merciful," his voice echoing the swirling a tornado as he stretched his hand, and in an instant, the demon god was reborn as a mere egg, he then hatched as his body grew in the arms of Patrick, with his neck ultimately growing in Patrick's hands.

"You think I would let you off that easy, Mr. President? Not by a long shot. Now let's go show your nation what their President truly is." Patrick said as the tornado spun one last time, but this time returning everything to as it once was. Earth was reformed and space and time were set at their previous normal state and pace.

The surroundings then trembled as Patrick, Athena, and the demon god suddenly vanished from the scene, with Athena's melodic voice lingering in the surroundings, "Ha-ha~ this should be more fun to watch~."

...

King Tech HQ

Dylan Ludwick stood in his office as he supervised everything occurring on the planet. With technology tens of centuries ahead of the present day, it came as no surprise that despite the current state of affairs on the planet, King Tech and all of their associates were perfectly

fine and unbothered with even a mosquito coming closer to their families, let alone them.

"Alpha, security update."

<+ All demonic lifeforms have been terminated except for one, all agents and relations are accounted for…+>

"Wait, did you say one demonic lifeform remaining? Show me." Dylan Ludwick requested upon listening to Alpha's update.

And as ordered, the holographic display zoomed onto the one red dot which was hard to discern as it was a tiny glint, almost unnoticeable. The red dot was currently showing on the U.S.A. part of the holographic map; or more specifically, over New York.

"Huh? New York? But we should have over five hundred droids executing order 786 in America, they should have noticed a mere glint of demonic energy. There must be a reason; Alpha, connect me with a droid's interface." Dylan Ludwick ordered as a perspective view of a droid in New York appeared on display.

Ludwick had a furrowed brow at first, but upon zooming onto the thing the droid was looking at, he couldn't help but lose control of himself, even falling backwards, fortunately for him, his technologically advanced seat arrived behind him just in time to save him from falling.

"Jesus Christ! Of course, it's him, who else would dare hold the president of the United States by the neck to display him in front of his nation like a pet, you are truly deserving of your name, Sir Patrick Alexander King!" Ludwick said as he ended uncontrollably uttering Patrick's full name while gripping his floating seat's armrest.