C199: Battle to End All Battles
Alt Title teaser: Reversion of The Cycle of Reincarnation
Date published: 3/16/2025.
Two sides notes: The first is that the battle starts around when most other chapters 'end' based on word count, so enjoy that spoiler of how long your read is.
Second: i wish to give my thanks to Hoku1102 who had given me the proper inspiration needed for the new ability utilized in this chapter. We had exchanged messages like a week or two ago as of posting this and i got many ideas that I am now unleashing here and now. Enjoy
This is also now likely my 2nd or 3rd longest chapter. I think im 100 words off or so from the 1st. Teehee
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The night passes without much interruption except for Brunhilde asking him a simple set of question:
"Did you already plan to inform the gods of your proposal whether Okita Soji won or not? Why are you choosing to take this route?"
"Hmm, i had the general idea but it would have completely depended on whether Okita won or not as it offers them a chance to simply kill off the remaining 2 fighters while also exacting revenge against me"
His reveal seems to put Brunhilde into a contemplative mood for the night. Axel does meet with the remaining two fighters, Michel Nostradamus, a scientist and supposed prophet who had foretold many events of his time. Then the second is a Finnish Sniper, deemed the greatest of all time due to having over 500 confirmed kills in a single night of a war, Simo Haya.
The three warriors chat over the possible upcoming battle. Though one question does arise early on from Nostradamus, "How can you be so sure that the gods will accept your proposal?"
"Because I've killed them and 5 others have killed them." He simply retorts and the mathematician is at a lost for words as to the very concept of mortals or otherwise (in Axel's case) having killed their people and family.
This ensures that even if they would try to reject the proposal, they wouldn't be able to. The only possible result would be for the proposal to be accepted and then have those wrathful gods be sent out to the arena to try to kill them and Axel.
The conversation then returns back to their battleplans and it comes down to just not having the two humans die so the match ends early. The two warriors are partially disappointed in these plans but both soon realize that there are gaps in it which give them free movement to fight back or simply support Axel. Nostradamus gives his conjecture on possible gods that should have grudges against Axel and thus a handful of potential strategies have been made in response to these gods appearing.
Axel disappears halfway through their chat as he simply says that he has something to do. The two mortals are at a loss for words but they could only continue to make their coworking plans and halfway through, Brunhilde joins them with their future Valkyrie partners. Getting to know each other early they introduce themselves and what form they would likely take upon the usage of Volundr.
(alt POV)
A man slams his hand on a stone desk as he yells out, "I will avenge my twin brother and grandfather. Axel will die tomorrow" Catequil, the 'good' brother of the twin Incan Gods speaks up early on in the gods meeting after Axel's proposal was stated. Many gods in attendance agree with him. The largest number are those who were gods under Shiva, led by his 'blood-brother', Rudra.
"Shiva carried the faith of all our names but he was the first to fall here in that Arena. I shall take up his mantle and deliver justice to these names. With Rudra's words, many others begin to rise up and proclaim their vendettas when the door to this assembly room is kicked open.
BANG "Wrong"
"Heh, you are all too weak to beat him, but the same cant be said for me. Though I do have to say that i'm disappointed that nobody tried to get me to see these lovely past few days. I missed out on so much bloodshed and excitement." A man with sun kissed skin, he has a lean but muscular figure that is accentuated by his green vest that is freely hanging off him to reveal his chest. He wields a long staff in his right hand, that leans over his shoulder and past his semi long spiky hair.
"Sun Wukong, we are pleased by your arrival to the Ragnarok but you are much too misinformed if you alone are enough to defeat ... .that thing" Ares greets the god the 'Chinese' pantheon but due to his own fears and what he has witnessed up till now, he doesnt believe that this fight at all leans in their favor, even with overwhelming number.
"I have been told enough, and besides, how many more tricks up his sleeves can he even have. Even hundreds more will prove fruitless before my Ruyi Jingu Bang." Sun Wukong holds out his staff and slams it down, shattering the hard stone stair set as the crack he causes progresses until it reaches the center of the stadium where Ares is. The god flinches but his body does not twitch and panic like he has before. He has long learned to hold his expressions after the loss of his father and him being made to replace him.
"Everyone, can anyone say that they can truly kill him if they worked together properly?" Ares makes a single question which causes a deathly silence throughout the auditorium but Ares and his brother Hermes who has been watching over him both nod as they accept the resolute expressions on everyone's faces.
"Very well, Then I, Ares, Temporary leader of the Gods Assembly, here in Valhalla. Proclaim…."
Soon enough the next day arrives and once Heimdall enters the arena he speaks up about Axel's proposal. "With an overwhelmingly high acceptance rate, The proposal given by the human side contestant, Axel Gram, has been accepted. One grand victory Royale to finish off the prestigious Ragnarok. With this news, it has also been determined that all contestants have until Noon to prepare for this fight."
The crowd is visibly excited by these prospects but a few amongst them are disappointed that the fight is delayed. An even smaller number worry that the gods are planning something yet what they don't know is that the same is true for Axel who has been busy since he left the discussion with Simo Haya and Michel Nostradamus. As for what he was busy with? That is a surprise element for later.
Some more time passes by as Noon approaches, Heimdall takes the stage again and begins to introduce each and every god that has volunteered for this fight with the first amongst them being Rudra and Catequil. The next being Morrigan who wants to kill Axel to avenge her own loss against Cu Chulainn (By killing Axel, she nullifies her loss against the Irish demigod). The Incan god Inti, god of the sun came to support Catequil since his domain is that of good and light. Supay, the Incan god of death who had enlisted Piquerao to curse Axel also takes the stage. Supay appears like a human with demonic horns as he is also listed as the god of all demons.
One by one, various gods take the field, they wield a variety of weapons while others have tamed divine beasts that serve as their companions like Ra-Horathy had. Yet even as Noon arrives and hundreds of gods have taken the stage, nobody from the human side had stepped out yet. Some gods who are full of rage but too cowardly to step into the stage jeer out that they ran with their tails between their legs. Granted the humans arent the only ones confused, the gods are too as Sun Wukong hasn't stepped onto the arena yet either.
In the distance, both Goll and Brunhilde are panicking as Axel has not shown up for hours except to learn that the match was postponed before disappearing again. Though he did give her two sets of fine thread armor that was much heavier than she expected, but if she knew what the materials this armor was made out of then she would have instead been surprised by how light it is.
The armor was handed over to the two humans, Haya and Nastradamus, they spend some time getting used to it as it's different than the Volundr where they barely struggle with it's function or wait due to their spiritual link with the Valkyrie but this armor completely gives them the impression of what they had envisioned a god or divinity. They could feel their strength and speed increase but after a brief test on hitting each other, they underwent the impression that they couldn't be harmed.
"Once they had gotten used to the armor, the two hear a message from nowhere that says, "Enter the arena, ill be a bit late by a few minutes" The two stand in place as they talk amongst each other for what action they should but Nostradamus, the young looking prophet, gives his opinion.
"We don't really have much of a choice but to go out there. If we delay staying out here any longer then the gods will charge in here to start the fight and we will certainly die. At least out there we can stall for time or convince them to start the one versus one for both of us at once." The logical sense of the prophet makes it hard for the sniper to dismiss but both can tell that it won't be as simple as that.
The arena door soon opens and Heimdall steps in to give the grand introduction to the worlds greatest sniper as well as the best known prophet of the 16th century time period.
"Simo Haya and Michel Nostradamus" The two fighters take the field. Haya has the Volundr gun, M28-30 rifle, that was made from the Valkyrie Ridgridr, who bears the name-title of "Truth, sight". While Nostradamus bears a simple looking cane. The cane has various levers and joints so that it can change shape minimally to do calculations, at the top of the staff is a miniature telescope that is used for stargazing. His valkyries name is Svipul, which means changeable fate.
Both are wearing a piece of chestplate armor that gives the impression of being made of thin strips of leather as if it were woven together through thread. Yet it's reflective property gives a puzzling impression as they have never heard of shiny silvery leather, even silver paint doesnt do it justice. Simo also has some camo styled winter gear that hides part of his face, even though it's pretty useless in the current neutral environment.
Nostradamus wears the same armor but the rest of clothes are quite casual or at least old style formal with half knee high boots and a vest underneath the armor.
"Where is Axel Gram?" Morrigan acts as the spokesperson of the gods to the two humans. Simo has a drop of sweat coming down his head due to the heat as well as the pressure of so many antagonistic gods pressing down on him. Michel instead has a sly smile on his childlike face
"In a hurry to visit niflheim? Just wait a few moments longer and he will arrive" His words increase the pressure from the gods but something else responds first, "Caw, trash has no right to talk. With so many here it's you two who will die, ca ca caw" Huginn talks and laughs from atop Odin's shoulder as they stand near the back of the arena stage with his arms crossed still.
"That's right humans, you two will be killed first and then we will completely destroy that thing until there is not even scraps left of his ashes, Ka Ka Kaw" Muginn speaks next and their words seem to instigate the fight right now which the rest of the gods aren't against.
BOOM
The door from the humans side suddenly explodes out and from within the dust cloud around the entrance is sounds of heavy footsteps. There is only one person it could be and the sound of each step seems to cause a twitch in each god's bodies until they seem the outline.
In his 'default' age setting of 13 years old, the boy is wearing metallic form fitting shoes of red black and silver. Half greaves that only cover the front and back of his thighs with black pants behind them. His chest is covered in a similar thread like armor as the other two but his is painted blue with streaks of silver. It gives a greater notice that it is made of some sort of thread but in the center of his armor is a line of symbols.
From right to left, the first symbol is a beer mug that seems to spill with alcohol and lava. Nex to it is a wind like symbol (imagine Kirigakure from Naruto and their 4 wavy lines symbol), There is a Halberd, then a snake like beast next to that, a sun, an arm with muscles, two hearts wrapped around each other like a hug and then right over his own heart is a katana with lightning stamped on it.[1]
His arms bear a pair of simple looking lightweight gauntlets that had been repainted with a stary design. His face is unadorned but as he steps into the arena with a grin of his own, "I thank you for your patience but I must ask that we hold off the match for a few moments more, Im not fully ready."
He begins to raise his right hand and a small spiral object appears hovering over it which elicits looks of desire from the gods but they are mostly able to shake it off as they contemplate why they desire it. While they are contemplating these changes in their actions, Axel looks up at the 'moon' high above.
"My beloveds, goddesses of my heart and body, I invite you to bestow your blessings on this simple perverted man"
From his words, multiple flashes of colored light shine from the ever present moon that then come crashing down on the human side of the arena. Each of Axel's wives or godly beings that Axel has blessed take the stage.
Alaba the first god and lord of dragons and Magic, Blythe and Nightingale god and goddess of Medicine and Health, Raikou goddess of lightning, Syr goddess of love, Freya goddess of War, Aisha goddess of Victory, Haruhime goddess of Family and Spirituality, Tiona goddess of strength, Tione goddess of weapons, Passionlip goddess of the sun and light, Serenity goddess of poison, Gorgon goddess of beasts (she can shrink thanks to her divinity), the two oni who share the title of goddess of Wine and Happiness (partys/celebrations), Ais Wallenstein goddess of Wind, Rebecca goddess of destruction, Sasha goddess of technology (not a waifu, yet-maybe) and finally the invisible goddess of stealth, Lucy. With only one goddess missing due to being busy in another world and awaiting Axel with a new found piece of mind.
The entourage of beautiful women incites the lust of many, especially gorgon who takes on a more human state as well as Passionlips due to both of them having busts comparable or bigger than even Aphrodite on the other side who is glaring at the beautiful women while the two statue men who help her hold up her breasts seem to tremble from their goddesses unhidden annoyance.
Raikou steps forward and extends her hand, the yellow blue glow of her divinity manifests in her hand as the light shines upon Axel, giving her blessing "of course my precious child". The others begin to extend their hands for similar blessings.
Axel quickly looks to the two humans whilst saying, "we aren't related by blood, it's just her kink, i swear" before turning back around. Simo is just confused by Michel just raises his hands in mock surrender with a shrug as if he doesnt understand anything. Axel then looks towards Passiolips who crosses her hands with a 'Humph"
"Ai, sorry Tulip, i used your blessing in a previous match, but i had to for the sake of aesthetics, especially since i had used my own magic earlier" Axel bows to a bit of regret.
With the show of support done, the gods and goddesses take a seat with only Alaba lying down on its belly.
Axel turns to look at the group of gods of look at him with expressions of anger and partial envy due to the gathering of beauties. He starts to raise his hand and a new item suddenly appears in his left hand and puts on a deer-like skull helm over his face. Once it is secured, his eyes flash with a bit of red which stays like a cover over his original blue clear eyes.
Then the floating spiral in his right hand gets clenched and begins to expand into that of a rainbow like spear.
"Shall we begin?" his words cause a certain tension to rise but Heimdall who is simply the observer waves his hand before jumping away onto his floating boat.
BOOM yet before Heimdall could officiate it, somebody new joins the arena "hahaha, you cant let anyone but he main character arrive last. No starting without me, you hear?"
"BEGIN"
"Huh?" The new arrival gets ignored and at the call, Axel seems to disappear and then multiple cries of pain are heard but the most prominent scene is Catequil, the god of the sun and good, is hanging in the air, failing his limbs around while a spear is pierced right through his chest. There are 4 more scenes like this with random gods seemingly hanging in the air. Though a single confused voice does yell out, "huh. Hey Im not stabbed. I thought I was but i'm completely fine" yet this unknown god who does bear a resemblance to one of the 4 seemingly lifted into the air is completely ignored.
Afterall, why worry about a god that is alive when Catequil's body bursts into streams of gore and blood throughout the arena due to a surge of energy being released from the Rhongomyniad.
"That's one less loose end" Axel states with a joking tone but nobody here is in the mood to joke around or understand the reference but the audience crowd can recognize it. (hmmm -_-. Do you?)
Morrigan and the others are shocked at how easily Axel could actually kill a god but they quickly calm down as worrying will only allow him to target them next. They quickly rush in strike at Axel but two gods amongst a few turn their attention to the two humans. Their fear had taken hold of them and their supposed rage has evaporated along with Catequils body. They just want to kill the humans and get out of here, returning to their domains to never return for another divine meeting.
The human fighters were beside each other as they took in the scene, Michel even went so far as to kick a random chunk of Catequils leg that landed near them. Upon doing so, his gaze noticed the few gods eyeing them. Then after a quick glance at their bodies, he spins a few dials on his staff while explaining a bit of his plans to Simo Haya.
The plan proceeds as Michel Nostradamus slams his cane into the ground and then kicks Simo's leg around which might look like an act of sabotage but Simo leans into that leg and it just so happens to kick a god in the face as he just arrived. Michel on the other hand spins around his cane and dodges the repetitive attacks of his own attacking god before flipping the top part of his cane over to reveal an seemingly empty hole. He slams his cane upwards into the jaw of the attacking god and while this attack does not do much, the blade that shoots up to stab into the gods mouth does.
With a final twist of the cane handle, the hidden blade shoots upward and partially pierces the gods brain. He falls over and Michel fixes the mini telescope back up before swinging the cane like a bat and the dagger pierces through the gods head completely before being magnetically stuck to the top of the cane.
"Lovely"
Simo haya on the other hand, after kicking the god in the face, he took out his knife and stabbed it into the gods knee causing him to yell out in pain when a gun entered his mouth and blew his brains out too. Yet that was not the end for that bullet, after piercing through that god's skull, it continued flying but not just straight up, its path unpredictable and chaotic as it took on the serpentine maneuver to pierce the thigh of another god approaching them.
"Heh, not bad" Axel compliments the two as his illusion finally falls and the other realizes the true state of the current situation.
3 gods have fallen in just a few seconds while many others have been wounded. While the others chased the two humans, Axel had shifted his Rhongomyniad form into 2 short blades which he used to wound and deflect the flurry of various blows coming at him from tens of different gods.
Of course his blade wasn't the only thing that was moving, he had created floating blades of lightning that created clouds before pinning down 3 more gods through various means, be it stabbing them in the guts or legs to halt their movement and make them easy pickings for Axel as the twin blades shift into a halberd and cut off these 3 god's heads.
Axel spins and morphs the halberd into a greatsword as it comes in contact with the Ruyi Jingu Bang from Sun WuKong. "You been having fun ignoring me?!!!" the martial god states with annoyance but only gets a confused look from Axel,
"Who are you?"
A kick to the gut to the staff wielding god sends him flying back while Axel turns his attention to Morrigan who has been the most persistent in chasing him. The staff morphs into a scythe.
[Soul Resonance]
A pressure envelops the gods but not enough to stall them, what does is the sight before them as the scythe in Axel's hand expands 5 times over and takes on a ghastly silver shade with a variety of colors at the sharp edge of the blade.
[Witch Hunter] [Ulster Cycle]
Axel swings his blade but it meets Morrigan's toned legs which are covered in black leather thigh high boots. They momentarily reach an armistice before Axel seemingly lets go of his weapon before punching Morrigan in the face.
BOOM, she is sent flying to the left side wall where Nostradamus ended up after killing his second god. He focuses his attention as he can tell his next opponent might be his biggest challenge yet. He first does a few quick calculations before striking out, only to unexpectedly miss. Afterall Morrigan is also referred to as a trio of goddesses, especially ones related to fate like the Norse three and the Greek Sisters of Fate.
The two begin an intense battle and the gods that were approaching Michel have to change their target as they don't want a vendetta with Morrigan. The pressure on Simo Haya increases but with him being able to just randomly fire a few bullets to wound or kill his opponents, a few more bullets won't make much of a difference. This is especially so since his valkyrie is reloading his gun for him.
After 2 hours of fighting the coliseums mood shifts to fear of all the blood and gore, be it gods or mortals, they want the slaughter to end.
Nostradamus is doing everything he can to dodge Morrigan through his own efforts, Haya has fought off tens of dozens of gods now and is exhausted. While Axel has killed over a hundred in this time. And while he looks fresh as a daisy, they have laid witness to many of his supposed blessings: lightning, enhanced strength, quick reflexes to dodge incoming blows or how one god died after a quick touch due to poison.
One of the gods who has been sitting back and observing this whole time finally steps forward, with a pitch black (almost just wrote 'bitch black') outfit and two crows on his shoulders. The aged looking god has the crows transform into boxer like gloves as he and another god has been frustrated at being ignored by Axel repeatedly agrees to work together with the other god.
And thus the extreme alliance of Odin, lord of the Norse and Sun WuKong is made. Wukong strikes first but Axel dodges his attack only to be met with a pair of fists that collide with his face and knock him back.
Through the long battle, it had already been found out that the threads which make up their armor are made of metal and an unknown metal at that as they have never struck something so pristine and durable.
It's actually a new creation made over years of research into divine energy infused metals by Axel and the immortal Muramasa. He has never given up his desire for the forge and Axel decided to pay him back after years of help by gifting him a newly created metal that was completely made of divine energy from his world. This was 5 years ago during his time in cyberpunk. Yet just a few days ago when Axel had just arrived in this world, he had approached the smith and made a armor request as his old dungeon gear had been gathering dust. So he wanted it reforged or redesigned with a new concept that Muramasa had told him about.
The thread armor model is Muramasa's new legend. By using Axel's new metal, he was able to make armor that perfectly redirected 80% of any force, physical or magic, to the other side of the armor's owner. Then with a few seemingly loose threads, the redirected energy is released on the other side of the user, not forcing them to do anything with it or harming the armor owner.
It is through this that Simo haya and Michel Nostradamus had survived so long. The man was even secretly brought into the arena to witness his armor performance, though he did hide a bit when Raikou showed up.
'Om Bagani Tuli Haslim" [Circlet restriction release: 80%]
(not an official chant, just a random thing I wrote since i could not find any official chant for this)
Sun Wukong suddenly speeds up as he easily keeps up with Axel to the slime's surprise, he is bashed on the side of the head and sent flying to the side of the arena where he crashes.
"Not bad. You're about my equal when I was level nine" Axel comes out of the dust and wipes off the bit of mud stuck to his skull helm. The conflict between the three gods begins to speed up as Axel weaponry constantly shifts to counteract any threats made against him by Odin and Sun Wukong.
[72 transformations, Mountain holding weight]
[Hanging off the Yggdrasil tree]
Sun Wukong unleashes his next technique with his Ruyi Jingu Bang as he unleashes a flurry of swiping, striking, and sweeping blows that knock Axel around only to be met with a heavy blow from Odin as well. His technique while sounding impressive is really a movement technique to walk on air as if he was actually Hung off a tree.
Throughout the battle Axel had witnessed many things, vivid emotions of hostility and fear, hundreds of gods, across tens of pantheons, all seeking to kill him for his participation and arrival on this world. Red, blue, purple, black,....white…a trace…of emptiness but a feeling so full.
Sun Wukong and odin are pleased to find Axel in a seemingly drowsy state and they fell under the impression that their attacks have finally weakened him enough thanks to him wasting all his stamina on the other gods.
They unleash a flurry of blows that knock him around throughout the entire arena. Those related to him are confused by what is going on, granted they a
rent directly worried since they understand that his body is far stronger than any others due to all his powers as well the armors state. But as the armor breaks, they soon find that Axel's body is covered in blood and bruises that refuse to heal immediately like they always did.
The two gods can naturally see the goddesses close to Axel are confused and a few amongst them are even panicking. The two work together to unleash a strong blow on Axels head that sends him flying. Feeling the air blowing past him he can only think.
'This feeling of weightlessness, that's it'
The two gods are about to continue their assault on the 'dying' Axel when they spot that he has stopped moving, just floating in air. His hands move, his index and pinkie from the right hand meet his left outstretched fingers while the rest on his right are clenched.
"I am me,
And that is all I have to be
One hundred flow through me
A thousand flow out of me
Yet the hundred do not the define
The one that IS me"
"[Divine Domain-Reversed Cycle of Reincarnation]
The Rhongomyniad bursts into a flow of light that condenses around Axel according to his wishes. The first bubble expands to cover just Axel, the second to cover the whole arena, the third to cover the whole stadium.
A flash of light envelops everyone and they find themselves in a seemingly empty space. The audience panic quite a bit as they find themselves flying high above with no support but for fear of falling should they move around too much, they simply stop and just watch what happens below them.
The gods and two humans are unified in turning their attention to the one who they assume is Axel. his body can be considered a mismatched puzzle piece with a blue slime coating him, preventing anything from bursting out. Everyone has been stripped of their weapons and clothes, leaving everyone wearing only a simple white night dress.
Axels attention is on a colorful river flowing from top to bottom. Axel arrives at the edge of the platform and willingly jumps into the colorful river. As his body enters the river he does something.
SNAP.
With the snap of his fingers his body begins to re-age until he returns to his original child form when he was first 'born'. A few orbs circulate around him and everyone can just tell what those orbs are: his lifespan that he has enjoyed, the powers he has gained, the emotions he has experienced.
Snap
"ARGHHHHHHHHHAAAAAA" With a second snap of Axels fingers, the slime coating around him is pulled away and he experiences the greatest pain he hasnt felt since he had reached an unstable state when he was level 8 and 9.
One by one the various fragments are outright pulled out of him, tucked away as orbs that hover beside the second row while new orbs are also made next to the 1st and third orbs (life span and emotions). For the first row, the orbs are much smaller as they articulate at most weeks to just days worth of lifespan but all in all counts up to 1 year.
As for Emotions, pictures of various women and people he loves or met are shown. Every interaction seems to be reflected on those orbs. Though one small part of the spheres is the most cherished memory with those loved ones, Half of them depict a family hug with a newborn child while others are simple embraces or kissing scenes.
The gods and audience now see Axel for what he really is. A fragment, floating in space, with no mouth at all to articulate his suffering and only one eye to showcase the pain he has experienced. The floating 'boy' shakes his inarticulate hands as he lacks complete fingers to 'snap' again. He can only slam the edge of his middle finger against his thumb until he recreates something close enough to a snap.
The colorful river that Axel is floating in begins to reverse. The powers from the second row seem to pulse as the Rhongomyniad manifests behind Axel. It creates a connection to the original river of reincarnation Axel had 'taken a plunge' in. Then through the call of the soul fragments, the souls flow back and then through Axels nonexistent chest and he rises up.
The first is one soul and Axel notices a piece of his left pinky is back. Then the next and the next. One by One in a smooth and peaceful process.
Axel is made whole again.
"Haaa" he let's out a turbid air as he flies out of the river and back on the ground again, with his own two feet.
His hair is no longer the luscious blue hair but short black hair neatly combed to the right. His physique is relatively skinny with bits of lean muscle focused around his legs. Appearing barely 13 years of age, he can be considered the peak of adolescence. He turns his gaze to the gods and audience.
"I'm sorry you all had to witness my suffering, but don't worry. Someone has to take my place"
SNAP
"Huh" Sun Wukong responds before one of the souls that flowed through Axel now flows through him.
This process begins for every single one of the gods. The two human fighters watch in horror as their soul like bodies are disfigured and granted mismatched chunks just like Axel had before but they who had only focused on physical power lack the property to suppress the malignant soul.
It has to be noted these souls who had initially flowed through Axel had been damaged and left chunks inside Axel. but while they had taken his own soul parts to make up for it, it had been incompatible in every circumstance since it was a random event.
They even suffered new damage due to giving Axel his pieces back. But now through Axel's control they exchange parts with the divine bodies of the gods before them to make new perfect figures that then are allowed to properly move on. While the gods are left in torment due to the mismatched pieces or just missing something in general due to the souls taking more than they were giving.
The souls related to the fragments now are properly purified and can even bear small gifts of power from whichever god had purified them. A small treat for the tens of hundreds of children and babies that had died and flowed through Axel. They return to the river of reincarnation and resume their original voyage to rebirth with greater luck and newfound blessings in their next lives.
While this is going on, Axel gives a smaller snap and his previous powers related to all his law powers. Then he takes in the memories related to the law powers. With full control, he protects his body and mind from the memories of his original soul fragments.
As his original self was overwhelmed by the memories and he kept changing his attention so much which is how he ended up with so many wives. He won't simply abandon them but he wants to honestly love them instead of some forced interaction because they just happened to suit the preferences of Rimuru Tempest who was holding his body together, even after he reformed his soul.
One by one, he devours each orb he had previously released and regains all his powers but has grown stronger since his soul is now amplified by the power of the other fragments, especially the god kratos and demi gods Asura and Radahn.
(yes i slightly messed up with calling Asura a god but he was technically a demigod).
While the gods have mostly collapsed with the select two of Sun Wukong and Odin who suffered the smallest of soul fractures.
Snap 2x
With a simultaneous snap from both hands, the gods begin to de-age as well. But unlike to Axel, the damage to their souls is not undone. Their memories, powers and emotions have all been separated.
"Make your choices, your divinity, emotions or powers, you can gain or make new ones but unlike the souls, I will only take" Then through a mix of Soul resonance and Migi stretching arts (aka Mahito's idle transfiguration), he extends his limbs to collect various orbs at random before devouring them while the now 'young' gods scurry to eat any orb they can get their hands on. Many have looks of despair as their supposed divinities have been taken from them by Axel while others who regained them have stoic expressions as they have lost their emotions.
Axel on the other hand has grown stronger and his law barriers protect him from being overwhelmed or overridden by the new memories or emotions. His hair retakes it's natural blue state and his body also returns to that of 'Axel Gram'.
"Now i do believe that this competition has been put to an end."
CLAP BOOM SPLURT
The bodies of the now mortal gods are outright detonated by the Law Power and their souls join the river immediately. The remaining few are mortally wounded, even Sun Wukong who had his name crossed off from King Yama's book had the book rewritten his name as if the ctrl Z keys were pressed as Sun Wukong had erased his name. This happened when his soul was 'purified' of all history and lifespan.
Axel then summons the Rhongomyniad and pierces the bodies of each and every god, causing them to die and leaving only Axel, Simo Haya and Michel Nostradamus left behind as the final survivors of the last and Greatest battle of Ragnarok.
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Alt Title: Divine Domain, A Complete Axel Gram, Death of Gods,
Word count: 6551
[1] beer mug symbolizes both oni and then Rebecca who joined later as the goddess of destruction as their personalities synced up. Wind is Ais Wallenstein, muscular arm and Halberd is Tione and Tiona, Passiolip's sun, the two hearts are Syr and Freya and embracing is Kiaras domain of desire. The katana with lightning is obviously lightning.
I could fit in the rest too but it's harder to describe how they could be 'imprinted' on the armor with a single symbol to explain their domain. Stuff like poison and illusion or family are more difficult.
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