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The Xenoid Queen, on a desperate effort to stop Braveblitz from becoming even stronger, fired hundreds of lasers composed of solar radiation towards him, without the ability to defend, Braveblitz was helpless attacked, as the deadly explosions covered his entire body.
BOOOMMM!!!
The queen of all the Xenoids smiled viciously, as she saw his entire body gaining immense cracks, and even beginning to slowly crumble into pieces.
Crack, crack…!
CRAAASH!
"HAHAHAHAHA!"
She laughed as she saw Braveblitz crumble, looking down on him as a mere insect. She won and he lost, her empire would remain untouched and so her governance over the universe.
"IT'S MY VICTORY, HUMANS! AT THE END, YOU WEREN'T EVEN STRONG ENOUGH TO-"
CRAAASH!
However, before she could even continue speaking, a giant golden mechanical fist broke through Braveblitz's body, shattering him into countless rainbow-colored crystals, as it punched her face, blowing away her entire head into ashes.
"UUGGHHH?!"
BAAAAM!
As her several eyes across her body saw, she realized she was deceived! The Braveblitz that she destroyed was a copy made using some sort of supernatural ability, the real one was right behind it this entire time!
"H-How is this possible?! Y-YOU…! HOW MANY TRICKS…! DO YOU HAVE?!"
As she was sent flying closer to the sun, Braveblitz followed her rapidly, his body having grown robust and mighty looking, the parts of the Golden Lion and the Prototype Ark were now fused into his arms, legs, and torso.
His chest now had the giant head of the Golden Lion, and the star-shaped crystal was now above his head, shaped into a mighty rainbow and golden helmet with a star in the middle.
The giant cannons of the Prototype Ark were now resting over his shoulders, as he quickly activated them while flying towards her.
"Thank you, Rainbow Star, that came in clutch!"
Blake smiled as he thanked his Spirit, Rainbow Star, which in the last moment, created a Doppelganger of Braveblitz made of Demonic Divine Spiritual Crystals, tough enough to handle the deadly lasers before collapsing into pieces.
"Now, it's time to end this."
His eyes and consciousness converged with that of Braveblitz, as the two of them became one, the giant of steel roared, charging against the Xenoid Queen with his new, larger body that almost matched her size.
"XENOID QUEEN! PREPARE YOURSELF TO RECEIVE JUSTICE!"
"NGGAAAAHHH!"
The Xenoid Queen screamed in agony and fury as Braveblitz's swords pierced her body and began stabbing and slicing through her piece after piece!
SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!
"RAAAAHHH!"
Her body started distorting above the heat of the gigantic sun, as she was beginning to turn even more monstrous, resembling a massive blanket of tentacles, eyes, and jaws.
"I'LL DEVOUR YOU!"
She transformed her entire body into a massive jaw, aiming to eat Braveblitz completely.
However, the robot rapidly manifested several more swords of light, firing them at the alien and piercing her body with them, before detonating them one after another.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
"NGAAGH?!"
As her body was filled with holes, the two kept falling into the sun, the heat began to burn her, while Braveblitz seemed mostly unaffected.
"T-THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING…! NO…! I WON'T…! I WON'T DIE HERE! NOOOO!"
She kept screaming and fighting back, but Braveblitz punched her countless faces, blowing holes through her flesh as it continued trying to rearrange and regenerate.
"I already told you, this is your end, Xenoid Queen! I shall not stop until you burn to ashes!"
"YOU DAMN PIECE OF JUNK!"
Braveblitz continued punching her and slashing her as they descended to the sun, its immense gravity constantly pulling them closer to it.
"YOU'RE NOTHING BUT A WORTHLESS METAL!"
She attacked back with everything she had, but dealt no damage at all, Braveblitz had reached level of toughness that could withstand even a planet blowing up
"YOU AND YOUR HUMANITY ARE NOTHING BUT BACTERIA BEFORE MY DIVINE EXISTENCE!"
"Divine Existence? You're simply an oversized mass of flesh! Burn and disappear!"
Braveblitz charged his energies into his hands, pouring them into her body and releasing countless golden shockwaves, pushing her down constantly.
Her attacks were useless, he was unmovable.
"I WON'T DIE…! I WON'T…! AAAAHHH! IT BURNS! NOOOOOO!!!"
The two reached the sun itself, the burning plasma began to devour her entire body, burning her completely.
She splashed out of it, but Braveblitz pushed her back, her agonizing screams reverberated so loudly they could even be heard in outer space.
"BY YOU DAMN… USELESS HUMANS! INSECTS… BACTERIAS LIKE YOU! I CANNOT…! EVERYTHING I BUILT…! MY… MY FAMILY AND EFFORTS! MY…! HOW CAN MERE HUMANS…?!"
"Mere humans?!"
Blake's voice echoed through Braveblitz.
"Your error was underestimating what we were capable of, by looking down on us and killing billions of other beings, you only created your own echo chamber, where you were unable to see that there might've been equals to you!"
"N-NO…! THAT'S NOT…! UUGGGHH! THAT'S NOT…!"
"No matter how much you deny it, it's the truth! Now burn and disappear, and let humanity prosper once and for all, aberration!"
Braveblitz swung his right fist towards her amorphous, burning face, as he punched her with all his strength, carrying within that punch the souls of millions of other humans within the Ark.
Their auras unified into that single blow; a punch made by the entirety of humanity within that Ark.
"THIS IS THE POWER OF HUMANITY!"
BOOOMMM!!!
As she was punched and her body received immense damage, her core burned away with the plasma of the sun, engulfing her completely.
"GRYYYAAAAHHHHHHH…!"
Her agonizing, alien scream reverberated one las time.
Until finally, there was silence.
Her body was burned to ashes, and then disintegrated completely.
"It's done…"
Braveblitz smiled calmly, flying away from the sun and quickly reaching the Exoplanet, looking at its beauty, as he slowly transformed back into the Ark.
The Golden Lion, the Prototype Ark slowly disappeared into particles of digital energy, as Blake and everyone else opened their eyes, back to their original bodies.
"We won…!" Hermes muttered.
"R-Really…?" Patrick asked.
"That was… insane…" Emilia muttered.
"I-I can hardly process… what I saw… But I'm… I'm so happy!" Henriette started crying. "Blake, we won!"
"Well done…" Aurora's voice echoed within his soul.
"Blake, this is not the end though, we must terraform that planet, right?!" Even Braveblitz's voice was there now.
"We won!" Nova said adorably.
"Indeed, we won. Thanks everyone for-"
However, in that moment, everything slowly stopped in time.
"…"
Blake's eyes widened as he saw the people around him, the cosmos, the exoplanet, and everyone else slowly disappear.
"Right…"
Suddenly, within just a few seconds, he found himself standing above a completely white space.
He looked down at the white floor, at the reflection of his face.
"It's done… Isn't it?"
An alien-like entity floated above him, slowly descending, her spiritual body greeted him and nodded.
"Indeed, well done, Blake. You've completed your Class Trial incredibly."
"Hmm…"
"Blake?"
She looked at him while tilting her head.
And then she noticed he shed a small tear.
Those people, the world he protected, the foes he fought.
All vanished within an instant.
It felt like he left behind a whole new life.
Even if he only spent seven days there.
It felt so much longer…
"I'm fine."
He quickly cleared the tear with his hand, looking at her.
He fists gripped tightly.
He had a whole life here as well, his family, his friends, his lovers.
If he had to choose between the two, ultimately, he would choose Spiritias.
"I know it might have been impactful after you spent so much time there, and grew so attached to them, but it was a trial in the end, Blake," The Guardian of the Tower explained.
"Were those people dead?" Asked Blake.
"Yes, what you experienced was a recreated record of the ancient past," She explained. "The people you helped survive… Didn't make it. That Ark was ultimately destroyed by the Xenoids, without you, they would have never been able to survive."
"…"
Blake felt slightly disheartened, he wanted to believe there was another story to it, that they lived happily ever after.
And yet…
"I see… Records, huh? What a sick joke that was."
"…I'm sorry, it was the trial most fitting for you."
"…"
She flew above him, smiling lightly.
"But aren't you happy? You created a good ending for these people."
"What does it matter if they died anyway?"
"Who said those you saved died though?"
"Huh?"
The Guardian smiled, as she spread her hands, showing countless rivers made of gray light.
"There is something called Timelines. A Trial of this caliber created a parallel Timeline for a moment, this Timeline you lived is not gone, it has merged with the Timeline Stream."
"Timelines?! What sort of power do the Tower Guardians have?!"
"We, as you've guessed, do not hail from this world… Our purpose is simple, trials. We are regulators. We do not let those that do not deserve it to possess greater power."
"So the Talents, Classes, Stats, and all of that… You regulate it?"
"Indeed. It was an ancient pact with the Ancient Gods of this World, and several others."
"I see… I understand things better now. You're Outer Gods."
She smiled but didn't answer any more questions.
"Now, it is time for your congratulations, rewards, and your ascension, Blake. Prepare yourself, you've achieved a never seen before score. You're more than worthy of elevating into even higher heights of power. As a Regulator, I approve it."
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Author's Note: And this is the last chapter of the Class Change Trial! I think things wrapped up pretty nicely, and now we move on to Blake finally Ranking Up and gaining even more power, ready to battle Fafnir and the rest of the Archdemons, and ultimately Lucifer in the next arc, which might be the last.
