Absolute Dweller

A black sun rose at the center of the African continent.

Ten fireballs, each spewing flames one after another, quickly merged into one, becoming a massive fireball.

The fireball that consumed the World Tree was no different from a small sun that had manifested on the ground.

The black sun, filled with dark energy, swelled up and soared into the sky.

The pillar of fire pierced the sky without hesitation, creating a massive mushroom cloud above the stratosphere.

The shockwave spreading outward shook the African continent.

Kkwaa-kwa-kwa-kwa!

Although the continent had already been thrown into chaos by the appearance of the World Tree, the intensified nuclear explosion marked the final point of the catastrophe.

The black pillar of fire lasted for several minutes, and that alone made it deadly.

Soon after, the epicenter of the explosion became a black hole, swallowing everything nearby with terrifying force.

It wasn't until some time passed that the area where the World Tree had been appeared before us.

A region more than 100 km in radius from where the World Tree once stood had completely evaporated, and a gigantic crater had formed.

Inside the crater, lava boiled like a lake, and the forest that had been there before the World Tree’s arrival had turned into a desolate rocky wasteland.

At least, the forest's remains could still be seen a few hundred kilometers away.

But even there, things weren’t normal.

All the trees had either broken or fallen, exposing their roots, and they were burning.

It was truly an overwhelming power.

It was a destructive force capable of easily destroying an entire country.

‘This is the extent to which I suppressed it...’

Of course, I wasn’t referring to the sheer destructive power.

The opponent was the World Tree.

I, who had directly faced the divinity of the gigantic being spanning multiple dimensions.

I hadn’t foolishly tried to reduce the power of the nuclear bomb or anything like that.

What had been suppressed was the aftermath of the explosion.

One of the ten enhanced nuclear warheads had a skill that concentrated the explosion's power at the center, funneling energy into one spot.

Instead of the explosion sending energy in all directions, it gathered the energy at the point of impact.

Thanks to that, the energy of the ten enhanced nuclear warheads was able to focus entirely on one location.

Moreover...

‘The divine energy swallowed all the energy.’

The nuclear explosion was absorbed by the dark energy and used as a source of energy to burn the World Tree.

Thanks to this, radiation contamination was prevented.

Zzzz—

The living room TV, which had been showing the current situation in Africa, crackled.

"What's going on?"

[Temporary communication disruption due to EMP. We will stabilize it as quickly as possible.]