Chapter 2473

2473 - The Contrast

The Behemoths' Front—

"Asterion, you are walking a path of no return!" Arkail spoke in a deep voice, the space around him trembling from excessive use of the Law of Time, as if he did not know what he should do.

"I protect my sector, I protect the past, present, and future. This is my path… I do not care who is on the side of good and who is on the side of evil — all of it is triviality." Asterion advanced slowly, carrying his spear in both hands, with his eyes closed and a calm voice, "You erred when you sent the Shadow Swords to my sector, and then you erred when you thought I was an easy morsel to be swallowed… I am Asterion, Arkail,

Asterion

!!"

The space around him began to quake as well, with a force nearly equal to Arkail, who was looking at him with complicated expressions.

The power of the Law of Relativity is known, and whoever underestimates it will inevitably taste death. Asterion himself is a man of immense might who carved his path to the top with his own nails and has remained at the top since before the Era of the Space Beasts Invasion until today — he has not budged, and no one has thought of making him budge.

"Heh~" Arkail sighed, "No one will blame me for demanding great compensation after today's battle."

Then he signaled to Kiryān to leave and go continue the fight elsewhere.

Then he raised his Scepter with both hands and cracked his neck to the right, "Come, show me who Asterion is, show me how you will move Temporal Relativity!!"

Slaaash

Marlik brought his sword down on Renara from above.

"Hmph." With a confident smile, Renara thrust her spear toward the edge of the sword.

With that force she had placed behind the blade, she could easily destroy solar systems… She had proven her extraordinary power several times over the past three years after battles against a large number of the Council's Law Dominators.

Booooooom

The sword and spear collided, sending a massive wave of energy in all directions.

"What?!" Renara gritted her teeth, she could feel a force pushing her back!!

Krrrrrr

Sparks kept rising between the sword and the spear until

Bang

The space between them exploded and sent both Renara and Marlik flying backward!

Woosh

Renara quickly managed to stop herself without any visible harm, but the astonishment on her face spoke volumes.

This was the first time she had been repelled since she was unbound… She had once faced thirty Law Dominators at the same time and they couldn't stop her with combined attacks!!

Not only that…

"No…" The first thing Renara saw was the blade of her spear raised before her in a defensive position.

The blade was bent at the tip.

This spear, a Fourth-Level Planetary Weapon, could no longer thrust now that its tip was broken. Its maximum capability now would be swinging in the hope of getting a side cut… that is, being used as a spear.

With a mix of anger and awe, Renara bared her fox fangs at Marlik, her eyes narrowed like a predator's, declaring her readiness for the next round and telling him that this was not enough to threaten her…

But upon seeing Marlik, she calmed down a little.

Marlik's sword was flickering with blazing crimson, an aura like mist emanating from it. It had easily split the spear's blade, yet there was not a single scratch on it — rather, it was clearly trembling in anticipation of the next strike.

As for Marlik himself, he was bleeding from his nose.

"Well, well, well…" Renara showed a small smile. "What do we have here?"

"Tsk." Marlik wiped his nose. "Allergic to the stench of foxes."

"Haha~" Renara laughed casually. "Come to Mama and she'll give you medicine, then."

She was the one who lunged this time, her eyes and senses at their absolute limit — not for attacking and scanning, but to monitor the changes in Marlik's body.

Bam

Renara swung her broken spear, and when he deflected it with ease, she brought it down in a spinning motion and attacked from below, but again, Marlik blocked easily.

The side blade of the spear was visibly weakening, and broken pieces began to appear on it.

But Renara continued swinging several more times at a terrifying speed. If a Law Dominator were nearby, they would not have been able to see her movements… but Marlik saw everything, and blocked everything.

Then with drowsy eyes, Marlik struck with his hazy crimson sword at a specific point, "Pathetic!" Renara's spear was sent flying far away, fully exposing her belly for a stab.

And indeed, Marlik did not waste the opportunity and lunged to stab Renara.

But—

Clang

A sense of danger rang in Marlik's head, so he looked up.

Renara was gripping the lower end of the spear, squeezing it with both hands, preparing to bring the spear down on his head.

If he continued with the stab to her belly, he would receive a blow to his head from the spear's shaft.

Normally he would have ignored that entirely… but not today.

"…!!" Quickly, Marlik converted the stabbing motion into an upward receiving motion.

Booooooooooom

Again, space exploded, and each of them was sent flying in a different direction.

Crack

Renara felt numbness in her hand, then lightness — the spear had broken in half after its blade curled like an old plate. She tossed it aside as scrap and quickly searched for Marlik… and there she smiled.

Marlik was wiping blood from his mouth… he had received an internal injury.

"Heh~" Renara stood upright and looked down at Marlik, "You had me doubting myself for a moment, making me wonder how my power that easily knocks down dozens of Law Dominators could be helpless before someone like you. How could the power my Lord gave me compare to what your trivial master gave you!"

"Pfft.." Marlik cleaned his mouth and spat one last time, "Your cheating master who gave you your power will soon be thrown into the depths of prison, while that Robin Burton—I'll turn his head into a personal urinal." Then he pointed at her with the tip of his sword, "And you… I'll violate your corpse tonight."

"…?!" Renara was baffled by the separation between her master and Robin, "What are you talking about?!"

"You'll see that I'll carry out every word!" Marlik advanced while brandishing his crimson sword, the space around him filling with glowing red mist, "You boast that you're stronger in terms of receiving attacks because you're fully unbound. Fine, you're not the only one with external support… I want to see how many Fourth and Fifth Level planetary weapons you have with you. I'll cut them all for you tonight, then let me see you stop my Lord with your bare hand… This battle will go to the one with the longest breath!"

Then he raised his voice, "And I am the survivor! I am always the survivor!!"

Woosh