Chapter 281
As Glen had hoped, a miracle happened.
The moment Glen's hand grabbed Nox, the Body Wrapped in the Unknown activated and separated Nox from the Heavenly Law.
Tap, tap—
“Haa, hoo…”
Glen let out a trembling sigh.
Honestly, there had been far too many uncertain factors, so his trembling still had not stopped.
In the first place, could anyone come up with the idea of breaking through the pure demonic energy of a High God without being completely insane?
*Whatever.
As long as the result is good, that's all that matters.
Just as he had hoped, Einheria had broken through the final stage of Overlord's Wrath.
Just as he had hoped, he had added Holy Demon Power to the skill and succeeded in breaking through Nox's power.
And just as he had hoped, the power of the Unknown had stopped Nox.
That was enough.
“Ah… I feel like I'm going to die…”
It had only been a short time, but he had given it everything he had.
His legs were trembling, and sweat poured from his entire body like rain.
Still… I should finish things properly.
Glen turned his gaze.
Separated from the Heavenly Law, Nox was lying unconscious on the ground.
When he opened his eyes again, Glen needed to have at least a short conversation with him so that Nox could properly understand what had happened.
Besides, if his mind had not returned to normal, Glen would have to deliver the final blow.
“Gasp!
“Haa… haa… haa!”
“Oh… you're awake.”
“Glen… Wordsworth, was it?”
“That's right.
“It's me.”
“……Why are you here…?
“No, more importantly, I was definitely…”
Glen soon felt relieved.
Fortunately, it seemed that would not be necessary.
The dark-blue eyes that had been devoid of light were now filled with a clear glow.
Good.
Although Nox still looked somewhat dazed, he seemed to have completely returned to his original state.
*No.
It looks like he's even stronger than before.
Two golden rings were drawn inside his absentmindedly blinking dark-blue eyes.
There was only one meaning behind the golden concentric circles engraved in his pupils.
Nox possessed all of his original power as a god, rather than only half of it.
In other words, Nox now possessed the full power of a High God—the same overwhelming power that had crushed Glen just moments ago.
Glen soon staggered over to Nox and placed a hand on his shoulder.
“Let's talk first.”
“……What?”
“I've got a lot to say.
“Of course, there's also something I need to get from you.”
Nox looked back and forth between Glen and the frozen Heavenly Law.
Then his eyes changed.
Apparently, his divine eyes had already allowed him to understand the situation by examining his surroundings.
“I see… You…”
“Be ashamed of yourself.
“You're a High God, yet you got stabbed in the back by someone else and ended up like this.”
“……Hmm.”
Nox slowly stood up.
“I owe you a debt.”
“Don't worry.
“I'll collect every bit of it.”
Glen gave Nox a sinister smile as he stared directly at him.
Nox looked slightly embarrassed, then nodded.
“Hmm.
“Although you are a being of the earth, you saved my life, so I will help you with anything within my abilities.
“However, before that, there are a few things I want to confirm with you…”
“Hmm?!”
It happened then.
Nox suddenly stopped speaking.
He hurriedly turned around and released his demonic energy.
“?!”
“Step back, Glen Wordsworth!”
GROOOOOOO—!
Unlike the violent demonic energy that had crackled like electricity before, this demonic energy was neatly controlled.
It was dense, vivid, and sharpened like a blade as it shot forward.
SWOOSH—
KABOOM!
It collided with blue particles of light flying through the air and caused an explosion.
“What the hell…?
“What is this?!”
“……I didn't expect him to appear this quickly.”
Nox stared into the air with a sharp light in his dark-blue eyes.
“……”
A man was floating there.
Emotionless brown eyes and long hair.
His blue robe was embroidered with golden patterns resembling gears.
His appearance was slightly different from when Glen had seen him in Gray Eden, but Glen recognized him.
“Yuellos…”
Nox spat out the name through clenched teeth.
Yuellos, the God of Fate.
In Gray Eden, which imitated this world, he had been nothing more than an extra.
But now, he had appeared before Glen as the mastermind.
Wooooooong—
Blue particles of light that Glen had never seen before surrounded him.
“What kind of face do you have to show up here after deceiving me and activating the Heavenly Law?”
“What kind of face…?
“Don't misunderstand, Nox.
“I did not come here because of you.
“I came because of that.”
Yuellos looked at Glen.
A cold gaze filled with an unknown hatred.
Glen felt as if his entire body had stiffened, and he instinctively swallowed dryly.
What the hell… is that?
Glen's gray pupils trembled.
Because of the Paradise War event, all the gods were supposed to have lost half of their power.
But the power Glen felt from Yuellos's hateful gaze was on the same level as Nox, whom Glen had just fought with everything he had.
So that bastard is also…
*He's using the full power of a High God, too?
Without any penalty?
Glen could not even laugh bitterly.
Nox had also regained his original power, but that was only because he had been swallowed by the Heavenly Law and had lost his reason.
If it had not been for Glen's power of the Unknown, Nox would have remained trapped forever, unable to even realize how his own power was being used.
But what the hell is wrong with that guy?
What had Yuellos done to freely control all of his original power like that?
“Hmph.
“You mean the being brought in by Silperinne.
“You're showing quite a lot of interest in it.
“Are you really that afraid of the Unknown?
“Enough to make me and this human perish together?”
Nox glared at Yuellos.
With his complete divine eyes, he had understood the entire sequence of events that had happened to him after only a few glances.
“Nox.
“You yourself felt how dangerous that thing is, didn't you?”
Yuellos's voice dropped low.
“That thing not only endured the attacks of a High God while possessing nothing but a lowly human body.
“It even severed your connection with the Heavenly Law.”
“Before that, it even reduced Runicus to nothing more than a mere human.
“Do you really think something like that should exist?”
“That thing has already gone far beyond every standard imaginable.
“Didn't I tell you several times that it would clearly threaten the fate of the world?”
The quiet voice was filled with freezing hatred.
It was probably the first time Yuellos had directly seen Glen.
Yet he looked at Glen as though he were staring at his mortal enemy.
“The fate of the world, my ass.
“You son of a—”
“Wait.
“I'll talk.”
Just as Glen was about to step forward, Nox stopped him by standing in front of him.
Then he turned his gaze back toward Yuellos.
“Yes.
“You are right, Yuellos.
“The power this being possesses is tremendous.
“As you said, I have felt that it possesses enough power to distort not only us gods, but even the Heavenly Law and the fate of the world.”
“But in our current situation, I believe we need his power even more.”
The golden concentric circles engraved in Nox's dark-blue eyes shone sharply.
“To overturn the predetermined ending.”
The fate this world was destined to face.
The destruction and extinction waiting at the end.
And the fact that Yuellos did not care about the result itself, wishing only for causality to continue according to the flow of fate.
At this moment, Nox realized the truth about Yuellos.
“You lied to me so easily.
“You used my weakened Divine Eyes and your power of fate to do it, didn't you?!
“Yuellos!”
Nox shouted as if scolding him.
Yuellos's already cold eyes became even colder.
“Yuellos.
“If the predetermined ending of this world is destruction, and you intend to encourage that destruction, then I have no reason to help you anymore.
“No.
