(The Battlefield Of Planet Phoenix Prime)
The death of Mauriss stunned every God present upon the battlefield, as watching the Deceiver lose his head so suddenly forced them to confront two extremely uncomfortable truths that none of them were prepared to accept.
The first realization was that Mauriss had been completely outplayed.
They had not been privy to what exactly he had been plotting over the past few months, however, they had been told not to worry about it.
However, seeing as how he was dead now, they could not help but worry, as the architect behind their entire scheme had fallen victim to a counterplot he never saw coming, taking with him the backbone of the Alliance's strategy.
At the same time, Leo calmly bent down and retrieved Grudgekeeper from beside Mauriss' corpse, as with the second Origin Dagger now resting firmly within his grasp, the Alliance suddenly found itself without a single piece of Origin Metal capable of threatening him.
