"I will not use it personally!"
"Do not rely on my abilities!"
Quaggs was furious.
You can say that I do not give you enough energy. But you cannot say that my abilities are not good!
"Now I will show you!"
"To let you see what a true beam of destruction is!!"
Quaggs roared.
He ignored the shackles, dozens of massive chains that bound his body.
As he struggled against the seal, twelve mountain-sized tentacles shifted at once.
At their ends…
A blinding purple light gradually appeared!
At the same time, more than ten of Quaggs' eyes shone with that same purple glow.
"Look now!"
"Ash will turn into nothing!!"
In an instant!
Buzzing! Vibrations! Rumbling!
More than ten eyeballs and dozens of tentacles shone simultaneously.
The next moment, dozens of pillars of purple light pierced through the ocean dimension!
Forward, backward, left, right, up, and down – without any order, everything was filled with destruction.
As far as the eye could see, the entire ocean dimension was crisscrossed with purple pillars of energy!
The sight was terrifying, like the end of the world.
"???"
Aron's face was illuminated for a moment by purple light, then darkened.
It looked as if he had been thrown into a chaotic club of light and shadow.
And Quaggs…
"Hahahahaha!!"
"This is the true power of destruction!"
His laughter echoed through the ocean dimension.
As if he had once again felt a fragment of his former glory.
However…
He laughed for only a few moments.
Chain after chain, those dozens that held him sealed, began to shine.
The inscriptions carved into them came alive, glowing like flames.
"Ahhh…!"
Quaggs screamed.
In an instant he collapsed to the ground, as the dozens of beams of destruction vanished.
All that spectacle lasted only a few seconds.
Yes, Quaggs had for a moment regained his former power. But only briefly.
"Do you understand, Kaecilius? My power is not weak."
"What I gave you is strong enough."
"So…"
Quaggs raised his head.
More than ten of his eyes were fixed directly on Aron.
"I do not ever want to hear you say again that my power is worthless. Do you understand?"
His voice was sharp, sincere, but also dangerous.
Even though he was imprisoned, Quaggs was still the master of a dimension.
At his peak, he was at "Single Universe."
To deceive him or betray him meant only one thing, to awaken his monstrous wrath.
Aron knew that very well.
That was why he spoke carefully, but with a dose of irony.
"Your ability is not worthless. But the problem is that you do not give me enough energy."
"Look at that, dozens of your beams, all fired randomly like blind cannons."
"To you it means nothing, but to me… I cannot make use of such power."
As he said this, he noticed the purple light appearing again in Quaggs' eyes.
So he quickly added:
"If you give me just a little more energy, I promise you, this time I will not return empty-handed."
Boom!
Aron pulled out an empty playing card and twirled it in his fingers.
Yes, it was the same card he had previously used for trading.
In this way, he could secure another portion of Quaggs' power before he had to turn his back.
One compromise now meant greater security later.
"…"
"Is what you say true?"
"Is it really because I did not give you enough energy that you only received a card?"
When Aron pulled out the card, Quaggs immediately forgot his anger.
His attention was completely fixed on it.
For thousands of years he had been bound in this prison.
The desire for freedom had long outweighed everything else.
"Isn't it so!"
"If it weren't for the lack of energy, this time I would have managed to get at least three cards! No, even three exorcism cards!"
After Aron said that, he pulled out a pen.
Just like last time, he drew the basic unsealing ceremony on the playing cards.
When he activated the symbols, the cards glowed with white light.
The inscriptions on the chains that bound Quaggs lifted by about a tenth.
"Hahaha!"
Quaggs burst into laughter.
He, the master of a dimension, was not afraid of slow progress. He only feared giving everything and getting no return.
He had been sealed for thousands of years.
What was a few more days of waiting?
"You are doing excellently, Kaecilius!"
"When I break the seal and return to my dimension, I will appoint you as my herald, my chosen servant, and grant you supreme rights!"
Quaggs was convinced he held control.
He was even promising Aron riches and power.
"…"
"Alright, alright."
Aron lifted the corners of his lips.
How many times had he already heard those empty titles and false promises? All of it reminded him of hollow words spoken by emperors in their moments of weakness.
But Quaggs could not know what was actually going on in Aron's mind.
Seeing the man before him speak seriously and sincerely, even he felt somewhat relieved.
"You are right, Kaecilius."
"I will give you more energy, so you can find more exorcism cards."
"The sooner, the better…"
The twelve eyes of Quaggs shone with a kind of innocent determination.
Yes, he was ready to give more power.
Even demons, even dimensional lords, know a simple truth: if you want the horse to run, you must give it grass.
"Come on! Accept it!"
"I am giving you more energy of destruction!"
Quaggs' voice echoed as a massive amount of purple energy converged toward Aron.
"Quaggs… aren't you the lord of the tentacle dimension?"
"Why then is your power called the energy of destruction, and not tentacle energy?"
Aron asked as he absorbed the power flowing into him.
"Because the name tentacle energy sounds… ridiculous."
Quaggs answered completely seriously.
"…"
Aron was speechless.
Well. The answer was flawless, however absurd it sounded.
This time, the energy transfer lasted longer.
Aron could not gauge how much power Quaggs had poured into him.
But when it was all over…
The aura of the dimensional lord had dropped by at least two to three percent.
"…"
Honestly, if he hadn't had experience with Gorr, Aron would never have been able to betray Quaggs.
Because, no matter how demonic he was, he transferred his power sincerely.
He was honest, without a trace of deceit.
Even the system itself could not find a flaw in that purity.
But there was no other choice.
Aron was not here to admire honesty. He came to raise his own power.
"Quaggs… remember, in your next life the most important thing is to be cautious…"
Aron was already slowly drawing out the Death Black Sword.
He was ready to thrust it behind Quaggs' back, with a strike that would end this game of trust.
But then—
Boom!
The entire ocean dimension suddenly trembled.
The seawater, infinitely deep and vast, quivered.
As if a behemoth from the ocean depths had awakened.
"Damnation!"
"Naga has returned!"
"Kaecilius!"
"Go at once!"
Even as he shouted, Quaggs thought of Aron.
And Aron…
He looked and almost laughed.
Quaggs, the lord of a dimension, worried about him as if he were his ally.
"Brother… you are a dimensional demon god."
"Can you at least remember your role? You are not a positive character, you know?"
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