Marco wasn't worried about kicking that guy out of the villa in one go, because before teleporting in, he had already completely sealed off the villa with his Crystal Wall.
Now, that "Edolas Marco" was like a turtle in a jar - even if he grew wings, he couldn't escape this prison constructed by the Crystal Wall.
What was obvious was that this "Edolas Marco" couldn't grow wings.
Not only that, this guy's strength was far inferior to what the rumors claimed.
At the very least, the power he was currently displaying could only be considered average.
Of course, to earn Marco's evaluation of average, this guy's strength was still considerably stronger than most people.
"Just who are you?"
Edolas Marco pulled himself out of the wall and looked at Marco clad in magnificent golden armor, his eyes filled with confusion.
He completely couldn't understand or make sense of the current situation.
This guy before him could disguise himself as his appearance, possessed such terrifyingly powerful golden battle armor, and his magic effects were mysterious and unpredictable - it was simply unbelievable.
For such a powerful individual to come cause trouble for him, clearly he wasn't with the Royal Army. Could he be a remnant of the Magic Guild?
But if he was from the Magic Guild, how could he have possibly eliminated a Magic Guild with such a powerful figure guarding it?
If this guy just happened to be away from the guild at the time, that would also be very unreasonable.
Although he had eliminated so many Magic Guilds, the most recent one had been nearly a year ago.
If this guy was so powerful, why hadn't he sought revenge earlier?
Edolas Marco used to go out traveling frequently before - if someone really wanted to take revenge on him, there had been plenty of good opportunities in the past.
It wasn't like he hadn't encountered revenge-seekers before, but he had easily dealt with all of them.
This was truly the first time he had encountered a situation like this.
Therefore, Edolas Marco was feeling somewhat panicked now. The pressure from such a powerful enemy whose methods he couldn't figure out was too great.
Marco stood there in his Aries Gold Cloth, completely overwhelming the silver-armored 'Edolas Marco' in terms of presence alone.
The two sides simply didn't seem to be on the same level.
Although they actually shared the same face, anyone looking at them would consider Marco "noble and righteous," while the other "Edolas Marco" appeared vicious and malicious, looking extremely fierce.
"I am Marco Dreyar. The fortunate thing is that you don't share the same name as me, otherwise seeing someone like you would truly disgust me - though I already think you deserve to die as it is." Marco spoke while looking at the face opposite him, his expression was full of disgust.
"..."
Marco's words and attitude left Edolas Marco completely bewildered.
He didn't understand what Marco meant by this.
Clearly, he wasn't aware of the character correspondences between the two worlds.
Given Edolas Marco's status and position, of course he knew about the existence of another world.
In fact, most people in the Edolas world knew about the existence of another world.
Even ordinary civilians knew about it, and they even knew about the existence of Anima, knowing that they had been stealing magic power from the other world all along.
Ordinary commoners, of course, have no say in national policies—they can only accept them.
As for questions like "Will it harm humans from another world?", ordinary commoners care even less.
They probably don't want to bother, as long as they themselves remain unharmed.
They focus on living their own small lives first before worrying about such matters.
In any case, matters like "Anima" and "magic plundering" are no secret throughout "Edolas."
There are plenty who support it and plenty who oppose it, but the majority remain silent.
They don't care because the plundered magic ultimately ends up being used by the upper echelons.
Ordinary people don't even have the right to enjoy magic, especially since "magic" itself has been banned.
Knowing about another world is one thing; understanding its true reality is another.
Even Edolas Marco knew very little about the actual situation of the other world, so it never crossed his mind that Marco might be his counterpart from that world.
"Dammit."
In Edolas Marco's eyes, Marco spoke in a cryptic, nonsensical manner, acting like a madman, someone completely unhinged.
Under these circumstances and with this perception, Edolas Marco naturally gave up on trying to reason verbally.
He understood that if he didn't kill this guy, he would likely die today.
"Hum!"
This time, Edolas Marco held nothing back.
He raised his right hand high, and a crystal shimmering with starlight appeared in his grasp.
"Stars of the heavens, heed my command! Descend with divine punishment!"
Under Marco's watchful gaze, this silver-armored "Edolas Marco" solemnly spouted some incredibly chuunibyou lines.
After shouting these words, the crystal in "Edolas Marco's" hand suddenly burst with light, shooting straight into the sky as if delivering this "command" to the stars above.
Marco could sense that this was genuinely effective—the stars were indeed influenced by the crystal's power, slowly descending magic toward their location.
But it wasn't the gentle Star Magic that Marco usually channeled.
Instead, it was a massive, explosive burst of magic, falling like a bomb.
Sensing this, Marco focused his mind.
He effortlessly erased the "command," dispersing all that Star Magic into gentle energy.
It required no effort at all—he easily overpowered the crystal's "command," turning the Star Magic bomb into harmless magic that settled upon him.
"No wonder so many Magic Guilds were wiped out by you."
Feeling the intensity of that Star Magic, Marco sighed.
A magic bomb of that magnitude was practically cheating in this world. Those Magic Guilds could only await their doom, with no means to resist.
"H-how?! Why is this happening?!"
Marco's casual actions left Edolas Marco completely stunned.
He was dumbfounded, even beginning to ramble incoherently, as this shattered all his hopes.
"So the anomalies in Star Magic were because of your presence?"
Only now did Edolas Marco truly realize that his earlier suspicions were justified—someone had indeed been suppressing his connection to the stars!
Moreover, it was an overwhelming suppression, even directly stripping him of his right to obtain Star Magic!
This was simply too domineering, so domineering that Edolas Marco felt somewhat aggrieved.
It was practically leaving no way out for him!
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