"Ahahahahaha!"
Aglaea laughed proudly: "Anaxagoras, it seems your preparations were still insufficient? It's just a mere weakening potion, yet you thought you could poison a demigod?"
"Even without your antidote, I can still expel the toxin on my own through my constitution!"
Anaxa said angrily: "Nonsense. I've never heard of demigods having this kind of setting before!"
Aglaea crossed her arms: "Then starting from now it exists! Otherwise, how do you think I recovered?"
"······Tsk."
Anaxa's brows were tightly locked. He faintly felt something strange in his heart: That's not right. When I was configuring the potion, I already considered the possibility of a demigod's special constitution. That's why I concentrated and purified it three times. Even an adult Earth Beast should have been knocked down!
But why is Aglaea fine?
Could it really be because a demigod's constitution exceeded my expectations? It's impossible that the "Earth Beast Special Limited Supreme Red Soil Bento" I personally and carefully prepared somehow accidentally ended up in Aglaea's hands through unknown means, and then this woman ate it within three hours, right?
Impossible. Absolutely impossible! There's no such coincidence in this world!
Anaxa's mind flashed with the image of that regular customer in the shop. Although he didn't know her appearance or voice, from her words and actions, she was undoubtedly an elegant, kind, reserved, and virtuous beautiful lady. How could someone like that give away the red soil bento she prepared with her own hands to someone else?
It seemed the only possibility was a difference in constitution. Damn it. I miscalculated.
"However, don't worry. I'm a kind-hearted person. I know you've been thinking about Nikador for a long time, so I'll let you have a bit of a sense of participation."
As she spoke, Aglaea grabbed Anaxa's ankle in one motion and weighed him in her hand like a weapon. "Die for me, Anaxagoras."
"Damn you, you······" Anaxa hadn't even finished speaking when he suddenly felt a sense of weightlessness——
Duang!
Aglaea directly used Anaxa to smash open the stone door in front of them, kicking up clouds of dust. Soon, the dust settled, and a majestic divine corpse appeared before everyone's eyes. It wasn't much different from the avatar Stelle had seen earlier in Cloudstone Heavenly Palace. The only difference was that the true body before them seemed a little more sentient.
Nikador: (Titan language · You have finally come)
"Be careful."
Snowy reminded softly. He subconsciously shielded Stelle behind him. A crystal-like great bow appeared in his hand, ready to act at any moment.
"I, [Strife] Nikador, permit you to bow your head and accept execution!"
Aglaea stomped the ground hard. Her entire body leaped to within less than ten meters of Nikador. She grabbed Anaxa and swung him down!
Clang clang clang! (combat sound effects)
"Partner, shall we go too?"
Seeing that Aglaea had already started the fight, Snowy immediately drew his great bow and said: "With love as the cause, cleanse hatred!"
Whoosh whoosh whoosh——
A sky full of arrows, like countless brilliant meteors, buried Nikador's figure within them.
Nikador: "(Titan language · Hungry!)"
Aglaea swung Anaxa around and laughed loudly: "Sweep away all nations!"
Nikador: "(Titan language · Hungry!)"
Perhaps the power of time had worn down Nikador's combat strength. This strife god king who had only ever existed in legends was actually being pushed back step by step under everyone's combined assault. He was even taken down by Aglaea with one move before Stelle even had the chance to act. One finger stretched out unwillingly······
"This······ is solved?" Snowy asked with some uncertainty.
This Nikador's performance was a bit too weak, wasn't it? He originally thought it would be a thrilling bloody battle, but he didn't expect the pressure to be even less than when they faced the avatar in Cloudstone Heavenly Palace.
Could this Nikador also be an avatar?
Rumble······
At this moment, a low rumbling sound suddenly rang out above everyone's heads, as if something terrifying had awakened.
"Not good, look quickly!"
At this time, Snowy's expression changed. Everyone followed the direction he was pointing. It was a structure similar to a skylight at the top of the Soul-Forging District that connected to the outside. Thanks to this pit, everyone could see what was happening——
That colossal sword hanging high at the top of Castrum Kremnos, which had always seemed like mere decoration, was actually trembling at this moment!
The heavy blade sliced through the air. In whatever direction it pointed, even hard rock seemed unable to withstand its sharpness and automatically cracked silently······
"That is······ [Lance of Fury]?"
Seeing this scene, Aglaea's expression also turned somewhat grave: "Legend says that during the most brutal era of the Golden War, even the most prosperous city-states would be completely destroyed in an instant before it."
"That is a strike capable of leveling heaven and earth!······ So that's how it is. Nikador is using his own death to temper [Lance of Fury]. As long as the number of dead war souls reaches a certain amount, He can swing [Lance of Fury] once more and effortlessly completely erase Okhema!"
Aglaea's face was ice-cold. She didn't even have time to care about Anaxa in her hands anymore: "His death just now happened to inject enough energy into the Lance of Fury······ We must stop Him in time!"
——"(Titan language · Hmph hahahahaha!)"
At this moment, Nikador suddenly let out a low laugh. Even though Stelle and the others weren't proficient in Titan language, the corresponding meaning still surfaced in their minds.
Nikador: "I, Nikador, speak to Okhema!"
"The [Lance of Fury] above my head has now been connected to my vital signs. If I die once more, [Lance of Fury] will activate directly."
"I know Okhema has one thousand powerful [Passage] demigods, so I had no intention of clashing head-on with you. Unlike in the past, this time [Lance of Fury] is not aimed at Okhema, but at the [Dawn Machine] that maintains Okhema's daylight."
"Now, I will stop my own heartbeat. At the same time, I will also become the greatest criminal in the entire history of Amphoreus."
"I deeply apologize for bringing [Strife] to you. However, I will not repent!"
As he spoke, Nikador swung the long spear in his hand, about to stab it toward his own chest!
Whoosh——
Almost at the same time, Aglaea, Anaxa, Snowy, and Stelle all rushed forward. Some hugged his arms, some grabbed the spear, and some choked his neck······ In short, under the combined control of the four, this [Strife] Titan was temporarily unable to move at all.
"Stop! Nikador, whatever you want to do, we can negotiate!"
While choking his neck, Stelle shouted: "Don't pull this kind of big move in the 3.0 plot!"
Nikador: "This is not negotiation! It is merely my request to live!"
A drop of cold sweat slid down Snowy's forehead. While hugging the long spear, he took out a "stone tablet" and made a call: "At this point, we can only use the backup plan······"
"Tribbie adults! Come help quickly!"