“Heh”

Guardian of Death stood there while glaring at Leo Lenan and Tharia in a teasing manner.

“Did you think an artefact like that could suppress me?”

Leo Lenan felt his body losing power by the powerful aura Guardian of Death was releasing. Still, even after his first plan failed, he was shocked but never even once afraid.

“Tharia seems like we have to do it anyways.”

“I really didn’t want to use this, but seems like we have no other options right now.”

Leo Lenan felt slightly annoyed as he glanced forward.

“Your Majesty, how do you want me to act?”

Tharia asked without showing any expressions on her face.

“Haha, we can just use brute force.”

Leo answered shortly while raising both of his hands.

Leo’s body started to shine as his face turned relaxed. He could feel his own body feeling stronger and lighter.

As Leo’s hands were high up, they slowly moved toward each other. When his hands were a couple of centimetres apart, a humongous sword appeared.

The handle itself which Leo held, was half a meter and the blade was over 4 meters high, around double Leo's height.

The gigantic sword didn’t give any suppression aura and it looked bland.

But, when the sword appeared, a smirk appeared on Leo's face. Even Tharia felt relief when she saw the sword in Leo’s hands.

“Hehe”

Leo glared at Guardian of Death and said.

“Muir, there was a time when you were undefeated. But, time passes and you won’t always be the one you once were.”

“You as the Zeroth Guardian made several mistakes back then.”

“One of them was that you murdered my mother. Hahaha, I don’t care about any Child of God, the only thing I have cared about is to scheme behind your back, and now, I have succeeded.”

“Humph!”

“I don’t know why you are so arrogant even after seeing my powers and knowing who I am.”

Muir glared at Leo, but Muir had a bad premonition.

But, Muir took off her hood, showing an aged face with wrinkles.

“Do you think I would beg you for forgiveness?”

“I don’t even remember any bitch back then I did kill. You and your mother are just specks of dust in my eyes.”

“Even if I once were the Zeroth Guardian, don’t think that my powers have weakened.”

Muir gazed at Leo in a despising manner.

“Maybe you don’t know.”

Leo stared deeply into Muir's eyes while speaking slowly.

“You are from the Ancient Era, therefore I guessed that you would have recognized this weapon.”

“Don’t you remember about the legend of the sole human which crafted this weapon for a whole year? Day and night without any rest.”

“You know that at that Era, humans were low in status, they were basically ants! So, that human crafted this weapon of the remains of the Gods themselves. He stood on the top of the human race, fighting for the survival of his race, in that process, he murdered Gods, ancient beasts, those so-called divine beings and everyone else!”

While Leo was narrating the sword's history, Muir's facial expression turned worse and worse.

Leo saw this but didn’t stop speaking.

“hehe, by the time he and the sword killed all those beings, the sword attained a mind of its own.”

“It has promised to slaughter anyone who tries to oppress humanity. And today, the sword will be using my body for wiping you out. Hehe, you would have never thought, the humans you so despised, will be the ones to kill you.”

Leo laughed wickedly while staring at Muir. He has waited for this opportunity for a long time, he had obtained the sword in an underground tomb and found out the history of the human who slaughtered the Gods and ancient beasts.

He at that time touched the sword by the coffin and was put in a deep sleep talking with the sword's consciousness. The sword managed to watch Leo's memories and told him that he could wield the sword for the time of revenge. But Leo was clearly told that the price his body would take would be higher the weaker he was, that’s why Leo has trained for such a long time, only to wield the sword and take his revenge.

“You’re right, there was once a human like that.”

Muir nodded as she calmed down.

“And that person was terrifying too, but you should know, I was never afraid of that person.”

“Do you think, you, a wielder of the sword, being a replica, will be able to frighten me?”

Muir sneered as she glared at Leo, her eyes were slightly narrowed as she moved forward in the air.

“Tharia, I only need you to flow your aura in me, is that understood?”

Leo glanced at Tharia for a moment before he stared back at Muir.

Tharia slowly nodded and closed her eyes, channelling her burst of aura towards Leo.

Tharia had a faint smile as she could sense her aura merging with Leo’s.

Leo stepped forward as he could perceive his bones cracking by each movement he was doing.

But, he didn’t feel the pain at all. He just smirked as he held the gigantic sword high up in the air.

Muir stopped as she saw that Leo would attack sooner than later, she flickered her finger as an orb floating around her appeared.

The orb was as big as a human head, it was jet-black and it was releasing a Divine power.

Leo didn’t care about the orb which just appeared, or about the dangerous feeling he was perceiving. He only wanted to kill Muir, nothing more, nothing less.

Leo’s hands were imbued with a red colour as it entered the handle of the sword.

The bland sword sucked Leo’s power as it started too brightly shine red in colour.

It made a humming sound as the red colour became dark as blood.

Leo took a leap forward and Muir stepped towards Leo at the same time.

Muir didn’t do any movements besides taking the one step forward, as she saw in the corner of her eyes that the jet-black orb was already making a thunderous sound and it moved faster than her by five times.

Leo’s eyes widened as he couldn’t react as he had never seen anything that quick before.

Even if he could fly hundreds of kilometres in a second, the jet-black orb could most likely travel thousands of kilometres in that one second.

But even so, Leo didn’t back down as he swung his sword heavily down at the orb.

As the sword and the orb clashed, no sound was made, time seemed to stop as nothing was moving.

“Crack!”

A cracking sound was clearly heard.

The jet-black orb had fractures appearing and expanding, making slight gaps between each of them.

But, it wasn’t only the orb which suffered damage.

Leo’s hands were bloody as all of his fingers were broken and blood was sipping out of his pores.

The first clash between the jet-black orb and the sword emptied the surrounding five kilometres of anything, turning all boulders, trees and mountains into dust.

The first one to back off was Muir, she leapt back as her eyes were widened.

She glanced at the jet-black orb which had cracks on it, she extended her arm and grabbed it. As she held it, the fissures and cracks slightly filled up.

But even so, it didn’t recover fully.

Leo didn’t back off, he stepped forward as he grabbed the handle with force. The sword was light and Leo managed to easily and swiftly lift it up once again, all he wanted to do, was to crush Muir into a pulp.

Muir snapped as she saw that Leo went berserk.

“Humph!”

“You should recognize clearly that you are not my match, you are strong, but it won’t last. “

Muir laughed coldly as she glared at Leo which was right in front of her.

She extended her arm towards the falling sword which could split the earth in two.

“Heh, block it and leave your arm behind!”

As Leo roared, the sword crashed against Muir’s left hand.

Muir felt a pain in her palm as she tried her best to block Leo’s onslaught, with a thought, the orb crashed into Leo’s chest.

Muir saw blood dripping from her palm, but she quickly put her eyes on Leo’s flying body.

Leo flew back a couple hundred metres and coughed up blood several times.

He knew that he was in a bad state, but he still had a grin on his face. That was because he saw blood on Muir’s palm.

He could feel Tharia's aura entering his body, it was doing more harm than good, but it would increase his strength for a slight time.

Leo rushed forward like a wild beast, his bloodshot eyes were glaring at Muir and he swept the large sword imbued with his own life force.

Muir was slightly surprised as she was injured, but she didn’t have a lot of time as she saw Leo rushing towards her without thinking of any consequences.

She really thought that Leo was a madman, someone who would even sacrifice himself for revenge. Sadly, she had no idea why he was this angry because she really couldn’t remember his mother.

But, all these didn’t matter, if only she could kill Leo, she could continue her plan once more.

Humph!

You really dared to attack me...

A wicked smile appeared on Muir’s face as she raised her index finger on her right hand.

As it was raised, a shield appeared floating in front of her.

The shield covered half of Muir’s body and it was white coloured without any engravings.

It moved towards to sword to block it on its own.

“Heh, you think you're the only one with an item owning its own consciousness?”

The sword which Leo was swiping was easily blocked by the white shield. A thunderous sound could be heard throughout several hundred kilometres.

The shield only suffered a small crack on the edge as the sword also finally chipped, losing a small piece of metal.

Leo coughed up blood once again because of the shock. His body was becoming heavier by each swing of the greatsword. But, he wouldn’t stop, he had to continue no matter what!

Mother.

Father.

Elder brother.

Elder sister.

Please watch me from the heavens.

Please let there be a smile on your faces once more.

Even if I die, even if my soul gets dragged down to the abyss, I only wish I could see your smiles once again.

“Gaaaaah!!”

Leo shouted as he threw the sword towards Muir.

“Tharia, use everything, don’t hold back!”

Tharia closed her eyes and she could sense her own soul leaving her body.

A green mist appeared in front of Tharia and it hurled towards Leo in a blink of a second, not even letting Muir see or sense it.

Muir was busy with the sword which was thrown by Leo, as her shield was still near Leo, so she could only block it once again with the jet-black orb.

She held the orb with her left hand tightly as she held it against the sword which was being hurled towards her heart.

The sword and the orb once again met, this time Muir lost her advantage in stamina.

The jet-black orb shattered and it turned into dust, leaving no remains.

Muir's eyes widened widely as she stared angrily at Leo.

But, she had a bad premonition when she saw Leo not moving, but closing his eyes as he was making a pose.

Muir’s face paled when she could sense two different life forces in one body. She sent a quick glance towards Tharia, but she could only see her cold body falling from the sky with no wounds on her body.

When she looked back at Leo, she didn’t know what to say because when Leo opened his eyes, his eye colours were different. His left eye was green while the right one was red.

Both were deep in colour and rotating slowly.

“You!”

Muir’s voice sounded out, she was really shocked beyond anything.

She would have never thought a human would be able to do something like that.

“How did you reach the stage of Gods!?”

She roared while her eyes were filled with hatred.

“How dare you, a mere mortal, obtain a power only for the Gods themselves!?”

“Keke.”

Leo laughed as his voice changed greatly, his deep voice turned into a dark voice which only beasts could have.

“Gods, you say?”

“Gods are just beings which can be slaughtered.”

“No matter what, no one is immortal.”

“Keke, seems like I forgot, there might be one, kekeke!”

Leo laughed as he glared at Muir.

His eyes glanced at the half-broken sword laying near Muir. With only a glance, the sword shattered into thousands of pieces. And each of those pieces was sharp as the sword itself, they rotated like a tornado of blades.

The tornado of sharp splinters caught Muir in it.

As Muir was screaming in agony, her white shield was flying towards her. Before it took even a second, the shield appeared right in front of Muir. But, in that one second, she was cut thousands of times, her red robe was tattered and it couldn’t be called a robe any longer.

Blood was flowing from her pale skin, her skin was cut more than four hundred times, none of them was deep but they added quickly up and exhausted her stamina and dug deeper into her body.

The shield flashed white and all the splinters fell on the ground.

Without any time to relax, Muir saw a shadow right in front of her.

Leo stood right in front of Muir, looking down at her with a disdainful expression.

Muir didn’t know what Leo wanted to do, but she knew that Leo wouldn’t show her any mercy, she hurriedly put both her hands in front of her body, wanting to protect her body.

And of course, Leo would never show any mercy towards Muir. His arm extended forward and made a chopping motion, it seemed to slowly drop down on Muir’s body.

Right before his hand met Muir’s body, a red force sword made of Leo’s aura was made.

Muir was getting shocked one time after another with this single battle.

She had already her hands in a blocking position, she couldn’t do anything unless she wanted to lose her life.

The red force sword made by Leo cut through Muir’s left arm, severing it from the shoulder!

“Guh!”

Muir coughed up blood as her arm was severed. She hurriedly used her aura to stop the bleeding from her cut off an arm, she gritted her teeth as she tried to step backwards.

But, Leo would never allow Muir a single moment of rest. He pounced towards Muir like a tiger at the end of its life.

“You have looked down on me way too much!”

Anger could be sensed from Muir’s eyes and tone.

She didn’t care about Leo anymore and glared at the heavens while chanting.

“Lord, I who have served my time, let me once more stand straight like a sword!”

“Lord, let me show my enemies the powers which one of the Guardians holds!”

As Muir was chanting, her body shined brightly in a dark red colour.

“Bless me with the true power of divinity!”

In the time Muir was chanting, Leo had tried to cut her several times, but every time he was stopped by the dark red energy which shrouded Muir.

“Humph!”

Muir’s voice changed, its original one which was without any tone, turned into one of an angelic female voice. Not only did her voice change, her eyes also turned ruby red, her whole being sent a belonging to those Gods.

“Mere human, for angering me, you must pay with your life!”

Leo didn’t reply her, he only felt his body becoming weaker by the second.

His eyes which were dark in colour slowly turned lighter.

The souls inside of his body were gradually dissipating.

Muir lifted her right hand up and waved it towards Leo.

Leo’s body instantly became heavy and he fell from the sky like a meteor.

Muir glanced down at Leo’s body, she could easily sense that he was alive.

Leo searched for every ounce of power in his body, his life force, his aura, his soul, Tharia’s soul and life force. Everything!

He gathered all of it in his right foot!

Muir shoot towards Leo in a speed comparing to the jet-black orb, she extended her right arm, wanting to pierce Leo’s head!

“Humph!”

Leo used his arms to throw his body up with his legs up in the air.

Muir didn’t stop as she was already right above Leo, her fingers were already a few centimetres apart from Leo’s right leg.

Time seemed to stop before everything collapsed.

Shaking the heaven and splitting the earth.

Everything in the radius of a thousand kilometres disappeared into nothingness.

In the middle of everything, was a crater.

The crater was a kilometre deep and it was a hundred kilometres in radius.

Deep inside the crater, were two shadows.

One laying on the ground and another one standing.

“Mother, I did it.”

Leo breathed heavily as he spoke to himself in a low voice.

“Haha, everything is over!”

As Leo was laughing, an arm pierced his body.

Leo shockingly stared at the one-armed Muir, which was smirking at him with an expression of despise which seemed to mock his very existence.