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Chapter 560: Mortal vs Divinity [1]
The battlefield had fallen into a stunned silence as the golden-haired figure descended from the storm.WHAT?
Camille’s eyes narrowed in sharp surprise, "A... God?"
The man floated gracefully above the battlefield as lightning crackled around his body, and a radiant aura of divine power pressed down on everyone present.
He looked down at the blood-soaked plains with a condescending smile.
"Rejoice!" he shouted, his voice booming across the entire battlefield like thunder. "Forces of the Nubines Empire, your saviour Naacht Zontax is here-"
"Cut the crap."
Brandon’s calm voice cut through the God’s grand declaration.
Naacht’s golden eyes narrowed slightly as he looked down at the mortal who dared interrupt him.
Brandon stood among the corpses, his silver blade resting casually on his shoulder with blood dripping from its edge.
"Now that a Divinity is here, I got the full picture of what is happening."
Naacht Zontax tilted his head with a mocking smile on his lips "Ah, you are the one... the companion of the Goddess or whatever. Do you know who I am-"
"I know very well," Brandon interrupted again in a flat tone. "You are just a Lesser Divinity from another world, aren’t you?"
HUH?
Naacht’s pupils shrank in visible shock and the smile on his face faltered "...You know that much?"
Brandon flicked his sword, letting the blood splash off the silver blade onto the grass.
"I also know you are here to get the ’belief’ of people in this world so you can promote to Elder Divinity. But when a Lesser Divinity descends to the mortal world... they can be killed."
He took a step forward, "That’s why you didn’t show up until Rheanne was here, because she would have killed you."
"Now that she has ascended, this world is vulnerable... filled with powerless mortals."
"And now you’re here to spread your beliefs amidst the battle so you can plant your faith among the Nubines soldiers and gain followers."
Naacht Zontax stared down at Brandon in genuine astonishment, lightning flickering erratically around him.
"H-How...?"
Scylla, Camille, and Lisette looked at Brandon in open awe, seeing that he is unfazed in front of a literal God.
Turning to his three subordinates, Brandon gave them a small smile.
"Kill the soldiers and get me the Commander’s head. I will deal with this God for a moment."
A thrilling, bloodthirsty smile appeared on all three women’s faces.
"As you command, Master!" they replied in unison.
SWOOSH-!
Brandon dashed through the air and swung his blade in a powerful, overhead arc aimed straight at the floating God.
In the last moment, a crackling lance of pure lightning materialized in Naacht’s hand and he blocked the sword with a resounding *CLANG*!
Sparks of divine lightning and ether exploded outward from the point of impact, lighting up the battlefield like a second sun.
The shockwave rippled across the plains, knocking soldiers off their feet and shattering nearby rocks.
Naacht laughed, though there was a hint of strain in his voice now "Impressive for a mortal! But do you truly think you can challenge a Divinity?"
Brandon twisted his blade, forcing the lance aside, and immediately followed up with a brutal horizontal slash aimed at the God’s torso.
Seeing this, Naacht dashed back in the air and looked at Brandon in surprise ’What...’
’That Nubines Emperor told me that this guy can’t use ether. And he is only a mortal warrior.’
’And I came here thinking there are no powerful mortals now, but he...’
He twisted his lance and thrust forward with blinding speed as a spear of pure lightning shot from the tip, aimed straight at Brandon’s heart.
Brandon twisted mid-air and slashed his blade, deflecting the lightning spear with a precise parry.
*THOOM* The redirected bolt slammed into the ground below, exploding a group of Nubines soldiers into charred remains.
Without hesitation, Brandon dashed forward, closing the distance in a blur.
He swung the silver blade in a wide, horizontal arc aimed at Naacht’s torso.
*clang* The God blocked with his lance, but the force of the blow pushed him back several meters through the air.
Naacht’s smile faltered for a second "Interesting..."
He raised his free hand and the storm clouds above roiled violently.
CRACK-BOOM! Multiple bolts of lightning rained down from the sky, all converging on Brandon’s position.
Brandon dodged through the lightning storm easily, his silver blade leaving afterimages as he cut through several bolts mid-descent.
The ones he couldn’t dodge, he deflected with precise swings, sending the electricity harmlessly into the ground or back toward the Nubines army.
"AAARARGHHHH!" Below, soldiers screamed as friendly fire from their "savior" incinerated entire squads.
Naacht’s expression twisted with irritation "You dare use my own power against me?!"
He thrust his lance forward again and this time, a massive dragon made of lightning materialized around the weapon and roared as it surged toward Brandon.
Brandon met the lightning dragon head-on.
At the last moment, he activated a copied skill from Rheanne and a swirling vortex of wind erupted around his blade.
He spun in mid-air, slashing through the dragon’s head in a single, devastating upward cut.
*SLEESH*
The lightning construct shattered into harmless sparks.
Naacht’s eyes widened in genuine surprise ’He has reached the peak strength a mortal could achieve in this world. This is going to be annoying.’
Brandon dashed forward again and the silver blade glowed with a soft white light as he channeled the copied time-ether technique, speeding the flow of time around himself just enough to appear as a blur.
SWOOSH-!
He appeared right in front of Naacht and delivered a brutal overhead slash.
Wha- The God barely raised his lance in time.
*THAANG* The collision created another explosion of light and sound.
Naacht was pushed back dozens of meters before he stabilized himself in the air.
Blood trickled from a shallow cut on his cheek.
Naacht touched the wound, staring at the red on his fingers in disbelief.
"You... cut me?" he whispered.
"YOU DARE MORTAL!!"
His aura exploded outward and the storm clouds above thickened into a roiling black mass. Lightning filled the entire sky as he raised his hand.
"Insolent worm! I will erase you from existence!"
Hundreds of lightning bolts rained down simultaneously, turning the sky into a deadly grid of electricity.
The ground below erupted in explosions as the bolts struck.
Brandon dodged through the lightning storm, using short bursts of copied wind skills to create micro-teleports and gusts that deflected the bolts.
Naacht roared in anger and descended like a falling star with his lance aimed at Brandon’s heart.
The two clashed in the center of the battlefield.
CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!
Their weapons met again and again in a rapid, blinding exchange.
Sparks and lightning exploded with every collision.
*swoosh* With a sudden burst of speed, Brandon slipped inside Naacht’s guard.
He drove his elbow into the God’s solar plexus, then followed up with an upward slash across his chest.
"Urgh-" Naacht gasped as a deep gash opened across his chest spilling blood.
He staggered back in the air, "Impossible...! You are just a human!"
Brandon floated opposite him with a cold expression on his face "You’re not the first ’God’ I’ve faced. And you won’t be the last."
Naacht’s face twisted with rage "Then die, mortal!"