Chapter 264: A valuable knowledge

Although Kyoya said those words genuinely threatened Mervase, his wife stopped him as the gap was too big. Mervase also stinked with unusual power which caused Xaya to keep an eye on him.

She wanted to kill him so badly, but the husband's genuine sadness she felt from his voice stopped her. Right now, Xaya stood close to her husband who lost a close person. She herself felt a difficult emotion within her heart, but Kyoya was always a priority in Xaya's heart.

Her hand stopped Kyoya from mindlessly rushing in, then Xaya's violet eyes turned to the side. The person who kept her identity hidden revealed herself by taking off that mask. It was a woman that annoyed Xaya in the past, but right now she was needed for this situation to change.

Since the gap was too big, there were two possibilities for Kyoya's party.

The first one was Xaya unlocking her sealing power to match Mervase's strength. She wouldn't go 'against' her master's order by doing so as it wouldn't be Xaya's strongest raw power.

Xaya also has been not relying on it at all and controlled herself well, so the death god wouldn't be able to reprimand her.

The second one was obviously the leader, Marcia. She was one of the strongest people in the world pillar, so her strength should be enough to stop Mervase's outbreak and satisfy the husband's wish to kill him.

The question was whether there was more to this place or not.

Surrounded by the lightning from top to bottom, Mervase was like with his own domain now that the place also brightly shone under his color. The spread lightning was his power, but Xaya could sense something unusual that she couldn't explain yet.

"I will begin my glory by getting you."

"Here we go. Bad boy acting all strong, treating me like some kind of toy?"

"I will be kind to you. A strong woman has to reserve all her kindness to her man and be heartless on the battlefield."

"Leave my kindness alone, asshole."

Boom!

The lightning bastard and the leader instantly exploded with power, completely taking the spotlight. The wide open area filled with lightning shifted a little as Marcia's powers brought some room for her and the husband's party.

Of course, she sent a side glance at them to take a few steps back.

This was misunderstood by Mervase, "They aren't going anywhere."

He let out his lightning, channeled it through his body, then sprang forth at unbelievable speed that nearly broke Kyoya's eyes. He couldn't see through Mervase at all and before the husband realized, his back suddenly got colder as the lightning bastard appeared before them.

His goal was to naturally stop the party by hurting Kyoya who was the leader here.

However, the sudden violet slash interrupted Mervase's plan. As it swept through his lightning and stopped him, the unusual concept fanned out. The unstoppable and fast lightning bolts got turned into a stone.

"There is no need for them to escape as I will kill you."

"Oh. Sorry for misunderstanding then."

Mervase smiled broadly, his eyes on the lightning bolts that were pierced onto the ground. The concept the leader used was her famous weapon that turned people and techniques into stone.

Though it was harder with the former as Marcia needed to completely overwhelm her opponent to turn one into stone.

"Snake Goddess."

Information from his god also flowed into Mervase's mind. The believers knew nothing much about their own lords and followed their beliefs blindly except the common virtues.

Just like with Akaro's plan, even one statue would allow them to increase in power or just part of it...

Although it was different with believers who reached considerable power level, other believers had no way of knowing about different gods.

But now, Mervase had a blessing from his god. It was not only power, but also valuable information.

"So it's not about you overwhelming… the opponent… Your concept is more effective on the torso."

"..."

Marcia's face didn't show any fear or disbelief, but her heart kept beating with those emotions sprouting out. How could Mervase know about it? Though Marcia herself didn't know the exact reason, her concept worked well on the torso.

The rumors she made about overwhelming her opponent with the pertification concept also turned her battle in her favor. When people felt their bodies turning into stone, they usually slowly began to lose their will to fight.

But Mervase just knew about her concept as if he was the believer of Snake Goddess.

"Snake Goddess, Laura, ascended into godhood by biting the snake god's torso… She went into a frenzy and became the fourth snake god through her own efforts… Splendid."

This bastard even spoke similarly to his lord, but it was Mervase also repeating what he learned, so it was given. He enjoyed the information and short story about the gods, the area that was unreachable for him!

This information also made Marcia pale and she took a few steps in disbelief now clearly seen on her face. It was yet another reason why Mervase enjoyed his current state. He just could overwhelm people with words alone.

This was valuable knowledge, but no way Marcia would be able to use this in her favor as this came out from her enemy's lips. If Mervase turned into her ally and repeated it with genuine feelings, then it would be different, though.

"I will sing this story into your ear in the bed, Marcia. Soon."

"How… the hell…"

Marcia was just overwhelmed by the abundant knowledge that came from Mervase. She knew that it was stupid of her to just get weaker like that, but her body didn't follow her strong personality that desperately tried to overcome this situation.

Her sword moved, but it was far from being fast and decisive.

The enemy also was no longer scared of her concept and found a way to sneakily overcome that. The massive amount of lightning bolts descended onto Marcia and her concept just couldn't keep up.

Her snake eyes narrowed, then the lightning bolt finally wounded her body.

It lodged itself in her thigh, then one by one the lightning bolts began to aim to take her down.

Those lightning weapons wanted her to kneel before Mervase.

"I am the chosen one! I have become the chosen one!"

"Chosen one… Then go to the higher world pillar, you trash…"

"Don't worry. I will be meeting my seniors, the disciples of my Lord, in the higher pillar!"

"..."

Basking in the glory with his lightning aura, Mervase suddenly stopped. He also unconsciously clenched his sword as if the sudden outburst of power wanted to snatch it away.

[A yandere wife.]

This sudden power came from Xaya who was already using her raw wolf like power mixed with the death god disciple energy.

"D-Death God?"

Turning around, Mervase looked at Xaya with his face distorted in disbelief. She was one of his 'targets', one of the easiest. A mere 19th adventurer with beauty that topped every other woman was certainly seeming easy.

However, the aura that began to envelop her whole body and the new knowledge from Lord Brye caused Mervase to feel fear which in his current state should be impossible!

"Filth."

"..."

"You will pay for making my husband sad. This sword… I also take it."