Chapter 2034

Chapter 2034

“......”

Grid’s group entered the temple and was already busy. Noe used his Treasures and spells to prepare for an enemy attack while Grid used his God Hands to build a barrier to seal off the entrance. He was trying to stop Asura’s pursuit, if only for a moment. Marie Rose stared at him as he took out a potion and drank it.

“My dear husband, don’t do that again.”

Marie Rose’s gaze rested on Grid’s ankle. It looked awful. The Treasures that Asura had sent toward him had shattered his Achilles tendon. If Marie Rose hadn’t used blood magic to help Grid, his entire leg would’ve been torn off.

“What?”

“What...?” Marie Rose’s facial expression became unusually cold as she repeated what Grid had said back to him. Since she was always so relaxed, the impression she gave off completely changed when all she did was just narrow her eyebrows slightly.

Nevertheless, Grid didn’t raise an eyebrow. It seemed like he really didn’t know what he did wrong. Marie Rose sighed.

“Don’t neglect yourself to protect me. Do you think I can’t take care of myself?”

Just now, Grid had thrown himself toward Marie Rose before entering the temple. In the process, he left himself exposed and got seriously wounded by Asura.

“Um...”

Grid recalled the situation in detail. Certainly, there was no reason for him to do something like that. He hadn’t taken Marie Rose’s skills into account. If Grid had escaped toward the entrance of the temple by himself, Marie Rose would’ve followed him in no time. She could definitely do that given her quickness and agility.

“I’m sorry. That was my fault. But I didn’t do it because I didn’t trust you. I just acted instinctively. Don’t get me wrong.”

“You acted instinctively...?”

Marie Rose’s expression became a bit serious. She wondered if Asura had performed some kind of trickery to make Grid move without thinking.

Grid let out a laugh.

“I was afraid the woman I love would get hurt. Even though I clearly know what you’re capable of, I acted without realizing it because I was worried.”

“What does that... You are foolish.”

Marie Rose’s expression was still cold. However, her eyes were trembling slightly. She was confused. She was the strongest among the Absolutes. Grid was worried about her even though she could match Chiyou for a while if they fought? She couldn’t understand Grid’s feelings at all. What she didn’t understand even more was her own heart.

For some reason, she was happy.

“In any case, don’t do that again. I can survive even if the whole world is destroyed. My dear husband, you should take care of yourself.”

Marie Rose buried her incomprehensible joy deep in her heart. She had no intention of getting in Grid’s way. This wasn’t just a matter of pride. She was confident in her abilities. Grid knew this too.

Grid nodded obediently. “Yes, I will try not to worry too much.”

This was perhaps the first time he let go of his stubbornness to protect others. This meant he trusted Marie Rose. It was fun. His heart became as light as a feather, and he also felt lighter on his feet. It felt like he was being released from all of his restraints.

‘I can respond to sonic attacks with earplug-based artifacts.’

‘I will memorize the movements of their martial arts and use the God Hands to block them.’

Grid was learning how to fight the demon cultivators in real time. At some point, he took out the furnace and anvil and swung his hammer. He treated the Absolute-level cultivators who had escaped Asura’s massacre as if they were children. He used the sword he held in his right hand and hundreds of God Hands to pressure them while he crafted items with his left hand.

The items he crafted were as such: nets, earplugs, harpoons, traps, cages, and so on. They were deadly items for most of the demon cultivators. Strictly speaking, they were tools suitable for hunting beasts. They would work properly against Asura, who had absorbed the power of those who used to be beasts.

‘I don’t know why Asura didn’t come after me.’

Because he didn’t, Grid was able to add some more weapons to his arsenal...

“You are more insane than Asura!”

The anger of the demon cultivators rose high enough to pierce the sky. They could no longer sit still and watch Grid’s antics. Thus, they revealed their full power. Some grew long snouts or had pointed beaks pop out. Some had snub noses, like wild boars, while others had their fur stand up like thorns. Another demon cultivator had fish-like scales all over his body. This was different from the transformation techniques they had shown several times along the way.

Half-human, half-beast—they weren’t fully human or beast, but a mixture of both. They were very powerful. Their physical capabilities increased drastically when they turned into beasts. Once they did that, they could use mystical arts as skillfully as if they were human. This was a unique ultimate skill of demon cultivators that highlighted their strengths.

Startled, Grid was about to stop hammering. However, Marie Rose stood silently beside him and held up a finger.

“Keep doing what you are doing.”

The blood shed by the demon cultivators got sucked into her finger. It turned redder and redder until thousands of mystical characters spun around Marie Rose’s darkened finger.

“What...”

The demon cultivators seemed confused. The mystical characters that swirled above Marie Rose’s finger contained all the tricks they had used in their fight against Grid.

“...A god?”

The cultivators studied the principles of the universe. Therefore, they didn’t believe in a god. The more they studied the universe, the less evidence they found that gods existed.

But a cultivator could become an immortal. Once an immortal reached the ultimate realm, they would preside over a part of the universe. The gods revered by the people were ultimately just cultivators.

However, at this moment, the demon cultivators witnessed the power of Marie Rose and realized that gods existed. If a being who could perfectly embody the power of their target just through a few drops of blood wasn’t a god, then what was she?

[Your wife, Marie Rose, has obtained divinity.]

Marie Rose was unimpressed after sensing the faint birth of divinity. “I don’t really care about that,” she muttered

An illusion of blood-red beasts engulfed the demon cultivators. Invincible—there was no other way to describe Grid and Marie Rose.

“Let’s go.”

After a few minutes, Grid safely completed the item thanks to Marie Rose and hurried. There was only one last thing to do before destroying the last Full Moon Fortress.

The Full Moon Fortress left here was the last Full Moon Fortress. According to Grid’s calculations, all the Full Moon Fortress on the surface should’ve been destroyed by now.