In the end, I still couldn't catch up...... It's just a little bit, why...... Professor...... Looking at the shiny ring lying quietly on the ground, Soth's mood was indescribably depressed, because he remembered that what belonged to Professor Hold at that time was proof of Professor Hold's marriage to Abel, and it should not have been here...... Soth couldn't help but think back to Abel's expression holding back tears.

Soth remembered that Abel had always been very good to him, although at first it was only because he was Professor Hold's apprentice, but after a long time, it was inevitable that he would become familiar with her, speaking of which, he and Ivy admired her at the beginning, obviously she was a full dozen years younger than Professor Hold...... At this point, even Soth was a little upset for her, after all, Professor Hodd was too passive in terms of feelings, it was hard to imagine that a professor of Reochs was still single at the age of thirty-seven, maybe he also had feelings for Abel, but because of the age gap, the professor never dared to mention it...... No, I don't think I can even think about it.

If it weren't for Ebel's initiative...... Oh, it's a "witch" who gives the old professors of the entire Vander Mage Tower a headache, but the witch can cry like that...... Why, professor?

What is more important than being with a loved one?

Didn't you promise Abel not to interfere in Argus again?

Didn't you promise me that we'd try again when it was time for Vander? I said I'd beat you, and this time I'd replace you with lying on the ground panting...... Didn't you say that a man's oath cannot be broken?

So, why?

After that angry roar, silence returned to the vicinity of the crater on the banks of the river, but Argus did not dare to be careless, in his eyes, the imp standing not far away with his head bowed and silent was definitely no less than any previous challenger, including Hod Kendi, who had injured himself to such an extent!

Because, Argus had already vaguely guessed a long time ago, that little imp ...... The same apostles!

The definition of an apostle is almost a host of a powerful [Great Will] in this world, which can be regarded as the spokesperson for completing the soul transaction, therefore, behind each apostle, there is a strong will, and before figuring out the true identity of the other party, this kind of battle between apostles is what Argus tries to avoid.

Yes, even the ancient will of Mammon behind him!

This world is too small compared to the infinite expanse of the divine realm, and the foolish human beings never know how many powerful wills lie dormant in the dark, and as he borrows more and more of the power that belongs to Mammon, Argus also becomes more aware of the powerlessness of human beings against this power.

Yes, powerless, like Hodd Kendi, although he has only not fully mastered elementalization, but in reality, there are still a few beings in the human camp who can be more powerful than him, but even such a character, under the true power of Mammon, there is almost no room for resistance.

Humans cannot kill the apostles, but the apostles can...... Myself...... Will you die?

Argus smiled self-deprecatingly at the powerful dark aura rolling around the boy in the distance, and then, he took a deep breath and said jokingly, "Yo, Soth, it's been a long time, hasn't it?

However, the boy did not have the slightest intention of responding, he just looked at the ring on the ground with a calm face, and looked at it very quietly, and even the angry expression on his face gradually retracted.

"Oh no," Argus cried in his heart......, knowing very well that the boy had not calmed his anger, but that the calm was as calm as it was on the eve of a rainstorm.

That little imp is already mad, right?

Just as Argus thought, the expressionless Soth gasped for breath, which was obviously the outward manifestation of the anger in his heart, and as the seconds passed, the wheezing amplitude became larger and larger, and the corners of his eyes began to twitch.

Isn't that good...... Just as Argus was secretly smiling, the boy took a deep breath, took something out of his pocket with his right hand, and then looked at Argus, raised his right hand flat, and said in a deep voice, "Argus!"

"Huh?" said Argus with a dry smile, the words that seemed to come straight to his mind, and his low tone brought him great pressure.

The boy slowly let go of his clenched right hand, and a shiny silver coin fell from his palm and fell to the ground with a clang.

"......" Argus opened his mouth, perhaps wanting to say something, but after glancing at the silver coin, the smile on his face gradually retracted, and he casually gave Lily a shield, regardless of the little girl's inexplicable little hand hitting the light wall of the shield, and walked towards the boy step by step.

Twenty yards from the other side, Argus stopped and said in a very unfamiliar tone, "Hey, little ghost, I didn't think you'd use it like this when I gave you this coin!—what a disappointment to me, South! You should know that I said these two coins are more important than my life!"

In response to Argus's questioning, Soth raised his head and whispered in a tone with strong murderous intent, "Of course I do, that's why I brought it!"

"Tsk!" Argus pouted, pointed in the direction of the ring, and sneered, "Hey, what you said is so unreasonable, it was your mentor who came to kill me, and he wanted to kill me? You think I'm going to be so generous as to give my life to someone else? Say to your mentor who wants to kill me, 'Okay, I'll stand and let you kill'? Hmm? Do you want to smile a little so that he can relieve some of the guilt in his heart when he kills me?—what are you kidding! If he wants to kill me, won't he think about whether he will be killed by me? I can only say that a guy who does not even have such an awareness and takes action!"

"Stupid ......" The boy subconsciously clenched his teeth, his shoulders trembling slightly, indicating that he was clearly on the verge of an outburst because of his unusual anger.

"Isn't it?" Pointing to himself, Argus said in a deep voice, "The guy who wants to kill me will of course pay the price! You may say that this is an unfair battle, but when has there ever been real fairness in this world? I am a demon? Ah, I admit it, I admit that I am not a good person, and I have never thought of being a good person, I am just playing towards the rules of this world, isn't it? The strong can oppress the weak at will, this is the rules of the game in this world! If you can't agree with it, it means that you haven't seen the dark side of this world system at all!" As he spoke, he calmed down his slightly agitated emotions and said in a deep voice, "Since you have chosen to be my enemy, then there is no point in saying anything more, tsk! It's a pity, I thought we could be friends!"

"Friend......" Soth's eyebrows jumped slightly, and the anger that had accumulated for a long time finally couldn't help but explode.

"What a joke!"

The roar of anger shook even the entire sky, and the devastated stars lost their luster in an instant, and the power of darkness enveloped the entire sky with an incomparably powerful oppressive force.

As if sensing something, Argus raised his right hand, and a circular transparent shield appeared in front of him.

And at the moment when the protective shield was formed, only a rumbling sound was heard, and the sudden flames engulfed all the nearby surfaces in an instant, and the huge crater turned into a sea of fire in an instant.

Argus, however, is not a character that can be dealt with with by this kind of fire, as Professor Hodd has confirmed with his life.

A beam of dark power gradually seeped out of the flames, and then, with a sound of "swish", the powerful dark power expanded rapidly in all directions like a ring, and for a while, all the flames in the giant pit were extinguished.

"That's good, even I can't help but revel in the power ......," Argus, who stood there unscathed, smirked, and mocked, "but I won't lose a hair at this level! Is it my injuries that have swelled your self-confidence? You have to make it clear, little imp, tolerance is not cowardice!—warn again, get out of here, as if nothing had happened!"

But before he could finish his sentence, a black-red beam of light shot straight at him.

"Tsk!" Argus's arrogance was finally revealed, only to see that with a wave of his right hand, the black-red beam with great dangerous energy was bounced away by him, and he turned around and shot towards a hill in the distance, and in the blink of an eye, the original protruding part of the hill was completely gone.

Feeling the tingling sensation coming from his right hand, Argus's face did not show the slightest abnormality, but he secretly screamed in his heart that it was terrible.

Damn it!

This imp is even more powerful than Hed Kendi, and it would be a miracle if he fought him with his badly wounded body and survived...... Argus knew very well that after experiencing the battle with Professor Hodd, his body was already on the verge of collapse, and whether it was mental power or magic power, especially physical strength, it was very seriously consumed in the previous battle, and it had to be said that he was at a disadvantage.

But what's worse is that he can't call on Mammon's power to help, after all, the little ghost on the other side is not an ordinary human, he is also an apostle, and there is also an ancient will behind him, once he makes an exception, then this battle is bound to be upgraded from a human level to a god-level battle, the confrontation of two ancient wills, that is not a joke...... Not to mention...... "Tsk!" After weighing the gains and losses repeatedly, Argus abandoned the tempting plan to call on the power of Mammon, and only relied on his dark power to fight Soth, I have to say that he has experienced a series of vicious battles, and the anger of his combat experience is completely incomparable to Soth.

However, Argus did not feel any joy in this, on the contrary, he felt more and more that the situation was worse, and after ten minutes of tentative exchanges, Argus clearly felt that the boy's magic was hardly consumed, but the anger in his heart may have increased several times.

Hey, is it better to let him hit a few times?

Looking at the boy opposite, the anger in his eyes grew thicker and thicker, as if to mask any other emotion, Argus smiled bitterly uneasily.

In a forceful and unsatisfactory manner, Argus had to use relatively mild words to dispel the boy's anger, but the truth was that the boy was on the verge of extreme anger since he saw the ring that had fallen to the ground, and where could he hear Argus's rare words of obedience.

But after seeing that the other party ignored him at all, Argus's anger in his heart was inevitably provoked, after all, his surname determined that he was definitely not a character who was willing to be beaten passively.

"Boom!"

Darkness and dark flames, these two forces collided violently, and the flowing manic aura was like a cyclone, leaving traces on the ground from time to time, and the pure darkness seemed to swallow the area, and the rushing river was also cut off because of this force.

After more than ten minutes, the collision of the two forces gradually stopped, even Soth, whose magic power recovered very quickly, could not maintain the state of cathartic flame flash for a long time, and Argus needless to say, he was already very difficult to maintain his defense due to the lack of magic power, and the injuries on his body, because of a large amount of blood loss, he had begun to have a slight trance.

"Enough...... Is it enough, little ghost?" The panting Argus couldn't help but speak, "If you want to fight again, I can accompany you, but if something happens, I will never be responsible!" He was referring to the intervention of two ancient wills, after all, although it is an incomplete state of ancient will, but that force is definitely not comparable to the current Argus and Soth, not to mention this area, even the Imperial City of Sassen, which is not far from here, will be implicated.

Unfortunately, Soth, who had been extremely angry at Professor Hodd's death, became even more serious after not being able to hurt Argus for a long time, so that his black pupils with a hint of dark gold gradually appeared a reddish glow...... "Argus!" Even the power of the Holy Light in his left hand could no longer contain Soth's negative emotions, so that the huge phantom that appeared behind him gradually became clear, and even the huge pale red eyes became no longer old-fashioned, as if they had a human name, and they turned strangely.

And all this was seen correctly by Argus, who subconsciously raised his head.

"Oops!"

It was Argus's heart when his gaze touched the huge reddish eyes, which felt so familiar...... "......"

As Professor Hodder had just seen, everything in the vicinity faded away, and in its place, the reddish eyes grew larger and larger, as if they were covering the entire sky...... Looking into those eyes, Argus suddenly felt tired like never before.

Tired...... What is all this for?

What's the point of doing it yourself?

All this makes no sense...... Ah, there is no point...... In the dark, Argus seemed to hear a voice, and his eyelids grew heavy.

There's no point, ...... alive Revenge is also ...... "Huh?"

Suddenly, Argus, who was about to close his eyes, opened his eyes suddenly, and then he found that the huge eyes had disappeared, and the scenery around him had returned to normal.

What was that?

Argus didn't think it was just an illusion like Professor Hodd, he was all too familiar with this kind of power, but strangely enough, he didn't feel like he had been harmed by any anomalies!

He subconsciously looked at the boy, who was still saying something in an angry tone, which gave Argus a very strange feeling, because he had been staring at those huge eyes for several minutes, and in a few minutes, the boy had not even finished a sentence?

Looking at the boy who seemed to be unaware, Argus was sure that it was not an illusion just now, just like the power of Mammon, according to his understanding, the mental power of the guy who saw those eyes would be taken into a space where time stood still, and if he did not have enough perseverance to resist that power, he would never be able to get out, in other words, he would be killed...... That's why Argus said he could kill Professor Hodder in an instant, after all, it's the realm of God!

Did you inadvertently use this ability because of your excessive anger? If that imp could control this ability as well as he did, I'm afraid he would probably have already been killed...... Argus secretly called it a fluke in his heart, but because of this, he could also conclude that the ancient will behind the boy was definitely a terrifying existence on the same level as Mammon!

What a troublesome little imp!" Argus shook his head, feeling a little lighter, after all, he feared more of the special power that he could not resist than the powerful dark power of the ancient will, which he called [the power of God].

Since this imp can't use this power, then what he has to do is just try to avoid arousing the hostility of the ancient will behind it, but this imp is a little difficult...... Thinking of this, Argus's face relaxed a lot, and he looked at the boy and said jokingly, "Hey, that's enough, little ghost?—that's all for today, how about it?"

"What's the end?!" As Argus expected, Soth shouted in a tone of great rage, "Argus, no matter what, you must die for me here!

"Death, how did you kill me?" Argus shook his head and laughed, and suddenly, his whole body trembled violently, his left foot was weak and he fell to the ground at once, and his right hand was tightly covering his mouth, but he couldn't stop the mouthful of blood spurting out of his mouth...... How can it be?!

For a moment, Argus felt that his whole body had lost strength, the blood in his body seemed to flow backwards, there was a huge pain, and his heart began to beat violently, as if it would explode at any moment, along with all this, a pain that seemed to tear his soul made Argus scream.

"Ahh

With his roar, only to hear the hiss, the pores of his whole body burst out of countless bloodshots, as if the blood vessels could no longer withstand the reverse flow of blood and burst, half-kneeling on the ground, like a bloody man.

"How could it be......" With his right hand on the ground, Argus spat out mouthfuls of blood again and again.

As if he had lost all his strength, he barely supported his body, and when he looked up, he saw the huge phantom behind Soth, looking at him with indifferent eyes that did not show any unusual emotions.

Damn, that little imp is unconsciously exerting it?

Didn't you get out of that forbidden space, and there was no sign of being attacked at all!

From beginning to end, the imp only said one word...... Damn! was killed in such an inexplicable way...... Looking at the ground that was getting closer and closer in front of him, Argus gradually lost all his strength...... Suddenly, Argus heard a disappointed, deep voice in his ear.

[Tsk, what a useless guy! I gave you such great power in vain!]

Mammon?!

Argus subconsciously opened his eyes, subconsciously touched his chest, and then looked around, and when he saw the gorgeous and brilliant giant palace, he sighed secretly and whispered, "Am I killed?"

[Ah, I was almost killed, if I hadn't protected you in time......]

"Oh, it seems that I haven't been abandoned yet, I still have value in use!" Argus smirked playfully, then looked up at the black mist that shrouded this magnificent palace.

The black mist rolled from time to time, and a pair of pale red eyes looked down at Argus, and there was no indication of it, and the sound came from all sides of the palace.

[It's best if you think so, Argus, I am your master, I can give you great power, and of course I can take back ......]

"Yes, Mammon!" said Argus, kneeling most respectfully, bowing his head, "sorry for disappointing you!"

[I'm just reminding you that my original intention of giving you great power was to ask you to help me get out of this damn place, although your years are really short, but I can't wait, I can't wait to control that beautiful world, hahahaha......]

"Yes, master, I have ordered them to build the altar, but the work will take years......"

"Won't it be faster for a few years?"

"I'm sorry...... I'm afraid it will take at least three years!"

[Well, forget it, I'm barely able to bear it for three years, but what...... Argus, have you never told me that you have met another apostle......]

"......" Argus, who lowered his head, hesitated slightly, and said in a deep voice, "I wasn't sure that the imp was behind it with the same existence as Mammon......"

[So you almost died, Argus, you almost ruined my plan to come into this world, you know?]

"I'm so sorry!"

[I'm just reminding you that getting me out of this damn place is your most fundamental task, and you must not die until this is done!...... I don't blame you this time, I didn't expect that guy to wake up too, so surprising to me......]

"That guy?" Argus asked, stunned, looking up in surprise, "Do you know?"

[How can I not know, that guy can be regarded as my brother, hahaha...... Even though I'm curious why he's interested in you and kills you with a trick I've never seen before, I'll warn you: our eyes contain magic that you humans can't resist, even if it's a fictional eye, it's enough to kill you humans...... That brother is called Sloth, and he's not as talkative as I am, and anyone who bothers him will be wiped out......]

"Obliteration?" Argus's eyes showed a little strangeness, as if he had thought of something, a little incredulous.

[Argus, no matter what, you must die for me here!

Wait, isn't it...... [dead]...... [To Die]...... No way?

As if to see through Argus's heart, the voice sounded again.

[You are very wise, Argus, as I think, my ability is to take control of everything** and expose it, and Sloth has [obliterate existence] The ability, the life that he denied and erased, from memory to soul, will disappear from the world, in my opinion, is the most tricky and troublesome ability, but fortunately, Sloth who has this ability is not a guy who likes to cause trouble, except for a long slumber, that idiot spends almost all of his remaining time thinking about the meaning of his existence, if it weren't for the eternal existence, that guy would have already wiped himself out with his own power, so ...... Try not to provoke him, Argus......]

I don't know why, Argus breathed a sigh of relief, nodded and said, "Yes, Mammon!"

As for the apostle of Sloth, hey, you don't have to worry about him, Sloth's [obliteration of existence] is not so easy to grasp, and besides, this power can not only erase others, but also erase yourself...... Sloth is an eternal existence, but that apostle is not, he will be slowly killed by his own power, and the reason why Sloth stays in that place almost forever is because there is no kind of guy who can resist the will of his power, so he doesn't care......]

"Yes!"

You're lucky that the apostle's unintentional power isn't enough to [erase existence], but remember, don't be foolish enough to look into the eyes of Sloth! don't look into the eyes of any other will...... The human body is too fragile, I will strengthen your body again!]

"Yes......" Argus replied in a low voice, with a faint hint of sadness.

[Apostle to apostle battles are rare, and we try our best to avoid this, especially a guy like Sloth, if I get involved in the fight, that guy will inevitably get involved too, that's the rule of the game...... Just knock your opponent to the ground, Sloth finally got an apostle, and if you kill him, I don't know what will happen...... Go, don't forget your mission, build altars, kill more lives, and use their soul power to open the door to the passage!When the time comes, I will come to this world, and everything in this world is mine, hahahaha......]

"Yes, Mammon!"

On the other hand, Soth, who somehow "killed" Argus, seemed a little confused, because he didn't use any means of attack at all, and as Argus expected, his knowledge of beings like Sloth had not yet reached the point of [divine power].

Seeing Argus suddenly vomit blood and fall to the ground inexplicably, Sos thought it was a recurrence of his injury at first, but just as he was about to kill the other party, suddenly a huge dark power gushed out of Argus's body, and a strong air current blew Sos back and forth.

When the storm had subsided, Argus stole to his feet, looking at his scarred body with strange eyes, and he could clearly forget that the wounds were healing at a rapid pace, which was evident in the ability of dark creatures to recover...... Finally, after the soul, even the body is abandoned, and as a human being, what is left of himself?

Inexplicably, Argus's heart welled up with a sadness that he didn't know what to do.

Smiling self-deprecatingly, he raised his head to look at the stunned Soth, Argus said lightly, "Aren't you trying to kill me?"

As soon as the words fell, from behind the shadow behind Argus, a huge figure expanded rapidly, it was a phantom from the projection power of the ancient will of Mammon, only to see that the phantom after receiving the dark power in Argus's body, the upper body gradually turned into an entity, the two huge heads shook slightly, and suddenly a terrible cry came out of the mouth, and the cry even shook the ground.

Immediately, the body and wings also became clear and materialized, forming the image of the bird's head and human body, the sharp claws, as if with a terrible tearing space, and the huge air currents caused by the flapping of the wings, as if it were a storm.

As if to confirm Argus's words, the two-handed bird Mammon projected a fist on the hard ground, only to hear a "boom", the dust in the sky flew up, and after the dust dissipated slightly, a huge pit appeared on the ground.

Looking at all this, Soth couldn't help but show a stunned expression, he had never imagined that the materialized phantom would have such a powerful destructive power, he used to think that the phantom behind it was just a by-product of borrowing Sloth's power.

Looking at the stunned Soss, Argus glanced again at the wound on his body that was gradually healing, and there was a rare anger on his face, as if he had been robbed of his last important thing.

"Aren't you going to kill me, little ghost?!"

"Damn!" Thoss gritted his teeth in hatred, and then, learning to associate the shadow behind him with his own power, as Argus did.

Sure enough, after being replenished by the dark power, Sloth's phantom upper body also became materialized, it was a dark giant bear covered in scales, with a pair of curved giant horns stretched out on both sides of the skull, and a sharp horn also stretched out at the center of the forehead, and the three giant horns shone with black and dangerous light.

Compared to the two-headed manbird, the body of the Dark Giant Bear is much larger, and the vibration caused by the giant palm slapping the ground is even more like an earthquake, and it is clear that the ground nearby has cracked deep ravines because of this force.

"Roar!"

"Whew!"

With the collision of fire and dark power, in a loud bang, the two-headed human bird and the dark giant bear collided fiercely, tearing each other apart with sharp claws and gnawing each other.

Perhaps, this is the most powerful thing about the apostles besides the [power of God]!

(To be continued)