"Would you make an interesting face?
I hope you do and I am sure he would hope so as well. His life would depend on it after all."
Saying that, Nawdren pulled Astaria's hair and dragged her with him while he walked toward Nux with a crazy smile on his face.
Astaria glared at Nawdren with a hateful look on her face.
Then her eyes fell on Nux, who was still lying on the ground, not moving at all.
Imagining what was going to happen in the future, Astaria's expression changed.
Her fists started trembling in… fear…
'Huh?'
Seeing this, even Astaria herself was surprised.
'I… I am… afriad…?'
She questioned inwardly as she glanced at her hands which were still trembling.
She knew for sure that she wasn't scared of dying. That was just not possible. She was a warrior, dying on a battlefield was a prideful moment for her.
But for her to actually tremble in the middle of the war…
Astaria couldn't believe this.
She then glanced at Nux again and suddenly, a wry smile appeared on her face.
'This is all because of you…
What have you done to me, you bastard?'
Astaria chuckled inwardly.
As Nawdren was nearing Nux, Astaria knew she didn't have much time,
'Alright, I will ignore my pride for once, you bastard.'
Suddenly, Astaria closed her eyes.
Using her own life in exchange for power.
For her, it was a cowardly move that she swore she would never use.
If an opponent forced her to the point of using her Life Force, then the opponent deserved the victory.
That was what Astaria thought.
That was also the reason why she hadn't used Life Force until now.
Yes, 'until now.'
For the first time in her long life,
Astaria decided to put down her pride.
'Forcing me to do something like this, you bastard, you better make sure you make it out alive.'
With that thought in mind, suddenly, Astaria spoke,
"You know, I am only 318 years old."
"Huh?"
Nawdren frowned.
"What the hell are you talking about?"
"I am saying I am 318 years old."
"And?"
"Alcimus was around 490 years old."
"Woman, did you lose your mind?"
Nawdren questioned.
"I am 100 years younger than him."
"And you think I care about it? What do you want? Should I praise you because you became an Emperor when you are only 300 years old?"
Nawdren questioned.
"I am just saying that I have a lot more years to live compared to Alcimus." Astaria smiled.
Nawdren's expression changed.
Seeing this, Astaria's smile widened,
"You are finally realizing what I am talking about, huh…"
"Why go so far…?" Nawdren questioned with a genuine look on his face.
"What do you mean?" Astaria just smiled.
"You know you still wouldn't be able to defeat me even if you use up all your Life Force, right?"
"But I can critically injure you."
"I highly doubt that," Nawdren replied.
Astaria was strong, very strong and if she used her Life Force, she would be even stronger, however,
Don't forget, she wasn't the only one who can use Life Force.
Nawdren could use it as well.
Not only that, but he was only 100 years old.
His Life Force would last a lot longer than Astaria's.
Astaria stood no chance.
The only reason Nawdren is not actually ending her was that he didn't wish to use his Life Force, that power came with a scary price.
He was avoiding having to pay that price, however, if things get troublesome, he wouldn't mind ending Astaria once and for all.
"Why not just surrender? You would lose, in anger, I might even kill everyone you treasure as well. It wouldn't end well for both of us.
Why be so stubborn? I promise I would treat you well.
Not only that, I would also tell you the Truth of the World."
"Truth of the World?" Astaria frowned. Soon, however, she ignored what this man said and just stood up.
Her sword then appeared in her hands again.
Seeing this, Nawdren sighed.
"You are too stubborn."
"I thank you for the compliment." Saying that, Astaria jumped back.
Nawdren and Astaria glanced at each other again and,
*BOOM*
A burst of energy was felt by everyone present there.
Even the weakest soldiers who were present a few Kilometers away from the battlefield felt this energy and trembled.
Some of them even passed out.
Mind you, this was something that didn't happen even when Nawdren had appeared and his Aura was overpowering Nux and Astaria.
No matter how strong the Aura Nawdren unconsciously released was, it wasn't something that could affect soldiers who were standing a few kilometers away.
This new aura, however… was different.
A dark, dull, and suffocating Aura…
"W-What the hell is happening there?"
Riona, who was standing together with Nux's wives questioned.
The War here had already ended, the King and Expert Stage Cultivators of the Solid Earth Kingdom were dead, the Skadi Soldiers had turned sides and the Solid Earth Soldiers had surrendered.
However, none of that was important.
All the King Stage Cultivators were currently focusing on the real battlefield.
None of them could see anything, however, all of them were still wary and didn't dare to go near it.
"He is still not answering…" Evane shook her head.
Nux had stopped responding to whatever they speak using their connection.
"He… he is not d-"
"No."
Before Riona could complete, Arvina, who was also standing with Nux's wives spoke with a serious look on her face.
Everyone turned towards her,
"T-Teacher is still their…
She wouldn't let anything happen to him…"
Arvina replied.
Seeing her acting like that, Riona narrowed her eyes.
However, she knew it was not the time to comment about something like that.
The situation was too serious for that, therefore, she ignored this woman and glanced at Amaya.
She was worried about her daughter, who was barely holding herself back.
Suddenly, Amaya's expression changed.
Seeing this, Riona frowned, however, just as she was about to ask something, Amaya muttered with a surprised expression on her face.
"Nux…?"
