Chapter 210: Gremory Elden Ishtar Elmark (5)

Grip!

Her right hand remained motionless,

And then, a sluggish tone echoed around them……

Munch-.

Munch-.

The sound was reminiscent of a child chewing on food.

Crunch!

Crack!

However, could a child’s delicate teeth chew through her dense mana?

As if sensing the food’s resistance, the child chewed more vigorously.

Then, Gremory realized that the thick blanket of mana covering her right hand weakened.

Kwuuk!

As Gremory tried to pull her arm back, the resistance increased, as if a child was holding on to a toy that their parents tried to take away.

The looming, swirling shadow refused to release her right arm.

Munch!

Munch!

Munch!

Finally, the mana covering her right arm was completely erased.

Crunch!

Then, Gremory’s right arm snapped, twisting in a bizarre direction……

Rip!

The thing’s insatiable greed devoured a chunk of her arm

Munch-.

“……”

“……”

Gremory frowned as she stared into Ferzen’s crimson gaze.

Because those eyes of his were scrutinizing every inch of her body as if judging her.

The same gaze a wolf would direct to a deer carcass, that had been hunted and devoured, before abandoning it…No. Gremory couldn’t stand this look.

“For someone who is struggling to control a single witch’s corpse, you’re acting quite relaxed.”

The corpses of the previous heads of Brutein were scattered through the battlefield,

However, since Ferzen’s mana had reached its limit, he couldn’t control those corpses any longer…

“Don’t you know? Until you slit my throat or pierce my heart, I will not die.”

“……”

“Yet, you really think you can capture this Empress alive?”

“……”

That was not his intention at all.

But as he saw Gremory misunderstand his intentions, Ferzen allowed a smirk to spurt on his face.

“Gremory.”

“……”

“Don’t be presumptuous. I have no intention of embracing you after this battle.”

His gaze was focused.

He continued to look her in the eye.

Gremory wouldn’t be able to understand his behavior.

But Ferzen felt no reason to explain it to her…… that her right arm, torn and twisted, had become completely asymmetrical to her body.

And from this distance, his OCD was being triggered to absurd proportions, as he took note of every single distortion of her body.

How can a woman like this say she has transcended the limits of human existence?

Ferzen simply couldn’t allow someone imperfect as her to be labeled as ‘Perfect’ or ‘Transcendent’.

She was nothing more than a defective product, aspiring for things beyond her capabilities.

‘Humans……’ were truly pitiful creatures.

How long has it been since he was forced to confront someone so imperfect like this?

Perhaps that was why Ferzen could vividly see Euphemia standing right in front of him.

As if his mind was trying to save him from seeing such an imperfect woman as this ‘Empress’.

In his eyes, from the moment Ferzen saw the existence of Gremory Elden Ishitar Elmark.

He knew that in this confrontation, there would be no surrenders.

Only one of them would walk away from this confrontation.

Because from the moment Ferzen’s OCD was triggered, the only purpose of capturing this flawed existence was to purge the world of this blight.

“Disappear.”

In a low tone, Ferzen calmly issued his command.

The being under his thrall, whatever it was, immediately slapped Gremory’s face with an absurd strength.

Smack-!

At that moment, a strong gust of wind whipped past Ferzen.

“Ugh……!”

However, Gremory stood her ground.

She resisted the unseen force.

However, the more she resisted, the more Gremory realized that if she didn’t let go of the pressure accumulating within her body and let the kinetic force disperse, her neck would snap.

Wham-!

So, she relaxed her body and fully embraced the impact of the blow.

Crash!

Her body flailed in the air, crashing into a wall.

Then, the creature’s body was slowly revealed as it directed its gaze towards Ferzen.

The thing took the form of a petite girl, with twisted shadows clinging to her body, some shades of darkness assumed the form of strands of hair, as it whimpered towards its master.