636 The End of the Invasion (1/2)

The last clash between Graenk and the true Battle God lasted just an instant.

”You did it well, but you were still a step behind.”

The true Battle God spoke after he successfully evaded Graenk's attack awhile cutting him by half simultaneously.

”You are right. I am still a step behind you in a fair clash, but I promised to survive, so I needed to play a bit dirty.”

The true Battle God heard that voice at the same that he noticed that he had been stabbed from behind.

Usually, that wouldn't be enough to kill him since he was just stabbed, and he knew how to heal himself, so a wound of that level wouldn't end provoking his dead. It wasn't a deadly wound even with the problem of a True God, although it would a close to being it. If he was stabbed like that while being unconscious for a long time, he would die, but that wasn't something likely to happen.

However, he could feel that he was already doomed. That sword that stabbed him wasn't the one Graenk had been using before, and he was sure that it had something special to provoke that situation.

”I was sure I cut you. I acknowledge that I lost since I am powerless, and I am going to die, but I want to hear how you did it.”

He could only speak. There was absolutely nothing he could do to continue the battle. He didn't remember having felt so weak in his life. It was as if he was as powerless as a corpse but still being alive. At least he could speak.

”A small trick I learned from my daughter and my grandson. Laugh if you want, but the talent of each generation is more monstrous than the previous one. If it wasn't for her personality, my great-granddaughter would be really scary, given her talent. Those three make me proud of them as family, but at the same time, I feel inferior to them.”

Graenk sighed.

”This is just a basic usage of the Minor Time Divinity. You hit a mere shadow of the past. Even after asking my daughter, who is Kroh's disciple, and my grandson, who was the next after Kroh to get this Divinity, I only reached this level...”

He felt really ashamed. Those two really taught him properly despite sending incarnations instead of going themselves since they were busy, but he only managed to reach the Minor Time Divinity, and not too much before his time limit.

Of course, the problem was that he was comparing to the wrong people.  In his family, there weren't biological siblings in all generations after him, but each one of them obtained the Time Divinity and far better than him. Of course, those three were proper inheritors of a soul fragment that was partially from Kroh, while Graenk himself just obtained a part of the power of the soul fragment, so it was more difficult for him.

He knew it, but he also knew that Yale should have had it more difficult than Kanai since he only inherited it, but he managed to get it first. Even Alrein, who didn't have any relationship with that soul fragment, did it before Kanai.

Thus, he couldn't accept that he was worse just because he never received the full power of the soul fragment or inherited most of it.

Still, he was someone who managed to get the Minor Time Divinity, so there wasn't a lot better than him, but he knew all of them, which made that he valued it less than would someone unrelated to the others who obtained it.

”Although I don't like the Time Divinity, saving your trump card to the last moment is perfectly valid. Only a fool would die instead of using a trump card. Sadly, I can't do anything else for this damned sword.”

The true Battle God didn't harbor any hatred for Graenk. He believed that dying in that battle because Graenk outsmarted him was far better than being executed by someone later.

”This sword can determine death. As long as an injury made with this sword has the possibility to kill, it will happen. It was recognized that you died despite you being alive at the moment you were stabbed. Sadly, this weapon can only be used for a single attack before it breaks.”

That weapon was made by Tofesh with Yale's help. Yale asked for it since the true Battle God was the major problem among the rebels that would invade Alrein's universe.

That sword required that the wielder had at least the Minor Time Divinity to use it, and it could only be used one time despite how difficult it was to make even for Tofesh with Yale's help, so it wasn't something that could be created in mass, but it was perfect for that battle.

Graenk knew that in the worst situation, he would need to use it even if he needed to be shameless. He knew that he was still inferior to his opponent after battling with him, so he used that last clash to create a chance to use the sword.

Only those with at least the Minor Time Divinity could use it, but it also meant that only those with at least the Minor Time Divinity were immune to it, and Kroh knew everyone who got it. It wasn't possible to get it without Kroh noticing it.