1016 Chapter 1016 A Dirty Move
As the pattern on the administrator's armor, shield, and spear changed, it took on a form completely different from any of the ones before.
Instead of just being one or two solid colors, the pattering on her equipment became a swirling massive of uniformed white and black that moved around in random ways that lacked any order.
Just looking at it for a single second Marcus felt like he was staring into an endless void that would destroy his sanity.
Using what little of his strength that remained, he averted his gaze away from the Administrator and instead looked upwards. In the sky he could see that the unbelievably powerful storm was still raging on. Occasionally he would spot the man that had invaded Mirrion conjuring thread barriers and dodging the tornados and bolts of lightning.
The Administrator paid close attention to her target and waited for him to be fully occupied before launching her attack.
When she felt the time was right, she kicked off the ground and shot forward far faster than a rocket.
She moved so incredibly fast that Marcus did not even notice the exact moment when she pierced through the thread cage that had still surrounded them.
Without slowing down she made her way towards the man and thrust her spear towards him as he was busy defending himself from a giant tornado.
By what could only be considered a miracle, he avoided being run through by the Administrator's spear.
Nevertheless, het strike did pierce the man's leg and tore it off into a chaotic void that utterly obliterated it.
However, it was not just the man's leg that was affected by this void, a thick line stretching out from the Administrators spear ripped through reality and seemed to go on indefinitely.
"Damn it all!" The man screamed out after his leg was ripped apart. A flood of his sliver blood poured out of the wound, and it showed no signs of healing like his previous injuries.
Once he realized that his ability to regenerate was being nullified by whatever power the Administrator had just used, he wrapped up the stump that was all that remained of his leg with his threads. Quickly he weaved a replacement for his missing limb, but the grimace on his face showed how much pain he was still in.
Hastily he tried to back away from the Administrator and create some distance between them, but when she held her shield in front of her a dark swirling void like a blackhole appeared and drew the man that was an intruder back towards her.
Unable to break away from the suction, the man moved his hands like a blur and weaved several weapons, creatures, and barriers out of his threads.
When the two of them clashed, the very world seemed to shake and a giant rift in space that led into an endless void opened up.
'What kind of fight even is this?! It looks like the very fabric of reality is going to come undone!' Marcus thought as he felt the world tremor and the sky above him break apart. He was genuinely worried that the world might be in danger if the two of them continued to fight.
The two of them traded blow after blow for dozens of seconds until one of them finally faltered.
Having failed to avoid the Administrator's spear, the man that had appeared from within the Tower of Heaven was pierced through the stomach. It was a grievous wound that even a powerful entity like him could not shrug off. Especially because the damage inflicted by the Administrator could not be healed.
Unwilling to go down just yet, the man did manage to kick away the Administrator and pull himself away with threads he had connected tot eh ground. Nevertheless, with a huge hole in his stomach that was bleeding like a waterfall, he would not be able to last for much longer.
Even after using his threads to seal up the wound as a last-ditch effort, it was clear that he was having a rough time of it. Ready to end this in the next few attacks, the Administrator leveled her spear at the man and prepared to lunge towards him.
Yet, just before she did, he smirked and initiated his underhanded final move.
A small group of threads that had been obscured in the distance, quickly reeled in what they had wrapped up. In just a matter of moments, the man had Mrazivy dangling in his threads and at his mercy.
"It took me a bit to find her, but I caught the other one that fought me with him" The man said, pointing towards where Marcus still lay on the ground. "If you don't want me to kill her, you'll stand down."
To show that his threat was very real, the man tightened a single thread that was around Mrazivy's throat. With just a single motion he could send her head flying.
Watching this from the ground, Marcus felt an intense rage and attempted to force himself back up with an even greater will than when it was him who was about to be killed.
"Go ahead. I don't care about her. You're right that I took a shine to him since he is the caretaker of my friends' child, but she is just a slightly higher than average talent in this world. Her death will be a minor inconvenience to me at most. So, kill her if you want. Just know that the instant you do, I will plant my spear through your chest."
"My, that is pretty heartless coming from you. Normally you are only that ruthless to your enemies. But I suppose that you would be willing to sacrifice a few innocent people you don't care for if it meant getting back at me." The man said, a judging look on his face.
It was obvious that he was trying to inflict some emotional damage on the Administrator and hoped that she would falter, even if just for a second.
However, despite Mrazivy's life being on the line, she did not show any signs of hesitancy. She was ready to bring down her enemy the moment he killed Mrazivy and created the slightest opening for her. Of course, the Administrator was more than willing to keep their standoff going. The man that had invaded Mirrion had several unhealable injuries, and the more time went by the weaker he would get. Eventually she would be able to end him without having to worry about him putting up any resistance.
Marcus on the other hand was not willing to let Mrazivy be sacrificed. Despite the damage to his soul that prevented him from moving he pushed himself with every ounce of willpower he could muster. He knew he was in terrible shape but nothing else mattered but saving Mrazivy. He was willing to destroy himself if it gave him even a fraction of a percent of a chance to prevent her from dying.
Except as he resolved to go beyond his breaking point, the barrier the Administrator had left to protect him wrapped around him and forced him down.
'NOOOO!' Marcus roared internally.
Unfortunately, no matter what he did, he could not break free from the magic the Administrator had left to protect him. All he could do was watch things play out.
"Fine. I am not a fool. I know when I am beat." The man said with a sigh.
He then curled in his left index finger and the thread around Mrazivy' neck pulled taught. Like a hot knife through butter, the thread cut through her neck and her head flew off.
Watching this happen Marcus felt like his chest was being gouged out. A despair far greater than anything he could ever have imagined overtook him and tears poured out of his eyes.
"You are as predictable as ever." The Administrator said wearing a smirk as she jumped back and put some distance between herself and the man that had just removed Mrazivy's head.
It was such an unexpected move that he froze up for a second and did not immediately notice what was wrong. The man had no idea why the Administrator would distance herself from him when she had the clear advantage at close range.
But when his eyes were drawn back towards Mrazivy's body, he noticed several things that were wrong. No blood was pouring out of her despite her head having been detached from her body. Once the man realized what was going on, it was too late for him to do anything.
Mrazivy's "body" swelled up unnaturally, before erupting in a colossal explosion that was more powerful than even the strongest hydrogen bomb.
The sky lit up brightly like a second sun had just appeared within the planet's atmosphere and the vicious storm the Administrator had conjured was blown away by the force of the explosion.
Seeing all of this occur, Marcus' warped expression of grief for his wife's supposed death vanished. Instead, a dumbfounded look appeared on his face as he tried to comprehend what had just happened.
Thankfully, any confusion he had was cleared up when the Administrator contacted him with telepathy.
'Sorry about that. I figured he would try a trick like that when I drove him into a corner. Your wife is perfectly fine. I already moved her away from this place into a separate subspace. That exploding body double was created from one of my skills.'
After the Administrator finished explaining what she had done to Marcus, she casually threw her spear into the explosion that had consumed the man that was a trespasser on Mirrion.
When the tossed spear exited out of the other side of the explosion, the man that had been her target was impaled on it. Just as the Administrator had said, her spear had pierced through his chest.
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