Chapter 2108: You disappoint me, Sharnoth Nocthys. "So in the end—you failed to suppress your true nature, huh?" Nux sighed as he pressed his forehead, appearing right in front of Sharnoth, who couldn’t be in any worse condition. Her body was in agony, a soul-shaking agony. Her crimson tears were proof of that, and Nux could predict it. He could see how her connection to Chaos was severed. For a being of Chaos, it was similar to twisting her body inside out. The pain... It was unimaginable. Her torn limbs didn’t even look like a big deal compared to what she was going through right now. Honestly, any normal being in her place would have already been on their knees, completely broken. Yet... The woman was still laughing. It was horrifying. "I feared this might happen." Nux muttered lightly, sighing without stop. Sharnoth grinned as she stared at him. No voice came out of her mouth because of the restrictions placed on her, but Nux didn’t need to hear her voice to know what she was saying. ’Did you really?’ He just looked at her and— "Nah." He laughed. ’You must have wanted to see me like this, didn’t you?’ "I wanted to play with you. I wanted to play with the real Sharnoth Nocthys, not the Sharnoth you became to please those around you." He laughed. The crazy shine in his eyes matched Sharnoth’s. The two looked as if they were made for each other. In his mind, Nux started recalling Sharnoth’s memories he had seen before. It was around the time Sharnoth had absorbed the Chaos Crystal Zylarith had given her, fundamentally changing her body and making her used to the Energy of Chaos. Now, the Energy of Chaos was without a doubt one of the strongest energies in the Universe. Its nature was wild and unpredictable. Being forcefully made to connect with this energy came with its own... disadvantages. It changed the wielder’s very personality, making it similar to its own nature: wild and unpredictable. Or... A crazy maniac. Sharnoth was no exception. During her initial days of training, things were still under control. However, as soon as she began using her Energy of Chaos in battles, it started affecting her. She became Chaos Incarnate. What made sense... did not in her case. Pain didn’t stop or scare her; it made her fiercer, happier. A one-sided match where she won became boring. A wild, unpredictable battle where she couldn’t win made her stronger. Laughing at those who were stronger than her made her relish in excitement. A warrior who was impossibly persistent and ridiculously strong, someone who would rush to her death in excitement and defeat the inevitable death. That was who she was, until... Zylarith stopped her. "If you want your revenge, you need to suppress yourself." Those were her mentor’s words. Sure, a crazy, suicidal maniac who loved defying odds and death was powerful, but someone like that wasn’t meant to become a leader. Rather, she was someone destined to be short-lived, eventually losing her battle against death, and Zylarith could not allow it. So he suppressed her, telling her to hide her true self from the entire Universe until her fake self became her true self, and her true self... disappeared. A self that only Zylarith—and later Nux, who witnessed it himself—knew about. A self that... attracted Nux to her even more. ’I wanted to play with you too.’ Sharnoth answered. She could already see her end was here. She had even begun chanting Dark Spells, even though she had stopped because she wanted to meet and talk to Nux for the first time. The aftereffects of this already pushed her body beyond anything that could be repaired. That was simply how powerful the Dark Spells were. ’But it seems I couldn’t defeat fate this time.’ She sighed, ’But I won! That bastard cheated!’ Of course, she still didn’t give in. ’If I knew, I wouldn’t hav—’ "Wow~ I didn’t think you, of all people, would give an excuse." Nux laughed. ’It is not an excuse!!’ Sharnoth countered. Despite her body being in agonizing pain, her eyes looked fiercer than ever, as if she was ready to fight and stand against Nux if she could. "Tsk tsk, it is an excuse." Nux didn’t give in. Teasing her was fun. ’It is not!! I would have defe—’ Sharnoth tried to answer, but then— "Then how about I give you another chance?" ’...what?’ Sharnoth blinked. Soon, however, her eyes widened in horror— ’No! DON’T!!!’ She tried to shout, but no voice came out. Nux didn’t listen and extended his hand forward to grab the Blade of Rewriting that had pierced through her core—a sight that made Zarveth’s eyes shine in excitement. The moment the Anomaly appeared, he had been thinking about how to deal with him, since he did seem like a tricky opponent considering the fact that he managed to fend off Neremoth and return here so quickly. Clearly, defeating the Anomaly wasn’t the problem. He had quite a few tricks, but in the end, he was what he was—a Primordial. The difference of two Phases was simply impossible to surpass. Heck, even a single Phase difference can never be surpassed. It had never happened in the history of the Universe. Even Lord Zylarith, with his complete Body of Chaos, couldn’t do that. What worried Zarveth more was the fact that once the Anomaly realized this, he would disappear like he did before. He needed a way to stop him. Clearly, sealing the Space didn’t work, seeing as how he was able to travel in and out of this sealed space as if it was nothing. He needed something else. And he needed to do it without him realizing it. While Zarveth was thinking of a way, he saw the Anomaly touching the Blade of Rewriting on his own, and he grinned. He was obviously still connected to the Blade of Rewriting, and since the pen only needed physical contact to work, the instant the Anomaly touched it, he could sever his connection with his Law—no matter what it was—taking away all his strange abilities and getting his hands on him. Sure, the action would reconnect that woman with the Energy of Chaos, but her current condition was already a mess. She would need time to once again return to a fighting state, and that time, even if it was less than a second, would be more than enough for him to capture the Anomaly. The plan was made. With the Infinity Relics, the battle would end before it could even begin. Heck, Zarveth had already planned how he was going to extract all the information he needed, and the more he thought about the new world of knowledge he was going to explore, the more excited he became. He stared intently as the Anomaly’s hand moved towards the Blade of Rewriting, completely unaware of what fate awaited him. He prepared his connection to react instantly, not giving him any time to dodge. And just when the Anomaly grabbed the Blade of Rewriting, Zarveth rewrote his very— Crack "...huh?" Zarveth froze. Crack Crack Crack Shatter Right in front of his very eyes, the Blade of Rewriting, one of the six Infinity Relics, one of the strongest Relics in the entirety of the Universe... was crushed into pieces. "...h-how...?" Zarveth couldn’t believe it. A Relic shattering... It was an extremely rare sight. The reason Eternity Relics were so widely used was because their build quality was beyond what anyone in this entire Universe could copy. Even the lowest-level Relics were much, much stronger than anything beings all over the Universe could create. There was simply no competition. The materials Eternity used were the strongest. Their technology made their creations even stronger. It was something they had been doing and improving for trillions and trillions of years, allowing them to create what could be called God’s Weapons—weapons that single-handedly changed the outcome of a battle. Weapons that allowed them to control the rest of the Universe. Weapons that made it such that even without Authority, they had what it took to stand side by side with other Supreme Worlds. This was the legacy of Relics. Weapons that... simply did not break. Even the Relics Zarveth created—the ones he used in his battle against Sharnoth—yes, many of his Relics became unusable, some of them even cracked, but that was it. None of the Relics had truly shattered. Within a day or two, most of them would be back to their best condition, repairing themselves on their own. And the Infinity Relics were obviously far better than his own creations. Let alone breaking—he had never seen even a slight scratch appear on them. Yet... But the Blade of Rewriting... Zarveth could feel it. His connection with it no longer existed. The Blade of Rewriting was truly destroyed. And Nux... From start to finish, he didn’t spare a single glance to Zarveth and chuckled at Sharnoth instead. "Tsk tsk, I can’t believe you were defeated by this toy." He spoke, showing what was left of the crushed Infinity Relic in his hand. "You disappoint me, Sharnoth Nocthys."