Chapter 2149: What do you want? "Do you not see I am busy? Or do you want me to make an example out of the useless one first?" Nux questioned as he appeared in front of Varana, extended his hand, and grabbed him by his head. "!!!" Varana widened his eyes in disbelief. He... He couldn’t react to how fast the enemy was. As one of the fastest beings in the Universe, his reaction speed was obviously much better than most, and while his eyes did manage to see Nux’s move... His body... It couldn’t react at all. Even at the last millisecond, when he tried to move away and dodge—he failed. Panicked, Varana released a huge amount of energy, trying to push Nux away from him. He grabbed Nux’s arm with both his hands, wanting to crush it and move it away, but... Nux’s arm did not budge. Even worse—the man simply ignored his struggles, brought his other hand closer, now holding Varana’s head with both his hands. For a moment, Varana was confused. Just... What was he trying to do? He wondered in his head, but then suddenly, his eyes widened in absolute fear as he felt his head being pulled in two different directions. "N-No." He stuttered, his face showing absolute fear as he sensed death right at the door. He tried to move, he tried to kick Nux, wanting to push him away and free himself, his wings fluttered desperately, trying to push his own body away from Nux but... It was already too late. Before he could do anything, the pain he felt in his head became much, much stronger, rising to a ridiculous level in milliseconds. "AAAAGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH—" Varana screamed in sheer terror and agony, trying to call for help or do just anything that might let him live, but finally— Tear Under the strong pull, his muscles, bones, skin, and everything that was keeping his body together— It tore, and his head was separated into two pieces, and as if that wasn’t enough, Nux continued to pull his body apart. From head, to torso, to his legs, Varana’s entire body was ripped into two pieces and then— Thud Thud With a casual shrug, Nux dropped Varana’s ripped body on the ground as if it was nothing more than trash. A second. That was how long this entire exchange lasted. It was so quick that by the time the rest of Gracevale’s Eternals recovered from their shock, suppressed their fear, and forced themselves to prepare and attack in order to save Varana... Varana’s body was... already on the ground, torn into two equal pieces. "..." "..." Silence. Absolute silence fell over the place. The Eternals stared at Nux, terrified. If they had any doubts before, now it was clear. They couldn’t win. There was absolutely no way they could win against this monster. Just... Just who was he? Why had they never heard of him before...? Such questions began appearing in their heads as they stayed still. They didn’t even dare to think about avenging their brother. They couldn’t. It was impossible, not when they were up against this monster without any backup whatsoever. And finally, Nux raised his head, staring at the thirteen remaining Eternals hovering in the air in front of him. The Eternals felt their bodies flinch, and Nux— "Be good." He spoke. This time, even though his tone wasn’t particularly different from before, to the Eternals, it sounded as if it were the instructions of a Divine Entity that they could not confront or go against. "Or you will all end up like him." Nux threatened, and every single Eternal, beings who ruled over trillions, stayed silent, following his words like the good little children they were. As for Nux, he looked away and continued his conversation again— ’You do not know?’ He frowned. ’No.’ Faustina shook her head. Nux stayed silent for a while and then— ’I need to see what happened in Gracevale with my own eyes.’ He spoke. And as if expecting that— ’You can.’ Another voice was heard. It was Melia. Nux frowned, he quickly connected with his Universe, seeing what Melia was doing, and the moment his eyes fell on her, he saw her holding a familiar woman by her neck. The daughter of the Greenmarch Patriarch—the woman who was ahead of him in the line and was forced to submit Greenmarch to the Order of Light. The woman was unconscious, and Melia, she shook her unconscious body as if she was showing it to Nux and— "I thought you might need an outsider’s perspective to understand things better, so I grabbed her during the chaos when everyone was panicking." The vampire answered out loud, knowing that Nux could hear her. And Nux... He stared at his wife and chuckled softly, "You know me so well, my love~" He spoke with a grin. Melia nodded back, she outwardly acted like it was no big deal, but the rest of the women, who were staring at her with narrowed eyes, could see that the woman’s pale face had gotten redder. She was definitely planning something. "Alright, I’ll be there in a second." Nux decided. Melia nodded, and Nux turned back towards the Eternals who were now in his grasp. Admittedly, killing Varana was not in his plan, he just thought it was the fastest way to ensure these people act well, but Nux knew it wasn’t something he should have done. ’Setting an example’ like this wasn’t cost-effective, especially when the said cost was one of the strongest Eternals in the world. ’I am making such mistakes more often these days.’ Nux muttered to himself until finally, he shrugged as he convinced himself that there was no point in thinking about it now and that he needed to be more careful in the future. He then stared at the Eternals in front of him and— "I do not plan to kill you." He began. The Eternals stared at each other before finally, one of them stepped forward and— "What do you want?"