Chapter 398: Those Who Seek Death Shall Live (3)
Chapter 398: Those Who Seek Death Shall Live (3)
Authority was the power of a god. When one Authority clashed with another, the outcome was determined by priority, and the one with stricter conditions took priority.Keter’s Unchain held one of the highest priorities among all Authorities. Unless the other side imposed some kind of restriction, Keter’s Authority might as well not exist at all. And even when Unchain was activated, it did not give Keter an overwhelming advantage. It merely prevented him from being bound[1]. That was why Keter’s Unchain took precedence over almost any other Authority.
However, Unchain did not activate against Akrahh’s power to stop the universe. Part of that was due to the difference in their power, but it was also because Akrah’s Universal Stasis had conditions just as strict as Keter’s. The condition was that it could be used only once. Because of that restriction, Akrah’s Universal Stasis was powerful enough to work even on other gods, and it could ignore Keter’s Unchain.
As such, Keter imposed the same kind of time-limited restriction on himself, maximizing the power of Unchain, and allowing himself to move within the frozen universe. That alone showed how stopping the universe, and moving within a stopped universe, were not things even gods could do easily.
And yet, the Godfather moved, even while bound and unable to move by the gods. He took advantage of that brief instant when all of Akrah’s attention was focused on Keter, and completely seized her blind spot.
Keter saw the Godfather move with his eyes, but his body could not keep up. The same was true for Akrah.
Thud.
The Godfather placed his palm against Akrah’s back. Then he laughed darkly.
“Akrah. You arranged things so that the world’s forces would gather in one place because of me. Even though I knew, I pretended not to and let you believe that I dreamed not of being defeated by them, but of counterattacking.”
Keter knew exactly why the Godfather was explaining everything so kindly.
The Godfather only ever talks this much when he is two hundred percent sure of his victory.
Sure enough, something like mist began flowing out of Akrah’s body and was absorbed through the Godfather’s palm.