Way of the Knights

Chapter 786: Black Box

The Allfather doesn’t really know who Sect Master, Grand Elder and Guardian Gaia is. What he’s familiar with is the aura of Zeus, Chronos and Gaia. 

As the war against the opposing forces rages on beneath them, the four Divine Knights sized-each other up. They chose the skies to be their battlefield in order to lessen the damage done to their surroundings. The Allfather really doesn’t care whatever remains of the sect, in fact he’d be gleeful if it was destroyed. 

The Elders on the other hand are a different case…

“Leave at once.” The Sect Master coldly ordered. His face didn’t display its usual indifference or kindness. Currently, he’s displaying cold fury on his face as he stood haughtily in front of the Allfather. “You will never achieve your goal here. Your time is wasted. Trot along and we might consider sparing your pathetic excuse of a life.”

“Hoho…” The Allfather coldly snorted, “That’s some big words you got there little brat. Where did you learn that from? Didn’t your superiors told you to respect your Elders?” 

“I choose who I give my respect to.” The Sect Master replied in a frigid tone. “You don’t deserve it. Leave or face our wrath for disturbing our peace.” 

“…I would really love to play with you three. Unfortunately. I have no time to deal with you right now.” The Allfather shook his head as he reared his fist back and a punch. 

‘One Punch to Rule the World!’ 

A massive phantom of black fist manifested behind the Allfather. Its speed and momentum was too fast for its size. It’s as if a meter was falling down in front of the three Elders. 

The Sect Master’s eyes gleamed as he whispered: “I knew you’re go to do that.” 

He then raised his hand and then, golden grains of sands rolled out from his sleeves. If one looked closely, a faint image of an hourglass was reflected on the Sect Master’s pupils. 

‘Sands of Time.’ 

The Sect Master quietly exclaimed inwardly. The golden grains of sand began multiplying in an incomprehensible speed. They attached themselves on to the blurry shadow of the fist, swallowing it whole and not leaving even a speck behind. 

The Grand Elder moved into action. Golden stands of lightning began enveloping his body. His previously bent back, straightened and his gray-ish hair became like a golden torch. His eyes released a golden brilliance as golden lightning slithered across his body. He clenched his fist and a suddenly, a loud thunder clap sounded.  Lightning bolt appeared on his grip. 

The Grand Elder raised his grip and threw the lightning bolt at the Allfather. The lightning streaked, shattering space itself as it travelled. It carried an absurd amount of berserk energy and killing intent.

The Allfather tried to escape but the Lightning Bolt was tracking him. In the end, he got his squarely on his chest, causing him to grit his teeth in pain. The Allfather could’ve avoided this if it weren’t for Gaia who restricted his movement. 

A long green vine erupted from the ground and took the Allfather as a hostage, imprisoning him and locking his movement. 

The vine also has sharp spikes the dug a hole on the Allfather’s skin. It released a very potent poison which immediately got recognized by the Allfather. 

The poison was laced with the power of Laws but it was still extremely dangerous. Even a whiff of this poison could kill an entire city’s population. That same poison has been injected directly on his veins, causing the Allfather to look extremely wretched within mere seconds. 

Just like this, the battle between Divine Knights started. 

Anyone who made a mistake of watching them will probably get extremely confused. The four of them exchanged thousands of blows within a span of a second. Not even Empyreans can casually tell what’s going on. 

The three sect elders are weaker than the Allfather. He is at the peak Divine Knight while they are at the mid-stages. Nevertheless, their combined efforts are surely giving the Allfather a run for his money. 

The Sect Master can accurately predict his moves by using his talent as the title holder of Chronos. The Grand Elder’s lightning bots hurts since they could bypass any kind of defensive measures while Gaia’s support whittled down at whatever’s left of the Allfather’s stamina and endurance. 

The Allfather was reduced to pitiful state, his hair was dishelved, his robes burnt and he’s bleeding from his orifices due to Gaia’s poisoning. 

The Sect Master can tell that the Allfather was attempting something. Even with his calculations, the Sect Master couldn’t figure it out, for some reason, his actions could completely elude his predictions. Nevertheless, instinct told him to not allow whatever the Allfather was trying to do, lest they suffer consequences. 

As the fierce battle raged on all over the sect, only one person in here was not affected by it. He’s not even remotely bothered by the noise. He just continued sipping on his tea and reading his book. 

As time passed on, the Allfather felt incensed. He gnashed his teeth as he thought: ‘Damn! It’s always these three! Why must they always bar my path! No matter what era it is, they’re always here to suppress me! How hateful!’

Zeus, Gaia and Chronos. It’s always these three who’s the most troublesome to face. With the addition of Poseidon and Hades on the sidelines, the Allfather was forced to retreat every single time. 

It doesn’t matter from what generation these fellows came from, they have always been a pain in the neck. 

‘The connection from my main body is extremely faint.’ The Allfather murmured. ‘These hateful people must’ve done something to it!’ 

The Allfather gritted his teeth as he evaded yet another attack. 

‘No! I can’t allow this!’

‘I’ve went through all the trouble to raise this boy in order to devour him and barely succeeded! I have to free my main body right now and fuse with it! That’s the only way I can survive! I’ve waited for so long, wasted so many resources and longed freedom for a very long time already! I can’t fail now!’ 

As it turns out, the traitor of the past is no more. The Devil Emperor seized his body and managed to do it. If the elders knew of this, they probably won’t be too surprised, after all this is the Devil Emperor. His means are numerous, 

The Allfather doesn’t have any patience anymore. He got distracted and so, another bolt of lightning struck him down. The Allfather spat out of blood and skidded backwards. He used this time to his advantage and brought at out a miniature box from his spatial ring. 

When the black box appeared on his hand, the Allfather spat out blood essence, containing at least 10,000 years of longevity, onto it. 

When the black box started emitting a fierce light, the Allfather grinned. The Sect Master’s eyes widened as he immediately warned the rest about it, but as soon as he did so, the Allfather raised the box. 

A strong vacuum appeared, the Sect Master got sucked into the black box. The Grand Elder and Gaia were alarmed and were a step too late to stop it. 

The Allfather laughed haughtily and pointed the box to the Grand Elder who got sucked into it as well. Only Gaia was remaining and it was clear that the Allfather doesn’t have any plans on letting her go. 

What surprised the Allfather however, was the fact that Gaia was as calm as before. She was alarmed at first but she already recovered from it. He didn’t sense any fear or trepidation from her. Instead, she just had an absolute confidence. 

“Were you thinking that by imprisoning us, you’ll achieve your goals?” Gaia asked the Allfather. 

Seeing the solemn expression on the Allfather’s face, Gaia sneered as she continued: “Naive fool. Go on then. Do your worst. It won’t matter anyway. You should’ve really listened to our advice or at least let us defeat you. But since you insist on chasing after a fruitless endeavor, I can only pity you.” 

The Allfather didn’t like the sound of that. He wanted to interrogate her but it doesn’t seem like she’s willing to participate. Forcing her wouldn’t work either since the Allfather doesn’t have the means to do that. 

In his confusion, he could only guess that they’re probably tricking him. The Allfather sneered in disdain and spat: “You’re the naive one if you’re thinking that I’d fall for something like that?” 

Gaia laughed derisively when she heard that. 

“Am I now?” She asked while raising a brow. “Tell me then, was it me who got played like a fiddle since coming here?” 

The Allfather gnashed his teeth and couldn’t endure her anymore. He just pointed the box at her and imprisoned her along with the others. Still, Gaia’s disdainful laugh rung on his ears.

Nevertheless, the Allfather could only suppress the terrible feeling he has since he has other important matters to attend to. He swiftly scanned his surroundings and felt where his main body is. Once he grasped the general direction, he flew towards it, turning into a streak of black light. 

The Allfather located where the prison was. Unfortunately, he was forced to the ground since he felt somebody’s presence near him. Upon landing on the ground, he saw a young man sitting in front of bonfire, drinking tea and reading a book. 

The young man slowly closed his book and looked at him, saying: 

“My, you sure did take your sweet time. And here I thought you won’t come, I was starting to get really bored.”