The Sekirei’s Covenant

Boom! Boom boom!! Boom boom boom!!!

Whether it was roads, bridges, or buildings, everything within a radius of a thousand meters had been completely destroyed, leaving behind only a scene of horrific wreckage and ruins.

The battle between Sora and Marquis Voban was still ongoing. Their figures were completely indistinguishable, only two streaks of extremely fast afterimages constantly clashing and colliding. The sky was wailing, the earth was trembling, as if everything was about to be torn apart. The turbulent air turned into sharp waves of energy, continuously spreading throughout the entire city!

The Authority of [White Stallion] could no longer be used. Although its power was immense, it was completely useless against this 'Wolf Grandpa'. Sora didn't want to taste being attacked by his own move again.

If he could use the Golden Sword Domain, it would be simple. Just unleash Ten Thousand Swords Piercing the Heart. Whether you're Wolf Grandpa or Dog Grandpa, you'd all be finished!

The only annoying thing was that Sora had absolutely no understanding of Wolf Grandpa's Authority. Who knew where he had stabbed a God by the roadside to get such an Authority? Moreover, the mythological system of this world was intricate and complex. Sora only had a superficial understanding of these things. Even if he knew the origin of his Authority, it wouldn't be useful.

If Erica were by his side, it would be great. Letting her replenish his magic or something would solve everything. But now he was a lone commander, so these things weren't feasible either.

Since the Authority of the Golden Sword couldn't be used, the only option was to use brute force to take down this Wolf Grandpa!

After transforming into a werewolf, Marquis Voban's strength and speed were both astonishing. His powerful arms were filled with incredible might; shattering the ground with a punch or crushing tall buildings with a claw were effortless feats.

However, Sora was not afraid. With the divine speed of [Phoenix] and the immense strength of [Bull], he was not inferior to this ancient Campione in the slightest, and even held a slight advantage in terms of offense.

But as the battle dragged on, Sora's brow furrowed deeper and deeper.

Although he seemingly held the upper hand, he hadn't inflicted any substantial damage on Old Voban. Furthermore, Gods and the Campiones who usurped their power and Authorities often possessed the attribute of immortality. Either you simply couldn't kill them, like that steel lump Doni, or even if you killed them, they could come back to life, like Sora and Marquis Voban.

That's why it was incredibly troublesome; even if he smashed the opponent's head to pieces, they could still recover!

Now Sora faced two paths: either quickly find a way to break Lord Wolf's Authority, or keep dragging the fight on until one side's divine power was exhausted and they were utterly thrashed by the other.

Sora, possessing only the power of a War God, was clearly no match for Marquis Voban, who had slain multiple Gods, when it came to divine power. Therefore, Sora actually had only one path to choose!

His mind raced, and he made a decision, knowing he couldn't drag it out any longer. Sora unleashed the monstrous strength of [Bull], landing a punch on Marquis Voban's chest, then quickly used the recoil to put distance between them. Marquis Voban, having suffered Sora's heavy blow, couldn't help but let out a muffled groan. His pair of wolf claws dug into the ground as he was pushed back, carving a long trench.

"Hahaha… King Kusanagi, you truly haven't disappointed this King! Again, again!"

Feeling his old bones were thoroughly itching from the blows, and having not had such a satisfying fight in a long time, Marquis Voban completely ignored his caved-in chest and threw back his ferocious wolf head, laughing heartily.

As for Sora on the other side, his appearance wasn't so good at the moment either. In the previous fight, he had taken quite a few of Lord Wolf's sharp claws. Although the wounds on his body were healed by the recovery Authority of [Ram], his clothes were torn to shreds, hanging loosely, making him look like a down-and-out beggar.

"Ha… ha… Just as that bastard Doni said, you really are an energetic old grandpa!"

"This can't go on, huh? Say, King Voban, I just thought of a move to break your Authority. How about we give it a try?"

First, he bent over, panting heavily a couple of times, then straightened up, saying with a wicked smile.

He felt truly shameless, actually using such a low and obvious provocation tactic against an old grandpa. But to take this old man down, Sora didn't care.

Moreover, Old Voban, with his so-called king's arrogance and dignity, would definitely accept, even though he knew it was a deliberate little trick.

As expected, the next moment—

"Break this King's Authority? Hahaha… Interesting, interesting! Then come, King Kusanagi, let this King see your so-called move!"

At first, he was stunned, then Marquis Voban burst into arrogant laughter.

Possessing the Authority of Immortality, as long as Sora couldn't completely crush his body in an instant, he could quickly recover. Therefore, Marquis Voban completely scoffed at Sora's claim of being able to break his Authority.

Of course, although he didn't really believe the other party could break his Authority, Marquis Voban was still somewhat expectant. Was this kid going to use some new Authority? Hehehe, interesting, interesting…

"Heh… Don't worry, you'll see it soon!"

A wicked curve formed on his lips, and Sora directly leaped into the air—

"Break your contract, bring the worst evil to the world. God says—the criminal shall be judged, crush their spine, dig out their sinews, hair, and marrow, trample blood and earth together. If I become invulnerable, you shall obey the word of God and grant destruction!"

Golden divine power surged on his body, and Sora chanted the Spirit Language to summon the Divine Beast Boar, sentence by sentence.

However, unlike when he used this move before, the Boar's figure did not appear after Sora finished chanting the Spirit Language this time.

"Take this, King Voban, with my fist, I'll crush you!!!"

His body suddenly shot towards Marquis Voban on the ground, and Sora directly threw a straight punch.

Watching Sora shoot towards him like a meteor, Marquis Voban's brow furrowed tightly. It seemed like just an ordinary move, nothing special. Did he really intend to use this move to break the Authority he had usurped from the Sun God Apollo? How could that be!

Although somewhat dismissive, for some reason, as a Campione with keen intuition, Marquis Voban felt an endless sense of danger rise in his heart…

"Come, King Kusanagi!!!"

Just in case, Marquis Voban still crossed his arms in front of him to block. He didn't believe that the opponent could still defeat him like this!

"Hehe, sorry, you fell for it!"

Seeing that the opponent didn't dodge but chose to take the hit head-on, Sora was instantly delighted and grinned at Old Voban.

Just as Sora's voice fell, crack, crack, crack, a sound like shattering glass echoed. The space in front of Sora's already close fist suddenly tore open with a ferocious gap. The figure of an incredibly huge boar with sharp tusks appeared before Marquis Voban's eyes and crushed down upon him with immense power!

"Awooo!!!"

Completely unable to dodge, even Marquis Voban, as a supreme king, couldn't help but show a look of horror. He knew he had been tricked by this detestable brat, but he no longer had time to think too much or regret anything, because the boar's massive body directly rammed him down into the earth!

Boom!!!

A heaven-shaking roar echoed, and the entire earth trembled continuously. Both the figures of the boar and Marquis Voban had vanished, leaving behind only a black hole dozens of meters wide and seemingly bottomless…

"You old geezer, you took a Great Strength Divine Boar Punch from me, you still won't die now!!!"

Gently landing on the ground, Sora was instantly overjoyed looking at his masterpiece!

"Uh, weird things like lava won't spray out of here later, right?"

Looking at the bottomless, dark hole in front of him, and not knowing how deep Marquis Voban had been rammed by the boar, Sora couldn't help but idly let his mind wander.

Walking around the black hole a few times, Sora didn't really think that stubborn old man would actually be killed. But he waited and waited, and still didn't see anyone emerge.

The old man didn't just kick the bucket from old age and accidentally die, did he?!

No way! I, Sora, am a standard good young man! I don't want to bear the sin of brutally killing an old grandpa!

Just as Sora was anxiously waiting, thinking Old Voban had really died, finally, a blood-soaked withered hand reached out from the side of the black hole…