Why Argus Lord Didn't Hide His History of Selling Himself on Azeroth

Why Argus Lord Didn't Hide His History of Selling Himself on Azeroth

Diakum sent down a Faith Incarnation onto the battlefield where the two Arguses were about to settle their score. His true body, still in High Heaven contemplating all living things and gathering momentum, was also ready to enter the material world at any moment.

But it was a rather "cruel" decision.

Once Diakum's true body entered the World Heart at this moment, it would mean that Argus Lord had lost this battle against "another self," leaving behind Annihilator Argus, who had absorbed every Star Soul Fragment and come infinitely close to the "awakening of a true god."

Yet this battle could only be completed by Argus Lord himself. Even the Vigilant could not fight in his place.

It was not merely for the emotional reason of "settling things once and for all," but out of practical consideration.

Argus Lord and the Annihilator shared the same "existence." Both possessed fragments of the Star Soul's will; it was only a matter of quantity. And beings such as Star Souls, born as gods, possessed a very special form of "immortality."

Unless every Star Soul Fragment held by the Annihilator was drained away, no matter how many times he was defeated, he would rise again from the ruins of this war-torn world.

Only Argus himself could drain the Star Soul Fragments.

Diakum could offer assistance, but Argus Lord had to seize this victory with his own hands.

Clearly, the Lord had spent too "much" time around Diakum and the Eredar, and had picked up some of the "bad habits" of intelligent life.

He insisted on finishing this duel himself, on defeating himself with his own hands, to achieve a long-desired "transcendence."

Therefore, no matter who won or lost before him, Dick would