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Before this, Noah had already been somewhat mentally prepared for Ophis's strength.
After all, Ophis was a being with infinite power, someone so formidable that even the top experts of every faction could not hold a candle to her. Even Sirzechs and Ajuka, both Transcendents, had claimed they had no way to fight her and could only seek Noah's help. Her strength was evident from those descriptions alone.
But even so, Ophis's power had exceeded Noah's expectations.
Noah had never imagined that before Ophis, he would not only be completely outmatched, but would even be trapped by her strange power without ever facing her directly, unable to discern what that power truly was.
This was far too troublesome.
If he had sufficient knowledge of Ophis, then using the Avatar of the Warrior should have allowed him to break free of this predicament. It might even have been possible to catch Ophis off guard and defeat her.
The problem was that, regarding this Dragon God said to possess infinite power, let alone Noah, perhaps there really were not many people in this world who could claim to understand her.
According to Ddraig, Ophis had not been born in this world. She was a being born from the void within the dimensional rift.
Therefore, aside from knowing that she was a dragon, possessed infinite power, and had an enormous connection to Ouroboros, the symbol of infinity, no one had any other information about Ophis. Not only other factions, but not even anyone among the dragons dared claim to know her.
As such, the Avatar of the Warrior could not be activated before Ophis.
In that case...
"No choice. I can only use it..."
After softly murmuring