Fated Duel (Part 1)
"...Darth... Sidious..." Darth Malthael opened his shriveled jaws. "Seeing you here truly makes me... happy..."
His voice was incomparably deep and sinister, like the low growl of some ancient beast. His vocal cords had long since withered away; he was now using the Death Force directly to vibrate the air and produce sound.
"Look at what you've become, Tang Xiao! Hehehehe..." Darth Sidious likewise did not use a Force mask, revealing his wrinkled, ashen skin and his turned-out eyelids.
Judging by their appearances alone, this was nothing more than a confrontation between two monsters.
"The last time we met was in the Galactic Senate, and now... hehehehe, you've finally stopped pretending, haven't you? His Excellency the Chancellor." Darth Malthael sneered.
"So you've known my identity all along. Why didn't you expose it, Governor?" Darth Sidious said with a cold smile.
"Because I also wanted to see what would happen after Order 66... What do you think?" Darth Malthael suddenly said cryptically.
Darth Sidious's expression shifted slightly. He looked at Darth Malthael, then suddenly burst into laughter. "Hahahahahaha!"
"Hahahahahaha!" Darth Malthael laughed as well, though his eyes were filled with nothing but icy coldness.
"I'm very curious what name Darth Pregas gave you. I imagine it would be quite interesting to put your bones together with Pregas's, then carve both your names onto the coffin." Darth Sidious grinned viciously. "Want to know where I put him?"
Darth Malthael smiled eerily. "Of course I know. Because I was there on the day you killed him."
The two stared at each other for several seconds, then abruptly burst into laughter again at the same time.
"Hahahahahaha!!"
"Hehehehehehe!!"
Whoosh!! Hummm!!!
The next second, both figures vanished from where they stood and collided violently in an instant!
After Darth Malthael poured