But Velgrend would never give Xiao that chance. She directly blocked his path.
"Move."
Xiao spoke coldly.
"Do you really think I'd let you go cause trouble for Rudra?"
Velgrend raised an eyebrow and said to Xiao with a light laugh.
The situation had suddenly reversed. It was no longer Xiao holding Velgrend back; Velgrend was now stopping Xiao.
The second round between the Great Sage of Demon Subjugation Xiao and the Burning Dragon Velgrend had begun!
On the ground.
Rudra, having completely taken control of Rimuru through his [Archangel's Dominion], felt that victory was already his.
He now held the trump card in this game!
In his millennia-long wager with Guy, the one he had feared most had originally been Velzard, the White Ice Dragon and a True Dragon.
However, after the anomaly known as Morax appeared in the Demon Country Federation, the person Rudra feared most became Morax!
As Guy's close friend and rival, Rudra clearly understood just how overwhelmingly powerful Guy was. Only because of that did he truly realize how unfathomable Morax, who had defeated Guy, truly was.
Even he had to praise Guy's good fortune for finding someone who could overturn the entire board and even determine the outcome.
Originally, Rudra had not held much hope of winning this millennia-long wager.
After all, the gap in top-tier combat power was simply too great!
The Dark Emperor Guy, the White Ice Dragon Velzard, the War God Morax, the Storm Dragon Veldora...
The Empire could not contend with so many Calamity-class beings.
But now, he had seized a bargaining chip that could turn defeat into victory.
That was the New Star Demon King Rimuru.
From the intelligence the Imperial Intelligence Bureau had gathered on the War God Morax and the Demon Country Federation,
he had come to