"Fear? Cowardice? Of course not! All I have is endless, boundless rage!"
The old lizard raised his staff high. Amid the gathering storm of World Force, his body, originally barely over twenty centimeters tall, rapidly grew younger and larger, charging toward the high skies.
At this moment, Green and the Metal Destroyer seemed to be playing a game of cards.
Only, the table for this game was an entire world. The legions under each side's control, the forces and conditions they could make use of—all had become cards in their hands. This was the battlefield perspective of beings at the Overlord level.
Among the cards in their hands, Green was already at an absolute disadvantage. Yet now, he played his sole advantageous card, unleashing its greatest possible power.
"Go! You are the roar of will born from this world's struggle between life and death. Go and make the enemy of the Heavenly Mountain Sea World bear your rage and hatred!"
Buzz!
A wave of thunderous light tore through the sky.
"Yes!"
At Green's side, this guardian who had gathered the will of the entire world possessed power sufficient to make both Green and the struggling Metal Destroyer take notice, even if it was only a brief eruption. For Green, that was enough.
Boom!
World Guardians could not leave their worlds, but within their worlds, bolstered by World Force, they could gain unimaginable strength for brief periods according to the world will's joy, rage, sorrow, and delight. They were the outward manifestations of the world's will.
The shadow of those palms descending from the sky had already completely covered the island where Green stood. At this moment, the figure gathered with immense World Force shot into the heavens and met one of those hands.
With a boom, as layers upon layers