"Obedience?"
Facing Nurr's answer, Marcus replied indifferently, "Such a narrow understanding."
"I follow the Pharaoh because he can make me stronger!"
"The multiverse, endless worlds—I have seen far too much over these thousands of years," Marcus said slowly. "One day, you will understand, Nurr."
"Everything you are experiencing now, your so-called convictions and pride, are nothing compared to our broader future!"
"Boom—!!"
Nurr answered Marcus with a punch burning with all his fury!
The air shattered with a piercing sonic boom!
His enormous fist smashed toward Marcus's head with all its strength!
But in the next instant, Nurr's all-out punch came to an abrupt halt mere centimeters from Marcus's head.
Marcus did not even raise a hand. An invisible force field had completely restrained that violent power.
Nurr's eyes were bloodshot. The muscles in his arm bulged to their limit, and even his bones groaned under the strain, yet his fist could not advance another inch!
"You attacked me of your own accord." Marcus shook his head, a trace of pity in his eyes. "It seems you still do not understand the gap between us."
"I am 'Marcus,' the name bestowed upon me by the Pharaoh. And you are still merely 'En. Sabah. Nurr.'"
"Though we are different individuals from the same timeline, I have experienced... five thousand more years than you!!"
The moment he finished speaking, Marcus raised a hand and seized Nurr's wrist!
"Crack!!"
A crisp, teeth-grinding crack of breaking bone rang through the hall.
Marcus had forcibly snapped Nurr's wrist!
Agonizing pain struck. Nurr let out a muffled groan, cold sweat instantly beading across his forehead, but he still refused to yield. His other intact hand turned into claws and slashed toward Marcus's heart!
But to Marcus, his movements were simply too slow.
Marcus casually sidestepped the