"Thaedus, stop fighting a losing battle! You have no chance left!"
Thaedus slammed a fist into Thaedus's face with a bang, breaking his nose and sending blood gushing out uncontrollably.
Not to be outdone, Thaedus twisted around and kicked back, snapping several of Thaedus's ribs and forcing distance between them.
As the winner of Viltrum's battle royale, Thaedus was in a completely different league from the other Viltrumites. Someone like Thaedus should have been easy for him to defeat.
But because he also had to focus on protecting the late emperor's skull, he couldn't even bring half his strength to bear. Somehow, he was stuck fighting this useless weakling to a standstill.
Humiliating... absolutely humiliating...
"Cough, cough..."
Unlike Thaedus, who still had strength to spare, Thaedus had truly reached his limit. That last kick had ruptured his internal organs, and shards of his ribs had nearly pierced his heart.
He wouldn't die just yet, but he could barely even keep flying.
"Die!"
The furious Thaedus naturally noticed this too. He charged again, intent on killing Thaedus in one final push.
Once he died, the Coalition of Planets would surely fall into chaos. Then...
Bang!
But halfway through his charge, Allen, who had already finished his own fight, slammed into Thaedus and sent him flying. Meanwhile, Nolan grabbed Thaedus and tossed him back toward the Space Knights behind them.
"Stop, Thaedus. Take a good look around. Continuing this fight will only cause needless casualties. There's no point."
Although Nolan had rebelled against the Viltrumite Empire in both deed and name, the upbringing he'd received since childhood still left him with respect for Thaedus.
So even though he knew it probably wouldn't work, he chose the gentlest possible approach to persuading him to surrender.
"You..."
Only after Nolan's reminder did Thaedus realize