It appeared Belos' ears stood deaf to his sister's words. A cold silence followed. A silence during which Belos eyed Selene from head to toe, lingering on her icy-blue eyes and the glaring change in the bloodline signature she should have possessed.
"Ungrateful wretch."
Belos stated and raised his right hand, causing nine crimson suns to appear at his back as he summoned his ancestral glory. Though his gaze remained locked on Selene's, no warmth lay in his eyes. Instead, it was the suppressed glint of a battle-frenzy that hid beneath the composed exterior.
"Feed a dog and he will guard your door. When even beasts know to repay kindness, you betray your benefactor and side with the enemy, yet have the nerve to call me brother?
No, you're not qualified."
Belos replied, tilting his head to the left while still maintaining eye contact. If the words stung, Selene showed no sign of it. Better, her lips curled into a smirk.
"The so-called Benefactor only needed cheap batteries. We've repaid what we owed by doing our a.s.signed duties. Since it was merely a relations.h.i.+p of mutual use, why call it betrayal? I find that slightly...excessive."
Selene retorted, undisturbed by Belos' oral inquisition.
"I am a simple-minded person. - Help those you like, harm those you dislike has always - been my motto. Regretless, I dislike, Konrad, I like. It is that simple."
Selene pursued. But when the name "Regretless" left her lips, Belos' eyes widened with a feral surge of fury.
"Bold creature. How dare you speak the given name of his excellency?! At first, for the sake of our blood ties and grandfather's heart, I considered giving you one last chance. But since you're so dead-set on offending those you ought to serve, there...is no need for leniency!"
Belos snarled, and with every word, his outward composure collapsed, making way for a full-blown battle-l.u.s.t. Maddened frenzy filled his eyes, with the golden hues and sclera turning into crimson flames while the nine suns at his back blazed with a blinding, crus.h.i.+ng light!
Seeing this, Verena was forced to admit that the strength of a half-step OverG.o.d was indeed staggering. Although it only was half a level more the gap was as vast as the difference between an early-stage and a peak-stage Legendary G.o.d! Moreover, unlike the past Overlord and Warden, Belos was the real deal, backed by not only a formidable bloodline but Truth Embodiment and Wielding in other Primal Laws.
If he'd appeared a month before, Verena wouldn't have had any confidence in handling him. Now, however, it was a whole other story. Selene, Verena, and the Valkyrie unleashed their cultivation bases, releasing Devil Force that now stood at the early-stage of the Prime Devil Realm. Although in pure cultivation level they were only equal to peak-stage Legendary G.o.ds, the overpowered Devil Road ensured Belos was bound to suffer miseries.
Stretching out his hands, Belos summoned Fell Judgment, his lineage weapon, and turned into 10,000 afterimages as he shot toward the three. Or so the onlookers initially thought. The three consorts, however, could see that those were no mere afterimages but perfect replicas created by Truth Laws.
