"This is the Ever Changing Orb," Kazreth said with a faint smile, his tone carrying a hint of pride. "A treasure I possess."
He watched them calmly as the shifting object continued to morph endlessly in the air above them.
"Even though it is impossible to truly restrain beings like you, this artifact is more than sufficient to contain the four of you for a short period of ti," he continued. "A few minutes is all I need."
His gaze turned toward the distant direction of the Ascension Tunnel.
"That is enough for to reach the source of that power and leave this universe."
"This is bad," the first Primarch murmured, his voice low and heavy as he turned toward the other three. The usual calm confidence that defined beings of their level had faded, replaced by a rare seriousness that spoke volus about the situation they were in.
The remaining Primarchs did not respond with words. Instead, they exchanged silent glances before testing the barrier once more, each releasing controlled bursts of power.
Their strikes were precise, asured, and filled with imnse force, yet every attempt ended in the sa manner. The barrier did not tremble, did not crack, and did not even ripple. Their power was absorbed and nullified as though it had never existed.
One of the Primarchs slowly exhaled, his expression darkening as understanding dawned upon him.
"If my judgnt is correct, this Ever Changing Orb must be one of the five Primal Treasures that ca into existence alongside us," he said in a grave tone. "Only sothing of that level could restrict our existence, even if only temporarily."
The others did not refute his conclusion.
Their silence carried agreent.
A faint laugh broke through the tension.
"So you are not completely ignorant," Kazreth said, his voice filled with casual amusent as though the entire situation was nothing more than a passing mont to him.
Without hesitation, he turned his back on them and began walking toward the direction of the Ascension Tunnel. His pace was steady, unhurried, and filled with quiet certainty, as though nothing in this world could stand in his way.
Then his steps ca to a halt.
There was soone standing in front of him.
A lone figure.
A young man with white hair stood silently in his path, his presence small when compared to the overwhelming forces surrounding him, yet unmoving and resolute.
It was Max.
He had witnessed everything.
From the mont Kazreth revealed himself, to the annihilation of the six primordial leaders, to the arrival of the Four Primarchs, and finally their entrapnt within the Ever Changing Orb, Max had seen it all. The scale of power displayed had far surpassed anything he had encountered before, and yet he still chose to step forward.
He understood what was at stake.
If Kazreth reached the Ascension Tunnel, whatever secret lay beyond it would fall into his hands, and the consequences of that could not be predicted. Even if he could not stop him, even if his own strength was insignificant in comparison, he needed to delay him.
Even a few monts could change everything.
Behind him, the battlefield had fallen into an unnatural silence.
The others from Orion were no longer present.
Before stepping forward, Max had already taken action.
Through the passive effect of his Keeper's Dominion, he had extended his influence over them. Their bodies had already been pushed to their limits by Kazreth's overwhelming pressure, leaving them with almost no resistance. One by one, they had fallen into a deep, unnatural sleep under the weight of his domain.
After that, Max had moved them into his own dinsion.
They were safe there, at least for now.
Yet sothing else lingered in his thoughts.
The elves were not among them.
Max's gaze sharpened slightly as that realization settled in his mind. If they had been present, he would not have hesitated to eliminate them without a second thought. The hatred he carried toward them had not faded, and the opportunity to strike them down would not have been wasted.
This ant only one thing.
They were sowhere else within this domain.
Perhaps moving through another path. Perhaps already closer to the center. The thought remained in the back of his mind, but it did not distract him from the situation before him.
His full attention returned to the man standing ahead.
Kazreth.
The one who had orchestrated everything.
The one who now stood between him and the fate of this entire battlefield.
"I do not have ti to waste on you," Kazreth said, his voice calm yet filled with absolute indifference. His gaze did not even carry a trace of seriousness as it fell upon Max. To him, this was nothing more than an interruption. "Die."
The golden ring above his head trembled.
A low hum spread through the air as radiant energy gathered within it. Then, without hesitation, a circular wave of golden light expanded outward, moving toward Max with silent inevitability.
It was the sa attack.
The sa power that had turned several pirmordials into dust.
The mont it began to move, the surrounding space warped under its influence. The air grew heavy, and the ground beneath Max's feet cracked as the destructive force approached him.
Max did not hesitate.
"Keeper's Dominion."
The words left his lips with calm precision, yet the mont he invoked the ability, an invisible domain expanded outward from his body. It spread instantly, forming a silent and intangible boundary around him, a space that belonged entirely to his will.
The golden ring of light collided with it.
For a brief mont, nothing happened.
Then the clash revealed itself.
The golden light, which had previously erased everything it touched, ca to a halt the instant it entered Max's domain. Its perfect form began to distort, as though it had encountered sothing it could not comprehend.
The two forces pressed against each other.
The golden light attempted to advance, its destructive nature trying to consu everything in its path, yet the domain resisted it completely. Within that space, Kazreth's power no longer held absolute authority.
Max stood at the center of it, unmoving.
His expression remained steady, but the strain was evident. Blood leaked from his nose and mouth as he was ntally fighting that golden ring of light. The invisible domain around him trembled under the pressure, and faint ripples spread across its boundaries as the golden light pushed against it with relentless force.
Yet it could not break through.
Instead, the golden ring of light began to weaken.
Its edges fractured, its brilliance dimd, and slowly, piece by piece, it started to collapse. The destructive energy that had once turned primordial leaders into dust now failed to advance even a step further.
Then it shattered completely.
The golden light dispersed into nothingness within the boundaries of Keeper's Dominion, leaving no trace behind.
Kazreth's expression changed for the first ti.
His eyes narrowed slightly as he looked at Max again, this ti with genuine interest.
In a few(6-8) hours another chapter will be up...
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