Alex was quite literally bbergasted at Mira''s unexpected move!


    Not even he could do something like lock down a small region of space yet, and he was a C tier who had recently assimted with the Space element!


    Mira was still only a D+ rank, he knew that from observing her aura.


    The fact that she could wield this ability while at her rank only spoke volumes of her talent for the Space element!


    Meanwhile, Nichs was really sweating now.


    ''Why the fuck can''t I leave the Primordial Expanse!?''


    The moment he tried to open up a portal, he expected everything to go his way, like most things in life for a spoiled brat like him.


    But it seemed the system had other ns.


    [Failed to exit the Primordial Expanse.]


    That was all it said to him.


    But it was enough to stun him to the core, leaving him with absolutely no clue about what to do next. Read exclusive chapters at mvl


    His entire n hinged on being able to leave, and now even that avenue was blocked.


    ''Perhaps I could beg…? No! That is too low for someone of the Stein family like me!''


    While his thoughts were going haywire, Alex had his own ideas on what to do with this situation.


    "Haha, it seems your little n has failed!"


    He mocked Nichs as soon as the chance came up.


    Not only that, but he slowly enveloped Virtue''s Edge in Phoenix mes, signifying he wasn''t done with Nichs yet.


    He wanted to drill in Nichs''s mind just how pathetic he was for someone who imed to be from a ''superior bloodline''.


    But regardless of what he wanted, his and Mira''s needs took precedence.


    "I''m afraid this is where this little skirmish ends. I don''t even know your name, nor do I wish to. Goodbye."


    Alex went in for a dash, so fast that Nichs could barely react.


    They were both C tiers, but Alex was iparably stronger.


    "No! Wa-"


    Nichs''s previous reservations about begging all folded in the instant he saw Alex move.


    But he was too slow to speak.


    Virtue''s Edge was already pierced through his chest.


    It wasn''t like much would have changed if he could have gotten a few words out anyway.


    Alex was dead set on killing him after what he tried to do to Mira.


    He had only arrived after Mira had already escaped from her bonds, but he had seen enough to warrant his rage.


    "Puh!"


    Nichs spat out a puddle of blood as he looked down at the sword impaling his chest.


    Specifically, his heart.


    He was delusional, which was clear from the way he cared so much about how Alex had somehow humiliated him.


    But in this moment it was like rity came back to him all at once.


    Along with dread and fear.


    ''I… I don''t want to die!''


    "Please… please save me…"


    He could barely whisper out a few words, this time aiming for Mira''s sympathy rather than Alex''s.


    Begging Alex was clearly already a lost cause.


    But if there was even a slightest bit of a chance that he could tug on the strings of Mira''s emotions, he knew she would sway Alex into letting him live.


    "You reap what you sow."


    However, Mira just looked at him deadpan, with as cold a look as it gets.


    ''Does he really think I''ll show sympathy or mercy to someone who tried to kill me, probably even do worse to my body? Ha! What a joke.''


    Mira wasn''t like her previous over emotional self.


    She had learned to ept reality for what it was.


    Death had long be something she had epted and was used to, after seeing and witnessing so much death and destruction during her times in the Primordial Expanse, but especially with the ongoing war with the Red Demons.


    "Finish him off. I hate the sorry look he''s giving me."


    Mira asked, which caused a subtle smile to form on Alex''s face.


    ''I like this new Mira…''


    But his subtle smile vanished just as quickly when he turned back to face Nichs.


    He tightened his grip on Virtue''s Edge, feeling the mes still surging into Nichs''s heart.


    ''For someone so arrogant and delusional, he does live up to some of his boasts.''


    Alex was actually surprised that he wasn''t dead yet with Phoenix mes still rampaging inside of his chest, assaulting his heart.


    But he was a prodigy after all.


    Nichs, on his knees and pinned to the stone b, since Virtue''s Edge had gone straight through and stuck in the rock behind, looked up at Alex with a mix of terror and despair.


    Tears and snot were streaming down his face.


    But that wouldn''t make Alex feel any pity.


    His arrogant demeanour had crumbled entirely, leaving behind a broken shell of a man.


    ''A typical tyrant. Arrogant and unbearable when dealing with someone weaker or more vulnerable, but a coward when faced with someone stronger.''


    Blood pooled around the wound in his chest.


    Realistically, Alex didn''t even need to deal another blow to finish him off, as he was clearly on the verge of dying already.


    "Please… I''ll do anything… Just… spare me…"


    Nichs''s voice was barely audible, each word a struggle as he desperately clung to thest threads of life.


    But Alex was unmoved.


    The images of seeing Mira bound and helpless shed across his mind.


    There was no mistaking that Nichs deserved what he was getting.


    His plea fell on deaf ears.


    The man before Alex was a coward, a bully who had sought to exploit and harm the one person Alex cared about more than anything else in the world.


    "You made your choice the moment you decided to hurt Mira."


    With those final words, Alex twisted Virtue''s Edge inside Nichs''s chest, his Phoenix mes ring up violently.


    Nichs''s eyes widened in shock and pain, a choked gasp exiting his lips as the mes consumed him from the inside out.


    The fire spread quickly, burning through his veins, turning his flesh to ash, and erasing his existence in a ze of fury.


    Nichs was gone in seconds.