World’s End: My Keyword is One More Than Others

The Power of Poseidon and the Sea God martial soul are completely different things.

The Sea God martial soul can only strengthen the body and increase combat power, but the Power of Poseidon can control all water. When Du Ge chose the Rhine River as the battlefield, he was already invincible.

No one could contest his control over water by the river.

Not even a Grand Magus.

Grand Duke Lynch's Icebound World only managed to freeze the Rhine River for a moment.

With a single thought from Du Ge, the frozen river turned back into a raging torrent.

Under Grand Duke Lynch's astonished gaze, dozens of giant hands formed from water rose from the Rhine River, catching the falling meteorites.

Then, these giant hands made a throwing motion, hurling the meteorites back at him.

When had Grand Duke Lynch ever seen such a maneuver?

No mage could manipulate magic so flexibly, let alone use water elements to catch and throw back meteorites.

Even the Pope, who had awakened a ten-star martial soul, could only dodge the meteor shower or rely on powerful soul skills to shatter the meteorites. He couldn't throw them back.

What kind of monster was he facing?

Was he even human?

Grand Duke Lynch turned the ring on his hand.

He activated the shield sealed within the ring just in time to block the returning meteor shower.

Mages counter warriors who have awakened martial souls, but that's only when there's distance between them. After all, most mages don't have the ability to cast instant spells like he does, nor do they have so much magical equipment.

Once a warrior gets close, the mage is the one who loses.

The reason Grand Duke Lynch dared to engage in close combat with Du Ge was nothing more than his superior magical equipment and his ability to cast instant spells.

But now, faced with Du Ge's rogue tactics, Grand Duke Lynch was truly struggling.

His eardrums were probably ruptured, his ears were in excruciating pain, and the water controlled by Du Ge was desperately trying to drill into his head.

Water surged into his mouth and nose, blocking his breathing, and the feeling of suffocation grew stronger...

Above him, his life was threatened, while below, he felt an extreme sense of shame and discomfort. His pants were already soiled.

He had to divert some of his mental power to intercept the water invading his body.

This was a thoroughly undignified battle.

Grand Duke Lynch couldn't imagine how the world would judge him if he died here and people saw his corpse.

The Duke was humiliated by Holly until he lost control?

That bastard was insulting him in the most extreme way...

He had spared that little bastard the dignity of a noble, opting for the guillotine instead of hanging.

Unforgivable.

Grand Duke Lynch, enduring the intense suffocation, pulled out another scroll from his storage ring—Earthquake.

This was the ultimate forbidden spell of the earth element, capable of shifting mountains and altering rivers.

It was generally used in large-scale battles and sieges, causing massive destruction. It wasn't very effective against a single person.

But now, Grand Duke Lynch couldn't care less.

He had to force Du Ge out of the Rhine River, even if it caused a flood.

Just as he was about to activate the scroll.

A lifelike water figure rose from the Rhine River, looking exactly like him.

If it were just a water figure, it wouldn't be much, but then several water snakes emerged from the river, eagerly drilling into the orifices of the water figure...

Humiliation!

Damn Holly!

Grand Duke Lynch's hand hovered over the forbidden spell.

But in the next moment, his hand froze.

Grand Duke Lynch watched in horror as tens of thousands of water snakes intertwined and surged toward him from the Rhine River.

A hundred-meter-tall water giant stood up from the river, with Holly standing on its shoulder, flashing a mocking smile at him.

...

Holly possessed the same abilities as the Sea God martial soul!

So.

The Sea God had descended through Holly's body!

A terrifying thought flooded Grand Duke Lynch's mind, and in an instant, everything he couldn't understand seemed to make sense.

Only a true deity would instantly possess immense power upon awakening a martial soul;

Only a true deity could have far greater magical power than him, could control water at will without incantations or gestures.

Believing he had discovered the truth.

Grand Duke Lynch released the scroll in his hand. Mortals couldn't defeat deities.

He couldn't speak, enduring the intense pain in his abdomen, he slowly knelt in the air before Du Ge, signaling his submission with his actions.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

...

Surrendered?

After all those bold words before coming here, this?

Could it be a trick?

Du Ge's mind quickly flashed through famous villains like Fire Cloud Evil God and Dong Tianbao.

When they couldn't defeat the protagonist, these unscrupulous villains loved to surrender first and then launch a sneak attack.

Righteousness aside, he couldn't afford to be at a disadvantage.

Du Ge didn't cancel his seven-orifice touch, continuing to manipulate the water streams meticulously, while controlling the water giant to slowly extend a massive hand toward Grand Duke Lynch in the sky: "Grand Duke Lynch, I accept your surrender."

The water giant's enormous hand held the half-kneeling Grand Duke Lynch in the air.

Grand Duke Lynch's face turned crimson; he was at his limit.

When he heard Du Ge's words, he relaxed slightly, but in the next second, the giant hand turned into a water ball, encasing him inside.

Then.

The water ball quickly froze, trapping the panicked Grand Duke Lynch, pressing him down into the Rhine River.

In his final moments of consciousness, Grand Duke Lynch's mind was filled with two words—despicable!

...

When Grand Duke Lynch opened his eyes again.

His staff, storage ring, defense bracelet, magic-boosting belt, and all his magical equipment, along with his clothes, were frozen in the ice ball.

He was submerged in water, with only his head above the surface, his entire body in pain.

Fortunately, the feeling of suffocation was gone, but he could feel several special water streams binding his limbs like ropes, rendering him immobile.

This feeling was far from pleasant!

After all.

Du Ge had once shown Grand Duke Lynch what happened to a water figure that looked just like him...

"Grand Duke Lynch, have you truly chosen to surrender?" Du Ge stood on the water's surface, looking at the awakened Grand Duke Lynch, his tone gentle.

He had thought Grand Duke Lynch had some hidden trick!

But there was nothing.

Indeed, he had overthought it.

This was his way of fighting!

Quick and decisive, defeating a Grand Magus in just a few moves. With his enhanced mental power, the seven-orifice touch was even more effective in this world...

"Despicable." Grand Duke Lynch glared at Du Ge, cursing angrily.

He regretted not activating the scroll earlier. Holly couldn't possibly be the Sea God incarnate; no deity would be so shameless.

"Grand Duke Lynch, I am a noble person. I made great sacrifices to save others, yet you use such words to insult me. It makes me very sad." Du Ge frowned slightly.

"..." Grand Duke Lynch almost choked, gasping for breath, "Even the dogs in the ducal mansion are nobler than you, Holly. You have insulted the nobility..."

"Grand Duke, you can't say that." Du Ge shook his head, "You are blinded by anger and may not understand the significance of this battle. I chose the Rhine River as the battlefield to avoid harming the citizens in the city and to maintain the noble image of the Grand Duke..."

"You... maintained my image?" Grand Duke Lynch's eyes widened, stunned by Du Ge's shamelessness.

"Otherwise?" Du Ge said, "Grand Duke, if our battle had taken place in the ducal mansion, all the citizens would have seen the Grand Duke being defeated by a scoundrel, and the process would have been extremely brutal.

At that time, even if the Grand Duke survived by luck, he would have no face to see anyone, not even Xima Lynch would feel ashamed! But here at the Rhine River, only the two of us know the battle's details, preserving the Grand Duke's dignity!"

"So, should I thank you?" Grand Duke Lynch looked at his clothes frozen in the ice ball, growing angrier. He saw his underwear, proving that Holly had stripped him naked.

"This is the demeanor of a top noble." Du Ge leisurely adjusted his clothes.

Using the seven-orifice touch might tarnish one's image, but everything has multiple facets. Bringing the enemy to a secluded place and then defeating him with the seven-orifice touch was also a way to preserve the enemy's dignity!

Grand Duke Lynch was once again on the verge of breaking down, he roared hysterically: "A noble person would never create such a vulgar and lowly spell."

Du Ge fell silent.

After a moment.

He looked at Grand Duke Lynch and shook his head, his eyes filled with sorrow: "Grand Duke Lynch, I always thought you were a wise person, but I didn't expect your thinking to be so narrow. A knife in the hands of a bad person kills, in the hands of a good person saves. Whether it kills or saves, does it have anything to do with the knife?

Similarly, whether a person is righteous or not depends on their words and actions, on what they have done, not on the spells they use.

If the Pope uses holy spells to slaughter innocents, and a lich uses necromancy to fight the Pope and saves those being slaughtered, who do you think is more righteous? The Pope or the lich?"