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Even for an exolaw wielder with regenerative immortality, the heart and brain remained fatal weak points. The soul resided within the brain, while the heart was the source of vitality. Destroy either one, and the body would lose more than half its regenerative function.
However, in Nekator’s case, it was a lot worse than Leon expected.
“Wait, you…!” Leon’s eyes widened.
He wasn’t regenerating. Nine Hell Bishops of the Evil Order shouldn’t fall easily, but Nekator’s body was rapidly decaying the moment his heart was pierced, and it was for a simple reason.
“You never accepted immortality…?” Leon asked, clearly taken aback.
“Nope,” Nekator answered simply.
“Why not?”
Nekator spat a glob of blood onto the ground and replied with a crooked grin.
“Because it’s boring. In a fight, there are winners and losers. The loser dies or is stripped of everything—that’s the only rule there is. If you don’t intend to follow even that, what’s the point of fighting in the first place?”
“You’re insane.”
Leon’s response drew a chuckle from Nekator.
“Thanks, Captain Obvious.”
He was right, of course. Rational thought and words didn’t make him human. Nekator only lived in the heart of battle, where blood was shed and bodies fell. That...
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