Galaxy's First Ruler

Aldrich's action hadn't gone completely unnoticed by the three high Ranked Dreamers near the Manor.

Boudicca had been having the upper hand in the fight. With her being a Sealed-Duchess, she should have defeated Maya by now. Despite Maya being a Marchioness just a step away from a Duke, Boudicca had limited mastery in over one Law. Yet, in one on one, she was barely keeping Maya's Skills in check.

Shuuu!

Shuuu!

Both used One Step Shunpo and made a distance between themselves. At their levels, Skills and Items, though terrifying, were less important than things they had got outside of Record.

Cr-rr-rack!!!

A bolt of lightning flashed by, making the two beauties' figures visible in the night's dead.

Maya's lower half had become that of a serpent, and she looked even more like a snake with her red slitted eyes. Her hairs had elongated beyond her waist, and a forked tongue kept slithering out of her mouth. In her right hand was a long black sword, which kept emanating black and green fog.

In front of Maya, Boudicca was covered in a blue aura so thick that it felt like armor on her body. Her eyes kept flashing bluer than blue and there was a blue lotus in her hand.

Maya looked at her and let out a smirk.

"Hey, homewrecker bitch! Wanna take it up a notch!!!"

Boudicca's chest heaved up and down as she tried to catch her breath. Evidently, her being a healer was showing its effect on this battle so close to her level. Boudicca scoffed, hearing Maya's offer, and spoke out.

"Up a notch?!! You aren't afraid of being noticed by other Dukes and even the King himself?"

Throughout the Galaxy, it was forbidden for the Marquesses to fight with each other, especially on a planet. Not because they could harm the citizens, but because they could change the topography. A change enough to make the planet uninhabitable. For planets half the size of Rosalia, there wasn't even a chance of surviving.

This fight that was going on between Boudicca and Maya was like a toned-down version of the destruction they could cause at their full strength. Much like extremely watered-down milk. But there were serious consequences of fighting even at Earl Rank, much less needed to be said about Marquesses.

When Marquess Nicholas mentioned to Aldrich to give him an example of two Marquesses fighting each other if Aldrich can, he wasn't kidding. A fight between Marquesses at their full strength would destroy space-fabric permanently. And it would have a serious effect on the entire Galaxy. That's why the Kingdoms had forbidden such clashes outside the places where the Earls and Marquesses could fight to their heart's content.

These places had a specific name, feared and revered throughout the Galaxy, and widely called as…

Dungeons.

And this was the specific reason for which Aldrich had used the Mana Field Generator as a crucial part of his plan. With the Mana Field surrounding the planet, it was difficult for Mana fluctuations to go outside and come inside. That's why Maya had proposed to step things up and go beyond the boring Skills and Items.

Even the One Step Shunpo was cool but overwhelmingly boring at their level.

But Mana Fields weren't foolproof. If a tiny trace of their Marquess level fight was to seep out, all Dukes and the King of the third Kingdom would get alerted. And unfortunately, they had the means to come here within moments without the use of any spaceship.

The only issue with Boudicca's thought process was that she hadn't taken Aldrich into account. Aldrich wanted them to fight so hard to make them alert the Dukes and King. That's why when the Mana Field surrounding the planet disappeared, it made the hearts of both beauties shiver.

Aldrich had planned to dispose of a Marquess. How could he do that without using the full capabilities of the Mana Field Generator? A Marquess at his last breath would go all out, like a drowning man trying to hold on to the water itself. How could he let those fluctuations alert others and make them discover his secrets?

With the Mana Field suddenly trapping Marquess Nicholas, Aldrich had killed two birds in one shot. He made the fight between Boudicca and Maya as naked as it could get, as well as he had successfully masked the Devil's presence.

Boudicca and Maya craned their neck up and noticed that the Mana Field had vanished. Soon the Mana Field appeared hundreds of miles away, but more concentrated and dense enough for it to be seen as a solid dome. Even they would have trouble destroying a Grade 5 Mana Field in an instant unless they worked together.

But before they could even think of heading over there, a bloody figure of Marquess Harold came into their vision. His clothes were in tatters and there were bruises and cuts all over his body. The ponytail which made him look like a rebellious boy had become nothing but overgrown disheveled hairs. When Harold was just a mile away from them, he disappeared and appeared beside Maya.

Boudicca narrowed her eyes, and let her Perception run wild in search of Aldrich, but couldn't find him. Opposite her, Maya too had her red eyes widened in shock. For the sake of both of them, Maya couldn't help but exclaim out.

"Father, didn't you go after Aldrich?!"

Harold had a fuming expression on his face, but as he heard Maya's words, his yellow eyes gained a gentleness so severe that he didn't even look at her lower half.

Sigh!

Harold let out a sigh and answered.

"I… Huu! I don't know how but I couldn't find him. He… He also has a weird Summon that keeps resurrecting. I couldn't just blast that part of the planet, could I?"

Maya's brows crumpled as she heard Harold's reasoning. Boudicca too hadn't guessed that this would be the outcome. She had promised Aldrich to follow the First Condition unconditionally. But even then, she hadn't thought for a second that he could outsmart a Marquess, and a Head of an Ancient House to top that.

Maya took a deep breath and shook her head.

"Don't worry, I will find my love out by myself. For now…"

She pointed at Boudicca, and the corners of her mouth lifted as she said.

"… Oh Father! Won't you help me kill this bitch who snatched your son-in-law from us?"

Harold turned to face Boudicca, making her give out a tired smile, and his yellow eyes lit up like two golden pearls.

"Of Course! She deserves nothing but death."

Hehehe!!!

Maya laughed out in a sultry way, and her snake tail flailed against the pitter-patter of rain. Her one hand was on Harold's head like he was nothing but a dog. The other had a sword, so menacing, that it couldn't seem to wait to take a bite out of Boudicca. She harrumphed and mockingly said.

"Humph! Oh, who would save you now?! You don't even have your Ancient Relic?"

Under this heavy downpour, and the flashes of lightning, Aldrich stood, leaning against a pillar of the Manor. Watching the plot of his movie thicken, the evil smile on his face had widened so much that it could have made even the Devil feel shame.