Crossover anime, and you call this a slice-of-life story?

Lord Alec felt as if he had been doused with a bucket of ice water, all his interest and pleasure vanishing instantly! He froze abruptly, and the viscountess beneath him let out a soft, dissatisfied groan.

"roll!!!"

Lord Alec's furious roar, like that of a wounded beast, shook the entire palace.

"Even if the sky falls, get the hell out of my way! Anyone who dares to bother me again, I'll skin them alive!"

The butler outside the door trembled with fright, but still braced himself, his voice trembling with tears: "Sir! There...there's someone outside, he...he just barged in! The guards couldn't stop him at all! He says he wants to see you!"

"Breaking in? Couldn't be stopped?" Lord Alec laughed in fury, shoving the beauty beneath him aside. He sat up abruptly, his bare, muscular upper body exposed, his face filled with ferocious killing intent.

"Good! This is great! I want to see which damned bastard dares to run wild on my turf! I'll use his head to add some excitement to my life!"

He grabbed the robe from the bedside, put it on, and stormed angrily toward the door, forcefully pulling open the heavy, gilded doors of the palace.

Outside the door, the butler and several bodyguards knelt on the ground, their faces pale and their bodies trembling.

"Where is he?!"

Lord Alec, like a volcano about to erupt, asked in a low voice, each word containing a chilling killing intent.

“In…in the main hall…” the butler replied in a trembling voice.

Lord Alec snorted coldly and strode towards the main hall. A group of fierce bodyguards immediately followed, their swords already half an inch out of their sheaths, exuding a murderous aura.

They could already foresee the intruder's miserable end.

When Lord Alec stepped into the brightly lit main hall, his fury blazing, he immediately spotted the intruder with his back to him, leisurely admiring a huge war mural on the wall.

The man was dressed in the ordinary clothes of a traveling merchant, his golden hair gleaming under the magic lamp. Hearing footsteps, he slowly turned around, revealing a face with a gentle smile.

It was indeed Suo'an.

"You're the bastard who barged in?"

Lord Alec's gaze was as cold as a knife as he looked Soan up and down. He did not sense any strong battle aura or magical energy fluctuations from the other party, and his killing intent intensified.

"You have three sentences to say your last words."

The guards behind him immediately dispersed, blocking all of Soan's escape routes, their eyes fixed on him as if he were a dead man.

Soan's smile remained unchanged, as if he hadn't sensed the almost tangible killing intent. He merely tilted his head slightly, his tone tinged with amusement.

“Lord Alec? His temper is even more fiery than rumored. I have only one thing to say: hand over the entrance map and related information for the ‘Eris Labyrinth,’ and I’ll leave immediately, without disturbing your… well, ‘pleasant’ interests.”

As he spoke, his gaze seemed to glance unintentionally in the direction of the palace.

These words are like adding fuel to the fire!

Lord Alec was already insatiable and furious. Now, he heard that not only had the other party trespassed into his mansion and interrupted his good time, but they also dared to so bluntly demand the secret he cherished as his life and would never reveal to anyone!

"court death!!!"

Lord Alec completely lost his temper. He didn't even bother to ask who had ordered the other party, "Chop him up! Feed him to the dogs!"

"kill!"

The guards around him could no longer contain themselves. Upon hearing the order, they pounced on Soan like hungry wolves!

The flashing blades instantly enveloped Soan. These guards were all elite warriors carefully trained by the city lord. Even the weakest among them was at the level of an Earth Knight. When they joined forces, they could even briefly hold their own against a Sky Knight!

However, faced with this deadly siege, Soan didn't even move a step.

He simply sighed softly, as if somewhat helpless: "Really... rude."

The moment he finished speaking, a pure and majestic golden light suddenly shone in his eyes!

There was no earth-shattering energy burst, no complex magical incantations.

There is only one formless and intangible power, yet it transcends the mortal realm—divine might!

Pfft!Pfft!Pfft!

Those guards who were pouncing into the air seemed to have all their strength and spirit drained away in an instant, and the ferocity and killing intent in their eyes were instantly replaced by boundless fear and confusion!

Before they even understood what was happening, they fell from mid-air like dumplings being dropped into a pot, collapsing to the ground, their weapons clattering to the floor!

They were not dead, but their souls seemed to have been completely terrified and detached from their bodies, leaving them unable to move even a finger, only instinctive fear and trembling remained!

Apart from Soan and Lord Alec, there was no one else standing in the entire main hall!

This is because Soan only used a trace of his divine power and did not target Alec.

Otherwise, everyone in this hall would be crushed into a bloody mist!

The wrath of a god is not something a group of mortals can withstand.

The ferocity and killing intent on Lord Alec's face froze instantly, transforming into extreme shock and horror!

He saw it clearly! The other party didn't even make a move! Just a glance! A single glance was enough to instantly render all his elite guards incapable of fighting?!

But his long-standing dominance and the pride of the Sky Knight prevented him from immediately surrendering. He roared and his earth-yellow battle aura exploded like a bomb!

The powerful force shook the entire hall, causing the stone slabs on the floor to crack inch by inch!

"No matter who you are! Die! Earth-Splitting Slash!"

Lord Alec grasped the air with both hands, and a massive battle axe formed from pure battle qi appeared in his grasp. With terrifying power capable of splitting mountains and shattering rocks, he slashed fiercely at Soan! This was his full-force attack fueled by rage, and he was confident that he could even put up a fight against a titled expert!

Faced with a blow powerful enough to split a small mountain, Soan finally made his move.

He simply raised his right hand slowly and extended one finger.

A faint, almost extinguished golden light appeared on the fingertip.

Then, he used that finger to gently tap the fiercely slashing battle axe.

Chapter 266 The Invincible God

Ding--

A soft sound, like crystal glasses colliding, was crisp and melodious.

But to Lord Alec, the sound was like a death knell!

His Earth-Splitting Slash, imbued with all his fighting spirit and brimming with confidence, was met with its nemesis the moment it touched that seemingly fragile finger—no, it was met with a higher level of power that was incomprehensible and impossible to resist!

The enormous battle axe, starting from the blade, melted and vanished silently and rapidly, like ice and snow under the sun!

All the fighting spirit he unleashed crumbled and vanished without a trace before that faint golden divine light!

"puff--!"

The backlash from the forced dissipation and annihilation of his battle aura caused Lord Alec to cough up a mouthful of blood. He was struck as if by an invisible giant hammer, flying backward and crashing heavily into the wall behind him, creating a human-shaped dent in the hard wall!

He slumped against the wall, blood oozing from the corner of his mouth, his face filled with disbelief, horror, and despair!

His all-out attack... was shattered by the opponent with just a single finger... so effortlessly?!

What... what kind of power is this?!

A titled expert could never be this powerful.

A sacred realm? Or a legendary powerhouse?

How could someone like that possibly come to his small town?!

A tremendous fear gripped Alec's heart in an instant!

Soan slowly withdrew his finger, the gentle smile on his face long gone, replaced by an indifferent, divine majesty.

He walked step by step toward Lord Alec, who was slumped in the corner. His footsteps were clearly audible in the deathly silent hall, as if they were treading on Alec's heart.

"Now--"

Soan looked down at Alec, who lay there like a dead dog, his voice calm yet carrying an undeniable air of judgment.

"Can we talk properly now? Hand over the map and all the information about the 'Eris Labyrinth'."

Lord Alec looked at the inhuman golden divine light in Soan's eyes, and the phantom of the divine kingdom that appeared behind him.

Feeling the vast, ocean-like majesty that made his soul tremble, all his anger, pride, and resentment vanished instantly, leaving only the most primal fear!

He finally understood! The person before him... no! This being! Was not a mortal at all!

He is a god! A true god who descended to earth!

Good heavens!!! Is this god out of his mind?!

He impersonated a traveling merchant to find the lord of this small, remote border city.

If you had revealed your divine kingdom earlier, I would have knelt down long ago!

What kind of bullshit opportunity is more important than my own life?

The thought that he had just dared to attempt to fight a god and even try to kill him was unbearable!

Alec felt like dying.

Alec was overwhelmed by endless regret and fear. He struggled to get up from the corner, ignoring the pain and dishevelment all over his body. He crawled to Soan's feet on all fours, like the most lowly servant, and banged his head on the ground with loud thuds!

"Spare me! God, spare me!!"

Alec's voice trembled violently with fear and injury, and was choked with sobs.

"It was my fault for being blind and ignorant! I have offended your divine power! I deserve to die! I deserve to die! I beg for your forgiveness, my divine lord! The map and information about the maze are in my treasure vault! I will go and retrieve them now! I will present them to you, my lord!"

Soan coldly looked at the city lord at his feet, who was kowtowing repeatedly, without the slightest ripple in his heart.

He had seen this kind of scene many times before.

The humility of mortals before the gods is a matter of course.

"Lead the way," he uttered calmly.

"Yes! Yes! I'll lead the way right away! I'll lead the way right away!"

Lord Alec felt as if he had been granted a pardon. He scrambled to his feet, not even bothering to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth, and led the way with utmost humility.

As he led Soan past the guards who were still slumped on the ground, their eyes filled with fear.

The guards, seeing their city lord's unprecedentedly humble appearance and the suffocating divine power emanating from the blond man, were so terrified that they wet themselves.

Lord Alec personally opened his secret treasury hidden behind the murals in his palace, and with trembling hands, took out a magnificent box made of magical metal and engraved with countless sealing runes, and presented it to Soan.

“My Lord, this is what you wanted… The incomplete map of the first thirty levels of the Eris Labyrinth, and the ancient scroll that records the location of the entrance and how to open it, are all here…” Alec’s voice was still trembling.

Soan took the box, and with a gentle touch of his finger, the magical seal on it vanished instantly, as if made of paper.

He opened the box, and inside was indeed an ancient map made of some kind of animal hide, and a scroll exuding the aura of time.

He scanned it briefly with his divine sense and confirmed that it was correct.

As long as he has a location for the entrance, he doesn't care about the maps of the first 30 or 50 floors; they are meaningless to him.

With that being's immense power, there's no need to know the layout of each floor; he can just fight his way down.

Even he, Soan, didn't take the monsters on the first seventy or eighty floors seriously.

Soan coldly accepted the box, not even glancing at Lord Alec, who lay slumped on the ground like a rag doll. He turned and, like a ghost, vanished silently into the shadows of the deep corridor of the Lord's mansion.

All that remained was a hall in complete disarray, a paralyzed guard, and a city lord whose worldview had been utterly shattered and who was utterly dejected.

It wasn't until long after Soan's aura had completely disappeared that the suffocating divine power in the main hall slowly dissipated.

The guards, who had collapsed to the ground, finally surfaced like drowning people, gasping for breath. Their faces still showed extreme fear as they struggled to get up, but their limbs were weak due to the tremors in their souls. They tried several times before they could barely manage to get up.

Lord Alec, the once all-powerful figure in Ironforge, sat slumped against the wall, utterly dejected, with blood still dripping from his lips and his magnificent robes covered in dust.

His eyes were vacant, as if he hadn't yet recovered from the brief but upheaval he had just experienced.

"God... God..." he murmured unconsciously, his body still trembling slightly.

The legendary being, a god residing in the Eternal Divine Realm, has actually come to his small border town!

It took a while for the intense pain and icy fear to fully bring him back to his senses.

An indescribable fear and lingering dread gnawed at his heart like a venomous snake.

He suddenly raised his head, his eyes bloodshot, and swept his gaze over the guards who had just struggled to their feet, their faces also filled with fear, and the many more men who had rushed over upon hearing the news. His pent-up anger, humiliation, and fear finally found an outlet!

"Useless! A bunch of useless trash!!!"

Lord Alec suddenly jumped up from the ground, like a wounded mad beast, rushed to the nearest guard captain, and slapped him hard across the face!

Snapped!