My Substitute CEO Bride (Nash Calicraft) novel Chapter 2754

Fogort understood then that his fate was meant to be this. Hence, he absorbed the remaining weapons' powers into his body.

As previously mentioned, there was an order to the inheritance and absorption of weapons. If someone were to simply absorb the different abilities into their body, it would pose a significant challenge to them.

Fogort's body was already on the brink of collapse. Yet his willpower compelled him to keep moving forward.

He approached Nash and stood before him. “Come on, Master Calcraft. This is it! You and I will decide who the true human emperor is!”

Without hesitation, Fogort charged at Nash.

Nash could sense that Fogort had lost the spark of vitality and ambition from before. He had surrendered to fate completely.

As Nash watched Fogort rush toward him recklessly, he felt as though he was looking at his former self. He, too, had once been arrogant. He had tried to change his destiny, only to be toyed with by the so-called gods.

Perhaps he was never meant to be the protagonist of this world.

“This world, your fate, my fate—they're all predetermined,” Nash declared as he opened the array and began to wield the Heaven-Shaking Tome's power.

Fogort found himself rooted in place and unable to approach Nash. At that moment, he activated the Skyshard Armor's power to try to break free from the barrier’s influence through sheer force. Suddenly, Nash appeared behind him.

“Do you know, Fogort? I, like you, have already lived through my life,” Nash declared, his voice steady. He had long known his fate. “But I won’t give up because of that!” he continued, gathering true energy in his hands.

“All Souls Order!”

In an instant, the energy within the ruin began to converge toward Nash.

“Enough already, Nash. This is enough…”

Fogort's soul attempted to return to its body at that moment, but it was blocked by an invisible force.

“Nash! What have you done?!” he shouted in disbelief.

Nash had absorbed all the surrounding true energy to fend off the weapons' onslaught.

“Fogort, I know how this ends!” he declared. “One of us is destined to die, right? But I'm telling you this today—neither of us will die!”

Fogort looked on in confusion, not understanding Nash's resolve.