Chapter 443 - Tamers War - Convergence of Fury
Kharzan finally had no excuses left. Valdris and the others could no longer hold him back, the moment had arrived.
It was time to let his rage run free, to face the old woman who had dared attack his castle, who had humiliated his family, who had turned his home into crystal ruins.
The corrupted fury that had been boiling inside him for hours finally had a clear target, a focus for all the accumulated rage and desperation that threatened to consume him from within.
"Get aside!" he roared at his subordinates while walking to the front and pushing them, his multiple abyssal beasts stirring under his skin like hungry serpents. "This is between her and me!"
His subordinates scrambled to obey, recognizing the futility of further restraint.
The best tamers, the Gold ranks from both sides, prepared for what everyone knew would be the decisive confrontation. The spore infection hadn’t affected them much; their energy seemed to be at a higher level and the golden spores had difficulty absorbing it and establishing themselves in such dense systems.
Though they weren’t totally exempt.
Kharzan could see small golden stains on some of his allies, reminders that even Gold rank power wasn’t immune to ’old’ Yano’s new weapons.
Selphira launched toward him with that lethal calm in her eyes that had terrorized generations of enemies. Her spear pointed at Kharzan’s neck as if already choosing exactly where to pierce.
The weapon seemed to advance with its own malevolent intelligence, seeking flesh with the hunger of a predator that had been denied its prey for far too long.
"Kharzan Goldcrest," her voice cut through the air like breaking ice. "Don’t you have the guts to face me directly?"