Chapter 264: The Descent of the Holy Sword (4)
Ketal could not help but wear a thoroughly odd expression. Everything Pasika listed as rumor after rumor was something Ketal himself had done.
“I see,” Ketal said at last.
Taking that as an interest, Pasika brightened and continued. “No one knows who he is. He probably was not already famous on the continent. If he were, there would be no reason for his identity to be hidden this well.”
In other words, a new powerhouse had appeared. Pasika murmured with genuine curiosity. “Where would someone that strong suddenly come from?”
“That is fascinating,” Ketal replied.
“In a world this turbulent, a person like that shows up to help us. From humanity’s point of view, that is a very good thing,” Pasika said enthusiastically.
“Is that so?” Ketal kept repeating the same thin answers. “Is this widely known?”
“Not that widely,” Pasika said. “I have my own source of information, so I was lucky to hear it. Still, the talk is spreading bit by bit.”
Anyone who kept a good information network would have a chance to hear about Ketal.
Ketal rubbed his chin. Something had changed from how things had been. In a real sense, his name and his deeds were beginning to travel across the continent. People who had nothing to do with him, ordinary folk scattered across the world, would start to learn the name Ketal. It felt strange, like hearing one’s own footsteps from far away.
Considering all the things he had done, it should have happened long ago. The Tower Master’s manipulation of information had kept his name out of the flow. That dam had finally cracked. Now, people would gradually learn who Ketal was.
So this is what it feels like, he thought. This must be what fame feels like.