Chapter 120: Cultists and Monsters (5)
After meeting Lapicel, a hypothesis began to take shape. It was possible that one of the future Archmages had followed Karnak and Varos back to this time. If that speculation were true, the question remained: how would such an Archmage regard the former Monarch of Death?
—You probably didn’t treat them all too kindly, right?
Serati asked.
Karnak chuckled bitterly.
—If they’ve regained their will, they’d probably be just as eager as Lapicel to tear me to shreds.
Dealing with one crazed Lapicel had been arduous enough. If a fully capable seeker of the tenth circle appeared, could Karnak even manage to escape? Yet, oddly enough, Karnak didn’t seem overly concerned about that possibility. While his earlier carelessness could be attributed to ignorance, he was fully aware of the dangers now.
—Are you really fine using your real name so openly? Shouldn’t you at least use an alias?
Serati pressed.
—Well, about that...
Karnak paused, choosing his words carefully before continuing.
—I don’t know if that hypothesis is true, but if it is, one thing is certain.
A time traveler wouldn’t know who the Monarch of Death and the Death Knight Lord had been in the past.