Chapter 224: Pope of the Black Sun (8)
Dozens, hundreds of fragments scattered like sparks in every direction before fading away. Amidst the light drifting like ash, Karnak smiled bitterly. “It’s done.”
The giant of light vanished without leaving even a corpse. It was a clean, thorough kill.
“Yes, it’s done, but...”
That didn’t mean everything had been resolved. There was still a problem.
The small girl was holding a blue aura blade, her cold eyes fixed squarely on him. The girl spoke his name. “Karnak.”
Karnak answered with hers. “Lapicel.”
She began walking toward him. Varos quickly stepped in front of her to block her path. Lapicel’s aura blade flared even brighter in response. Serati and Leven stood on edge, glancing nervously between both sides, unsure of what to do.
“U-uh...”
“Right now... this is...”
Karnak murmured softly toward Lapicel, “Are you here to punish me?”
He nodded, gathering mana into both hands. “You certainly have the right, but I don’t plan on going down without a fight.”
This was not like during the Marada incident. Karnak had grown far stronger since then, and Varos, too, had now reached the level of a blue knight. Serati and Leven, as his vassals, ultimately could not go against him. It was four against one, and Lapicel, for that matter, was weaker now than she had been back then.