Chapter 263: The Treasure in One’s Palm (4)
Chapter 263: The Treasure in One’s Palm (4)
He had failed to fully regain his old strength, but he had made significant progress nevertheless. At the very least, he was now a silver knight. Varos no longer had to pant and gasp every time he used silver aura, like he had during the fight with future Leven."With this, I should finally be able to use some of the techniques I couldn’t before due to low stamina." After experimenting a bit more with his aura blades, Varos turned to Karnak. "But what about you, young master? Any progress? Aren’t you due for ninth circle soon?"
Karnak rolled his eyes. "Hey, I just hit the eighth circle not too long ago, remember?"
He had achieved the eighth circle just before leading the Strauss subjugation army, back when they were still in the Zestrad territory. But it had only been a few months since then. Going from eighth to ninth in that time was absurd, though, Varos and the others had been experiencing absurd growth.
"You people think the world is easy just because you’ve been handed everything," grumbled Karnak.
But Varos had a reason for his question. "I mean, you could probably cheat your way through it too, couldn’t you?"
Varos had failed to realize that he was holding a treasure—the Delphiad swordsmanship—in his hands earlier. But Karnak had another kind of treasure in his possession.
He possessed the three Anti-Time-Space Transcenders that granted him chaos mana and necromantic power. If not for the sheer power of those artifacts, Varos and the others wouldn’t have advanced so far, so quickly.
Karnak clicked his tongue. "Though calling it a treasure is a bit much, considering how evil its origins are."
"Strictly speaking, aren’t you its origin?" Varos asked him.
If Tesranach was another world’s version of Karnak, then Varos was right.
Karnak let out a sly grin. "Which means it’s definitely evil, right?"