Chapter 1654: A whim
For a few seconds, the knight remained silent. He looked pathetic and pitiful, arousing feelings of sympathy in many who watched. Lex, of course, felt nothing, because, as Z said earlier, it’s the teacher with the badass eye technique who was the coolest anime character.
While Lex was not an anime character, he did have eye techniques. To be specific, his left eye could see through everything, from laws to affinities to anything else in between, and his right eye could create, whether it was through arrays, or Glyphs, formations or anything else.
He had even unlocked Karmic vision, though Lex was incredibly careful about how he used that after Jack started to stink.
The point was, with his left eye, he could see through the Dark Knight. While it was entirely true that he was affected by Lex’s revelations, it was also true that he was subtly using some technique with his armor to arouse sympathy in those around him, and lower their guard.
Protected by Domination, Lex would not be affected by that technique. If he hadn’t been using Domination, Little Blue’s aura would have protected him. If Little Blue wasn’t there, the sheer defense of his body, translated into the defense of his spirit, would have ensured that he would not be so easily affected by techniques that affect his state of mind. In short, the Dark Knight was entirely out of his league. He just didn’t know it yet.
"Where was I from? I was born and lived in Sri Lanka, and ironically, I died from food poisoning in America. How did the Earth end?"
"Well, it didn’t really end. It was just invaded by A.I. who want to eradicate all humans on the planet, and then further invaded by a bunch of Deities who have since established their faiths on the planet. It was now in a constant state of war between those two factions, with many of the original inhabitants having escaped as refugees, dead, or zealots of one of those faiths."
"Ah, so it still exists. That is good. I was worried that I would never be able to go back there again."
The Dark Knight picked himself off the ground and climbed up upon his steed once more, and from his armor a black aura started to leak into the air, subtly, silently. The aura was not harmful, but he could see that the Dark Knight was preparing for something. Lex didn’t stop him. He was more interested in why no one else seemed to notice - though the distinct lack of a threat from the aura was probably a big reason why.
"You know, there’s a question I’ve been really meaning to ask. I hope you can help me out. What happens after death? Or, at least, what happened to you after you died?"
"Ah, the big question. I was wondering when you would ask that one. Probably one of the most common questions asked in the universe - I was wondering why you were putting it off."
Someone else finally noticed the aura - or at least started reacting to it. Kaemon silently began circulating the energy within his body. A few moments later, Z began honing his gathered momentum. Everyone tried to be as subtle about it as possible, but they were all preparing for a showdown. Only Lex did nothing.