Chapter 136: Ch134. Rematch
The throne room of the Queen’s castle was a cavern of ruin, its vastness swallowed by shadows, echoes of violence reverberating through the decayed stone walls.
[You killed a Monster: Card Soldier]
[EXP: 150]
Miles stood amidst the remains of her [Card Soldiers], shattered, defeated fragments of once-towering monstrosities, now reduced to little more than heaps of rust and broken steel with bleeding flesh underneath it. His scythe was slick with the remnants of their destruction, his breath ragged but steady, his mind half-adrift in a sea of memories.
The Last Verse...
The moment the Queen’s army had first charged, the scene had turned into a blur of motion and destruction. The [Card Soldiers], once towering and menacing, now lay crumpled beneath Miles’ relentless assault. Each cut, each sweep of the scythe, was an automatic reflex, a sharpened instinct, honed by unimaginable battles.
Yet, with every fall of their fractured forms, it was the quiet whispers in his mind, the memories of the Last Verse, that began to surge.
It had started with the lingering image of the Oracle, Alice, her cryptic smile, and the dizzying revelations that had followed. The whispers echoed in his skull like an unanswered riddle, a fading shadow of a truth he couldn’t fully grasp. The Tower, the trials, the hints buried deep in the world’s history, it had all started to piece together now, even if not fully yet.
It was no longer just about the Hatter, him, or leveling up to become stronger.
It was not even about the Queen of Hearts. There were threads here, connections made in unseen places.
A brutal slash cleaved through the air, cutting another [Card Soldier] in half. Its deformed body collapsing to the ground with a sickening clatter, but Miles did not pause, his next target already in his sights.