Chapter 393: Those Who Cling to Life Will Die (3)
It wasn’t only Rukan who was caught off guard. Everyone there turned to look at Keter, all looking like they couldn’t believe what they were hearing.
“What exactly is the Godfather scheming?” Keter asked, then answered his own question. “I don’t know either, but it’s one of two things: world conquest, or world destruction. Childish, sure, but it’s the kind of goal men dream about. So, Rukan, do you want the world to be destroyed, or to fall into the Godfather’s hands?”
Again, Keter didn’t even give Rukan a chance to answer before continuing, “Of course not. From what I can tell, you just ended up here somehow. You started all this because you didn’t want to lose the throne, and things spiraled out of control.”
“…?”
“What is Keter even talking about right now?”
Keter was speaking as if he understood Rukan, the very man the world called the Demon King. Ignoring the stunned looks around him, Keter placed a hand on Rukan’s shoulder.
“You can feel it too by now, can’t you? The one who blew this whole thing up was the Godfather. So let’s kill him first. The war can come after.”
Only now seeming to have finished what he wanted to say, Keter stepped back. Rukan stood still for a moment, then shook his body. The Transcendentals restraining him were thrown back, and his wounds healed in the blink of an eye. But Rukan did not attack immediately.
“And if I refuse?”