Chapter 2390: The death of the Scarlet King (III)
It did not take long for Cain to understand what was happening.
After all, there was no way he could forget the Alpha-Omega Curse—the one capable of corroding sanity and erasing memories. The very same curse he had taken from Leonidas.
"Now!? It couldn’t possibly come at a worse time!"
Cain shouted with rage and frustration. This was truly the worst possible scenario.
He had always known he would eventually need to deal with the curse, but it was something that acted according to age. It should not have affected him until he surpassed a million years of existence. Compared to the immediate threats he was facing—ones that could erupt within the next week—the curse was supposed to be a distant problem.
Something that could wait.
More than that, Cain had been confident that the moment his soul force broke into the Alpha-Omega Overgod Rank, he would gain the power necessary to expel the curse entirely.
Yet now, that very danger he had relegated to the future was crashing down on him at the worst possible moment, triggered by his rapid aging.
"Dammit!"
Cain roared, venting the hatred and fury boiling inside his heart. The sound echoed through the dark city, raw and feral.
As the outburst faded, his eyes regained their sharp focus.
He began calculating his next move.