Chapter 155: What’s This Guy’s Deal Now? (1)
Before Keter’s regression, back when he lived in Liqueur, he looked down on the weak. Even groups of weaklings were no exception. In fact, he looked down on them even more. After all, no matter how big the trash mob was, the fact was that they couldn’t take down a single five-star Master.
However, Keter came to admit he was wrong as he fought with the Lillian Kingdom. The weak of the Lillian Kingdom didn’t fight with weapons; they fought with their mouths. And that had troubled him more than he expected.
“Let’s kill Keter for the unjust downfall of Sefira!”
“Keter, you filthy murderer! A wicked villain through and through!”
Even though Sefira’s fall had been caused by a preemptive strike from the monarchy, the blame for it all was pinned solely on Keter. The hatred and fury of tens of millions weighed down on him. No matter where he went in the kingdom, there was nowhere to stand.
And it wasn’t just within the country. Beyond its borders, Keter was known as a heinous villain and mass murderer. Famous bounty hunters and self-proclaimed righteous knights traveled to the Lillian Kingdom just to kill him.
It was then that Keter realized that the power of the overwhelming majority was not something that came from wielding weapons alone—it was will. There was no need to draw a sword and use it. Even if what was being said wasn’t true, it didn’t matter. No, the truth itself didn’t matter.
“So is this what they call flow?”
The majority had the power to shape the flow of the world. They could twist the truth. Of course, a seven-star Prime could still cut through even the flow created by tens of millions. That was how Keter endured and how he fought; because he was a Prime, he was able to fight an entire nation, resisting the will of millions.
Though Keter was ultimately defeated by Deyal, he made a vow in the carriage heading to Sefira after regressing: in this life, he wasn’t going to fight alone. It wasn’t because he believed he alone couldn’t win against a kingdom. Rather, he believed that he could, with enough ruthlessness and viciousness.
But though that may be entertaining, there was no reward in that. Even if he got his revenge, he wouldn’t be able to maintain his life afterwards.
So instead...