Chapter 378: A Future Without Me (6)
Chapter 378: A Future Without Me (6)
Balt unleashed a flurry of sword strikes at Thanatos. Thanatos, who hadn’t even blinked at Keter’s attack, raised her sword and responded. With clean, efficient movements without any flair or excess, she deflected every strike.Balt’s expression twisted. These weren’t probing attacks; each strike had been delivered with full intent. And yet Thanatos, her head still lying on the ground, blocked them with absurd ease. As if to show that having her neck severed meant nothing, a new face formed instantly at the cut surface.
Balt glanced down. The tips of his fingers had turned black.
I can’t last long.
Thanatos was death given form. Simply standing before her meant he was constantly dying.
At most, ten minutes. If Keter doesn’t find the exit by then, I’ll die here too.
Balt had reached the sixth floor before Keter thanks to the Godfather through a hidden passage that led directly from the first floor to the sixth. Back then, the Godfather had warned him.
“Since you insist on going, I won’t stop you. But know this: there’s no secret passage that lets you return from the sixth floor to the first.”
He seemed to be concerned for Balt’s life, but Balt had understood then.
I’m no longer useful to him.
In the past, whenever Balt ventured somewhere dangerous, the Godfather would always provide something—trusted allies, powerful artifacts, even top-tier elixirs without hesitation. But this time, he had sent Balt empty-handed.
Before coming here, Balt had bowed deeply to him.