"Still nothing, any results?"

In the dark room, Karthas held a somewhat old notebook, and in the dim magical light, he wrote the annotations word by word in a quaint quill pen, and when it came to the result, he seemed to be a little dissatisfied with the word he had just written, and sketched it with a pen for a moment, before he raised his head to look at Kazik, who had just returned from outside.

"Nope." Kazik looked at him for a moment before he spoke slowly.

This was the tenth time it had visited the site of the accident that night, but there was still no flaw, and even the last bit of smell was gone.

The clue has been lost in the sea.

Karthas nodded, lowered his head, and resumed writing his unfinished notes.

"You seem to be a little uneasy?" He wrote two words and glanced up at Kazik again, a rare smile in his tone.

Kazik's back fluttered slightly.

It had just been, its tone, indeed, with a hint of confusion and three points of fear and a part of longing in its resistance.

At the end of the day, it's uneasy.

But what are you worried about?

Actually, Kazik himself doesn't know very well.

Probably, it seems, from the most instinctive sense, it senses something, longing?

It's a desire.

Craving...... Powerful.

Is it?

"What do you think of?" Karthus blew on the quill, which had dried up a bit, and still smiled, "Or is there something missing?" ”

"Nope." Despite having guessed something, Kazik shook his head.

In essence, Karthas, too, is its enemy.

And. It is the enemy second only to the guy who dares to control himself.

"Kazik ......," Carl Saston paused, turned the page, and wrote the first word before continuing, "I know you hate me, and I know you wish he died, but you must know ...... We are now in a boat. When you help me, you help yourself. ”

As he spoke, he raised the annotated notebook in his hand toward Kazik.

He knew, and Kazik would know, what he meant.

Kazik certainly knew what he meant.

The notebook that was about to be crummaged by him was densely filled with a comprehensive analysis of a certain creature, including its structure, weaknesses, and growth. Dangerous hài sex, as well as preventive measures.

And the name of that creature is called the Void Marauder.

That is, Kazik, it itself.

It is foreseeable that once this note is published by Karthas, Kazik will instantly become a public enemy of the entire continent.

Everyone will list it as a must-kill target.

Because, its ultimate evolutionary result. It is......

Devouring the whole Valoran!!

Although Kazik was not at all worried that he would eventually be able to devour Valoran completely.

But. When he hasn't evolved to the point where he is strong enough, he is still very afraid that he will be killed first.

Like, that one, the abominable lion.

So, it chose to compromise.

"Well, I do. Something was found. Kazik spoke again with some reluctance, as if to sort out his thoughts, and said, "I found a spatial rift at the beginning, so I can be sure. They were first ambushed in a closed space, but when I arrived, the space was completely closed, and I no longer had the ability to break through the barriers, so I couldn't get in. Recently, the remnants of that space have disappeared. ”

"That's all?" Karthas had closed his notes, sat upright, and looked at Kazik in the dim magic lamp, his ghostly eyes, hidden under heavy robes, fixed, as if he had seen through them.

"It's ......," Kazik said after hesitating for a second, "well, one more thing, I discovered, that damn, lion smell." ”

"Lion?" Karthas probably raised his eyebrows, if he still had eyebrows, "The lion?" ”

"The lion." Kazik nodded.

"Then ...... Something troublesome. Of course, Karthas knew which lion it was, and on that snowy night when the snow roared, he and Chen Senran witnessed the power of that snowy beast together.

It's intimidating, really.

Moreover, one of his long-standing speculations has also been confirmed.

That is, the lion, it belongs to the council.

It's, too, a modified creature.

...... by Void Energy

"Do you think he's still alive?" Kazik suddenly broke Karthus's contemplation, and there seemed to be some anticipation in his blood-red eyes.

He, naturally, is Chen Senran.

"If he's dead, will you still be standing here?" Karthas said as if threatening.

"It's impossible to !!" Who knows, Kazik actually went berserk, and it roared lowly, "It just gave me a spiritual chain that imprisons my soul, and as long as he dies, I will be free, free!! ”

"I'll be free!!" It kept repeating, as if to convince itself, and it kept rubbing its minions, hysterically, as if it was about to pounce on Caltha.

But it didn't, because of Karthus, who also placed a ban on it.

It was the same pain as the time to travel through the turbulence of space.

It didn't dare to try.

"Useless struggle." Karthus shook his head, not knowing whether it was pity or ridicule.

"You remember, that place, right?"

“…… Remember. Kazik struggled for a while, and finally, he relented.

"Good." Karthas nodded, took a piece of paper casually, wrote something on the paper, then folded it into a non-hidden shape, handed it to Kazik, and said, "Give this to Soraka, you know where Soraka lives, right?" ”

"I know." Kazik took what was barely a letter, hesitated for a moment, and said with some confusion, "Isn't it Annie?" ”

"Of course not."

Karthus shook his head, resolute.

Then he picked up the almost crumbling notebook and wrote it down.

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Wake up.

Wake up.

Wake up.

Wake up.

Lucian heard some kind of summoning that brought him back from a nightmare that he would never wake up from.

He finally woke up.

But there was still no strength.

He couldn't move, and he couldn't sense where he was.

He felt like he was dead.

But it doesn't seem to be dead.

I barely opened my eyes and looked at the heavy eyelids.

In the dim light, he could see faintly...... (To be continued......)

PS: Second update.

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