Chapter 260

From long ago, the Dharma has permeated every aspect of Bharata, governing everything in everyone's daily life.

Similarly, the Dharma also establishes a hierarchy among people, thus maintaining the functioning of society.

If February Archon Scarred Father, hadn't been unable to enter this Lostbelt, he might have been particularly pleased with this unchanging system that had remained unchanged for millennia.

It's not that no one raised questions, it's just that all those people are dead.

Do you know what you're saying?

Tianshi.

"I know very well."

Karna shrugged. "So I didn't deny that I'm a descendant of the sun god. I just didn't want to accept those rewards."

"If you want to achieve something, having your own fiefdom will be more effective."

"But I have no one I can use."

Karna smiled. "In the end, I still have to rely on him, him, him..."

She stretched out her hand and pointed to the nobles in the stands, those princes and nobles dressed in gold ornaments, their faces ashen.

So in the end, she will still be forced to integrate into the society constructed by the Dharma system. Perhaps she will be stabbed to death by an unseen knife, or perhaps her humanity will be extinguished, turning her into a high-ranking noble.

The reason for Tianshi's silence was that he did not understand what Karna had done.

"And what about your mother?"

Tianshi added, "No matter what worries or concerns she had when she abandoned you, she was the one who gave birth to you."

"If you could admit it, perhaps she wouldn't have to live under an assumed name anymore."

A little color returned to Kunti's face, and she felt somewhat relieved upon hearing Tianshi's words.

When she saw Karna's Golden Armor and the golden earrings shaped like the sun, she knew that Karna was the child she had abandoned.

Karna chuckled self-deprecatingly. "Then do you know who she is?"

Tianshi that would never be spoken.

So there's no room for negotiation on this.

Karna smiled, turned around, and walked to the other side.

The door she used to enter has been reduced to ruins.

Tianshi did not try to persuade her to stay; things had come to this point, and any words would be futile.

He looked at Drona, his gaze stern: Is this how you teach students?

"Your Excellency, I am the true 'master' who imparts knowledge and teaches skills."

"Drona said."

"Master Drona, you will regret this."

Tianshi let out a heavy sigh, slammed his hand on the railing, and then turned and left.

Karna walked through the long corridor and past the pool where golden lotuses bloomed.

A noblewoman stood at the corner, her face showing unease.

It was Kunti.

Taking advantage of the chaos on the field, she quietly arrived here.

Karna watched as the noblewoman approached him. She seemed to want to say something, but then hesitated and stopped herself from speaking.

"Lady."

Karna clasped his hands together and asked, "Is there anything you wish to say?"

"I... you..."

Kunti twisted her hands together. "Child, I saw your performance on the training field... District..."

Karna smiled helplessly, turned around, and picked a lotus flower from the edge of the pond.

She said nothing, but placed the lotus at Kunti's feet.

"Madam, I know you are the mother of the Pandavas."

Karna said, "Although I don't particularly like Arjuna, one thing is one thing. I respect you for raising five children together."

These polite and distant words pierced Kunti's heart.

"Actually... you have no reason to fight each other at all!"

"Are you joking?"

Karna exclaimed in surprise, "Arjuna deliberately shot my name, and the entire audience urged me to come out and fight. How could I possibly refuse?"

"But you can rest assured, I've stopped, Arjuna will be fine."

Kunti felt a pang of bitterness and envy. She didn't know what kind of person could raise Karna to have such an optimistic and aloof demeanor, but she knew very well that she could never do it.

"Child, who... who is your mother?"

"My mother?"

Karna said with a hint of surprise, "She is a very gentle and beautiful person."

That's not your biological mother! Kunti's eyes widened.

"But I heard you say in the training ground that she wasn't your biological mother."

"That's right, Mrs. Kunti."

Karna shrugged. "But where is my biological mother? Has she ever fulfilled even the slightest obligation to raise me? Would she be willing to stand up and claim that I am her child? Alas! I'm afraid she already has a large family and many children."

"How could she accept a child she had once abandoned under these circumstances?"

"Wouldn't that be a huge injustice to her current family?"

No, that's not true! Your biological mother is standing right in front of you!

Just as Kunti was about to blurt it out, hurried footsteps suddenly came from behind.

The Pandavas have arrived.

The five men— the Yudhishthira, the Bhima, Arjuna, the Sahasra, and the Anapasrita —quickly protected their mother.

They didn't know what Karna and Kunti were talking about, but instinctively felt that Karna, with his sharp and sarcastic remarks, wouldn't get along well with his mother.

"It's fine if you hit me, but why did you humiliate my mother?"

Arjuna's voice resounded.

"Who knows, brother?"

Anapasrita and Sahasra echoed each other, saying, "Perhaps our self-deprecating 'son of a coachman' doesn't think there's anything wrong with what he's doing."

Bhima's reaction was even more direct; he kicked the golden lotus flower and crushed it.

The incredibly strong and powerful man glared at Karna: "If I find out you plotted against my mother..."

He didn't finish his sentence because Yudhishthira had pulled his brothers along.

"I apologize, Son of Surya."

Yudhishthira said, "My brothers are just overly anxious. After all, apart from our mother, there is no one else we care about. Please understand."

"I don't understand."

Karna replied, "I just think you guys are all crazy."

She looked at Kunti: "I didn't say anything insulting to you, did I? Why did you remain silent?"

Karna's words were direct, like a sharp knife.

"Sometimes I think that my biological mother might have had the same thought when she abandoned me, but in any case, it doesn't involve her."

"Mrs. Kunti, it's best if we never see each other again."

Karna twitched the corner of his mouth.

She still harbored a lingering attachment to Kunti, wanting to see if her biological mother would have the courage to step forward and acknowledge her.

But now it seems that this was nothing more than wishful thinking on her part.

Kunti was deathly pale and swayed precariously.

Somehow, she felt that Karna seemed to "know" that she was her biological mother.

But the reason is just as Karna said.

She had given birth to the child before marriage, and if she were to rashly acknowledge Karna as her father, it would be a devastating blow to the reputation, status, and legal standing of the five sons.

Before Karna could take two steps, a tall figure blocked her way—it was Bhima.

"Apologize to my mother."

He said in a gruff voice.

"This coachman's son is quite funny."

Anapasrita and Sahasra continued their sarcastic remarks, "What does it have to do with us that her own mother is gone—"

Karna turned around abruptly, his gaze icy.

"Anapasrita, Sahasra! If I remember correctly, your biological mother was not Lady Kunti, but the queen who died for Bandhu."

The two brothers, who had been laughing loudly like ducks, suddenly became unable to make a sound, as if they had been choked.

Karna continued to utter harsh words.

"My mother was very good to me, and my biological mother may not be dead."

The white-haired girl smiled mockingly, "As for your two mothers, they are indeed dead so fast that you can't even see their shadows!"

Anapasrita and Sahasra, their eyes bloodshot, rushed toward Karna.

The Bhima roared and pounced on Karna from behind.

Yudhishthira stopped Arjuna from drawing his bow and shooting an arrow, but his gaze toward Karna was also very hostile.

Kunti leaned against the wall, unable to believe that Karna could utter such aggressive words.

In the shadows beneath the colonnade, Krishna, wearing a golden crown and with peacock feathers tucked into his sideburns, smiled faintly.

Clearly, it was at his instigation that the Pandavas arrived at the scene so quickly.

Just as Krishna was about to appear and speak, he noticed a flash of fire rapidly approaching from afar out of the corner of his eye.

"This, this is... the flames of the Heavenly Demon Path."

Realizing something was wrong, Krishna immediately stopped what he was doing.

Just as Karna was about to launch a fierce attack, bluish-purple flames suddenly rose around her, gently licking the hem of her clothes and entwining around her fingertips.

However, the flames were not so friendly to Anapasrita and Sahasra, who had already pounced on them.

The flames swept across their bodies in an instant, the intense heat penetrating deep into their bodies, twisting their flesh and destroying their minds.

Bhima immediately rolled to the ground, flames swept over his head, and he felt a chill on his forehead.

He touched his head and realized that he had just been burned bald by the flames.

"Aaaaaaahh..."

The brothers' piercing screams echoed through the night, but not a single guard approached.

Tap, tap, tap.

Light footsteps came from the flames, and a beautiful woman with long, deep purple hair and blood-red eyes appeared out of thin air in the firelight.

Her gaze was sharp as a knife, aggressively sweeping across the faces of the Pandavas and Kunti.

"Mother."