Sun Wheel, Obedient to Death

With Rimuru's clone collapsing with a thunderous crash, the lively Ryudoji Temple seemed to suddenly cool down. For a moment, only Red Fox, Karna, Sylphiel, and the trio of Golden Archer, Caster, and Medusa remained.

Gilgamesh had actually wanted to fight Karna, but Karna had lost his Noble Phantasm, and that scythe was a person in itself—one that could pin him to the ground and ravage him without even needing a master. Besides, he had no desire whatsoever to help Red Fox. To him, Red Fox was boring now. After hesitating again and again, he made the wise choice. Rather than mocking them further, he coldly widened the distance and prepared to watch indifferently.

Karna was a loyal executor of orders. Red Fox had wanted to pursue Rimuru and stop him from truly searching for Sakura's domain kingdom, but Karna blocked his way without hesitation.

"Move aside—" Desperate to protect Sakura, Red Fox gritted his teeth. "Do you really think I can't kill you?"

"Then kill me... and go through afterward." Karna raised his scythe and spoke calmly. Red Fox suddenly lifted his gaze and glared fiercely into his eyes. In those indifferent pupils, there truly seemed to be... no one but him.

"Then I'll kill you!" Boom!

Scorching heat distorted the air throughout Ryudoji Temple in an instant along with Red Fox's voice. His entire body was wrapped in flames, and with the fiery wings behind him, he slowly transformed into a blazing firebird. Red Fox stood at its center and swung his spear—

"Divine Domain: Purgatory of Nirvana!"

Boom! The heavens and earth began to change color. Karna swept his eyes around and already felt a faint burning pain from the endless scorching storm. The ground had all turned into magma, while the horizon had become a fiery