Before Nina could reveal Lancelot's base, Li Ye decisively sent her away.
Gawain, unaware of the reason, still wore a smile. "Lord Li Ye, surely you didn't keep the rejected ones behind?"
Li Ye had intended to keep hiding it, but the moment he saw Gawain's smile, he suddenly abandoned the idea and nodded in admission. "Indeed, I kept the rejected ones behind. It does not matter. They cannot enter the tower and can only die once everything is over.
This final stretch of time is my benevolence."
Hearing that, Gawain's smile did not fade. Rather than rebuking Li Ye's actions, he merely said, "Lord Li Ye, is this how you demonstrate your loyalty to the King?"
"Yes, this is how I demonstrate my loyalty. Unlike Lord Gawain and the others, I am not a Heroic Spirit from the distant past. As one who lives in the present, the way I act and the loyalty I show naturally differ from Lord Gawain's and the others'.
Lord Gawain, are you questioning my loyalty to the King?"
Li Ye met Gawain's gaze calmly.
The man before him was clearly a head shorter than him, yet he shone like the sun and possessed the ferocity of a lion.
In terms of presence alone, he completely overwhelmed Li Ye.
Yet even so, Li Ye stared back at Gawain like a dead pig unafraid of boiling water.
"Lord Gawain, would you accompany me in a little spar?"
Holding the Sword of Ruin, Li Ye suddenly asked.
Now that he had obtained such a divine weapon, how could he not test it?
At that, Gawain smiled easily. "I would be delighted. Where does Lord Li Ye intend to test it?"
It was not only Li Ye. Even Gawain was curious about the Sword of Ruin blessed