Kyle's pupils contracted slightly as he asked in surprise, "Master Odor, what brings you here?"
"I sensed some familiar presences, so I came." Odor looked at Safrais, who was under the control of forbidden power, and answered.
Safrais looked at Odor with a melancholy expression. "I never imagined I would see you here again."
Odor's eyes were cold, his face expressionless. "I didn't actually want to see you."
"What happened back then was my fault. I dragged you into it." Safrais bowed to Odor, her reply filled with remorse.
"It certainly was because of you." A trace of killing intent flashed through Odor's eyes as he said coldly, "Even after all this time, what happened back then is still etched into my memory."
"If not for you, I would never have suffered the curse of time, trapped below Legendary, endlessly reviving and dying for all eternity, enduring the calamity of that cycle."
At those words, Safrais opened her mouth but said nothing more.
Compared with her own fate, this old friend of hers had been fortunate.
But he had been innocent from the start, dragged into everything because of her.
"You survived the first pursuit by time." Safrais raised her head again and looked at Odor, asking with considerable concern.
"That is none of your business." Odor's gaze did not waver in the slightest. "Now, withdraw every contingency you left behind and return to where you belong."
Being dismissed so thoroughly angered Safrais somewhat, and a vicious glint flashed through her eyes. "And if I refuse?"
"You know me well, and I know you just as well." Odor stared at Safrais and spoke slowly. "If you refuse, it will simply cost me a little more time."
Hearing that, Safrais gave Odor a long, searching look, then raised her hand and