"For Kallen Caslana's resurrection, what price are you willing to pay?"
"Everything, yes... everything I could possess, everything I could reach!"
"Don't... go..."
The Herrscher of Reason strained with all his might to raise his hand, trying to reach toward the Demon Dragon flapping away through his blurred vision. His power had already reached its limit. If not for the sudden sneak attack by the blond man in the clown mask standing beside him, he could have defeated the not-yet-fully-awakened Second Herrscher...
The moment the blond man made his move, he had recognized his identity. He found it unbelievable, yet what followed was helplessness and bitterness.
He recalled that decades ago, this man had done the very same thing.
Yet even though the man's purpose now was likely to kill him completely, Welt still tried to use the last of his strength to keep the Second Herrscher behind.
Unfortunately... he had reached his limit.
"Otto..." Before losing consciousness, Welt murmured that detestable name.
"Welt Yang—or should I call you Joachim? The leader of Anti-Entropy, who had opposed Schicksal for decades... It truly was lamentable that you would meet your end this way." Otto walked over to Welt, who had fainted from excessive exhaustion, as golden light gathered in his hand and took the shape of a pistol. "I'll be taking the Herrscher Core of Reason..."
"What are you trying to do?!"
A sharp shout rang out. Otto looked toward the voice and, without needing to think, saw a white-haired man standing not far away, panting heavily. He too held a pistol aimed at Otto, warning him through his actions that if he made another move, the white-haired man would fire first to stop him.
"Sigfried Caslana... Not entirely unexpected."
The weapon in Sigfried's hand was the Seventh Divine Key, the