As the silent canyon spoke of eerie desolation, and the storm of Law Fragments tore apart the rays of the setting sun, Whisper of Destruction's first battle since advancing to Morningstar truly came to an end.
Of course, Punk, who had barely expended any strength or revealed any trump cards, was the victor. His enemy—Sky Shard Belain—had now completely become a relic of Multiverse history. Considering how obscure Belain had been as a Morningstar Professional, he might not even have had the chance to be recorded in the histories of some insignificant kingdom. Perhaps the Mage Guild's statistical roster would mark the title "Sky Shard" in crimson letters at the front?
In any case, for a Legendary professional, death was enough to signify the end and disappearance of far too many things.
Yet regardless of whether the dead Belain deserved some tedious judgment of pity or sorrow, from Punk's perspective as a beneficiary, his first battle after stepping into the Morningstar threshold had truly gone very smoothly.
In fact, upon careful comparison, the smoothness of this "great battle" was enough to make it the smoothest battle Whisper of Destruction had experienced since his advancement to Legendary.
Perhaps Mestur and his subordinates had provoked the River of Fate too severely? Perhaps the Chairman's plan had been flawless? Throughout the execution of the entire plan, Punk and Kane, Belain's formidable enemies in this "hunt," had not encountered a single abnormal "accident" or obstruction. None of the troublesome situations that usually could not be avoided had appeared either. Every action had proceeded exactly as planned—the infatuated Phantom Spirit Magic Mirror had perfectly believed the mad knight's lies, poor Dai'ya had also "perfectly" died in Instant Kill Spear's embrace, Sky Shard had perfectly believed the false information and stepped into the trap, and then