"Crack—bang!"
The sight of Phainon smiling as he crushed Mydei's ultimate move, the Spear of Heaven's Punishment, in his bare hand was too explosive. Mydei landed on the ground in shock and stared at his best friend in disbelief.
"That's impossible... Phainon, you've become this strong?"
Mydei stared at the suddenly unfamiliar Phainon in astonishment.
"Haha, Mydei, your progress doesn't mean I've grown weaker. I've received a whole new blessing as well."
"It is a responsibility called Eternal Return, a struggle to shatter fate!"
"More than thirty million cycles of reincarnation, the power of over four hundred million Core Flames bestowed upon this body!"
"All to break the tragedies written by fate and strangle the Iron Tomb in its cradle!"
"My name is Khaslana. That is my true name!"
Phainon finally became serious and explained everything to Mydei.
"..."
Mydei opened his mouth and looked at the unfamiliar expression on Phainon's face. In his memories, Phainon had always been a carefree, innocent young man who loved to grin foolishly.
Yet now, that innocent young man was telling him such a mind-blowing truth with a face full of determination...
"What exactly happened? Tell me everything. You suddenly becoming this strong just doesn't feel real..."
At this point, Mydei no longer cared about Phainon's earlier mockery. Compared to the changes Phainon had undergone, that had merely been horseplay between close friends.
Only after seeing that they had stopped fighting did Theresa open a gap in the barrier and let Phainon bring Mydei inside.
"Come on, come on, try the honey brew Theresa and Miss Elysia made. It's absolutely the finest thing you'll ever taste!"
Rather than explain immediately, Phainon took two cups of honey brew from Verity's robot and handed one to Mydei.
"..."
Mydei nodded helplessly. He inhaled the incredibly enticing