Fate Duel

Fate Duel. After a moment, the two of them both laughed.

"An avatar?"

Anvis casually walked over to the Black Robed Man's side, gazing into the distance in the direction Prince Auttomo had left as he spoke softly.

"Though I can't quite see through you, I suppose you're an avatar as well, sir?"

The Black Robed Man gave Anvis a deep look, then casually removed his hood, revealing a pale young man with slightly curly brown hair.

Oddly, his eyes had no pupils; they were a solid white.

"Heh, that isn't important. What matters is your attitude toward Prince Auttomo—"

Without giving a direct answer, Anvis glanced over the young man's utterly ordinary face and continued in a profound, inscrutable manner.

"Originally, fate was not meant to unfold this way. Even if Prince Auttomo valued Landon, he should not have prepared to such an extent. Even that Knight Commander should have been temporarily tied down in Black Feather Royal City by fate's little joke.

"The result should have been that Silver Gauze Manor was easily breached by Landon. The unprepared Prince Auttomo would have fled while holding Paola hostage, only to be intercepted nonetheless.

"After a battle, Auttomo would have been defeated, while Paola would ultimately have stood before him, stopping Landon from killing the prince.

"After that delay, the Knight Commander Morilis would finally have arrived and fought Landon."

"Unlike Landon now, wounded and only able to use Paola to restrain the enemy's attacks, an uninjured Landon giving his all to protect Paola would not have realized that the enemy would not attack Paola either.

"Thus, at the final moment before his escape, Landon would have had no choice but to directly withstand the Knight Commander's strongest Battle Skill, Gale Fury."

"Landon himself could not have blocked that sword,