"How could you?"
Raine was lying in a pool of blood, his eyes still wide with disbelief. Clearly, he could not understand what had just happened.
Sabo had actually been able to ignore the Celestial God Contract?
"How conceited..." Sabo carefully removed the Blood Gemstone device from the other's severed arm, then tossed the arm aside with disgust and sneered, "You know the rules inside out yourself. Did you really think you could calculate against others so easily?"
Raine stared fixedly at him, clearly wanting an answer.
"Forget it..." Seeing his expression, Sabo smiled. "You did serve Borton for so many years, after all. I'll at least let you die knowing the truth."
As he spoke, Sabo found a stone and sat down, then said leisurely, "Let's start with the question you're concerned about. Why was I able to ignore the contract and deal with you? It's very simple. I never signed a Celestial God Contract with Borton in the first place!"
"What??" Raine stared at him in shock, his eyes full of disbelief.
"Impossible!" Raine retorted. "Even if you're a pure-blooded demon, if you didn't sign a contract, how could Borton have allowed you to control so much power and so many resources?"
The man was the Legion Commander, after all. As far as Raine knew, every Legion Commander under the Borton Faction controlled the resources of an entire star system—and a superior star system at that. That was without even counting all kinds of military secrets and authority over forces, things that could not be handed over to outsiders.
"Because of Verafa..." Sabo said leisurely.
"Verafa?" Raine froze, recalling the Silver-Haired Blood Demon who was usually so dull and wooden.
"There are some things you wouldn't understand even if I told you. I can only tell you that