For Their Respective Convictions

For Their Respective Convictions

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An indescribable silence spread across the basin.

Everyone present looked at Arjuna, waiting for his choice.

Only Karna quietly gazed at Arjuna, already knowing what choice he would make.

It would definitely be...

"I'm afraid not."

Arjuna coldly refused.

"I told you long ago. The only place for me is at Karna's opposite."

That was Arjuna's sole obsession.

Even in the face of the Human Order's crisis and the world's impending doom, this obsession still could not be erased.

"How could it be erased?"

Arjuna spoke in a suppressed voice.

"This is the only meaning of my existence now."

As he spoke, Arjuna shifted his gaze toward Karna.

Then, like an arrow loosed from a bow, Arjuna suddenly shot backward, vanishing into the distant mountain forest amid a howling gale and afterimages.

Clearly, Arjuna had made his choice. He would not fight alongside Luo Zhen and the others.

The reason was simply that Karna was already here.

Everyone seemed to have guessed this outcome. Their expressions grew complicated as they watched Arjuna leave.

"Y-you're not going after him?" Jason asked, looking utterly unable to understand. "What are we supposed to do if that guy gets away and joins the Celtic side?"

That was not impossible.

After all, Arjuna had previously joined the Celtic side because Karna had joined the natives, becoming an accomplice who aided the Mad King and Queen in their evil deeds.

Now, having realized that he could no longer challenge Karna here alone—for he would inevitably be stopped by Luo Zhen and the others—Arjuna had decisively withdrawn. He must have intended to join the Celtic side so that he could settle things with Karna in the coming mythological war.

At the very least, if Arjuna did not join the Celts, he would