"Magus King"

"Magus King"

It was unparalleled mockery.

It was an uncompromising negation.

As though watching a swarm of locusts flying all over his beloved garden, that "king" directed the ultimate sarcasm at Luo Zhen, who was protected behind Scathach and helped to his feet by Mashu. His words were both wicked and powerful.

Yet, hearing those words, what rose in their hearts was not anger, much less hatred, but fear.

True, genuine fear.

At least, that was how Mashu felt. Scathach, too, seemed to have no energy left for anger. She merely stared at him, unable to take her eyes off him from beginning to end.

Luo Zhen alone bore those taunts, clutching his heart tightly while constantly adjusting his breathing.

However, no matter how Luo Zhen adjusted his breathing, his violent heartbeat refused to calm down.

"Oh?"

The "king" looked at Luo Zhen like this and spoke as though to himself.

"Quite a fierce reaction. No wonder Flauros went to the First Singularity even after completing his work. It seems you really can resonate with the Light Band. It is only natural that the Demon God Pillars would become wary of this. Their choice not to intervene in the previous Singularities and merely observe may not have been meaningless after all."

The "king" thus explained why the Demon God Pillars had not appeared in the previous Singularities.

The reason was that, during the First Singularity, Luo Zhen had resonated with the halo in the sky—the Light Band he referred to—drawing the attention of the Demon God Pillars. On top of that, Lev Noulle Frollo had gone to investigate the First Singularity, only to be defeated by Luo Zhen. This had ultimately put the Demon God Pillars on guard, which was why they had not appeared in the previous Singularities and