"...Had I already become a card in the hand of some existence?"
As the words fell, Gu Qingshan stared into the void, his expression unchanged, seemingly lost in thought.
Eternal Thought-Seizer sighed and spoke slowly:
"As an outsider, if I told you certain secrets, it would surely bring me extremely dangerous trouble;"
"But if a native being of the Void like you saw through a secret of this magnitude using your own abilities..."
"you would certainly die within ten minutes."
No being had ever broken this rule, so—
"Farewell, Yellow Springs Ghost King."
Without looking back, Eternal Thought-Seizer strode away, seemingly preparing to leave this world.
Gu Qingshan's voice suddenly sounded behind it.
"Wait. I thought we signed a contract. You have to protect me."
Eternal Thought-Seizer glanced back at him, looking somewhat forlorn.
"If it were anything else, I'd naturally honor the contract and protect you—but this concerns a miracle. There's nothing I can do," it said.
"Why?" Gu Qingshan asked.
"—I have no idea how to defend against the power coming to kill you, so I can't honor the contract. Even Chaos won't blame me for that," Eternal Thought-Seizer said.
"So you knew my situation all along?" Gu Qingshan asked.
"No. I only had a small suspicion..."
Eternal Thought-Seizer said.
It didn't continue.
A Stone Sword had suddenly appeared in the void.
—The very Stone Sword that recorded two temporal sword techniques!
A faint, elusive voice sounded from the Stone Sword:
"Gu Qingshan, being content to serve as a card is actually your greatest good fortune."
"Too bad... you're far too clever. That will let you see true despair."
Gu Qingshan stared at the Stone Sword and asked, "And who might you be?"
The voice replied, "Gu Qingshan, you failed to complete your mission and became a useless