Karl picked up the slender sword from the ground and slowly returned to Dana and the others, signaling for them to bandage their wounds.
Fortunately, the blond man had treated them as renewable "healing medicine," so he had not dealt any killing blows.
Though they were covered in wounds, none were fatal.
"Uncle."
Dana's eyes reddened, filled both with grief over her fallen companion and self-reproach at being powerless before such a formidable enemy:
"We were useless. Not only did we fail to help, we even became a burden to you, Uncle."
Without them, Karl would certainly have had a much easier time dealing with the enemy.
"Forget it."
Karl shook his head.
"Put Hausman's body away. We'll return to Laka Market first. For the next few days... don't come out for now."
"Black City is dangerous."
He looked at them and spoke slowly.
"You can't let the smooth days we had before make you lower your guard. We encountered an expert today; we may encounter another one someday."
"Yes."
The three nodded and answered in muffled voices.
All of them had been injured, including Karl. Fortunately, the journey back passed without incident, and they arrived safely.
Divine Domain Fragment.
"Clang..."
Karl tossed down the weapon in his hand and headed toward where he kept the medicine.
Hm?
"Huh!"
A strange sensation made him abruptly turn around.
The slender sword on the ground had begun to tremble, with wisps of red aura drifting out from it.
No!
It should be getting sucked out!
The Divine Domain Fragment was drawing out something from within the slender sword.
To make it easier to brew potions and practice meditation, Karl had stored quite a few things here, but nothing like this had ever happened before.
As the Lord of the Divine Domain