At Dark Moon Residence, Chen Rui sat on the ground, gazing at the dark clouds shrouding the sky. He took a sip of wine and remained silent.
Empty bottles lay scattered haphazardly across the ground. In truth, Chen Rui was not much of a drinker. It was only through the constant influence of his two alcoholic companions, coupled with the fact that drinking with friends was one of the most common forms of etiquette in this world, that he had gradually built up a decent tolerance for alcohol—without cheating with his powers. But this was the first time he had spent several days in a row drowning himself in drink.
Since returning to Dark Moon from the Earth Domain, Chen Rui had barely eaten anything besides drinking, nor had he done anything else. He had simply remained silent.
Moore, his best friend, had left him forever just like that. It had happened so suddenly that he had scarcely had time to accept it—and could not accept it.
The other five Elemental Kings, including the close Lanboster and Sethin, as well as Hegel, who looked the least like a friend, were in fact all friends.
The feeling of "loss" was simply beyond the reach of words.
Lola was facing the most dangerous and arduous path. When she needed help and comfort most, he was powerless. He could not even stay by her side.
Moore had said it was fate, but if there had been no elemental source power, no Origin Fragment, then none of this would have turned out this way. So what if he could defeat Raphael, Abaddon, even Michael and Satan? He still could not change any of this, could not change this so-called fate.
Fate... how could it possibly be transcended?
Chen Rui took another thoughtful sip, only