After all, just moments ago, Ye Chen had learned of his absurd and ironic origins.
If Kuize had not stepped in to help just now, Havijordan himself would surely have descended upon this place, bringing an unprecedented calamity of destruction to the world.
And Ye Chen, as the summoning mark, naturally would not have escaped blame!
For that very reason—
Ye Chen did not believe he was qualified to accept Kuize's praise!
He even felt that it would not have been excessive for Kuize to give him a merciless tongue-lashing!
But at this point, none of that mattered anymore!
To Ye Chen now, those were not trivial matters he should concern himself with!
Faced with the old man descending from the sky, the young man's mind was now filled with even more questions he could not wait to ask!
And the most important of them—
Was the current state of affairs!
"Mr. Kuize."
Ye Chen asked weakly.
"You said just now that the Headmaster of Delight Theater had already been killed by you, and that you had seized his 'Divine Artifact.'"
"Does that mean—"
"That the Hunter Corps achieved a complete victory on the battlefield at Delight Theater in the end?"
Kuize nodded gently, answering with calm certainty:
"Yes. Every member of Delight Theater, including the Headmaster, can basically be confirmed to have been wiped out by us."
"Apart from some hunters who made glorious sacrifices."
"Our original strategic objective was achieved perfectly."
Upon hearing the good news that everyone in Delight Theater had perished, Ye Chen's furrowed brow eased at once. Yet when he heard the word "sacrifices," his heart immediately began pounding again.
"Th-then, Mr. Kuize..."
The young man asked further, terrified and uneasy:
"My team... the members of Dawn Squad, they..."
Kuize replied evenly:
"Rest assured. They