"Mash just said King Hassan?" Fujimaru Ritsuka thought over Mash's words from earlier and repeated the name.
". Let me confirm something first. Which King Hassan are you referring to? Cursed Arm Hassan or Hundred-Faced Hassan, who have been leading you around this Singularity?" Ozymandias asked with a grave expression, making Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mash below feel a little tense.
Liao Ye, who had already been lying there like a corpse, felt a trace of the aura he had once sensed from Xiang An after a long time.
"No, the first King Hassan—the one who lives in the Temple of Azrael." Fujimaru Ritsuka shook his head and answered honestly.
"The Assassin with the greatsword? You came to visit my desert because you listened to him? Nitocris also said you took a stroll through the Atlas Institute?" Ozymandias confirmed it once more.
"Yeah, that's right." Fujimaru Ritsuka nodded quickly.
Meanwhile, Anno seemed to remember something.
When he had left this place last time, he seemed to have sensed traces of the first King Hassan appearing within the temple.
". Why didn't you say so sooner?" Ozymandias froze for two seconds, then let out a long sigh, shaking his head as he did.
"What does that mean?" Fujimaru Ritsuka blinked in confusion.
"Lord Ozymandias, is there something about this first King Hassan?" Not only Fujimaru Ritsuka—Nitocris, standing beside Ozymandias, was equally puzzled and asked curiously.
"He is a swordsman akin to Anubis, though his class is Assassin." Settling back into a more comfortable posture, Ozymandias answered, "He is a truly terrifying figure. Both the Lion King and I have been wary of him."
"The reason I did not decide to launch an all-out assault on the Holy City and drag that Lion King down from her throne with everything I had was