Circular

Charles relayed what Demogorgon had said to the twenty Wizard Kings of the Wizard World.

After hearing Charles's words, the dome fell silent for a moment.

A Wizard King spoke. "So, Fear Wizard King, your ascension to Wizard King within the Shadow Nightmare Realm is a bad thing that could produce the worst possible outcome."

"Then what if we kill you? Would that solve this?"

This Wizard King was very straightforward. He had asked the simplest and most brutal question.

Charles shook his head. "I don't think that would work."

"If it could, then Lord Demogorgon would have killed me outright instead of choosing to win me over and bring me into the Bottomless Abyss."

The other Wizard Kings were candid in their questions, and Charles was equally direct in his answers.

As soon as he said this, quite a few Wizard Kings nodded to themselves.

Indeed, any solution they could think of should have occurred to Demogorgon as well.

Yet Demogorgon had chosen the slightly more difficult path of drawing Charles into the Bottomless Abyss rather than simply killing him.

Charles said, "Lord Demogorgon does not want me to return to the Shadow Nightmare Realm. If he killed me directly, I would choose to revive at my anchor point within the Shadow Nightmare Realm."

One Wizard King asked, "Then do you have any guesses as to why Lord Demogorgon believes there is something within the Shadow Nightmare Realm that hides a danger capable of harming the multiverse?"

Charles thought for a moment. Since he was already going to speak of this, he might as well reveal everything he knew.

So he said, "Because of the Omniscient Carbuncle—the Peeping Tom hiding within the Shadow Nightmare Realm."

"I suspect the danger may be connected to him."

"That fellow can wield the