Fire MOTH and the Necromancer React / The Plan to Seize the Herrscher Core and the Selection

If this world had belonged to the Sea of Trees System rather than some war-torn universe, this place would probably have been regarded as a holy land blessed by Khorne.

But to Kalpas, it was not much different from his hometown.

Only after the surge of Collapse Energy caused by the Fifth Great Collapse drove him berserk and led him to destroy the village he had acknowledged as his home did Kalpas's heart fill with remorse and pain.

And now, the appearance of the Herrscher of Ice had become the perfect target for him to vent his fury upon.

"Hahahahaha!!!!!"

Kalpas laughed wildly, his face gradually twisting into something frenzied and savage.

"Good, very good!"

He shouted through gritted teeth.

"Vent the rage in your heart!"

"Burn everything away, and fight until death!"

Under Kalpas's nearly insane assault, the Fifth Herrscher—the Herrscher of Ice—fell.

Even until her death, she never understood why Kalpas possessed such terrifying power.

It all happened in an instant.

Before the man could finish speaking, every member of the team except for a skinny young boy fled the area.

He merely smiled—even though, in practical terms, this temporary team formed under special circumstances no longer existed, and the mission had failed.

"You should leave too, Kosma. What, scared stiff?"

"What you said was true? This team's purpose was to die?"

"You could put it that way. Some people always believe that dying is meaningful when necessary."

"I understand, but there is no meaning in you dying alone."

The boy turned to look at the man who was about to leave beneath a burden of praise and condemnation. In the past, he had often made that same distinctive laugh whenever he teased Kevin.

"Mark... is this what you called your duty?"

"That depends on how you see