Crimson Skull and Victor left the Outer District and arrived in Ding District of the Secondary Outer Ring.
As it looked at the ruins along the way and listened to the groans around it, the Soul Fire in Crimson Skull's eye sockets flickered incessantly.
It knew that the Three Kings would never let this matter rest.
It had some guesses as to what Ring City meant to the Three Kings.
Now that Ring City had been destroyed, it was equivalent to destroying a century of the Three Kings' efforts.
The Three Kings and the one who had blown up Ring City would fight to the death.
Only...
Crimson Skull turned its head and stared at Victor, its Soul Fire flickering.
"It wasn't me!"
Victor said in a deep voice.
His plan had included blowing up Ring City.
But that had only been a plan that had yet to be carried out.
"Is that so?"
"Then can you tell me that you never had any designs on Ring City?"
Crimson Skull asked in return.
"No."
Victor answered without hesitation.
Crimson Skull's Soul Fire flickered once more.
It said nothing further.
But there was one thing Crimson Skull could be certain of.
The other party was lying!
It was not merely its intuition, but also its ability.
Just now, it had clearly sensed a change in the other party's soul.
It was very faint.
Extremely difficult to detect.
It was extremely difficult to detect.
A faint killing intent emerged in Crimson Skull's heart.
It could accept a cunning, vicious, untrustworthy partner, but it could never accept a partner capable of threatening it, even if that partner was honest, principled, and honorable.
However, Victor was clearly not that kind of person.
This partner of its was not only cunning, vicious, and untrustworthy, but