"What exactly are you thinking?" Lin Yuan asked.
As a Sanctum Knight, he had betrayed humanity.
After becoming an Apostle, he had betrayed the Crawlers.
Now, with the Finale War imminent and both humanity and the Great Being making their moves, he was here staring blankly at the Heavenly Venerable's corpse.
Lin Yuan truly could not quite understand the man before him.
Hearing Lin Yuan's question, the Oathbreaker let out a long sigh:
"Yes, what exactly am I thinking?"
Has this guy... gone mad? Lin Yuan raised an eyebrow, feeling that something was not quite right with the Oathbreaker before him.
"I'm not mad," the Oathbreaker said softly, seemingly seeing through Lin Yuan's thoughts:
"I just feel a little... regret."
"Regret?" Lin Yuan looked the Oathbreaker up and down, then asked bluntly, "What do you regret?"
"Betraying humanity, or betraying the Crawlers?"
"Whichever it is, I'm afraid it's a little late for regrets now."
The Oathbreaker smiled faintly. "No, you're wrong. I betrayed neither humanity nor the Crawlers."
"The one I truly betrayed was myself."
As he spoke, the Oathbreaker looked at Lin Yuan:
"When did you learn that the Great Being was unbeatable?"
Without waiting for Lin Yuan to answer, he continued on his own:
"For me, it was when I was very young-as young as when I first began training as a Sanctum Knight."
"Back then, I learned that the Sanctum Knights had an unbeatable enemy."
"And I thought I would become strong enough to defeat that unbeatable enemy."
"How exciting that would be!"
"But after I grew up, I learned that it was impossible."
"I studied many of the Crawlers' texts. Their research into the Great Being ran deep."
"The more I studied, the more I suffered."
"Until, in the end, I finally decided to betray my