Chapter 78.1: Arcturus (3)
Cain’s blade drew closer with every passing moment.
Glumiêm couldn’t afford to lose any of the nine Elders.
Every Elder lost meant an increased burden for her in maintaining the World Tree.
Sigma, who had taken upon herself the disgrace of hiding in the human realm, was especially useful. Glumiêm made her decision before it was too late.
Offer her!
Clank! Whiiir! Clank!
The sound of gears grinding and breaking amplified with each miracle the witch performed, echoing in Cain’s ears.
Behind Sigma,
Glumiêm’s image flickered into view, translucent, her green eyes connected by a shimmering silver ‘line’.
‘The… World Tree?’
The image of a gigantic tree shimmered into existence. But Cain’s blade didn’t stop.
Thud!
‘There’s no sensation.’
He had clearly severed the slender, pale neck, but there was no feeling of resistance, no weight on his blade.
《This is a first since Edmund.》
Glumiêm’s voice crackled with fury.
Fwooosh!
Orange flames erupted from Sigma’s feet, slowly engulfing her, making her disappear.
Cain lowered his sword, gazing at Glumiêm’s true form visible behind the fading Sigma.
“So, she’s fled.”
《Indeed. To save this child from your blade, I paid a price I shouldn’t have.》
In the middle of the gigantic World Tree.
Five golden leaves adorned a single branch. But the leftmost leaf was being consumed by crimson flames.
Glumiêm’s phantom spoke, her gaze fixed on the burning leaf.
《Young Ethelred, you will 》
“It’s Cain.”
Cain interrupted Glumiêm.
The witch’s miracle probably involved sacrificing the World Tree to teleport Sigma across a vast distance.
Among the monsters that had attacked the Great Wall, there were few with intelligence and mystery, but they were not particularly new.
However, teleporting like this required a tremendous price, befitting a calamity of her level.
“Don’t you think you should at least memorize the name of the one who made the Elven Queen run away?”
A smirk played on his lips.
This victory belonged to him.
Cain allowed himself a triumphant smile.
《You insolent brat!》
“Need I repeat? It’s Cain. Though, I understand if you’re too busy running to remember.”
The flames had devoured Sigma up to her waist and then vanished. That meant that the space between the forest in the distant north and the train was connected.
Grooooaaan!
The air crackled with the defeated fury and humiliation of the Elf Queen Glumiêm.
The power she had channeled through Sigma was a mere fraction of her true strength. The full might of the Elf Queen, backed by the World Tree, was enough to make even Cain take a step back.
Suppressing her urge to tear him apart, she spoke.
《Very well, Cain Ethelred. Your arrogance knows no bounds, so I’ll remember.》
“You’ll remember whether you like it or not. You sent your subordinate to fight while you just ran your mouth, then fled. You’d be a fool not to remember.”
《……Ugh.》
Glumiêm gritted her teeth, her rage palpable.
Oleciren, Isoel, and Vanderbilt exchanged bewildered glances.
Cain’s taunting was unusual, unlike his usual self.
But seeing Cain’s clenched fist, they understood.
This was the wrath of Cain, who was usually lenient, especially towards Abel and Arna.
《I am the Witch of the Unseen Forest, the Witch of Fate Passed. The Orchestrator of the Future.》
Swish━.
Instinctively, Cain drew Agweska.
A shiver ran down his spine.
Her emerald eyes were turning pitch black as if ink were dissolving into them.
《Consider it an honor. It’s the first time since Edmund that I’ve personally touched someone’s ‘Fate’!》
Crackle! Boom!
At that moment, Cain felt black lightning pouring down like waves.
He fell into countless gears that seemed like they would tear his ears apart.
The last thing he remembered was her eyes, now completely black.
《Oh, Fate! Show me the future of this arrogant, foolish being!》
Woooonnnng!
If the power of the Elven Queen Glumiêm up until now was impressive, then this was the true miracle of a witch!
Glumiêm, the Observer of Fate, who read destiny and peered into the future, glared at him with cruel, emotionless eyes.
《Twist it! Crush it! Feed on his fate with trials and chaos!》
Unbeknownst to Cain, the Elf Queen was weeping tears of blood as she desperately tried to decipher and manipulate his fate.
《W, What…?》
But nothing happened.
The teleportation was almost complete, only Sigma’s head remained. Yet, Cain stood unharmed, and Glumiêm could only blink her bloodshot eyes in confusion.
“Just empty words, as expected.”
Cain lowered Agweska.
Glumiêm had sounded so confident that he’d briefly wondered if she had some hidden ace up her sleeve. Apparently not.
Besides, with the teleportation this far along, it was too late for anything anyway.
She stammered, clearly flustered.
《Why… Why don’t you have a future……》
“How pathetic.”
Cain scoffed.
[‘Spring’ smiles wryly.]
[‘Winter’ closes its eyes.]
He understood what Glumiêm meant.
‘You’re saying I don’t have a future.’
He had lived one fate already.
And this was his second chance.
For someone who burned his future to protect his present, a predetermined future couldn’t exist.
It echoed ‘Spring’s words, always appearing in his previous life’s form, urging him to forge his own path.
‘Because there’s nothing, the path I walk becomes my own.’
Cain found himself oddly liking the idea of having no future.
To live each moment to the fullest, without regrets.
That was his second life. He looked down at the bewildered Elf Queen.
“You sent Sigma out to observe me and nip any buds in the making, didn’t you?”
《…….》
Glumiêm didn’t answer.
But her stiffening expression spoke volumes.
Cain smirked.
Thump! Crash!
Because of the fight between the two, not a single chair or table in the train car was still intact.
Cain kicked aside Elvenknight corpses to clear some space and dragged a mangled metal chair to sit on.
Fwooosh!
The setting sun painted the sky in hues of orange and red, like blood diluted with water.
Under that sunlight, Cain raised one finger towards Glumiêm, who was trembling with defeat.
It was his middle finger, of course.
“Get lost, loser.”
《You…… You insolent…!》
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