Kaiser of the New World (Ch 200+)

Clash of the titans (213)

At the exact same time in a different section of the castle, Kai was running up a flight of stairs, closely followed behind by Remy, Umbra, Cecilia and Petunia. He still had all of his boosts active, not wanting to face the backlash just yet. Still, he knew that as soon as he disactivated them he would be in for a world of hurt.

But he couldn't help but grin when his mind was flooded by a wave of notifications.

You have slain Disharmonied Sword Saint Ezekial.

Level 32 reached.

Level 33 reached.

Level...

The levels kept going up, much like Kai on the stairs. He was a little confused about what a Disharmonied was, but he assumed that must have been what Ezekial had been transforming into.

It wasn't only levels that he got, he got a few other types of notifications too, but he didn't have the time to look at all of them.

Still, Kai was rather proud of himself. Leaving Esurient at the battlefield while invisible turned out to be an incredible choice. Turning the flying blade invisible and letting it hide until it got the oppurtnity to steal the kill really was a genius move.

However, the next moment, Kai tripped on the stairs and cried out in pain.

It was pure agony. It was like his soul had been caught by a giant and was being crushed by their hand. It was so overwhelmingly unbearable that he felt like he was about to black out.

Soul Link severed

Skill - Equilibrium - Lost

The backlash of using Soul Link had hit Kai like a truck. He couldn't even think straight, let alone move.

So this is what it meant that the user's soul would temporarily be weakened, it hurt Kai a shit ton. Plus, he also lost the skill he had stol... borrowed, another loss.

"My Lord!"

Panicking, Cecilia grabbed at Kai's back, trying to help him up so they could keep running up the stairs.

Kai softly pushed her hand away.

"I'm fine, just... keep going."

Groaning, he pushed himself up, but was nearly knocked down again after a furious roar shook the tower.

The Plague Harbinger was obviously not happy.

Even though he felt a little guilty about stealing it's kill, Kai also held a grudge against the blue haired swordsman. It wasn't just because he was attractive enough to be incredibly popular with the ladies but had ruined his potential by being pure evil, there was proper reasons too.

The main reason was because Kai knew that Ezekial would be the only person that could possibly hold off the beast, and he needed the beast to cause as much chaos and destruction as possible, not get stuck fighting a single person.

After all, Ezekial was the strongest in this city. Maybe not the strongest in the entire Subdimension like Castillian had once said, but they had the potential to be unrivaled in this area.

At least, that's what Kai had believed up until this very moment.

Suddenly, on the area of the tower just below them, a chunk of it was ripped away as a gargantuan tentacle swipes through it, ripping away the sturdy rocks with no problem.

Disoriented by the sudden noise, Kai glanced backwards and caught a glimpse of a massive gray tentacle, but it had already disappeared as soon as it had appeared.