Chapter 140: Emergence

Boom~ Shatter~

"Holy fuck!"

Lloyd exclaimed, clutching his head in awe as he saw the red glass dome light up for a second before shattering into millions of pieces.

He momentarily forgot he was supposed to hold Alice down, but luckily she wasn't even trying to escape anymore.

She, too, was watching the glass spectacle with her mouth wide open.

"Dang! He really defeated it, didn't he?"

Sable nodded, her expression one of disbelief. But knowing what Kaisen was capable of with his sword down there, she wasn't that surprised.

After all, he had fingered her while making her fiancé watch.

Maximus was equally flabbergasted. Though he was excited, there was something else on his face—a mix of shock and awe.

Elfie didn't say anything. Her eyes were wide enough to convey what she was feeling. Then a graceful smile adorned her face.

From an emotionless girl when she met these guys for the first time to someone who smiles, that was honestly an improvement.

Her eyes suddenly landed on a fallen cross some distance away, where her old master was tied up.

She didn't know if the guy was conscious or not since she hadn't heard any sound from him all this time.

"Is that...?"

Sable stood up excitedly, also forgetting about Alice, as she saw someone emerging from the flames engulfing the area.

Her torn and tight tunic gave the spectators a nice view of her assets.

"Holy fuck! He can now walk through fire, huh?" Lloyd's eyes widened in disbelief.

Kaisen looked like a hero straight out of a movie, creating an explosion and sassily walking away without looking back.

It was picture-perfect.

Then the man stopped in his tracks, his head slowly turning to the side.

At the other end of his gaze was the Night Shade King, sitting on a sand dune. That monster, too, had its head turned towards Kaisen.

"Sniff~ Sniff~"

"Sniff~ Sniff~"

They all suddenly heard the sound of someone sniffling and then an exclamation from Elfie.

"Alice-san... You..."

He slowly turned to the side, his eyes locking onto the creature sitting atop a sand dune, legs dangling like a kid at the lake.

The monster, too, took its eyes off the moon and slowly turned its head towards the tiny human who dared to venture into this land.

Not only did he come here voluntarily, but he also tried to save his friends from turning into Night Shades—something the creature himself thought was impossible to do.

That was why he sat on the sand dune, watching the beautiful moon while the tiny human challenged the Hands of the Night.

He was sure this human's fate, too, would be the same as that man—the man who was said to be the third Light Bearer.

But to his utter surprise, somehow this tiny human managed to defeat the Hands of the Night.

Something impossible. He didn't know what happened inside, and he likely never would now.

"I've won."

Kaisen declared loudly, proclaiming his victory to the Night Shade King.

The creature had told him he would die, and Kaisen had just proven that wrong. Was he going to fight the monster?

'Nah, I don't think it wants to fight me at all.'

The way the creature sat, it seemed to have no intention of fighting. Even if it did, it would be cautious.

After all, Kaisen had defeated the ultimate boss.

"YES...AND NOW I REST..."

Kaisen furrowed his brow. The creature's words, the way it sat on the ground like a knight who had given his all, it all looked picture-perfect.

'Damn. This must be a cut scene in the game, huh? Must be a moment of respect.'

"DO NOT BE AFRAID OF THE DARK, BE THE LIGHT..."

The large crimson eyes of the King held such intensity, it felt like a father passing his will to his son before he leaves for the milk.

Then slowly, it strained its mouth as if it were about to say something else... but to Kaisen's utter surprise, the monster was... smiling at him.

"THANK YOU..."

"What the fuck?!"

Kaisen stared in disbelief as the monster's massive form began to disintegrate.

Dust particles billowed into the air, caught by the wind and whisked away from the crumbling creature.

He knew what was happening, and a small smile formed on his lips as the creature's last words echoed in his mind.

[Congratulations! On defeating a hidden boss]