Chapter 1366  Epitome of Genius

Kar could still kill Sapphire with his attack, but he would have to leave himself vulnerable against Nyx, who appeared out of nowhere. And after a moment of thought, he made the wiser choice of redirecting his attack toward the newcomer.

“That scent… another user of wrath,” Kar muttered as he grabbed his red spear and fired it at the flying Nyx. The cave shook as the spear flew faster than sound to tear Nyx apart.

Nyx waved her sword, slashing air apart before the red spear struck her. A fissure appeared in the space between them, which the spear entered without return. Kar remained still, confused as to how that happened.

“There are more uses to wrath than you would think, Sin of Gluttony,” Nyx said while flying over toward him, her sword crackling with lightning. Kar knew better than to allow her to strike him and created a barrier of blood.

“Severance!”

The barrier shattered as Nyx landed on the edge. As soon as she landed, she bolted toward the calamity. Kar sent several blood creatures toward her, but her sword shattered them all. Her wrath seemed to turn his blood useless.

“Wrath users are always the most troublesome,” Kar said with a thin smile. “However, it seems that the wrath you have mastered is limited, unlike Arthur Netherborne. You must be one of that clan.”

“If you know of our existence, then you would know better than to fight us,” Nyx said while slashing the blood creatures apart. “Wrath is the strongest among the sins.”

“But wrath is divided among the entire universe,” Kar replied with a grin. “That’s how you materialized using the wrath that woman had toward me. It acted as a portal, but it also proves… that you are a user of wrath, not its master.”

“I mastered just enough to kill a calamity,” Nyx said while taking her stance. “Let me take you down the Nine Paths and bathe your head in the pond of serenity.”

“That sounds very threatening,” Kar said with a smile. Nyx raised her sword and let go of it. It stabbed into the floor. In the next instant, wrath exploded from the ground beneath them. Kar frowned as the scenery changed around them.

Kar found himself inside a different realm, or simply an illusion. It was a large lake with nine mountains surrounding it. Nyx stood on the other side with her fingers intertwined. He could tell that something strange was happening.

“What is this place?” Kar asked, but realized that his voice was silenced. He frowned as he raised his hand to form another creature of blood, and found himself unable. “This is…”

“This is the Lake of Serenity, the center of the Nine Paths,” Nyx said as the white in her eyes began turning black. “I might not be able to summon the kingdom of wrath… but I learned to make the most of what I have.”

Nyx was an unrivaled genius. She was not chosen to be the inheritor of Ranger, but that did not stop her from mastering wrath. She has conquered the nine paths required to master wrath despite being a normal human.

“This talent…” Kar muttered as realization dawned on him. “You mastered at such a young age what Ragnar took a lifetime to understand.”

Kar was no longer treating her as an inferior being. He admitted that Nyx was the epitome of human genius. Arthur Netherborne had immense power, but he never learned how to use it. Nyx was the exact opposite.

“Such a pity that a human like you wasn’t chosen as the Sin of Wrath,” Kar said, but his words again seemed to disintegrate as they left his mouth. “I would have been honored to serve you against Devaheim.”

A strange smile appeared on the vampire’s face, as if reliving a distant memory. He watched as Nyx began pulling her hands apart. As soon as her hands parted, several black swords pierced Kar’s body.

The pain was worse than anything that the calamity has experienced in his life, but his smile remained. His eyes stared at Nyx as he remembered another talented woman from a different timeline.

“I wonder what Ai is doing at the moment.”

The Nine Paths began to fade, turning into ethereal ghosts that scattered like smoke. Nyx picked up her sword again as the calamity fell to the ground, his blood pooling beneath him.

Nyx sighed as she turned toward Rain, who stared at her with confusion. She gave her a weak smile as she wiped away the sweat from her forehead.

“The calamity is dead,” Nyx announced to Rain. “Thank you for calling my name.”

Rain seemed confused as she stared at the fallen calamity. Nyx gave her a few moments to rest as she walked to ensure that Sapphire was still alive. The witch had a faint pulse, but it was there.

As she was examining Sapphire, Nyx felt something strange. She turned around and watched Kar’s fallen body. It remained fallen without a shred of life, before a strange energy began rising from it.

“That golden mana…” muttered Nyx as her eyes widened. Strands of golden mana rose from Kar’s body. “What have you done?”

The golden mana turned into strands that healed Kar’s wounds. The calamity moved a finger first before he began rising from the ground, a thin smile appearing on his face.

“I sold my soul long ago,” Kar said with a bloodied smile. Golden mana covered his body as he stared at himself. “I have a question for you. Why does the purest mana in Devaheim have the same color as the mana of creation?”

Kar rose from the ground, his wounds healing. Nyx stared at him in silence as she rose as well. She unsheathed her sword slowly as her voice dropped an octave, “How could a calamity sell his soul to Devaheim?”

“You can call me a first, but it was a good deal for me,” Kar said as he spread his arms. Blood fell from his wrists as two more duplicates of his body appeared. “A mere soul for this infinite power… it was the best deal I could ask for.”