"...Huh?"
Lu Ce looked up in confusion, his previously impatient gaze instantly transforming into bewildernt as he stared at the floating tal sphere.
Why was Black Knight acting so unusually erratic today?
It kept darting up and down, always interrupting his thoughts at precisely the wrong mont, almost like so kind of inner demon taunting him.
"What's your stance anyway? You don't seem to have any consistent viewpoint."
"Viewpoint? I'm your weapon. My viewpoint simply voices what you won't say aloud," Black Knight replied with a sinister chuckle.
"It's actually quite simple—'Sin' is omnipotent, fearless, bound by nothing and without any so-called weaknesses. He's the nightmare of every player in the ga."
"The mont you put on that mask, all human emotions beco irrelevant. You've long since made your resolution—to devote everything to the relentless pursuit of absolute power with no turning back."
"Besides, you never had any bonds to begin with. No family or friends from the start. No need to find so irrelevant person to drag you down now."
"Your destiny was always ant to be the ultimate weapon racing toward absolute power, ascending to the peak amidst the applause of spectators."
Lu Ce frowned at the tallic sphere, disturbed by its seemingly "darkened" rhetoric. His own eyes grew contemplative.
Black Knight continued hovering midair:
"After all, being hated and feared... that's always easier, isn't it?"
"So, are you ready? Ready to pursue power at all costs?"
"Ready to beco the world's greatest villain and discard all possible weaknesses?"
Lu Ce couldn't shake the feeling that Black Knight was acting particularly strange today.
"I was careless. I never should have considered teaming up with anyone from the beginning," Lu Ce said heavily.
Looking back honestly at his gaplay journey, frequently teaming with the sa person had indeed made others perceive them as allies.
Any connection could be exploited as a weakness—especially when so many in the world saw him as their imaginary enemy.
Tch. The mont she sent that team invite, it was like jumping into a pit of fire. His playstyle was never ant to be friendly to begin with.
Even if it was a misunderstanding, so might think—"If we capture her, can we use her against the top player?"
"Hahahaha! Exactly!" Black Knight suddenly burst into laughter.
"Which ans there's a perfect solution right before you! The choice is yours!"
"Kill her!"
"Kill her before the world's eyes! Show them how rcurial 'Sin' truly is! How ruthless!"
"Even a teammate, even soone the outside world might call your lover—slaughter them without hesitation!"
"After this, 'Sin' will beco the pure embodint of power! You'll attain true freedom beneath the gaze of everyone's fear and rejection!"
"From then on, no shackles! No one will believe you have any weakness! You'll beco truly invincible!"
Black Knight spoke faster and louder, not allowing any interruptions, as if consud by madness.
Hovering midair, it stared intently at Lu Ce:
"And the price? Just killing one sowhat friendly acquaintance. A trivial matter on the path to supremacy."
"On the road to becoming the strongest, there's always a price to pay~"
"This is already such a small cost. Go pay your 'price'!"
Black Knight emphasized those last two words heavily.
The weight of "price" rang painfully loud in Lu Ce's ears, making him grimace.
"Heh, everything has its price~" Black Knight reiterated.
For so reason, Lu Ce's gaze turned icy upon hearing those words.
"What kind of price is that? She was never important to . Doesn't count as a price."
"Ah~ right right! That works too," Black Knight replied. "If you don't consider it a price, then nothing is! Excellent! Perfect!"
Lu Ce: "......"
Suddenly finding Black Knight unbearably annoying, he waved it off:
"Enough. No point discussing this further."
"It's just intel. You're overthinking it."
With that, Lu Ce turned off the ga screen before him and lay down on the bed.
Black Knight gradually stilled in the air, its earlier frenzy subsiding as it quietly settled on a corner of the desk.
The tal sphere rotated slightly, watching Lu Ce on the bed before chuckling once more.
......
East Sea, Penglai Island.
Completely unbeknownst to Lu Ce, nurous vessels had already gathered around the modestly sized island.
The East Sea Debate had beco reality. Though initiated by just one statent from "Sin" with no follow-up, top players had decided to respond regardless.
Chiyo Eine would undoubtedly co.
Top players like Sun were still en route as well.
With only one day remaining until the appointed ti, this would likely beco the largest, most complex gathering of players yet.
These individuals who'd gained superhuman abilities through the ga—entities long since transcending ordinary humanity—would converge here.
An unprecedented spectacle. Or crisis. This was the most direct transformation the "ga" had brought to their world.
At Dragon Group's insistence, the East Sea Debate proceeded tacitly approved—on the condition that no large military vessels approached.
Even so, Penglai Island's surroundings already hosted nurous small yachts, fishing boats, and even distant cruise ships with international dia aboard.
Everyone waited eagerly. The ti hadn't arrived yet, and no true elites had appeared.
Suddenly—the calm sea erupted violently.
Beneath the sunlight's glittering surface, an enormous shadow erged from the crystalline waters.
A deep-sea leviathan had arrived uninvited.
Ships scattered in panic. Such creatures shouldn't appear in these waters!
BOOM!
With thunderous splashing, a mountainous form breached the surface.
A humpback whale so massive it seed to blot out the sky at close range.
To the crowd's astonishnt, the whale opened its maw and—spat out three human figures.
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