Strongest Hammer God Chapter 857 – Two Different Friends

When Kyle heard the Red Witch refer to him as Mr. Freeman, the hair on the back of his neck stood up.

He was reminded of the ti she had “forced” him to kill millions of people, amongst other things.

He clenched his fists for a mont but relaxed them again.

‘It’s not the right ti,’ he thought, keeping his anger under control. ‘There are more important things right now.’

‘For example, what the fuck has happened and how? Also, we should probably leave.’

Yet, as Kyle looked around, he noticed that the surroundings had already changed. Apparently, the Red Witch had already moved them sowhere else.

Sebastian sighed in relief, while the Red Witch looked at Kyle with a polite smile.

“Okay, so,” Kyle started after taking a deep breath. “What the fuck is going on?”

“Isn’t it obvious, Mr. Freeman?” the Red Witch asked. “I saved you.”

Kyle rolled his eyes. “Was saving your primary reason for killing those two?”

The Red Witch’s smile widened a bit. “Of course not,” she answered, “but I still saved you.”

Kyle tried to find a reason why the Red Witch had killed the Countess and the Chief Overseer. The Red Witch was also part of the Array of Stars. Why would she kill an Immortal from the Array of Stars?

‘Oh,’ Kyle thought as he realized sothing. ‘I see. Why didn’t I think of that sooner? Now that I’m actually thinking about it, it actually makes so much sense.’

‘Why is the Red Witch running her worlds like that? Why did she kill two important Immortals from two different Organizations without showing her identity? Why is she helping while effectively offending two Peak Organizations?’

‘And most important of all, who benefits most from her actions?’

“You’re a Parasite,” Kyle transmitted.

The Red Witch just smiled. “Yes, I am a mber of the Cult of Final Fate,” she said.

Kyle glanced at Sebastian with a raised brow. While Kyle had transmitted his ssage privately, the Red Witch had answered publicly, which ant she didn’t mind that Sebastian listened.

Sebastian didn’t seem surprised or shocked at all. It was more than clear that he already knew.

‘It makes so much sense,’ Kyle thought. ‘The way she treated when I was the Overseer basically pushed towards the Cult. She could have just asked to implent more gradual changes. I wouldn’t have condensed a True Sin Aura, and I would have probably just finished my ti as an Overseer until soone more suitable ca along.’

‘Seekers who manage to beco Overseers are also quite talented. It’s one thing to beco powerful with the help of a Peak Organization, but it’s a different thing when you beco powerful on your own. The Array of Stars would be interested in recruiting soone like that. It wouldn’t make sense to force them to stay as an Overseer for all of eternity.’

‘I was essentially a fish in a pot of water, and she put a fire below . I couldn’t possibly stay in the pot, which forced to jump into the unknown, hoping there’s more water outside of the pot.’

Kyle thought back to the deaths of the Countess and the Chief Overseer. ‘That also explains why she killed them. She wants to escalate the tensions between the Array of Stars and the Contrast Empire.’

‘Of course, the two Peak Organizations aren’t stupid. They will be 90% sure that a third party killed their two Immortals, but this remaining ten percent will still sow so doubt.’

“Alright,” Kyle said. “So, you killed these two Immortals to escalate tensions between the two Organizations, and you saved in the process, correct?”

“That is correct, Mr. Freeman. You’ve beco smarter since we last t,” she said with a smile.

“Okay, what I don’t know is how you knew we were here,” Kyle added. “I never told the Cult about my plans.”

“That’s because of ,” Sebastian said with a smile.

“Speaking of,” Kyle said, looking at Sebastian, “how and why are you here? What even happened? Don’t get wrong. I’m glad to see you again. I’m just confused.”

“No worries. I know what you an,” Sebastian said with a chuckle. “The short version is that I was recruited by the Cult, specifically her.” Sebastian gestured to the Red Witch. “I accepted the offer, and she brought to the Supre World after we dealt with the Secondary World.”

“Dealt with?” Kyle asked with a raised brow.

“Sa thing as you did in the Tertiary World, from what I’ve heard,” Sebastian said with a shrug. “I gave my position of Overseer to soone else.”

“Wait, you were the Overseer?” Kyle asked in surprise.

“Oh yeah, for quite a while, actually,” Sebastian added. “I was the Overseer for almost 60,000 years.”

“Wow, wow, wow, hold on,” Kyle said. “The last ti we t was just 7,000 years ago or so.”

Sebastian looked at Kyle with surprise. “You don’t know about the ti dilation?”

Kyle just slowly shook his head.

“The ti in the Supre World is ten tis slower than the ti in the other worlds,” Sebastian said. “It took about 10,000 years to beco an Overseer, and I spent about 60,000 years being one.”

“Why were you an Overseer for so long?” Kyle asked.

“Well, we were experinting with this,” Sebastian said.

The next mont, the Lightning Elental from earlier broke through reality, arriving beside Sebastian.

When Kyle saw the Lightning Elental, he felt like an ant. This thing was vastly more powerful than he was.

And yet, Sebastian had control over it.

‘Even if I beco a Sage right now, I would probably still be helpless in front of this thing,’ Kyle thought.

Kyle glanced at Sebastian. ‘Even if we were in the sa Realm, he would be stronger than .’

Kyle rembered the ti Sebastian had learned his Law of Yin-Lightning. At that point, Sebastian had also been stronger than him while being at the sa level.

‘I think Sebastian is the only one of my friends who has undoubtedly outclassed in Battle-Strength. Sure, at so point, I beca stronger again, but now, he’s overtaken again.’

The way Kyle saw Sebastian was different from how he saw Swamp Dragon.

Kyle admired Swamp Dragon’s character and saw him as a true friend, but his Battle-Strength had never reached Kyle’s level.

Kyle also saw Sebastian as a true friend, but at the sa ti, he also admired Sebastian’s Battle-Strength.

As he thought about Sebastian’s Battle-Strength, Kyle felt antsy. He wasn’t nervous, scared, or envious. No, he felt antsy because he wanted to beco stronger. He wanted to beco stronger than Sebastian.

One friend had an admirable character.

One friend had incredible strength.

“How did you beco so powerful?” Kyle asked Sebastian while looking at the Lightning Elental.

“With her help,” Sebastian said, gesturing to the Red Witch.

Kyle looked at her, and she smiled back.

“He’s being modest,” she said. “I have simply offered him to beco the test subject of a new way of growing more powerful. Many people have accepted that offer before, but he was the only one who succeeded.”

“Everyone else died.”

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