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Chapter 169: Rupture (4)

Chapter 169: Rupture (4)

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The Captains then looked at each other. If what he said was true, that was a great loss for the <Great Lands>. Varkant added, “But we still have the power to kill all of you here.”

Mirel ignored him and asked Gerome again.

“And Catastrophe?”

“He has been temporarily sealed. Eleven of us attacked him and we couldn’t kill him. We still needed the Lord of Steel and the Lord of Gold to hold his seal from breaking down even then.”

Yoonhwan found it hard to believe if what he was hearing was true. These Lords and Captains were so powerful beyond his imagination. As powerful as these beings were, that required eleven Lords to barely seal it off?

Gerome continued, “I believe we have paid enough to meet with you. Are you still forcing us to prove ourselves? We have taken enough losses to even ask for compensation.”

“…Do you want something?”

“Give us the [Fruits].”

“That will be included in our treaty. We cannot hand them over to you just like that.”

Gerome became serious.

“Just like that, you said?!”

A world power was unleashed and the Captains all pulled out their weapons. Gerome scoffed.

“Yes, this was how it should’ve been. I was a fool to even try to talk with you.”

Yoonhwan became dizzy from the world powers filling the room. Even Seoyul was vomiting blood that turned into silver right after.

They were at the brink of war. Then, a man appeared in the meeting room. Yoonhwan glanced over at the man. He had some kind of old rag on himself. But he wasn’t the Master as Yoonhwan had hoped.

“Oh, so you have no wish to talk things out?”

As he spoke, the world power disappeared from the room. The man’s world power pushed everything away. Some Lords even became pale from his power. Gerome was also shocked. It proved that the man was that much more powerful.

“Why are you here, Budda?”

Budda. Yoonhwan realized that he had heard the name before. It was from one of his books he read when he joined Rupture.

‘Wait, Budda, one of the 8 Gods of <<Depth>>?’

The 8 Gods of <Depth> were the most powerful Gods. The official name was the 7 Gods of <Depth>, but it became 8 after Myad became the ruler of the 8th site, <Caspion>.

Budda, the God of Reincarnation, was the 6th God.

‘…But why is he here?’

Yoonhwan didn’t know why. Whatever he was, why was a God here, at the meeting table in Rupture?

Of course, there were still a lot of empty seats around Rupture’s table. From Myad’s seat, the 2nd Captain’s chair empty, and another one too.

Yoonhwan then became shocked from realization. Budda smiled.

“I’m an Awakener, you didn’t know that?”

“Awakener?”

Gerome was also shocked.

“Wait…”

“Yeah. You’re probably right.”

The 2nd man in Rupture, and 2nd strongest man. The Captains all put away their weapons and greeted Budda.