Chapter 81: Worshippers of the Grotesque (2) (Teaser)
As usual, Ketal had just finished his alchemical work from Arkemis’s residence and was heading home. It was late at night, and aside from the faint glow of street lamps, the path was enveloped in darkness. In the familiar silence, Ketal strolled at a leisurely pace.
Suddenly, a shadowy figure blocked his path ahead, hidden within the depths of the darkness.
“Hm?” Ketal gazed curiously at the silhouette. Despite the width of the road, the figure stood directly in his way. It was clear he was waiting for Ketal. “Who might you be?”
The stranger responded not with words but by unsheathing a sword. The sound of steel being drawn from its scabbard echoed in the stillness.
Ketal observed the stranger for a moment before speaking again. “Are you a Swordmaster, by chance?”
Ketal recalled a similar situation in the past when Swordmaster Kain had confronted him on a late-night stroll. That memory made him wonder if this was another such encounter.
“Nonsense…” The stranger sounded baffled, as if the idea were preposterous. There was no reason for a Swordmaster to draw their blades in the dead of night.
The stranger hadn’t planned on speaking at all, but the absurdity of the question prompted an...
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