Eugene had felt this while they were fighting. Molon was the only one who could fight like an equal with the current Eugene. He was someone that Eugene didn’t feel guaranteed to defeat even if he gave it his all. In fact, Molon might be the only person in this whole world who could actually overpower Eugene.9

There were a lot of talented warriors in Eugene’s vicinity, like Carmen, Gilead, and Alchester. However, it was impossible even for Carmen, the strongest of the three, to fight Eugene as Molon had.0

In that sense, it made Molon Eugene’s best opponent for a spar. He was strong enough to deal with most of Eugene’s attacks, and even if an attack did manage to sneak past Molon’s guard, there was no need to worry about Molon losing his life.0

“I knew you would say that,” Molon said as he got up from his seat with a big smile.0

He then grabbed his axe, which had been leaning against one of the walls.0

Boom!0

With the handle of his axe planted on the floor, Molon thrust his chest out, “Hamel, I know exactly why you’re saying that you want to live here. That coincidence or feeling that you mentioned, you’re staying here to get complete control over it, right?”0

Eugene hesitated, “Uh… that’s true, but—”0

“Fine then! I, Molon Ruhr, will give it my all to help you with this training,” Molon let out a passionate cry.4

Once all of his old comrades departed, Molon would be left all alone on this mountain once more. Now that he had shaken off his madness, Molon might no longer be tormented by the loneliness like he was before… but even so, when he thought about being left here on his own, a sense of loneliness seemed to slowly rise up from the depths of his heart.0

Eugene had come to this decision without seeking any advice. He did feel like this was an absolutely necessary course of action for him to take, but considering that he did have traveling companions with him, he now realized that he could have...0