Juan felt a sharp shock as he climbed down the mountain.

A powerful and sharp force covered the entire empire for a very short moment and disappeared in just an instant. This force was quite similar to that of Telgramm’s, but the difference was that it was much more sophisticated and sharpened.

Juan could feel countless people dying. However, only one person had really died.

“Dane…”

From the moment that tremendous force burst out from the center of the Crack, Juan knew that it would be difficult for Dane to survive. In fact, he had known that to be the case from the moment Dane had decided to go and persuade Gerard.

Gerard had already become an existence who couldn’t be persuaded or stopped.

Perhaps Dane’s fate was set in stone ever since Gerard was created.

At the same time, Juan had lost all his respect for Dane ever since that moment.

For this very reason, all Juan felt after Dane’s death was that Gerard had become aware of his own power much faster than expected.

Gerard had grown so powerful that even the attack that Dane staked his life on couldn’t harm him.

‘Perhaps that’s only natural. Gerard is another me, after all.’

Juan had already felt that Gerard was very similar to himself as he watched Gerard grow up over time. If there was any difference between the two, then it was that Gerard was a little more honest...