Karyk spent seven days in the maze, wandering from ce to ce in search of an exit. His entire body was covered in wounds. His clothes were tattered, but he still appeared full of life.


    Fortunately, in the seven days, one way or another, he managed to survive the eternal maze that was filled with traps in each step, each trap being strong enough to kill an ordinary man a thousand times over already.


    At the end of the seven days, Karyk finally saw the exit of the maze. The exit wasrge enough for thousands of humans to be able to leave at the same time.


    Moreover, it was only around ten meters away from Karyk. However, those few steps looked like a thousand, since between him and the exit, there stood a fierce beast, around fifty meters tall.


    Just the single teeth of the beast was bigger than Karyk''s entire body, able to rip him to shreds.


    The beast''s physical appearance was iparable to anything Karyk had ever seen before. Its scales were as ck as coal and had a red glow, it had wings so big they could cover the entire maze and its eyes were as fiery as the sun.


    For Karyk who couldn''t use any of his magic, facing this beast was like an impossible task. But he knew he had to try. Karyk slowly drew his sword that he had managed to pick along the way.


    The fierce beast didn''t move. Only its ming eyes looked at Karyk, like it was looking at a pitiful prey.


    ....


    A figure shot out, making it impossible to see who it belonged to. The figure crashed through multiple ming buildings, before falling to the ground, creating a crater.


    The figure belonged to none other than Gabriel.


    "The Lord of mes..." Gabriel wiped the blood off his lips as he pushed his body up.


    He was about to fight the Lord of mes when he felt something strange, as if his connection with his domain, that he shared with Karyk was cut.


    In the moment he was distracted,a ming spear came flying straight to him.


    He cast a Shield of Light, but the shield was broken right away by the ming spear. At thest moment, he used his aura to create a world before him.


    However, he could only create half a word before the ming spear hit.


    The word acted as a shield, but even if couldn''t stop the impact for long, before exploding, sending Gabriel flying through the buildings.


    Still holding the statue in his hand, the Lord of Dark mes flew closer to Gabriel, whose disguise was long destroyed.


    "Karyk... To think that you would show yourself here. You made things easier for me. I was about to go look for you myself."


    Gabriel stood up slowly, clutching his chest. "Do you know what you''re trying to do? You''re killing so many people to free that thing? Do you know what that thing will do after it''s free?"<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    The Lord of Dark mes smiled cruelly. "Are you really asking me about the number of people I kill? You...? The person who killed millions just to save your dead sister? Do you have any right to tell me anything? Just how much blood is on your hands?"


    Gabriel frowned. It wasn''tpletely wrong. Karyk indeed killed many people, all to get back the one he held dear. However, as Gabriel, he was different from Karyk. Even though he also killed many people, he only killed those who went against him. He didn''t kill people who had nothing to do with him!


    Moreover, he also didn''t kill people in such a cruel manner to free an evil being!


    Gabriel wiped the blood off his lips, as he heard the Lord of mes continue, "I''ll kill as many people as I want! And I''ll keep killing them until I free my Lord from the shackles! The world shall be ours, and there will be no power which will be able to stop us, not even you, Karyk!"


    "Your era is long gone!" The man further continued. His eyes revealed a craziness that he didn''t use to have in the past. "The time where you used to be the strongest is long gone! Now, you shall be at my mercy! Even the King of the Upper Realm can''t stop me now, let alone you!"


    The Lord of mes raised his hand, summoning a burst of mes to surround Gabriel. The mes engulfed Gabriel in itself, as if trying to swallow him whole.


    The mes weren''t ordinary either. They were now the mes of a True God, which was hard to defeat even for Karyk in the past, without the external help from his Domain.


    Gabriel felt the heat emanating from the mes, but he remained calm. Even as his skin was being burned by the mes, he didn''t panic.


    He carved a word before him, aiming toward the Lord of mes.


    With each passing second, Gabriel''s skin burned even more, to an extent where even some of his bones were visible. However, he didn''t stop.


    As soon as the word waspleted, a bright beam of light shot out, destroying the Barrier of mes, creating an opening.


    Taking advantage of the opening, Gabriel flew out of the mes. At the same time, the bright beam of light continued straight to target the Lord of mes.


    The Lord of mes was momentarily stunned to see that Gabriel still hadn''t burned to ashes. For someone who wasn''t a true god yet, it should''ve been impossible! What shocked him even more was the bright attack that looked out of this world.


    "How long has it been since I saw something like this..." The Statue cackled, as if recognizing this attack. It was too familiar to him.


    A dark energy came out of the statue, which swallowed the entire attack, absorbing it inside itself.


    It was the strongest attack that Gabriel had managed to master in this time, but shockingly, it couldn''t do anything before that statue, which was still sealed!


    He could only wonder just how strong the one inside the statue was going to be if he was freed.