At the underground crypt, where Theo had fought fiercely against Troivan and the Holy Demon Church, Dengryong stood amidst the ruins, stacking stones into a small cairn.

“You pitiful fool. If you were so dissatisfied, couldn’t you have whispered a word of it to me?”

Underneath this cairn lay Od.

By Ragnar’s rules, traitors deserved to have their corpses desecrated, leaving no trace of their existence. Yet, Dengryong had made a special request to Theo, allowing Od to have a proper resting place.

Although Od’s sins were heavy, the merit of the crypt keepers, who had served faithfully across generations, …