Chapter 838 838: Thread of fate

Chapter 838 838: Thread of fate

838 Chapter 838: Thread of fate

"I couldn't understand how the Border City could survive your wrath when you had such powerful undead hiding at the depths of this city. If you had sent them, the city would've been wiped in a single day. But that wasn't the case."

"It all makes sense when I think of the possibility. It's not that you don't go out or send them. But it's that you can't."

As Karyk spoke, he kept observing the woman's expressions. With each word he spoke, he was getting more and more convinced that he was right.

"The reason the Elzerian King didn't bother about this place is because he knew that you were a bird without any wings left. No matter how strong you are, if you can't leave this place, you're nothing but a paper tiger."

"I don't know why you're trapped here or why you could only send out weaker beasts, but it doesn't matter. What matters is that you need my help. As I said before, both of us need each other."

He stepped closer to the woman, reaching out his hand towards her. Although she was trapped, he knew that she was still very useful to him. If he could free her, he could gain a powerful weapon.

And even if he couldn't free her, just the knowledge he could gain from her was able to elevate his control over the dead to another level, allowing him to maybe even control the Elzerians.

A pureblood Elzerian could only live for a maximum of two hundred years. Within those two hundred years, they couldn't be killed through usual means. But from what he read, he came to know that even after their deaths, the body of a pureblood never deteriorated.

All the bodies of the pureblood Elzerians were kept buried in tombs at various places. If he could gain the ability to bring the undead Elzerians back to life, that was already a great achievement in itself. Even if they weren't as strong as they were when alive, but just their sheer number was a weapon in itself.

As she spoke, an invisible thread appeared tied around her wrist. Another similar thread appeared around Karyk's wrist.

"This is...?" Karyk asked. Although he could feel neither danger nor obstruction from the thread, he didn't like being tied like this.

"Since we will be working together, we would need a way to communicate. With this, you'll be able to hear my thoughts when I want. And similarly, you can share your thoughts with me."

Karyk heard the woman's voice, but he didn't see her lips move this time. It was as if the voice had directly appeared in his head.

"Why do I feel like that's not the only purpose of it?" Karyk asked, understanding that the woman wasn't that simple.

Although it took some time, he was able to analyse the thread. It didn't just allow them to hear each other's thoughts. But it also allowed them to locate each other's position, even if they were galaxies apart.

It was clear that the woman still didn't trust him entirely and prepared for an eventual betrayal from his side. The thread could only be broken when both sides were willing.

"You're able to analyse it? That's right. In case you betray me, then even if I can't leave this place, I'll make sure you never have a peaceful moment in your life," the woman agreed as she gestured to the hooded puppet master, telling him to take care of the destroyed street.

Alright the city was mostly empty, she couldn't bear seeing it damaged. This was her first and last home.

"I don't mind. It'll make things easier for me as well." Karyk didn't argue. It just located him and nothing more. Once they were done, they could break the thread willingly. And if she refused, he could just kill her to remove all potential threats.