80 Chapter 20: The Battle’s End [4]

At that moment, Ansel's words made Ardyn ponder.

The thought came completely out of the blue, like a random intrusion in his head, but he suddenly wondered about his Summoner.

He had come all the way here, back to this city where an intense battle was going on, just to save his Summoner who was supposedly trapped in the church.

But in the end, his Summoner wasn't there. He probably managed to escape somehow, so Ardyn had been searching the streets ever since. It made him look back on his actions as he ran, feeling a deep sense of shame and conflict in his heart.

Was it all for nothing, then? Why did he even come here? Why did he have to follow his unusually irrational heart and go on such a wild goose chase?

What if someone died trying to save him earlier? How would Ardyn be able to bear it, knowing that he was the cause?

But still...