Chapter 24: Principles and Moral Values    

---

Kayra checked the body of the Morning Wind several times over the course of an hour. After neutralizing the second poison he had given before thanks to the antidotes, he made Jade drink the real antidote of the poison.

The whole process proceeded quite naturally, and another hour was left behind.

Kayra closed her eyes and her body shuddered as she rested.

Vooosh!

When the katana-like sword touched the Ruined King's Sword, sparks were scattered around.

'Enemy?'

Before Kayra had a chance to open her eyes, her leg tingled. He learned from his brother that people who had been attacked suddenly enough would develop some feelings.

Extrasensory perception.

The ability to anticipate dangers.

It was useful to recognize vital or threatening beings before they acted. It was also the basis of what martial arts called 'feelings'.

Since Kayra had survived in the wilderness for weeks, she had the opportunity to develop her Sixth Sense to some extent.

And now that skill was saving his life.

Kayra jumped up from her seat without hesitation.

Swoosh!

When he felt something pass under him, he swung his sword towards the attacker. Just as his sword was about to cut off the girl's arm, he froze where he was.

"What do you think you're doing?"

Kayra gritted his teeth, forced his shoulder and managed to change the trajectory of the sword at the last moment.

But instead of retreating his opponent, he took advantage of this moment. Taking Kayra's surprise as an opportunity, he made his second move without hesitation. It was as elegant as the pure lotus in the middle of the lake.

But his move was not like that at all.

He rushed forward with incredible force, his sword like an Azrael scythe who wanted to take Kayra's life. He was proceeding directly to pierce his throat.

Kayra realized that she could not react quickly enough to this move. His move was so fast that he could compete with lightning falling from the sky.

"Don't blame me for that..."

Kayra's blue eyes turned to a bowl of blood. When their irises shrank like cat eyes, a fog-like gaseous color formed inside their blue eyes.

At that moment, Kayra felt that time was slowing down.

The sword that came at him was moving slowly as if it were in slow motion and coming directly to his throat. It used to be too fast to be followed by the eye, but now it has slowed down strangely.

[Thought Acceleration is being used.]

Kayra stared at the sword and then muttered slightly. As soon as the words came out of his mouth, he involuntarily closed his eyes.

[Laplace's Satan is used.]

[Your five senses and brain capacity are highly increased for short periods of time.]

When he opened his eyes again, the world was a completely different place. Snow-covered grass, details on the sword, droplets of sweat flying from the attacker's face, and every little detail within a radius of five meters...

Suddenly, Kayra collected so much data that her eyes began to hurt.

"I know what to do."

As the sword approached in slow motion, Kayra turned off Thought Acceleration and collapsed to the ground.

"Heh?"

When the sword broke through the empty air, a slight moaning was heard.

But right after.

Boom!

As dark as night, the combat boat kicked the attacker's jaw and lifted him thirty centimeters from the ground.

"You can't escape so easily."

Kayra stabbed the Ruined King's Sword; this attack would surely pierce his heart and kill him. There was no way he could have avoided this attack while in the air.

He thought so that a red spear hit the Ruined King's Sword. The spear seemed to hold the power of a giant behind it. It was so strong that as soon as it collided with the sword, the sword fell from Kayra's hand and was dragged meters away.

Pat!

The assailant clung to the ground, but Kayra's eyes were like ice.

He turned his head to the side.

"Red Tan, what does that mean?"

As the Red Tan drew his spear, he looked at Kayra with agitated eyes. Although he bowed his eyes to the ground in shame, he did not lower the spear in his hand. The spear was still aimed at Kayra's throat.

Kayra knew that if he did something, he would attack without hesitation.

He looked at the beautiful girl who lifted her eyes from the ground.

"Your name should be Morning Wind. What do you think you're doing? Killing me..."

Kayra's words were interrupted again; for he had to throw himself against his sword to avoid the onslaught of the Morning Wind.

When he somersaulted on the ground and picked up his sword, he had no chance of recovering. There was a second attack approaching from the ground. He somersaulted, threw himself into the air, narrowly escaping the sword.

He raised the ruined King's Sword and turned his back to the mountain.

"I don't understand why he wants to kill me."

He fixed his eyes on the eyes of the Morning Wind. He was filled with sadness and bloodthirst. But he didn't understand why he felt that way. In the end, he had saved him and restored him. There was nothing that required him to burn with the intention of killing.

"You... you..."

The Morning Wind held his sword tightly and took a few steps away from Kayra. Although it was wet, he had set his eyes on Kayra, sharp as a sword.

It looked like it was going to be thrown away at any moment.

"Morning Wind!"

At that moment, Red Tan grabbed him and tried to calm him down, but failed. As the Morning Wind looked at Kayra, father and son remembered the last moments of the wolf duo. His body began to tremble with anger. How could a man kill a monster that was still a child just for the sake of profit?

Kayra activated the Magical Blue Eyes while watching him intently. At that moment, everything began to look even clearer.

"Wait a second..."

Kayra squinted.

"Are you angry that I killed those monsters?"

Was he really doing it for a monster? Kayra couldn't make sense of it. Since they came to Star Land, everyone had killed monsters and perhaps done worse. Was it a problem for him to do it now?

"Child killer!"

The Morning Wind tried to escape the hands of Red Tan, but failed. His eyes shone with hatred. If the Red Tan were not stronger than him, it would have torn Kayra apart.

"Child killer? me? Hahahaha!"

"Taner, leave me! I'll get him!"

Looking at the fluttering Morning Wind, Kayra smiled coldly.

He had been in Star Land for two weeks and knew what it was like.

Star Land was a place where people let out the desires they repressed. If they could have power they could never have imagined before. They could bully others, they could do whatever they wanted as long as they had enough power.

And they didn't have to worry much about that. No courage was required. Because this place was not governed by laws as it is in the world. The shackles of society or public opinion were not here.

There was nothing that could limit them!

People who were once 'harmless' could be bad when they had power. Shepherd Gyges was one of the most well-known examples of these.

As a matter of fact, the concepts of 'good' and 'bad' were intertwined in this land.

And the Morning Wind had killed somebody. To see others, someone's favorite person, and maybe even someone better than them.

But now did he become a Child Killer because he killed another wolf?

Kayra couldn't make sense of it.

He was a man without principles. For him, there was only one factor that made him make choices: utility. He would never approach things that did him more harm than good. That's why he didn't kill Morning Wind and Red Tan.

It wouldn't do him any good. On the contrary, he would anger the so-called Supreme King and those under his command. He wasn't stupid enough to cause himself trouble unnecessarily.

"Child killer, child killer... Yes, I am a child killer."

Kayra's eyes became increasingly dull and devoid of light.

"And? What are you going to do?"

"I'll fuck you!"

The Morning Wind was trying to break free from Red Tan's clutches, but it was constantly failing. This drove him even more crazy and fueled his killing intent.

"Inspiration! What do you think you're doing?"

Losing his temper, Red Tan knocked the Morning Wind to the ground with just one move. Morning Wind, not even Kayra, could have predicted that Red Tan would make such a sudden move.

"Taner... you bastard!"

Some blood came out of the mouth of the Morning Wind that rang to the ground, along with cursing. The blood coming out showed that his organs were also damaged, but the Morning Wind strangely didn't care.

"You bastard! Are you really going to take the side of a child killer?"

"Morning Wind, we're talking about monsters here! Not from a person. You'd better start acting rationally or I'll ask Enlightened Dream to take care of you."

"Hah?! Am I now the culprit? Haven't you forgotten the number one rule our king set? Even in this world where everyone has become cruel, we had to protect our moral values. If we don't tame him now, he'll do worse in the future."

When people entered the Star Land, they didn't just leave their homes and families behind. He had also abandoned the moral values and principles of that place.

It was very difficult to remain moral in this land where everyone was immoral. It was much more difficult to find and abide by the principles, and for thousands of people to adopt similar moral codes.

The Morning Wind was very attached to its moral values and principles. It would not be wrong to say that he was proud of this.

Children and the innocent were two things that should never be touched.

Kayra only had to take a look to understand what kind of person she was. Childish, arrogant and stupid.

"I think I've tolerated you enough."

Kayra raised his sword and activated the Ruined King's Sword Ki.

"Wait!"

Red Tan thought that he knew Kayra a little bit in this short time. After receiving information about the Supreme King, he began to be even more careful. Although cold, ruthless and very intelligent, he was too utilitarian.

Since he was utilitarian, he would never harm them. Because it would bring him more harm than the wound. This was the reason why Red Tan and the Morning Wind were so daring.

Even though they were so warned, they pushed Kayra into a corner.

"It was my fault to think that every person was intelligent and rational. And I was almost going to pay for my mistake with my life."

He closed his eyes and rose to the tips of his fingertips.

Although there was no expression on his face, cold sweat had accumulated on his back. Without the Magical Blue Eyes, he would already be lying on the ground.

It would not be wrong to say that he is not afraid.

Something was not true. He had been feeling it since his first encounter with Red Tan and the Morning Wind. It wasn't just simple hostility. The seed of hostility had been sown long before their encounter. Something or a person had filled these two against him so much that they couldn't breathe easy next to him.

This was the reason why they attacked without hesitation when they saw it. Moreover, his plans were kind of revealed. He could feel it.

"I don't know how that person called the Supreme King knows, but he knows me intimately. He knows about my personality and my methods. He can also predict my purpose...'

The ruined King's Sword Ki was as fluid as water when it covered the black sword. Sword-gazing Morning Wind and Red Tan jumped out of their seats and treated their weapons.

They were saying something, but Kayra didn't hear anything.

There was no sound around.

Absolute silence.

"Since they are people who act with their emotions, they will definitely return to take revenge in the future."

He grabbed his sword with both hands and raised it up to his shoulder. He felt the hot winds hitting his body. Although their movements were as light and slow as autumn leaves, on the outside they were as fast as lightning.

'If I kill them now, I'll have fewer headaches in the future.'

When he opened his eyes, he took a deep breath.

"GEBER!"

"DON'T BLAME ME FOR THAT!"

Red Tan's spear looked as heavy and strong as a meteor falling from the sky. In comparison, the Morning Wind's attack was quicker but lighter.

But the two had something in common.

"I can see your movements."

When Red Tan's spear was only two meters away from him, his heels hit the ground.

And...

Svooosh!

A shadow passed by Red Tan.