The Truth Behind the Holy Ones’ Descent

"You could actually contact me through 'Light'… It appears that the Steel Shard possess uses I don't know."

Holding Light, who was now a complete metallic silver by his lap, Joshua conversed with the Steel Python Karlis whose body was on the other side of the Void. The warrior was frowning, appearing unhappy by the sudden intrusion.

"You could have told me earlier."

On the other hand, Karlis spoke as mildly as it always did.

"That Steel Shard is a part of my body in the first place," it said softly, "contacting you through it was the reason I gave it to you in the first place. However, I never thought that you wouldn't fuse with it, even giving it to a newborn integrated body of wills… and you gave it fragments of other worlds as well?"

There was genuine surprise in Karlis's tone. "How generous."