Klaus let out a slow breath through his nose.
'Right of conquest?' he thought bitterly. 'What a load of bullshit... It doesn't care about justice… It doesn't care that Ryoki tortured a woman for centuries, or that he was a parasitic coward… It just cares who is left standing at the end of the bloodbath. The universe really is just a rigged game.'
Beneath the introductory text, a scrolling list of absolutely absurd, game-breaking skills populated the screen.
Klaus scanned the options with his jaw slightly dropping at the magnitude of power being offered to him.
This wasn't choosing between a ten percent boost to sword damage or a slightly faster mana regeneration rate.
This was like a dead god offering him the keys to the universe on a silver platter.
He looked at the first major option.
[Aegis of the Fallen]
