Grand Ancestral Bloodlines

Chapter 2239  Obviously

Iam stood in silence. He had almost lost his life just now, and yet it felt like just another normal day… or rather, what a normal day had been before he lost himself in the Ruin Master organization.
He felt quite free. But looking at Ryu's back, he couldn't help but shake his head inwardly.
This world… its waters ran deep.
Had he lost to Ryu? Of course. And he would accept his loss wholeheartedly. But that didn't mean that there were certain truths that couldn't be ignored.

Not only had he failed to take that step, he was also suppressed by the Title Stele. And now, he was being burned alive by Karmic Flames. Even if Ryu did nothing at all, he would die.
Maybe he should have been mad that Ryu seemed to have forgotten that in his little soliloquy, but he wasn't. Right now, despite the pain ravaging his body, he truly felt at peace.
And then Ryu looked back to him as though he had only just now remembered his existence.
"For a loser, you sure know how to smile."
Iam blinked, his eyes flickering down as though he was trying to see if he really w