Why was Yatoku able to become stronger than him after taking a part of his power?
Because of knowledge.
Why was Ryze able to guard the World Rune alone?
Because of knowledge.
Li Ke was just a company employee before he transmigrated. After transmigrating to this world, he immediately became a gladiator. All he learned was how to please the audience and noblewomen, schemes, and fighting skills that he learned from struggling on the brink of death.
So he never really questioned why Yatoku and the others were so strong, because they were more talented, hardworking, and had developed for a longer time than him. It was natural for them to be strong in all aspects.
And if he wanted to surpass these people, he could only rely on his own magic.
Ryze also understood why Li Ke spared his life until now. He calmly opened his arms and exposed his neck. Of course, he was not a person who would stretch his neck out to be killed, but now, he could let go of everything and welcome the final peace.
"I know what you want to do. Take it."
Having his memories and powers taken away by Li Ke was an outcome he had long prepared for. He had done his research and found that when Yatokus took over Li Ke's body and when Yatokus left his body, Li Ke's personality and way of doing things had undergone a great change. Moreover, according to the people in the place where he lived, Li Ke often acted as an ancient warrior in battle in his dreams and spoke a lot of words in his sleep.
So, his memories would naturally be read by him, and his worries and ambitions would also affect his thoughts.
In addition, he could destroy the world without the power of the World Rune, and he had the special ability to block the World Rune. What else could he be worried about? He was just a little unwilling. In the end, he still couldn't understand all the runes and make these World Runes truly harmless.
"… You and Yatoku are disgusting. You are the kind of people who look down on me."
He stretched out his hand, grabbed Ryze's neck, and lifted him up. Li Ke activated his power, and Ryze immediately felt that his soul and power were constantly being torn and sucked away. His memories and the past were constantly being copied and taken away by Li Ke, and his power was also being extracted by Li Ke, becoming a part of him.
Because of this, his past memories kept flashing in front of his eyes, letting him see the bits and pieces of his life, the pain, the beauty, and the things he lost.
Tears flowed from the corners of his eyes. These were tears for those who were directly and indirectly hurt by the World Rune, and also tears for himself. He looked at Li Ke and made a painful sound from his throat.
"… You and the World Rune are the same. You shouldn't exist in this world, and you shouldn't exist in the mortal world. Promise me, no matter how you use these World Runes, don't use them in the war! You don't need to conquer this world! They must be sealed! "
This was his last request. It was impossible for Li Ke to ignore the power of the World Runes. Therefore, he would inevitably use this power. This was something that he couldn't stop, but at the very least, he wanted Li Ke to not use this power against the mortals of this world.
"Ritz, I've told you before. I respect you and your career. You are a senior on the path of saving the world, but … "
Li Ke ended his extraction, and now Ryze was like a candle in the wind, dying naturally in a few minutes.
"I knew from the beginning that your cautiousness made you not trust anyone, so as long as we met, and I used the information of the World Rune to tempt you to help me, you would attack me. I also expected this, and felt that as long as you didn't go too far, I could continue to treat you as a respected senior."
He always felt that if Ryze didn't treat him like that, and if Ryze didn't want to banish him from this world and deny all his efforts, Li Ke wouldn't even think about the World Rune. He would ask Orne to find another way, or use the half-finished product to fight against Yatoku.
Because Ryze was indeed saving the world, and he had saved it countless times.
But now, he didn't think so.
"That's why I always thought that it was because you went too far in plotting against me that I wanted to kill you so much and was so determined. But the moment I saw you here, I understood that one of us would inevitably fall, and it was impossible for us to coexist from the beginning. "
Li Ke looked at Ryze, whose eyes gradually lost their light, and spoke of his regret.
"In the world I wanted to create, there would be no miserable savior like you, and in the world you wanted, there would be no place for a tyrant and a demon king like me. From the moment we met, we were destined to have this battle. "
Ryze's path was too tragic, and he wouldn't allow such a thing to happen again. Ryze had been walking his own path for thousands of years, so how could he just let it go?
He said that he longed for a peaceful life, but his sense of responsibility would never let him let go of this world. Even without the World Rune, he would still walk the path of carrying the world on his back alone.
Thousands of years, thousands of years of saving the world, thousands of years had proven that he was right. Unless he was tied up and made to see how well he did without him, he wouldn't just let it go. Thousands of years of persistence and knowledge wouldn't let him stay there calmly.
They were both stubborn people.
"… So, you call yourself the Demon King?"
Ryz sensed his life gradually fading away, as well as his friends and family who were silently smiling as they watched him die under the attack of the World Rune, as well as his friends who were killed by him for the sake of the World Rune. He finally felt that something that he had been carrying on his body was slowly slipping out of his tightly clenched hand like it was wrapped in oil.
No matter how hard he tried to hold onto that thing that used to suffocate him and not let it go, that thing still slid towards Li Ke.
"Yes, I am the Demon King, the Demon King who will make the entire world move according to my will. For this goal, even if the high and mighty Gods and heroes of justice come to stop me, I won't leave a single one of them alive. Even if I had to die for this goal, I wouldn't have any complaints. And even if you are dissatisfied, you can't do anything about it, because I won. "
Li Ke paused for a moment, while Ryze had already collapsed on the ground formed by his Soul World and slowly closed his eyes.
"So get lost, backward savior of the old era, your way has already been eliminated, and I won't follow the way you thought of, because you …"
Because Ryze came into contact with the wall of Li Ke's Soul World, he was able to see the world that Li Ke wanted. Now, he no longer had any doubts. To be able to make one's Soul World this firm, to be able to make one's Soul World into a world, and to fight against the entire world, Ryze believed in Li Ke.
But he regretted that he couldn't create the world he wanted, and Li Ke also rejected his path, so he couldn't die in peace.
But the world wouldn't be destroyed by the World Rune, and Li Ke, the new Guardian, would protect it.
He had lost.
"… I'm no longer needed by anyone."
Ryze's body scattered into specks of light, and his soul also floated to the other side. Li Ke turned around and dispersed his world, revealing the ruins that had been completely destroyed in a short fight with him, allowing Ryze's corpse to float in the yellow sand of his former hometown.
And the story of the Rune Guardian came to an end.
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