Chapter 72: Karma 2

His blood boiled with a seething rage, and he couldn't contain himself any longer. With a wild cry, he launched himself forward, his fist balled up in a tight knot of anger. But just as he was about to strike, something strange happened - it was as if an invisible force had seized his arm and held it back, preventing him from delivering the blow he so desperately wanted.

What followed after was pin-drop silence.

Suddenly, a booming voice shattered the tense silence that had fallen over the shrine. It was Lady Rosaline, the high priestess of the Moon Goddess Shrine, that had spoken up, and her words were like thunderbolts raining down on Garrick's already frazzled nerves.

"How dare you cause such a disturbance in this sacred place! Do you have no respect for the Goddess?" she roared, her voice echoing off the walls of the shrine. "Your behavior is utterly atrocious and will not be tolerated!"