บท 194: Killing a Hegemon

They turned to stare daggers at each other before Khellendra touched Khalendros' hand.

"Why argue with a boy over such meaningless things?" Her touch seemed to say.

"Fine. Good news first." Khalendros conceded reluctantly.

"Good news, Fortune Hermit Mountain is still under my Eldest Senior Brother's control. My Second Senior Brother tried to wrest it away from him, but he failed to defeat Eldest Senior Brother, even with his black Living Armor." Autumn said.

"Okay… That's good news for you. But completely meaningless to us." Elliot rolled his eyes at her.

"Of course it's meaningful for you as well!" Autumn shot back at him with a glare. "Because Fortune Hermit Mountain is still safe, it simply means that I can still remain here and hunt Shadow Parasites! The sooner they all perish, the sooner your planet can be safe from the threat of obliteration by nukes!"

"Ah. Right, you have a point there." Elliot nodded thoughtfully. "What's the bad news?"