It has been a thousand years since Earl Asur encountered Emperor Dominar.
And it has been a thousand years since his last humiliating defeat.
Even now, when once burning memories wane into fragments of blurred visions like the deeds of past lives, Earl Asur still remembered that pair of cold—and silent eyes staring down at him as if he were not a person, but an insect.
No emotions stirred when Emperor Dominar looked at him back then.
And that's far more painful to swallow than being mocked and ridiculed.
Just to show that Emperor Dominar saw him as nothing, a wounded, small insect that doesn't deserve his attention. For one thousand years, Earl Asur had been growing stronger rapidly, even inheriting the title of Earl after defeating an Earl in a duel.
Compared to back then, he was a completely different person.
He was way stronger now.
