"Sunny… was Subaku. Subaku Vincentia."
The name cracked through the chamber like thunder. Zackey froze, every nerve in his body on fire.
"Yes… the very one who stood in the Grand Era. The one who challenged the legend himself—Ryuki. The one behind the gates of the Third World… the one who summoned the beasts no mortal could even dream of. Subaku Vincentia, the tamer of Yuzen—one of the greatest of the Third World beasts."
Baital leaned forward, the skulls on his throne rattling, his monstrous face splitting into a twisted grin.
"Villain for some. Hero for others. The world never agreed on what he was. What drove him? Why did he do what he did? No one ever knew. That mystery still festers, even in the deepest corners of time."
The chamber shook with his laughter, then his tone shifted, low and venomous.
"And in that age, when I walked in my true form… as the King of Hell himself… I faced him."Baital's eyes narrowed, blood dripping from his jaw. "And I lost." By him."
