Chapter 289: Sevaroth’s Masterpiece REVEALED: The Armor That Turns Seals Into Keys!

"Whatever." Luke shook his head, pushing those thoughts aside before something else caught his attention.

The Crypt Titan’s halo was much larger than the halos of his other Titans.

Nyx and Caelith, for example, possessed fixed-sized halos. No matter what form they took or how large their bodies became, their halos always remained roughly the size of their heads, floating behind them without changing at all.

The Crypt Titan’s halo was completely different.

It reminded Luke of the oversized halos often seen behind characters in eastern comics, except this one was actually proportional to his body.

Its current diameter was around four feet, both from top to bottom and from side to side—roughly one-fifth of the Crypt Titan’s entire body.

It floated several inches behind his head, extending low enough to cover part of his neck while remaining noticeably farther from his head than the halos of his other Titans.

"Even that is good." Luke didn’t see any reason to complain about it.

Taking it as another positive difference, he moved on and summoned the armor belonging to the Crypt Titan.

Unlike his other armors, the Crypt Titan’s armor didn’t appear around his body.

Instead, the void behind Luke suddenly began to ripple, and a crimson coffin slowly emerged from within it. It was roughly ten feet long and three feet wide, its entire surface covered in flickering red flames that gave the strange coffin an almost ominous presence.

Yet the moment it completely emerged from the void, the flames abruptly disappeared.

Before Luke could even react, eight small spider-like legs unfolded from beneath the coffin. They were pitch black, and with surprising speed, they pierced directly into Luke’s Crypt Titan body before pulling the coffin tightly against his back.

The sight was bizarre enough on its own.

If someone were to see Luke now, they would find a towering Crypt Titan with a crimson coffin fastened to his back, complete with two eyes and a huge mouth.

But somehow, the strangest part wasn’t the coffin itself.

It was giggling.

"Hehehe..."

The moment Kiki attached himself to Luke, a familiar sensation spread through his body.

Luke had felt this same connection when he first bonded with Nullex and Elythos.

It wasn’t simply the feeling of obtaining a new Titan or gaining another piece of armor.

It felt much deeper than that.

As though he had always been this Titan, and the armor had always been his companion—someone who had remained beside him for eons.

The feeling was so natural that Luke didn’t even have to think about what to say.

"Kiki, I am not carrying you." The words slipped out instinctively.

Luke himself paused. ’Why had he said that?’

Kiki, however, clearly understood.

His two eyes drooped, and his mouth curled downward as his entire expression became pitiful.

Then, with the saddest look imaginable, he detached himself from Luke’s back.

The eight black spider legs touched the ground one after another, lowering the coffin until it rested close to the floor. His back remained tilted downward while his face stayed raised, making the entire coffin look like a strange spider crawling through the maze.

"You should learn how to behave." Luke said it again without even thinking.

But as soon as the words left his mouth, he frowned.

’That was strange.’

He had no idea why he was saying such things to Kiki, yet somehow, neither the words nor his attitude toward the coffin felt unfamiliar.

"Weird feeling."

Rather than dwell on it, Luke decided to leave the matter alone and opened Kiki’s information.

Meanwhile, Kiki had already lost interest in Luke.

The little coffin began wandering through the dark pathway on his eight spider legs, aimlessly crawling from one place to another in search of something—anything—that might relieve his boredom.

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[Coffin of Infinite Keys]

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Type: Forbidden Titan Armament

Creator: Sevaroth, the Firstborn Crypt Titan

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[Origin]

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Sevaroth once sought to create a single Forbidden Key capable of unlocking the Cosmic Seal imprisoning his true existence.

He failed.

Instead, his countless experiments gave birth to a far more extraordinary creation—the Coffin of Infinite Keys.

Sevaroth abandoned the original name and chose this one himself, for every seal it removes can become another key stored within the coffin.

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[Absolute Unsealing]

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Classification: Seal Removal

Description:

A forbidden masterpiece created by Sevaroth after countless ages of studying the Cosmic Seal imprisoning his true existence.

Although it could not remove the seal placed upon Sevaroth by the Cosmos, the armor achieved something extraordinary—the ability to forcibly separate a seal from whatever it restrains.

It can remove almost any known seal, provided the user can satisfy the price demanded by the armor.

The required cost varies according to the seal and may demand energy, life force, souls, resources, planets, stars, or something even greater.

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[Seal Extraction]

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• Removes the selected seal from its target.

• Extracted seals are preserved inside the coffin.

• Each extracted seal can be used once.

• Used seals are permanently consumed.

• No known limit exists for stored seals.

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[Seal Storage]

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Every removed seal is preserved as a complete sealed imprint.

The user may release any stored seal whenever desired.

[Storage Capacity: Unknown]

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[Special Property]

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The coffin does not destroy the seals it removes.

It turns them into keys.

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"Another attempt, and it was also a failure."

Luke stared at Sevaroth’s information for a few more seconds before finally letting out a sigh.

The more he learned about this Titan, the harder it became not to feel sorry for him. Every path Sevaroth had tried to walk seemed to end the same way—blocked, sealed, or turned against him. Even after everything had been taken from him, he had continued searching for another way forward, only to encounter yet another failure.

Luke was beginning to wonder just how many times someone could be pushed down before finally giving up.

But before that thought could settle—

"Kid, I don’t need your pity."

The unfamiliar voice came so suddenly that Luke’s expression froze.

His head snapped toward the direction of the voice, and after finding its source, his eyes widened in genuine surprise.

A moment later, that surprise turned into a smile.

"Welcome, Sevaroth."

There was no mistaking the figure floating before him.

Like Luke’s other Titans, Sevaroth had currently taken on his fairy form, shrinking down to a miniature size. Yet the change in scale had done little to make his appearance less intimidating.

The iron-grey helmet completely concealed his head, its surface covered with spikes while several thick bars formed a mask across the front. Not even a glimpse of his face could be seen behind them. Dark rings remained locked around his wrists and ankles, with chains extending from each one and converging toward the strange green sphere embedded in his chest.

Sevaroth was studying Luke as well.

One of his brows rose slightly upon noticing Luke’s current form.