Crack

"Is this the failure that you had predicted?" The lively looking Naberius squatting beside him whistled. "You just had to be impetuous. Wasn't it you who was always telling us to keep a low profile?"

"Failure is no great obstacle," Paganini replied softly. "Besides, things are settled overall, right?"

"Seems like it." Naberius shrugged. "You know how important this opportunity is to us."

Paganini said nothing.

For a long time, the World of Dark had been filled with all kinds of madness. People often regarded Dark Musicians as akin to demons, evil spirits and catastrophes, but even so, there had never been any strife between them. Even in the process of exercising their power they had never gone to war.

As soon as Paganini entered the Abyss, he was among the best of the ministers when compared to the catastrophes under Hyakume's command. But he had never really taken on a leadership role.