The old man who had entered was definitely the same one Felix had encountered earlier when he'd given up proving himself against Chester. Felix couldn't possibly mistake him.

"What exactly do you want?" Felix asked, even suspecting that the old man might have sent Roderick.

As he spoke, Felix was surprised to notice that Roderick now stood there with a blank stare, as if he had become completely dazed.

"You think this worthless person was arranged by me? I would never stoop to such tactics," the old man scoffed, pointing with his finger. "His consciousness is now clouded. Even after I leave, he won't remember anything that happened here."

The ability to cloud someone's mind? Felix's expression changed as he realized this old man was extraordinarily powerful, likely at least at the Domain Realm.

Could it be that when Kirk had advanced step by step to ultimately become a Chaos-realm powerhouse, this old man had played a crucial role?

Logically, such a powerful individual would neve