Karax

Karax is the Champion of the Sanguiscreech Ant Colony and the time-moving manipulator later called I. Chapter 779 makes the identity explicit; I is not a separate sponsor or copy. (Chapters 592–595 and 779)

Biography

Champion, survivor, and I

Karax watches Nameless Death enter the colony's chambers and feels shame when the intruder leaves without being driven away. He is the colony's defender and has defeated Level 5 Gods, but Nameless Death terrifies him even at Level 2. The queen orders Karax to retreat after one loss rather than die for pride, because rebuilding the species depends on its generation's Champion surviving. (Chapters 592 and 594–595)

The colony's later destruction turns survival into revenge. When I finally confronts Neo, he admits that he is Karax and blames Neo and Henry for destroying the Voraka colony. His unexplained ability to move through time accounts for Neo's repeated failure to catch him and for his collection of soul fragments. Exposure removes the alias but does not end his hostility or the larger plan surrounding the stolen eye. (Chapters 779–781)

Appearance and personality

Karax has an ant-like carapace suited to the Sanguiscreech colony. He is proud of violence and office, yet capable of fear, shame, and obedience when the queen prioritizes the species over his honor. As I, grief hardens into secretive manipulation and desperate rationalization. (Chapters 592–595 and 779–780)

Powers and limitations

Karax is an experienced combatant who says he has defeated multiple Level 5 Gods, but the text does not assign him a personal level. His later defining advantage is movement through time, which lets him evade a pursuer and intervene across histories. The mechanism and formal stage remain unstated. (Chapters 594 and 780–781)

Relationships

Karax serves the colony's queen and carries responsibility for its continuation. The Berserker inspires fear and shame, while Neo becomes the person he blames for the colony's ruin. His revenge is collective rather than merely personal: he regards his survival as the surviving claim of an exterminated people. (Chapters 592–595 and 779)