The Slayer demonstrates mute defiance by turning his back on the king, and even then only actively shows his offense once Novik crosses a line by declaring that the people of Earth are no longer the Slayer's to save. He states that the Slayer's actions will bring down the wrath of the heavens.
He commands that the Slayer respect Sentinel law and not kill the Hell priests due to their holy Sentinel blood, even though they have committed many transgressions. King Novik is skeptical of the Slayer's quest in Doom Eternal. When the Slayer enters the throne room at Exultia in pursuit of a component for the Celestial Locator, Novik appears to the Slayer, who demonstrates fealty by kneeling. Though the Doom Slayer himself is considered a sovereign warrior king among the Argenta, at least up until his actions at Sentinel Prime against the Hell priest Deag Grav, it is apparent from his actions that the Slayer is still considered a subordinate to King Novik. When the warriors, including the Doom Slayer, were then scattered and trapped within Hell by the priests, Novik is recorded to have lamented his decision to trust the priests one final time. It was also Novik who later accepted the plan brought forth by priests of the Order of the Deag for the elite of the Sentinels to attack the Nekravol. This event is recorded in the engraving entitled, The Gift of Argent. King Novik witnessed the introduction of Argent energy to Argent D'Nur, and he participated in its formal presentation to the Khan Maykr.
The Signifiers then brought forth a commission for the Outlander at his command. It was he who condoned the breaking of ancient tradition by granting this privilege to an outsider, silencing critics within the Sentinels by personally deeming the warrior worthy of the honor. King Novik presided over the knighting of the Outlander, who later became the Doom Slayer. It is said in the Ligra Sultagenta that the rule of King Novik was a time in which the Argenta had secured "peace and safety through dimensions across time and space." The coming of the Outlander would mark an eventual end to this period, as Hell would soon attack the Sentinel worlds. King Novik can be seen at right issuing orders from a rampart. A page from the Ligra Sultagenta depicting the Argenta civil war.
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