Chapter 341 Ashes and Dust (2/2)
“But who do you think has killedher head to the side and tapping her lips with a finger “Agrona’s forces have killed, what? Twenty thousand? Fifty? But Kezess, well…”
“Deaths rona’s continued treachery,” I said, repeating Windsoht in confidence after the destruction of Elenoir It was unnerving to have this Vritra mutt throw the same words at me now “And that’s Lord Indrath to you”
“You sound just like hi the toe of her boot into the ash
I raised ain as tall as she was The retainer tried to step in front of his Scythe, but she stopped hireat Lord Indrath, and I will not be spoken down to by the likes of you, half-breed”
She shook her head “I didn’t , I suloith ht, and pointed it at Seris’s heart “You have exhausted ht now, and there isn’t a soul in hundreds of retted ave me a sardonic look
“You already took care of that, didn’t you, Aldir?” she asked wryly The retainer shot her a fearful glance, as if even he thought she was pushi+ng their luck “But is that all you are now, pantheon? An executioner? assassin? Faithful automaton, devoid of empathy or the ability to think for yourself?”
Why doesn’t she fear you, Aldir? I asked myself
Because she knows you are done with death, the answer resounded froround ht “If you expect rona, you are—”
“Indrath, Agrona Agrona, Indrath” Seris ran a hand along the length of one curving horn “You speak as if they are the only two beings in the world, as if there is no choice but to serve one or the other”
I scoffed So this was thequeen to the Vritra lord? “This is a war of two sides Everyone must choose a side, even you, Seris”
“But is it, though?” A storaze “If the world is a coin, Agrona on one side, Kezess on the other, then someone else has flipped that coin, and no round—it will be that so back down”
“Who is it you speak of so reverently?” I asked, somewhat unnerved by her demeanor “Who do you believe could rival these tho are considered great even a the asura?”
The Vritra half-breed smiled coyly “Oh, you know him well, Aldir, perhaps even better than I do A certain hu off more than he can chew”
My eyes flew open—all three of them—asWorld Eater, when I felt an alien presence watching reater deity—a true God—had arrived to witness e me by it I hadn’t knoho it could have been at the time, but now…
“Arthur Leywin…”
SERIS VRITRA
I was cautiously optiaze Cylrit stood protectively at , more than ready to lay down his own life for h the conversation had gone exactly as I had hoped, I wasn’t yet ready to turn my back on Aldir Instead, we stood like that for so down atback as placidly as I couldaura
I kneas risky, con's approval and revealing myself to the asura, and I even felt just a little bit bad about giving Arthur’s survival away to the asuras as well But the boy needed a push Agrona had his new pet, and it would only be a matter of ti running around the Relicto under the guise of “Professor Grey” at Central Acade conflict between the Vritra and Epheotus would ruin everything These episodes are published on lightnove lpu bcom
Finally, Aldir released a heavy breath—half irritated scoff, half world-weary sigh—and shrunk back to nor a black-opal portal, and vanished with a sudden rush of s as they deflated I looked down at ht fist in frustration I refused to shake with fear, despite the gap in power between the asura and me
“Will he tell Indrath about Leywin?” Cylrit asked as he reached out a hand to draw in the few lingering particles of ht away, no,” I answered, considering e of the asura “He’ll ponder e’ve said, agonizing over e’ve shared this information, afraid it may be a trick or a trap Then, eventually, his sense of duty will overwhelm his concern, and he will tell Indrath Exactly like ant him to”
A slow smile spread across my face as I considered our current situation My plans were continuing tojust ahead of the war, but the reappearance of Arthur Leywin as the mysterious Ascender Grey was a welcoee so conveniently placed at his side, well…
“Agrona will kill us if he finds out about this rona cannot currently see beyond the walls of Taegrin Caelu ht now, at least until he decides if this whole reincarnation gambit orth it”
“And if he does?” Cylrit’s voice carried an edge of nervousness I wasn’t used to fronificantly less careful with his Scythes and their retainers,” I answered
There was a brief silence Then, Cylrit cursed “Sovereign’s horns It’s eerie here, isn’t it? No mana, no noise, no life at all…”
“This,” I said, linking rona and Kezess have their way Agrona will happily take Epheotus in exchange for Alacrya and Dicathen, and Kezess is willing to rebuild life here from the ashes up if he has to”
A shi+ver ran through azed around the erona wouldn’t really let this happen to Alacrya, would he?”
I snorted indelicately “If, in exchange, he could rule over all the other asura clans—or destroy them and take Epheotus for the Vritra—then you know dae for the land of deities the I’ve never really understood,” Cylrit adhtly so that I had to release his araze “Why the hurow into his strength because of you What’s so important about him?”
I floated into the air and turned southwest toward Darv “Even now, I can’t say what Arthur Leywin’s part in all this is going to be He’s an anoe I sensed that the moment I laid eyes on hith to wipe out entire countries, one human shouldn’t matter Even you and I are a ripple in the sea of power next to beings like the asuras These episodes are published on lightnove lpu bcom
“It was the mana that told me, Cylrit The way it see his co reality without even trying He didn’t just h the world, the world ”