CHAPTER 63: A CHOICE

I don’t know what this woman is playing at just yet since she’s got the upper hand right now. I’m unsure if she’s Isabel or not but she is a member of the cult regardless of who she is.

She seems to be knowledgeable about who I am and what I’ve done to them so far— It makes me wonder how many other members know of me or what I can do.

That puts me in quite the spotlight for them if they are well aware of everything like she is. I’ll just have to see if I can learn anything from this encounter or if I’m going to be the one giving answers.

"Did you really kill the reaper in Helfri by yourself?" She asks.

Nobody helped me in that fight so obviously she wasn’t there to witness the battle in any way. It means that someone survived and delivered the information back to them after we left.

That was pretty damn quick for them to relay everything since we didn’t stick around for very long. This woman’s speed is probably a lot faster than mine if she was able to follow me that quick.

"Yes I defeated the reaper by myself." Artemis answers without any hesitation in his voice.

I shouldn’t worry about it too much right now since she’s asking these questions for a reason. There’s something that she’s trying to figure out from me with them.

Maybe it’s because my powers are still unknown to them in a lot of ways and no one has posed a threat until now.

She remains silent for a few moments. "What about General Nori?" She speaks with a bit of curiosity in her voice this time.

Artemis relaxes as he looks towards the mysterious woman. "I beat him on my own as well, why are you so curious about it?" Artemis responds with his own question.

Assessing my strength is probably the smartest thing to do in her shoes so I can imagine that this gives her quite a bit to work with. Knowing that I what the reaper of Helfri and the general known as Nori, I’m sure that speaks numbers for her.

Neither of them were weak by any means and I’m honestly surprised I didn’t have to return by death to beat them.

I’m not an experienced veteran in combat so every fight has been a challenge for me, considering my only training was from my father as I grew up.

She crosses her arms and leans back against the wall. "I’ve never seen someone so young take down such powerful people, especially not a reaper." She answers with a bit of a surprised tone.

"You going to kill me after you’re done asking me questions?" Artemis asks with a calm tone.

I’ve got no reason to panic about any of this since I can come back no matter what but I’d like to know what she’s going to do. Killing me won’t change anything that’s happened to them.

Unless I’m unlucky and it brings me back that far when I die, then I’ll really have questions for the goddess who granted me this power.

A small smile was on her face behind the mask after hearing his question. "No I don’t intend to kill you, but you will have to make an important choice going forward." The girl responds.

Not intent on killing me here? This is definitely getting a bit more interesting than I expected it to be.

She’s also talking about me having to make a choice, what could I possibly have to decide now? I don’t believe the others gave me much choices when it came to our encounters did they?

Every encounter has been death or death regardless of how I approached them. What could she possibly ask me that’s any different from that.

"What kind of choice?" Artemis questions with a bit of concern visible in his voice.

Shit, I didn’t mean for it to be noticeable but either way she’d probably be able to tell that it was a concern of mine. It’s not that hard to read on someone, even if I also got a mask on covering my face.

"Are you planning on killing Isabel or will you be taking her out of the continent?" The girl asks with a serious tone behind each word.

Obviously I won’t be killing her since I’ve made a promise not to kill her to whomever that person was. But I don’t get why she’d ask me such a specific question about the leader of this continent.

Wouldn’t a follower be more focused on eliminating a threat like me instead of asking me a question like this?

"If you are going to attempt to kill her then you should know I’ll interfere, if you are going to get her out of this continent then I’ll support you with whatever resources I can." She continues on while Artemis thinks.

I figured she’d be loyal to them regardless but why would she want Isabel to get off the continent of Heartfeld? There’s something that I’m missing here.

The same person who had me make the promise wanted her alive and now this girl wants to see if I’m taking her off the continent. There truly is something special about Isabel and I don’t know if it’s best to follow the path with her alive.

What if she’s the key behind resurrecting Nyxoria, then we’ll all be screwed. As much as I don’t want to do it... I’ll have to keep her alive till I find out a bit more about why she’s so important.

"I’ll be choosing to keep her alive and to get her out of here but what’s so special about her?" Artemis asks, watching to see if anything is obvious with her body language.

If she can give me something to indicate what’s going on with this girl then maybe I can understand better. "If Isabel dies the first phase will be initiated. The world will enter the first stage of chaos." The girl explains with a serious tone to her voice.