Chapter 68 A choice (2)
Chapter 68: A choice (2)
"Why do you even want us away from Hunter?" Aimee asked while cautiously keeping her attention on the five gathered individuals before her.
She had heard something about World Order before — the organization which was more than enough to trouble her mother — but Aimee was never in a position to know more about them.
The vampire replied, "We're keeping the world as it is… an unknown variable in the form of a man will break the balance, so much as threatening another Lucifer event." Her eyes closed, "In a far past, after the victory against the demons', Lucifer cast the curse throughout the world in the form of the invisible wind. No one could detect that… no one could ever predict that he would create monsters with demonic mana by sacrificing his life at the last moment. All lifeforms, so much as little dogs and cats, turned into terrifying demons strewn across the world, causing chaos by killing millions of innocents. It took the world a lot of time to study the curse and its purpose… to make new communities and institutions to keep things in check… to create the world as it is now."
A man couldn't rise in strength.
That was what this woman basically said, explaining the dangers of unknown variables surging in strength.
Aimee gazed at the woman for a few seconds before sighing, "I see… well if that's all, I'm politely refusing your offer."
"Are you sure?" The vampire asked in a cold tone.
Even Hunter turned to the side, taking in the vista of Aimee, standing like an independent woman knowing what she wanted in her life, with his eyes widened by surprise.
Chuckling with her attention still on the vampire woman, Aimee voiced her reasoning, "Yes, I'm sure. Want me to break it down for you? Sure! Listen! Because I don't want the world to be as it is now! It's that simple! I want the royalties you're so desperately keeping in check to be hunting monsters and beasts, creating the royal hunting world of the new era! I want to be the center of that world!"
"You've set yourself an impossible dream," the vampire said.
"But he believes in that dream, and I believe in him. See the difference?" Aimee faintly smiled, "He's given me enough reasons to believe… and has more secrets to lure me to his side! Until he keeps believing in me and making me believe in him, I'll stay by his side as a good girlfriend as we learn more about the hunter world! The moment Hunter puts my dream aside or halts my growth, I'll be the one to sever my connection with him! I'm the beast, not a puppy wagging her tail. The royal hunting world will be my home, so this harem-seeking idiot better be already thinking of buying a house on my turf!"
"I will get a mansion for us… in the world you envision, Aimee…" Hunter chimed in with a hoarse and chilling voice, his heart drumming with blossoming into genuine love feelings.
Feeling a cold aura on the side, yet already used to it, Aimee turned around to face him, "On another thought, I want a castle-"
Only to be stupefied as Hunter had activated his Death's Honor Skill, turning himself into the Dullahan — Dark Knight.
Black particles flooded out his soul, turning into black armor's steel slices, slowly plastering themselves onto his body.
His blue eyes shone like lanterns brimming with countless souls, soon disappearing in the crack of his dark visor.
As his entire frame heightened because of this transformation, Hunter took the helm of his team.
"I wanted to show you two this… on our first mission. Now, I want to show you even more… so if these guys turn out to be impossible to defeat through normal means, I already have an idea how to join our skills to kill them. From that moment onward, listen to all I say and don't question it. Believe in me… cause I can't die."
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Standing by the other side, Seraphina was shocked to see the strength emanating from Hunter's black armor, which was much more than he had showcased during the yearly exam.
It was probably the skill that allowed him to kill Aza, an enemy she couldn't defeat because of many factors.
Yet, as she was now healthy and at her peak form, Seraphina gave herself low chances against Hunter and his highly ranked skills…
Which was a good judgment from her side.
Moreover, behind that black armor, Hunter also wore leather black armor from his own world, whose exact usages were still a mystery. His hands were coated in gauntlets and black leather gloves as well, harmoniously boosting his Strength Origin further.
With so much equipment and skills expanding his origins, he was a different breed from Seraphina and Aimee.
'He hasn't asked me about my opinion yet… does he also know that I can't join the Word Order?'
It was because her elder sister, Charlotte, had once said to her to avoid spirits' contracts and working with them. On that matter, Seraphina didn't really know why and what was so wrong about spirits. However, because the gap between her and Charlotte was so vast despite her being more talented, Seraphina listened to that advice with her heart…
…for her elder sister already had shown her that her decisions were poor.
'Or would he once again selfishly say that I'm his future wife?'
This was a thought that evoked the recent talk with Hunter and how Seraphina had given an example of a woman losing her mind because of a husband.
Which was naturally an example tightly related to her life.
[Every case is unique, but I can only respect such a woman.]
Pushed forward by those words, Seraphina took Hunter's flank, standing abreast of her friend, Aimee, whose lips were curved.
"Have you noticed it, Seraphina?" Her hazel eyes reflected the vampire woman who talked with her… and her vampire companion perched on her side, "They're trembling."
Which was something that the three werewolf contractors had noticed as well.
"What's happening with you two?"
The loud vampire replied, "D-Dullahan… he must have a contract with a Dullahan! B-But how come… his presence weakens me?"
"He must have a trick up his sleeve against vampires! The bastard knew we would visit him, huh!? I'll kick his ass and make him spit what he knows about the World Order!" The werewolf woman growled.
"Be careful… the spirit within me… is trembling way more than me."
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