Chapter 287: Escaping Death, A Deal with the Death God (2/2)
“Coffin of the Death God – Funeral!”
Yet another shadow coffin took form around the elder Allen Brother. The lid rumbled as it closed.
The elder Allen Brother turned into a bloody mist as the shimmering Treasured Book of Sealing fell to the ground with a plop.
“Brother…” the younger Allen Brother cried out with his dying breath.
Afterwards, his eyes glazed over as his body stiffened and turned cold. It seemed like his heart had stopped beating under the immense pressure and terror.
“I’m not hallucinating?”
As a stream of pale white particles surged over him and pushed him out of the elder Allen Brother’s Field of Blood domain, Ayrin felt a familiar presence.
“Lotton?” Ayrin cried incredulously.
There was no response.
Several minutes later, as Ayrin’s consciousness slowly returned, he realized that he, Rinloran, Stingham, and the Dark Queen Mermaid were all at the entrance to the hall.
The Field of Blood domain had already begun to disperse, but the air was still tinged with the sickly scent of blood.
The younger Allen Brother and the lightning spirit were both dead on the ground before them.
As Ayrin raised his head, he saw the skinny figure with a stooping neck once more. It was indeed Death God Lotton!
“Who saved us? Was it because they heard my screams?” Stingham abruptly asked as he regained consciousness as well. He seemed pleasantly surprised as he touched his own body to make sure he was fine.
But as he saw Lotton standing before him, his mouth dropped in shock, “Lotton? You are still alive… how did you manage to escape from Eichemalar?”
“Lotton? Is he not an Evil Dragon Follower? Why did he kill the two Allen Brothers?” Rinloran groggily questioned.
In their current state, it was impossible for them to deal with Lotton.
As they didn’t understand Lotton’s intentions, and Lotton himself didn’t speak, silence descended upon the hall.
Crack!
As the cold within the hall had mostly dispersed as well, the ice covering the Spring of Darkness began to fragment.
At some point, Stingham couldn’t stand the silence anymore as he suddenly screamed, “Aha, I got it! It’s a scoundrel stealing from scoundrels! You wish to rob us and the Allen Brothers!”
“Idiot!” Rinloran swore.
If he wanted to rob us, then he wouldn’t have wasted energy saving us from the Field of Blood. Can you not sense the sickly scent coming from his body? It’s clear that he suffered quite a bit to save just now.
“You three have gotten stronger a lot faster than I expected,” Lotton abruptly stated.
His voice was very cold, but it didn’t contain any killing intent.
“Why did you save us?” Ayrin straightforwardly asked as he looked Lotton in the eye.
Lotton looked Ayrin back in the eye. After several seconds, he replied, “I would like to make a deal with you.”
“A deal?” Stingham exclaimed in astonishment. He couldn’t help but follow up, “What kind of deal?”
“I would like for you three to come with me and procure something from within the Abyss of Evil,” Lotton stated.
“Where?” Stingham asked in confusion.
“The Abyss of Evil at the heart of Fallen Shadow Valley,” Lotton responded.
“What? You must be joking!”
Stingham hopped to his feet as he looked at Lotton as if he were an idiot, “The Office of Special Affairs specifically warned us not to go anywhere near there. Don’t you know how many freakish four gate, five gate, and even six gate, arcane masters are currently fighting down there? With our strength, we would just sending ourselves to death.”
Stingham used to be very arrogant because of his talent, which he depended heavily on. But then, he realized that he could only be arrogant within the academy. This was especially true after his bout with Jean Camus.
Moreover, no matter how stupid and brainless he was, he still understood the dangerousness of the current situation following his near death encounter just now with the Allen Brothers. The valley was currently filled with countless experts. Who knew how many unknown, but powerful arcane masters were currently roaming around out there.
“If you guys don’t agree, then I will kill you right here and now,” Lotton indifferently replied.
Stingham abruptly closed his mouth.
“If you guys agree to help me, then everything that was on their bodies will be yours for the taking,” Lotton added. “Don’t forget I saved you guys just now.”
“These two were pretty much exhausted already from fighting us… otherwise, you wouldn’t have been able to go against both of them by yourself…” Stingham muttered in annoyance.
“Why do you wish to enter the Abyss of Evil right now when It is so dangerous?” Ayrin asked as he seriously considered Lotton’s request. He couldn’t understand as he asked, “Just what is it that you want? With our abilities, I’m afraid that we will not be of much help down there.”
“No way?”
An incredulous expression emerged on Stingham’s face as he cried out in disbelief, “Ayrin, are you seriously thinking of making a deal with him?”
“Could it be that we have another choice? Idiot!” Rinloran rolled his eyes at Stingham, “Well I guess we could let him kill you first and then accept the deal.”
“……” Stingham despondently rebutted, “Do you have any humanity in you?”
Lotton remained silent as if he was pondering over how to respond to Ayrin’s question.
“The number one rule of arcane teams is to never conceal anything.”
Ayrin looked Lotton in the eye once more as he asserted, “If we are to go into danger together, then we must thoroughly trust each other and share the same goal. You must share everything with us. Otherwise, it will be impossible for us to succeed.”