Chapter 562: Secret Realm of Gaia (2/2)

He strode forward with Kyrie on tow. Behind him, Kyrie was openly glaring at them however she was only met with dull and lifeless look on their eyes.

Raven knew what she was doing but he didn't bother to stop her. He just calmly walked past the hopeless men who were staring at him with hesitant gazes.

He walked forth until he arrived in front of a moldy throne in the middle of the room. Raven paused for a bit before sitting on it as if claiming his rightful place.

Once he sat down, a weird feeling ran through the hopeless people's bodies.

Seeing Raven sitting on that moldy throne was him announcing who he was to them as if the thunderbolt mark on his forehead wasn't enough to do so.

What's even weirder is that, even though Raven hadn't said a single word yet, he gave off an aura that reminded them of few things from their past.

Eventually, it came to the point where everybody was now awake and were staring at Raven who sat calmly on the moldy throne with Kyrie standing behind him. The situation was strange since under normal circumstances, these people should be kneeling in front of him or standing tall with rapt attention.

It is what should they doing as the prided Army of the 9th Chosen, yet none of them did anything to welcome him nor to pay their respects to him. This is why Kyrie was so livid.

”Is everybody awake?”

”...”

That was the first time that Raven spoke since arriving here. His voice echoed throughout the wide hall and was of course heard by everyone. However, nobody answered him nor acknowledged him just yet...

”No matter, I already knew the answer anyway...” Raven muttered loudly.

”Well, then. Let's get the formalities out of the way.” He straightened his back and stated. ”If you still don't know what me sitting on this moldy throne entails, then you're either dumb or acting like one. Either way, I don't care.”

”I am the 9th Chosen of Zeus. My name is Vendrick Valorheart. I got this mark not too long ago.” He said while pointing at the thunderbolt mark on his forehead.

”Now, I don't know why you're all reduced to this pathetic state nor am I here to apologize for being late and all.” Raven looked at the one by one as he said this. ”I also can't say that I sympathize with you since frankly, I don't. I wasn't expecting to see you looking like this anyways. Specially after Kyrie told me that you were raring to meet me.”

Kyrie's cheeks were burning with shame upon hearing this. She had this urge to cry yet had no tears, therefore she could only take it out by glaring at the 'Army' in front of them.

”I'll give you two choices.” Raven state out loud. ”You better listen carefully since I won't be repeating myself.”

”Your first choice is to leave.” He said, causing not only the army's eyes to widen but also Kyrie's. ”You heard me right. I'll be returning you freedom to you.”

”You can leave this pathetic life behind. Anyone who decided to pick this choice will be given a final pay of 100,000 Merit Points as well 10 Million worth of Spirit Stones. You can use these resources however you like before leaving the Ancient Elysium Sect.”

”No hard feelings between us. I won't blame you for leaving if you truly had enough of this life and wanted some peace or something else entirely for your ending. You can have it. Your contracts will be safely terminated and nobody from the sect will hunt you down - That is of course after we erase your memories about the sect, we can't risk the safety of the sect just because of your departure now do we? So rest assured. You'll make a clean exit.”

Raven stated the terms and due to that, the army were now playing close attention to him. Some people were even considering his words.

”Your other choice is of course, to stay.” Raven stated after a while.

”Staying means continuing your life as a Soldier - My Soldiers. You will follow me with my battles and what achievements I get will be shared amongst you. There's no way that I can guarantee your safety nor could I guarantee that you'll live a peaceful life. We will be fighting tough battles and every single one will be filled dangers.”

”The only thing I can promise you, is that I will do my best to lead you to victory. I will do my best to will my battles against the other chosen and their army. And if I ever arrive at the point where I'm strong enough to content against the Devil Emperor myself. I will promise you that I'll risk my life on the line to eradicate this abomination and end this persistent war once and for all.”

”Now that you've had your choices. I'll give you one day to decide.”

After saying that, Raven stood up from his moldy throne and left the central hall and his soldiers to think by themselves.