Chapter 607: Blood Exchange (2/2)

Additionally, the rune shouldn't lose it's effect this time around since it's doesn't just simply has Raven's Will in it, it represents Raven's unbending Will and is enhanced by his own longevity. This rune was representing Raven himself, and Raven could more or less ignore the effects of this Hidden Element, the rune should be able to do that too.

And just as he predicted, even after Raven rested properly. The rune was still working overtime, completely untouched and unbothered by the hidden element.

Raven checked the conditions of his teammates and saw that they're no longer in pain. Instead, they look like they're having a very good and long dream.

He nodded in satisfaction and admired his creation for a bit before preparing food for when they wake up.

In the middle of his task, he felt the War Gods moving. They released a groan and regained consciousness one by one. As soon as they woke up, they stretched a little bit and tried to recall what happened before they lost consciousness.

Once they realized what happened their faces shown wonderful expressions before looking at Raven with wide eyes.

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”...damn! Who would've thought. We really let out guard down!” Henry exclaimed as he felt greatly frustrated.

They were currently sitting in front of the table, just finished eating their meals when Raven told them what transpired.

”My bad, I was a little bit late to realize it. Had I known then I might've been able to do something to counter it before everything went down hill.” Raven smiled wryly as he admitted that he too got a little bit complacent.

”Oh no! You already did wonderful job. Honestly, being able to sense that there's something messing up with our minds even when it's completely visible is already amazing enough.” Theo said.

”That's right.” Charles nodded. ”It is out fault that out 'Will' was lacking. Allowing that 'Curse' to erode us and leave us in an embarrassing state. As soon as we're done here, I'll return to the Hall of Ares to fix this issue so that it'll never happen again.”

”Still, that was a frightening experience.” Logan muttered. ”Looking back, I couldn't even tell that it was already that bad. I just felt exhausted and jaded, I didn't even question why I felt that way. I just thought that it was normal. I didn't expect my 'Will' to be the weakest here. To think that I was the first one to cave in...”

Logan clenched his jaws as felt greatly disappointed in himself. It wasn't just him, the other War Gods also felt the same. In fact, it's not like they could blame him from succumbing to the tempting pull of 'rest'. There wasn't much gap between his and their Will anyway since Raven told them that as soon as Logan succumbed to it, they all followed him right away.

Even Henry who didn't miss a chance to make fun of Logan, was silent currently. This just show that this matter weighed heavily on their minds.

Well, there's that. But there's also the fact that Raven remained completely unaffected by it. Which just upped his position to their minds. To think that someone who's at least generations younger than them, possessed an even stronger and firmer Will compared to them was amazing and also slightly embarrassing for them. Not only that, he single-handedly saved this whole trip.

Had it not been for him, they'd probably fail at their task already.

None of them expected this climb to be this fierce and scary. They thought that their problems only lies at the trials but they were proven wrong time and time again, and it certainly didn't feel pleasant. At this point, they don't even know who's the true supporting character here, Raven or them. Could they even be considered as a supporting character? Aren't they just extras at this point?

”Well, how about we move on instead of lamenting about what happened. We already found a solution for it right? Why don't we focus on the more important things instead.” Raven stood up and pointed at the path forward.

”There. There is were our destination lies. We're so close! Only 500 miles left. Since this Hidden Element or Curse could no longer affect you, then how about we see what's at the peak, yeah?”

The War Gods looked at each other and nodded, they all stood up in determination and was prepared to reach the end of their journey.