Chapter 75 - Choice (2/2)

”For all I care, you can be wiped out if you want. I came here not to talk about your rights, but to give you a choice. The choice between siding with the dark magic wielder or with me. The choice to protect the last members of your race or lead them to eternal doom. The choice to do the right thing, by siding with the right side. The choice to choose me!” Her flame hair flowed freely above her head, her hands clasped behind her back.

With her dark smirk, she was the personification of the sovereign of death.

Ian shivered as he looked into her purple eyes. They were eyes of mystery and power, of majesty and glory, of life and death.

He instantly understood.

If they so much as took the dark lord's name, she would rain death on them. Brutally and mercilessly.

”So, you see. It is very simple. You become my underlings and I will guarantee you the safety of your race. You decide to become the shadow lord's underlings, and I will kill you immediately. I do not like making things difficult for myself. I end your history today, I save myself from future trouble. But whatever the ending, the choice will be yours to make.”

”You...what makes you think the Pink Goblins would work as another race's underlings?” In all his hundred years of life, Ian had never faced such blatant humiliation before.

He was never told to his face to enslave himself and his race to secure their lives. He never experienced such shame.

”I would rather kill myself than become your slave.” He wrathfully hissed, his clenched teeth grinding painfully against each other.

”You are more than welcome to. But, are you taking the decision for the rest of your race? If so, we shouldn't waste any more time. Hahaha...” Laughing uproariously, the female's form raised into the air, red-gold light swirling around her, as the bottom half of her body transformed into a giant golden tail.

”You can all burn to dust, together!” Stretching to her full form, the serpentine's tail enveloped their tiny figures in her golden scales.

Just as Versailles opened her mouth in preparation to attack, a piercing cry stopped her.

”Wait! Wait! We will side with you!” She shifted her gaze and saw the speaker was the white-haired goblin.

”Uncle Ulain!” The young blonde goblin screamed.

Knitting her brows in confusion, she impatiently waited to hear what he had to say.

”Well, go on. Remember, this will be the last chance you have to speak. So say whatever you want to say in one go.” She encouraged good-naturedly.

”We will side with you. You said that you will guarantee the safety of our race if we become your...underlings. You and the dark magic wielder have a feud. Okay, how can we be sure that you will not go back on your word?” The white-haired goblin, Ulain calmly asked.

”Good question. Unfortunately, there is no way for you to be sure. I guess you will just have to take a leap of faith. Either way, it is not like your race will be losing out, is it? After all, I did just save you from the brink of destruction. Even if I were to slaughter you in the next instant, I would owe you nothing. Your lives belonged to me the moment I saved you.” Her sharp violet gaze met Ulain's pink ones, shedding all sort of pretense.

She had no desire in making false promises. Whether they became her underlings or not, it did not matter much to her. Her goal in coming to the flaming forest was to prevent the dark magic wielder from growing his army. To prevent the shadow lord from growing stronger.

As for making the Pink Goblins her underlings?

It was a thought that unabatedly flashed through her mind and on the spur of the moment, she immediately decided to act upon it.

Since she planned on creating her own force, she thought of making the Pink Goblins her first recruits.

They, would be her first subordinates.