64 Girls talk (2/2)
”You tell your friends to just forget about me, and I will talk to Marcus and tell him to forget about you. What do you say?”
”...!!!!”
”Not only that, I'll even take you back to your old home!”
”What!!?? You can really do that??”
”Of course... I'm a goddess after all! I can fulfill any of your deepest desires!”
Evlin was starting to receive a feeling of doubt. She could simply end it all, right here and now. No more fights with terrifying demons, no more running away from Marcus, no more being unable to see her mother and sister. She could just go home back to her old world and leave this whole thing behind. And all she had to do was convince her friends to give up on their revenge as well.
Evlin was never really good at doing business, but was there even any reason not to accept this offer? She would lose the deal with West probably, but they only made that deal to stay safe from Marcus. Daren and the rest would probably be really upset, but aside from that, they could finally just start living their lives in peace, without worrying about having to lose their lives every day.
Why would she refuse such a perfect offer?
”I can finally go home?”
”Yes!”
”I can even bring Ashley with me?”
”If you want to, sure!”
”My friends won't have to fight anymore?”
”They will be safe and sound. I won't let any harm come to them.”
”We don't even have to enter the demon kingdom??”
”Marcus will handle the kingdom. Just go live your life child!”
”And all I have to do is convince Daren and the rest of my friends to give up on their revenge?”
”Correct! Just give up and let me be!”
”... This... This sounds too good to be true...”
”It's not... All you have to do is give up!”
”...”
”Just give up child, and I'll handle everything else!”
”Why... Do you keep saying that...?”
”Say what child...?”
”Give up...”
”... I don't think I understand your question...”
”... The goddess of the West... She wouldn't give anything to us unless we accepted all of her conditions... We had to give up the freedom of two of our members and accept to work on her name... She gave us a lot but she asked quite a lot in return...”
”... Eh...?”
”But you...? You are just giving everything to me on a silver platter... What even is the downside for me here...? What am I losing exactly?”
”Why do you have to lose anything child? Why can't I just be a generous goddess who wishes to solve things peacefully?”
”... Because if you were...”
Evlin's body started to be surrounded by energy.
”There wouldn't be so much death and suffering caused by your hands in the first place...”
”...?”
”You didn't come here to make a deal... You came here to get me off your back...”
”...”
”You... You are afraid of me... Aren't you?”
”... ... ...”
”You just can't wait to put me on the first bus to another world so that you won't have to deal with me again... Can't you? You're trying to get rid of me!”
”You think a goddess would be afraid of a mere child?”
”Maybe you would... Since gods are forbidden from directly killing humans... And since this mere child got a very special birthday present from the west goddess...”
”...”
”Can you guess what that is?”
The energy that was surrounding Evlin finally disappeared. She extended her arm towards East and held her chin with her finger. She no longer looked like a fourteen-year-old wearing a school uniform. She was now looking at herself the way she was in this world, a grown woman warrior equipped with armor to fight against any opponent that would dare to come her way and ready to defend all of her friends.
”The secret to kill a divine diety!”
East was looking at Evlin with a cold expression.
”... That little shrimp... So she did tell you after all...”
”Indeed... And that terrifies you... Doesn't it? That a mere child is so close to putting you in your place?”
”You little pest... I gave you the offer of a lifetime!!”
”Man!! What an offer!! Let the other team win right when I'm two steps away from the finishing line! I really am a silly dumb human child!”
”You insolent...”
”Here is the thing, how about I make you a deal?”
”What??”
”Right after I finish my job here and finally get done with this stupid kingdom, I'll deal with Marcus and his little chess-club, and once I'm done with that, I'm coming for you next!”
”...”
”After I'm finished pummelling you into the ground, if you bend on all four and beg Daren, Lilith, Auren, Gustav, and Ria for forgiveness... If you scream your crying eyes out ”Please forgive me!! I was a bad goddess!! Please don't let me die!!!”, then maybe I'll consider letting you go...”
”What!!??”
”That is... Only if you agree to give up your spot as a goddess, turn yourself into a human and let West win the competition.”
”You must be joking... I'm in the lead in the competition! I have the strongest sword on the planet on my side... Marcus would never lose to you... And I would definitely never lose to you...”
Evlin looked at her with a massive grin.
”Then you have nothing to worry about!”
”... Marcus is going to cut you into tiny pieces and feed them to the dogs...”
”Riiiight... Mommy's big boy... He sure looked intimidating while crying ”Don't talk about daddy!!” over and over again...”
”Xadi has your gauntlet and silver metal. He will fry you with a lightning bolt!”
”Indeed... It worked so well last time!”
”The slayers will have silver metal created directly from Marcus himself, they will tear you apart!”
”You mean that pack of idiots who couldn't deal with two little girls? Yeah, I'll take my chances.”
”You will not win this fight!”
Evlin approached the goddess and was one inch away from her face.
”Then why are you shaking so much?”
”!!!!”
East looked at her own body. It was faint but she was indeed shaking a little bit. She was shaking from the presence of a mere human.
Evlin noticed that East's body was starting to fade, which meant she was going to wake up any time now and leave the white void.
She gave one final glance towards East before leaving and parted with a few words.
”See... You... Soon!”