Chapter 201 - 169.2 : An Offer (1/2)

Arthur did not panic and swiftly headed into a remote alley then hid well before he closed his eyes and entered his consciousness. Although the origin of the voice surprised him, it didn't frighten him as he expected that the existence he locked inside to be powerful, after all, he couldn't possess it.

In a matter of seconds, he found himself in a vast endless space with a starry sky in all direction. Some distance away from him was his soul, which was a big blob of light with chains around it and two rotating objects above it.

Arthur cast his eyes on away from his soul and looked at the source of the voice, which came from inside a big cluster of thick chains. He used these chains along with countless Death Seals to lock the knight but it didn't appear to be working too well since whatever was inside could talk to him directly.

The other presence seemed to sense that Arthur responded to its words by entering his consciousness so it resumed talking

”Demon, I see you managed to get a good thing, how about we make a trade.”

Hearing the voice again, Arthur felt alarmed as he stared at the cluster of chains. He raised his senses and cautiousness to the maximum and only replied after he activated the Ethereal State.

Before he could speak, the voice coming from within the cluster of chains added with a bit of shock

”A demon with such intense Life force?.... No, this is not Life Energy hmmm.”

The voice seemed to be pondering as it remained silent for some time.

”First, I'm not a demon and second, what are you?”

”Kid, don't try to play those tricks on me. You can change your appearance or somehow create fake Life Energy but you can't fake or imitate the innate ability of original demons.”

Arthur didn't retort so get rid of this baseless assumptions as it would be too much of a bother and he would gain nothing to reveal his real Race. Furthermore, the voice ignored his second question and only focused on the first.

”What do you want?”

Arthur held suspicions over this entity, it laid dormant from the moment he locked it until now so he guessed that it woke up due to something he got from the Kang Treasury House.

”What do I want? It should be me asking you, after all, I wasn't the one who was locked against his will in this place.”

This was only met with a frown from Arthur. From the tone of the knight, he knew that it wasn't afraid or contain the helplessness of an imprisoned being which made him feel uneasy.

Seeing that it got no reply from Arthur, the knight continued:

”Let me tell you something first, possessing me isn't something like you could do. I can only think of a handful of demons capable of doing so. But I can still grant you many benefits which can boost your strength by more than you can imagine.”

The knight who a very powerful ancient and that is a fact Arthur knew about. To be valued by the gargoyles so much that their leader would kneel in front of it, it must be even above the God Realm which is why he expended so much effort to steal it from them. However, he knew nothing about it and is certainly not stupid enough to fall for such offers. With the help of the Ethereal State, his mind soon calmed down and his heart became firm, he gently smiled at the knight and answer

”No thank you.”