Chapter 519 - 465 : Human history (2/2)
”If all of your race was half as intelligent as you are, maybe it wouldn't have come to this. Maybe, just maybe, you could have reached a compromise.”
Though he was captured and surely about to be killed, the being remained unfazed, even when he was facing death. His gripping golden eyes remained locked on the robbed-undead making its way toward him.
”You don't understand. We were blamed since our creation… and not only us, our magnanimous God wasn't spared too. Those naysayers, foolish and restless, wanted to find a target to incriminate, and we were just unlucky to be created at such a time, the perfect time for them.”
”As I told you before, I shall repeat it again. Your words won't change a thing, they never will… it's over now.”
The commander flashed a hideous smile at Arthur, his body wriggling and his tied hand balling into clenched fists.
”No, it's not over. It will only be so when the humans are gone. Undead, with time, you will come to understand how dangerous and corrupted humans are, how one second they wave their innocence flag and the other, they stab you in the back, ruthlessly and mercilessly. Beware.”
The commander didn't wait for Arthur's final attack and, instead, freed one of his hands and stabbed an arrow into his heart, killing himself.
Arthur looked at the lifeless body of the commander laying on the ground and let out a soft sigh, waving his hand, storing the Cthulhu's body then sending a blinding light high-up in the sky. This radiance was the signal meant for the three hiding in the back.
A few seconds later, Lucy, accompanied by Lissandra and Vyncent, appeared next to Arthur. The silver-haired woman's gaze was on Arthur, who was lost in his thoughts.
”To be honest, I didn't expect it so end so quickly and… easily.”
Vyncent let out a surprised whistle as he saw the scatted bodies of the dead Cthulhu, most of them scorched or missing a head or a limb.
”Let us go, I do not the smell of this place.”
Arthur landed on the ground and started walking North-East, seemingly still absent-minded. Sadly, his pondering was cut short as a disembodied voice rang inside of his head.
”My dear guest, do you feel happy now that you got rid of one obstacle? Relieved after massacring thousands of my children?”
As he heard this familiar voice, Arthur knew that it was Timos, the massive being that could be seen from all corners of this world.
'They simply got what they deserved.'
”Yes yes, don't misunderstand me, I do not blame you or resent you. It was a necessary action to get to your destination and I fully support your direct and swift means. It's just that… I'm curious about your thoughts, your 'feelings'. Unlike your humble and dear comrades, I cannot see through you. You're like an impasse, blocking me and everyone, and, this picked my interest. A hot and interesting topic which can distract me for a while, decrease some of my unrestrained boredom.”
'I'm not obliged to talk to you, much less reply.'
”Of course not! What you do is entirely up to you. I'll talk and you, unwilling to converse, will quietly listen to me. You're free to deny my words if you ever want to, too.”