Chapter 54 The Old Man and the Trickster (1/2)

The standoff lasted for a while, yet the battle that Arran expected never cahter

”Still afraid to face rin on his face

Senecio did not respond, instead h Arran was relieved that a battle had been avoided, he was still distressed at being dragged into a conflict he wanted no part of, and did not understand in the slightest

”Who are you guys?!” he blurted out

”We,” Panurge began, ”are what you ht call Gods I amatic counterpart is the God of Order”

”Gods? You?” Arran gave hie was powerful after the confrontation between him and Senecio, but to Arran's eyes, the man seemed far from divine

”I could turn you into a rat, if that would help convince you,” Panurge said, raising an eyebrow ”Or perhaps it would help if I looked the part?”

At once, Panurge's body started to change He had previously been a norrow taller First an inch, then a foot, then two — in ht feet tall

And that wasn't the only thing that had changed His shoulders and arrown inhumanly handsome, as if it was sculpted from flawless marble

”Perhaps this better fits your idea of what a God should look like?”

Arran was startled to hear that his voice had changed, too It had grown deeper and louder, and there was an authority to it that caused him to shudder in awe

”Leave the boy alone,” Senecio said

”After all the work I did to bring hirinned wickedly ”I think not”

”You arranged for hienuinely surprised

”Of course,” Panurge replied ”I've had erated sigh ”It really took so those Redstone fools find him”

”Then why did you do it?” Arran asked He had already suspected that he had not run into the Redstone men by accident, but the idea that soh all that effort for hie said ”You interest me You're still terribly weak, and perhaps not all that talented, but trouble seems to follow you like wolves follow sheep”

Arran looked at Senecio, feeling soe, he feared that even the suggestion of hiht stir Senecio into action

”Don't worry about the old e said ”With my protection, he cannot touch you”

”Why not?” Arran had no intention of joining Panurge, but he was still anxious to learnsides Even if he made it out of here, he very much suspected he would not be rid of thee said, ”between Chaos and Order We Gods cannot interfere directly with the affairs of each other's forces on their oorlds — not unless the other party does so first”