Chapter 409 - The Mysterious man (2/2)

”No human should bear the mark of this in front of me.” The man said as his hand moved forward and hovered above Monk's head..

Right now, multiple thoughts were going through Monk's head of the many actions he could take. Should he flee, should he try to fight, shoving his blade through the man's hand? If he was going to die anyway, he should do something right? Yet for some reason, Monk couldn't do either of those things. It wasn't because of fear though, Monk could tell from his sensitive Ki training that he meant no harm.

As the hand was placed on top of his head, suddenly the seal on his forearm started to glow, until a smashing sound like glass was heard. When peaking down, he saw that the seal was no longer on his arm.

He tried to send a message to the others using the system, but it was no longer there.

”I have freed you from your chains.” The man said. ”I saw what you did, how you saved that girl. Think of this as a reward for your brave actions. You are free to go and choose what you wish to do with your life.” He said as he walked away.

Monk was all of a sudden very confused. Was this man not aligned with the shadow, was he not going to infect him or kill him, ask him to betray his friends. What was the purpose of attacking them with the beast?

The curiosity was starting to get to Monk. Not once while interacting with the man had he felt the evil presence he would often feel. He had felt it in the tunnels underneath Avrion. When dealing with the Dark guild members, but not right now.

”Who are you”? Monk asked.

The man stopped before getting on top of the beast

”I believe you already know the answer, but I like you. If you want to learn more, then come down to the south harbour of the Alure kingdom. Or, you can choose to continue following the person who gave you the marking. But let me give you a little warning, there is only one way to break a seal like that, and that's to have more power than the person that placed it on you in the first place. You can stay out of this war, or you can choose to go against me.”

With that, the beast lifted the man and went off into the distance. After a few minutes, he could no longer see the giant beast or fog any longer and now Monk could see, he was in a valley of some sorts, and behind him was the large cliff that he had fallen from.

”I'm sorry Martha, but if we want to win this war, we need to find out more about who our enemy is.” Monk said.

As his next destination was the south harbour.

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