NABC Chapter 650
Chapter 650
Chapter 650: Chapter 54: The Path of Inscription Chapter 650: Chapter 54: The Path of Inscription Watching Liya raise her hand and fix him with a gaze filled with murderous intent, the Counselor suddenly glanced at the grape beside him, and a moment of inspiration struck.
“I have one last question,” he said rapidly, “Am I the only one you are here to kill?”
Liya did not answer, but her silence itself was an answer.
...As expected, there was no issue with the grape.
Had he triggered some kind of deadly condition...?
In an instant, numerous thoughts spun through the Counselor’s mind.
Although he didn’t know what he had done to make her feel the need to kill him...
he eventually resigned himself to the absence of hope for life.
...
He had previously witnessed the power of this Phantom Demon firsthand, and he knew if she wanted to kill him, there was absolutely no hope for survival.
If his true self were here, perhaps there would be a chance to escape.
However, Sherlock was merely a third power level Mage, without even a weapon to hand.
Facing this semi-deity possessing divine nature, he had no hope of winning.
Given these circumstances, further struggle was meaningless and might even implicate the grape.
The Counselor quickly made such a resolution.
“Listen!”
As he sidestepped away from “Mycroft,” he called out sharply and quickly, “Do not make an enemy of Aiwass, he is the beneficiary of the Gemini Mirror—”
He made every effort to convey the final piece of intelligence to the grape without revealing their transcendent identities.
Having uttered that critical sentence, the Counselor sighed in relief.
He didn’t know if he would die in reality as a result of this death, but even if he were to survive by chance, he feared he might lose all his memories.
The Counselor fought so desperately not out of paramount loyalty to Valentine VII.
He didn’t care so much for Antimony.@@@@
Transcendents from the Path of Dusk are like that, rarely caring deeply about anything from the bottom of their hearts.
...Nevertheless, his death was not meaningless.
He had passed the most important intelligence onto the grape.
The grape was a very smart girl who was his most beloved student.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t have come all this way to accompany her for her ascension.
He hoped from his words, she would deduce what he truly wanted to express, that she would realize his intentions.
—Aiwass could replicate another’s path and abilities with the blessing of the Gemini Mirror!
The Counselor stared intently at the grape, as if hoping she would understand his thoughts.
As he spoke those words, he continued to move his feet, trying to distance himself from the grape to prevent the attack of the Defiant Flame Butterfly that would kill him from affecting her—his words on the surface seemed to be in favor of Aiwass, giving the Defiant Flame Butterfly even less reason to kill “Mycroft”.
By the time the Counselor’s last words fell, he had already stepped aside three paces.
Before his fourth step could land, a fiery stream burst forth with a roar!
“Sherlock’s” body was completely engulfed by flames in an instant.
Elsewhere, before this.
The Stranger awoke amidst the din of fierce battle.
He clasped his forehead, his expression complex.
...Today, he finally understood why his mission included the clause “not to be taken back to Antimony.”
As it turned out, doing nothing would result in being taken away by the Antimonians...
Indeed.
As someone born into Antimony nobility, the Stranger was very familiar with the Antimony Kingdom’s way of doing things.
If this timeline were to hold, given Antimonians’ craving for research talent, they would undoubtedly snatch Master Nobel.
To Antimonians, kidnapping talent was far more crucial than resources or treasures.
In a country that accommodates the Son of the Moon, Necromancers, Demon Scholars, Witches, Alchemists, Mages, Priests, Astrologers, Hunters, and assassins, the one prominent characteristic is that they turn away no one.