Chapter 367: Stupid Pride
” I feel like that too, but if we betray the king, then he might just kill us with one thought. ” The Tottering Demon said, and all of them felt that they were stuck between two hard choices, and the wrong one would immediately grant them death.
” I think death by his hands is going to be much more brutal and painful, I can still remember how those corpses looked when attacked by those little monsters. ” One of the elders spoke, and others nodded their heads.
” Keeping our life for now is more important, and we can find a way to deal with the king later on. ” On these words, everyone finally came to a conclusion, they turned towards Jayden and spoke:
” We follow the king only because he holds power over our life, we have no loyalty towards him.
He has been treating us like slaves, ordering us around, even bringing us to the bathroom with him just because he was afraid, we don’t respect such being at all. ”
The Tottering Demon gave words to everyone’s thoughts and the elder who was waiting with a smirk turned around with a disbelieving gaze and he understood one thing by those words.
‘ So even if we all fight together, we won’t be able to defeat this person? ‘ he thought and instantly regretted talking before, now he could only beg for Jayden’s forgiveness or he might die a very very painful death.
” So, if the king is dealt with, will be you be able to follow my words? ”
Jayden asked, although he wanted to just kill them all, but it would weaken the Kingdom into a pitiful state and that would eventually lead it to destruction, so he had decided to spare some of them after all goddess Damuda had tasked him to protect this Kingdom that was created by the Asura God.
” Do you have a way to do that? ” One of the elders asked with hopeful eyes, despite being at the peak of strength in the entire Kingdom they have lived as the king’s slaves, constantly being under the threat that he might decide to kill them at any moment if he felt that they were plotting some thing against him.
” Yes ”
Jayden simply answered he was too lazy to explain anything, after all, he just needed to give one command to the king and he would do whatever Jayden wanted.
” Then we will follow your command, in return we just want some freedom and self respect. ” The Crazy Bull said.
” You will have full freedom inside this Kingdom, but you can’t kill for no reason or use your strength to force others, and as for respect, you need to earn that, “Jayden said these words emotionlessly, but all the eyes of the elders glowed with hope, the hope of being freed again and able to have their personal lives.
” We all agree to follow your command, uh… ” The Tottering Demon bowed respectfully and looked at Jayden in confusion as his sentence ended.
” Just call me whatever you want. ” Jayden said waving his hand.
” Okay sir, but what about… ” The Tottering Demon paused while speaking as his gaze went towards the elder who stood with a fearful expression, then he added:
” What do you plan to do with him? ” Jayden looked and after a thought, he spoke:
” Since he is loyal to the king, I can’t let someone like him live, who knows he might try to retaliate in the future. ” Jayden said non challantly, as the elder’s body trembled.
” N- No sir, I didn’t r- really mean a- any words, I was j- just trying to t- test the situation, p- please have mercy on me. ” The elder pleaded, all his pride was thrown away as he knelt in front of Jayden and began to beg.
All the other elders too had pleading looks, they were all friends after all so they wouldn’t want someone among them to die. After thinking for a few seconds, Jayden nodded.
” How about we play a little game? ” Jayden said as a sly smile appeared on his face. All the elders felt their hearts tremble when they saw his smile, they wondered how could someone so good looking appear so frightening.
” W- What game? ” Someone in the group asked, the elder in question was so afraid that he couldn’t even speak.
” Let’s spar, if I can defeat all of you within two minutes, then I win but if I can’t defeat you all within two minutes then you win, on top of that I won’t even use my most powerful techniques. ” Jayden said, explaining everything slowly.
As all the elders listened, wry smiles appeared on their faces, the game wasn’t whether or not he could defeat all of them but it was if he could defeat them in two minutes, Jayden was underestimating them so much, yet they dared not say a word.
” So if we lose he dies and if we win he lives? ” The Bull demon asked, and then Jayden nodded in response.
All the elders fell deep in thought and that single elder cursed himself for acting so arrogant earlier, being at the top for so long had clouded his mind, so without even knowing his opponent he had begun to provoke him.
‘ Haa, I should’ve waited a bit longer, my stupid pride have brought me to death’s door today. ‘
After the discussion, the Tottering Demon spoke:
” Okay, we accept your challenge but uh… We aren’t allowed to kill each other in the game right? ”
He wanted to confirm that Jayden wasn’t going to kill them in the game otherwise why would they put their life at risk for someone else.
” Yes I won’t kill you, so are you ready for the game? ” Jayden understood their concerns and replied.
” Yes, we are ready please give us a few moments to discuss our strategy. ” One of the elders asked and seeing Jayden nod, they formed a circle again and began to discuss.
Their goal wasn’t to defeat Jayden but to delay his win for as long as possible, as they talked Jayden felt bored standing there, he wanted to play this game for two reasons, The first one was to test his new strength, since no one else could even match half of his strength and the second goal was to show the difference in strength between them, so in the future they wouldn’t dare think of doing anything funny.
” What are you going to do with the king and his family? ” Anna asked, she was curious as to what kind of punishment he was planning to give to those people.
‘ I have a few things planned for them, but first I’ll let Jia have her revenge, after all, it wouldn’t be good for her to have bottled feelings of hatred, it would even hinder her growth. ‘ Jayden replied in his mind then he added.
‘ As for his family, I want to torture them in front of each other, give both the princes and the queen the most painful experience both physically and mentally.
However, I will let Jia handle the queen’s physical torture since I am not much experienced in that aspect. “‘ Jayden said.
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