Chapter 283: Sorry, I have weak hearing.
As soon as Eren implied what he wanted, Mist’s expression turned grim.
If the Devourer was a problem that could be classified as dangerous, then there was another person who truly embodied the term ‘Nightmare.’
Even with the four Overlords working together, they had been defeated by him. This was a secret known to almost no one in the world, except for the Four Overlords and the Devourer.
Without the aid of ‘those people,’ Mist was certain the four Overlords would have died while attempting to seal him.
How could she help that person, especially since it seemed he had already begun to recover? If she did, and he fully regained his strength, would they stand a chance of surviving?
No, even before considering their own survival, what if ‘those people’ discovered her actions? For the first time in a long while, Mist felt deeply conflicted.
“Even if I give it to you, it can’t be used to help him. I’m sure you already know it needs the help of all four Overlords that sealed him. I’m just the one holding it, but I’m not the key,” Mist answered, trying to sway Eren.
“Instead of going so far, why not tell us where he is hiding? I promise, all your previous crimes will be forgiven. We will even accept you as an Overlord and arrange a meeting with him for you!”
‘A meeting with him? Who is she talking about?’ Eren was somewhat confused but he didn’t let it show on his face.
The way Mist talked about it, it was clear that Devourer was supposed to know about it. He couldn’t just ask her who she was talking about.
At the same time, he couldn’t accept her demand. She was literally asking him to hand himself over so he could be killed and then he was going to get rewarded with a meeting?
‘Isn’t that the same as receiving a coffin as reward after dying? What would I do with her rewards if I’m dead?’
Eren didn’t believe her words entirely. They weren’t friends so they didn’t have any reason to be truthful. He was more prone to believing that she was still trying to trick him.
“I think you are misunderstanding a little. I’m not here to request. I’m here to demand. If you need your daughter back, give that to me.” Eren didn’t let Mist take the initiative.
“Or else, I might accidentally fail to control
my strength and crush that neck. It can be even worse if I try to devour her,” he said, realizing that he was the one who had the upper hand.
Mist bit her lower lips, almost making them
bleed in frustration as she watched her daughter’s face turn pale due to
suffocation.
“Fine! I will bring it to you!” Mist said,
unable to control her voice that was
brimming with anger.
She turned around and disappeared. As
long as she could get her daughter back, she was willing to give that thing to him. In
any case, he couldn’t take it outside. As long as he released her daughter, she could take it back along with the life of the bastard who was supposed to be dead.
She appeared in her room in front of the safe that only she could open. There was no lock or keys to open the safe. It didn’t even need to scan anything.
The only way to open the safe was to use her abilities which no one could copy. She soon opened the thick door of the safe
that was strong enough to survive even the strongest attack of the First Hero, at least for a few minutes.
“I knew I shouldn’t have left it to the
Necromancer bastard! This time, I will make sure that he stays dead!”
She pulled out a small red box from the
treasury that was so small that it fit her
palm.
Looking at it, no one could have guessed that it contained something so important.
Back in the main arena, there was absolute silence in the absence of Mist. Even the professors didn’t say anything in an attempt to convince Eren. If Mist couldn’t do that, how could they?
They even worried that they might annoy
Eren and make him hurt Sera, the blame of which could fall on their head.
On the first floor, Prophet came closer to another professor.
He asked, “Who is he?”
Although the Professor was surprised that
the Prophet who had the ability to see the future didn’t know about that person or this incident.
Still, the person in question was Devourer
so he simply gave credit to some unknown ability of Devourer which protected him. The Professor whispered in response, “He is Devourer. I am sure you heard about
him.”
‘Devourer? How is he still alive? I am sure the book said that he was killed by Necromancer Tower Master. How can he
be here?’
Even if the future was changed with his appearance, how could the past itself change? There were only two possibilities.
Either the book was wrong or the person in front of him wasn’t Devourer.
While he was still pondering over it, Mist
returned. She appeared in front of Eren on the ground floor, keeping only ten meters of distance between them to be close enough to catch him after the exchange while also not scaring him.
‘Is that it?’
Eren looked at the small red box in Mist’s
hand. His heartbeat started getting faster. Finally, he didn’t have to rely on the temporary unseal talismans. “Return my daughter first, and I will give it
to you,” Mist said, raising her hand to
reveal the small red box that was made from unknown Materials.
Eren tightened the grip around Sera’s
throat. “I am sorry, I seem to have weak hearing. Did you say something?” Mist bit her lower lips as she clenched her
fist.
She tossed the small red box to Eren who removed his other hand from Sera’s waist and caught the red box..
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