Chapter 584 Negotiation (1)
The Eye cannot talk to me directly but by using everything its possessor had, it was desperately conveying how it didn't want to perish along with her. n-/OVelbIn
If it could speak, it would probably say something along the lines of 'Spare her. She'll be of help to you!'
Maybe that pillar it sent down lacked the power to kill me. However, at the very least, it would weaken me enough to blow the wick on my thought of taking the path that involves killing the troublesome woman.
It's sly or it's simply that selfish. If it just wants to survive, it can just offer to be gouged out of the woman's eye sockets, no? Nah. There's probably a limitation to it. No matter how mysterious it was, it was bound to her.
Transplanting that pair of eyes to someone else won't make one its new possessor. Hence its desperation to keep her alive.
I could feel all the cells in my body churning from the cold. If it wasn't for my uniqueness and wariness that I might fall prey to its ability again, my Source Energy could've been frozen again.
At this distance... I could further sense its will – the veiled woman couldn't defy it anymore. That few seconds of clarity was all the chance she had because of her injury and her triggering the self-destruct sequence.
In any case, this situation is undoubtedly strange. Did the Eye of Destiny also exhibit this kind of ego before? I cannot remember any instance. Yuko had it under complete control. And even if she didn't always rely on it on every occasion, it would always be activated whenever things proved to be troublesome for us.
Regrettably, Yuko died because of me without being able to appeal using her Eye of Destiny. I hastily decided to take them all with me because of the hopelessness of the situation.
Right. I wasn't any different than this Eye of Nihility. I was worse and yet my Companions continued to believe in me.
Time quickly passed while I was lost in my thoughts.
At one point, the Glacial Energy Storm started to calm down, however, the cold being emitted by the woman's body concentrated only on me. Like chains binding me to the place, it's preventing me from moving away again.
Her white-as-snow hair fluttered freely but with her body already out of her control, she was nothing but a doll this time.
Two seconds.
Three.
The Glacial Energy Storm gradually subsided and the blanket of pure white blocking my vision slowly returned to normal.
The sky that was tinged with red and the ground of the floating island with blackened rocks down below once again appeared in my view
My Companions were all in the vicinity of the Kingfisher. If something unexpected happens, they'll be able to escape right away. But as always, their looks of concern and trust mixed in with their gazes.
Up above, the incarnation of the World's Will was watching closely. However, having gotten a taste of my power,?it didn't dare to do something else other than wait for the organization's reinforcement.
I paid it no heed earlier to make it believe that I wouldn't go after it once we're done here. I could subdue it easily but I had to exert significant Energy Control to do so.
The surrounding captured Transcendents all watched on in horror. They already resigned themselves to being captives but when they also got subjected to the woman's storm-like rage, they also feared for their lives.
At the moment, they're actually rooting for me to resolve this peacefully.
If only they knew what was in store for them, they'd probably struggle for the slim chance to live.
Hummmm~
Around half a minute later, like a winter morning breeze, the Eye finally responded.
That humming sound made by the sliver of the woman's Source Energy delivered it.
And its first demand not discounting the conditions I set is...
To bring up the woman back to her peak after wiping everything away from her – even her identity.