Chapter 668 Cap 666: Athena's Quest Part 4

Pov Gregorio Roux:

,m I was in an underground cave near the Capital of the Black Empire, my main testing lab was done here, a place where no one visits normally and there are few monsters, a perfect place for me.

I was on the 12⁰ underground floor which is also the last one, this place is a big shed where a rectangular box 30 meters high is shaking strongly making the whole place shake, if it weren't for the thicker chains that my body holding it, so this place would already be destroyed.

"Are you sure you're ready?" (I)

"Yes, but unfortunately it cannot be controlled perfectly and its lifespan will be only a few weeks." (Maleg)

"Should be enough, how many of our elites did you need to use?" (I)

"Less than I expected, I only used 285 of them." (Maleg)

"Don't speak so casually of our brothers' lives, they volunteered to know the importance of this for our future plans." (I)

"Sorry for sounding insensitive, but after the things I've seen and done, I've learned to care only about the results, all for the death of damn Humans." (Maleg)

"The time for the Humans has not yet come, we have to conquer the continent before then, only then will we have enough strength to annihilate all the inhabitants of the Morror Continent." (I)

Facing this big box that contains the sacrifice of several of my people who, like me, cannot forget what those damned Humans did.

"I won't stop as long as there's still a trace of life left in this body, no matter what I have to do..." (I)

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Pov Athena:

After a few hours of talking, we were able to get along with the Queen of that Empire.

It seems that her plan was to take advantage of the revolt that Gregory Roux would cause to identify and purge everyone who still had malice against Humans, it seems that the hatred against Humans has become so great on this continent that the simple fact of not having a war has caused many impatient people.

She knew that Gregory Roux was a perfect symbol for such hatred and she used him, waited for him to join forces with others who think as insanely as he did, and then finish them all at once.

But she underestimated his intelligence and caution, she didn't even realize how big those numbers were.

In the end, Gregory Roux is the leader for bringing them all together under the same ideal, so she sees no point in killing only him as another will take his place and the conflict will continue.

But she doesn't realize that killing Gregory Roux will shake the morale of these hate-filled idiots, plus it's clear that he's still the mastermind behind this whole plan, so killing him will still be a good thing.

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That day I managed to form an alliance with Queen Melissa, so her cooperation with our mission will be useful and as I promised I told her all the information we had, I also delivered all the evidence we gathered so far.

Later, when only Angela and I were showering, we had time for a chat.

"You know, I think I understand our mission now." (Angela)

"There's nothing to understand, it's clear that master Zenos just wanted to see us cooperating with the Demons and know if we're capable of leaving what we learned in the Church of Light behind." (I)

"That may still be right, but I think it's secondary, he said he didn't want to get involved in this civil war, but this mission to kill the leader of one side is already a big involvement." (Angela)

"If there's one thing I've learned so far, it's his unpredictability, a lot of the things he does are meaningless." (I)

"Because our thinking is very straightforward, we are thinking that the enemy is Gregory Roux's group." (Angela)

"But they are the enemy." (I)

"No, they're just part of the problem, Queen Melissa herself said, the real problem is hate." (Angela)

"The hatred of these Demons for Humans caused all this, I also found out that there was a similar case of Demons attack on the Morror Continent that Master Zenos stopped." (Angela)

"I heard that too, but I don't understand what you're getting at." (I)

"I'm saying he wants the Demons to see the result of his hatred, this civil war has eyes from all over the continent seeing this, seeing soldiers who become Kimeras and people screaming about their hatred for Humans." (Angela)

"But there are no Humans here, it's Demons fighting themselves, it's Demons making their own people suffer because of a hatred of something that happened over 100 years ago." (Angela)

"It doesn't matter if the Empire wins or not, the important thing is to show the rest of this continent the result of what this hatred brings." (Angela)

What Angela says makes sense, but I don't know if master Zenos thought so deeply about it, he gave the quest only because lady Lilian asked and even then it was only for one target.

"I understand his thinking, I can't say if things are as you described, but Queen Melissa is right, for people with a clear cause, killing Gregory Roux will have little effect in this civil war." (I)

"I still don't know the answer to that." (Angela)

"It's been a long time in the shower, let's go out, there's still a lot we have to do until tomorrow." (I)

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Pov Lilian:

After Athena and Angela exit the bathroom, I climb out from under the water where I've been holding my breath.

"Angela is a smart girl." (I)

"Yes, but it's weighing heavily on the master, I'm sure the reason for this mission must be something simple." (Nix)

"But I must say I'm surprised they came to Melissa." (I)

"With the information that will be passed on to Melissa, the civil war is just a short time away." (I)

"Don't think too much about the future, we'll just keep watching, there might still be something unexpected happening." (Nix)

"That might be true." (I)

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Pov Zenos:

The last few weeks have been so relaxing, I spent my time drawing and discovered something, I'm terrible at it, but Samira seems to have been influenced by me and shows great talent.

Now she was on the balcony of my room in the mansion inside the Dungeon enjoying the dungeon's starry sky.

"(Master, why did you give this quest to Athena and her friends?)" (Nix)

"Because..." (I)

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