The Last Primal

"[Reptilian] I will give you a chance. Come with me, and I will be magnanimous and let bygones be bygones!"

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When the crowd heard these words, at first there was a pin-drop, dead silence.

A mere moment later, a commotion broke out.

"[Reptilian] What in the… How could someone be so lucky?!"

"[Reptilian] Isn't that too cruel? His brother just died and instead of taking revenge, he is offering that man an olive branch?"

"[Reptilian] What impossible luck! That person's life is truly tough for such a miracle to appear!"

"[Reptilian] He must have been a saint in his last life to be this fortuitous this time around!"

"[Reptilian] Seems like Captain Korgoth truly holds this man in high regards! Otherwise, he wouldn't have made this decision! Sadly though, it seems that his brother has died for nothing!"

This was a turn that none of the gathered crowd could have expected. It was truly beyond anything they have thought.

Initially, all of them thought that the hooded stranger was dead for sure. None of them expected Korgoth to not only not punish him but instead take a liking to Aiden and wanted to take the latter as an underling.

[Reptilian] "Heh… You have changed your mind?" Suddenly, breaking his silence so far, the hooded figure, Aiden asked.

Stunned momentarily, Korgoth nodded right after.

"[Reptilian] Yes, that's right! Since you are new to the city and have just crawled out of the dredges, let me enlighten you. I am one of the Elite Captains of the Temple Guards. The topmost power in the ci-"

Before Korgoth could finish his sales pitch, Aiden interrupted him. Raising his right palm he shook his head and smiled. "[Reptilian] Unfortunately, I have NOT changed my mind."

"[Reptilian] Huh? What?" Korgoth narrowed his gaze on Aiden, squinting as he focused all his attention on him. The pressure was almost palpable. "What do you mean, kiddo?"

Raising his head slightly, Aiden looked at Korgoth with his usual, friendly, carefree looking smile and said in a calm, cool tone.

"[Reptilian] Earlier on, I was prepared to kill anyone that would step up against my new friend and myself. That has not changed. As such, please die."

The moment he said those outrageous words, an uproar broke out!

"[Reptilian] What!!!"

"[Reptilian] Is that man crazy?"

"[Reptilian] He is really asking to die?!"

"[Reptilian] What audacity! He was offered heaven's gift and he refused!"

No matter what the crowd said and roared, Aiden acted as if he couldn't hear them. Tirax however, remained silent and took another look at this unknown, mysterious stranger once again.

He didn't know what to think anymore. Whilst he didn't want to admit it openly, it was a fact that he was saved from that beast before. Even if the response was way too brutal and wasn't well thought out, this hooded figure was the only one that stepped up and decided to come to his defense.

Even if Tirax was absolutely certain that he had to have some ulterior motive for doing so, the facts were clear and undeniable. He owed him his life.

Yet now, when he was given such a heaven defying gods' given opportunity he declined it without hesitation?! He couldn't help but frown and try to look at this figure… yet only to realize he could not see through him, nor his intentions.

Vyndridolth who was still hiding amongst the crowd and was just waiting for an opportunity to sprung to action had a charming, happy, elated smile stretching his fair face. The more she followed this young man, the more interested she became. He was such an enigma, and whilst his actions seemed strange, she could vaguely guess the true intent behind everything he was doing.

Even though the Temple Guard were far from being the righteous warriors they advertised, marketed themselves to be, they were undeniable a powerful group with a lot of pull in the city.

Despite not agreeing in their hearts, not many would have had the same stance as that mysterious stranger. Most of the crowd would have probably jumped at the chance.

However, he couldn't be moved by such an offer. He possessed a fearless spirit!

Not too far away, on the second floor, the white-robed man's eyes shone brightly as he looked at the green-robed cultivator below, wanting to see through the latter.

After hearing the words, Korgoth was stunned for almost a full minute before his expression eventually relaxed and he burst into laughter that grew louder and louder with each passing second.

"[Reptilian] Ahahsahahaha, oh my!"

Even though Captain Korgoth was laughing, the killing intent in his eyes was intensifying and was almost corporeal!

As one of the Elite Captains, the highest, most respectable leaders of the Temple Guards, he was almost unstoppable in the inner, true city of Ugburg and no one dared to provoke him before. However, there was now a stranger, a lonesome stranger who popped out of nowhere and were boasting of killing him!

"[Reptilian] Indeed, my intuition was right about you, kiddo!"

Korgoth's gaze was cold as he leaped down from his mutant Carnosaur and strode slowly towards Aiden. A cold gust of wind blew around his figure acting as the materialization of his murderous intent!

"[Reptilian] Stay put. Nobody interfere!"

Korgoth exclaimed before smirking menacingly at the hooded figure before him. "[Reptilian] You have earned yourself the greatest merit kiddo… I will kill you personally!"

Before he was done speaking, suddenly two shadows shot out in opposite directions from beside his figure.

A large, humongous object appeared seemingly out of nowhere. A huge sword, uncharacteristic to what Aiden had seen before was unsheathed somehow from Korgoth's sleeves. It looked extremely sharp and shone with a silvery hue.

It was undoubtedly a high grade, exquisite, and bloodthirsty weapon.

Such treasures were incredibly rare in this place. Only those standing at the highest echelons of their race could have a chance to obtain such power!

Slash!

Grabbing the hilt with both hands, Korgoth stabbed towards Aiden's throat at an extremely fast speed!

Not looking surprised by the sudden cheap shot, Aiden did not reach out head-on with his bare hands. Instead, he slid his feet for a sidestep to dodge the incoming blade.

Although he was fairly certain he could easily take on the man, and crush him directly, Aiden didn't want to show too much power for the time being and wanted to display a somewhat similar strength. He needed to show some struggle, as if he was one of them, fighting for them!

As such, unless he had no other choice, Aiden wasn't planning on revealing his true power yet, and keep as low as it could be possible given the circumstances.

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