My Beginning After the End

Epheotus Pt. IV

"Why would a continent full of powerful beings rely so heavily on another continent who is so much weaker? I knew at some point things would change, and you would try to end it yourself, so yeah, I guessed." I might not have guessed, knowing what I do from the novel, but I think I had a believable lie.

"You are smart." This stupid god believed me, haha. "I see why Aldir speaks highly of you, and I also see why he speaks poorly of you." Aldir speaks poorly of me, it's probably my attitude, I don't hold back when I am with him.

"So, are you not going through with the attack?" I asked, this would give us an advantage going further, because after the attack, they have to abandon Dicathen, and are no longer able to help us.

"No, we are still going through with it." Kezess said, and I stared at him confused. "I won't stop an attack because of a child's words." I nodded, you know what, screw it, we don't need them, they aren't fighting with us anyways. "If Agrona is killed, the war is over."

"Your logic is there." I shrugged. "I won't say anything else, but it won't work, he knows your coming." I told the asura, trying to change how he is thinking, he is too reliant on the strength of his dragons. I loved how I was able to speak to him without being afraid of the consequences since I was a clone, it was pretty nice.

"We will see." Lord Indrath said. "Windsom, we might have made the wrong decision, we should have trained both the boys, not just the older Lesser." If I had the training Arthur did, and I was in white core like I am now, I would be an even scarier force. "Are we done already?" I asked, curious to why I had to come for all of this.

"No." He spoke calmly. "We have to chat about something else, and this will stay private between us." He glanced at his wife, then spoke to me. "The elf princess, Tessia Eralith." My face didn't change, I didn't show any sort of emotional change. "I bring up your brother's lover, and you don't react?"

"Why would I?" I answered, then kept on speaking. "She is just a princess in love with my brother, that is all, nothing more, nothing less."

"Don't lie to me, boy." Lord Indrath spoke, causing me to shiver, it was a weird feeling being ordered by this man. "You know what is at stake, I know, I can see it in your eyes, you know what she represents."

I smirked and spoke. "And how would you know what she represented? I don't understand how you would know anything about it." This was something that always interested me, but I never really cared because I didn't think I would ever meet Kezess.

"That doesn't matter." He answered. "You know then, don't you." I nodded my head, confirming what he thought, it didn't matter, Arthur knew I knew. "I am here to give you another order, think of it as part of our deal.

I put my hand over my mouth, thinking about what I should say, then I answered. "It depends but go on." It has to do with Tess obviously, that has to be why he brought her up suddenly.

"In exchange for a healthy core, I have but one thing for you to do..." He paused for a mere second, then said. "If the war is at an end, you must kill the elf princess." My eyes didn't change, I saw it coming, of course he would ask me to do that. He knew Arthur wouldn't, that's why all he asked of him was to close his heart to her.

"Pft." I made a noise. "That's a lot to ask of me." I said, but he clarified what I knew from the fucking beginning. "But thank you, you just proved to me that Aldir and Windom have been lying. I knew you had the mana arts, or healing artifact here that were able to heal me."

"Your sanity for the safety of both our continents." It depends on how you look at it, I don't think the Legacy attacks Dicathen. "You kill her if you lose the war, you make sure Agrona does not get his hands on her, that is what I am asking of you."