Corrupted soul

Offer?

The three headed flying beast slowly descended onto the ground, landing merely ten meters away from Kenta who was slowly approaching the black-haired ninja in the distant.

Once the flying creature was on solid ground Jessica dismount from its back. At the same time Kenta raised his greatsword upwards and was prepared to slash downwards when..

"Wait!" He heard a voice called out to him from behind. Curious he slowly turned his head to slightly looked over his shoulder. A beautiful woman with long brown hair and blue eyes was slowly closing the distance between them. "Do I know you?" He inquired, curiously.

"No, this is our first meeting, please allow me to introduce myself... I am Jessica, I have no last name, so please call me Jessica." She said curtly. Hearing her words Kenta frowned. "Okay, Jessica do you want something?" He asked.

"No, I don't, at least the current you can't give me what I want." She replied, somewhat sarcastically. Hearing this Kenta raised an eyebrow.

"Oh, the current me. Are you saying that I could grant your desire if I was stronger?" He asked, seemingly amused.

"Perhaps you could. However, we'll talk about that some other time, anyway we don't have much time until the knights arrive here, as you have caused quite a ruckus. So, I'll keep it brief." She said, clearing her throat.

Soon her blue eyes shone with a peculiar glint as she stared at Kenta's sword that was clad with the aura of death, slowly she opened her mouth.

"I have an offer for you." Kenta frowned as he heard this. "An offer? What kind of offer do you speak of?" He questioned, suspiciously.

He had no idea who this woman was, he also knew nothing about this desire of hers, with no knowledge of her identity he couldn't help but be suspicious of her.

"There is no need to be so guarded, I promise I won't bite." Jessica said, playfully. "..." However, Kenta said nothing as he just waited for her to continue speaking.

Understanding the indication of his silence she continued without delay. "Come with me back to the temple of power." She spoke. However, Kenta's indifferent expression changed slightly as he heard her offer.

'She wants me to follow her to the temple of power. Why would she want that? Wait what exactly is the temple of power?' Kenta looked at her strangely as he pondered to himself.

"What do you say, will you accept?" She asked, ignoring Kenta's confused face. "Wait before I give my answer, can you tell me what the temple of power is?" Kenta inquired, curiously. As though expecting such a questioned she answered easily.

"The temple of power is a place where those who worship the war goddess train." Kenta's expression changed abruptly when he heard the mention of a goddess, he had originally thought that the people of the current era had forgotten about the gods and goddesses.

"You worship the war goddess?"

"Yes, this is a secret but... those with special position actually received the blessings of the goddess. Which increases our combat power." She further explained.

Soon she raised her sleeve revealing a tattoo like markings on her right shoulder. "This mark is proved of her blessing." Jessica said, her voice filled with pride.

"If you agree to come along with me and join us, you'll also received her blessings as well effectively making you hundreds of times stronger than your current self." Jessica said, with expectations in her voice. This was a once in a lifetime opportunity for him to gain strength.

Anyone would jump at such an offer but, Kenta frowned. Even though her offer was a little tempting a part of him felt disgust at the thought of receiving a god or a goddess's blessings, he didn't know why but that's how he felt from the bottom of his heart.