Chaos and Order - A Multiverse Fanfic

C43: A Last Gift for Cersei and Failed Blood Prophecy!

18 hours to Mission End

Evening, The Sewers

Kai could make any notification reappear in front of him.

So he had been torturing himself by bringing it up in his eyes every 5 minutes. The thing in his eyes lured him, beckoned him, and only failure lay behind it, he knew.

It was an impossible mission, as Kai had named it.

The Hidden Mission.

He read it, reread it, and then re-reread it again. Not a single word made him think of a way to go about with this mission.

He wanted it.

How? Kai thought, bitterly.

The book on royal Lineages lay beside him like a dead beast. It had fared the worst down here in the sewers. The humid and insect-festered environment had always been the killer of knowledge since yore. But Kai would never let it go out of his sight before the Mission End.

In the morning, Kai thought, nodding to himself. I will complete that Side Mission in the morning. What if some Contestant was to touch it like me? I can't afford to lose my Title Status now.

There was another thing that pained him. Novice Collector.

If Kai could, he would do anything... anything to invest his time entirely in search of Artifacts.

But he didn't know what qualified to be an Artifact. The book had been a matter of coincidence. Nothing more.

Not to mention, with a Time Limit of 7 days and the chaos he had spread like a disease throughout the capital, there was no way he could out and search for these things.

Now I know the obvious strengths and weaknesses of group Missions, Kai reflected. One can accomplish a lot with a team of Contestants to watch over the Mission's proceedings. However, being in a team also brings unnecessary risks.

Kai didn't mind taking risks. As long as he knew there was the power waiting for him behind the risk, then no matter how dangerous it was, he would at least give it a go. On the other hand, he wouldn't even lift a finger for anyone else which teamwork expected of its Contestants.

If I was Sparrow, Kai thought, I would have killed Cuckoo, and then easily blame the Chaos' Contestant for her death. What did that moron do? Underestimate me. Tried to look cool. Got fatally wounded to save someone else. What good is being powerful if you don't have the right heart to use it?

Kai abhorred people like Sparrow, who thought only their actions were of supreme justice. Arlen, now that's a man I can respect, he thought. I wonder where is he now, in which world? He should have ascended to the 4th floor by now.

The night was coming, Kai could feel it in his bones. He wouldn't have felt it as strongly at other times if he didn't know that Cersei would wait for him tonight as well.

Another night with the queen.

Kai remembered the moments spent with Cersei and, for the first time after getting the Hidden Mission, smiled. There wasn't a thing he could do to her, that he hadn't already done yesterday. Still, repeating them won't be boring, even if he were to repeat them endlessly.

I can't, though, Kai reminded himself. I can't go to her.

Kai hadn't survived in his previous life just because he had a pretty face.