God's an Adventurer: Volume I

Chapter 98- Second Chance

Elizabeth gasped for air for what felt like the first time in forever. Her eyes adjusted to the dim light in front of her. She was laying down on the ground, her sight taking focus on the stone above her. A sudden shift in noise made her look to the side only to find Kami, sitting next to her.

She panicked springing up to her feet and looking around. The place where she stood was where she had last felt the descending light that had killed all her kind. It was intact, as though the light had only affected those with a life to lose and not these walls. Her confusion rose as she realized she should be dead. Even if Kami's attack didn't finish her off somehow, her own sacrifice should have done the job.

She looked down at him, smiling as he had been this whole time.

There were no signs of him being hurt or damaged what so ever. Had her attack done nothing to him?

"How are you holding up?"

The question further bewildered her. Had this not been the God who had wanted to strike her down beforehand. What was with the sudden question of care?

"W-where is everyone?" she asked

"Dead of course."

Her chest was struck like a blade piercing her heart. She stumbled back onto the ground and felt an overwhelming dread crawl through her body. Everything she had done so far was for them, it was to keep them safe, from being killed or hunted down by Heroes or adventurers. To make a safe haven they could call home without fear of their lives being at risk at any point. Now in one single bat of an eye, it was all gone. Her own coven, dead.

"..."

Kami stared at her, amused at her reaction.

This was an interesting predicament he found himself in. He wanted to see where it would go.

"Why am I here...." she asked indifferently.

The pain began to turn into a numb coat that send shivers down her spine. The question was irrelevant, it was just a reflex at this point.

Kami remained silent, his gaze never leaving her face.

"I asked...why am I here...w-why are they dead...and why am I here?!"

Her voice gained a feeling of anger towards him. This God had come into her life and ruined everything. He had taken everything she worked hard to save and completely thrown it all away. What else did he want with her?

His response, a simple shrug.

She felt herself lose it as she reached out to him. Her strength felt like it had waned but this didn't stop her from trying to choke him out.

Kami moved like a feather as he jumped up from his sitting position only to gently hit the ground with his feet.

There was a pulsing fire sensation that hit her face, her eyes burned with the hot liquid of tears that she couldn't hold back. The pain resurged again reopening the fresh wound inside.

She screamed out in tears at the God who mocked her, the God who would not leave her be. His silent stare burned into her head demoralizing any attempt she made at redemption.

This came as a surprise to her as she felt his warm hand touch her head. It was like electricity flowing through her body. The pain she had felt diminished and her hatred vanished entirely. The very presence of this being who just a few moments ago, she loathed, was causing her some comfort.

With these new-found feelings a new hatred rose as well, one for herself. One where she hated that she was weak enough to allow this to happen. One where she regretted forming an alliance with the Gods of the Abyss. One where she wished she had taken the generous offer he had given her.