-chapter fifty-
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"Can you kill the king, then?"
RUMIHESTRO SA itsura ng lahat ang gulat. Hindi sila makapaniwala sa sinabi ni Solace. Kill the king? Sa anong rason? At bakit nito kailangang patayin ang king? The Grand Quest hasn't started yet.
"M-My deepest apologies, player, but..." kahit si Aegnus ay nagulat. "I cannot kill the person whomst I serve."
Napabuntong-hininga si Solace. So her assumption was right. He can't grant any wish to other people, only to the player. She needs to think about this carefully. She needs to find the thing she truly wants.
Apocalypse watched the whole scenario with furious eyes. He's been holding his anger since then. Damn it! Hindi niya nga tinuluyan ang tatlong 'yon dahil sa pag-aakalang makukuha niya ang hidden quest. He doesn't care about the main quest. Sa wish lang siya may pakialam. Pero itong Solace na 'to...
She looks familiar, like the two-faced player he met back in Project Z. Si Verr, Rio's younger sister, (he didn't hear Rio call Solace 'sis'), a girl who acts so weak but can change persona quickly in battle. Kung hindi lang sa kulay ng buhok ay aakalain na ni Apocalypse na si Verr at Solace ay iisa.
But when Verr was a threat to him back then even with novice skills, this girl in front of him is the real deal. Nakaya niyang patayin ang demon general and even finished the Tower of Death. That feat right there... that's amazing. Especially that she's alone.
And he couldn't help but think. Is she cheating?
An evil smile stretched on his lips. Looks like he just needs to expose this lady. Have your fun in the spotlight, damn slayer. Soon, you'll be falling down and I'm the one who's gonna rise!
"B-Boss...? Okay lang po ba kayo? Bakit po kayo ngumingiti? Hindi po ba't dapat umiyak tayo ngayon dahil wala tayong nakompleto?" Gaki said that made Apocalypse' brows twitched.
"Ikaw!" piningot niya ang tainga nito. "Ikaw ang may kasalanan nito! Kung bakit mo kasi ako trinaidor!"
"Anong ginagawa mo?" napatigil si Apocalypse nang marinig ang isang nakakairitang boses.
"F-Feyre..." mabilis na humawak si Gaki kay Feyre.
Kumunot ang noo ni Apocalypse sa ginawa ng kasama. He glared at the boy who just looked away. Umirap siya at nagkatinginan sila ni Astro.
"What?" asik niya. Umano'y naghahanap ng away.
"You don't look too upset for a person who was robbed of the quest," wika nito. "You don't want to fight her? Even I, a bystander, hates the achievements she's getting."
"I'm not even interested in the quest," mahinang komento ni Solace.
Feyre looked at her and at the father and son who was already gone. "You made your wish?"
Umiling si Solace. "Told them I want time to think."
Ngayon ay tuluyan na ngang lumabas ang galit ni Apocalypse. "Think? Ano ba pa ang kailangang isipin dito? Just take the strongest man wish and go berserk here!"
"I don't want it..."
"Eh bakit mo pa ginawa ang quest?!"
"I didn't even know it was the quest," nagbuntong-hininga ito at mahinang tumingin kay Apocalypse. "You go and make your own wish then."
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