They were threatening and thin. It felt as if any sudden movent would cause him to snap out towards and unhinge a jaw filled with nothing but two piercing fangs dripping with venom. It was horrifying, but I felt no need to be intimidated… I was long past that point.
"Or… maybe don't be afraid. You look like you're tense but your heartbeat is steady. It's slow. Way too slow… almost like you're constantly dying, hanging onto the border between life and death… you can't trick ."
"I was never trying to trick you," I replied calmly, my eyes unwavering to the point that it was impossible for to blink. "Your tail would have squeezed to death if I didn't apply a little bit of resistance…"
The scaly green tail wrapping slowly let down, allowing to ease the rest of my tensed body. I could finally relax as I talked to this man, so I cracked my back and lay my eyes on his dark silhouette. The two won next to him were as threatening or even more than this snake bastard, yet… that's for now.
"Congratulations… that's all I have for you. You're pretty quick… to have completed my stairs like that. If you would like, I can grant you wishes beyond your wildest dreams. Monetary power, political power, spiritual power…" The man smiled, the two long fangs hidden beneath those shadowed-out lips of his revealed themselves cautiously. "... the church can be on your side. I've created my own religion and it's said that they're more powerful than the governnt I carefully crafted… or would you like sothing more? Systematical power… correct? Skills, passives, stats, titles… I know what your kind wants."
There was a long pause between us as I stared down at him. The only thing I received back was a small smirk as if he was reading my mind that calculated pretty much every outco possible. It made my head imdiately throb, but it was better than getting scamd by this man.
"It seems you're having trouble picking one. So, how about I propose you a deal and you can decide whether you'd like to follow through with it or not?" The snake smiled gently while clasping his hands in his lap.
It was a deal with the devil, yet I couldn't help but beco intrigued with what he had to offer. I had no clue how far he could take and I felt if I was too vague with sothing I could potentially be blinded. I was unaware of how much influence he had so if he offered sothing sweet for the taking to , I could still be getting scamd. Satan wasn't even here to diate it, so I had no choice but to listen to him.
"Just relax…" He clapped both of his hands, creating a couch from the marble floor below . It was cushioned by a softly woven string, seemingly absorbing any stress that intended to make as relaxed and vulnerable as possible. "... I'll offer you a title and a passive. I see you have so poison-related passives so I could easily upgrade them with just a flick of my finger… but I'm sure you're more interested in the title, aren't you?"
I could only assu it would be like how the top two nobles in Leviathan's fortress were deed Quincies due to their overwhelming power and intelligence. But, he wasn't stupid. What I think of titles may be different from what they really are… was there so additional bonus to acquiring a title? So systematical interference that I could obtain?
"You're curious, aren't you?"
"Just get to it," I snapped back causing the two won by his side to deepen their glares.
They were strange. They reminded of demons as they had miasma and sohow absolutely no mana, but I couldn't really identify anything further. Their eyes were similar to goats which in tandem represented so higher demons that I encountered… but what's this feeling? Sothing brighter? Sothing… holier?
"This kingdom is deed The Erald City by all. It is by no ans rich with eralds so the full reason why I settled here… is that it literally rains eralds. From mountains in the very far west, I discovered a volcano bubbling with icy cold erald green liquid. When I stepped into it my foot instantly froze off, threatening to spread to my entire body, so for a while, I had no left leg. But, little did I know after ignoring that place that in this exact spot, the liquid which evaporates into the atmosphere and forms clouds, rains green liquid. This green liquid when heated up rapidly turns into the highest quality eralds known to all humanoid kind…"
"Okay… and what does this have to do with my title? Want to be a savior or sothing?"
"Absolutely not. This place needs no saving, but it does need a protector. It needs sobody who can beco an idol of peace and protection… so, I'll grant you a title that will give you useless political power, monetary power, but the will to control every single living being in this city. How does that sound? Pretty good deal right?"
"Is that the only benefit? Any systematical benefits included with that title?"
"Oh, yeah. When I talked about improving your poison-related skills, this title will do that for you. It's a bonus for seeing how hard you worked."
If I had to be honest, the man proposed this knowing I'm from the future. He knows I'll return to my tiline which is why he baited into a false sense of familiarity by saying the useless political power and monetary power since I won't be able to access it… but then he offers the power to control every single person in this city. I guess he just wants to use this place as a playground of so sort.
Geez… what a dumbass… he may know everything about my status, but that doesn't an he knows what's really going on with my skills… this is too overpowered… the amount of power I can gather with this is unfathomable.
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