Chapter 675
Felth stared at the necklaces on the ground, conflicted. He was being offered a chance. A chance to finally break that cursed connection between the two of them, a chance to stop dancing in the palm of Ben’s hand, maybe even a chance to kill him if he was lucky enough. All chances he didn’t want to give up, only holding himself back out of fear.
He’d seen what Ben had done in the duel with his son and he knew at least of some of his accomplishments, enough to doubt how much of a chance they’d stand and Ben, hearing all of that while he probed the other’s mind, smiled.
“Of course, I’m sure you have your worries,” He told them. “I’m sure you’re worried about the chance you’d accidentally kill me, I am talking about a duel where I’d be drastically outnumbered but don’t worry Felth, I don’t actually believe you’ll be able to scratch me, let alone hurt me. If by some miracle you do manage to land a killing blow, the church of Myriad won’t react. We’ll respect the laws of the land here.”
Ben’s words only made the other apostle grind his teeth, but still he went on.
“And as for the safety of all of you, well, I promise you that not one of you will die in the duel because of me,” He said proudly. “With how far beneath me you all are, there’s practically no risk to yourself. Now, obviously, you’ll probably get hurt a bit but that’s another matter entirely. You all worship a war god, I’m sure you can handle a little bit of pain, right?”
Again his words only angered those around him, making them forget some of their fear, even as they tried to hold it in. No matter how obnoxious he was, they couldn’t let themselves be baited, leaving room for Ben to continue.
“And when it comes to weapons, well, you don’t need to worry about that either. You won’t be seeing me use the thing I nearly killed your demigod with or putting up a barrier either so you all have nothing to be afraid of on those grounds either. Really, there’s no loss for you by accepting this.”
“Unless your statue falls while we’re out there,” Felth told him, feeling like he’d seen where the trick lied, with Ben acting surprised.
“Oh, that? Well, although it would be a bit disrespectful to Myriad, if we do this then I’ll let the statue rest on the ground while we fight, nice and easy and won’t destroy anything as a result. Isn’t that kind of me? I’m giving you nothing to worry about here.”