Chapter 1670
“You’re still alive.” I let out a breath, half filled with relief, but also a bit of resignation.
Calypso let out a throaty laugh. “Did you think it would be so easy to kill me? I didn’t live as long as I did by acting recklessly.”
“Not at all…” I responded. “I’m just surprised you stuck around for so long.”
“That’s true.” She nodded. “I would normally leave without saying goodbye. You’d miss me much more that way. However, something has been bugging me, and I found myself unable to leave without finding an answer.”
“What’s that?”
“Why didn’t you attack them?”
“What?”
“The girls.” Calypso raised an eyebrow. “There is a major difference between absorbing the power of a dungeon and assimilating it. The first option is a means of chopping up and stealing the power of a dungeon. The second option tries to take the information uncorrupted and complete. You lose less, but it's as difficult as can be. If anyone tried to do it, they would lose all of their sense of self. They would become corrupted by the dungeon, a monster that was destroyed without thought. I know this from personal experience. When I absorbed the lore, I destroyed friend and foe alike!
“Yet, you saw all of the worlds as you enemy, and you killed indiscriminately… until you encountered your girls. They stood in your way, and you rather than kill them, incapacitating them. Perhaps, I could believe a shred of your still could feel the master and slave relationship with them, but then those two little girls appeared and grabbed onto you. The obstructed you completely, and you didn’t move. When they all piled on you, you didn’t lift a finger to stop them, even when they caused your objective to be lost.
“So, I want to know why! Why didn’t you attack them? Why didn’t you smear yourself in their blood? Why didn’t you shoot arrows at them? You did at Carmine and the lionkin! You should have kept fighting until there was nothing left. You should have kept fighting until everyone was dead or fled. Yet, you stopped! You disconnected yourself from the power and submitted. I want to know how! I want to know why?”