Chapter 276: GOD-HUNTING!
"The news of your failure—I can cover it up for a while," Kairos said, his voice low and tense, "but eventually, the truth’s gonna come out. And when it does, Sea King Maelthorak won’t just sit back. He’ll come for you himself, even if it means disobeying orders or abandoning the battlefield."
Kairos’s eyes flickered with intensity as he stared at Ethan. He spoke slowly, deliberately. "If it really comes to that, I want you to promise me something—no matter what it takes, we kill him. Together. If he lives, neither of us will have a future worth living."
Ethan blinked, caught off guard. He looked at Kairos, surprised.
"You’d actually go against him? Aren’t you one of his contracted heroes?"
"The contract I signed with him is the most basic kind—just a mercenary agreement. I can break it anytime I want. If he were still the man he used to be, I wouldn’t even consider betrayal. But now... sigh."
Kairos let out a long breath. "I’ve already made one wrong move, and now every step I take just digs me deeper. If I don’t betray him, with the way he is now, he’ll destroy me anyway. So yeah... I’m gambling everything on this."
Ethan opened his mouth, hesitated...
Then finally gave a small nod. His voice was quiet. "Alright. I’ll go along with it. But I’m not promising anything about the outcome. If we fail, I’ll do what I can to save myself—but you... you’ll be on your own."
"I understand," Kairos said with a nod.
"Alright then," Ethan said softly. "Let’s seal the deal."
The two of them proceeded to sign a contract.