Chapter 449: Your Next Life
Chang Xuefeng looked around the room, studying everyone that was inside of it. Most had death written on their foreheads like it was just a matter of time before their soul was taken to the underworld. Now that there was no Hell, the Reapers were having to come up with a new system...
A new place to put the souls that didn’t go to heaven.
One woman, standing in the corner, look at him with a quiet confidence. "You can’t kill me," she announced, her voice soft and pliant. However, even in her softness, there was a firmness to her. She would bend but never break. "I am Eve. I’ve been around since before man walked the Earth. I am the mother of all humankind."
"And yet," agreed Chang Xuefeng as he narrowed her eyes on her. "You can still die. I’d be careful if I were you. You are not on the Devil’s shit list, but she really doesn’t care about you one way or another."
"I don’t need the Devil to care for me. Not even you are worthy of reaping my soul," shrugged Eve as she sat back down on the couch. Her head was held high like she was in complete control, but because of her shaking knees, she was forced to sit.
This wasn’t her first time meeting the Grim Reaper, but something was vastly different about him now. Before, he was just another creature with a role to play... but now, now he terrified her.
"If you really believe that, then you will die that much sooner. I highly recommend that you find a hole to hide in until everything passes over. Then, when the world is rebuilt, you can go on with your life and forget about all this. But if you keep interfering with Hattie, if you keep trying to take what is hers, then she will turn her attention on you, and nothing will be able to save you. Have I made myself clear?"
Under the gaze of the Grim Reaper, Eve nodded her head stiffly. Even if she didn’t agree with his assessment, she wasn’t willing to put it to the test, either. Her body had been burned at the stake during the witch trials. She had been drowned, stabbed, shot, and every time she thought it was her last breath, she still lived.
She would keep on living long after the Devil had gotten bored and moved on. The Earth belonged to her and Adam, and no creature would change that.