Chapter 23: Reeling in a Big One
A few adventurers staggered out of the Northpeak Shaft’s entrance.
All of them were so relieved to have survived an ordeal that they could kiss the ground beneath them, including the strongest Jack. They nearly lost their lives and became undeads for good.
Looking at the setting sun, Rue murmured, “I can’t believe it… We actually survived.”
‘Though we ended up betraying Lord Saint Sisto…”
But again, it was not as if they were devout believers with noble souls.
They wouldn’t reincarnate into an aristocratic clan in their next life just because they were faithful anyway, so they might as well enjoy their current one.
Jack didn’t say a word. He was thinking whether it was worth making a deal with the demons.
He wasn’t so naive as to think he could ascend to heaven after death, but dealing with the demons was different from dealing with the pirates.
…but it was not as if he had a choice anyway.