Chapter 226: Self-Sacrifice
Jason didn’t know if Katarina was telling the truth or not, but he could feel a significant amount of mana pulsing out from that tattoo, and he knew that it had to have some extraordinary function! Jason felt anger swell in his heart as he realized how fucking twisted this woman truly was! She was so terrified of death that she was even willing to wager the lives of all those people just so she could preserve her own!
’Is she lying?’
Jason immediately asked this message to the system, and the system responded quickly.
[The rune carved into the subject’s chest is indeed the [Rune of Mortal Severance]. It is a special magical item that is used mainly by the leaders of cults and secret organizations to protect their lives and the secrets of their cults. If the leader of the cult bearing the Rune were ever to be killed, then every member of the cult who has dedicated their lives to the leader will also lose their life to ensure cult secrets cannot be extracted from them.]
Jason grit his teeth in anger at this answer! He dragged Katarina with a rough tug, and Katarina felt fear pass through her heart as Jason seethed right in her face.
"You fucking coward..."
These were the only words that Jason said at that moment, but they struck Katarina so deeply in her heart that she didn’t even know when she began to tear up! Katarina’s eyes watered desperately, and she sniffed in despair while looking up at Jason. Jason’s frown deepened as he saw this, and he clicked his tongue in irritation before he tossed her to the side roughly! Katarina fell to the ground at the foot of her altar, and Jason calmly walked over to the first seat facing the altar. He sat down and leaned against his sword before looking down at the crying woman with an impassive stare.
Katarina continued to cry as she hugged her legs desperately, and Jason offered her no words of compassion. The sound of footsteps echoed from outside the chapel, and Liam finally appeared from the darkness outside while breathing heavily. Jason had left Liam a few minutes ago to find where Katarina was, and Liam only managed to find his way here now! He looked around at all the dead bodies littering the floor and grimaced at the loss of life! He knew that they brought this on themselves by attacking first, but that was no reason for him not to feel bad that they died!
Liam then turned away from the dead bodies and faced the front of the chapel where Jason and Katarina were. Jason was leaning forward and staring at Katarina, and Katarina was on the floor crying profusely! What in the world did Jason do to that woman? Liam wisely chose to stay back and simply watch what was going to happen. He stood a small distance away from the pair with his hands behind him as he watched the events unfold. Back with Jason and Katarina, the woman was still crying as she sat on her knees. She hugged her hands around her body and bowed her head in shame, and Jason’s frown only deepened as he finally spoke.
"Your crying is becoming irritating. Stop."
Katarina shook at Jason’s words and put a hand up to her mouth to try and muffle her crying. Jason waited until he was sure that she wasn’t wracking with sobs anymore before he spoke.
"You and I have never met before today, that much I’m sure of, and yet you decided, for some fucked up reason, that it was necessary to get rid of me. Tell me why you were after my life."