Chapter 95: Truth about that day
Gregory failed to keep his footing after earning a hit on the side of his head. He clenched his fists and got up from the ground and spit out a mouthful of crimson blood onto the cold floor of the stone cave, "Ah, you should have warned me" he said in a mirthful voice annoying his opponent.
Theodore glared at him and raised his fists to punch him again but was stopped because of a barrier.
He punched the invisible wall in front of him frowning "What the hell is this!?"
Gregory just stood on the other side of the clear wall and smirked at him "Well it has been so many years since I faced you, I learned some tricks in a long run. I’m a witch master you see" he said in a sing-song voice. Distraction, he wanted to distract Theodore from going after Prescott by riling him up. And as expected, Theodore’s anger rose enough for him to launch an attack.
He manifested his merman powers, a water dagger, and pierced Theodore’s chest through the invisible wall.
Theodore groaned and fell on his knees holding his chest "Ugh!". It hurt like hell and he look at Gregory with surprised eyes, he never suspected him of having the ocean saber, it was an heirloom only passed down to the king of the mermaid tribe. For Gregory to have this, "Did you steal it?"
"This?" Gregory asked spinning the blood-soaked dagger in his hand "I just borrowed it from the treasury without informing anyone"
"How is that any different from stealing!?" Theodore snarled holding back his pain, "What is wrong with you Greg? Why did you change so much?" he wanted to ask this question the moment he learned about Iria’s situation. The friend he knew and trusted was not someone like this, he sometimes felt envious of Gregory’s righteous ideology and for the respect that he received from his tribesmen. Many even supported him to lead the mermaid tribe, but Gregory refused it and handed it over to the current king because of thier friendship. He always put his tribe and tribesmen on the pedestal and protected them behind the scenes, but such a person stole the ocean saber for his benefits? The ocean saber was protection given by the sea god to the mermaid tribe’s ancestors. That tribe could get attacked and annihilated by some greedy tribes if the word got out about the disappearance of the ocean saber.
Gregory’s eyes flashed with a glint which he instantly masked and replied "Nothing is more important to me other than Iria, what did that tribe do when I lost her to you? For all the things I sacrificed for their wellbeing, they didn’t even heed my words to annihilate the eagle tribe and kill you, that is the reason for me to seek help from that bastard"