章節 253: Chapter 172: Perverts Whiperings
Despite feeling like something deep in his body was slowly tightening, Adryan still kept his smile.
He turned to see Sasha and calmly said.
"Sasha, would you do us the honor of explaining the Method and the characteristics to Charlotte?"
The squeeze he felt increased but again Adryan kept his expression without showing any change.
'The pain I felt when resurrecting is greater than that of this useless contract, in comparison, the bite of a mosquito hurts more.' the redhead thought as he leaned against a pillar from the training ground and crossed his arms over his chest.
Sasha nodded with a smile.
"Of course boss, it would be my honor."
Sasha turned to look at Charlotte and her expression turned serious.
'What is this sudden change of personality? Is this really the same smiling woman from before?' Charlotte thought as he unconsciously straightened his back.
Hazel on the other side didn't say anything, she only moved until she was next to Adryan and also leaned against the pillar. Using the same pose as Adryan.
Adryan watched this out of the corner of his eye and couldn't help but feel a little warm inside.
"She may be an arrogant brat but she's still a kid." Flora commented calmly.
And she was right, Hazel had just turned 17 last May.
'This contract is seriously annoying. Shouldn't Hunters Hallow block its influence on me because it affects my soul? Perhaps it broke when I wasn't looking?' The redhead joked a bit but wasted no time in returning to the topic.
'No...I don't think it works like that. I signed the contract at my own will so Hunters Hallow can't do anything. Unless I don't endanger my soul the robe won't work...'
An idea struck him like a bolt of lightning that caused the corners of the redhead's lips to rise slightly.
'And what if I force it to act? Although it is dangerous I can feel that the influence of the contract is not as strong as when I was a Provoker or when I had just advanced to Pyromaniac.'
The redhead could feel that if he advanced to Sequence 5 he could easily break the contract without having to worry too much about the backlash of doing so.
But he wouldn't wait that long, he didn't like having a snake suffocate him for saying something that shouldn't be said.
'When I fully digest the potion I can try to break the contract and force Hunters Hallow to act.'
'Now I can only have an idea of what would happen if I broke it but I'm sure that one of the things that will be hit will be my soul, just what Hunters Hallow protects.'
Adryan's smile turned sharp.
'Now is dangerous because I can feel that the backlash will still be very strong and if I try to break it now it will be a very bad idea... Only by digesting the potion I will be able to bear it and free myself from this crap.'
'Maybe advancing to Conspirator would be safer but that means less chance for Hunters Hallow to active. The best time will be when Pyromaniac is digested...'
With a plan ahead, Adryan looked at Charlotte who was still silent trying to understand what he had said.
He chuckled quietly at this, he pulled back his hood and let his red hair run free.
Running a hand through his hair and feeling its softness, the redhead looked at the young man and said.
"Did you manage to understand what Sasha said or do you need her to repeat it again?"
Charlotte tensed for a few seconds before shaking his head slightly.
"No need... I understood what she said."
"Then what you should focus on now is digesting the potion before advancing to Melee Scholar." Adryan said before turning to Sasha.
"How are you doing with the potion?"
Sasha smirked and raising her arm she flexed it showing her big muscles.
"I'm doing very well boss! At the rate I'm going I should be able to digest it before the end of the year."
"That's good. Good job Sasha." Adryan praised honestly.
"Thanks boss!"
The redhead looked away from the happy Sasha and turned to look at Hazel who was slightly pursing her lips.
"What about you Hazel? How is your potion coming?"
Hazel's expression brightened quite a bit but maintaining her noble grace she only allowed herself to smile.
"Teacher since I've been with you the speed of digestion of the potion has accelerated. This shows me that your teaching methods are vastly superior to Teacher Flora's." Saying that Hazel was silent for a few seconds, as if she had realized that she said something rude to an old person.
The corners of Adryan's lips turned up in amusement.
"Ungrateful brat!" Flora yelled in annoyance at the insult Hazel had unintentionally thrown at her.
Recovering herself, the noble continued as if nothing had happened.
"I'm sure I'll be able to fully digest it in 2 more weeks at the most."
"That's good, good job Hazel." The redhead praised and Hazel beamed proudly.
She then turned to see a thinking Charlotte and smirked at him.
Charlotte, who was still processing the information from earlier, was caught off guard by this and looked at Hazel in confusion but before he could say anything, Adryan spoke.
"How have you been holding up the ravings?"
"Excuse me?" Charlotte asked not understanding.
Adryan just shrugged and said.
"You know. The ravings. The ravings you should be listening to every once in a while from a pervert who likes to whisper in people's ears? Any bells ring?"
Understanding flashed in Charlotte's eyes as he stared at Adryan in astonishment.
"How do you know?!" At Charlotte's outburst, Sasha and Hazel went on guard but Adryan only raised an eyebrow.
"Every Beyonder who has had time in this world knows the specialty of the Mystery Pryer." He said it like it was the most obvious thing in the world and Charlotte closed his mouth.
Adryan looked at Sasha and Hazel and with a hand signal, they calmed down.
He looked at Charlotte.
"Let's do this again. How are you doing with the ravings?"
Charlotte looked seriously at Adryan. After a few seconds, he answered.
"I'm holding up fine. It only had come once or twice every two months so far and as long as I ignore it it goes away after about 5 minutes normally."
He continued.
"Do you know what the ravings I'm hearing are?"
Adryan nodded calmly.
"It's not exactly ravings, the correct way to call it would be the whispering of a peeking pervert."
He had said it with extreme naturalness and without importance.
This naturalness quite took everyone present by surprise, much more Charlotte.
"What?" Charlotte asked with a frown, his mind working overtime.
Sasha and Hazel also looked at Adryan not understanding what he said.
Not wanting to upset the young man further, Adryan explained.
"What you are hearing are the whispers of an Evil God."
Charlotte's brain shorted out as did Sasha's and Hazel's.
"An evil God?" Charlotte unconsciously repeated and Adryan nodded.
"More specifically the top of your pathway, he has a habit of whispering and watching the Mystery Pryers in their promotions as well as whispering information to them."
"If you're wondering the answer is no. The knowledge and information he whispers are pure and without any form of corruption, it's just that the way he delivers it is the worst."
"I don't know if you're interested in knowing his name he is called Hidden Sage but I affectionately call him Perverted Whisperer."
The trio was looking at Adryan as if he had gone completely crazy.
That guy had just insulted a God!
And not just one insult but several!
From not using 'He' or 'They' with God and even giving a God a nickname!
"Hey! Just because you're the blessed of a God doesn't give you the right to insult another!" Flora screamed in disbelief.
She only hoped she wouldn't be struck down by lightning in the form of divine retribution for the blasphemy Adryan had just committed.
"An Evil God is still a God, Adryan! You can't just insult them!" Flora yelled and Adryan just shrugged.
The people present took a while to recover and when they did they looked at Adryan with different emotions ranging from surprise, respect, admiration, and disbelief.
Recovering himself, Charlotte asked with some fear.
"Mr. Adryan... What will happen to me when I fail to understand the information from the Hidden Sage?"
He wasn't crazy enough to call a God by the nickname Adryan had given him.
That was dancing with death!
"The usual thing. You'll lose control turning into a monster or you'll die." Adryan said calmly and Charlotte paled.
'Why Uncle would leave me the formula for such a dangerous path! Didn't he know the danger that this Path had?!' Charlotte thought, unable to help but feel betrayed. He lowered his head and clenched his teeth and fists tightly.
Seeing how the young man was, Adryan just sighed and walked up to the young man and placed his hand on his shoulder making him look at him.
"Since you agreed to join this team you will never have to worry about that happening because it never will." he said confidently and Charlotte looked at him in astonishment.
"How would you do that?" He couldn't help but ask that and Adryan smiled.
"Do you believe in any God? Like the Evernight Goddess, Lord of Storms or God of Steam and Machinery, or any of the other 4?"
'Even now he continues to insult the Gods...' Charlotte thought dazedly before shaking his head.
"No Boss. My family has never believed in any God for as long as I can remember and the only times I have prayed to them have been for the making of Charms and rituals."
When he answered he got an idea of what the redhead wanted to do and he looked at him seriously.
"Boss, do you want me to pray to one of the 7 righteous Gods to receive their protection when the Hidden Sage's whispers come?"
At this, Adryan nodded with a soft smile and answered.
"That would be for the best but what will happen is that you will be ignored. The Gods will not help you because you are not useful to them. Why would they help you without receiving anything in return?"
Saying that, Adryan shook his head.
"You can try if you want but exactly what I said will happen."
"At that time you will be alone and waiting for your death for failing to process the information he whispered to you." the redhead said regretfully but then smiled.
"But don't worry. I have the perfect solution to your problem!"
"Which is boss?" Charlotte asked eagerly.
What Adryan had said had scared the hell out of him and now he was afraid of when the next whisper would come.
Could he take it?
Would he survive?
Seeing the clear anxiety Charlotte had, Adryan smiled victoriously within himself.
He used the corner of his eye and watched as Sasha and Hazel were also uncomfortable.
'I really want to know how different a Conspirator is from a Pyromaniac.' Adryan thought, and looking into Charlotte's scared purple eyes, he smiled softly and his gaze relaxed.
He looked at Sasha and Hazel and said calmly and believingly.
"I would like to speak to you about my lord."
The trio looked confused at Adryan who kept his smile.
Long live Gaslighting!
'Is it okay to spread the belief of your God like this?' Flora thought worriedly as she saw what Adryan had done but quickly cut her thoughts short and entered Cogitation.
She would not meddle in God's business.
章節 254: Chapter 173: Preaching Lies
The words that Adryan had spoken somewhat confused everyone present in the training ground.
Hazel looked at Adryan with a slightly raised eyebrow while Sasha looked a little nervous at the man.
'Don't tell me that Boss is the believer of an Evil God? But he's never acted crazy or shown any sign of it?' Sasha thought seriously as she discreetly moved to Hazel's side.
It's not that she didn't trust the man who saved her and Nathan's lives, it was just a precaution.
But when she did this she couldn't help but be embarrassed and ashamed.
'Adryan saved my life several times and this is how I repay him? And after all we went through...Am I seriously gonna treat him with this distrust without letting him explain himself?'
Her experience working at the Church of the God of Combat and her experience at Adryan's side collided.
If she was still in the church she would have reported him and arrested 5 seconds ago but that was no longer the case.
She was no longer part of the church but on Adryan's team alongside Nathan.
Looking at her boss, she only sighed slightly and relaxed her guard a bit.
This was the least the boss deserved. She would let him explain and only then she would decide after hearing everything.
'I only ask that it's not the True Creator or the Primordial Demoness, Boss…' Sasha thought heavily as she looked at the redhead.
Looking at the giantess's reaction, Adryan could only inwardly sigh in relief.
'The person I was more worried about would react the strongest is calm. While I can see that this bothers you Sasha I can also see you have given me a chance. That's good... Hehe...I think the relationship I formed with them is stronger than I gave it credit for.' The redhead thought with relief as he glanced at Sasha.
Adryan glanced at this out of the corner of his eye but just kept his expression relaxed.
'Although I'm a bit surprised that Hazel is so calm…' The redhead looked at the aforementioned.
The noblewoman kept the same posture as before, leaning against the pillar with her arms crossed, she looked calm but a little confused.
'Maybe it's because she doesn't know how dangerous it is or because she trusts me a lot...' This thought made him suppress an amused chuckle.
'What a loving student, you make this wretch blush~'
Adryan then looked at Charlotte who was standing with his head slightly lowered and his brow furrowed in deep thought.
This lasted for several seconds that felt like forever to Adryan.
But before the atmosphere in the room turned heavy and it entered a dangerous area, Charlotte looked up and nodded.
"Tell me about this Lord, Boss."
Adryan's expression brightened considerably, and he nodded gently, his red eyes shining with faith like rubies reflecting sunlight.
Adryan raised his hands and brought them together in front of his lips in a prayerful posture.
He closed his eyes and bringing his hands up to almost touch his pink lips, he said with a calm smile.
"Let me tell you about the great and magnificent Scarlet Monarch."
Around the redhead the trio swore they could see an illusory halo, it was as if Adryan had become a saint.
Separating his hands without haste, he pointed to some chairs to the side and said.
"We'd better sit down, I have a lot to tell you."
...
Now the quartet was seated; Sasha and Hazel were sitting together and Charlotte was a little further away from them.
Facing them was a calm Adryan who watched them with a smile, his hands resting on his thick thighs.
Sasha was still uncomfortable but less than before.
Adryan noticed this and not wanting to miss the opportunity, he started his performance.
"Before I tell you about my Lord, I would first like to tell you how I was saved by 'Him'."
"Several months ago, I was in a situation that should have killed me."
"I was kidnapped by the Rose School of Thought along with several others in Balam. We were transported by ship to an unknown destination but with a clear motive, to be sacrificed to the Evil God this organization believes, The Mother Tree of Desire."
"And they had no problem reminding us of that. The ship's captain killed and consumed a man in front of us until he left only a pile of flesh and blood..."
When he said the last, his voice died and his head lowered.
"B-Boss..." Sasha muttered worriedly.
'I never thought that the boss went through all that... Since I met him he always seemed strong and confident, that nothing scared him and he would step on whoever got in his way...'
The image of a frightened Adryan seemed so foreign to her that it even made her stomach churn.
'Knowing that even the boss can feel fear too...I don't know why but it makes him look more...Human.'
While she was thinking that, Adryan continued.
"I was desperate and helpless, as was everyone on the ship. Everyone prayed to the God they believed in. Whether it was The Evernight Goddess or Lord of Storms, we all prayed."
"I was born and raised in Feysac so I prayed to the God of Combat for a miracle, to save me from this nightmare." he said sadly, his eyes moist.
He looked up at the stunned Sasha, Hazel, and Charlotte and gave a shaky smile.
"No miracle or salvation came. I was still trapped there, chained and sitting next to a pile of human flesh that was already giving off a stinking odor."
He lowered his head again and continued, his voice seemed like it would break at any moment.
Hazel, seeing her teacher like that, didn't hesitate anymore and grabbed her chair, she sat down next to him. Sasha didn't stop her, she was looking at Adryan unsure of what to do.
Hazel had no experience in comforting someone so she did the best thing she come up with. She grabbed the hand of the man and clenched it slightly.
This was how her mother comforted her when she was little so she hope this would make Adryan feel better.
Adryan smiled gratefully at his student and recovering, he continued.
"I have never been a very faithful believer in the God of Combat, I hardly went to church and when I did, it was only because I was forced by the sister from the orphanage who took care of me. This meant that I had no problem committing polytheism."
"I prayed to all 7 gods. Being from Feysac, the second God I prayed to was the Earth Mother. When that failed I prayed to the Eternal Blazing Sun, then the God of Steam and Machinery."
"Without receiving any sign my despair only grew and I prayed to the remaining Gods that since I was born I have been told that I have to hate. I prayed to the Evernight Goddess, to the Lord of Storms, and finally to the God of Knowledge and Wisdom."
"None answered…" Adryan's voice broke at this moment and he begin to cry a little.
He lowered his head and tried to cover his tears in shame.
"Sorry, you shouldn't see me like this. I'm supposed to be the example..." the redhead said embarrassed as he kept failing to cover his tears that had grown thicker.
Sasha bit her lip and unable to take it anymore, against everything she was taught, she got up from her seat and quickly stood next to Adryan and rubbed his back, trying to comfort him as Hazel was trying to do.
"Calm down, Boss..."
"Calm down Teacher... We're here..."
'Now I'm seriously a son of a bitch...Manipulating my team like this...Don't worry Sasha, Hazel. I'll make sure you girls grow up big and strong.'
Being comforted this way only made Adryan feel more horrible for what he was doing but no matter how he felt he didn't plan on stopping.
"Sob* Thank you...Thank you..." Adryan repeated shamelessly, trying to recover but failing each time.
Charlotte looked uncomfortably at what was happening in front of him, unsure what he should do.
Whether he should go with them and comfort Adryan or sit and wait for the redhead to recover.
'There is no trust on both sides so it would be better to sit and watch...' the purple-eyed man thought.
He looked at how his boss was being comforted and couldn't help but be surprised.
'I can tell they care about each other, although it seemed that Sasha was uncomfortable with the boss a while ago, she didn't hesitate to go and comfort him when he needed it...'
His view of the team he joined changed slightly and he saw them in a new light.
After what Adryan considered long enough, he stopped crying and looked at Sasha and Hazel with a grateful smile and bloodshot eyes.
"Thanks...I needed it."
"Don't worry Boss. We are here for you." Sasha said while nodding.
"Sasha is right Teacher. We are here if you need anything." Hazel said seriously.
'Seriously, what a good team I have.' The redhead thought happily on the inside but on the outside he just nodded weakly.
"Thank you very much but I'm better now..."
"Okay boss, but I'll sit here now." Sasha nodded and brought her chair over to Adryan's side.
Adryan didn't say anything about this, he just continued with his story.
"I didn't know what to do when my prayers failed, I turned to see the rest hoping that they had better luck but they were just as desperate as me, repeating their prayers over and over again or some were in shock, completely frozen like statues."
"At that moment I knew. That we were alone and that no one would come to save us."
"This made the despair that surrounded me start to choke me and I felt like my sanity was slipping away." the redhead said heavily.
"Not wanting to die, I did what the church so often says not to do. I prayed to a great existence to save me."
Nobody said anything, everyone was attentive to Adryan's story.
"I didn't use any specific name or prayer, I just prayed with all my heart for a miracle. I wasn't expecting anything, it was just someone's helpless attempt to survive."
"But to my shock, my Lord responded." The shadow surrounding Adryan disappeared at the mention of his Lord and he even smiled genuinely.
"The powerful yet soft voice of my Lord rang in my ears. 'He' told me who 'He' was."
"'His' name is The Scarlet Monarch."
"'He' is the Fire that burns depravity;
'He' is the Calamity of the Old Days;
'He' is Closest to the Oldest One."
The trio hearing this couldn't help but be stunned.
Although they all had different backgrounds, they all had a basic education in religion and knew what the man had said meant.
A name of three lines!
Only Gods can use the names of three lines!
The trio looked at the redhead as if he now had a new set of legs and arms along with three heads.
They all came to the same conclusion.
He received the answer from a God!
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