As Karoen and Zara came out of the castle, Ladirma no longer hesitated. He made up his mind and turned around, running toward the opposite side. He did not have the confidence to win against the crystal blue draconian. And another two monstrous beings appeared. There was no more hesitation or negotiation, immediately made an escape. That was what crossed his mind at the sight of them. novelbin
The reason he wanted to negotiate was to keep his image clean as a Black Iron Adventurer. Admitting defeat had a more positive image than escaping with no words like a coward.
Ladirma looked back and was relieved that no one chased after him. The beastmen had no interest in hunting him down, 'I have to escape to a place with no The Temple's influence.' That was the only way for him to avoid the fight against those monstrous beasts.
His heart was still tight because he was still inside the city. As soon as he jumped over the city wall, coming out of the city. Ladirma was relieved from the stress. He thought it would be safe for him as long as he was out of the city.
"You are quite slow for someone on your level," Ladirma felt like he almost had a heart attack just hearing the female voice. He recognized the voice as the blue-haired girl who killed The Turan Adventurer's Guild Master. He almost fell from his flying skill before regaining his balance in the air.
Avyn was in front of him, floating in the air, looking bored. She looked like had been waiting for him outside the city for a while.
"He loved to give people like you choices, so listen to me, Worm. First, I will not kill you, but you have to take an oath to be his slave. Don't worry, you will not be a slave forever. You will be his slave for thirty years. After that, you will be free."
Ladirma closed his eyes. Even though he had not listened to the second choice, he could guess what it was.
"Or second, you can refuse the first choice and die in my hand? Not so bad, right?"
"You have five seconds left," The ice-cold voice interrupted his thoughts.
"What? Isn't that too fast?" Ladirma felt like he was being scammed by this evil woman.
"Four..." Avyn started to count down, and Ladirma panicked.
"Two..."
"Hey! It's three before two, you know? Can you even count?"
"One..."
"I will be your slave! I will be your slave!" Ladirma gave his answer as the murderous intent surrounded him.
Avyn extended her index finger to Ladirma's forehead, "Don't resist or you might die!"
Ladirma did not know what the evil woman wanted to do, but he followed the instructions obediently. As soon as the smooth finger touched his forehead, he felt the cold on his entire body. Then he felt it, his brain froze for a moment. His body convulsed for a few seconds before everything turned back to normal.
"What did you do to me?" His eyes widened in surprise.
"I plant Ice Curse on your organs and brain. If you are going too far from me, you will freeze to death. You will start freezing from your brain, then your organs before your whole body freezes. Then slowly, the piercing that is more painful than the one you feel right now will torture you until your death!"