Chapter 86: Chapter 86 : The Black Widow

Alpha was glaring at Alex, who was washing her face at the fountain. They have returned to the temple after Victor locked that poor kid inside that cave, then closed the entrance after he escaped alone. She had an urge to help Sebastian, but Victor locked her power, rendering her helpless. And she couldn’t go against Victor’s wishes after all. That guy only told them that they need to play along.

"Just you wait, when my authority grows higher than yours I will get my revenge." She swore.

The routes were pretty much spider-free after the massacre they committed with Sebastian earlier, so the trip only took them 30 minutes. Victor left them alone after that saying that he was going to fetch something.
She did hear some loud noises a little while ago. Was it him creating trouble?

After about two hours Alpha, who got bored cursing at Victor, decided to confront Alex.
“You are a female aren’t you?” Alpha said to Alex, who froze in her place then turned to look at Alpha slowly.

“N...No, I am not,” He said, stuttering. She didn’t fool her, she could tell for a while now. The ring on her finger was the GENDER SWAPPING RING. This thing was unique and was stolen from a collector 50 years ago according to her inherited knowledge.

“Whatever, It’s not like I care. Why do you follow Victor?” She asked, not exposing Alex’s secret, but wondering whether Victor knew about it.

Alex hesitated a little, but after remembering what Victor said about Alpha being his new assistant, he began to tell Alpha the full story. About the sect’s betrayal and her escape. Then how she met Victor and the deal between them.

“Ah, so you are really the young master of the Thunder sect!” Alpha said in surprise.

“Yes, acting like one once again was very refreshing,” Alex said with some embarrassment.

“But, why lie to that kid? Victor, that bastard was too vicious!” She shouted, Maybe to Alex, maybe to herself, or maybe to the entire world.

“It’s very rude to call your young master a bastard and a vicious one at that. I will punish you later.” Victor said as he appeared out of thin air at the temple's entrance.
Since when was he standing there eavesdropping on their conversation? Alpha wondered with a little blush.

 

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Victor walked slowly, then stood in the center of the hell where he took out his chair and unfolded it before sitting leisurely on it.
“Are you worried about Sebastian? I should have told you earlier, that guy is probably about 30 years old. He is practicing some art called eternal body art. Do you know what that is?“ Victor looked at her and asked.

“What!” Alpha didn't want to believe him about Sebastian’s age, but if what he told her about the eternal body art is true then it may be plausible. Victor had no reason to lie about that. And that art existed in her memory. It also explains Sebastian’s high level.

“It’s an ancient art that was practiced by a long-forgotten sect. The Immortal Abode. But that sect has long been destroyed.” She explained while wondering that maybe what Victor did was justifiable, that Sebastian dared to say he was 12, what a scumbag.
“But Victor was still too vicious.” She thought not realizing that what her young master really did to Sebastian was way beyond anything she could have imagined.

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Victor looked at her with horror in his eyes. The Immortal abode was not destroyed at all. It emerged with the other Hidden powers after the Reckoning and fought for world domination. At first, it was considered one of the top five new powers. But it was destroyed quickly in a catastrophic event, when an asteroid destroyed their sect on the day of their sect master’s wedding, erasing everything there and killing all of the guests, including many high leveled elders from the other powers and destroying the delicate balance that the world finally achieved, throwing the great powers into a new war for dominance. Maybe it was not an accident after all. Whenever a scion was involved, things tend to take a crazy turn.

“It seemed not destroyed after all. And that guy already has the arachne killing Spear. He is fighting it in that cave to this moment.” Victor said, making Alpha nod a little.

“He was the danger I told you about when I looked at your fate. That’s everything I can tell you for now.” Victor added as he took out a water bottle that was in his bag. There was something inside of it. A spider.

“What is that?” Asked Alpha, as Alex stepped away slowly.

“The black widow, this dungeon’s boss.” Said Victor with a sigh. Those idiots were still ‘fighting’ the arachne in the cave not realizing that it was not the boss. The notification clearly stated KILL THE BLACK WIDOW. That thing only has six eyes. A black widow has eight.

“What? Isn't the dungeon's boss an arachne? What about the murals?” Alpha asked.

“I told you, those are not created by the dungeon. But by whatever otherworldly power built this place. The world could kill arachne easily. Do you know what conditions the world needs to create a dungeon around a target?” Victor asked.

Alpha shook her head.

“The target. A monster most of the time should have an S rank fate or higher. The world would not be able to kill it, so it just contains it.” Victor said.

“As far as I know creatures with S fate are nearly impossible to kill. But bosses get killed all the time.” Alpha said she was not that knowledgeable about fate.

“They are hard to kill in their original world. That’s why the dungeon gets created. To sever them from their original destiny.” Victor said as he looked at the little cute black widow in the bottle.

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