Novel Lived
Chapter 427 426: Why Would I Run?
427 426: Why Would I Run?
(In a certain part of the Capra King's dimension)
"Shit, shit, shit, shit!"
"I'm going to fucking die!"
Selene cursed out loud as she forced her injured leg to move. She looked up, and when she saw the falling asteroids, and meteorites, she could not help but grit her teeth in fear.
She looked behind her, and her pupils reflected the sight of an asteroid that was approximately 200m away from her. The sight of the asteroid sent shivers down her spine when she recalled just how close she had been to the asteroid when it fell.
The earth trembled once again, and she staggered slightly. She looked down, and when she saw the countless cracks that went as far as her eye could see, she could not help but mutter.
"Don't tell me he really killed the Capra King?"
Selene knew that it was beyond absurd for her to think that her master, who was merely a tier 2, would have killed a being like the Capra King, however, the sight of the crumbling of the dimension was enough proof for her.
She knew that if the Capra King was still alive, there was no way he'd allow his dimension to crumble apart.
'Also, I saw that weird eye that sent shivers down my spine. What was that eye? What was that lightning? Don't tell me that's a skill of Master?'
Serene shivered slightly as the thought of her master summoning such a thing was more than incomprehensible to her.
"Let's say that eye is one of his skills… Won't that mean that he's most likely incapacitated? I'm sure the requirements for a skill like that would be extremely high… Especially since he's just a tier 2."
Just as Selene had this thought, a figure suddenly appeared in front of her, and her instincts instantly kicked in.
Without hesitation, she took a step back and kicked the figure.
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"Not only did you betray me, now you want to kill me?"
Selene's eyes widened, and then a wry smile appeared on her lips, "Master."
Corey tilted his head to the side with an indifferent expression, "Oh? Now I'm your master?"
Selene coughed and looked away with an embarrassed expression, "I'm sorry I did such a thing without informing you. I didn't want the Capra King to notice that it was planned."
Corey raised his brows, "It's not like it mattered at the end. Your sneak attack failed… miserably."
Selene's left eye twitched, and although she so wanted to speak, she had nothing to say. She knew that Corey was right and that if not for him, she would have died.
She also knew that if Corey chose to, he could have left her to die at the hands of the Capra King. She was extremely weak against the Capra King, however, she was not affected by this.
Unlike Corey, she knew her limits, and she knew that no matter what she did, there was no way she would be able to kill the Capra King who was as strong as some tier 7s.
She knew that she wasn't talented nor was she special like Corey. She also knew that fighting a tier 6 or a tier 7 was basically inviting the Grim Reaper to take her life.
So, there was no way she was going to be affected by her inability to kill the Capra King.
"Two reasons."
Corey let go of Selene's leg, and then he raised two fingers. Selene took a step back and looked at Corey with a confused expression.
"There are two reasons why I saved you back then and why I'm not killing you right now."
"The first is because of my promise to your mother."
Selene's expression changed slightly.
"Your mother went as far as making you my slave just so that I'll have a reason to protect you or should I say that, the payment she made for me to protect you is that you became my slave even without your knowledge."
"You and your mother are my slaves, and if you die here, then who knows what your mother might do in the future."
Selene looked down while clenching her fists.
"The second reason is because I already knew or should I say I was 90% certain that you were faking it since if I die, you die. The Capra King did not mention anything about the slave seal, and neither did you… Luckily for you, you chose to attack the Capra King and you almost died as a result."
Selene's left eye twitched.
Corey took a step forward, and then he held her shoulder. She looked up.
He grabbed her left hand, opened her palm, and then he placed the ancient stone of the Capra King in her hand.
Selene stared confusedly at the dark purple stone in her left hand for a few seconds before it clicked for her.
She looked at Corey, "An ancient stone?"
Corey nodded without a change in his expression.
Selene closed her fist, and she said sincerely, "Thank you."
Corey hummed, and then he looked around with an indifferent gaze.
"The dimension is about to collapse… and if we wait for it to collapse, we'll find ourselves at the Mountain of Metals."
Selene furrowed her brows and stared at Corey with a suspicious gaze, "Are you sure? What if we die?"
Corey shook his head slightly, "Don't worry we won't. We just have to avoid the falling asteroids and the fissures formed as a result of the earthquake." n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om
'I made sure to ask Nina about it. My knowledge of space and time is still very rudimentary after all.' Corey added in his heart.
Selene released a sigh of relief. However, a second later, she froze and looked at Corey with slightly wide eyes.
Corey smirked, "Seems you've realized."
"What if the destruction of the Capra King's dimension causes a commotion in the Mountain of Metals? And if it does, doesn't that mean that the monsters of the Mountain of Metals would be disturbed? What if they attack us? And what if there's an extremely strong monster?"
"Won't we have to fight another dangerous monster?"
The more Selene spoke, the more nervous and fearful she became at the thought of leaving the Capra King's dimension. However, Corey merely smiled.
Selene saw Corey's smile, and she felt like punching his overconfident face, however, she took in a deep breath and asked with a solemn expression.
"So what's the plan? Are we going to run? Teleport out of there? Hide? Or what?"
Corey chuckled, and with a smirk on his face, he said:
"Why would I run when the Mountain of Metals is literally a mountain of extremely rare resources?"
"What?" Selene.