Villain With The Strongest System-Chapter 271: Salvation
After getting the treasures, the team found their way out of the dungeon and almost immediately after they exited the dungeon the floor administrator declared their mission to be complete and gave them an 'A' grade evaluation for the successful dungeon run.
[ Strongest System Notification :- Congratulations host for clearing floor 22 of the tower of ascension.
You have received +7 shots of Riva's medicine.
You have (10) days now to clear floor 23 for the chain quest to continue ]
After the floor administrator graded their dungeon run to be a success, the strongest system sent Rocky a notification informing him that he had received the next batch of medicines and that he had 10 days now to clear floor 23, since he had managed to clear floor 22 in just 4 days time.
"Alright guys, I'm going to head back to Earth, you guys can either come with me and I'll arrange accommodations for you at the guild HQ, or we can all just meet on Earth in 2 days time.
Up to you…" Rocky said, as the team members contemplated their choices for a moment.
"Buhara has not been home in a long while, Buhara thinks he will visit home once–" said Buhara as he seemed to be feeling slightly homesick after spending 4 days in the dark dungeon.
"I think I will follow Sir Rocky to Earth, the True Elites Guild mage practice arena suits me well …." Erin said as he decided to follow Rocky home.
"Well, I have money now, so I'll try and buy some new gear for myself and try new foods.
My freedom is kind of newly found, so I think I'll enjoy it for a while" said Kronos as he did not seem to be willing to return to Earth.
"Alright then, see you guys in two days time…" Rocky said, as he parted ways with Kronos and Buhara, while himself and Erin headed home.
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( Meanwhile Sophia )
After her sentencing at the Olympian Council, Sophia was entrusted to Monarch Ares for re-education.
Having been betrayed by her family, her friends and pretty much everyone that she ever met in her life, Sophia had no real expectations from Ares either as she mentally prepared herself for being tortured and betrayed before their relationship even began.
However, to her absolute surprise, Ares turned out to be nothing like what she expected.
Right after the council meeting ended, he came over to meet her personally, and showed great interest in her.
"You know kid…. What is the true reason you were chosen as the Champion Of Poseidon, when there are clearly so many more competent warriors than you?" Ares asked her, as Sophia not daring to utter a word only kept hanging her head down in shame.
"Ehhh…. So you're the quiet kind eh? Not bad…. I like the quiet kind of girls the most" Ares said, chuckling out loud as he placed his hand over Sophia's chin, lifting it slightly so that she would meet his eyes.
"The true reason for you being chosen as the champion of Poseidon is because you have the soul of an ancient warrior developing within you.
Your father is sneaky, he placed a soul inside your nascent soul vessel right after you were born and has allowed that soul to grow alongside you as it slowly recovers its strength" Ares said, as his words shocked Sophia to her core.
For her entire life, Sophia thought that she was special because Poseidon chose her as his champion, however, it turned out that she was only a vessel for the soul of a greater warrior to recoup.
"N-no you're lying…." Sophia murmured, not willing to accept this fate, however, Ares simply chuckled at her reaction.
"Why would I lie to you? I'm a monarch and you're an ant. What will I get from manipulating you?" Ares asked, as Sophia fell silent when faced with this question.
A god like Ares could gain nothing from manipulating a tier2 warrior like Sophia and hence he had no reason to lie to her either.
"So you're saying that my eventual fate is to lose control of my own body to a foreign entity?" Sophia asked, a tear streaking down her face as she felt like a camel who was finally on her last straw.
She had approached her limit and could not take any more abuse, however, life seemed to love abusing her again and again every passing day.
"Well, if you had not met me, then your fate would indeed have been to turn into an obedient doll who had no control over her own body.
Around the time that you would have reached tier4 strength, the latent soul inside you would have made an attempt to take over your body and you would have lost that fight since the latent soul inside you is quite powerful.
However, that's not necessarily how things may turn out any longer" Ares said, as he smiled kindly towards Sophia.
"You see…. I know for sure that it's your father who has planted this soul inside you and as things stand… I hate that guy.
He's Athena's pet and he thinks he's better than everyone around, so I'm planning to shrink him down to size.
I want to foil his plan so badly that I'll help you deal with the latent soul inside you just to mess with him, however, the process will be difficult" Ares said, as he offered Sophia salvation just to mess with her father.
"Why should I trust you? Nobody has ever been truthful to me! What if you're lying?" Sophia asked with a teary eye, as Ares simply scoffed at her words. Your journey continues with novelbuddy
"You don't have to trust me…. You can choose to become a doll if you want.
However, if you want that latent soul's power to become yours.
If you want her techniques, experience and strength to become your own.
If you want to become a phoenix that rises from her ashes…..
Then give me a chance.
In return, I'll only ask for you to kill Cassius in the most brutal way possible!" Ares said as he extended his hand for Sophia to shake.
