Chapter 104: The Fallen God Knows
"Profile huh...James, you'd be surprised how easily the tower and the system inside it are fooled...Think about it, in a world where everything is normal, a child with lush green hair and green eyes deeper than nature itself is born. He has a feature that is contrary to the DNA of humanity, he has white skin, but his body is just as strong."
Hearing Emily's words, James shook his head for a few seconds as if he didn't really believe anything and then asked, "Then what am I?"
Emily turned her head after these words and looked from inside the cave to the top of the mountain.
"I'm afraid we can't talk right now James, I'd like to, but that piece of rubbish up there doesn't seem to be letting you go, it's sensing Nyx's energy, it's desperate to kill you, please be careful."
Emily suddenly and then pointed to the ring on the table inside the cave and said, "This ring will allow you to talk to me, in a way, we will be able to talk to you from inside your mind.
My soul will be trapped in that ring, Nyx can recognise the energy but you can dismiss it as an item, if you want to know everything wear the ring but remember James, I've been hoping for you to come here for a long, long time."
When James took the ring on the table and looked at its features, he realised that what Emily had said was not a lie:
[Black Family Heirloom
A ring forged from a soul stone that has been waiting for the right person for generations and has the chance to obtain the souls of the Black bloodline.
Terms of Use: Chosen by the Ring]
When James read the trait, he began to think that he had not been chosen by Chaos by chance, he realised that his aunt's spirit was moving towards the ring and he put it on without thinking. There seemed to be a world of things he didn't know about his family.
"I hope you tell me everything Auntie, I'm happy to meet you, to know that one of my family is kinda alive..." James suddenly said, that even if there was no return from the ring, the heat emanating from the ring seemed to tell James that he was not the only happy one.
As he stepped lightly out of the cave, James realised that the cold outside no longer affected him to such an enormous extent that it was as if the ring he was wearing was fighting the cold instead of James.
There was a distance of almost 10 minutes between James and the top of the ice mountain. James didn't stop at all and managed to reach the summit with quick steps.
Even if the summit of the mountain was piercing the sky, even if the clouds themselves were now passed, the summit was officially as big as a football field and James could easily see what was happening.
A man was sitting on a throne of ice and looking at James with an angry expression on his face.
"Sup?" James suddenly said.
The man smiled at this and said, "No way...Are you the one harbouring Nyx's energy? I know you, your expression is quite familiar, who are you?" he asked.
James looked at the ring when he heard these words, and the man who saw what he was doing turned to where James was looking and was suddenly surprised.
The man suddenly stood up and shouted "BLACK!".
Before James even realised what was happening, the man had disappeared, James had reflexively used the time element after all his practice with Chronos and then avoided the move coming towards him.
"What the hell is going on?" James thought, and his thought was instantly answered:
"I was wondering why your face looked familiar! You bastard, we may not have killed your ancestor, but we can try to wipe you out."
James seemed genuinely stunned by what he was hearing, how many unknown mysteries were there in this ring and bloodline?
Still, he knew he should try to fight instead of having these thoughts. He had a firm grip on Clarent and in his other hand, he wielded Selene's Throwing Knife. At any moment, he might have to respond to the attack and counterattack.
"I don't even know who you are, but you keep talking about my ancestor, what stupid beings you all are!" James suddenly attacked instantly.
They were on the 5th floor and the only one who could use all of his power right now was James himself, whether it was the Fallen God or Nyx himself, whoever it was, they would lose that much power every time they descended each floor.
This meant that there was a huge difference between James, who was powerless on the 9th floor, and James with his current level of power, and this was the difference between the two Fallen Gods.
The only change was that James became stronger and the Fallen Gods lost their powers.
This meant that James had a chance, even if it was small.
Pausing at James' words, the Fallen God carefully looked at the young man in front of him and said, "You don't even have a clue who you are, you want to attempt what he did when you are so weak but guess what's different? You're not even 0.000001% as strong as him."
After these words, he lunged at James again, but this time James was able to follow the Fallen God with his eyes, the fact that he had just been caught off guard was what put him in danger.
He met the attack of the man coming towards him with Clarent and realised that he had been pushed back a few steps.
James had no intention of asking questions at the moment, there was already someone inside the ring who could answer his questions, that's why James instantly lunged forward and tried to stab Clarent into the Fallen God by using his Pierce ability in a way that even exceeded his speed.
Fallen God blocked the attack with his hand and then tried to grab James to attack back.
"AUUUUUGH!!!"
Fallen God suddenly realised that his hand was on fire.
"WHAT THE HECK IS THIS MAGIC?!?!?!" shouted Fallen God, while James was quite happy with what was happening.
"Haha..." he laughed, smiling at his sword.