THE GOD EATER

Chapter 997: The Curse.

Fortunately, it wasn’t Heavenly Eye who replied. Sword Maestro explained to them, "Before Black Chains left in defeat, he cursed the dragon. He used the death of his five avatars as materials to curse the dragon to death."

From the look of things, it is working. Instead of rewarding him for saving it, the will of the world is doing its best to kill him.

Hearing this, Tepid Scholar scoffed and said, "His curse is more than working. Not only will the dragon die, but I will also get back my Forging Pathway. What more can anyone ask for before they can count something as a success?"

Heavenly Eye, shaking her head, said, "This is just like Black Chains to pull off a comeback. It seems in this war with the dragon, he will have the last laugh."

The more Martial Will heard, the more he understood what was going on. But the angrier he also became.

He didn’t seem to like them praising Black Chains. So after a while, he had to interrupt them.

"First of all," Martial Will began. "Using curses and killing an enemy with another person’s hands is lame. It is a coward’s way to fight."

"Secondly, even if he won in the end, it would be at what cost? He would have lost five pathways just to kill one Rank 9 Dao Initiate. What kind of victory is that? Is it a boring and pitiful victory if you ask me?"

Sword Maestro interjected, saying, "No one asked you."

Heavenly Eye added, "You also lost to this Rank 9 Dao Initiate, so maybe you’re pitiful too."

Martial Will ignored them and continued, "Thirdly, the dragon won’t lose. So he would have made all of that sacrifice and schemed for nothing."

When Tepid Scholar heard this, he chuckled in amusement and said, "And why do you think the dragon won’t lose? Even he thinks he will lose. His mind reeks of his fear and anxiety right now."

Martial Will, with certainty and stubbornness, replied, "It is just a feeling. I don’t believe that someone who could defeat me could be defeated so easily."

"How is this an easy defeat?"Tepid Scholar asked in amusement.

Just in case Martial Will didn’t understand, he explained, saying, "Five avatars died to mobilize the power of the whole Blessed Heaven World. I even had to lend my power to the will of the world. How is this an easy defeat?"

When Martial Will heard this, his will began to waver. In a voice full of hesitation and uncertainty, he said, "Maybe you have a point. Maybe the dragon will be..."

Just as he said that, the dragon exploded.

The dragon shattered, and so did everything around it. The rules that bound the dragon were also destroyed, so the dragon was now safe. But it was too late. After all, the dragon was now dead.

Seeing this, Martial Will nodded in satisfaction and said, "That’s a good way to go out. To go out with a bang is how brave men fight."

Then he said to Tepid Scholar, "I hate to admit it, but it seems you were right."

But instead of taking the compliment, Tepid Scholar shook his head and said, "No. It can’t be. Something is wrong. He can’t be dead."

Martial Will, frowning in displeasure, asked, "What more do you want? Did you want to whip him before he could kill himself? He is already dead. Take your victory and let it go."

But Tepid Scholar still refused. He continued to shake his head as he said, "Where is the Forging Supreme Metac? Where are the other Supreme Metacs? There is nothing left."

"Isn’t it obvious?" Martial Will replied. "He destroyed all of them along with him? Why would he leave them for you to use if he was going to kill himself?"

With these words, Tepid Scholar reached his breaking point. In a fit of anger, he raised his voice at Martial Will and said, "You brash fool. What do you even know?"

Now he was shouting at the top of his lungs, saying, "Why would he kill himself? That’s the question you should ask."

"The answer is that he didn’t need to kill himself. He didn’t need to die either."

"All the will of the world wanted was his support. He could have given the support and avoided all of these. Since he didn’t need to die, then this death must be suspicious."

He was shouting as if the world had ended, but Martial Will didn’t think the situation was serious at all. In fact, Martial Will was sure that he was shouting for nothing.

Rolling his eyes, Martial Will said, "It seems I have to remind you that all of this is happening because of a curse. And the curse is so powerful that it can make the will of the realm try to kill the person who freed it."

"If that is true, why can’t the curse be so powerful that it made the dragon unwilling to be forced? Maybe the curse made him believe that it was a good idea to die rather than to be forced to do something that wouldn’t kill him?"

When Tepid Scholar heard this, he stopped shouting and ranting. In fact, he became silent. Only his eyes were glowing a bit brighter than before, indicating that he was experiencing intense emotions.

He was silent, and they could only see his eyes, so no one knew what he was thinking. But where no one could see his face, he was gritting his teeth in anger.

Eventually, after a few milliseconds, he said, "That damn Black Chains. This is all his fault."

"Even in defeat, he won’t let me have the Forging Pathway. What an evil, evil monkey. It is no wonder his dragon father hated him so much. What is there to love about him?"

"Not only is he evil and hateful, but he is also a bitter villain. I bet he is gloating now that the dragon is dead. I can just picture his insufferable face laughing at my pain."