"You think this world doesn't need saving? Open your eyes, What do you think would have happened if Ross gave the artifact to the Gisel senate? They will control the undead army outside, wage war against the other kingdoms, and thousands of people will die, lose their families, and end up being slaves to the rich. If you by any chance thought of any of them as innocent, you're the most naive person in the world"
These words played again and again in Logan's mind.
"And look around you man, if this world needs saving, it's from you. You killed a father, a daughter, and a good friend, for what? refusing to serve you? Do you really think you're the good guy?"
Michael heard everything without uttering a word as Logan continued,
"I might be a mercenary but I have no innocent blood on my hand. If I agree to serve you, I'll end up just like you. So go ahead, kill me"
"You're so full of it, big guy" Finally Michael couldn't take any more of this bullshit Logan spouting,
"You think this world doesn't need saving? Open your eyes, What do you think would have happened if Ross gave the artifact to the Gisel senate? They will control the undead army outside, wage war against the other kingdoms, and thousands of people will die, lose their families, and end up being slaves to the rich. If you by any chance thought of any of them as innocent, you're the most naive person in the world" Logan stared at the dead bodies around them. Deep down, he knew no one here is innocent.
"One day you'll realize that the good guys aren't enough to save the world "
Michael activated the Lightning Dash, appearing in front of Logan within a snap of time. Logan felt like he was hit by a big log in the face before everything turned dark.
He could have easily killed Logan like the others but his instincts told him not to. Somehow Michael believed Logan would be a loyal subordinate in the future. After knocking Logan down, his gaze turned to H who was staring at him with a pale face. Jonah was still unconscious.
"What about you H? Do you wanna serve me or die?"
Sparks of lightning danced around his fingers. Looking at the lightning sparks, H shivered.
"I… I'll serve you, my lord" This was the first time Michael saw overwhelming fear in H's face. Even when they were facing deadly odds, he never lost the courage yet the fear toxin and the power he displayed broke H's courage completely. Michael was glad of H's choice because people like him are easier to keep on the leash rather than people like Ross who chose death rather than bending his knees.
"What's your real name?" Michael floated slowly towards H,
"Hei...Heinberg, my...lord" He stuttered without looking him in the eyes.
"Are you willing to be my subordinate Heinberg?" Michael doubted the system would accept him as a subordinate because Heinberg was basically forced to swear his loyalty. It was either bending his knees or death and Heinberg chose to bend the knee.
"Yes...Yes, my lord" He quickly sat in front of him on one knee swearing his loyalty.
[Warning. The target cannot be forced to be the host's subordinate]
[The system recommends a different way to make the target swears his loyalty towards the host]
Just as he expected, the system threw him a couple of warning messages. Previously when he was recruiting someone to be his subordinate, he used a stick and carrot method except now where he only gave them the stick, not the carrot.
"He doesn't need to be registered with you system" He ignored the system's messages. In the Southern Continent, he was like a god. He doubted Heinberg would be stupid enough to betray him. If Michael wanted, he could destroy the Gisel kingdom or any kingdom in the Southern Continent in a couple of days. If he brought Nightmare with him and he was able to use his dragon breath, it'd only take a day to destroy any kingdom.
"Rise, Heinberg" Somehow Michael felt like movie villains, speaking these words through the voice modulator.
Heinberg swallowed a mouthful of saliva before slowly standing up. He was loyal to the senate leader Caius but not enough to die for him. Caius always used him to do his dirty works, the only reason Heinberg world for him was Caius paid him handsomely. It was under Caius's order he came here to retrieve the artifact, Ross knew this. However, what Ross didn't know was his secondary objective. Heinberg was to capture one of the alpha undeads. After what happened to Ross's wife, the Senate dropped the idea of experimenting with the undeads. They felt like it was a far greater risk than they were initially thinking. Besides, except for Ross, no one was willing to venture into this island and capture an alpha undead.
"Tell me Heinberg, why did you bring Jonah with you?"
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