MIGHT AS WELL BE OP

Chapter 1085: A Favor

As Anthony was lost in thought about the Domains he planned to visit, a Vampire, one of Tiara’s bodyguards, appeared atop the aircraft and walked toward them with measured steps. All eyes turned toward him as they wondered why he was approaching them, as they understood that the man wouldn’t approach them without reason or purpose.

But at the same time, a thought surfaced in their minds, perhaps he was here to relay words from the Blood Queen, Elara Bloodmoon, and indeed, they were all correct.

”I greet God Anthony, and Lady Tiara,” the bodyguard stated with a bow as he knelt on one knee, greeting only Anthony and Tiara while completely ignoring Bryan and the Storm Brothers, which was understandable since they weren’t of his race. If Anthony had been weaker than him, the bodyguard would have simply ignored him as well without hesitation.

”What do you want?” Tiara stated as she went straight to the point, already finding this bodyguard’s mere presence quite unpleasant. After all, to her, they were nothing more than spies planted by the Blood Queen and her son to monitor her every move and report back without fail.

”The Blood Queen has asked me to pass along a message,” the Vampire replied, his head bowed as he didn’t meet Tiara’s or anyone else’s gaze, maintaining a respectful yet distant posture.

”Speak,” Tiara stated without missing a beat, her tone cold and unwelcoming.

”The Blood Queen says she has been trying to reach you by phone, which failed. I later informed her that you had gone to outer space with God Anthony, hence why she was unable to establish communication with you. I was asked to inform you to call her upon your return,” the Vampire stated with a respectful and composed tone.

”You may leave,” Tiara replied the moment the Vampire was done speaking. At her words, the Vampire vanished in a blur of motion, his presence disappearing as swiftly as it had appeared.

Without hesitation, Tiara took out her phone from her space ring, and on it were tens of messages from the Blood Queen. The reason she hadn’t received any of these messages earlier, or why her phone had been unreachable, was simply because she had been in space.

Her phone wasn’t the type that allowed unrestricted communication across such vast distances; only Apexus Mana Rankers possessed such devices, as they were the ones who traversed space frequently.

As Tiara read through the messages, Rider’s voice broke the silence. ”What do the messages say?” he asked, though everyone could already guess that the Blood Queen had been trying to get a hold of Tiara because of Drake Bloodmoon.

”It’s as my bodyguard said earlier, I should call her,” Tiara replied, as all of Elara Bloodmoon’s messages consisted of only two words: Call me. Nothing more, nothing less.

Without missing a beat, Tiara pressed the call button. The moment the phone rang, Elara Bloodmoon answered instantly, as though she had been holding the phone in her hands the entire time, waiting.

Before Tiara could even speak, Elara Bloodmoon’s voice came through the speaker. ”Pass the phone to Anthony,” she stated flatly, her tone devoid of unnecessary emotion.

Before Tiara could hand the phone over, Anthony spoke, ”Just put it on loudspeaker.”

Tiara simply nodded and pressed the speaker button without hesitation.

”You may speak, Blood Queen, I’m listening,” Anthony stated with an indifferent voice, his expression unchanged.

”I need a favor, Null Anthony,” Elara Bloodmoon’s voice came through the phone. Although Anthony could already guess what favor she needed, her voice remained as calm as ever, as though she hadn’t just lost her only child and son.

”A favor, huh?” Anthony stated, but the Blood Queen didn’t reply immediately; she simply waited, allowing the weight of her words to settle.

”What do you need? I will only consider it when I hear your request,” Anthony added with a calm, measured tone.

Elara Bloodmoon’s voice didn’t come immediately. After a few seconds of silence, she finally spoke. ”I can’t say it over the phone. You will need to be at the Vampire Domain to understand the favor I need, as such things cannot be spoken aloud,” she stated as she tried to maintain her composure.

”I see. I will be there then,” Anthony replied without hesitation, his decision immediate.

”Thank you,” Elara Bloodmoon stated before ending the call instantly.

Tiara’s phone vanished from her hand as she returned it to her space ring. Nobody present was an idiot; everyone knew exactly what the Blood Queen wanted. She had contacted Anthony through Tiara since they were together. As for the favor, it was for Anthony to help her resurrect Drake Bloodmoon, her son.

Everyone had seen Anthony bring back millions of people from the dead; no one needed to question whether Anthony could resurrect one more person.

”Honestly, I didn’t think this far,” Anthony spoke, his voice carrying a hint of amusement, as he hadn’t anticipated the Blood Queen contacting him upon Drake’s death so soon.

If Drake had faced a normal death, the Blood Queen might have been able to resurrect him using their Blood Rituals or whatever artefacts and techniques the Vampires possessed. But the Authority of Severance had rendered all of that obsolete and completely futile.

Meaning, the Blood Queen had tried everything within her power and failed, leaving her with no other option but to call Anthony.

”It seems you are in a bind,” Bryan stated as he sighed, shaking his head slightly.

If Anthony resurrected Drake, wouldn’t Tiara’s suffering simply continue as though nothing had ever happened?

”You shouldn’t have accepted heading to the Vampire Domain,” Rider added as he met Anthony’s gaze calmly, his expression serious.

”Well, I think Anthony can just use the engagement annulment as the price the Blood Queen has to pay to resurrect her son,” Bringer stated with a shrug, as that seemed like the most logical and balanced solution.

Tiara, Bryan, and Rider couldn’t help but nod in agreement at such a rational and well-thought-out suggestion.

Anthony simply laughed gently at their words. He shook his head as he spoke, ”I think you guys are forgetting something.”

Everyone fell into thought, wondering what exactly they had overlooked.

”What is that?” Tiara asked, as she didn’t have the patience to think it through like the others, her life was quite literally on the line here.

Anthony smiled faintly as he spoke, ”You seem to forget that I could just refuse her request. After all, what can the Blood Queen possibly give me that I don’t already have?” he stated flatly, as though it was the most obvious option in the world.

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AUTHOR’S NOTE: I was supposed to come back earlier, but the death took a toll on my mind. Writing anything in that state would simply make me write slops, so I’m sorry. Also, I don’t know how slice of life changed into this, but sigh. Also, please, we’ve been dropping from the Golden Tickets ranking within the past few months. Please support this author.

And as usual, I love gifts; give them to me, my greed is insatiable. And lastly, I love you all, LORDTEE wouldn’t exist without you.