Others Summon Dragons, I Summon Legendary Knights

Chapter 383: Am I In A Loop

Godfrey looked at Gabriel. So... he had exceeded the Titled God Tier, perks of being a Favoured One; they might as well be the most loved entities in any chosen world. Many of them thought this was Gabriel’s summon, but Godfrey knew this was Gabriel himself, just revealing a bit of his true self.

To everyone, the man before them was an angel, but this was just one of his faces. The other ones would... cause terror.

Gabriel tilted his head after asking both sides to speak and hearing what they had to say. ”Do you want to shatter this city? I doubt even if any of you win, there would be a place to call paradise any longer.”

His eyes went to Godfrey. ”He was grieving. He has always been a part of the Cohort, Captain Saul.”

Saul stared into Gabriel’s eyes. ”My word remains. I’m not his former Captain, I will kill him if he joins this cohort. It’s as simple as that.”

Godfrey scoffed. ”Thank you for the honour. But I’ll take the chance, a Demigod’s essence is attractive to anyone. You’re probably furious. I decided to come back on my own terms and not yours.”

He tucked his hands into his pockets. ”That’s too much pride, watch yourself, Captain Saul. This world is big.”

Saul sneered and began to laugh.

”Very well,” Gabriel said. ”Godfrey is officially a member of the cohort and he has a right to the tournament. Captain Saul’s words stand, and there won’t be any retaliation if you’re to lose your life or your summons.”

Gabriel looked at Godfrey, then split space and left. He sat down in his tower and made another move, knocking down another knight.

Meanwhile, Saul smirked, then turned and walked away. He touched the eye patch over one of his eyes, and his smirk slowly vanished.

As he cracked his neck, Arnold and the other two quickly followed him. After hesitating for a while, Arden and Oliver also left.

Saul couldn’t believe his luck. He was indeed trying to scare Godfrey away because he wanted to kill him away from paradise so his mother would have no idea, but since he was so adamant about dying, his wish would be granted.

He planned to kill him during the Ruination after all. Once the Ruination was over, Godfrey’s strength might not be as predictable; right now, with this global restriction, it was easy to set a maximum bar on anyone, making them predictable.

To Saul, anyone who wasn’t on his side was a threat. That was his law, the law of the jungle; he saw no use for them, none at all. There was no need to scheme, his iron fist handled it all.

”Who’s that?”

”Captain Arian’s student. I heard he was more talented than the Captain back then, but I think he’s pushing it with Captain Saul. It will be too late to regret it when the time comes.”

”No doubt about that. I mean, just one of Captain Saul’s summons lifted the entire Colosseum, and that structure is bigger than a football field.”

”That’s because that’s his strongest summon.”

”It’s not! Have you seen what those Black Knights can do?”

”That summon is his first and his strongest!”

Ignoring the argument of two men in the dispersing crowd, Percival approached Godfrey.

”Everyone is looking at you like you’re going to lose without a doubt,” he said.

”It wouldn’t be the first,” Godfrey replied.

Percival held Godfrey’s right shoulder. ”This isn’t Manhattan, these people acknowledge your strength and records, but they’ve seen something more absurd. I also felt the same thing.”

”Trust me when I say there’s nothing more absurd than me.” Godfrey sighed when he saw his mother in the dispersing crowd.

He turned to Percival. ”I know what you mean, but if we let this continue, Saul will ruin the memories we have about this place. We already have Cain to worry about; we don’t need another one here.”

”Here... Cain is here?!” Percival’s eyes widened. Cain, that was the only name that could make his eyes grow cold.

Godfrey’s eyes went to his father, whose expression was quite stern. He had just watched his son agree to a death contract.

”We should leave,” Ronald said.

***

Saul walked into the hall with the Elites behind him. He paused when he was before the head seat. He grabbed it, and tilted his head toward the ceiling.

”You have a target. When you meet Godfrey’s summons, kill them. I trust you’ll handle those that they fail to defeat, Arnold,” Saul said without turning back.

”Without a problem.” Arnold’s Omen was originally an ancient god. This was what happened to most ancient gods after they died; they became Harrowing Omens of the Afterlife world, existences worse than the Obsidians.

If the Blood Omen went all out, it would be able to decimate most demigods.

”A scratch is all it will take to turn his summons into a zombie,” Nathan smirked.

Saul turned. ”Don’t lose, then.”

His voice made Nathan grin nervously.

***

Godfrey sat in the living room, facing his parents, while Percival and Lucy were in his room.

”Why would you do such a thing? Why are you putting yourself in danger?” Valentina said, staring at him with concern and fear of what he had put himself into.

”You’re the one putting yourself in danger, and I’m not comfortable. Why are you still close with that man?!” Godfrey retorted.

”He’s not wrong,” Ronald, who sat beside his wife, added softly.

Valentina glared at him. ”Are you not supposed to be supporting me? Didn’t you see what he did?!”

She stormed off. She couldn’t argue with Ronald right in front of Godfrey.

Ronald faced Godfrey. ”Your mother isn’t happy with you. Even though you have your life and make your own choices now, you should know someone can feel hurt because they care about you.”

”Your face was like hers. What changed?” Godfrey asked after being silent for a while.

”Well, I was initially unhappy, but on our way home, I realised that you might have a legitimate reason and weren’t starting an unnecessary battle,” Ronald explained.

Hearing this, Godfrey lowered his head, then said with a slow, heavy tone,

”I have a lot to tell you... Dad. There’s a lot I’ve come to know about, a world called Pathan, special individuals called Chosen Ones, and the reason for everything that’s been happening in my life.”

***

As time trickled by, both father and son sat in the living room as Godfrey slowly poured out his heart, while his mother listened from where they couldn’t see her.

Godfrey told him about how Cain was interested in manipulating his life, and it was because of his summon.

He told him about Pathan, the Alchemists, the history of the order, how it fell, his place as the ruler, and how Apollyon and Abaddon were linked to it.

It took a long time as Godfrey kept talking, sometimes diverting to his pain and why he had chosen to walk the path toward the top. Now that Cain thought he was still under his control, he would grow stronger and stronger until he stepped into that place not even Cain thought existed.

Godfrey faced the floor as he spoke. Arthur’s words echoed in his mind. He was right, pushing everyone away because he couldn’t trust them was really heavy.

Right now, Godfrey felt light. It also meant he had fully accepted his father, making him another link Cain could use to strike his heart.

He clenched his teeth as the silence persisted for a while. Unable to bear it anymore, he lifted up his head and saw Ronald looking at him with a soft smile.

”I’m proud to have a son with talent like yours. The burden attached to it is great, but if you’re the Chosen One, there’s a small percentage you have over others in being able to achieve this task of reviving the order. But... there’s something about this goal of yours.”

Ronald leaned forward. ”You went from taking the place of the unknown king to becoming the known king, and you want to become uncontainable by any system. That means you want to step into a place no one has ever been, you want to step into the unknown.”

Godfrey’s eyes slowly narrowed when his father said this.

”You became known, but you’re heading back to becoming unknown. To become the unknown king in the story the Alchemists made up. Does this make sense?” Ronald frowned, rethinking his own words.

Godfrey, on the other hand, froze.

What?!

He never realized his ambition might be leading him back to the beginning. He wanted to become the unknown; only the unknown was uncontainable. A being far beyond understanding, stronger than all, that was exactly who the Alchemists described the unknown king as.

How was this possible?!

Godfrey frowned deeply. What in the world was going on here? How could it be that his ambition was to become the very thing the Alchemists made up? It was like that made-up story was about to become a reality.

Godfrey rubbed his forehead. Did this somehow mean that the level he sought after, the answer to the mana tree’s question, was the unknown? No one knew what was at the peak. If anyone got there, would they make it known or become part of the unknown?

But he was known now. Just what in the world was this? Would he become unknown and want to be known again?

”Am I in a loop?” Godfrey stopped thinking and focused on breathing.