The Primal Hunter

Chapter 514

The entire hallway was silent. Jake couldn’t help himself as he enjoyed the look on Nella’s face. She looked so utterly horrified and confused. It was a wonderful contrast to her formerly smug and overly confident demeanor that made it clear she believed no one could touch her and nothing she ever did was wrong.

“Thank you for coming on such short notice,” Jake greeted Viridia with a smile. “I take it your two colleagues are also in the know?”

“They are both bound by a contract with the Order and have absolute confidentiality,” she answered assuredly as she finally addressed what was happening. “Can you explain the situation?”

“You know what?” Jake said with a rather sinister smile as he motioned toward Nella. “I think we will have her explain it. Nella, would you be so kind as to explain what is happening here?”

Nella simply sat frozen as she stared for a few more seconds, not even recognizing Jake had spoken to her. She finally seemed to collect her senses somewhat as she stared at Jake. “You are the Chosen of the Malefic Viper?”

“Now who is the daft one?” Jake asked jokingly as he quickly turned to Viridia. “Oh yeah, that is one of the reasons why this entire situation is as it is. She called me dumb, and I am pretty sure she also called the Malefic Viper a moron at some point?”

“I… you misunderstood, I-“ Nella tried to explain but quickly shut up after getting a stare from Viridia.

“To summarize, she offended the Chosen and potentially the Malefic One?” Viridia asked.

“When you say it like that, it sounds bad, but yes, that Is exactly what she did. The one I killed didn’t really say anything but was just her silent cheerleader,” Jake answered casually. He had to admit, he was probably enjoying this way more than he should, and it was only helped by Meira looking completely fine with everything that was going down. Happy, even.

Viridia simply nodded and asked. “What are your plans with the two remaining visitors?”

“Leave the elf alone; I knocked her out to avoid her seeing any of this. As for our dear scalekin, I shall figure that out promptly, as you quite honestly arrived far faster than I had anticipated. So if you would do me the favor of waiting outside until we are done, it would be great. Afterward, I may need a bit of a clean-up crew,” Jake explained to them.

“As you wish,” Viridia bowed as she and the two enforcers simply teleported into the garden in front of the mansion. This left Nella, Jake, Meira and an unconscious Izil left alive in the hallway. One could ask if it was necessary to call Viridia there, but he decided to do so to make it absolutely clear how much Nella had fucked up. It was pure vanity and, honestly, just the fastest way to convince her he was actually the Chosen.

Nella looked up at Jake and did exactly what he expected her to: beg.

“I… I didn’t know,” Nella said as she fell to the ground and pressed her forehead against the floor. “I beg for your forgiveness and will do anything! Please, my family can compensate you handsomely and… I… I can even become your slave!”

Jake just sighed. “You still don’t get it, do you? I don’t give a shit about you. Never did. The one you need forgiveness from is not me but Meira. She is the one in control here.”

Nella’s eyes darted to Meira instantly, and groveled at her feet. “Meira, I am sorry; I would have never done those things if I knew! I beg you, please, I will do anything you want.”

Meira, what do you want to do? These are your enemies, not mine. True, I did take the initiative with the half-ogre

you as the Chosen if she goes free?” Meira

you that no matter what, I will respect your choice… though, no, I will not have

looked deep in thought before finally asking him. “Lord Thayne, why are

was taken aback by the question. His usual response would just be not to bother with her. If he had just wanted her to be a member of the Order and get out of his hair, he wouldn’t do what he was doing with Nella either. While he certainly had felt a considerable amount of responsibility for her as she had been dumped on him by the Viper, he didn’t act solely out of duty. He considered Meira a friend, even if he did know that was entirely one-sided as she viewed him as her superior in every way. So… the real reason was probably as simple as they came: he didn’t really have one. He just wanted

need some profound reason for every decision. Sometimes you just go with your gut and see where that

down at Nella before looking back at Jake. She finally gritted her teeth as she stammered out. “I… I suffered a lot before I came to serve Lord Thayne. But after coming here, I have been treated so well, and I even did things for myself. I then met Izil, Nella, and Utmal, and I thought I had finally even gotten friends… but they were just using me. That hurt more than even the poison resistance training… and when I

I just did what everyone would do, and it was never personal or done to hurt you! Please believe

you knew I was a slave…” Meira said sadly. “I didn’t think I had to hide it, but after you and Utmal found out, you treated me worse than before… why did you need to be cruel? If you had actually

start over! I will never disrespect you again, no matter what!” Nella said,

sighed sadly as she looked at Jake. “I have never killed anyone,” she said in

nod. It made sense she had only ever killed mindless beasts, if

to finally have made up her mind. “I think we should hand her over to the enforcers and the Hall Master and have them decide

to hold back a small smirk. They all knew

you considered me a friend? Can

the hallway and instantly knocked her out, with Viridia and the other enforcer appearing a moment later. Jake had naturally let them know that Meira had decided

We will be able to cover this

even if he knew the answer, and she vehemently shook her

leave her be. It may lead to complications down the line,

even make it a scenario leading to severe punishment of

incredibly uncomfortable at the mention of going after

you are still in the arena of decision-making here,”

families to suffer because of what they did… they already lost someone, and that is enough…” Meira

nodded. “Have them die with a modicum of honor. I will leave it up to

of this residence with her token earlier, and I will use that to make up a story by sending messages to relevant parties. How about them bringing back a valuable item to the Order but dying in the process? That way, we will offer slight compensation to their families on account of their

her intercepting messages sent from the token and apparently being able to doctor messages too. Jake had not heard anything about that being a thing, as all official

be fine, and once more, thanks for your help. Just to let you know, I don’t plan on making

if you did,” Viridia

bringing along the unconscious Nella and the corpse of Utmal. They even made

hide his identity from her. Not because he didn’t want to hide it, but because he

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