The Primal Hunter

Chapter 532

”This is complete bullshit,” Carmen said as she stared at the golden projection.

”It wasn’t my call, but it comes all the way from the top,” the projection of Sven said, shaking his head. ”This may sound curt, but it is partly because of you. Your personal relationship with the Malefic’s Chosen is both a merit and a demerit. On the one side, it ensures us a spot in this world, but on the other hand, then if someone else gets in charge, we may be ostracized.”

”Still complete fucking bullshit,” Carmen now raged. ”Do you really think Jake will just be all fine with us supporting this orange Cheeto fuck? Do you think he will just go: ”oh well, what can you do?” and let us go about our day like nothing? Fuck no, there will be hell to pay.”

”You are talking as if his victory is a given,” Sven answered. ”Even if he is stronger than this Ell’Hakan, it does not mean he will beat him in the political arena. Besides, it is not even Ell’hakan we are supporting, but Arthur, another human. We are not betraying anyone, for we were never on the side of Lord Thayne, to begin with. He will get even better terms than Arthur if he comes out on top, and with Miranda likely around, she will be a voice of reason.”

”Funny,” Carmen scoffed. ”You think he gives a shit about some terms or benefits? Jake is an impulsive kind of guy, and if he thinks you slighted him, that is the only thing that matters.”

”Carmen, we are not getting anywhere if we talk in circles,” Sven sighed. ”The decision has already been made, and none of us can do anything about it. All we can do is make the best out of the situation. The top brass thinks this will have the highest overall chance of success, so that is why we are going with it. You can agree or disagree, and it changes nothing. If you want to do anything, it should be to make sure Jake stays positive towards us if he wins.”

Carmen just kept frowning as she abruptly turned off the projector with a huff, still thinking it was fucking bullshit.

”Ree?” Sylphie asked, still sitting beside her, not entirely getting everything that was going on.

Sylphie had chosen to stay with Carmen during the time since Jake left, and the two of them had used Paradise as a home base while exploring. Renato was the kind of two-faced asshole Carmen expected and did not choose any side at all, only fortifying the city itself in case anyone chose to target them. Not that she cared, he let her and Sylphie do as they wanted, and Carmen’s mother was doing way better. She had settled down and now just worked as a tailor. The original plan of bringing her to an area Valhal controlled had been delayed due to the Salvento family having a lot of assets to claim and Renato being very good at convincing them to stay ”just a little longer” all the time.

”I don’t know, Sylphie,” Carmen sighed. ”This entire situation is fucked up, and they just expect me to sit tight and do nothing? You know what, how about we go fuck up some of their cities? Go punch some City Lords to give them a bit of their own medicine.”

”Ree!” Sylphie screeched excited, probably just wanting to get in a few good fights.

”Let’s do i-”

what it was and gritted her teeth

this entire conflict will only lead to Earth entering a more stable state. No matter who wins. All we want to make sure of is that no matter who wins, we keep an opening. If the Chosen chooses to

it all and wasn’t sure what to think… Gudrun had been incredibly hands-off for Carmen, and she was surprised any god from Valhal would suddenly contact her, much less the wife and de-facto leader of the day-to-day operations of

even if she had

care about Earth… if not, you wouldn’t go this far as to contact me and try to explain things,” Carmen

to care about. He has chosen you as someone he cares about. So even

talk makes it sound like there is even a chance Jake loses,” Carmen still

is a very unknown character to many, and what many do not know is that he showed up to Valhal and challenged Valdemar to a duel not that long ago. The mere fact that he still lives today should be proof that he is not the jester many believe him

to argue more, but her head was pounding. Gudrun also knew this and retracted her presence, leaving Carmen

go slaughter something else,” Carmen said with much annoyance. She was pissed off and really felt like getting her frustrations out

after quite a while of no talking. After having a lot of long conversations, Jake finally initiated

vision,” Jake said as he reached out

Wings, I see,”

”Yep.”

or something?” Jake asked, feeling like Villy was far less talkative than usual. He had not reached out, even after Jake

you to address…

time and clearly did not hold back when it came to divine guidance. I am going to guess that this Yip of Yore had blessed people on Earth that helped to act as mouthpieces and relay messages for a while,” Jake said,

be a bit angrier. You were taken by surprise, and someone died, with Earth being thrown

telling me to stop slacking off, didn’t you? Also, we had this talk before that this falls into mortal affairs. The one thing I am wondering is, why does this Yip not

different from mine, and his Path is also very different. I cannot give you the exact reason

”I see,” Jake answered.

field, expecting me not to do the same out of pride. I also trusted you to handle it yourself. Even if you suffer temporary setbacks, you should be able to overcome them. People may die, but as harsh as it may sound, that is something I am fully willing to see happen as long as you keep moving forward,” Villy explained. ”And about

that damn elemental was paying attention. Shit, didn’t you say

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