"Hmph, what are you going to do once the poor girl realizes you lied to her?" Joe asked after harrumphing.
Caesar"s footsteps momentarily halted as he turned around with curled lips, "even if she somehow figures out it was a ruse, what would that change? I let her free, I helped her escape death, and most importantly, I gave her a life" he explained
Joe"s brows furrowed, "you gave her a temporary life, if she one-day figures out that the light you gave her was merely faked, how would she react?" Joe said angrily, it was clear that he did not share the same viewpoint as Caesar.
"You seem to be misunderstanding, I told the story about my fake daughter so that she wouldn"t question the reason why I was helping her, without telling such a lie, she wouldn"t even think about joining us… you see, a.s.sa.s.sins don"t understand human emotion, as they were never treated as such" Caesar said coldly
In Caesar"s past life on earth, as a weapons manufacturer and as a CEO, he had seen cruelty beyond human comprehension. Human trafficking, drug cartels, gangs, and even the government, however, in his past life, normal people lived without a care for anyone but themselves, they didn"t care about such things… They only cared about going to work and sleeping, rinse and repeat. If there was anything that he had learned, it was that ignorance, was, in fact, bliss.
"You said yourself, she was abused and trained as a child, knowing nothing of morals and common knowledge, yet you don"t have any qualms about taking advantage of her ignorance?" Joe replied whilst stomping his feet.
Caesar clicked his tongue and looked at Joe dead in the eyes, "do you feel pity for her? She, an a.s.sa.s.sin that killed many people, innocent people, even if she was ignorant, she still followed orders… how many families did she ruin? How many people wish to acquire revenge on her? She was merely a tool for murder, yet I am willing to change her, give her something to live for, yet you condemn me for lying? Lying for a good cause?" Caesar asked without a hint of emotion apparent in his tone.
Joe wanted to rebuke Caesar, however, his mouth wouldn"t open and he just shook his head… He knew that everything Caesar said was indeed, the truth, alas, he couldn"t bring himself to accept such a cold world.
Caesar shifted his attention from the quiet Joe to Musashi who was just observing with a smile playing on his lips, "We should begin our nightly training session" he spoke curtly before turning back and walking toward Musashi"s personal training grounds.
Once Caesar left both Joe"s and Musashi"s line of sight, Musashi couldn"t help but pat Joe on the shoulder and smile soothingly.
"You must understand that is not as though Caesar wanted to lie to the girl, he did what was necessary, what no one else was willing to do… he fully understands that he might ruin the girl"s life, however, how many fox-kin men and women will he save with the intel she brings? In his world, numbers mean more than trifling morals" Musashi explained with a calm smile.
Joe nodded his head in understanding, "it"s not as though I don"t understand some of his reasoning, I just can"t comprehend how he can keep a smile on his face while doing something so unethical" he said with a low tone.
Musashi shook his head with a wry smile, "A good commander, no, a good leader, always keeps a smile on his face no matter the dire circ.u.mstances, it comes with the job and is something I was never able to master" Musashi said
"I want to hear about his past, I want to know how he became the man he is today" Joe suddenly looked up at the ceiling and said with strong vigor.
Musashi didn"t reply and continued walking, his destination was, of course, to his training grounds, he didn"t want to make Caesar wait too long…
"I"ll talk to you another day Joe, it was an interesting conversation… it had been a long time since I had spoken to a dwarf, truly as upright as ever" he said with a chuckle and quickly moved out of Joe"s vision.
Joe stood there with a stupid look on his face, "I was abandoned again!!!" he roared to the sky, unfortunately, no one was here to hear his indignant shout.
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Caesar made it in front of the large door with intricate designs, he put his hands on the thick gate and attempted to pour his mana inside, much like Musashi normally did.
*hmph*
Caesar let out a strong breath and pressed his hands tightly on the door, suddenly, his cold and bluish mana started to seep within the gate, he used the same method he had learned when fighting with Musashi.
*creak*
After a few seconds, the gate finally had a reaction and split in the middle, soon, the entire door opened and Caesar"s field of view was flooded by the bright moonlight…
A smile abruptly blossomed on Caesar"s face as he admired the large moon illuminating the skies and ground alike… "I will go back to that girl"s jail cell tomorrow, we"ll see what her decision is then" he thought to himself while admiring the beauty of the moon.
"It"s a beautiful sight ain"t it" Musashi"s voice suddenly entered into Caesar"s ears causing him to look back with a slight smile.
"Indeed, it looks vastly different from the moon I saw in Rahvin kingdom, why is that?" Caesar asked curiously.
"Haha, who knows, many mysteries shroud the dark continent, it is, after all, the only place where the church"s influence doesn"t reach," Musashi said with a cackle.
Caesar nodded his head, he knew that if wanted more information on the unknown, he would have to figure it out himself. He tossed those useless thoughts to the back of his head and took out the large death scythe from his storage ring.
He walked up the steps and approached the middle of the stone arena, a bluish mist coiled around Caesar"s scythe… although not as vibrant as Musashi"s, it was a huge improvement from yesterday.
Seeing this, Musashi"s smile froze, "what a monster" he thought to himself, however, his words betrayed his thoughts.
"Haha, is that all you"ve learned in the past few days? Pathetic" Musashi said smugly which made Caesar frown.
Caesar twirled the scythe in his hands as his eyes flashed a piercing crimson, he had gone through many different attack patterns whilst in his sleep, the red dot that appeared in his line of sight as he looked at Musashi became more abundant and apparent…
"As my knowledge of combat improves, the different options my eyes see become more effective?" he silently thought to himself while twirling his large scythe around his palms.
Musashi didn"t waste any more time and immediately grabbed his chains from the compartment in the pillar, they twirled around his wrists and a deep, violet mist escaped from them.
"Come on, boy," Musashi said while curling his index finger at Caesar.
*boom*
Caesar kicked off the ground and slashed from below at a quick speed, alas, Musashi"s bracers easily blocked him and knocked him to the air, however, Caesar brought the scythe down at an even quicker speed and used the ground to once again blast toward Musashi.
The Scythe in Caesar"s hands moved like a shadow as he continuously struck toward Musashi, the sound of clashing echoed throughout the night nearly every second.
Caesar"s eyes were powerful, however, they weren"t omnipotent, going for the greatest weakness was sometimes predictable, to counter this, Caesar made his attacks strike toward areas where Musashi didn"t expect.
"Too wide!"
"Too Slow!"
"Too Predictable!"
"More Power!"
"Faster!"
"Too crude, become more fluid!"
"Insert more mana into the weapon, treat it as a limb!"
Musashi"s roar entered into Caesar"s ears every now and then, causing him to fix his attacks or stance accordingly, this training session lasted a few more hours until finally, both him and Musashi were too tired to continue
*gasp*
Caesar gasped for breath as a large amount of sweat flowed down from his streamlined body, midway through the training session, Caesar had already taken off his shirt.
Musashi wasn"t in a much better state, however, the only difference was that Musashi had a wide smile on his lips while Caesar furrowed his brows greatly.
"Haha, you didn"t hit me once" Musashi spoke in a gloating way.
"Tsk"
Caesar clicked his tongue in annoyance and walked away, he put his scythe back into his storage ring and put his hand up, showing his slender middle finger while the rest of his fingers were curled.
Seeing this, Musashi chuckled dryly and fell to his b.u.t.tocks, once Caesar left the training grounds, his smile disappeared and in contrast, his face turned serious.
He uncurled his fists and a relatively shallow cut appeared in this palm of his hands, if one looked closely, you would be able to see tiny ice crystals inside of the wound.
"His adaptability is truly astonishing, perhaps that"s to be expected?" Musashi muttered to himself with a wry smile.