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647. Lady Death's Favor
🕑 Added 2024-10-24 08:22:42 +0000 UTC“Do you know what you look like in my eyes?”
Edward frowned after hearing these words.
“So much death,” Lady Death said with a hint of fascination in her voice.
‘Death? I haven’t killed many people since I came to this place. Can she detect how many people I’ve killed? Although that’s a lot for someone who is the embodiment of Death, I’m sure she’s witnessed countless more deaths than that,’ Edward thought before he thought of something. If not for his extreme control over his facial expression, his face would have contorted in shock by now.
“Billions of universes and timelines, forced to crash with each other, killing trillions of lives every second,” Lady Death almost moaned as she uttered these words.
Edward’s assumption was correct—she knows about Project Speedster. Edward immediately suppressed the killing desire in his heart. He knew Lady Death was at least Tier 11 and had a more than 70% chance of being a Tier 12 entity. In the face of such power, there is nothing he can do.
“What Thanos has done is child-play compared to you,” Lady Death praised.
“Although I didn’t do it especially to please you, I’m glad my lady is satisfied,” Edward said.
“More than satisfied,” Lady Death smiled, brightening the room again.
“My lady didn’t come here just to praise me, right? Albeit, I would be honored.”
“That’s one of the reasons,” Lady Death admitted. “The second reason is I want you to kill someone.”
“Is there anyone in the world your Highness cannot kill?” Edward asked.
“Choices and Destiny decide people’s death, " she replied calmly. “I only exist to ensure that the concept of ‘death’ exists in the universe.’
‘In other words, she’s bound by the rules,’ Edward thought. Numerous thoughts flashed in his mind. With Morgana’s computing ability, his mind worked faster than the best quantum or supercomputer. His every word, mannerism, facial expression, aura fluctuation, and countless more things were carefully chosen and crafted.
“Who to kill?”
Lady Death raised his hand to show him a picture.
“Deadpool,” Edward said.
“That’s right,” Lady Death nodded, not surprised Edward recognized him. I want you to eliminate him in as many timelines as possible and, if you’re capable, eliminate him from all of them.”
Edward’s frown deepened: “Can I ask why?”
“His existence is a nuisance to me, and he must be eliminated.’
Edward pondered her every word, movement, and body language since this meeting started, trying to analyze what choice to make next.
‘What should we do?’ Morgana asked in his mind.
‘I think I’ll take some risks.’
‘What? Are you stupid? Just agree so we can buy time. At the worst, we’ll just escape this hell-scape of a universe,’ Morgana suggested. Her boss is normally smart about these kinds of situations, so why was he acting so stupid now of all time?
‘Remember what Old Man Merlin said? I need to change my personality and take more risks,’ Edward said. ‘I can run away from this world when in danger, but once [The War] spreads to every corner of the Omniverse, there will be no place for me to run.’
Edward always treated this universe as his training ground for the upcoming war. That’s why he’s putting so much effort into protecting this world, even rejecting his former tactics of doing things without consequences. He will not escape this world until he has exhausted all means and tried everything possible to protect his timeline. If he cannot change his mentality and how he does many things, he’ll suffer terribly when the real war starts.
Morgana sighed deeply. ‘Alright, I’m with you.’
“I’m sorry, my lady, but I cannot agree to this request.”
Lady Death’s brow furrowed: “Oh? Why is that?”
“You may not know this, but I’m paranoid and suspicious by nature, which in turn results in me being a control freak,” Edward explained slowly. “I don’t like when things are beyond my control.”
“Are you dissatisfied with me spying on you and bringing you without your consent?”
“This is the least of my worries,” Edward explained, shaking his head. “Forgive me for being blunt, but I don’t believe your reason. A being of your level will not care about an ant annoying them. I don’t need to think much to understand that killing Deadpool will have consequences that I cannot fathom — consequences that my current strength cannot detect.
“And honestly, I don’t want to be entangled with this level of cause and effect.”
Lady Death was momentarily quiet: “What if I can protect you?”
“My lady,” Edward replied with a smile.
“Yes, you said it yourself: you’re suspicious by nature, so how could you leave your safety in the hands of someone else,” Lady Death said, her voice devoid of any dissatisfaction with Edward’s terrible personality. “In that case, let’s try another approach.” She raised her hand to condense a black orb, and Edward’s eyes shrunk.
“You should know what this is, right?” Lady Death asked, her voice laced with a hidden confidence. “I can grant you complete control of [Death Authority]. In your case, you might not care about that since it’s someone else’s power, but this is also the best opportunity for you to understand and master the rule.”
Edward was silent, controlling the greed flashing in his eyes. ‘Quick, boss, accept her proposal.’
“I’ll add a sweetener to this deal,” Lady Death continued. “I’ll even be your personal teacher.”
‘What are you waiting for?’ Morgana said. ‘Accept.’
‘Quiet.’
‘Boss, this is not just some Death God — she’s the embodiment of death. There is no better teacher.’
‘You heard me,’ Edward ordered while secretly sighing to himself. Why is this little elf’s personality more greedy than himself? He took a deep breath to calm down.
“My lady, I can accept your offer,” Edward said. “But, I have one condition.”
“Do tell,” Lady Death replied with a smile.
“I want to know the real reason you wish to kill Deadpool.”
Lady Death’s smile was gone. She glanced at Edward, and all of a sudden, her white and tender skin turned purple, and her beautiful face turned into a skeleton. Edward was not surprised by this transformation since that’s how Lady Death usually looks in the comic, but the terrible pressure her body suddenly released scared him to the core. He felt his soul was carrying a planet, and it was about to burst at any moment.
“You know,” Lady Death said slowly. “The rules prevent me from killing the people of this world, but you’re different — you’re a foreigner. There are no consequences to killing you.”
“It…will be my honor…to die…at your…Highness’ hands,’ Edward stuttered. Lady Death looked at his gaze and only saw calmness and no fear of death. She snorted coldly, and with a wave of his hand, Edward disappeared.
‘Are you crazy? Why did you reject her?’
‘She wasn't going to kill me,’ Edward explained as he summoned a potion to nourish his soul. The liquid immediately soothed his headache, but he still felt groggy.
‘And how do you know that?’
‘When I became the Sorcerer Supreme and made that oath, I became a citizen of this universe — well, at the very least, a partial citizen. She can kill me, but there will be consequences — they might be minor compared to killing an aboriginal of this world, but they are consequences nonetheless.
‘You risk it just because of that?’
‘Of course not,’ Edward replied. ‘More importantly, I deduced her mindset. She saw me as something that brought great joy to her long and dull life, so how could she quickly kill me? So, she won't harm me until I no longer get her happiness and is no longer helpful.
‘But once you’re useless, she’ll also eliminate you,’ Morgana nodded.
‘So, we need to acquire the strength to harm her. By then, she’ll have to weigh the consequences of killing us and the fact we can endanger her life.’
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