117 The Pagoda Tower (I)

“HERMES!” I screamed. “You bloody b-“

“I’ll stop you there.”

I used all my strength to get out of his grasp and when I did, I gave him a kick which he managed to dodge by leaping out of the way.

“Why did you- bring me back there! Those people need-“

“NO! You can’t! Not yet anyway.”

“Excuse me?”

“I told you! If you against that guy no, you’re only going to die!”

“You don’t know that!”

“I do! Okay? Five years ago, one of my kids tried to kick him out of the island.” I calmed down at his voice and expression. He looked really sad as he said those words. “The bastard evaporated my son! Nothing was left of him! Not even dust. Since then, we stopped giving blessings to any of our children so they won’t get ideas of standing up against him and just die! Our powers worth shit in this world!”

“Hermes, I-“