[15] A DIFFICULT DECISION...

The very next morning after the assassination attempt took place Ajax and the old man Kimber were sitting in a room clearly discussing something.

"So do you know who tried to assassinate you." The old man Kimber asked in a helpless tone.

"Do I look like someone who can see the fates of a God old man, how do I know who tried to assassinate me isn't it your work to find out the answer." The answer from Ajax was as lazy as it could get.

The old man Kimber looked at his unreliable student and asked, "Did you provoke someone or do you suspect someone."

Ajax thought about the question for some time then shook his head and said, "I clearly spend all my time cultivating in my room, in nearly 12 years I have not seen a living being besides my parents and you, so I don't think I have provoked anyone."

The old man nodded his head, but at that exact moment and understanding dawned upon Ajax as he shouted, "Wait, wait, wait I know who could be behind this assassination attempt she is Mar..." But just as he was about finish his sentence he stopped and looked at the old man in front of him with a strange expression on his face.

And although Ajax has kept himself from saying further the old man Kimber was smart enough to know what Ajax meant.

The old man Kimber's expression was a little strange at the moment but he still regained his calm and said, "I have to go somewhere, think of today as holiday."

Ajax nodded and the old man Kimber simply left the room.

Ajax was silent for a while and the silence lasted for about 5 hours.

After five hours Ajax stood up and walked towards a simple looking mat and started to cultivate, no one knew what Ajax was thinking in the span of that five hours but the system knew whatever it was it was very bad.

Naturally the system can preach inside Ajax's thoughts and spy on Ajax's intentions but the system also knew that she was going to get a wonderful show, and who would want to spoil all the fun just to satisfy their curiosity.

...

On the other hand the old man Kimber was investigating about the Blood Lotus Cult.

And after his hours of investigating he finally confirmed that the one who wanted to assassinate Ajax was really none other than his own grand daughter.

At that time, the old man Kimber was filled with endless guilt and anger towards himself and his fate.

Naturally the old man Kimber knew that her grand daughter will not stop, she will continue to send more assassins as time passes and each time the assassins would be stronger and stronger, and there was even a chance that she might openly act.

So now the old man had two choices in front of him....

[1. Side with his fake family and loose a student who respected him.]

Or

[2. Side with his student and defy a Perfect God.]

And the old man knew that no matter which side he chose the end result would be the same, and that would be his death, so now what he wanted to choose was a path where he would not regret to die.

...

A month has passed in a blink of an eye and the old man Kimber has still not returned.

Ajax who was cultivating opened his eyes and spoke in a low voice, "Why hasn't the old man returned till now, did something happen to him."

Ajax was obviously a little worried about the old man but as Ajax was still weak he could do nothing so he just started to cultivate again.

On the other hand the old man Kimber was still sitting in the same position he was sitting a month ago, he hasn't moved even a little bit.

His eyes were red, and his vision has become a little misty.

A layer of tear was covering his eyes making his vision blurry, the old man Kimber was still not able to choose between the two choices.

He wasn't afraid of death but he wanted to die with pride not with regrets.

Finally the old man looked up in the air and mumbled, "I have decided, this time I will gamble big, my whole life I have suffered with endless regret but not anymore, I at least want to die with pride in my heart, I also want to live with pride in my heart at least for once. Ajax I hope you will be able to trespass the boundaries of God's and ascend."

The old man then took out a locket from his pocket and burned it down to ashes.

"From now on I Kimber Darkfrost vow to myself as keeping my God hood and the heavens as the witness that I have nothing to do with my past, and my future will be dedicated to only one person no matter the results I shall have no regrets, and if I break this vow my soul shall suffer with endless torment till it shatters and the heavens shall burn my body till nothing remains of it."

As soon as the old man Kimber finished talking he felt something changing in his God hood, it felt like some shackles has been casted on his God hood.

And endless lightning was tormenting the sky, the thunder danced wildly in the sky showing that the heavens were ready to be the witness.

After a while the dark clouds started to compress till only a dark vortex of only 15 centimeters remained, and from the dark vortex a golden lightning fell towards the old man Kimber, the old man Kimber who saw this scene stood in the same place motionless, he knew that now no matter what there was no way that he could go back on his words.

The golden lightning struck the old man Kimber but he did not feel any pain, after a while a golden halo descended from the dark vortex enveloping the old man Kimber.

This went on for 10 days.

After ten days everything returned to normal, the other people were not at all curious about what happened because visions like this were not at all a rare thing, although it was not common but it was not rare as well, but the people were surprised a little bit because the intensity of the vision was way too much, one could only imagine how big of a promise this could be.

But they were just a little surprised not at all curious after all this had nothing to do with them.

...

But things were not the same with the system, because the system had already trespassed the heavens she already knew who was the one to make vows with the heavens and the content of that vow.

[[Seems like that old man will be in our team from now on, to think that he would choose my dear over his family. But oh well, since you have chosen to follow us I will naturally not be stingy with you. As you are the first person to follow my dear I will also help you ascend. It seems like your destiny needs a little change...]]

As the all powerful system, she could naturally see everybody's destiny and change it like she wanted.

But she was never interested in these little things so she had never done something like this, obviously as for Ajax he had no destiny his future was truly in his own hands.

[[Hmm this is not right, that old man was never destined to meet my dear, and it seems like from the moment that old man had met my dear his destiny is constantly changing...]]

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