Chapter 66
When I get out of the arena, I can see Sialeeds, Freyjadour, and Lyon waiting for me. I smile at them, and Sialeeds hug me.
"Congratulations, Jacob. You win the Sacred Games!"
"Thanks, Frey."
When Freyjadour says that, I can feel Sialeeds hug me a little bit tighter. Yeah, I know Sialeeds. I know. However, you do not need to worry. I will not marry your niece because I will no longer be in this world.
After a few seconds, she releases me and says,
"Congratulations, Jacob."
"Thank you, Sialeeds."
"Anyway, my sister invited you to the sun palace for a celebration of your victory."
"Really?"
"Yup. You will come with us on the royal ship."
"When do we go?"
"Tomorrow morning. For now, the Godwin family will make an early feast for you."
"I see. I hope the feast is more peaceful than before."
While Freyjadour and Lyon look at me in confusion, Sialeeds knows about what I know.
"Don't worry. This time, all of us are coming. It will be peaceful and boring."
"I see. That is good then. When will the feast happen?"
"Tonight at seven."
"Gocha."
"Good. I will wait for you."
I smile at them and wave my hand as they walk away from the Colosseum. Before I could get to the infirmary, I stopped when I saw Gizel Godwin walk toward me with a sweet, innocent smile. I know that it was a smile that was anything but innocent.
"Congratulations, Lord Shiff."
"Please, just call me Jacob, Lord Godwin."
"Then you need to call me Gizel."
"Gizel then."
"You are coming to the feast, right?"
"Of course. I will come to the feast."
"Good. See you at the feast."
Brrrr. I don't like him. He is a creep. His smile gives me a shiver down my spine. I shake my head, walk out of the colosseum, and return to the inn where I stay. When I get inside my room, I open up my quest and see the completion of my main quest.
|Congratulations! You complete your main quest!|
|You get Sun Rune (50% Awaken), Dawn Rune (50% Awaken), and Twilight Rune (50% Awaken)|
Yup. I know it. I know that I will get the three runes of Falena, but it was not fully awakened, huh? How do I awaken it fully? As if someone heard me, another notification appeared in front of me.
|Main Quest: Last Stand|
|It is time to go, but a Champion needs their last show. The feast that will happen in Falena will be when Godwin strikes. This will be your last stage.|
[Mission]
{1. Make sure to kill thirty Nether Gate Assassins}
{2. Make sure Freyjadou Falena is alive}
{3. Make sure Sialeeds Falena is alive}
{4. Make sure Lyon is alive}
{5. Create a massive show (optional)}
|Reward: Awakening of the Dawn, Twilight, and Sun Rune|
|The mission will start in ten days.|
Heh. I like this quest. Very well. I will make a great show for my last stand.
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|3rd POV|
While Jacob is busy preparing for his last stand, the Godwin family is scheming inside their mansion.
"How unexpected."
Marscal Godwin rubs his chin while thinking about the result of the fight.
"Dolph, how is Childerich going?"
"I'm sorry to inform you but he cannot join us at the moment, my lord."
"I see… How powerful is he, Dolph?"
The Lord of Godwin family looks at his trusted man and his personal assassin with piercing eyes like an eagle looking at his prey.
"... I don't know, my lord."
"Oh?"
"He is good at hiding his true power that even fools all of us. At the moment, he is as powerful as Zahhak, my lord."
"Zahhak, huh?"
Zahhak, one of the Queen's knights and one of the most powerful warriors in the Queendom. If there is a ranking among the warriors in the Queendom, Zahhak will be placed fourth, just under Georg Prime, Ferid Egan, and Galleon.
"So we need to watch out for three powerful enemies when we launch our Plan B, huh? Ferid Egan, Georg Prime, and Jacob Shiff."
The Godwin family has two plans they have in mind. Plan A is to win the sacred games, take the position of the Knight Commander and secretly overthrow the queen while blaming Sialeeds and Freyjadour, the prince.
Sadly, the first plan is gone because of Jacob's unexpected victory over their chosen fighter for the Sacred Games.
"They have quality but we have a number and element of surprise."
Godwin's family is already planning this coup since Marscal sees the power of the Sun Rune and how it affects the queen. He knows that the people of Falena are too dependent on the Sun Rune and cannot see how it bewitches anyone who wears or gets too close to it.
They did not know that the Sun Runewouldl be their downfall as it was a ticking bomb that could detonate without notice, and Marscal Godwin could not accept that.
He needs to overthrow the Queen as she has been bewitched and prone to anger and sees herself as a divine being.
She has been infected, and an infected person needs to be killed before the future generation gets infected as well.
"Call all the members of Nether Gate. We will attack after the banquet finishes. Make sure to make the guards… busy… while we are doing our business."
Dolph nods his head and suddenly disappears. Marscal then looked at his son, Gizel, before saying.
"And what do you want, Gizel?"
"What do I want?"
"Aye. You have that expression on your face. The face of murder. Do you want me to kill Jacob as well?"
"... Yes."
Marscal looks at his son for a few seconds before nodding his head.
"Tell Dolph to send more assassins at him and end his life."
"Of course, father. Thank you, father."
"Hmph. Go. I sometimes need to think alone."
"Yes, father."
Seeing his son walk out of his office, Marscal takes out a bottle of wine and pours it into a glass.
"I know our plan will succeed… but why? Why do I have this uneasy feeling?"
Marscal has a feeling that something will happen, but it is not because his plan failed. No. His instinct tells him that the plan will succeed and he will take over the Queendom, but it is as if something is missing. Something that pulled a string from the shadow that he even did not know.
"No. I cannot falter from my cause. I need to move forward."
He did not know that a being in the void smiled at what Marscal was feeling right now.