Will of chaos
Chapter 1832 - 1832: Cap 1830: Your choice

Being compared to a Demon God is not completely wrong, what I am doing is far from being morally correct or can be explained in a way that seems correct, I know very well how much a practical and safe solution can also be something evil, after all, experiments on criminals are legalized in my nation and even encouraged, torture is done daily and is not restricted in any way other than considering the crimes of the criminal.

I can no longer be considered a good person for a long time, but until now I have comforted my guilt by telling myself that I am only doing these things to bad people as if that could justify anything, not that I will change anything now.

But this time I am imposing something truly cruel on victims, this cannot be explained by anything and I cannot fool myself into thinking that it is the right course, even so I will still do it just because it is the safest path for everyone.

"Zenos, I trust you." (Karina)

"Thank you." (me)

I don't stop Arlan and he clearly doesn't like what I said, I can tell by his eyes, I don't even need to try to feel his emotions through his Aura, he clearly doesn't like doing this kind of thing.

"Nothing I say will change your mind, will it?" (Arlan)

"No." (me)

"I can trust you and others like you because of your purpose that you put above even your lives, I respect what you did and I'm sure I wouldn't be able to be as patient as you." (me)

"But those trapped here, at least almost all of them, they are covered in hate, anger, sadness and murderous rage, at the first opportunity they would risk everything just to cause torment to the Ascended." (me)

"What if they harm the Ascended Goddess?" (me)

"What if they attack the people of the Ascended who are innocent?" (me)

"What if they try to invade a universe to reclaim their positions as Gods, just as many Evil Gods have done before?" (me)

"What if they decide to join forces with the Entities that invade here and become our enemies?" (me)

"What if, overcome by a sudden rage, they cause the destruction of our plans, thus leading all the universes plundered by the Ascendants to destruction?" (me)

"..." (Arlan)

"You've clearly lived for a few thousand years, so don't be naive, boy, there's a lot to lose here." (Akatosh)

"Why not leave them trapped here until everything is over?" (Arlan)

"That way we can..." (Arlan)

"I'm talking to a wall." (me)

Sigh

"Akatosh, what are the chances of a God who has lost his Divinity becoming an Evil God?" (me)

"More than 90%, the temptation of power is very great, especially when that power is something you have already experienced." (Akatosh)

"Your Heroes Lock and Veronica are exceptions to all this, they did not cling to being Gods or to the power they had before, but the vast majority of them lose themselves in the attempt to get what they once had." (Akatosh)

"Ascendant, there are many Evil Gods everywhere, can you guarantee that these Gods who lost their Divinity, lost their universes and were used in experiments by you will not become Evil Gods?" (Akatosh)

"..." (Arlan)

"It's not like I'm going to treat them like slaves, you could say that I'm saving them in a way, but I can't let them free, I can't take risks." (me)

"Do whatever you want." (Arlan)

He turns and walks back to the throne, he was biting his lip, what Akatosh and I said was hard to hear, but we're not lying, he knows that, even among the Ascended Traitors there are those consumed by hatred, even if he's not one of them he's still seen them many times and must have seen many who hate the Ascended coming here for revenge, I myself fought those Serpent people while pretending to be an Ascended.

"How do I open the doors?" (me)

"Just channel your power of the Law into your hand when you open the door, none of them are locked to the Ascended." (Arlan)

"Thank you." (me)

I watch him continue to walk to the throne at the end of the room and lie down on it, he makes one of the pornographic magazines float to him and opens it covering his face with the magazine.

"Zenos..." (Karina)

"Leave him alone, it's not like he was wrong." (me)

To him, these imprisoned Gods are victims that he helped to be in this situation, knowing that now instead of being saved they will be forced to serve someone is hard to swallow.

"Karina and I will wait here, being near them can be dangerous without using our divinity." (Akatosh)

"Okay." (me)

Looking at the space in this room, it was quite stable, but around the doors it was fluctuating strongly and somewhat unstable, probably because of the rejection between the remnants of Divine power by the power of the Ascending Law.

I look at all the doors and decide to start with the one that might be easiest, one of the red doors where the calm Aura was, if the individual inside is able to remain calm in this situation I can at least talk to him.

I walk to the third floor, I pass in front of several doors and feel their Auras reacting with mine, they noticed my presence, I continue until I reach the red door and gathering power from the Law of Eclipse in my hand, I open the door.

The room itself was completely empty, without furniture or anything else, in the middle of the room was someone tied by metal tubes on the arms, legs and tail.

There was also a metal collar around the neck and chains around the wings, there were also black straps covered in Runes of the Law around his entire body highlighting a slender body, his head was the only free thing.

He was a middle-aged man, he had a short brown beard and long hair of the same color disheveled as if he were a beggar, his eyes were golden and instead of a slit his pupil was broken, his skin was dark and brown scales went up his neck to his thin cheeks.

He looked haggard and thin, his lips were dry, an appearance of someone who hadn't eaten or drunk anything for a long time, which didn't make sense for a Divine creature who didn't need anything like that to sustain his body.

He was clearly a Dragon, even in such a state, his calm Aura was strong and determined as if he wasn't bound so tightly, his eyes were also full of brightness.

The room itself was clean as were the restraints around him, but the power of the Law in the surroundings was out of control, pressing him down and trying to press him to death, which he would never achieve with so little power of the Law inside here, at most it would be a nuisance to him.

"(His Aura has a lot of curiosity and magical power, he must probably be the Dragon of Wisdom.)" (me)

"You can't speak, can you?" (me)

"..."

I can see the veins on his neck and forehead throbbing hard, he's trying to make an effort, but he doesn't move an inch, this isn't because of the Ascendant Laws here, so it must be because of the iron collar around his neck.

"(Let me try something.)" (me)

I wouldn't get too close to him, I don't know his power or capabilities and I don't intend to take risks against a creature of Akatosh's interest.

I raise my hand and create a hand of energy from the Ascendant Law that I control to get closer to him, I've never done this before, but pure manipulation of an energy isn't that difficult.

The hand of the power of the Law made 2 pairs of energy appear on my back and my ring was glowing slightly, the Ascendant Laws of this room try to connect to my wings which I block from happening, the hand of the power of the Law soon approaches his neck and touches the metal necklace making the Dunes there shine as it lets go and falls to the ground.

He looks at me, but what was reflecting in his eyes were my wings, but strangely it wasn't murderous intent that I felt in his Aura, it was an even greater curiosity, his eyes looked like those of a child seeing a new toy.

"Can you speak now?" (me)

"I don't understand your words, but I can feel that you're a Dragon."

"I can, thank you."

His voice was rough and gravelly, it didn't suit his thin and frail body, but the language he spoke was the Dragon Language, a language that all True Dragons and above know, a language marked in the Dragon bloodline.

"Well then, I'll be blunt, would you rather die and undergo a Divine Rebirth becoming my servant or would you swear loyalty to me by undergoing an Awakening as my Servant?" (me)

"It doesn't seem like a choice."

"Of course it is a choice, one between dying and having another person born from you inherit everything from you to serve me or living as yourself to serve me, either way it doesn't change anything for me." (me)

"..."

He falls silent, the amused glint in his eyes diminishes, a serious expression forms on his face as he looks at me, the wings on my back disappear once more, I don't want him to consider me an Ascendant.

Curiosity and doubt shine in his eyes for a few seconds, I give him time to think, this is both an opportunity and a drastic decision for him, I didn't even ask him his name, power or anything.

"Your choice?" (me)