Northern and Ellis sat opposite each other. Northern was seated on the bed while Ellis sat on the chair, legs shaking severely.
“What’s wrong?” Northern inquired with a frown.
“N-n-nothing!” He shrieked.
Northern let out a sigh and scratched the back of his head for a moment, then he spoke in a tired tone.
“I told you, didn’t I? I said I live with a monster…”
Ellis shivered, almost flying out of his own skin.
Although Ellis had not seen the monster, the moment he got within the perimeter that his attribute ‘sense’ could work, he started shivering.
Because his perception was incredibly precise, he could accurately measure the level of danger the monster posed to him.
And realized that Northern wasn’t exaggerating when he said he lived with an apex-level monster.
‘Sick! This is sick! It makes absolutely no sense!!’ Ellis thought to himself.
He had seen all sorts before coming to the Dark Continent, most especially because he was a guy that wasn’t too far from a plebeian, he had seen shades of people look down on him.
He had seen the ones that were amazing.
The ones that were outstanding.
The ones that were outright pompous.
The ones that were strong.
All of them before his eyes, never defied common sense like this.
All of them never made him shake with so much fear.
They never made him shrink to this rate, at this point, his honor didn’t matter, his goal didn’t matter, he just wanted to free himself from whoever this man was.
He didn’t want to have anything to do with this monster.
But at the same time, he couldn’t deny the logic that told him that this same man is probably the only one that could help him.
He wouldn’t owe him. He’d play his part in this contract and maybe… just maybe… if he hung around this man… he could find a way out of this place.
It was scary to raise his hopes like that, but it was a gut feeling Ellis couldn’t get rid of.
And one thing that characterized guys like him who had talents that built up around perception, was ‘gut feelings.’
Northern stared at the aloof boy for a couple of seconds, by now he understood that no explanation of this situation could make sense to Ellis.
The boy is probably shocked out of his pants and couldn’t make sense of the situation.
Moreover, they passed through and the monster did not even come out once while it clearly sensed their presence.
‘That part was good. I thought it’d act crazy since I was with another person.’
Northern was already prepared to reveal some extent of his abilities to protect Ellis if the need be.
Because Ellis right now is a precious person.
‘Thank goodness it all worked out well.’
Northern opened the strap bag beside him and glanced at Mr. Fluffy, who was calmly seated at the corner of the room. Immediately Northern looked at him, his ears shot up and head rose.
Unfortunately, Northern just wanted to confirm if the beast was all good and had turned his eyes away.
Ellis also glanced at the beast and looked at Northern. After gulping like a thousand times, Ellis finally opened his mouth, speaking slowly.
“I… I wanted to ask.”
Northern, who was busy dipping his hand into the bag, paused for a moment and looked at him.
“What?”
“Is it really okay, staying with a monster?”
A frown graced Northern’s brow, “Uh? So, would you have me throw him out? Where that abomination will eat him up?”
Ellis immediately shook his head another thousand times.
“No, no, no, no, that’s not what I’m talking about, I don’t mean it that way?”
Northern leaned his head forward, snarling at the poor boy, “Then what way do you mean it?”
Ellis shuddered again and defeatedly lowered his head, causing Northern to retract his head.
As he was about to continue, Ellis’s voice sailed into his ears.
“Then why is the monster not coming here and killing us, if it’s so dangerous why is it not here?” He mustered shakily – a glare to Northern’s face.
His forced facial composure showed that he demanded answers, even though he was a typical wuss.
Northern met his eyes in silence for a while and then curved a corner of his lips.
“Guess why?”
Ellis raised a brow, he looked left and looked right.
“Because of Dark Terror?”
Northern smiled a bit, “Yeah… I guess you could call it that.”
Ellis froze, ‘What is with that reaction?’
Something about the way Northern’s reaction to his answer was offsetting. It was not enough.
Ellis narrowed his eyes at Northern and asked:
“Then why isn’t it dead? I’m sure Dark Terror is more than able to kill it.”
“You’re sure? How can you be so sure?”
Ellis frowned, thinking for a moment, then he decided to just say it as it is.
“I saw its strength. A devil-level, hellion rank monster. I’m sure it is the strongest monster in this place.”
Northern smiled a little and looked at Ellis intensely.
“So Ellis, do you think a devil-level, hellion rank can defeat an apex-level, savage rank?”
Ellis was immediately thrown into a bind by Northern’s question. He opened his mouth to talk but closed them before any words could fly out.
While it seemed like the answer was certain, a hellion rank was two ranks stronger than the savage rank.
But the problem was the savage rank is an apex danger level.
That fact alone annulled all common sense.
The apex danger level of any rank stood at a point where common sense could be defied, and a deviant far stronger than any could be born.
It was impossible to predict how an apex level would do with any other rank of monsters, because it was simply the apex of that rank.
Northern might not have known this, but Ellis was well aware, which was what made Northern’s question difficult to answer.
Northern waved away his hand dismissively.
“Forget all that. Let’s get into the business of the day. I’ll assign the items to you now.”
