"Is that so?" Carter Slade chuckled disdainfully. "What can I get?"
"A long lifespan and a healthy body."
"That old routine again. Do you really think those two things hold any appeal for someone who's lived long enough?"
"They certainly have appeal. As long as one can live, no one would willingly choose death," Aaron said calmly. "It's just that they don't appeal to you all that much."
"So? Do you have any other bargaining chips?"
"A Divine Pathway. As the name implies, it is a path to becoming a god.
"Other than... two people, every one of my retainers has a Divine Pathway." Aaron smiled meaningfully, already having decided how to arrange Carter Slade's future.
Aside from the three Divine Pathways already spoken for, he still had nine left, and one of them happened to suit Carter especially well.
"A path to becoming a god?" Carter Slade was skeptical. "A god like Thor?"
"No. More precisely, a god like God."
Carter Slade froze for a moment, then burst out laughing. "Hahaha! That's a good one."
Aaron merely watched him with a smile, saying nothing.
Seeing Aaron's utterly unruffled expression, Carter Slade's heart skipped a beat. "You're really not joking?"
He had lived for nearly two centuries and had even tricked the King of Demons. He was not particularly reverent toward so-called gods—but that depended on what kind of god they were.
An angel apprentice and God could both be called gods, but an angel apprentice was nothing compared to God. The latter could kill him with a sneeze.
"I'm completely serious." Aaron rubbed the Spatial Ring on his left hand, and ten potion bottles appeared in a neat row on the table.
"These are the potions of the Death Pathway. From Sequence Nine to Sequence Zero, they are: Corpse