I Won't Choose!

Boss...

Upon hearing that faint call, 009 slowly raised his right hand. Which was more important, the God-Slaying Spear or his companion?

009 hadn't thought about this question.

But then again, when exactly did the concept of "comrades" take root in 009's mind?

Companion, what is that?

Does that matter?

Isn't that kind of thing optional?

Why did he capture these people to distribute the medicine in the first place? Wasn't it to get these people to help him achieve that wish?

How come now, things have gotten backwards?

Hesitate?

This term sounds unfamiliar. 009 often does things first and then thinks about the consequences, rather than thinking about the consequences before taking action.

There's nothing to hesitate about. If the sky falls, there are tall people to hold it up. Instead of thinking about the outcome of a fight before it happens, it's better to see the result immediately after the fight.

Faced with the current situation, 009 should throw the God-Slaying Spear without hesitation. He doesn't care about the lives of those people; he'll kill the Golden King first.

This is how it should be.

But now, 009 hesitated.

Where does this hesitation come from, and where does this inexplicable anxiety come from?

When did Arthur and his friends become so important?

In other words, when did he start constantly stuffing life-saving supplies into those people's hands?

Looking at himself now, 009 felt somewhat unfamiliar with himself.

However, the Golden King had already begun the countdown. "I will count to three, and if you do not give an answer, they will die."

"Three!"

Upon seeing this, Arthur shouted, "Forget about it! Our boss never follows the beaten path. After we die, he'll do it for me..."

"Shut up."

As the Golden King spoke, a golden ancient bell appeared, instantly silencing Arthur.

"Two!"

Upon seeing this, 009 slowly lowered the God-Slaying Spear.

Upon seeing this, the Golden King grinned and made a grabbing motion with his right hand. A huge white iron hand appeared and seized 009's God-Slaying Spear.

"So, companions are more important after all. Interesting, 009. You've shown me a different side of yourself today."

009 looked up. "I've chosen my companions..."

"Yeah?"

"Arthur!"

Although Arthur couldn't make a sound, he responded to 009 with his eyes. In an instant, the one possessing Nairasojin instantly entered Arthur's body!

Um?

The Golden King suddenly turned his head and saw that Arthur's hair had instantly turned white. Then, he opened his hand and the black God-Slaying Spear instantly severed the giant white hand and broke free!

Then he spun and stabbed at Arthur, severing the chains with a single blow!

Click!

"The choices you give me are never choices at all. No one can force me to make a choice!"

"I want them all!"

009 grabbed the God-Slaying Spear and charged fiercely towards the Golden King!

"Arthur, show him what it means to..."

"Absolute Trait!" x2

009, now one with Arthur, directly used the God-Slaying Spear to unleash Absolute Sever and Absolute Pierce!

The Golden King reacted quickly and threw out a series of divine weapons, but they were all crushed by 009 in a single blow!

Those magical artifacts, each with its own unique abilities and dazzling colors, all became scrap metal at this moment!

Seeing that the situation was not good, the Golden King instantly activated the spatial artifact and retreated, but the God-Slaying Spear pierced through space and penetrated 040's chest regardless of distance!

Click click click click!!

The layers of protective golden light vanished in an instant, and all of the Golden King's protective artifacts shattered at that moment!

Pfft!

The God-Slaying Spear pierced through the Golden King's body, golden blood dripping from its tip, and the Golden King slowly lowered his head.

He looked down at his chest and felt a power called destruction.

The God-Slaying Spear possesses the ability to obliterate the undead, and the wounds inflicted by it can never heal!

Moreover, its attacks are annihilation-level.

At the moment he was pierced by the God-Slaying Spear, the Golden King seemed to review the first half of his life as if on a revolving lantern.

"Son, remember this: money is everything."

"Interest is the god."

"Then how should I make money?"

"Make money?"

Why should we earn it?

"If you don't earn money, how will you make any?"

"Son...listen carefully, the more you chase after money, the less money you will get. You need to make money...come chasing you, you need to make the world revolve around you!"

"Remember this: a successful businessman must be at the core of all relationships, with everyone revolving around him and all money flowing through him!"

"This is a battlefield without gunpowder, and also a never-ending vortex. Once you step into it, you can never escape. You can only struggle and struggle!"

"This place is full of opportunities, but also full of dangers. One wrong move and you're crushed. If you want big money, you have to gamble."

"And gambling requires capital!"

"Remember this: my grandfather and your great-grandfather were landlords. My capital was left to me by my ancestors, while you are a second-generation rich kid. Your capital is given to you by me."

"But I... have reached the end of this road."

"Now I have nothing, I can't give you anything."

"So you can only rely on yourself!"

"If you have no capital, you can only gamble with your life!"

His father's voice still echoed in his ears, and the moment blood splattered into his eyes, he saw the scene before he became a member of the sequence.

That was the first time he had faced the gods directly.

He stood before Chen Ye, feeling as insignificant as an ant, while Chen Ye asked him only one question.

What do you want?

"I..."

What do you want?

Money?

Interests, or...

"I want to escape this vortex, I want to, my family."

This was a boring answer, and it clearly did not satisfy Chen Ye.

Someone begged Chen Ye for money, and Chen Ye gave him the ability to gamble with his life. However, that ability never made that person rich, and he continued to struggle in the vortex of desire.

Even in his final moments, he was still gambling, and just as he had come, he had nothing.

Someone asked Chen Ye for wisdom, and Chen Ye gave him the ability to lie.

That person did not gain the wisdom he desired; instead, he became increasingly mired in a vortex of lies and self-deception.

He told one lie, and then had to tell ten more to cover it up, until finally he died when his lies were exposed.

The Golden King, he wanted to escape the vortex, he wanted to resurrect his family—what a boring dream.

So Chen Ye did the opposite, giving him the ability to link money, causing the Golden King to fall back into the vortex of profit and greed, from which he could never escape.

Struggle, beg, pray.

God will never save you.

God will only mercilessly mock you as you fall into the abyss at the end of your destiny.

After all, how could a god be a good person? He's not even human.

And how could you be so foolish as to think that He would sympathize with you?