Rayen couldn't believe his ears.
There lay the guy that he had hated for so long, right in front of an attack that would definitely disable for him for enough time that he would be able to make sure that each and every part of his body would be ground to dust in order to ensure that he would definitely be dead, but what he said presented a possibility that was significant enough that he had no option but to pause.
What if each and every action of his so far had been to alienate himself from the Heroes of Angaria, to make him a viable candidate to be approached by the Church?
A Hero's mind could function much faster than that of all others in all the lower realms on the continent, and even though there was only a split second during which Rayen gave Bartholomew the benefit of the doubt, he had enough time to comprehend the meaning of his words, and think about all the possibilities behind them.
