Kira's mind was a mess as the four were flying to the surface.
Although she could be considered young, as Rank 2 Magi can live up to eight hundred years, she has experienced a lot, and the wisdom that comes with the Magi path was accompanying her, but during these short couple of months, she has questioned a lot of things.
She met a man that despite being at Rank 1, could fight and kill those veterans Rank 2 life form, could speak on equal ground with even those millennial old Rank 3 existences and whose knowledge was so vast that may even surpass those at the Soul Forging Rank.
Despite being so amazingly young, he reached a high realm of mastery of one of the hardest professions in the world. Under his command, two other individuals could be considered supreme geniuses, equal to those core empire members.
And if that was considered little, he could make another genius pass from hostility to gratitude and finally docility with just a few words.
But what was the most shocking part to her was when he released his killing intent. Kira was utterly terrified by it, and for a moment, she even felt the need to prostrate herself as if a monstrous creature was patting her.
Although it only lasted for less than a second, and she was able to overcome the physiological effect from the fear, she was sure that the image of that monstrous palm would remain with her forever.
If she summarized the man in a sentence, that would be. "A paragon that shines over his follower, and a monstrosity that devours his enemies."
As Kira's mind was floating in that sea of thoughts, a voice woke her up.
"There is something that we should discuss before we arrive at the surface."
Kira immediately looked at the voice's origin and saw Zatiel staring back at her with a calm smile. Still, even though the Magus did not feel any ill intention, the mind has a way of taking you to the worst place possible sometimes, and the moment the image of Mira being devoured alive appeared on her mind, she felt terrified.
"I promise that I will never reveal your secret or abilities!" Kira's voice was incredibly fast, and a hidden urgency was on her face.
The answer of Zatiel to the Magus perturbed expression and rash words was a laugh.
"HAHAHAHA, relax. I was not going to speak about that. Besides, even if you don't say anything, the Eye Lord that escaped will, but I am not concerned about that."
The laugh diminished the tension present, and Kira sighed as she saw this, thinking that Zatiel wasn't someone so cold as to kill her just because she saw him act.
But what the Magus did not understand was that had she witnessed something that could pose a threat to the Neo-Demon race, Zatiel would have killed her without a word, making sure she could not escape.
Regarding the information that James will reveal, he knows that the display of power he showed during this expedition will raise the interest of several individuals. Still, Zatiel did not lie when he said he wasn't bothered about it.
As for those at the Soul Forging Rank and above, as someone that has already reached that power, he understood that his abilities would not awake greed on them, and even if it happened, he would just seclude himself until he was powerful enough. Then he would kill everyone who had forced him to hide.
"What I wanted to talk with you was about your reward for helping us."
Kira honored her title as a Magus because her eyes started to sparkle as soon Zatiel brought up the topic of reward.
Although the Magus was sure that the resources on the spatial ring from those dead Eye Lord were great, she did not think she could obtain anything since, being objective, the help she provided did not make a true difference in the battle against the members of Dynasty.
She was still fascinated by the giant that could withstand a Rank 3 spell point-blank and not end up with life-threatening injuries and the woman whose attacks had such a dangerous liquid and were shot at such speed that she could barely see them.
And taking into consideration that she was also the target of their vengeance, she was helping herself by killing them. For the way Zatiel handled things, she thought that she would not obtain anything.
"Even though the three of us could have handled the situation on our own, your help made everything much easier and prevented any truly dangerous situation from appearing. I will give you a choice. The first option is the two spatial rings from those Eye Lords," When Zatiel finished speaking, he made two rings appear on his palm and shows them to the Magus.
The temptation of those spatial rings was high for Kira, as she was sure that in them, there were resources that could help her make a smooth advancement to Rank 3.
Most individuals generally maintain their most precious possession with them, and since the other party was at the Master level of Rank 2, just like her, they must have treasures that could help advance to the next Rank.
Of course, since they follow different paths, most of them would not be of much help to Kira, but she could always trade and obtain what she needed.
Then she could advance to the next Rank and be one step closer to awakening her True Soul, becoming a Soul Forging existence, and being considered someone with actual power in the world.
But despite the great desire she felt, she maintained a cold head and signaled Zatiel so he could continue.
"The second choice is a favor from me, but although there is no time limit to use it, I will only do it if I am one hundred percent confident in my capacities, and I will also not act if the repercussions are too much."
Between wealth that could help you advance to the next Rank and favor full of condition, most people will choose the wealth, since in the Magi World, power rules absolute, and there is no more reliable power than your own.
And this would have been Kira's choice as well, even if the one making the proposition was the mighty Rank 3 Magus outside the cave, but when the offer came from Zatiel's mouth, her decision was instant.
"I chose the favor!" There was decisiveness and excitement in Kira's voice as she spoke.
"Smart"
"Good choice"
The ones who spoke were Ezequiel and Sophia, and there was a smile on their faces as they nodded to the woman.
The duo knows that no amount of wealth could ever compete with Zatiel's favor, especially if he does not place a time limit on it.
As for the part, he stipulated that he must be sure of being able to do it without repercussion, to a Being of Laws, make someone live a million years past their natural life span was effortless. As long he doesn't die on his path to power, Zatiel would reach that level.
"A favor it is then," Zatiel nodded and threw the matter to the back of his mind.