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“You’re one to talk,” Alice shot back.
“But I thought this was what you cared about?” Gerda waved a hand around them. “Isn’t that why you were so angry at my intervention? Because I was changing things?”
“I’mangrybecause everything iswrongnow.” Alice snapped. “And if I can’t right it, I can at least go after the person responsible.”
Julian stood in front of Gerda. “Over my dead body.”
“As you wish.”
CHAPTER 99
A Vow Given. A Vow Broken
Gerda
A Few Minutes Ago
Julian wasn’t reading the chat logs, or he would’ve seen my messages.
I tried again anyway.
[Julian, we need to get to the dungeon core.]
Tully lifted his head from where he was draped over a bunch of ice. He didn’t look comfortable. The paladin sent,
[I tried. Distract her again; see if you can get her to attack you.]
John added his own,
[Still looking.]
“Alice!” I shouted. The celestial whipped around to face me, and I asked what was already on my mind. “Why are you evenhere? You’re the Keeper of Fate. Youknowit was Julian’s fate to conquer this dungeon, and yet here you are, standing in the way of his destiny.”
“You’re one to talk,” Alice shot back. She signaled to the giant, who climbed onto the ice spears and started running toward us. From the corner of my eye, I saw Tully rise up to meet him—war hammer versus sword.
“But I thought this was what you cared about?” I waved a hand around us. “Isn’t that why you were so angry at my intervention? Because I was changing things?”
“I’mangrybecause everything iswrongnow,” Alice snapped. “And if I can’t right it, I can at least go after the person responsible.”
Julian stood in front of me. “Over my dead body.”
“As you wish.” Alice flew up into the air and pointed at Julian. “By the Will of the Eternal Rest, [Void Arrow].”
Not wanting to damage his new shield, Julian stepped aside. The [Void Arrow] struck the platform and vanished.
“Julian.” I stopped bothering to conceal our conversation. Pram helped by shooting an [Ice Arrow] at Alice, forcing the airborne celestial to duck. He quickly followed it up with the larger [Ice Spear].
“Go capture the dungeon,” I told my duke of the North.
He obviously disagreed with my decision. “But then she could escape—”
“You forget, we aren’t actually here to fight Alice,” I reminded him. “You’re here to touch that dungeon core; she’s just a bonus prize.”
“You can’t be serious? She’s literally out to get you,” Julian asked quietly.
John’s shadow moved out of the ice rubble and stopped beside us. Jeffry appeared, unalive, and I bent down to give the half elf a much needed Resurrect potion.
“Did we win?” Jeffry coughed, clearing gunk from his throat.
