Kieran raised a brow at Starbeck who was crying out loud.
He first stopped Starbeck from jumping on him with a stern gaze before grabbing him by the collar and bringing him to the secret hideout.
Kieran didn't need to ask anything, just by looking at Starbeck's face, Kieran had a general idea of what happened.
However, there was one thing that was out of his expectations.
The attacker's identity!
Kieran looked at the unconscious Meiser, Mizelle, and Pelker before looking at the empty room.
The lingering negative energy in the air was enough for Kieran to know the attacker was dead, otherwise, Starbeck wouldn't have appeared before him so easily.
Dead but his body vanished.
Plus, the attacker was able to silently knock out Meiser, Mizelle, Pelker, and a dozen others.
The attacker's identity seemed to have become obvious.
A clone!
A clone of a God!
In the current dungeon world, other than a clone of a God, Kieran couldn't think of any other possibility.
Coincidentally, the attacker had quite the grudge against a certain God.
However, Kieran didn't act recklessly.
In order to verify his guesses, Kieran asked Starbeck.
"Is that guy dead when you left?"
Kieran asked.
"Yes, yes, he is."
Starbeck replied while sobbing.
His answer made Kieran squint his eyes, his cold gaze started to shine.
"Follow me!"
Kieran told Starbeck.
Starbeck nodded while sobbing and followed Kieran quietly.
Kieran didn't take a detour or stop, heading straight to Sin Temple in the temple district.
"What are you trying to do?"
Lady Thorn, who had been paying attention to Kieran, spoke in Kieran's heart the moment Kieran stepped into the temple district.
"What do you think?"
Kieran asked.
"Because of a servant?"
Lady Thorn glanced over Starbeck but she didn't notice anything different about him. He was timid, weak, and other than standing beside Kieran, there was nothing else worthy of her attention.
In short, from the lady's point of view, Starbeck was just a decoration for Kieran, the inconspicuous kind.
"Not a servant."
Kieran emphasized.
Starbeck's identity was special, no matter how cowardly he was, Kieran wouldn't treat him as a servant.
More so, from Kieran's point of view, Starbeck wasn't useless, at least his cooking was good.
However, he couldn't explain it to Lady Thorn.
Therefore, Kieran was vague.
"He is a special existence to me."
Kieran said.
It was not a lie.
Starbeck was the employer and it was related to the title dungeon, so it wasn't wrong to say that it was a special case.
"Is it special?"
"Everyone has a special existence that is irreplaceable to them. When someone endangers the safety of this special existence … do they have to be killed without mercy?"
Lady Thorn's tone was inquisitive.
"Not just people.
Even the Gods are the same. "
Kieran said slowly.
"What a scary mentality!
But to him, this is the most reliable protection right? "
Lady Thorn looked at Starbeck again.
Starbeck was sobbing without feeling anything, he still wanted to grab Kieran's coat but each time Kieran adjusted his steps, he missed.
His fingers seemed to be grazing the coat but he couldn't grab it.
"What a stupid servant."
Lady Thorn commented in her heart.
In the end, Lady Thorn still couldn't tell what was different about Starbeck.
She gave up on looking at Starbeck and placed her attention back on Kieran.
"I hope one day, you can protect me with the mentality of protecting your little servant.
I have a feeling that one day, I will need your help.
Although it is strange to ask such a request from a weak person like you, I hope you can give me a promise. "
Lady Thorn said.
"Is this the prerequisite for you to help me this time?"
Kieran asked.
"No!
This is the prerequisite for me to help you every time before that accident happened! "
Lady Thorn replied.
"The prerequisite for you to help me every time?
"Looks like you're really in big trouble!"
But … "
"I promise you.
I will do my best to help you, under the condition that it doesn't go against my principles. "
Kieran didn't agree right away.
A promise to a God wasn't just for show.
Even if there wasn't a so-called contract, once it was broken, it would be much scarier than breaking a contract.
In Nikorei's collection of books, "Words of Gods" and "Tales of Mortals and Gods", Kieran saw many mortals who didn't keep their promises and ended up in a miserable state.
"What a stingy and vigilant bastard.
If I didn't repeatedly confirm that you really believe in me, I would have thought I ran into a false believer. "
Lady Thorn sighed as she didn't know about the existence of Nikorei, the God of Earth.
If her attention wasn't captured by Kieran, she would have noticed some inkling.
Besides, she would have noticed from the inkling that compared to those seemingly evil and scary false believers, Kieran before her eyes was hiding some kind of dangerous and terrifying power.
It wasn't his strength.
It was the 'affinity' that was forcefully added onto Kieran's body by a certain existence that even Lady Thorn herself didn't notice.
Lady Thorn didn't even notice the difference between her attitude towards Kieran and how she treated others due to the 'affinity' between her and Kieran.
She might even think it was a matter of course.
As for Kieran?
Kieran still had his habitual vigilance and calmness.
However, Kieran who had never come into contact with a God would never understand where the pride of a God came from.
From Kieran's point of view, all he did was complete a deal with Lady Thorn, similar to the natives.
Both of them didn't notice anything unusual.
Starbeck, who was watching from the side, wouldn't notice anything either.
"False believer?
I'm not that kind of person. "
Kieran said naturally.
"Em."
Lady Thorn clearly sensed the truth in Kieran's words.
Then, Lady Thorn reminded Kieran one last time.
"That bastard is different from Carricanton, a mortal who ascended to God. He is a God that appeared during the birth of this city, you need to be extra careful."
"Got it."
Kieran replied when he saw Sin Temple within reach. He then walked into the temple without stopping.
The moment he stepped into the temple, Kieran heard a series of unusual noises.
Kacha, Kacha.
It sounded like bones were being chewed but it was countless times louder than thunder, echoing ceaselessly in the temple.
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