Endless Evolution: Last Star

Chapter 571 Last Chance

"But... You made it through, didn't you? You managed to become a Natural Phantom." Mariel said, trying to encourage Fromund.

She realized how dangerous it was for a 15-year-old boy, defeating a monster being a normal human was too difficult, the death rate was excessively high.

Well... some people just didn't have any other choice.

''Yeah, otherwise I wouldn't be here. It's worth recognizing that the man they took me to helped me in any way he could."

Fromund shrugged with a bitter smile.

"He taught me how to fight at a basic level, though... in the Lower Ring, anyone in my situation would know how to do that if they wanted to survive. Gave me a weapon, and also told me how to kill the first monster."

With a heavy sigh, he continued:

"Sure, all of that only slightly increased my chances, but it was at least something. I managed to kill the monster, but... then I lost an arm and a leg, killing the monster in the last seconds of my life."

Then, Fromund patted himself on his left shoulder and right knee.

"I guess I don't need to tell you how I recovered. You higher nobles surely know about it."

Mariel, Zarot, and Nirosh just nodded, they understood what Fromund was talking about, healing wounds like his was more than possible. Well, it was unknown if the monster ate his arm and leg or just ripped it off since that was important for treatment, but there were ways to fix things for any situation.

"Do you know what that man's name was?" Zarot asked with a serious expression, it seemed he had some suspicions, it mattered to him.

In response, Fromund only shook his head.@@@@

Even though he was supposed to earn money constantly to pay back the debt to the people from Lower Ring, causing them to save quite a bit, now was the best time of his life.

'Hah... Although there are still many problems to deal with ahead, but... the important thing is that life is slowly improving, at least a little bit at a time.' Fromund thought as a bitter smile appeared on his face.

"Khm." Mariel coughed, drawing attention to herself, "Before starting this story you said it was a story about the worst father and mother, especially mother... I understand why you hate her, but wasn't it all because of your last father? He was the one who decided to betray those people..."

Fromund threw a sharp look at Mariel, showing that he was not in agreement with her.

"Female solidarity? Or are you as a mother trying to defend another mother's honor? Well, you won't succeed since I'm good at making cause-and-effect connections, I have more than a 10 IQ, you know?"

His cold words, made Mariel flinch.

"Sure, our last father made a serious mistake, but it was all because of our mother. It's not even that she brought him into our family, it's that she spent days and nights begging and terrorizing him into agreeing to this deal, all so that she could buy another dose."

Fromund clenched his fists tightly.

"She caused everything, and I'm not sure I'm even grateful to her for giving me and my sisters a life. It's a miracle we ended up here, where we've been living a quiet life for the past few years, there was a good chance we wouldn't be alive by now."

Mariel, Zarot, and Nirosh said nothing. They realized that Fromund was right.

The mere fact that he became a Natural Phantom was a great fortune, not to mention the many other little things that allowed them to leave the Lower Ring.

"Agh... Well, now you know my story and we have less than ten minutes left to announce the second fighter. Let's start negotiating your bounty."

Then, without delay, Fromund confidently raised his chin and said in a low voice: "I want 200 million for the fight."