Apotheosis

Zen frowned at the sight of the three demon mice. "The Ear Mice?"

Athemar nodded and said, "They are everywhere, always hiding in the darkness."

Shortly after Zen had entered the Source World, he had seen the power of the Mice League.

They were everywhere in the Source World and could obtain most of the secrets of the Source World they infested. Because of this, the Mice League had made a lot of money.

Almost all large races hated them.

For instance, the first thing the human race and the Sun Crow race would do after occupying part of the Mountain Viewing Province was annihilate the Ear Mice in the province.

Most of the demon mice in the Mountain Viewing Province had been killed, but there were always some that managed to escape.

It was probably Zen's Wind Cloud Escape that had caused a great change in the air and attracted the attention of the three mice. They had been hiding in the dark to spy on him.

Zen was unaware of this and did not notice them. But it was impossible for them to escape a figure as powerful as Athemar.

Athemar looked at the three fat demon mice and clicked his tongue twice. As he extended his hand, the corpses of the three mice floated towards him.

He remained silent. He skinned the mice with consecutive flicks of his fingers.

He then bent down and fiddled with something on the ground. When he stood up, a small fire array was burning, on which he placed the bloody corpses and grilled them.

As the corpses burned in the fire, he took out several bottles.

Zen didn't know what was in the bottles, but they were probably condiments.

"Oh, this man!"

Zen muttered. His jaw had dropped at the matter-of-fact manner in which Athemar was behaving.

Zen's impression of Athemar was of an elder who had an extraordinary aura and put on solemn airs.

But the Athemar before him was completely different from what he had imagined.

He had molested Elizabeth when he fought with her. He was grilling the demon mice that he had captured and was about to heartily devour them. Zen couldn't believe that he was actually the dignified Oneness Governor. How could the Oneness Sky Palace tolerate such a wicked man?

Athemar noticed Zen's amazed expression, laughed, and said, "I have three hobbies: eating, mating, and playing. All are bad hobbies, right? Don't look at me like that."

"You can do whatever you want, as long as you are happy," Zen said as he nodded.

"Hey..." Athemar smiled at Zen's questioning statement. He paused

e Cloud City.

But none of them had showed up or helped him when he was in danger.

If it hadn't been for the unexpected change in the battle that had attracted Elizabeth, Athemar wouldn't have showed up in person.

"It looks like you got what you wanted," Zen said somewhat unhappily. Who'd be happy to know that they had been spied on by someone in the dark? It didn't matter that Athemar didn't have any malicious intentions.

"Don't be angry." Athemar handed another cooked mouse to Zen, as if trying to please him. To his surprise, Zen pushed it away. Athemar shrugged and said, "Our Oneness Sky Palace never had any conflicts with the Nine Li race and we don't have any hatred against each other. When we saw an orthodox force of human race being annihilated, we felt sorry too, but our Eastern Emperor did not choose his way at that time..."

Zen was a little relieved at Athemar's words.

He had inquired about this when he had entered the Dragon City, and it was true that the Oneness Sky Palace had no conflicts with the Nine Li race.

If the Oneness Sky Palace was standing opposite from the Nine Li race, Zen would have probably found an opportunity to leave a long time ago.

"Choose his way? What way do you mean?" Zen asked.

He had no idea what Athemar was referring to. Was it the Godly Way that he was saying, or anything else?

Athemar studied Zen, a strange expression on his face. He thought Zen's talent to be extraordinary and since Zen had the Soaring Snake Sword, he had assumed that Zen was a descendant of the Nine Li race. He then said, "It sounds like you don't even know why Chiyou and the Yellow Thearch fought each other?"