RISING OF THE (POSSIBLY) OMNIPOTENT ZENO
Chapter 2: The Next Day
"HOORAAAAAY/HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" -Grunts, which I affectionately refer to as Wickees, from Halo
King Aultcray XXXII and Princess Malty were both staring at Zeno in helpless disbelief. This trial had all been planned out, and yet with one innocent question from the childlike being calling himself the omni-king, everything had been ruined. Looking back on it, they both wondered how they had overlooked such an obviously damning flaw, but hindsight was twenty/twenty.
"So...if Naofumi is going to be hated, yet you need all four of the Cardinal Heroes to stop the waves, then what's to stop the shield hero from either killing himself or refusing to lift a finger to help?" Zeno had asked while scratching the back of his head in confusion.
Zeno had just unwittingly given the shield bearer a chance to get out of his predicament, and Naofumi wasn't about to let it go to waste. With a gleam in his eyes and a slasher grin on his face, his neck rocketed toward the spearhead of one of the many guards surrounding him...
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Then the next day arrived.
TO BE CONTINUED...