Chapter 319: Eros' taunts

We eventually left Dawn, like I said before, she isn't completely approving of what we're doing, but she promised to keep quiet, so we'll just have to take her word for it since we also detected no lie.

We finished up with the gorgers and most of the worshippers. We then prepared to leave, we stayed long enough, I can't have my parents worry about me, nor can I let my girlfriend's parents worry about them.

We bought a lot of things to bring back and stored them in our spatial storage, and like before we deposit our remaining money to Dawn's account. When we go back, I'll try to contact Hypnos, if I can't reach him, I'll try asking auntie Elektra to get him.

We headed for a far away city where there is no surveillance or sign of life of any kind of life. As we are preparing for the portal, everything went cold and eerie. Everyone around me is still as if...time stopped.

-Dabria?...Hello?-

I would think stopping time is stupid but this is the life I live and I can temporarily do it myself.

"Nice to meet you again, Perseus" A voice greeted behind us

I turned to see Eros smiling with glee.

"Why are you here, Eros?"

"Do you want to move somewhere else? If we fight here, you might hurt your bonds and your close friends, especially with a pregnant girlfriend, I don't want you to kill your girlfriend by accident now." He said as he open a warp gate and entered it first.

Damn, I'll probably be screwed if I follow him but I got no choice. So I did, I arrived in this forest and see him with his bow out with that stupid smile on his face.

"What do you want? And where's Eleanor?"

"Oh you don't have to worry about her, she's doing well though I can't say the same for her bond which I at least gave a painless death" he chuckled "Are you going to go back to your world without trying to find out the information of your birth mother?"

"So? Why is that important to you? You liked her too or something? Besides I have decided to leave this world behind, and I thought that it's better to not know about my birth mother anyway, I have no need to feel attached and wa."

"Her name is Meng Chanmony. It means beautiful moon shine" He responded "Died at the age 40"

"What the...?"

"I do not lie Perseus" He has a smug look on his face "Cause of death...you"

His heartbeat is steady and everything about him, body language, tone and expression is telling me that he's not lying.

"Want further details?" he taunted

"Shut up Eros, I'll kill you if you go any further."

I have an obvious feeling that I'm not going to like what I hear next, the guy got his bow out fully prepared to fight, and he's trying to anger me. He's trying to get in my head.

"Your father told her of your fate when he found out, he showed her glimpses of it through her dreams, but your mother didn't listen." he explained anyway "He wanted to conceal your powers while you were still in her womb, since there's a chance that you might kill her due to your powers, but she refused scared that it might have side effects, and he listened. In the end, you were indeed born too powerful..."

He laughed as he took a look at my face.

"You killed your own mother, she only got to hold you a bit and named you before your presence alone put her to sleep," He smile got wider and wider by the second "But not just any regular sleep, it was permanent if you catch my drift. Hypnos concealed your powers afterwards with the help of Hecate since he can't risk people finding out and try to hide you away from us as best as possible. But it was too late for your dear mother..."

"Stop it, Eros, I don't want to hear it!"

"Elektra was then assigned to you and-"

"How the fuck do you know that auntie is Elektra?"

"Of course I know. I know how she treats you, she can try to hide by only meeting you with the runes taught by Andrius, where gods can't see you, but I know that she pretended to be your 'auntie' in the disguise of your actual mother" He continued "She was to be your bodyguard, and ordered to not get too attached to you since it was also her job to kill you and send you to your current world, but she got attached anyway."

"So Elektra being a double agent, working for Hypnos, you knew and yet you still let her work for you?"

"Of course," he answered "Don't worry, only me and a super small selected few knows. You will have time to warn her, I have no use of her life...at least not one where I can think of right now anyway."

"And why kidnap Eleanor?"

"It was to see your expression, the one you're having now, but I'll use her against Albert after this instead since you're enraged enough."

"Eros, I'm seriously fucking pissed right now. I want to you to leave before it gets real ugly for ya."

"Why are you so angry at me?" he asked sarcastically "All I have done is told the truth, the ones that has been hidden from you. How does it feel to know that you killed your own mother, Perseus?"

I just warped behind him and swung a kick to his head. He turned and grabbed me, holding me up. His bow in his other hand transformed into a sword and he slashed my legs off in an instant before I could warp away.

My legs regenerated back, but it's slightly slower than usual, most people won't notice the speed difference, but I definitely do.

"My bow is a divine weapon" He explained "It's slightly superior to your plotinum equipments. I'm the son of Ares, Perseus, you will not beat me easily."

I tried casting spells but is eyes disrupt them them all, I then activated Hecate's bloodline, and this time, he can use the 'eyes of god' or whatever, but none of my magic will get disrupted and break.

"I'm a descended of Hecate, Eros, a goddess of magic, don't think you'll beat me easily"

"I never forgotten about it, son of Hypnos, come at me, there are limits to this time stop...but you'll never last that long" he taunted