Atticus's Odyssey: Reincarnated Into A Playground novel Chapter 829

Chapter 829 Choice

Celestial fell silent, her thoughts racing. After a moment, she looked at him again and finally spoke.

"What is their main purpose?"

"You want to know if they're allies or enemies of humanity," Atticus said.

"Yes," she admitted. "Did that spirit you summoned tell you anything?"

Atticus nodded, his expression unchanged. This had been her goal all along. Ozeroth was, quite plainly, an enemy to the spirit race. If anyone would reveal the truth about their purpose, it would be him.

'She came here to find out what Ozeroth told me,' Atticus concluded.

He stared at her intensely, causing her gaze to narrow.

'Is he really just 17?' she wondered. The way Atticus had handled the entire conversation from the start left her feeling stupefied at how intelligent he was. It wasn't a trait normal for a teenager.

She had always thought Zoey was smart, but even she would've lost her composure at this point. Celestial knew why Atticus was staring at her and addressed it in the next instant.

"You don't have to worry. I asked my spirit to stay behind. She can't hear us, no one can," she assured him.

Atticus nodded. He had no reason not to believe her; the need for secrecy was for her sake anyway.

He decided to answer, "No, he didn't mention their purpose. But let me ask you something. If a higher race, one far more powerful than us, were to come to Eldoralth, do you think they would choose to coexist with humanity? If humans moved underground and discovered an ant hill, would they choose to coexist with the ants or simply destroy them?"

Celestial froze, falling utterly silent. She was unable to utter a response.

"I think you already know the answer to that," Atticus said.

A few seconds passed before she took a deep breath, steadying her labored breathing.

"Thank you," she said, turning toward Atticus with a serious look.

Atticus simply nodded. "It's nothing. I hope you and your family make the right choice."

His words sounded simple, but there was an unmistakable hint of threat within them.

Now, they had just established some facts:

The spirits were a higher race and came from another world. They had come to Eldoralth with ulterior motives, motives they had deemed unnecessary to share with the Starhaven family, keeping them in the dark for generations. Whatever those motives were, they were certainly not benevolent.

This meant Celestial, along with the entire Starhaven bloodline, would have to make a choice: humanity or the beings who had saved them from an era of oppression.

Atticus could claim he didn't care about their choice, but that wouldn't be entirely true. In his mind, images of Zoey and Seraphina appeared.

The choice the Starhaven family made would determine whether or not they would become enemies of humanity. Atticus had been trying hard to avoid thinking about this, but Celestial had brought it to the forefront of his mind.

What would he do if Zoey became an enemy?

He shook his head. It was a frightening thought, one he didn't want to face right now.

'I'll think about it when the time comes,' he resolved.