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CHAPTER LI: Might, Power and Trump Cards
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2021-11-09 20:51:09CHAPTER LI: Might, Power and Trump Cards
“YOU amazed me, brother. Is that what love can do to you?” Astaroth asked Mammon, taunting him with a pestering smile plastered on his face. Mammon was taken aback because of Astaroth’s question. What did Astaroth mean? How come love was being dragged in to the topic? My forehead creased as my eyebrows furrowed.
I heard him clear his throat before giving a response to his brother that was not really connected to the question. “Don’t drag that here, Astaroth. I know that you were after me so bring it on!” Mammon exclaimed then the aura around him became more intense. But if I’m going to analyze Mammon, he was trying to divert the topic.
Astaroth finally stood up from sitting complacently on his chair decorated with a petrified snake on its headboard. But after a while, the petrified snake came to life and it slithered on his right han
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