SSS Awakening: Rebirth of the Strongest Vampire God novel Chapter 302

Chapter 302: Who will fall first?

Damon had always believed the guy had acted out of instinct, unable to control himself at the sight of the legendary item. Greed and the lust for power had overcome him, and he’d betrayed Damon in a momentary lapse of judgment. At least a part of him had wanted to believe that.

But deep down, he had always known it wasn’t that simple. If it had been a whim, then why cripple him afterward? There were plenty of other ways to get what he wanted.

Now he could see everything in a different light. It wasn’t just personal. It was strategic.

What if Aiden hadn’t stumbled into his life by accident? What if he had calculated his approach, wormed his way into Damon’s trust, and then waited? Waited for the perfect moment to strike.

What if everything had been deliberate?

But why even bother with a nobody like him? Sure, he had the fragment of the legendary item quest, but no one else knew about it.

Unless the guy came across the same legendary item quest as well, or at least knew the headstart Damon had and plotted everything right from the beginning, going as far as resetting his entire character and starting from scratch as a vampire!

This seemed even more unlikely.

While a Legendary item was extremely valuable, a random quest that only had a small fraction of success toward resulting in a legendary item was pretty much worthless. Why would someone bet everything on an insignificant quest like that and on a nobody like him?

It just did not add up. Yet it was the only explanation that made any sense.

Damon’s fingers curled tighter around the armrest of his chair as the implications settled in.

If Aiden’s betrayal had been planned from the start, if every word, every joke, every late-night dungeon grind they’d shared had been part of some long con, then what kind of idiot had he been to mistake poison for brotherhood?

The man had been a snake right from day 1, and he had been naive enough not to see it. His pride burned just as much as his fury. He hadn’t just been betrayed, he’d been played.

Damon’s jaw clenched so hard it ached. He wasn’t that naive kid anymore. He wasn’t the clueless idiot chasing glory with stars in his eyes. He was a predator now. And Aiden had no idea what kind of monster he had helped create.

He let his aura settle, suppressed the rage burning in his chest like wildfire. There would be a time for reckoning. But not here. Not now. Not in front of an audience. No, Damon would bide his time and when the time came...

Damon silently let out a breath. He silently observed as everyone’s attention shifted back to the legendary item and the bidding. A few still looked at his booth, but there was nothing to see, so they eventually turned around.

Aiden’s bid was shocking. However, this was a legendary item after all. It looked like the others were not willing to give up on it so easily, especially when the other party looked like a whimp and a nobody.

The bid for the treasure chest continued to increase explosively. Phoenix was quite adamant this time as she kept throwing money as if her funds had no limits. A few others were also equally stubborn.

Damon recognized one of the guilds, a dark faction guild from the undead race. They were quite notorious in the game, and the players pretty much lacked any morals.

While the groups were already together, Damon was pretty sure that the guilds hadn’t even been officially formed yet.

In fact, all of these guilds, who were always at each other’s throats, cooperated just this once to create a huge shock factor when they came together in the future and revealed themselves at the same time. This happened during the time of a demon war.

But now, in this timeline, everything was going to change. With the treasure chest now in play, at least one of them would be forced to come out from the shadows. Then it was only a matter of time before the others would be forced to reveal themselves.

This did not look like much, but this in itself was a huge blow. They wouldn’t be able to use the demon war to make themselves look righteous and claim most of the player base for themselves.

Damon grinned as he wondered who it would be. The first one to take the fall and the first one to start the domino effect. No matter who it was, he did not care.

He needed blood and chaos. He needed the world to burn just enough for him to rise higher in the smoke.

Let them tear into each other. Let them scramble for glory, for public support, for that polished image of saviors and legends. Damon would be the monster beneath their golden pedestals. He would devour them all when they least expected it!

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