“Tempting offer, not gonna lie, but I already have a Blessing,” Jake said, shaking his head. “Quite a good one at that. The True Blessing of the Malefic Viper.”
“Wait, the Malefic Viper? As in, the Primordial? Wasn’t he sealed away in his divine realm or something?”
“Well, he was. Now he’s not.” Jake shrugged casually. “He reappeared just around the integration.”
“And you are his Chosen? Disregarding everything else, it’s odd for a snake to have a hunter as his Chosen… but perhaps even more odd for you to submit to one, even if it is a god. How does that conform to your Path as the ultimate hunter?”
Jake smiled, knowing that even if he and Artemis were clearly friendly, he shouldn’t just share every secret he had. “Let’s just say we have an arrangement quite unlike what most Patrons an
