"Are you crazy?" Julius Reed looked at the Southern-sky man, feeling such surprise for the first time. He originally thought that the Southern-sky man would have the old servant fight him to the death, and then take the opportunity to escape!
But when the old servant was on the brink of death, the Southern-sky man unexpectedly risked his life to save the servant.
"Go!"
The Southern-sky man gritted his teeth, his body beginning to tremble.
The strong impact of Julius Reed’s spiritual power was causing him backlash.
His life signs were rapidly declining!
He was already at the brink of death.
Yet at the same time, Julius Reed’s body was tightly bound as well.
He couldn’t move at all.
The Southern-sky man directly unleashed his own spiritual power, tightly locking Julius Reed in place!
All for the sake of allowing the old servant to escape.
This was something Julius Reed could not understand.
"No! My master, you must leave!"
The old servant stood up trembling, inhaling frantically!
He rushed towards Julius Reed rapidly!
This time, the old servant’s eyes carried the resolve to die!
Bang!
The old servant died.
Died just three meters in front of Julius Reed.
It was the shadow of the god.
Julius Reed controlled the Nine Provinces’ Longsword with the shadow of the god, directly killing the nearly dead old servant.
"No!"
The Southern-sky man pushed Julius Reed away fiercely and knelt directly in front of the old servant.
That old servant slowly transformed into a cat.
A very large black cat.
It lay curled up on the ground, motionless.
Towing utterly dead.
Julius Reed felt a rush of blood, almost fainting to the ground.
Desperately fighting up close with the Southern-sky man while also dealing with the old servant, he was a bit overwhelmed.
Originally thinking to take this opportunity to kill the Southern-sky man directly, he hesitated.
It was too unusual.
The Southern-sky man surprisingly valued his servant over his own life.
Even now, he’s kneeling in front of the servant.
"Do you know..." The Southern-sky man turned his back to Julius Reed, his body trembling continuously.
He was crying.
"How many years has this cat been with me?"
Julius Reed didn’t speak.
Because the Southern-sky man’s tone already carried the determination to die.
He had no intent to survive.
"Seven hundred and sixty thousand years!"
The Southern-sky man extended his hand, marking a number.
"He and I have slept here for six hundred thousand years! Do you know how long these six hundred thousand years have been? How helpless?"
"The first time I saw him, he was just such a small black cat."
The Southern-sky man suddenly laughed, a very bleak laugh.
He held out his hand, measuring about ten centimeters.
"Just this long, a small black cat, was how he looked when I first saw him."
"Later, he grew little by little. Strange as it may sound, one day he disappeared, and when I found him again, it was a hundred years later."
"He, because of his greed, inadvertently entered my training chamber, where the spiritual power was abundant. Such a small black cat, amazingly developed spirituality in a hundred years."
"Perhaps you won’t believe it, a cat can actually become a person..."
"I believe it."
Julius Reed uncommonly spoke, responding, "I know a friend, a bear spirit. He was once a man’s mount, later he developed spirituality and became a bear spirit."
"Oh?"
The Southern-sky man seemed not to have expected that Julius Reed would respond to him.
Surprised among surprises, after hearing this he was even more surprised: "A bear spirit? What a coincidence, he was like this too, a cat surprisingly developed spirituality, and secretly watched me every day, even starting to imitate humans."
"Funny thing is, in our time, any animal with spirituality was condemned to die because they were considered abominations!"
"Animals ought to remain animals. If they’ve emotions and appearances like humans, that would be very dangerous."
"At that time, I originally wanted to kill him! But seeing his appearance, I couldn’t bear it. Fortunately, though I wasn’t the king of the Nine Provinces back then, I was still on the imperial throne."
"My position, no one could easily challenge, and as time went on, I gave him more spiritual power, allowing him to truly resemble a person. Thousands of years passed, and he really became indistinguishable from humans."
"Except in situations like just now, where he saved me, every other moment, he was a person. No one knew he was actually a cat."
"He has accompanied me sleeping for so many years, yet he awakens only to die."
"Isn’t it destiny playing tricks on us?"
After saying this, the Southern-sky man stood up, turned around to look at Julius Reed: "What is your name? Let me die knowing."
"Does it matter? For those who are about to die, is there anything left you can’t give up? When people are about to die, nothing matters anymore."
Julius Reed shook his head and didn’t answer.
"Ah." The Southern-sky man sighed, reaching out his trembling hand, giving a bitter smile: "Fighting for power and profit, in the end, lost everything, including life. Let it be, let it be!"
"He came to me, and because of me, he leaves. Then let us leave together."
"But do you really refuse to tell me your name?"
The Southern-sky man raised an eyebrow, with a sharp gleam in his eyes: "You refuse to say?"
"It’s meaningless, just consider me Silvio Reed, a name is just a label, isn’t it?"
After Julius Reed finished speaking, he calmly looked at him.
Because the spiritual power within the Southern-sky man had nearly dissipated.
The time of death had come.
"Then fine, I ask you one thing."
The Southern-sky man pulled out a bone plate from his chest, handing it to Julius Reed: "After I die, bury us together. In life we were master and servant, in death let these distinctions fade. Lying together is enough."
"Consider this my token of appreciation."
He pushed the bone plate forward.
"What use does it have? I believe a dying man’s words are kind."
Julius Reed took the bone plate, stroked it with his hand, but didn’t put it away.
"This thing, it depends if you have the courage! It can grant you heaven in a thought, or hell. Danger and opportunity always go hand in hand."
The Southern-sky man lay on the ground, beginning to await death.
"Thanks, then."
Julius Reed slashed down with his sword.
A large pit appeared on the ground.
The Southern-sky man, who was laying down, surprisingly stood up, carrying the old servant, walking into the pit, then lay down.
"This bone plate, you just need to gently break it, and naturally an adventure will occur. As for... whether it’s a blessing or a curse, I can only say... no one knows, perhaps only heaven knows."
After lying down, his breath grew weaker and weaker.
"This bone plate... I’ve held it my whole life, but never dared to use it..."
After speaking these words, he died.
Just like that, quietly died.
Buried together with his cat.
Ending a life.
Perhaps until death approached, the Southern-sky man realized that wealth and power were nothing compared to a loyal cat by his side.
"What is the point."
Julius Reed covered the soil and casually grabbed a piece of concrete, placing it in front of the grave.
He raised his Longsword, dancing furiously.
On it, he wrote three words.
Man and Cat.
Man and cat, buried together.
Julius Reed didn’t know his name was Southern-sky man, or perhaps he knew, but it didn’t matter anymore.
The dead, like dust.
No one cares.
People only care about the living.
Julius Reed took out the bone plate, thought for a moment, and directly snapped it!
Chapter 2716: Master and Servant
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