971 Conversation between old partners
Two more days later-- On top of a mountain near Jura City--
*Step* *Step*
"Huuu~" Hulak stopped to catch his breath, then continued climbing the mountain with one full arm, while the other one in only complete until above the elbow.
The shadow sword behind him offered to help, "Do you want a push?" Nôv(el)B\\jnn
His question was normal but a bit sarcastic, if Hulak couldn't do something, who could help him? In fact, he was indeed mocking him, it's true that the mountain was 4,000 meters high, but it was nothing for even saints, while martial emperors could reach the top in a few jumps if they didn't want to fly, and Hulak was walking and climbing like a mortal!
But unusually, Hulak didn't answer arrogantly, in fact, he didn't seem to mind at all, he just smiled, "No thanks." And continued up.
His journey didn't take long, he quickly pulled his hand one last time, "Huh!" The scene in front of him changed.
The mountaintop wasn't as pointed and full of rocks as expected, but rather smooth and level as the tiles in the imperial palace, but Hulak had seen such a sight before when he first met Robin so he didn't seem surprised in the slightest, his interest was more focused on what was on top of the mountaintop.
*Grrrr...*
"More energy pearls here!"
"Hehe no no, their no need to thanks between us, that ship has sailed long ago." Hulak reached out and patted Crixus' paw forcefully, "When your wing is cut off, I'll help you too."
*Bash* Crixus' head hit the ground helplessly, "No thanks, I have someone to help me now, as for you... Keep pushing your way forward by yourself, like you always do."
"...My way? What way is this..." Hulak smiled as he looked at the ground, "I'm thousands of years old, and yet I spent the past two days thinking about what I've done with my life, I found nothing."
"....." Crixus raised his head and sent a glance to the side, this was the first time he heard Hulak speak in this way.
He fought this monster for hundreds of years and spent thousands of years with him, Hulak isn't the type to worry about the future, he just wants to feel like he's the strongest, then he can live the simplest life possible like he used to live before... What has he done with his life? Nothing, he was just satisfying his ego. "That gray ray... no, that incarnate death, it made me think... if I die today will I make a difference in someone's life, or will I be forgotten before the sun sets? Frustration seeped into my heart when I knew for sure that the answer was the second, my death would have no effect, on the contrary, many would be happy about it." Hulak smiled with a broken eye.
Then his smile widened a little and raised his bright face towards Crixus, "You can't imagine how happy I was when I learned what you did for me, not because I was happy that I was alive, no no, I was happy that someone cared about me one day... I won't thank you for saving me, but let me thank you for giving me some hope that my life was not totally uselss."
"...You talk like a human sissy." The beast looked away.
"Hehe, I guess I am." Hulak finally laughed.
Crixus asked after a long silence, "...What do you intend now? I won't let you return to Nahari without a plan. As for me, I will stay here until I pay my debt, it wouldn't be a bad idea if you stayed with me, you can take a high position in the True Beginning Empire."
"....I don't know about that, but I'm not that stupid, I know that my return to Nahari is no longer possible under these circumstances, I have to place there..." Hulak stood up and looked towards the distant sun disk.
"...Hmm?" While he was silently contemplating the horizon, his eyes fell on the city of Jura. His sharp eyes caught sight of the space portal there, which suddenly activated and a person on the verge of death came out of it.