236 Cocoon (1/2)

”What? How is this possible?” When he looked at the familiar face in front of him, Cortez was shocked and immediately stood up to escape.

However, he forgot that his body was entirely covered in wounds and fell down on the ground as soon as he stood up.

”Sigh… why are you running?” Ajax sighed when he looked at Cortez's attempt to escape.

”How did I come here? Wait, I remember now. Some barbarian knocked me out and I don't know what happened to me afterwards,” Cortez thought how he came here and remembered the Barbarian's hideous face.

”Why is he bowing to you? who are you really,” When he looked at Barbarian who was bowing to Ajax. Cortez was shocked and asked Ajax.

”Who am I? I am a simple mercenary,” Ajax replied with a smile on his face.

”Don't joke with me. How can you have a general realm cultivator as your servant?” Cortez didn't believe Ajax's words and asked him coldly.

Before taking the mission to kill Ajax, Cortez was given information about Ajax. In that data, Ajax only had an elite commander realm Barbarian as his servant, but the barbarian that was present here was having a cultivation of around level 5 of the general realm.

So he thought this barbarian was another servant of Ajax.

”Okay, I will say the truth now, I am from another province and my parents forced me to cultivate in this Zrochester province and ordered me to not return home until I became a king realm cultivator….sigh,” Ajax started some story and said to Cortez.

”And, he was the servant that was sent to protect me in this province,” Ajax laughed inside his heart when he said the story; however, he had a serious expression on his face that made Cortez almost believe him.

'Ding,

Mission name:- Kill Cortez.

Mission status:- Failed.

Reason:- Due to the intervention of Darbaudr.

As he as playing with Cortez, Ajax received a system notification of his previous mission.

”Sigh...it has some good rewards but now...,” Ajax sighed, looking at the mission status and felt sad.

'Nevermind, I hope the system gives more mission with good rewards,' He stopped feeling regret over the failed mission and looked at Cortez.

”Please don't kill me, I will follow you for the rest of my life and do what you say,” Seeing the smile on Ajax's face, Cortez felt goosebumps all over his body with the fear.

”Really, Okay,” Ajax nodded his head and turned to look at Twilight as though he was asking it what to do.

In reply to Ajax, Twilight shook its head disapproving of Ajax's decision.

”Sorry Cortez, even my Twilight is not agreeing to my decision and wants to kill you. So at least try to be a good man in your next life,” Ajax's right hand turned into a demon claw as it pierced through Cortez's heart.

Earlier, he joked with Ajax, that even if Ajax got a general realm cultivator as his assistance, he would not be surprised.

However, he was not only surprised but also shocked when he saw the general realm Barbarian as Ajax's servant.

'Ding,

Killed a special peak elite commander realm cultivator

The host gained 3000 units of the essence of nature.

As soon as he killed Cortez with demon claw, his shadow clone entered into the dead body and absorbed Cortez's blood and shadow.

'Ding,

The host's spirit consciousness is completed, filled with the essence of nature.

'Ding,