Chapter 245 - Peace, Because Someone Else Is Carrying the Burden (1/2)
In Vigilante A’s farmhouse.
Brett the black dog lifted its new phone smugly and pretended to expose the silver bangle unintentionally as it preened. “Look, Yellow, Master is summoning me.”
Xue Ba the yellow dog stared at the interspatial bangle on the other dog’s foreleg in a mix of envy and jealousy. The black dog had nothing to bring to the table, but it was there for every outstation trip.
Its luck was even better the last time as it met a generous client who gifted it an interspatial equipment. It still did not have anything like that…
‘Did Master forget my reward? I can’t remind him as well, it’s such a dilemma.
‘I need to find a way to highlight my existence. I’ve finally broken through to Lake-level, but I only appeared once during the time at Azure Mountain.’
Unimpressed, Xue Ba quipped, “You’re going to the West this time, you don’t know anybody there, so don’t get caught by whatever angels or devils to become their watchdog…”
“They can’t. Even if the other people don’t know better, wouldn’t we have known? The so-called angels or devils or saints or buddhas were all beings of Upper Realm trying to take the shortcut…”At this point, Brett covered its mouth and looked around to make sure no one else heard it.
Xue Ba said helplessly, “You just say whatever you want, don’t you? Have you seen Master utter even one word like that? I think you’ll be thrown into a dog stew sooner or later.”
“Heh.” Brett did not dare to talk back this time. It pounced at the ground and disappeared.
Xue Ba lamented silently to the sky, ‘Why does this happen to me? Master seldom bring me out anymore, he had included the stupid black dog.
‘Could it be that the saying “Dumb dogs are lovable” is true?’
At that moment, Zheng Dao came outside to get some fresh air. Seeing Xue Ba in a gloomy mood, he asked, “Teacher Xue, is anything bothering you?”
Xue Ba turned its head and gave Zheng Dao a glance before saying, “Nothing. It’s just that even though I’m so successful in cultivation, I couldn’t help Master with anything. With nothing that needs my expertise, I am a little worried.”
Zheng Dao chuckled and comforted the black dog. “Have you heard of the saying, ‘The true face of Mount Lu is lost to my sight, for it is right in this mountain that I reside?’ ” 1
Xue Ba rolled its eyes and said, “I’m not Blackie, I knew these poems. Zheng Dao, just be forthright with me.”
Zheng Dao grinned. “Actually, it was only with Teacher Xue in the mansion can the Venerable One perform his heroic work without worrying about this place. With you holding the fort down here, it was like having a Sea-calming Divine Cudgel.”
With the flattery, Xue Ba immediately turned joyful. ‘That’s right, I pride myself on being intelligent, but I can be so dumb at times. I have overthought this and misunderstood Master’s intention.
‘That’s right, as a Lake-level powerhouse, I’m much stronger than that black dog. I should be the one staying at home and only go out during emergencies. Blackie is more like a chess pawn while I’m the general…
Satisfied, Xue Ba stood up.
Having years of experience in psychotherapy, Zheng Dao’s method was fast and effective.
Seeing Xue Ba starting to patrol around the farmhouse with gusto, Zheng Dao smiled satisfactorily to himself and returned to his work.
Comforting the hero’s followers and maintaining morale was also part of the butler’s responsibilities.
…
Brett burrowed to the outskirts of Ukraine in the West and met up with its master.
Vigilante A nodded and said, “Good, Brett, just do whatever you did before. Activate the Summon Dragon God ritual, I wanna test its effects outside of China.”
“Yes, Master!” The black dog extended one of its forelegs enthusiastically.
Soon after, a system notification popped up. [Follower of the System, Brett the black dog is currently in a life-threatening situation. Activating the skill Thousand-mile Assistance, the System Map for the area Ukraine will be unveiled for the next 24 hours.]
It was then that Vigilante A flew away in satisfaction.
Three days later.
The System kept spamming the screen.
[The System vanquished an underground demon lair that had lurked for many years.]
[The System vanquished an evil demon’s castle that brought suffering to the land.]
[The System vanquished a wicked witch who had done many evil deeds.]
[The System uncovered many demons that hid among the humans.]
…
[The System obtained 530 million experience points.]
[The System accumulated 5,637,500,000 experience points.]
[The System acquired an astronomical amount of Reputation. The System’s Mythos was increased to 4 points. Once Mythos reached 100 points, the System’s Reputation will be Global Mythical Figure.]
[The System acquired an astronomical amount of Morality. All Morality Bars are fully filled, all backup Morality Bars are fully filled. Morality spilled over to Followers. All Followers who had learned Atmospheric Morality Technique will be granted a buff. Their cultivation speed will increase sharply for a duration of 9 months.]
[The area outside of China, Ukraine, has risen to Friendly.]
[The area outside of China, Ukraine, has risen to Confident.]
[The System Map for Ukraine has been permanently opened.]
[5 Ukrainian people became the System’s ally. The current number of allies is 25 people. The current backup Morality Bars had increased by 1, and the total number of Morality Bars had increased to 55.]
A young, blond, white man was serenading in a pub with his harp.
A young, blond girl stood in front of him, pointing at him with a phone as if she was livestreaming.
“…”
“The new era’s Pharos,