Chapter 178 - Leaving (2/2)
It doesn't just benefit Smith and his fiancee Leona, but the whole army as well in terms of war. The commanders and soldiers themselves may be contended if they get the opportunity to have such a strong servant that can swear eternal loyalty to them, but they know that their ambitions lay further ahead. They might not covet the cultivation base of the Overlord realm, but they hope that they can become an elite army of Demigods.
”Yes master.” The guard gets down on his knees, bringing his fists together.
”From today onwards, I shall call you dark knight. Do you get me?” Smith asks, the sharp tone in his last part of the sentence surprising everyone.
”Yes master, I promise to always put your life before mine and the life of your loved ones before yours.” The dark knight answer surprises everyone, maybe he isn't really as foolish as they had expected him to be.
”Very good, now then, lead us to the exit.” Smith didn't use any words of courtesy, his orders were direct and straight to the point, but if one intends to pick any negative aspects about his manner of speech, they'll be surprised to realise that he was already treating him fairly compared to most mistreated servants.
Back in the main world, Ash was still flabbergasted and was about to lose control of himself when the sound of people stepping through portals surprises him as he regains his composure.
”Generals, I'm glad to announce on behalf of both armies that we've made it out alive without suffering any casualties, I've also signed a contract servant to serve me for the rest of my lifespan, tying his own lifespan to mine.” Smith was the one who stands out, not just to represent Nightin's side of the army, but the commandment formed between them was being represented by Smith, someone who is just supposed to be a strategist left unnoticed by both armies.
”You managed to get someone beyond the Demigod realm to become your servant? That's pretty impressive of you.” Nightin compliments, surprised to see Leona standing so close to Smith as he asks ”Are the two of you together?”
Leona's cheeks blushes, her head burying itself deeper into Smith's embrace as Blitz gradually reveals itself from the wrist exit of her robe.
Blitz didn't know why, but the young man standing before her is giving off a strong sense of familiarity, one that makes her feel curious as to who he really is and feel attached for some reasons.
When Nightin saw the little thing, his heart skipped a beat as memories started to surface in his mind, he thought he had forgotten about this ever since William pulled him out of the nightmare, but now his worst fear, his nightmare was actually approaching him with its docile face and tiny claws.
”Are you Blitz? How can you even exist? You were supposed to just be a figment of my imagination and we had already waved hands and said goodbye ever since we ended that war, we promised to never meet each other again unless another calamity is in stall for us.” Nightin tried to keep calm, but the more he thought about it, the more rampant his thoughts were as he shouted towards the sky in pain.
”That's right, the only reason as to why I'm in this form is because I was severely injured on the way here, those archangels tried to kill me before I can deliver the information and even though I made it here, my cultivation base fell to the Demigod first transformation stage, but I'm practically useless right now unless there are some sun stones that I can absorb and enchant into sun energy.”
When Blitz was talking to Nightin, its petite body was trying not to lose balance as it gradually leaped onto Nightin's arm, the seriousness in its eyes and the tense atmosphere says everything, something must be up.
”I see, so that's the secret that they were trying to keep from me and if what they were expecting was eighty years worth of time, then those filthy archangels are gonna prove them wrong in just forty years. That's all the time I have left to fulfill my ambitions and step into the legendary 108th star realm which no human cultivator has ever reached. If only us humans have the innate talent comparable to those archangels that cultivate with their holy water as plain water, those archangels had the advantage in terms of territory, cultivation background, cultivation resources and a wider view of the cultivation universe.”