Death… And Me

Chapter 917 - Letʼs CatChapter Up

Around a day later, Kentucky finally caught up with Rean. Naturally, Rean was being dragged along with Duran, so he also saw the guy. ”This...”

Celis narrowed his eyes since he recognized the Zasfin, instantly muttering, ”What a pain in the ass.”

Duran, who obviously noticed their group as well, couldnʼt help but laugh out loud. ”Hahaha! To think I would meet with the World Swallowing Cedar here. Should I call this my lucky day?”

Celis snorted in response, telling Duran, ”Is that so? What? Just because I lost my cultivation, you think Iʼll do whatever you want? I have long since decided that I would simply kill myself if I ever got captured again. But first, you will have to reach here where we are.”

One must remember that Kentucky could fly because he was a bird, and Celis was with him. Rean and Duran couldnʼt, so they only watched from the ground. As high as Duranʼs cultivation might be, Kentucky was just way too high in the skies for him to attack.

Duran didnʼt seem to mind Celisʼs words, though. ”What does that have to do with me? I couldnʼt care less whether you kill yourself or not.” Duran then looked at Rean before continuing, ”However, if you donʼt care about his well-being, you should do what I say.”

Rean shrugged his shoulders after hearing that. ”Guess Iʼm fucked.”

Duran didnʼt understand what Rean meant when suddenly, Kentucky turned around and began to fly away, saying, ”Ha! So what if you capture Rean? I would save him if I could, but getting close to you only means my death. Instead of having both of us dead, I better let Rean die alone. Well then, until next time.”

Duran couldnʼt help but ask back after hearing Kentuckyʼs response, ”Do you really think I wonʼt kill him?”

Celis shrugged his shoulders as he replied, ”To be honest, I donʼt think you will. After all, Rean is one of the Formation Masters that would help out in the opening of the portal to the Realm of Gods. Anyways, if you donʼt kill him, make sure to protect him well. Letʼs go, Kentucky.”

”On it!” Kentucky agreed with Celis as they disappeared in the distance.

Duranʼs mouth could not help but twitch as he saw Kentucky and Celis fly even higher and further from the two of them. They simply didnʼt care about Rean at all! ”These friends of yours arenʼt very friendly...”

Rean sighed in response, telling him, ”Weʼre not a bunch of good samaritans, you know? We knew the risks that we were going to face when we came into the Bestial Sacred Ground, so we had long since decided on what we would do in a situation like this one. I donʼt blame them for their choice since I would have done exactly the same if I were in their place. Just like Kentucky said, I would try to save him if it was possible. But with you here, I wouldnʼt even give it a second thought before leaving.”

Duran had to admit it at least made sense. ”Well, I probably wouldnʼt do anything different either. Still, why would you tell me that you could find them here if you knew they wouldnʼt help you?” It was then that Duran noticed. ”I see...you knew they would be here, but you didnʼt know if they would have company behind them. If a Stage Nine Demon Beast or one of the Divine Demon Beasts were here, then you would truly have a chance.”

Rean didnʼt deny that, saying in response, ”Too bad my gamble didnʼt pay off. Kentucky and Celis were alone. Well, itʼs already surprising that those two are together to start with.”

Duran wondered what he should do at the moment as he kicked another suicidal demon beast away. ”Where do you think we should go now?”

”How should I know?” Rean then looked into the distance. ”Why donʼt you try heading to the region below the centermost star? The Blood Pond was in the center of the Bestial Sacred Ground before, right? It might be somewhere there as well.”

Duran agreed with Reanʼs plan. Of course, there was one other thing he knew about Kentucky and Celisʼs departure. Now that they knew Rean was under his custody, they could find some help for him.

Unsurprisingly, Duranʼs hunch was right. Once Kentucky and Celis flew far away that even Duran couldnʼt see them anymore, they finally started to talk about what they saw. ”We need to find Senior Phex or some other Divine Demon Beast.”

Celis nodded. ”Duran hasnʼt killed Rean until now, which means he might be thinking of using him as a hostage. Thatʼs a good thing since that means Rean wonʼt die anytime soon. Besides, he at least knows that Rean is one of the Formation Masters. If he doesnʼt want to decrease his chances of leaving this world, he wonʼt kill Rean. In a certain way, itʼs good that Duran was the one to find Rean since heʼs the strongest Zasfin. No one on the Zasfinsʼ side would be better than him when it comes to protecting Rean.”

After that, he asked Kentucky something else. ”Can you feel Roanʼs presence? Or is he still too far away?”

Kentucky shook his head as he answered, ”Heʼs still too far away, so I canʼt feel his presence at all. However, I know Rean and Roan can feel each otherʼs presence from anywhere. Duran doesnʼt know I can feel Reanʼs presence, so Iʼll tag along with him until Roan appears in my perception. After all, Roan should be trying to find Rean.”

Celis thought that it was a good plan. ”Thatʼs good. Just make sure to keep flying as high as you can to avoid attention.”

Kentucky agreed with him. ”Sure!”

The Minokawa did exactly that. He waited for the gap between him and Duran to be over a few hundred kilometers before he started to follow Reanʼs presence.

Way further away from there, Roan was also following Reanʼs presence. While doing so, he could not help but think, ʼWeird. Rean is moving way faster than I am. Heʼs definitely being carried by someone else, but who?ʼ Roan shook his head and put those thoughts behind him after that. ʼNo point thinking about it now. Letʼs catch up to him first.ʼ

However, Roan ended up finding something else on his way. Something he didnʼt expect to find in this place at all. ”A.... city?”