Nine Star Burden

Chapter 1245: Grave is not alone

Translator: 549690339

Jiang Xiao and Catherine flew all the way to the northeast, passed through a forest, followed the flowing river, and flew in the direction of the coastline.

The sky was getting dark, and the sun was setting.

The dark red clouds of fire dyed the distant horizon red, adding a special charm to the beautiful scenery of the peninsula.

It was at this time that Jiang Xiao and Catherine saw a small wooden house standing on the cliff.

The wooden house faced the sea, and in the backyard of the wooden house was a sea of flowers.

Amidst the sounds of waves hitting the rocks, Jiang Xiao’s Catherine slowly stopped in mid-air and looked down.

In his line of sight, behind the slightly dilapidated wooden house was an extremely beautiful sea of flowers.

Among the flowers, there was a white-haired old lady standing with her head lowered and her hands behind her back.

Her clothes were very ordinary and a little masculine.

The light-colored plaid shirt seemed to be men’s and had probably been worn for many years. Although it looked a little worn out, it was very clean.

Anyone who saw this old man for the first time would have the same first impression of her: Skinny.

She was simply too thin, just like a bamboo pole, as if a gust of wind could blow her over …

The breeze blew, and the air was filled with the fragrance of flowers. The waves rose and fell, bringing in the salty and wet smell of the sea, which mixed with the fragrance of flowers to form a special smell.

Such a scene was already beautiful enough.

What made this scene even more desolate was that there was a tombstone in front of the old lady, who had her head lowered and her hands behind her back.

Next to the tombstone was a special grave. It seemed to have been dug out not long ago, and there was a pile of soil beside it, but it was empty.

The old grandma turned around and raised her head slightly to look at Jiang Xiao and Catherine, who were standing in the sky. She sized them up for a moment before locking her gaze on Jiang Xiao.””They’re here. ”

“Yes, I’m here.” Jiang Xiao nodded gently and landed slowly in the courtyard.

The old lady turned around and looked at the tombstone in front of her again.””You’re here to take my life. ”

Jiang Xiao also looked at the tombstone and said,””How about you? Did Hopkins promise you that if you kill me, you’ll be free?”

“I don’t need that,” the old lady shook her head and said.

Jiang Xiao frowned slightly. After experiencing Troy’s fraud just now, Jiang Xiao definitely knew what their target was.

“From the direction you’re flying,” the old lady said,”you seem to be from Sparta or Troy.”

Jiang Xiao couldn’t understand the words on the tombstone and simply said in a nasal voice,””Yes.”

“Are they all dead?”

Jiang Xiao agreed.

“Ah …” The old lady shook her head slightly, and a bitter smile appeared on her face. She said,”it’s time to go and accompany him.”

The old lady then turned around to face Jiang Xiao, whose wrinkled face was filled with the traces of time.

“Can I ask you to do me a favor?” she suddenly asked.

Jiang Xiao raised his eyebrows slightly and did not respond.

She pointed to the empty grave at the side and said,””After you complete your mission, can you bury me here?”

Jiang Xiao was still on guard and he said in a deep voice,”What did Hopkins tell you?”

The old lady smiled, and there seemed to be a trace of disdain between her brows.””He said that he found one of his kind.

A new god will always have to step on the bones of an old God to ascend the throne. ”

Jiang Xiao shook his head silently and said,””I’m not the same kind of person as him. Not in the past, not now, and not in the future. ”

“As you wish.” The old lady did not comment. She just smiled and walked to the empty grave. She closed her eyes silently and said,”you can do it now.”

The afterglow of the setting sun shone on the old lady’s body, painting her thin figure with a layer of orange.

“Who is he?” Jiang Xiao asked while looking at the tombstone.

“My lover,” she replied.

“What happened?” Jiang Xiao asked.

The old lady opened her eyes again and looked at the gravestone.””He’s old, and when the time comes, he won’t want me to extend his life.

I’ve spent my entire life with him, and I’ve always respected him.

In fact, I’ve been regretting it. Perhaps, I should have been more willful during that last time. ”

Jiang Xiao pursed his lips and said quietly,””When I saw Sparta, he said that he would spray my flesh and blood all over his courtyard.

When I met Troy, he invited me to a card game and tried to control me. He wanted to use my life to exchange for his freedom.

And you, you’ve dug your own grave. ”

The old lady looked at Jiang Xiao’s young face and said calmly,””I don’t need freedom. In fact, I don’t have any attachment to this world.

I only promised him that I would live. Otherwise, you would have seen two tombstones here.

“Now, you’re here. You’ve come to me with the victories of a Shield Specialist and a magic caster.

Obviously … I won’t be able to survive, I’m just a medical awakened. ”

Jiang Xiao laughed and said,”what a coincidence.me too.”

The old lady was slightly surprised, but after a while, she shook her head and smiled.””Alright, it doesn’t matter anymore. Do it.”

Jiang Xiao remained silent for a few seconds before saying,””I’m sorry, my lady. I’m afraid it’s hard for me to fulfill your wish.”

“Oh?” The old lady was obviously stunned for a moment. She looked at Jiang Xiao with her cloudy eyes and said,”you have to consider the consequences. I don’t know what your abilities are, but if you disobey Hopkins, he’ll make you wish you were dead.”

Jiang Xiao shook his head and said,”you’ve misunderstood me. I’m not his believer. I’m not his disciple either. I’m not his subordinate either.”

Hearing this, the old lady’s eyes widened as if she had heard something unbelievable.

“If you’re not here to kill me, then please leave now. He likes peace and quiet,” she said after a while.

“Would you like to talk to me about Hopkin?” Jiang Xiao asked.

Jiang Xiao then turned to look at Catherine and said,””I heard you have hot tea and pastries.”

“Yes, sir,” Catherine immediately understood what Jiang Xiao meant and hurriedly opened the spatial gate before stepping in.

The old lady frowned deeply and looked hesitant. However, Jiang Xiao had already walked to the tomb of the old lady’s deceased husband and waved his hand, after which a space gate opened.

Jiang Xiao reached his hand in and seemed to have grabbed something. When he took it out again, it was a bouquet of lilies from the flower pasture.

Jiang Xiao leaned forward slightly and placed the white flower in front of the tombstone. He said softly,””I’m sorry to disturb you, Sir. ”

The old lady watched the scene in a daze and also saw Jiang Xiao standing up and turning around to look at her.

There was a trace of inquiry in his eyes, which was full of respect for her.

The old woman was silent for a long time. Then, she turned around and walked out of the courtyard with her body slightly bent.

……

On the cliff, there was a small table and two wooden chairs.

Catherine brought over a plate of exquisite pastries and a pot of steaming flower tea.

Jiang Xiao looked at Catherine and said,”go and change your clothes. I can see that you’re feeling uncomfortable.”

“Yes, sir.” Catherine didn’t hesitate at all. In front of the little Prophet, she seemed to have thrown all the requests of the old prophet to the back of her mind. She opened the portal and walked in.

Jiang Xiao looked at the old grandma and said, Jiang xiaopi.

“Akeso,” she replied.

‘Akeso?

He seemed to be the god of medicine in ancient Greece mythology?

Jiang Xiao said smilingly,”your team’s code names are very interesting. It seems like I can find some clues in the storybooks. This Akeso …” It seems to be the name of a goddess?”

Akeso nodded and changed the topic.”What’s your relationship with Hopkins?”

Jiang Xiao casually picked up a piece of pastry and threw it into his mouth.””It’s a little complicated, but in general, we’re enemies and not friends. ”

Akeso was slightly confused and asked,””Since you’re enemies, why did you follow his request and come here? Were you threatened by him?”

Jiang Xiao said,”I’m in the same situation as you guys. I’ve been imprisoned by him.”

When he threw me in, Hopkins gave me a map. I had nothing to do here, so I came to take a look.

However, Sparta was not friendly, and Troy was cunning. They wanted to take my life, so I killed them. ”

“Hehe.” Akeso laughed and said,”they are already so old, but they are still blinded. They still think that they can regain their freedom.”

Jiang Xiao asked curiously,’you guys …’ As a close comrade of Hopkins ‘s, why are you imprisoned here?”

“What kind of person do you think Hopkins is?” Akeso asked.

Jiang Xiao thought for a while and said,”he looks gentle and easy-going on the surface. In fact, he’s unscrupulous and ruthless.”

Akeso sighed softly. There was a trace of reminiscence in his cloudy eyes.”In the beginning, he was a sincere, kind young man with a Grand goal.

We followed such a leader and fought all over the world before finally arriving at the alien planet.

However, as time passed, he slowly changed. He no longer respected life, maybe … His hands had been stained with too much blood, so he probably didn’t care anymore.

He no longer listened to people’s opinions, and he was the only voice in the team. He became arrogant and conceited, and in the end, he established an Empire and ruled the entire European continent …”

“That’s the beginning of the nightmare,”akso said while looking at Jiang Xiao.

“What’s wrong?”Jiang Xiao asked.

Akeso said,’maybe he thinks that this world can no longer bring him any challenges.

His personality was getting weirder and weirder, and his emotions were unpredictable.

It wasn’t until the third month of the Empire’s establishment that he decided to slaughter the Golden feather race because of a small matter. ”

The Golden feather race?

The Lanxi Kingdom’s golden feather Walker?

Akeso said,”with our help, he didn’t exterminate the Golden feathers. However, there were only a small number of them left. They were thrown into this space as prisoners.”

At the same time, we, the people who tried to persuade him, were also thrown in here.

The gold-feathered walkers were the founding members of the Star Beast race. For Hopkins to suddenly become so violent and kill this race … As a result, this newly-established Empire was on the path of collapse. ”

At this point, Akeso laughed and said,””You know, Sparda, Troy, and Poseidon are all members of the team who firmly follow the leader.

They didn’t participate in the persuasion and resistance, but they were thrown into this place like the other members of our team. Their fate is the same. ”

” 50 years? 60 years?” Akeso sighed and said,”I don’t know. I’ve been imprisoned here for a long time. I don’t know what the outside world is like.”

Jiang Xiao pursed his lips and said,”if I’m not mistaken, he destroyed the Empire with his own hands after throwing you guys in. However, most of the races are still around. The only one missing is the Golden feather Walker race …”

There seemed to be some mysterious underwater Giants?

The astral beasts on the altar wall that ascended with Hopkins?”

Akerso asked,”the subject of the Dead Sea?”

If you keep going, you’ll see them. It’s been so many years, and the Dead Sea tribe, which was almost wiped out by Hopkins, is slowly recovering its population. ”

Jiang Xiao nodded silently and said,””Why is Hopkins so fierce?”

Akeso shook his head and said.”It’s said that …. The elders of the gold feather walkers wanted to expand the territory of the Empire, moving in the direction of Eastern Europe and pushing toward Asia.

I don’t know how many requests and negotiations it took for Hopkins to suddenly act in such an unbelievable manner. When he massacred the Golden feathers, he kept repeating the same words. ”

“What?” Jiang Xiao asked in surprise.

“Everything is no longer important,” Akeso replied.

Jiang Xiao was speechless.

Behind him, a spatial gate opened, and Catherine walked out in a black dress.

Although she still looked like she was dressed up, compared to the expensive evening dress from before, it was a lower standard.

Akeso glanced at Catherine and said,””She’s your servant. ”

Jiang Xiao shook his head and said,”she’s Hopkins’s servant. He sent her to monitor me.”

Akso raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at Jiang Xiao’s calm expression. He couldn’t help but shake his head and smile. “You’re an interesting person. ”

Catherine picked up the teapot and filled Jiang Xiao’s Cup with tea, but she did not refute him because she knew what she should say and do.

“Follow your current path,” akerso said.”You’ll have one more enemy.”

“What?” Jiang Xiao beckoned at Catherine.

Catherine took out the map and handed it to Jiang Xiao.

Jiang Xiao opened the map and took a look. There were six locations. Including the akso couple, Jiang Xiao had already visited four “old gods.”

How to count … There were still two left? Why was there only one enemy?

Could it be that there were also dead people in those two locations?

Akso leaned forward to look at the map in Jiang Xiao’s hand and said,””It looks quite old. According to the location on it, my husband and I haven’t established our relationship yet, so we haven’t moved here together.”

Jiang Xiao was dumbfounded.

This map … It’s a map from 60 years ago?

Akeso took a closer look. He moved up along the coastline and pointed at the red X on the Alps.””Maybe you should go to the finish line and visit her first.”

“Who is she?” Jiang Xiao asked.

Akeso said,”she used to be Hopkins’s lover. Now, she’s his prisoner. She’s his enemy.”

She knows Hopkins better than any of us.

If Hopkins is also your enemy, she’ll be more than willing to help you. I mean, in any way. ”

“What’s her name?”Jiang Xiao asked.

“Gaia,” akso said.

Jiang Xiao couldn’t help but grin and said,””You guys really dare to name it!?”

Akso looked at Jiang Xiao with a serious expression and said,””Believe me, she is worthy of this codename.

Although she was also a member of this team, the difference in strength between the others and her was unimaginable.

How do you define Hopkins’s strength?”

Jiang Xiao thought for a while and said,”it’s very tricky. I even feel like I don’t know where to start.”

Akeso nodded and pointed at the red X on the Alps.””You will find the same feeling in her.”

Jiang Xiao nodded, picked up the teacup on the table, and finished the flower tea in one gulp.””You can live in my space. One day, when I leave the Seamount world, I’ll let you out.”

To Jiang Xiao’s surprise, akso shook his head and rejected him decisively.

“Mm …” Jiang Xiao thought for a while, stood up, and said,”in that case, I won’t bother you anymore.”

“Good luck.” Akeso only nodded and did not say anything.

“Let’s go,”he said. Jiang Xiao gestured to Catherine, who was beside him, and headed to the Alps in a flash.

As for Akeso, he sat in his chair silently, listening to the sound of the waves hitting the rocks. He seemed to have turned into a rock that looked at his husband.

After some time, she picked up the teacup on the table and drank the cold flower tea in one go.

She stood up. Her body was as thin as a bamboo pole, making people worry if she would be blown away by the sea breeze.

She left the cliff and returned to her wooden house and courtyard.

In the sea of flowers, she once again stood in front of her husband’s grave and said softly,””I promised you that I would continue to live in this world.

And the news that he was coming gave me hope, a ray of light.

However, he did not expect … I’ve been waiting for so many days, but I didn’t get the ending I wanted.

Sorry, maybe … I’m going to break my promise.

You know, I’ve been rehearsing in my mind for a long time, imagining the scene of us reuniting.

But he didn’t come to kill me. You can feel the disappointment in my heart, right? you can definitely …”

As Akeso spoke, he walked to the empty grave, turned around, and lay down on his back.

“呯!”

A cloud of dust flew everywhere.

A dried-up hand reached out from the empty grave. A gust of wind blew, and the soil on the ground kept rushing into the grave.

“Like I said before, I should be willful for once …”

The soil continued to pour into the grave, covering it and filling it up …

Under the afterglow of the setting sun, the sea breeze blew, accompanied by the sound of waves hitting the rocks.

The sea breeze swept over the cliff, the cold tea on the table, and the crumbs of the pastries …

Gusts of sea breeze passed through the wooden house and blew into the courtyard. They mixed with the fragrance of the flowers in the courtyard and surrounded the two tombs.

There were two quiet tombs.