Above The Sky
Chapter 320 - 320 300 Destiny's Freedom 23

320: Chapter 300 Destiny’s Freedom (2/3) 320: Chapter 300 Destiny’s Freedom (2/3) “You’re still alive?”

A pair of boots trampled on the Worm Nest’s ground, beside a middle-aged noble who was already on his last breath.

“Life’s pretty tough.”

The condescending voice made the blond man couldn’t help but feel a bit amused.

In the past, it was always he who looked down upon others as he spoke, and even though he didn’t actually step on them, given how they bowed and trembled before him, perhaps they would actually feel more at ease if he did step on them.

Pat held this thought as he slowly opened his eyes and looked at the calm-faced Ian.

He clicked his tongue and then said, “Can we reconcile?”

“Of course not,” Ian raised an eyebrow; he had actually become interested in Pat at this last moment—the sense of humor was enough for him to consider the man interesting: “You’re quite optimistic and humorous to be able to say such a thing.”

“Really an interesting person, and definitely fun to be friends with.”

No wonder Viscount Grant had been unable to forget him all these years, still treating him as a friend…

Perhaps back in the day, these two men showed their true selves only to each other.

And after parting ways, they no longer even had friends to show this ‘other side’ to.

“If we can’t reconcile, then just kill me quickly.”

Pat, somewhat annoyed, lifted his hand; his eyelids were drooping, soon to close, and his voice was so weak that anyone could tell his life was ebbing away: “Do you really want to make me suffocate slowly to death?

Hm?

You, who could bring down the Worm Nest that treated you so gently and earnestly invited you to be their master with one stroke of the sword, why are you so indecisive towards me, this evil man?”

“Making you suffer a bit longer is also a good thing, at least I’m pretty happy about it.”

Ian laughed heartily, speaking with a somewhat villainous flair, “Of course, don’t worry too much.

I just have some questions I want to ask you—and you have questions you want to ask me, right?

I know you have no tricks up your sleeve, nor anything that can send messages or record information, so I’m willing to exchange some information with you.”

“Of course, you’re indeed about to die, so I understand if you don’t want to exchange information.

I’ll give you a swift end, considering you never actually tried to kill me in earnest.”

“You noticed that?” Pat took a deep breath, his vitality actually wouldn’t disappear just because of a mere break in his waist.

What truly brought him close to death was his forced activation of the Aether Armament, Dark Brilliance, in his battle against the White Mist Bishop.

The man opened his eyes and stared at the white-haired teenager in front of him, then shook his head slightly: “Alright, I can’t be bothered to lie—I really didn’t hold back, I was just no match for you.”

“Don’t underestimate yourself, young man…

Although I don’t know exactly what Inheritance you have, there is an extremely powerful force within you, a force even stronger than our Ellen Family’s Dragon Blood of Light Erosion.

At the very least, it must be a unique power that only Fourth Level or even Fifth Level Inheritances would possess.”

“Don’t get discovered, even by Ailes.

His ambition isn’t great, but once the sails of ambition are set, he will try to be the best he can be.”

“What he would do at that time, I have no clue.”

Unlike mechanized Aether Armaments, the biological Aether Armament, Dark Brilliance, required the wearer to provide their own high-purity Origin Quality blood and the real Ether Furnace Core was only on the Dark Brilliance main body.

The Dimflower Seedling required the user to inject a large amount of Dragon Blood of Light Erosion to unleash combat power beyond its norm.

While confirming that the user was indeed an authorized driver, it also provided energy to the Aether Armament.

The reason the Dimflower Seedling could entangle the White Mist Bishop was that Pat had infused half of his blood into it, enabling the Dimflower Seedling to fight the Cleric of Embrace Light for so long.

But this indeed weakened Pat’s combat power to the point where Ian thought he was holding back.

But with the nobility’s defeat and the gradual consumption of the reserve blood, the Dimflower Seedling could no longer stop the White Mist Bishop.

And Pat was even more unable to face the young man before him, nor heal the fatal injury on himself.

It’s unclear whether Pat was speaking good words because he was dying, or if he intended to mislead the young man who had killed him, but he calmly said to Ian in the last moments of his life: “As for questions, I indeed have one.”

The middle-aged noble squinted his eyes, and like Ian, having listened to almost all the information of the Nest Will, the man asked nervously or perhaps expectantly, “Ian.”

“Why did you reject the Nest?”

From the fact that Pat referred to the Nest Will as the ‘Nest’ rather than ‘Nest Will’, it’s evident that his mind had been partly corroded by the Worm Nest, just that it’s unknown if it was due to lack of resonance or active resistance that he didn’t succeed.

If Ian hadn’t slain the Nest Will, Pat probably wouldn’t have died…

Instead, he might have been called upon by the Nest to transform, becoming the first ‘Human Apostle’ at the Second Energy Level.

No, if Ian hadn’t killed the Nest Will, it would mean he had chosen to become the Nest Will—then the half-dead Pat would have become his ‘Acting Apostle’.

“It was the Nest Will.”

Sighing, Ian couldn’t help but shake his head, “The answer to that question is actually quite simple.”