Above The Sky
Chapter 893 - 893 63 Borrowing Your Head for a Moment 5600_2

893: Chapter 63 Borrowing Your Head for a Moment (5600)_2 893: Chapter 63 Borrowing Your Head for a Moment (5600)_2 Clenching his teeth, Kode slowly stood up; he had to leave, he couldn’t die here.

But accompanied by another sharp cry, the Iron Pattern Sword flew towards him with slightly less momentum than before, severing Kode’s right leg.

Just as Kode stood up, he collapsed to the ground once again—even though his Heart Light Body could phase between incorporeal and corporeal, forming a new pair of legs, there was no time left for him.

Both the shadow of the dragon and the human arrived before him.

——Defeated.

The word flashed through Kode’s mind, and he was acutely aware that there was no chance of turning the tables.

Ian alone was a match for him, and with a True Dragon whose strength was feared to be even greater than his own in support, Kode’s chances of victory were zero; fleeing, on the other hand, left him a glimmer of hope.

But now, even escape was impossible; he was destined to die here, beneath the Iron Dragon Nest.

Hmm…

To die in the Holy Ground, it’s not, after all, a terrible end.

Thinking this, Kode felt somewhat relieved; he forcefully turned his prone body around, lying on his back at the bottom of the pit, his somewhat vacant eyes gazing towards the tip of the Iron Dragon Nest in the distance.

There, endless rain clouds gathered the natural Origin Quality from the entire Bison Mountain Range, constructing an immense Spirit Energy Field, intertwining the sky with thunder like a net.

“Not too bad.”

He said, tilting his head slightly, looking at Ian who had already stood by his side: “Although I don’t understand why you’re so strong, I think I know why Man Cliff trusted you so much and even helped you secure the title of ‘Dragon God’s Emissary’.”

“It’s a pity.” Blood flowed from the corners of Kode’s mouth, carrying fragments of his internals, yet his speech was unusually clear and carried a hint of regret: “How wonderful it would have been if it were me who got to know you earlier…

With a peerless genius like you…

our Mountain People would definitely have been able to truly grasp our own destinies.”

“Your conditions are too poor.”

Ian shook his head, seeing Kode’s life irreversibly ebbing away, even his Heart Light Body being voluntarily retracted, completely giving up resistance: “Even if you had known me earlier and became friends with me, at most I would have disabled all your Sublimation Organs, sparing your life so you could live in anonymity for a lifetime.

For someone of the Third Energy Level, that’s more unbearable than death, isn’t it?”

“Furthermore, you’ve made too many mistakes.

The Jiamu Sect enslaving other tribes for its own service makes the destruction of your sect in itself an opportunity to reconsolidate all the Mountain People.

The Jiamu Sect is doomed to destruction.”

“…But in the narrow mountainous lands of South Ridge, if I don’t fight for resources from other tribes, how can I strengthen my own?”

Kode’s gaze was already beginning to fade; he had so much unwillingness in his heart, endless regret, and anger, but at this moment, what the man reminisced about were the expectations his mother and teacher had for him long ago.

——He wanted to become the Dragon God’s Emissary.

The Dragon God’s Emissary could lead all the Mountain People to unite as one, to once again become great beings.

But he didn’t believe in the Dragon God’s Emissary.

No one could reunite the numerous Mountain Tribes scattered by The Empire, divided by various means, autonomous regions, and colonies…

The vast population forced each tribe to firmly hold onto their patch of land, excavating resources from it to supply The Empire, in exchange for sufficient food for survival.

How could the Mountain People possibly have the courage and opportunity to resist The Empire when they didn’t even have enough food for themselves?

And with such meager resources, without accepting aid from Fiery Flame Land, without completely destroying the established order of the Mountain People in the Bison Mountain Range, even if the Dragon God’s Emissary truly appeared, what could he rely on to reunify the Mountain People and restore their glory?

Kode didn’t believe in the legends of the Dragon God’s Emissary, but he was always trying to become such a hero.

At the very least, he wanted to be a hero for the Jiamu Sect.

The Mountain People didn’t need other tribes; just having the Jiamu Sect was enough…

As long as they accepted resources from Fiery Flame Land, initiated a rebellion, and destroyed the food sources of other Mountain People, they could use resources to dominate a large number of Mountain Tribes, forming a temporary ‘Independent Villagers Alliance.’

Then, through war with The Empire and other Mountain People, distinguishing between ‘them’ and ‘us’, while dividing the Mountain People internally, they could truly absorb a portion of the Mountain People into their own power.

And after that…

as long as the plan succeeded, with Fiery Flame Land significantly damaging the military forces of Nauman City and South Ridge in their subsequent plans, the Mountain People would have the capital to truly be independent!

Even if, in the process, the Mountain People collapsed and lost half or even the majority of their population…

but the Jiamu Sect would grow swiftly by draining other Mountain Tribes and accepting support from Fiery Flame Land, becoming a synonym for the Mountain People.

When all the Mountain Tribes become a part of the Jiamu Sect, the Mountain People will be unified.

——This is not the Dragon God’s Emissary.

This is just an ordinary, vile political opportunist, a ‘Mountain Traitor’ who betrays his fellow tribesmen to strengthen his own side.

In Kode’s dream, the Mountain Alliance he wanted to create was from the beginning a sacrifice of his own tribe, its existence merely a stepping stone for the growth of the Jiamu Sect.

He was clear about this, aware of his own evil and depravity, yet he pursued it without hesitation.

But now, everything had been turned upside down.

Just as Ian had said, Kode was well aware that after his death as a Third Energy Level, the destruction of the Jiamu Sect would instead become an opportunity for the others to unite the Mountain People oppressed by the Jiamu Sect.