Chapter 436

Chapter 442: A Conclusion (Please Subscribe!)

After the Great Sage Swang and Elmeria left for a while, Black Candle Master was true to his word and did not make Aluko wait long.

About half an hour had passed when a cat insignia-clad girl in maid’s attire entered the reception room, pushing a handcart that clattered loudly.

On top of the cart rested a pitch-black object roughly the size of something one might embrace with both hands.

It looked like a stone used for pressing pickled vegetables, but its texture and sheen were somewhat different.

The Red Lake Lord floating in mid-air glanced at the black object, her pupils flickering with surprise.

Then she swished her fish tail as she moved closer.

“You… wouldn’t be that guy Black Candle, would you? Hehe—! After several hundred years, how did you end up looking so broken?!?”

Unable to hold back, Sky Fish burst out laughing.

“—Oh, it’s you, Red Lake Lord. Haven’t seen you in five hundred years. Where’s your physical body? You don’t even have a body anymore, do you?!?”

“Who gave someone who’s just a black skull the audacity to say such things?”

“Still better than someone who doesn’t even have a body, right?!?”

“As agreed, you went out to find a way to revive your master, yet after several hundred years, you’ve ended up like this. What’s there to be proud of?!?”

“…”

Black Candle Master’s weakness was struck, and he fell silent.

He remembered his mission clearly when he left, but after several hundred years, he’d ended up like this, still using his master’s soul. What qualifications did he have to continue trading barbs with Red Lake Lord and Green Nail Duke like before?

But at this moment, Aluko slowly approached and placed her small hand on Black Candle’s black skull, gently patting it.

“It’s been a long time, Black Candle. You look so spirited~”

“Haha—!”

“…”

Without knowing how to console him, Aluko stabbed another knife into Black Candle’s heart.

“Cough cough, Aluko, you should say ‘thank you for your hard work’ here. It has nothing to do with being spirited or not.”

“That’s right. Thank you for all these years, Black Candle.”

Though she didn’t fully understand the meaning, Aluko followed Izay’s advice and offered her condolences.

In an instant, Black Candle transformed from his previous disheartened state, becoming full of vitality.

However, Black Candle, who once served as Aluko’s guardian, also saw a sharp increase in vigilance!

What was the relationship between this human and my master? Why do they seem so intimate?!

To this, Red Lake Lord kindly explained the reason to him, observing his reaction.

After experiencing Black Candle’s hopping bones, he ultimately reluctantly accepted Izay’s existence.

Because there was no denying that this person had indeed saved his master, and this fact alone left him without any opportunity to criticize Izay.

Afterward, Aluko mentioned wanting Black Candle to protect the floating continent cluster.

Without a second of hesitation, the latter immediately agreed.

Apparently, he took this as a kind of acknowledgment by Aluko of his creation. After Aluko restored his strength, Black Candle’s entire skeleton seemed to become Spartan.

From being just a skull, he transformed into a standard skeleton body.

And through the energy transmitted by Aluko, Black Candle recovered about two-thirds of his peak strength, with the remaining third able to be recovered on his own.

Inside the reception room, a black bony frame kept beating his chestbone, promising to guard the floating continents well. The scene presented before Izay was inexplicably comedic.

Neither he nor Red Lake Lord could help but laugh.

But at this point, Izay’s objectives had been entirely achieved.

For now.

At least it could be said that this chapter had come to an end.

Izay had already begun thinking about preparing to leave.

First was the fixation of the “Mystery Anchor” position, which absolutely had to be properly set before leaving, otherwise, the next teleportation might go wrong again. Ideally, it should be a safe and comfortable place.

Second was persuading Aluko to leave with him.

Although Izay felt this wasn’t necessary.

With the current connection between him and Aluko…

“Aluko, I’m getting ready to go home. Do you want to come with me?”

“Eh? To Izay’s home? I’m going!!”

Upon hearing this, Aluko’s eyes lit up, and she agreed without hesitation.

Aluko still remembered Izay’s promise to take her to his place to play.

She thought she’d have to wait a very long time, but unexpectedly, the opportunity came so soon?

No matter what, Aluko did not intend to miss this chance.

“Eh? Wait, shouldn’t you consider this, Master?”

Black Candle, who hadn’t left yet, spoke up excitedly.

But Aluko tilted her head cutely and looked at him, “Consider what?”

“Consider many things! Like distance, time, environment, and even safety issues!”

Black Candle was now so agitated that his bone hands were waving around, resembling a worried elder at home for their offspring.

At this moment, the elder realized someone was trying to snatch away their cabbage, and even wanted to uproot it entirely.

The elder wanted to intervene but couldn’t due to various reasons, and even the cabbage itself seemed to be protecting that person.

This made Black Candle so anxious… his bones were practically smoking!

“It’s fine, Izay will protect me. And Red Lake is also here, so everything will be alright!”

In response to Black Candle’s agitation, Aluko, after sorting her thoughts, provided an answer.

“Red Lake Lord is going too!?”

“Yes, Red Lake is following me.”

Unlike the startled Black Candle, Aluko spoke in a matter-of-fact tone, while Red Lake Lord proudly puffed out her fins.

“Red Lake Lord is also going… then, what about me?” The black bones pointed dumbly at himself.

“Black Candle, you need to guard the floating continents, so you can’t come along.” Aluko answered brightly.

Black Candle: OTZ……

“Can bones do a despairing forward bend?”

Izay clicked his tongue in amazement.

He had never seen such a scene.

Little Aluko, her words possessed such destructive power, easily dealing a heavy blow to a Level 9 upper-tier earth deity.

“Kid, if you don’t take good care of my master, I’ll kill you when you return next time.”

Suddenly, in the next moment Izay spoke, Black Candle flashed beside him, warmly slinging an arm around his shoulder, then extending his other hand in front of Izay, slowly clenching his five finger bones, making a clicking sound.

“Relax, we’re just going out to play. We’ll be back soon. We’re not not coming back.”

Izay brushed off Black Candle’s hand, completely unfazed by his threat.

There was no sense of killing intent, no hostility, and Izay didn’t even feel Black Candle exerting any force.

All of it was just for show. Was it really necessary?

“Aha ha, oh, I see. Izay, you should have said that earlier, hahaha—!”

Finally hearing a satisfactory answer, Black Candle immediately broke into a wide grin, his bony hands repeatedly patting Izay’s shoulder.