Chapter 284: Catgirl Establishes a Cycle!

"Also don't get too happy too early."

The captain said solemnly.

"I've said before, this potion is useful for ordinary people, but your aunt...."

"She's not an ordinary person!"

"???"

"Jierte was puzzled; the captain, seeing his look, patted his shoulder heavily."

"You should still go learn more about your aunt's situation."

"As far as I know, a 40% spiritual aptitude will never reach the point of dying from corruption."

"Something definitely happened that you never expected."

"The captain's words left Jierte deep in thought; regarding his aunt's affairs, he indeed didn't know much."

"He only knew that his aunt had been very capable before, and had suffered serious injuries due to some matters."

"But he knew nothing else; even if he had the desire to learn more, it would be of no use."

"In any case, Captain Sir, thank you for your help; I will definitely give it my all."

"Haha, no rush! Whether I've beaten it or not, I'll hand it over to you."

"The original intention of researching this was to benefit humanity; no need, no need."

"The captain's generosity impressed Jierte greatly; he couldn't help but activate his ability to observe sin."

"Only seeing a scorching little sun appear before his eyes, Jierte's heart was instantly filled with shock."

"Unity of knowledge and action—this is how the outside world evaluates the captain himself; but as Jierte sees it now, the other party is not simply black-and-white."

"He truly is a great person."

"Afterward, the captain handed over the specific information about that monster to Jierte, though Jierte could see that the other party actually didn't hold hope that he could kill the monster."

"Is there another mysterious person coming?"

"This was something the captain said mysteriously before leaving; Jierte was very puzzled."

"A mysterious guy, and he still has to say something? Could it be related to him?"

"Never mind, anyway, first take the catgirl out to play!"

"At this moment, Lan Baoshi was clinging to Jierte's arm, constantly bouncing up and down."

"Go play! Go play!"

"Let's go play together!"

"Come on, let's go play!"

"......"

"Jierte coughed harshly, and looking at the catgirl's expectant eyes, he finally nodded reluctantly."

"'Sorry, my Knight's Oath! I'll be breaking my training appointment tonight!'"

"Jierte decided to take the catgirl out to have a good time, but before that, he still needed to carefully look at the information the captain gave."

"You brought the catgirl to a seafood buffet and stuffed yourself, while you looked over the data."

"According to the information currently gathered, this powerful monster seems to be an Insect Disaster assimilated by a sea monster, and then it formed a strange symbiotic body with a Blood Disaster."

"Finally, it used the body of a Whale Beast Disaster as a vessel, completing its ultimate evolution."

"....."

"What the heck is this ultimate gu king...."

"It's a bit abstract...."

"The subjugation day is set for three days later; the captain will provide Yafande's special spiritual-energy tech supplies as help, and will also give a decent reward."

"The combat power of this thing is roughly between levels III and VI; in the past I've only killed small fry."

"Jierte pondered, if his aunt came, how long could this thing hold out?"

"In this world there are indeed strength level divisions, but because the systems aren't unified, most countries have their own names for the ranks."

"Thus, there is a division of combat power from levels I to V."

"For example, the Empire's Divine Edge, Jierte's father, is a renowned V-level combat power."

"Also, for example, the sea city Yafande lacks V-level combat power; the highest is only a IV-level captain."

"Furthermore, the captain is older, his strength isn't what it used to be; now at most he's a III-and-a-half level."

"And there are many others, for example, those titled 'Demon Hunter' who are V-level combat power, and those titled 'Limitless' who are Eastern V-level combat power."

"In short, there are many strong people in this world; if Jierte encountered one, he'd just be a random roadside corpse kicked to death."

"He currently is only around II-level, approaching III-level combat power, which is still far inferior to that monster."

"Looking at the catgirl voraciously eating in front of him, Jierte began to ponder."

"'Does Lan Baoshi's combat power also need to be increased?'"

"After all, she can't always stay under his protection; accidents will eventually happen."

"'Lan Baoshi, do you want to become stronger?'"

"'Meow?'"

"Lan Baoshi thought, Lan Baoshi nodded, Lan Baoshi meowed again."

"'Want!'"

"'If I get stronger, I can earn lots of money! Then I can become a rich cat!'"

"That's a simple idea; Jierte agreed."

"'Knight Sir! Do you have some secret manual to give me?'"

"The catgirl was still fantasizing about receiving a peerless secret manual from them, then soaring straight to the sky!"

Hmm... there is, but I don't know if you can become stronger through this.

I don't know if the blue sapphire can become stronger through the Knight's Oath?

!

Whisper whisper!

Jierte looked at the catgirl, told her his family's Knight's Oath, and the catgirl went from being interested at first to gradually becoming bored.

Alright, meow, don't say it anymore, meow!

This is too boring, is there any ability to become stronger by stealing money?

The catgirl, helpless, started daydreaming, but Jierte thought about it and felt it was feasible.

Stealing life can also make you stronger, isn't that your ability?

The catgirl's eyes lit up, yes, stealing life can also make me stronger!

Hmm...

But we can't just steal randomly!

The catgirl still has principles; if she stole randomly, wouldn't her blue sapphire become a villain who does all kinds of evil?

Of course not randomly stealing.

Jierte calmly took a sip of his drink.

I can tell whether a person is good or bad; just listen to me.

The catgirl widened her eyes, looking at Jierte as if he were glowing.

Knight Sir, this ability.... indeed it's a perfect match for me!

His body not only emits an attractive scent, his ability also matches so well! Could this be called.....

Looking at the catgirl's wild imagination, plus her shaking soft cat ears, Jierte couldn't help but reach out and rub them.

Meow?

First eat something, your ability still needs development; tomorrow we'll go out on the streets to look for targets.

When the catgirl steals life, it consumes her own light, but when Jierte kills sinners, he only becomes stronger.

Then the cycle is complete; as long as he slays evil, afterward the catgirl takes life, a perfect complete process emerges like this.

However, this kind of thing definitely can't be done openly; although it's good, the knights here aren't vegetarians.

It's still better to be cautious.

At night, Jierte wiped his father-given knight's long sword with sword oil, and also sent a message to his aunt.

This isn't ancient times; although I can't see my aunt, sending her a message is still possible.

"You told your aunt about your experience in Afand, and told her there is hope to cure her."

"Your aunt said it's great on the surface, but on the other hand she helplessly shook her head; her problem isn't that simple, and she actually doesn't hold hope for Jierte either."

"But hearing your somewhat excited voice, your aunt ultimately still didn't choose to undermine your confidence."

""Be careful outside, don't worry about your aunt." Same phrasing, but how could you not worry? Fortunately, on this long journey you're not alone."

""Life only happens once, mortality is 100%, just do what you want to do." Your aunt said a very philosophical sentence; from these words you can feel her indulgence toward you, and you etched this sentence deep in your heart."

"The catgirl is still teaching the boss in the downstairs seafood buffet, and eating however much the boss doesn't mind, after all those seafood are directly fished from the sea."

"Occasionally one or two strangely shaped sea monsters are served on the table; after processing, the disaster sea monsters become incredibly tender, and even the boss opened a big eater challenge for the blue sapphire, making the catgirl temporarily a very welcome figure."

"Finally, the catgirl ate half a ton of seafood, breaking the shop's big eater record, and obtained the prize she had long desired."

"The catgirl's little vault gained another bit of money!"

"The next day, you followed the original plan, began bringing the blue sapphire to search for targets in the city; slaying evil doesn't affect your observance of the Knight's Oath, and those whom justice and law cannot handle, you shall slay their evil!"

"You quickly locked onto a target, but the first target turned out to be the law-enforcement knight here, his body filled with thick black aura making you feel nauseous."

"Evil has a smell; the catgirl also seemed to sense something, the two exchanged a glance and decided to strike at him."

"After some tugging and enticement, you finally drew the law-enforcement knight out to the sea city; for sinners, greed, lust, psychological perversion always have some connection, once you realize this, drawing him out becomes simple."

"You successfully slayed the evil!"

"Time passed quickly; your actions were secretive, not only could you successfully avoid all surveillance equipment, but you could also silently take down the opponent, throwing the body directly into the sea to feed the fish; everything was so seamless."

"But in a short time many people went missing, all of them sinners, which gave the talkative bard a point to latch onto, and he called you the Evil Knight, specializing in killing evil; the story he made up embarrasses you."

"However, Evil Knight is a good name, but you don't intend to use it; if you were to use it, you'd have to use Justice Knight instead, but after thinking it over you decided against it, still preferring Evil Knight."

"Three days passed in a flash; during these three days you and the blue sapphire executed justice on many people, your strength also increased considerably, and the time to subdue monsters draws ever closer."

"You just stay nicely in the inn; this battle is very dangerous, not something you can go to."

"Hmm... okay then..."

"The timid catgirl didn't choose to follow; her sense of danger is extremely keen, even if Jierte called her to follow, she wouldn't go."

"Seeing the catgirl shrink her head into the blanket, Jierte nodded satisfied, picked up his side sword, and resolutely walked toward the gathering point."

"On the deck at the gathering point, the distant sea continually surged with huge waves, the seawater already turned blood-red."

"The monster won't wait for you to gather and attack him; he has already launched an assault."

"The captain led a bunch of strangely dressed people to resist the attack; one after another blood-red fish monsters kept climbing up from the harbor, advancing toward the city."

"The law-enforcement knights in the city had already begun to resist, and Jierte, seeing this, didn't hesitate any further, drew his long sword and rushed forward."

"The knight's Holy Light shone brightly, so conspicuous in the dark night sky; the distant captain, seeing this, smiled knowingly, knowing Jierte had arrived."

"However, he hadn't expected anything from them, because the bigger threat was still behind."

"Far away, the catgirl peeking from the windowsill also saw this scene, that familiar Holy Light, so dazzling."

"At the harbor, Jierte waved his long sword, gazing at the distant disaster creature rolling in the sea, his eyes filled with solemnity."

"This thing is much stronger than he imagined; how could those misshapen melons and cracked dates beside the captain possibly be usable?"

"Even the underlings resisting the disaster creature's emissions struggle, let alone this huge guy."

However, looking at the captain's confident appearance, could it be that he has some trump card?

Jierte didn't figure it out, but the most important thing for him to do now is to give it his all.

The dazzling Holy Light flickered, constantly drawing attention from the surroundings.

Among a group of knights wearing mechanical steel armor, a figure in classical armor suddenly appeared, naturally becoming the most eye‑catching.

"Keep attacking!"

The captain drew his curved blade and pointed it forward, full of confidence; he could feel that the big one was coming.

Swish!

The next moment, on the sea covered in dark clouds, a blinding golden sword light flashed—this was not Jierte's Holy Light, and it was even brighter and hotter than his.

Like a blazing sun, it split the dark clouds, cleaved the sea surface, and at the same time slit the whole body of that natural disaster.

Jierte stared blankly at the figure in the sky above, and at the golden sword light comparable to his aunt's.

The opponent casually flicked their sword, and the golden light clinging to the blade was easily shaken off, as if nothing had happened.

The opponent had a head of casually styled golden hair and wore a plain black windbreaker—turns out to be the uncle who had been traveling abroad for years.

Could this be the surprise the captain mentioned?

"!!!"

"What is that!"

"What the heck, that's a wandering knight!"

Jierte never expected to run into his uncle, who had been traveling abroad for years, like that.

Although they hadn't met many times, but from what others said, his uncle should be a very good person.

And looking at him, his strength even surpasses that of his aunt!

That golden sword light is insanely cool! In a physical sense!

The opponent put away their silver longsword, glanced at the crowd, and briefly rested their gaze on Jierte.

Afterward, he walked straight up under everyone's gaze and slowly spoke to Jierte.

"Jierte, how did you get here?"