Chapter 297: Aunt Awakens

The heavenly disaster underwent some kind of drastic change; internal fighting between them greatly slowed, and their aggressiveness became extremely strong.

This strange change appeared only on three kinds of heavenly disasters, while the remaining few showed different anomalies.

For example, sea monsters began lugging their massive bodies ashore en masse to devour humans on land; another example, numerous half-demon half-human monsters appeared and swiftly attacked neighboring countries.

Accordingly, your organization also became busy; as the continent's organization with the most hidden reserves, all the heavenly-disaster-related matters have left the boss frazzled, forcing you to abandon your vows and help the boss handle everything.

Lan Baoshi trails behind you, picking up scraps and absorbing the life of various creatures; she's grown quite plump compared to when you first saw her—improved beyond comparison.

Meanwhile, the boss's mental state also began to deteriorate; he often mutters to himself.

For example, this world is merely a huge gu factory—why those creatures do this, and so on.

The term gu factory is extremely fitting: all kinds of heavenly-disaster humans and mixed-blood creatures are gathered on this continent, and the varieties of heavenly disasters alone are countless.

Sometimes you can't help but wonder: what will this world ultimately produce? A world-destroying heavenly disaster, or an invincible civilization?

You lean toward the former, for even in a world with such harsh survival conditions, people still fracture into countless groups, mutually discriminating, with constant conflict; in the long run it's essentially darkness.

At seventeen: slaying heavenly disasters, slaying sinners, executing justice—that's how you've spent this time. Even so, your strength has greatly increased; you now possess full V-level strength.

Even so, you still cannot defeat that red-haired individual; she has become strong to a certain point, not someone you can easily overcome.

Catgirl Lan Baoshi grew another centimeter! Though there's still not much change, she's still very happy.

Whenever she looks at others she must lift her head; the catgirl even feels her neck is about to give out, especially when you're nearby—if you get a little closer, she can crane her neck ninety degrees to look at you.

Meanwhile, you can't help but admire the boss's technological prowess—he easily achieved what no one on the continent could, truly reviving your aunt.

Gazing at the crystal that once spread across your aunt's cheek, Jierte felt both shocked and hopeful.

Now those damned spirit energy crystals have receded to your aunt's chest; her damaged organs still need time to heal, but the boss says she should be able to wake up briefly.

After all this time, the boss is one of the few people he sees who, despite being steeped in sin, can still interact normally—not just because he isn't purely evil, but because he saved his own aunt.

Jierte is not one who cannot distinguish gratitude from grudge, although he is righteous and deviant.

"Aunt?"

Jierte gently called to her; the aunt seemed to feel it, her tightly shut eyes trembled, then slowly opened.

"I... how come I didn't die?"

"Aunt!"

Jierte was overjoyed—now it seems the aunt really can live past his eighteenth birthday.

"Jierte...?"