Chapter 281: Chapter 244: Undying, Unresting!
On the battlefield, Lin Ke and Ove were not far apart.
So, after Lin Ke gritted his teeth through the intense pain to call out a warning, he clearly saw the scene before him.
Seven or eight gray smoke columns rolled over, shattering the layers of protective shields around Ove.
Ove’s body flickered with various magical glows, and was instantly covered with thunder.
At the same time, he tore open space, attempting to blink to another location.
However, the gray mist followed him like a shadow, instantly entangling Ove and spreading into his body.
An ambush!
The Wild Boar Great Shaman doubled back, targeting not Lin Ke, but Ove!
And when Ove was attacked, his first thought was still to put up protection for his disciple Lin Ke.
At this moment, the gray mist ceaselessly drilled into Ove’s eyes, ears, mouth, nose, and pores, and the electromagnetic force within him had no effect in blocking it.
"Hahaha, Ove, you’re dead, Azanen is not far behind..."
The Wild Boar Great Shaman’s arrogant laughter echoed, followed by bursts of "thud" sounds.
Then came the furious voice of the Wild Boar Great Shaman: "...Damn you! Dark Maiden, I won’t let you go..."
The voice faded into the distance, while Lin Ke struggled to stand up from the ground, enduring the pain in his heart, cautiously walking towards Ove.
"Boom..."
Ove fell to the ground.
Lin Ke then dashed madly over, kneeling down beside Ove.
Lin Ke instantly took out seven or eight objects from the Space Ring, including a magic potion with an aura fluctuation, a mysterious blue tree fruit, and even a dragonfly wing as thin as a cicada’s wing.
"Teacher, this is the most valuable Order Potion, drink it, hurry and drink..." Lin Ke’s voice was anxious as he rushed to bring out all those precious items, wanting to use them on Ove.
Ove’s aura was extremely weak, Lin Ke had never seen Ove so weak.
"Lin... Lin Ke, Little Lin Ke..." Ove’s breath was weak, but his aged hand still held Lin Ke’s hand trying to open the Order Potion: "It’s useless... Lin Ke..."
At this time, Garoce and the others also arrived around, forming a circle to guard the outside, and the People’s Knight Order had also finished off those stray Wild Boar-men.
Only then did the mission success symbol appear before Lin Ke’s eyes.
But at this moment, Lin Ke didn’t care about the reward at all.
Ove... Ove’s aura was getting weaker by the second!
"Teacher, I’ll take you to the Insomnia Emperor now! The Insomnia Emperor can save you!" Lin Ke panicked, he was frantic with worry.
The strongest Insomnia Emperor must be able to save Ove!
"My father can’t save him..." Rica showed a sympathetic expression, but still spoke up: "My father is the strongest, but Teacher Ove’s soul is corroded, not even a Dominator proficient in Soul Law can help."
Rica’s words, though making Lin Ke even more desperate, were intended for Lin Ke to spend Ove’s last moments listening to him, rather than hurrying on a futile journey.
Knicks was also frantically trying to heal, but he’d never even heard of such soul injuries, let alone treat them.
"Little Lin Ke, listen to me." Ove’s aura faded rapidly, black spots spread all over his body from the wound on his chest.
"Teacher... Teacher..."
Lin Ke was panicking at this moment.
It was Garoce who finally knelt down beside him, holding his shoulder.
"Son, listen to Ove first." Garoce also felt a bit sorrowful: "Listen carefully to Ove." As he spoke, he took out a memory sphere.
This was the best way for memories and remembrance.
At this moment, Lin Ke regained a bit of composure.
"Little Lin Ke, I’m very satisfied, really... very satisfied..." Ove held Lin Ke’s hand, just like a kind grandfather holding the hand of his grandson.
As he spoke, black tainted blood gushed out in large amounts, staining his beard and robe.
"Teacher, you’ll be fine, Teacher." Large tears fell, and Lin Ke only felt a wave of despair, a wave of heartache.
A mixture of powerlessness and hatred filled his entire heart.
"Little Lin Ke, I’ve always believed you’ll become a great lord and a powerful practitioner..." At this moment, Ove’s expression bore no pain, his eyes full of concern, love, and care as he gazed at Lin Ke.
He lifted his hand to pinch Lin Ke’s face, as if Lin Ke was still a child.
"But unfortunately, I can no longer protect you..." Ove smiled wryly, and suddenly black blood poured forth from his chest, he had evidently given up resisting the encroaching corruption: "Live well, become the lord you’ve always dreamed of, understand?"
He gathered all his strength, extending a bloody hand with a glimpse of flickering electricity.
"Take it, this is my True Spirit." Ove extended his trembling hand: "The Great Wilderness Tower is nearly complete, let me protect you a bit longer..."
Upon becoming legendary, a trace of True Spirit condenses within the soul; the soul is the carrier of memory and personality, and the True Spirit is the trace that marks a person’s existence in the world.
As he spoke, Ove turned to the pitch-black night sky, murmuring: "Chased truth and materialism all my life... yet the most precious... the most precious is..."
The lightning in his eyes gradually dimmed, and his hands slowly dropped.
In an instant, the Thunder Law and Electromagnetic Law within hundreds of miles trembled and mourned!
A legend has fallen!
In the sky, a star faintly shimmering with purple electricity became a meteor, burning as it fell, ultimately crashing into the Plane Crystal Wall, merging within.
A legendary fall!
Countless people sensed it.
You must know this is the heartland of the Gula Kingdom, next to the abyss and the Fine Iron Giant City, yet also the blood-stained road watched by myriad races.
Some nobles were also curiously gathering, wanting to know what had happened.
They saw on that scorched land beneath the trembling Thunder Law, a young man of seventeen or eighteen holding an old man’s corpse, weeping bitterly.
Ove...
It was Ove!
The socially anxious level-19 strongman, the teacher he kept with small tricks and insignificant sincerity, the teacher who nearly destroyed a city to save him...
The teacher who stayed atop Azaenn Castle enduring wind and sun just to protect him, the one who silently supported him from behind when Magical Beasts attacked...
What is most precious?
When you have taken it for granted, when you have grown used to his presence, when you’ve made him a part of your life and living...
You lose him.
Only then do you realize...
The most precious is not territory, not gold coins, not battles of conquest, not schemes and plots... but the one who silently accompanies you consistently.
Lin Ke remembered every detail about Ove.
Ove...
Teacher Ove, was actually very lonely.
Lonely for hundreds of years, only making a friend in Garoce, who was nevertheless too occupied.
In several centuries of life, the true sincere warmth Ove had was from Lin Ke.
Lin Ke knew, he knew after Ove’s social anxiety vanished, Ove was actually very willing to be with him.
Yet Lin Ke, busy with various matters, often overlooked Ove’s feelings.
But regardless of anything, Ove was always diligent and ever-ready when called.
This is his teacher!
He is Ove’s only disciple!
"Wild Boar-men... I vow not to rest until your tribe is extinguished!"