Chaos Devourer System - Chapter 661: A Truce

Chapter 661: A Truce

“You’re making me look like a bad person. If your clan really needs help, your guardian can come to save you.

And if you’re waiting for a king, then I’m pretty sure Fluffy is not the only four-striped cat in the entire universe, nor is she close to the strongest.

If your void clan really needs help, they’ll have all gathered together and help you. I won’t force my companion into a lifetime of hardship and headaches for your sake.

“I’m not requesting you do it for my sake. That would be very selfish of me and my clan. We would have been well off if you had never come here in the first place…”

“That’s true…” Zeras replied, sipping his tea. “But there is a single point you have been missing, young one. A very vital point of power!” The old man said as Zeras raised an eyebrow.

“And what is that, oldie?”

“You see, power comes with a certain important thing, and that is responsibility! Anyone born with power, or taken for greater power, will definitely have a life purpose.

Even you yourself have a life purpose, don’t you? And don’t tell me it’s just lazing around and searching for a better life. You wouldn’t be here otherwise.

What do you think is the life purpose of your companion, always following behind you, and always under your protection for all of eternity?” The man asked as Zeras, hand holding the cup to his mouth, stopped in place for a few seconds.

“Truth is, you never really know what Fluffy’s life purpose is, and never even cared. Not because you’re a bad person but because you already assigned him one.

To be your life companion.

While I might say that may be true for all void cats who have fused with any race, there are always certain exceptions, like him.

He is destined for a much greater life purpose. He is the one and only King of all Void Cats in this universe.

His purpose is more than just being a companion. And you seem to be impeding his life purpose…” The Priest said, scrubbing his beard as Zeras sighed.

“Ahhhh, you see, oldie. Ever since my cultivation had always stated, people have always said I am damn stupid and a sucker at intelligence.

And never have I ever argued that at all. It seems I was blessed with everything but an intelligent mind.

You have lived for thousands of years. Winning you in a debate will be close to impossible.

What I specialize in is brute force. It’s always fine if anyone is more intelligent than I am, so far I can fuck them up if I wanted.”

“So you propose a fist match to settle the debate?” The oldie said with a raised eyebrow as Zeras scoffed.

“That would be too barbaric, and the destiny of my companion is not something I would choose to decide by a fist match…”

“I thought so too…” The priest said, sipping his tea gently.

“What I propose is very simple instead. About the life purpose, I agree everyone really has their life purpose, either one which they willed for, or one which they are born into just after their birth.

Life purposes really are true. And since it’s Fluffy’s life purpose, why don’t we let Fluffy himself decide? If he agrees to take up the life purpose by which he was seemingly ordained with by birth, then fine.

I would at least respect his will.

But if he argues otherwise, then this will be the last time you mention this topic to me. What do you say?” Zeras asked him, having thought about it well.

Since this was said to be Fluffy’s life purpose, then he could only push it back to Fluffy.

While Fluffy might have truly bonded with him, and the relationship between a void cat and its companion is always that of master and its pet, his and Fluffy’s had always been a different and special one.

He didn’t regard Fluffy as a pet, he believed he was a companion on his long journey.

Therefore, instead of forcing the idea down the poor cat’s neck, why doesn’t he simply allow it to decide for its own future?

“That’s a very reasonable opinion actually. We simply let the person in question decide for itself. But I’m afraid there’s a slight problem. Your cat cannot decide in his current state…”

“What current state?” Zeras asked with furrowed eyebrows, already getting tired of the headache-inducing conversation.

“Might I ask you to visit our temple, and see for yourself. After that, I will respect your decision no matter what it is…” The old man said as Zeras turned to look at Fluffy on his shoulder who also had its eye staring back at him, its expression unperturbed as if he didn’t even give a damn about what they both were arguing about at all.

And Zeras rose to his feet. “Lead the way…” He said as the old man walked towards his own bamboo house.

It was fairly simple with a large bamboo living room, which also served as a bedroom due to the mattress that was placed at the far side, and there was only a single door present in the room.

Walking towards it, the old man entered into it, Zeras following after a few seconds later.

“Oh? Quite perfectly concealed…” He mused to himself, seeing the gigantic portal that lay endlessly spinning in the room.

“This is the shrine of our ancestors. None would be allowed to defile it and the only one who can do that among the entire clan is the priest.

So it has been passed onto me and now my responsibility…” The priest said as Zeras nodded, before they both disappeared into the portal, their figures fading away.

He could only confidently follow the young man into his own abode and even be led into an unknown place because Zeras was more than confident he could reduce him to gore in mere minutes with his current power.