Chapter 1684 Accidentally Meeting Again
Crash!
Han Sen hit the ground hard, writhing around as if his bones were about to snap . He felt sure that the composition of his body had become softer .
He set a hand on the floor to pick himself up and noticed that he was lying on something very soft . It gave him a shock . He heard a scream, and he jumped up and away from the noise .
“It’s you!” Han Sen and another voice spoke the same line at the same time .
Han Sen looked at the floor . There was a red, fox-like cat standing there . It was the Nine-Life Cat .
Han Sen hadn’t seen the Nine-Life Cat since he left the last time . Han Sen didn’t expect to see him again, especially under these conditions .
“No way! The Nine-Life Cat should be in the Fourth God’s Sanctuary . I have already leveled up to the Alliance, so why am I seeing it here? Did it ascend, as well?”
Nine-Life Cat looked at him with shock and confusion .
“Why are you here?” Again, they spoke the same line at the exact same time .
Han Sen pointed at the Nine-Life Cat tattoo on his back and said, “This brought me here, I think?”
Nine-Life Cat looked at Han Sen, but it could not see the tattoo he was referencing . Han Sen turned around so the cat could see the tattoo . The shock on the Nine-Life Cat’s face deepened .
“Is this a bad thing?” Han Sen asked with worry .
Nine-Life Cat walked closer to Han Sen and checked his tattoo out Then, he jumped on his shoulder, touching the tattoo . “What is it? Say something!” Han Sen demanded when the Nine-Life Cat remained silent .
Nine-Life Cat jumped off of Han Sen’s shoulder and then leaped atop a tablet, saying, “It’s not bad . But if you go out, people will think you are a part of Nine-Life Cat”
“Go out where?” Han Sen asked without thinking .
But then Han Sen realized what the cat was implying . He looked at Nine-Life Cat, and if going out meant what he now had in mind, it really was quite shocking .
Nine-Life Cat gave him a very human-like smile, and he said, “Ah, you won’t understand . You can’t get out of here, anyway .
It doesn’t really matter for now . ”
“Do you mean getting out of the sanctuary?” Han Sen still wanted to ask .
Nine-Life Cat looked surprised, but he didn’t answer . He just used one of his paws to scratch his side as he repeated himself . “You can’t get out of here, anyway . It doesn’t really matter for now . ”
“Just in case I need to know, you should tell me!” Han Sen wanted to punch the kitty to get him to answer the question .
Nine-Life Cat laughed and said, “It’s nothing much . I’m just saying that Nine-Life Cat does not have a good reputation out there . If you are lucky enough to get out, just don’t let anyone else see your tattoo . If it gets you killed, don’t take it out on me . ”
Han Sen’s heart sank . “Can I remove it?”
Nine-Life Cat rolled his eyes . “It has merged with your body . It’s a part of you! You really think it’s possible to remove something like that?”
“Fine! Cut the crap!” Han Sen yelled . That was not the answer he had been hoping for . “I’m busy, and I’m running out of time and patience . ”
Nine-Life Cat jumped off of the tablet and started walking in another direction . Han Sen noticed that they appeared to be in some sort of graveyard . The tablet Nine-Life Cat was sitting atop was a headstone .
Behind the stone there was another one, half-covered by patches of grass . Surprisingly, the grave was smaller than the sort you might expect to see for a human .
He looked at the headstone, but he was unsure of what it was dated . All the text across its surface was faded . Some very light markings were visible, but what they meant, he hadn’t a clue .
“What are you doing? Follow me!” Nine-Life Cat gazed back at Han Sen with a look of annoyance .
Han Sen followed as he was bid to, and they walked past many headstones . They were all in various states of decay, so he couldn’t learn much about where he was .
“What is this place? Some kind of old graveyard?” Han Sen asked Nine-Life Cat after catching up with him .
Nine-Life Cat smiled and said, “This is the Fourth God’s Sanctuary . We’re not in the Alliance . ”
That’s what Han Sen had thought, but when it was confirmed, he really was given a shock . “No way! This is the Fourth God’s Sanctuary? I thought after you go to the Alliance, you aren’t allowed to come back . And why is my body not being harmed by being here?”
Nine-Life Cat used his claws to point at Han Sen’s new tattoo and laughed . “With this tattoo, it’s not only the Fourth God’s Sanctuary you can return to . If you want, you can hop back into the First God’s Sanctuary . Why? Because now you are a part of Nine-Life Cat . ”
“What is Nine-Life Cat exactly?” Han Sen asked .
Han Sen was curious about this . He only knew that it had some connection to the elusive Human Emperor and that the Nine-Life Cat was some sort of a mascot for Blood Legion . It was like a representative symbol .
Han Sen thought Nine-Life Cat might have been a strong creature that followed Human Emperor . But all things considered, that no longer seemed likely . Nine-Life Cat, whatever it was, was bigger than what he was thinking . It looked like it was even connected to some pretty big things beyond the sanctuaries .
But now Han Sen remembered people had told him that Human Emperor took Nine-Life Cat as something serious . Han Sen didn’t care for it very much, but now, things obviously weren’t so simple .
“I told you that you wouldn’t understand . If you can get out, though, you will know . ” Nine-Life Cat did not want to talk about this much .
Han Sen wanted to ask some more, but Nine-Life Cat suddenly stopped moving .
Han Sen saw a headstone marking a grave . It was similar to the other tablets, though, in which the words had all faded away .
“Since you are here, help me dig this grave up . ” Nine-Life Cat pointed at the small, grass-laden headstone .
“We’re digging up graves now? This is horrible! You can do that yourself!” Han Sen shook his head .
Han Sen did not know what the kitty wanted, and there was a chance that the creature would put him in danger . Whatever the case might have been, he wasn’t quite willing to risk it .
Nine-Life Cat rolled his eyes and jumped atop the grave . With his little paws, he started to dig . He told Han Sen, “Fine! You don’t have to dig, but as for the special item that might reside below, you will have nothing to do with it!”