Chapter 1719: Hunting for the Shadow (15)

"Is that ......?" Mutter asked curiously, looking at the wonderfully warm white light in the distant sky. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"That's? that's Meow Stone's [Tower of the Guardians]. Albert replied, "To be able to see the light of the Guardian Tower from here means that we are not far from Meow Stone." ＂

"Guardian...... Tower?"

"Well, you know," the tiger then further explained, "the cat-people are not a large clan, at most they are a minority among the orcs. The cats themselves are not outstanding in combat, and if they are not attached to something, it is generally difficult to survive in the harsh environment of the Dawn Region. If in other places, the cat people still have tiger people or leopard people to cling to, but meow ...... Melson Stone is the hometown of cat people, and it's a bit special here. ------ Melson Stone was originally built around a tower of relics of ancient people. ＂

"Ruins?" said Mutt frowned.

"That's right, the Tower of the Guardians is the remains of the ancients. Although the origin and purpose of the tower are completely unknown, the light emitted by the white crystal on the top of the tower has the effect of dispelling demonic beasts. This allows the Cat People to live and work in peace and contentment within the Guardian Tower's area of influence without worrying about the attacks of the Warcraft. ＂

"Sounds great. The cat man boy sighed, "As a cat man, I don't even know anything about this kind of thing. ＂

"If you have been bought into slavery in Egypt since you were sensible, it is natural not to know these things. The tiger snorted, "Moreover, the effect of the Tower of the Guardians cannot be replicated. In the past, countless extremely clever scholars have come to study it, trying to uncover the principle of the white crystal to dispel demonic beasts, but all of them have been in vain. If the Tower of Guardians can be simply replicated, then every village and city in the Dawning Region will be strongly protected, and we will no longer have to worry about the attacks of the Warcraft, and we can live a more stable life. ＂

Muter didn't reply, he was fascinated by the white light of the Guardian Tower in the distance. The warm white light seemed to suck away the soul of the cat man, it was full of nostalgia, but with a deep sadness like the sea. Such a mysterious and mournful light was also seen for the first time in his life.

Ten minutes later, the Black Iron Rider anchored in front of a large lake on the outskirts of Melson Rock. Ignoring Mutter's objections, Albert walked to the lake and stripped naked and jumped into the water.

"Woo~" The tiger shuddered, "Okay~cold~!, you also hurry down and wash up, and then put on your ceremonial clothes." ＂

"Another cold shower. The cat-man boy let out a long sigh, looking a little reluctant. In reality, however, he wished he had washed the dirt off his body right away, before the tiger noticed. Fortunately, it was late at night, and Albert couldn't see the whole process of stripping naked and jumping into the water.

"You kid has a cold and fever?" Albert only saw the blush on the cat-man boy's face through the night: "Please don't get sick and fall down first, there will be a dark American football game tomorrow!"

"I'm going to stick with it. Mu turned his face away, stirring the cold lake water with his hands to wash the dirt off his body. The cold made the heat in his body subside, and he felt much more relaxed. Judging from the current moon phase, the time is only about eight o'clock in the evening. They washed and gave Ruffy a funeral, buried the coffin, and rushed back to Cairo for the rest of the night. Because Albert couldn't wait to act ahead of time, and didn't wait for the middle of the night to steal the body, things went faster and smoother than Mutter had imagined.

"Alright," Albert then crawled out of the lake, he was fed up with the icy water, and washing his body was just a walk-around form, "get dressed, it's time to start burying Luffy." ＂

"Uh, right here?" Mutter was stunned.

"It's on that little hill in front of you. "Albert seems to have chosen a place to bury his friend," Luff had said before, wishing to rest in the hill where the breath of the sky and the light of the lake and the tower of the Guardians could be seen at the same time. ＂

It turned out to be a funeral faithfully executed in accordance with the will of the cat-man teenager Luffy. If the funeral was organized by the Monster Hunters, it is estimated that these details would not be taken into account at all, and only Ruw's ashes would be buried in a cemetery somewhere in Melson's Stone City.

Mutt crawled out of the lake and shook off the cold water, but suddenly had this strange thought in his heart, it was great that Luffy's funeral could be carried out by him and Albert.

What followed was silent and monotonous, just digging a pit, and then Mutter and Albert worked together to carry the heavy coffin into the pit and bury it again. If that's all there is to it, the funeral should be over.

"Is that it, don't you erect a tombstone or something?" asked Mutter curiously.

"Nope. The tiger fetched a small sapling from the side: "If you erect a tombstone, the hunters will definitely find Luffy's grave again." The undead bunch will surely dig up Luffy's body, incinerate it, have another funeral, and then send the urn to the city's cemetery to be buried. We'd better not let them do that stupid thing. We're the only two of us in the world who know about this cemetery, but, hey, let Luffy rest quietly in his favorite land. ＂

"If you insist on doing it...... Mutt snorted, not objecting.

He also felt that instead of letting the cat man Luffy be buried in a place he didn't like as a heroic monster hunter who died in battle, it would be better to let Luff be buried in his favorite place as an ordinary person and sleep quietly. This should be the happiest thing for the deceased.

Of course, when a person dies, he dies, and there will be no more feelings, nor will there be joys, sorrows, or sorrows. Luffy, who has long since been in rest, may not know the difference between being buried by the lake and being buried in the cemetery.

All of this is just an act that makes sense for the living, and to put it bluntly, Albert is seeking self-comfort.

"Whew. When the tiger had taken the sapling all the way to the grave of the cat-man young Luffy, and had packed everything up, he let out a long sigh: "This is finally the end of the matter." We can go back to Egypt as well. ＂

"Then let's go------" Mutt just turned around and wanted to leave, but suddenly noticed that someone's figure seemed to be shaking behind him: "Who?!"

The figure silently approached, walking rather slowly. It was only after she walked in that Albert and Mutter recognized it as a cat-people woman in the moonlight.

"...... Luffy?" the woman asked, "Is it really Luffy?"

Albert and Mutter's hearts suddenly cooled, and they seemed to have guessed something.

"Are you ......?" Mutt agreed in a low voice.

"Silly boy, can't even your mother recognize you?" the cat-human woman came closer, and it was only then that they realized that the woman was blind, and that her legs and feet might not be convenient, so she could only walk on crutches, and walked extremely slowly.

"Don't be embarrassed, my mother's eyesight has deteriorated a lot recently, and she can't see the road a little. The woman smiled wryly and said, "Come, let my mother take a good look at your face------ I haven't seen you in years...... ＂

At this time, the cat-man boy's expression was extremely embarrassed, and he looked at the tiger-man youth as if asking for help, hoping that Albert could give him ideas. The tiger kept glancing at Mut's envoy, as if asking Mutt to come over and talk to his "mother".

"You must be kidding me. The cat man muttered. He came to Melson Stone only for "sightseeing", and he was only walking along the way, but he was not obliged to impersonate a deceased.

But the cat-man boy also saw the tiger's sad look on Albert's face that he couldn't hide. Is it. Luffy's mother didn't seem to know about Luff's death, and she didn't even know that her son's body was buried nearby. Albert and the others had only come to give Luff a funeral, and they didn't expect to run into the family of the deceased. If he confessed the truth to Luffy's mother at this time, it would be too cruel for Luff's mother.

All in all, Albert just didn't have the courage to tell the truth.

Mutt hesitated, but walked up to the woman.

"Oh, Luffy. The woman of the cat people held the face of the cat man boy, leaned very close, and looked at the boy carefully: "You have lost a lot of weight, haven't you eaten well recently? ＂

Mutter's heart was embarrassed.

Then, coldly, Luffy's mother hugged Mutter.

"Uh------" The cat-man boy's face turned red, and he didn't know what to say for a while, and looked at Albert with a pleading gaze.

"Ah, bad boy! that's scared mom to death!" the woman sighed, hugging the boy she thought was her son, "When word came from the hunter organization that you might be missing, mom thought something bad was going to happen to you." Did you know? Mom would come to this holy lake every night to pray that you would come back safely. Sure enough, the gods who live in this lake have helped your mother fulfill her wish and send you back safely. ------Anyway, it's good that you came back safely, thank the gods!"

Albert, who was on the side, covered his mouth and tried to control his emotions. Fortunately, the woman's eyes were not good and she couldn't see Albert's appearance at this time, otherwise she would have guessed everything.

"Anyway, is that your friend, and why doesn't he talk all the time?" asked Luff's mother.

He ...... It's Mr. Albert, a member of the Hunters' Order...... He was in charge of getting me back this time. Mutter replied in a low voice, making up a lie as much as he could.