The Sea of Death was still so lifeless, with no one else coming in and out of it except for the monthly Liberty.

Gong Hao sat on the harbor of Purgatory Island with his knees crossed, looking at the seabirds flying in the distance.

It's been three months since the little princess left.

Since Avril left, Gong Hao clearly felt the change in the attitude of the people around him.

If in the past, when everyone looked at themselves, they may have only looked at themselves with some appreciation or admiration, but now everyone looks at themselves with some awe.

Yes, it was awe, and the servants looked at him in awe that no other chief servant had ever enjoyed, and even Andrew spoke to him politely.

Before that, although Gong Hao's work had always satisfied Andrew, he had never said to Gong Hao, "How is your work today?" and "Just tell me if you need anything." "Huey, you are the best servant I have ever met. "In that case?

He no longer called Gong Hao's surname, but directly called his name affectionately.

In addition to this, Andrew even specifically allowed him to move around freely when he had nothing to do.

That's why now Gong Hao can sit in the harbor and look into the distance so easily.

Before that he wanted to come to the port once, and even asked Heather to be a delivery man.

In just one year, Heather was gone, but he had become the most powerful servant on the island.

But so what?

The most powerful ant is still just an ant, and the most powerful servant is still just a servant.

Andrew looked at him differently because even in that situation, he never gave up his duties and did everything he did his duty seriously. But if he dared to be openly lazy or even disrespectful to his master in the name of a "guardian knight" who did not conform to the law, he was fully confident that Hines would not hesitate to throw him into Death Canyon, even if Avril was angry, Hines would not be afraid.

Stricker VI may have killed a group of ministers for his daughter, but he would never kill a master alchemist who was so important to the rise of the empire for the sake of a servant.

So Gong Hao is as dedicated as ever.

He would go hunting with Lancelot every morning and come back at noon to spend time in the library. Nowadays, when some apprentices need to find data, Gong Hao doesn't even need to turn the book, but can directly tell them the answer.

In the afternoon, Gong Hao was in charge of inspecting the work of the servants in each area, reminding them of the matters to be paid attention to, arranging their respective duties, and supervising and recording the work performance of everyone.

In the evening, he always came to the harbor alone, and here he looked at the sea, even though it was so uninteresting.

At that time, he would ask himself, as a servant, had he reached the top of his life?

The answer is no.

But the problem is that it is also difficult to build on the current foundation.

He hoped that he would be able to break through his status as a servant and enter the inner circle of Purgatory Island. But his identity constrained him, and Andrew would not have promoted him to apprenticeship, even if he held him seriously.

One day is a servant, a lifetime is a servant!

The idea of hierarchy is deeply ingrained and cannot be changed so easily.

Fink hurriedly ran from the castle to the port, and when he saw Gong Hao, he shouted, "Xiuyi, Xiuyi!"

Gong Hao turned his head: "What's wrong?"

"They're going to take me away, and the Liberty is coming in five days. They said that no one had ever been able to work on Purgatory Island for a year, so I had to go. I don't know where I'm going, Andrew won't tell me. But I don't want to leave you. ”

"Andrew didn't say I can't go?"

"He said you wouldn't go because the little princess said she would see you again next year, and Andrew was happy with you, and he said you would be the only exception. ”

Speaking of this, Fink was a little bitter, and he looked at Gong Hao: "Xiuyi, I don't want to leave you." You've taken care of me a lot over the years...... I know. The last time you said you couldn't live without me...... In fact...... Actually, I can't live without you. I know you said that on purpose. ”

Fink's voice choked slightly, and tears welled up in his eyes.

Gong Hao looked at Fink blankly, and he was a little dazed for a while.

He had mentioned to Andrew that he wanted to keep Fink as well, but Andrew didn't say anything at the time.

That's when he knew something was wrong.

Sure enough, the bad news came today, and Fink was going to be taken away.

After Cisher, another friend is leaving.

Poor Fink, he didn't know what was going to happen to him, and his tears now were only because he couldn't bear his friends.

Gong Hao walked over and gently hugged Fink: "Fink, my friend, do you believe me?"

"I've always believed in you. ”

"Then I'm going to tell you a story now, and you must keep it in mind. ”

"Oh, okay. ”

"The story is simple, there is a group of rabbits that are about to be taken away by hunters. The hunters are going to kill them and eat them. He always kills one and eats another...... Kill one...... Eat one more ......"

"I don't understand, Huey, the story isn't good at all. ”

"Listen to me Fink, one of those bunnies is desperate. It had to find a way to escape. But it didn't stand a chance. What do you say it's going to do?"

"Resistance?" Fink asked.

Gong Hao shook his head and said, "No, it's waiting." For those rabbits, as much as it is an ordeal to be alive, there is at least hope for it as long as it is alive. ”

"You mean...... Wait, shouldn't we fight?"

"No, not a struggle. Fighting will make the hunter work harder, and the rabbit can't be stronger than the hunter. So you have to be silent, play dead, wait, try your best to live, and then run away when the hunter is paralyzed at some point. Even if you can't do that, you have to drag it out. As a rabbit to the slaughter, if you can't resist, then at least let yourself be the last one to go into the oil pan. Remember, there's always hope before you get into the pan. ”

"I don't understand what you're talking about?" Fink said, confused.

Gong Hao sighed: "I can't bear you, Fink. Remember my story, but don't tell anyone about it. If one day, you're in danger, I mean what if...... Then even if you can't dodge, at least learn to procrastinate. ”

"And then?"

"Pray. Gong Hao replied.

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Fink went back in a daze, he couldn't understand what Gong Hao was saying.

Gong Hao couldn't say too clearly, he would be terrified if he told Fink that all the servants who were taken away were killed. There's no way Fink can fool Andrew's eyes, he's still too tender.

Still sitting alone on the beach, Gong Hao looked at the sky stupidly.

Heather is gone, and so is Fink. One friend after another is about to leave him.

Yesterday it was Heather, today it was Fink, and tomorrow, maybe it's your turn.

As long as you are a servant, you can't get rid of this fate!

Maybe it's time to take the initiative.

He must break through the shackles of being a servant, or he will never be able to escape the threat of death!

And now that he is shooting, he may not be sure of success, but he still has a chance to save Fink's life.

After thinking for a long time, he finally made up his mind, and he stood up.

He walked towards the castle.

"Lord Andrew. ”

"What's the matter, Gler?" Andrew was doing some alchemical experiments in his own laboratory, seemingly like a healing potion. He didn't look up and said, "It's my working time, and I remember telling you not to come in and disturb me at this time." ”

"I'm sorry sir, but this is the report of this month, they are a bit much, I thought it would be better to give them to you in advance. ”

"Put it on the table over there, I'll see it. ”

"Yes, sir. Gong Hao walked over with the documents in his hand. Turning his head to see that Andrew didn't care, he gently placed a report into a stack of old records. If you hadn't gone through that pile of old records, you wouldn't have found that report anyway.

With this done, he left the alchemy tower and walked towards the lake.

At this time, Lancelot was cultivating by the lake.

"What? You said you would like to do a week of extreme training starting today?" Lancelot was surprised.

"Yes, my lord, I want to be able to do a week of extreme training, I think I'm still too weak. ”

Lancelot thought for a moment and finally nodded, "Okay, I can help you, but do you have that time?"

"I can train at night. ”

"Then you'll be out of energy when you wake up the next day. ”

"No problem, my lord, you don't need to be as high as last time. ”

"Well, then, whatever you want. But I'm going to tell you, it's useless to spend just seven days. ”

"I understand, Lord Lancelot, but I would like to be trained by you. For me, being able to receive your guidance, even if it is just one more day, is a lifetime of luck. ”

"You're always so talkative, little one. Lancelot laughed.

Bidding farewell to Lancelot, Miyahiro returns to the castle.

He walked around the areas first.

In the ninth area, the saber-toothed beast wagged its tail excitedly when it saw Gong Hao's arrival.

"Burke. Gong Hao said: "Storm Tooth seems to miss me very much." ”

"Yes, Chief Servant. The new servant said respectfully.

"You go out for a while, I want to talk to Stormtooth alone. What you do here, I did for you. ”

"Yes. ”

Looking at the young man's departure, Gong Hao's eyes gradually became cold.

He reached for the energy supply hedron of the magic cage.

Gently, he replaced it with a hedron that was about to run out of energy.

Walking out of Area 9, he walked towards the next area, where there were also several large and rather ferocious monsters.

Follow suit.

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Five days later.

Fink was taken, and the Liberty arrived.

The main job of the Liberty is to transport all kinds of ores needed to refine large golems to Purgatory Island, as well as some special materials and servants that are not produced on the island. At the same time, Hines's alchemical works are taken from here every month.

In the past year, although Gong Hao has become the chief servant, Gong Hao still insists on going to the port to deliver goods in person at this time of every month.

The guards on the ship were intrigued by the alchemy products on the island, knowing that many of them were just used by the samurai, but they belonged only to the state. On Purgatory Island, they couldn't easily possess even a leaf, unless a young servant secretly supplied it to them.

And for Gong Hao, the guards can also give him some help that others can't give him.

After sending the goods to the ship, several guards exchanged glances with Gong Hao, and one of them laughed and said, "Hey, Xiui, it's nice to see you again." Speaking of which, you've been working here for a year, haven't you?"

"Yes, Bailey, but Master Andrew seems to be happy with me and wants me to keep going. Gong Hao replied. He didn't have to call these guards anymore.

The guard, Bailey, laughed, "That's great. You've done a great job, Huey. I guess it has something to do with the little princess, right? I heard that she made you her guardian knight. ”

"Maybe, but I hope it's because of my own hard work. ”

Bailey seemed to remember something, patted his head and said, "Oh, I remember, I have a bottle of wine in the cabin, and to congratulate our sweet little friend on Purgatory Island for a year, and is about to break the convention and continue to work, maybe we should celebrate." Interested in having a drink? ”

"If you don't drink too much, it's no problem. ”

"Then come with me. ”

The two of them talked and sang, and Bailey gave a color to a few of his companions, and then walked towards the cabin with Gong Hao.

On the way, Bailey whispered, "Did you bring something?"

Gong Hao smiled: "Of course, what do I want?"

Bailey lifted his chin and pointed to the cabin, "There it is." ”

Carefully taking out a small piece of something as crystal clear as red agate from the box, Bailey sneakily said, "This thing is not good, I said Xiui, this time we took a big risk for you." ”

"The greater the risk, the greater the reward, knowing that the ultimate use of these things is to come back to you. Gong Hao smiled: "It's me who really takes the risk, but I don't benefit anything from doing things for you, and I have to risk being discovered by Lord Andrew." ”

Bailey smiled embarrassedly and tried to rummage through his pocket, but was stopped by Gong Hao: "Bailey, you know that in Purgatory Island, money is meaningless. Don't use money as a thank you to me, okay?"

Bailey nodded hurriedly: "Okay Xiui, thank you very much for helping us." In fact, we are only poor samurai, and we don't have much money, and if we don't make a little money from this, I'm afraid I won't even be able to support my eight wives and twelve children. Oh, you know, don't marry too many wives, because that doesn't just mean you're going to have to feed eight women and a bunch of children, you're going to have to feed eight mothers-in-law...... The latter are the most terrifying, they have an appetite to swallow a mountain. ”

Gong Hao pursed his lips and laughed.

This is the poor samurai and a little money in their mouths?

Who can enter Purgatory Island to carry out secret missions is not a wealthy high-ranking samurai? What is not the most valuable thing that comes out of Purgatory Island? Even just a few materials can be sold for a good price.

It's just that no amount of money can satisfy their greed.

These insatiable scoundrels.

Since the first trade, the guards have grown bolder. From ordinary energy crystals to some rare materials, they dare to bring anything to the island. Of course, the better the things you bring, the greater Gong Hao's reward will be.

And this time, they brought something quite valuable.

Taking out a few bottles of potions and a small box from his arms, Gong Hao said, "I got a lot of injuries on my body in exchange for the healing potions. You should know how much I have suffered for this. There was also a bottle of mana restore, which took a lot of effort on my part, and I made Andrew mistakenly think he had broken one himself. As for this bottle of poison, it's made from the venom of the spotted python, you know how dangerous it is to extract its venom, and I can't let anyone know yet. As for the materials in the box, they were also stolen from Andrew's eyes. ”

"Thank you so much. Bailey excitedly took the potion.

Any of these medicines and materials can be sold at a good price on the underground black market, and the most valuable is the magic recovery potion, which has no price. As for the treatment medicine, it is also expensive, even if it is reserved for one's own use, it also has a life-saving effect.

This little blonde boy is so capable!

"This is what I need next time. Let's see if we can get it?" Gong Hao handed Bailey a list.

Bailey looked at it, and then shredded: "No problem. He said.

"Thank you, and please do me a little favor. ”

"What's the matter?"

"It's about Master Hines and the three adults. Gong Hao cautiously leaned into Bailey's ear and whispered, "I want to know something about their family." ”

"What's in it for you?"

"It makes it easier for me to pat their ass, know what to say and what not to say, and build a relationship with adults, so that if you ...... I mean, if I accidentally make a mistake one day, adults can forgive me. You know, I just want to do a little bit better and live a little bit happier. I mean, if something happens between us and they find out, then maybe...... I can make them turn a blind eye. ”

"It's necessary, but it takes time to gather. ”

"I can afford to wait, but it's better to have it every month, I want updates. ”

"You're so cautious, Huey. ”

"That's a necessary guarantee of success. ”

"See you next month, then. ”

"See you next month. ”

When Gong Hao left, he asked casually: "Bailey, you won't say this kind of thing, right?"

"It's a head-off thing, who dares to say that?" said Bailey at once.

"That's right, it's a big thing to lose your head. Gong Hao said playfully, showing a smug smile.