"It's starting again."
Li Ke shook his head and left the place to Sarah. He leaned against the mast and looked at the sea, his mind drifting a little. He had already seen that these two people sunk because of internal strife, and understood that they were capable people.
But what could he do?
As long as he didn't want to attack them, he couldn't be bothered to care so much. If they really got in his way, he would just kill them with his sword. As for Sarah's safety, he wasn't worried at all. Thanks to his previous training and battles, his perception was now very strong. Even the sound of approaching breathing could wake him up when he was sleeping, let alone these two idiots.
He wondered if he had slacked off a little. Ever since he came to Demacia, he hadn't practiced the sword anymore. He had only reviewed his skills through killing, and hadn't practiced those basic skills. From this point of view, he had indeed slacked off a little too much recently. And apart from the two-handed sword and the one-handed sword techniques, other martial arts were really a little rusty.
He used to be good at sword, shield, spear, and shield techniques. If he just relied on Yatoku's sharpness to fight against enemies, he would probably suffer if he encountered people who also had divine weapons in their hands. Among other things, Yatoku's old enemy, Hanson, had a weapon that could fight against him.
"Oh, it's rare for you to think like that, so are you interested?"
Yatoku's voice rang in Li Ke's ears. He was always like this, drifting outside Li Ke's consciousness, stealing Li Ke's shallow thoughts, constantly trying to understand this mortal. Then one day in the future, he would take away everything from Li Ke.
"What?"
Li Ke knew that Yatoku had his ways. In the original world, he was known as the strongest Dark Kin in the setting, and among the Ascenders, he was also one of the best, and could command several Ascenders. So his suggestions must be useful, but the premise was that he could eat the trap hidden in these suggestions and maintain his sense of self as usual.
Otherwise, he would only become a puppet in the end.
"I can pull you into my memories, mortal. You can fight with the monsters in my memories. This way, you won't have to worry about your shallow martial arts regressing to the level of a child … Yes, although your martial arts are no different from a child's."
Yatoku's voice was full of temptation. Li Ke looked at the swaying American buttocks in front of him and heard Sarah bargaining with the two men. He tapped his arm gently, thinking about Yatoku's thoughts and what he wanted to do.
"That sounds like a trap."
Of course, how could it not be?
A sense of joy rose in Yatoku's heart. He could feel that Li Ke was suppressing his desire for battle. He was patient with everything and wanted to find a solution that would 'benefit everyone'. He didn't even mind suffering a little loss. But that wasn't his nature. Just like Li Ke could see some of Yatoku's memories, Yatoku could also see some of Li Ke's past memories.
He didn't see much because Li Ke was very strict in this regard. Even Yatoku could only see fragments of his past as a slave gladiator, unlike Li Ke, who could see some of Yatoku's past every time he entered his dreams. But unlike Li Ke who could only see useful fragments when he grew stronger, what Yatoku could see was when Li Ke's emotions were very intense.
And without exception, it was all when he was fighting.
The feeling of flesh being sliced apart by swords and sabers, the gradually weakening heartbeat that came from the spear, the wails that represented death, as well as the endless rage that came from the slaughter, as well as the unwillingness and anger that came from killing countless warriors, only to end up killing the women and children. Yatoku could only give a not-so-bad evaluation of these emotions and scenes.
"You're too boring, mortal. Or are you the kind of person who suppresses your nature and finds it interesting? If that's the case, I'll have to congratulate you because you are unique in this whole world. After all, you still quite agree with Noxus, don't you? You just think that they are too decadent, and their attitude towards civilians is too cruel … Am I right? "
Li Ke didn't want to answer Yatoku's words because he knew that Yatoku was telling the truth, but he absolutely couldn't agree with him. It wasn't easy for him to regain his freedom. If he allowed the beast in his heart to wreak havoc, then what was the difference between him and the previous slaves?
"Order breeds justice, Yatoku. People shouldn't live only for themselves. People who only care about themselves won't go far in the end."
However, Yatoku felt disdain for Li Ke's speech as usual.
"Then who do you live for? At the end of the day, whether it's morality or virtue, they are all things that life produces to make itself feel satisfied. And the production of these satisfactions comes from the humble bloodline of mortals: in order to let the bloodline continue and the race not perish, it's just a feeling of satisfaction. This is the same as encouraging reproduction, so as to fill the boring actions of mortals with happiness. It's a bad habit that mortals can never get rid of. "
Speaking of this, Li Ke recalled the Yatoku in his memory, the divine warrior who was worshipped by almost everyone.
"But it's the bad habit that you speak of that allowed mortals to get to where they are now, step by step. Yatoku, weren't you such a person before?"
But his words were met with Yatoku's wild laughter.
"That's just the past! Mortal! Don't talk about those useless things! Come on! Let me see if you are as capable as your mouth says! "
Halfway through Yatoku's words, everything in front of Li Ke changed again. The world in front of him turned into a battlefield. Countless soldiers lined up neatly on this empty plain. They were wearing simple clothes and holding simple weapons like him. They looked nervously at the soldiers in front of them. But when Li Ke raised his head, he found that the sky here was alternating between black and red, and it was full of cracks.
But it was very real, just like when he entered Yatoku's memory. He could smell the sweat of the people around him, as well as the smell of dust. Except for the black and red cracks in the sky, it could be said that it was exactly the same as reality.
And just when Li Ke was thinking of a way to get out, Yatoku's voice sounded along with the sound of soldiers charging.
"Come on! Mortal! Let me see if you can survive the war of runes! "
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