Chapter 16: 16: Scathach's Ambition
"Kevin, the Son of Light, the Man of Miracles?... What an interesting comment."
Shadows are everywhere and sunlight never enters. In this world of death, the Kingdom of Shadows, Scathach stands alone on the city wall.
The cold wind blew, and the dark purple-red long hair swayed slightly. The beautiful lady smelled the bird next to Kevin, the servant of God who was standing beside her with her approval.
And when it talked about Kevin, the corners of its mouth occasionally rose up, revealing a stunning smile.
If this scene were seen by the disciples in the city or the wandering undead spirits, they would surely open their eyes wide, wipe their eyes, and think they were dreaming!
Because here, almost no one has ever seen her smile, but in Shadow City, her smile is worth a thousand gold.
"But it's accurate, isn't it?"
The moment the words fell, a figure walked out from the shadows, with a handsome face and a warm smile, and long blue hair that was the same as Cu Chulainn's, swaying slightly.
"Sun God..." Scathach, who didn't seem surprised by his appearance, held the magic spear she had taken out at some point, put away her smile, turned her back to him and said calmly, "What are you doing here?"
Yes, he is Kevin's adoptive father, Cu Chulainn's father, Lugh, the god of light and the sun!
"I have no intention of fighting you." Luger said softly, and... with a slightly helpless expression, he said: "I just want to say something to you before the child comes... Be gentle, I can't come to this Shadow Kingdom easily."
"My disciple." Scathach, who was inevitably a little surprised, turned around and looked at him and said, "Don't worry about it."
Luger smiled bitterly and said, "If I hadn't asked someone to keep an eye on him for those five years, he would have died a long time ago."
Scathach turned her head away slightly. She couldn't say that she became more and more ruthless because she found out that you were being watched.
"I know what you are thinking, Queen of Shadow Country." Ruger continued in his own tone, speaking softly, "I am also looking forward to his future, but I hope you can remember that being too impatient will only bring him disaster!"
"Can you see him?" Scathach frowned slightly.
Ruger shook his head and waved to the bird, letting it fly to his shoulder to block its hearing. He then said, "To this day, it still cannot be seen."
"...He desires powerful strength, but with his talent, that must be exchanged for something corresponding!" Scathach was silent for a while, and then replied indifferently.
"I know." Ruger said with a smile: "Everyone knows it, so we evaluated him as a miracle man and let poets sing praises of him...Originally, many people did not pay attention to him after learning about his abilities.
But now, most people's eyes are involuntarily on him."
"Then you guys are really free."
"That's not the case." Ruger ignored Scathach's contempt and said, "After all, he is too special... Even I didn't expect him to get to this point."
Yes, even Ruger never thought that Kevin would achieve what he has today!
At best, he expected Kevin to become an outstanding warrior, but he never imagined that this cheap adopted son would become one of the stars of this era!
Of course, from the perspective of God, this is undoubtedly just a small ripple in the traces of time, but the interesting thing is that Kevin has an uncertainty that they cannot see!
His future is full of unknowns. Through his own efforts, Kevin has once denied the evaluation given by others.
Today, those people are looking forward to how far Kevin can go and what kind of waves he can create on this continent.
"He already has the potential to become a hero. You don't want to see him die because of your fault, right?"
Luger said softly to Scathach: "I know you have high expectations for him, and even hope that he can become that person, but... everything must be done step by step."
"...Are you here just to say this?" Scathach's tone was still cold.
"Queen of the Shadow Kingdom." Ruger was helpless. "It's not easy for me to come to the Shadow Kingdom..."
"I didn't hear you mention Cu Chulainn at all during the whole process." Scathach crossed her arms, "It makes me really doubt who your biological son is."
"The Queen of Shadow Country..."
"Okay, I know what I'm doing." Scathach waved her hand, and after a while, she sighed, "You're right, I was a little too harsh on him... For his trial in the Shadow Kingdom this time, I will increase the difficulty from ten times to five times."
Ten times more difficult?
Upon hearing this, Ruger was stunned for a moment, then opened his eyes wide.
You are so cruel!
If I hadn't come this time, the child would have been skinned alive if not dead!
No, five times the difficulty? ...It can't be that low!
"...Since you know what's going on, I won't say any more." The corners of his mouth twitched a few times, and Ruger swallowed back the words that were about to come out of his mouth...because he knew it was useless to say them.
Never mind, this is the path the kid chose himself.
With this thought in mind, Luger turned around and was about to leave, but he stopped, thought for a moment, and said, "Oh, by the way, according to the agreement, when you accomplish something that even ordinary heroes cannot do, you must be rewarded accordingly."
"I'm ready." Scathach calmly took out a small cloth bag from her bosom, "He lacks an item for storing things. This is what I built while hunting undead sea monsters. It's enough for him."
Seeing that Scathach had already made plans, Ruger nodded slightly, said no more, and left the Kingdom of Shadows.
Ruger has always been nice to Kevin. In the beginning, it was because of what Kevin did that made him have a good impression of him.
In fact, at the beginning, Luger's expectations of him were not high, and of course, this was also the case for Scathach.
If not, the title of Man of Miracles would not have been passed.
Kevin today, in their eyes, is already a miracle.
After all, they couldn't 'see' Kevin, so they could only guess based on their experience, and Kevin undoubtedly broke their guesses!
This miracle made Scathach more excited about Kevin's future, otherwise she would not have held on to Kevin.
Of course, this also made the gods pay more and more attention to Kevin.
But fortunately, with Luger and Scathach protecting him, they didn't dare to do anything to him.
And Scathach's expectation for Kevin, to put it simply, is... she hopes that he might kill her one day in the future!
Hmm... I don't know what kind of expression Kevin would respond if he knew that this was the reason why Scathach valued him and made him train so hard that it was worse than death
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