Judge Ash

After Judge Ash said those words, Ash felt light all over.

He knew exactly how rude and arrogant that had sounded.

Unlike a Social Loafer like him, who took things as they came and had no attachments, Black Crow carried the bloody vengeance of his sect's slaughter, the glory of the Raven Slaughter Sect's revival, and his love for this land.

His revenge against Mercury Trojan Horse, in particular, was both the inevitable path to realizing Black Crow's ideals and the greatest driving force keeping him alive. Before he met Ash and the others, Black Crow had been completely filled with hatred for Mercury Trojan Horse. If he could personally execute Mercury Trojan Horse, he would have died content even in the very next second.

Giving up revenge and leaving Senro was practically a denial of all of Black Crow's life values.

The last time Ash asked Black Crow if he wanted to leave with them, Black Crow had said he needed to think about it, but Ash had not held out much hope.

Short lifespans and intense faith gave every Senro person an impatient, self-destructive urge to bloom. Black Crow would never give up revenge just because he was afraid to die.

In truth, there were still a dozen or so days left on the road. Ash could have taken his time discussing it with Black Crow, or teamed up with Igula to soften Black Crow with all kinds of psychological Suggestions, instead of declaring it to him in such direct, almost commanding words. But in this strange situation where they were being hunted, some inexplicable impulse had made him speak the request buried deepest in his heart to this friend with whom he had shared life and death many times.

Black Crow quietly looked at him. After a