Aha fell silent for a moment, then sounded uncertain. "Are you... going to kill me?"
Xianyu found this utterly baffling.
What kind of NPC made a request like that? Wasn't this a little too much freedom?
But he was a kind, understanding person who was willing to fulfill other people's wishes, so he could only reply hesitantly:
"If you want to give it a try, I suppose that's fine."
Aha: "..."
The Aeon then said to forget it and asked what Xianyu needed Aha to do.
Xianyu thought about it but couldn't come up with anything just yet.
He had mainly said that to divert Aha's attention, but since Aha was already here...
"There are people working for another Aeon on the Yaoqing who are obstructing my plan," Xianyu explained honestly. "If you can't beat them, don't worry about it. I'll take care of them myself."
Aha slowly produced a question mark.
Aha stared at his utterly sincere expression and confirmed that there wasn't a trace of falsehood in those words. This wasn't some attempt to goad Aha into action.
This man genuinely thought Aha couldn't beat an Aeon's followers!
Once Aha realized this, the Aeon grew even angrier and furiously began using divine power to search for the people Xianyu had mentioned.
There was no way!
Before long, Aha found a lead. It was someone working for Fuli, the Aeon of Remembrance.
After hearing this, Xianyu sank into thought.
Could Fuli be behind my constant memory loss? A 0.01% chance... Fuli must have interfered.
His luck wasn't that bad.
After asking for the person's name, Xianyu checked on the Chief Strategist, who was gradually recovering. Once he confirmed his subordinate was all right, he turned and walked outside.
Seeing the General appear, his subordinates immediately beamed. "General, would you