Jiang Xiao and Catherine flew northeast all the way, passing through a forest, and flew along the rolling river toward the direction of the coastline.

It was getting late and the sun set.

The crimson-red fire clouds dyed the distant horizon red, adding a special charm to the beautiful peninsula scenery.

It was at such a time that Jiang Xiao and Catherine saw a small wooden house standing on the cliff.

The wooden roof faces the sea, and in the backyard of the wooden house, there is a sea of ​​flowers.

Amid the sound of waves slapping on the reefs, Jiang Xiao's Catherine's figure slowly stopped in the air and looked down.

In sight, behind the slightly dilapidated wooden house is a sea of ​​flowers that is extremely beautiful.

Among the flowers, there was an old woman with white hair standing with her head down and her hands behind her back.

Her clothes are ordinary and a little masculine.

The light-colored plaid shirt, like a man's style, must have been wearing it for many years. Although it looks a bit worn, it is washed very clean.

When anyone sees this old man for the first time, his first impression of her should be: thin.

She is so thin, like a bamboo pole, as if a gust of wind can blow her down...

The breeze is blowing, and the fragrance of flowers is filled with the air. The waves are rising and falling, which also brings the salty and wet smell of the sea. It mixes with the fragrance of flowers to form a special smell.

Such a picture is already beautiful enough.

What made this scene even more desolate is that in front of the old lady who was standing with her head down and holding her hands behind her back was a tombstone.

Next to this tombstone, there is a special tomb. This tomb seems to have just been dug out, and there is a pile of soil next to it, which is empty.

The old lady turned around, raised her head slightly, and looked at Jiang Xiao and Catherine standing in the sky. She looked back and forth on the two of them for a while, then she locked her eyes on Jiang Xiao and said, "Here you come."

"Yeah, here we come." Jiang Xiao nodded slightly and slowly landed in this sea of ​​flowers.

But the old lady turned her head, looked at the tombstone in front of her again, and said, "You are here to take my life."

Jiang Xiao also looked at the tombstone and said, "What about you? Did Hopkins agree to you? As long as you kill me, you will be free."

The old lady shook her head and said, "I don't need that."

Jiang Xiao frowned slightly. After Troy's fraud just now, Jiang Xiao certainly knew what the target of this group of people was.

The old lady said, "From the direction you are flying, you seem to be coming from Sparta and Troy."

Jiang Xiao couldn't understand the words on the tombstone, but just made a nasal sound: "Yes."

Old lady: "Are they all dead?"

Jiang Xiao: "Yes."

"Oh..." The old lady shook her head slightly, a bitter smile appeared on her face, and said, "It's time to go with him."

As he said that, the old lady turned around and faced Jiang Xiao, whose wrinkled old face was engraved with traces of time.

She suddenly said, "Can I ask you to do me a favor?"

Jiang Xiao raised his eyebrows slightly, but there was no response.

She pointed to the empty tomb beside her and said, "Can you bury me here after you have completed your mission?"

Jiang Xiao was still vigilant in his heart and said in a deep voice: "How did Hopkins tell you."

The old lady smiled, and there seemed to be a hint of disdain between her eyebrows: "He said, he found a similar person.

The new god always wants to ascend the throne by stepping on the corpse of the old god."

Jiang Xiao shook his head silently and said, "He and I are not the same type of people. We were not before, we are not now, and we will not be in the future."

"Whatever." The old lady didn't comment, but just smiled, walked to the empty grave, silently closed her eyes, and said, "You can do it."

The afterglow of the sunset shone on the old lady, applying a layer of orange to her thin body.

Jiang Xiao looked at the tombstone and said, "Who is he?"

She responded: "My lover."

Jiang Xiao: "What happened?"

The old lady opened her eyes again, looked at the tombstone beside her, and said, "He is old, and it's time to go, I don't want me to prosper his life anymore.

I spent the whole life with him and I always respected him.

In fact, I have been regretting that maybe, that last time, I should be more willful."

Jiang Xiao pursed his lips and said silently: "When I saw Sparta, he said, "I want to sprinkle my flesh and blood on his courtyard."

When I met Troy, he invited me to participate in a card game, trying to control me and trade my life for his freedom.

But you dug a grave for yourself."

The old lady looked at Jiang Xiao's young face and said lightly: "I don't need freedom. In fact, I have nothing to nostalgic for everything in this world.

I just promised him to survive. Otherwise, what you see here should be two tombstones.

Now, you are here, and come to me with the victory of shield warfare and magic.

Obviously... I can't survive, I'm just a medical department."

Jiang Xiao smiled and said, "It's a coincidence, so do I."

The old lady looked slightly surprised, but after a while, she shook her head and smiled, saying, "Okay, everything doesn't matter, let's do it."

Jiang Xiao was silent for a few seconds and said, "Sorry, ma'am, I'm afraid it's hard for me to satisfy your wish."

"Oh?" The old lady was obviously stunned for a moment, and looked at Jiang Xiao with turbid eyes and said, "You have to consider the consequences. I don't know how good your abilities are, but disobeying Hopkins' wishes, he will make you worse than death."

Jiang Xiao shook his head and said, "You are wrong. I am not his believer, nor his disciple, nor his subordinate."

Hearing this, the old lady's eyes widened slightly, as if she had heard something incredible.

After a while, she said, "If you weren't here to kill me, please leave here now. He likes quiet."

Jiang Xiao said, "Would you like to talk to me about Hopkins?"

As he said that, Jiang Xiao turned to look at Catherine in the distance and said, "I heard that you have hot tea and pastries."

"Yes, sir." Catherine immediately understood what Jiang Xiao meant, hurriedly opened the space gate, and walked in.

The old lady frowned deeply, and while his face was hesitant, Jiang Xiao had already walked to the tomb of the old lady's deceased husband. With a casual move, a space door opened.

Jiang Xiao reached in with one hand, as if he had grabbed something, but when he took it out again, he was a bouquet of lily flowers produced from the Flower Sea Ranch.

Jiang Xiao leaned over slightly, placed the white flowers in front of the tombstone, and whispered: "Sorry, sir, I'm disturbing."

On the side, the old lady stared at this scene in a daze, and also saw Jiang Xiao’s eyes straightening up and turning his head to look.

The look in her eyes gave her a lot of respect.

The old lady was silent for a while, hunched over her body, and turned around and walked out of the courtyard.

......

Above the sea cliff, there is a small table and two wooden chairs.

Catherine brought a plate of exquisite pastries and a pot of steaming flower tea.

Jiang Xiao looked at Catherine and said, "Go and change your clothes. I think you feel uncomfortable."

"Okay, sir." Catherine did not hesitate at all. In front of the little prophet, she seemed to have left all the old prophet's request behind her, opened the portal, and walked in.

Jiang Xiao looked at the old lady and said, "Jiang Xiaopi."

She responded: "Axo."

Axo?

It seems to be the medicine god in ancient Greek mythology?

Jiang Xiao smiled and said, "The code names of your team are very interesting. It seems that clues can be found in the storybook. This Akso... seems to be the name of a goddess?"

Axo nodded, but changed the subject and asked, "What is your relationship with Hopkins?"

Jiang Xiao picked up a piece of pastry and threw it into his mouth: "It's a bit complicated, but in general, it's an enemy, not a friend."

Axo was a little confused and asked, "Since you are enemies, why did you come here according to his request? Was he threatened?"

Jiang Xiao said: "I am the same as you, and I should be considered imprisoned by him."

When I threw it in, Hopkins gave me a map. I was idle here and I came to take a look one by one.

But Sparta is very unfriendly and Troy is very sinister and cunning. They want my life, so I killed them."

"Haha." Akso laughed in silence, "At a lot of age, they are still blinded, and they still think they can regain their freedom."

Jiang Xiao asked curiously: "Why are you... as close comrades in Hopkins's battle in the south and north, why are you imprisoned here?"

Axo: "What kind of person is Hopkins in your heart?"

Jiang Xiao thought for a while and said, "There is elegant and easy-going on the surface, but in fact he uses any means and is cruel and ruthless."

Akso sighed softly, with a hint of memory in his muddy eyes: "At the beginning, he was a sincere, kind, young man with grand goals.

We followed such a leader, fought south and north, and finally came to the alien ball.
To be continued...