Chapter 505: Jumo Island (XI)

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That was the sound of the axe hitting the tree, or the sound of the axe hitting my "body".

Although it was a little slow, it was really working. This... was enough.

When I was still a human being, I would never have thought that one day, I would crave death so much.

But now, death is the only thing I want...

A long time ago, I was a person who was extremely attached to life, because I had everything.

My family was very rich and powerful. I understood at a very young age that I didn't need to work or pay, as long as I asked for it, my request would be met.

I spent my teenage years in public schools. I think my family wanted me to experience the life of ordinary people.

I am very fortunate to have this experience. It made me see many things clearly, and even... changed my life.

During that period, I often heard some of my classmates' parents say to their children, "Don't lose at the starting line."

Thinking about it many years later, + +... It was really one of the saddest things I have ever heard.

If life is really a race, then the person who crosses the finish line first will just die faster.

The fact is, there is no starting line at all, because this is not running. Only they are running, and people like me are born sitting on the back of Pegasus... There is no need to run, and it is impossible for them to catch up.

Later, I gradually realized that the starting line those people talked about had nothing to do with me; they hoped... that their children could be ahead of other runners.

But... even this, I dare not agree. Putting aside the origin, "talent" is also a factor that cannot be forced. IQ, appearance, and talent are also innate advantages that mediocre people can't catch up with in their entire lives.

Their only capital is diligence. But they don't recognize this. They squander their time and energy, indulge in self-satisfied fantasies and meaningless cheap enjoyment. Waste their youth.

They are sympathetic, but... not worthy of sympathy.

In my youth, I left such an environment and went to where people of my status should go.

I saw another world... a hypocritical, cruel, and disgusting world. The people there have similar origins to me, they have a wealthy family, bad temper, and are self-centered.

They made me miss the days in public school, where at least I could make real friends.

As time went by, I grew up in the best environment my family could provide. A bushy bush grows straight without support... I finally learned something. I started my career and gradually got used to dealing with all kinds of people. I also learned to do whatever it takes to get rid of the root of the problem...

Finally, at the age of 43, I became the prime minister of the kingdom.

I am the youngest prime minister in the history of the kingdom. I have great power, many followers, rich enough to rival a country, and a romantic man. Men yearn for my life. Women yearn to enter my life.

I have everything.

And the next thing I will think of is... how to keep it all for as long as possible.

I secretly control the kingdom's academy of science and magic, and even the commander of the royal magician unit is my confidant. The resources of the entire kingdom are serving me. Trying to find a way for me to... live forever.

But... after ten years, my thinking began to slow down and my physical strength began to decline. Even though I treated my body like a temple, the demon of "aging" still arrived as expected. And there was still no substantial progress in the research on immortality.

I began to take risks. I visited the Black Magic Guild, the Demon Clan, and even went to the wild land outside the kingdom to look for things from other worlds.

These are absolute taboos, but I can't care so much anymore. Anyway, the act of studying the art of immortality itself is expressly prohibited.

The fear of aging and death has made me gamble everything.

Under such circumstances, I found them...

"The Huangshi Brothers", a terrible duo that only exists in rumors. It is said that the two of them are from the Xing Clan, and there is also a saying that only one of them is from the Xing Clan... Of course, that is not important. What is important is that they are geniuses in alchemy. Even the governor of the Royal Sorcerer Corps told me that if anyone can complete the art of immortality, it can only be them.

I was overjoyed and a song of hope was played in my heart.

Now it seems... that was actually the prelude to despair.

I found the two brothers, Arthur and Andrew.

They took away a lot of precious treasures from my private treasury as compensation, but I didn't feel bad. As long as I get eternal life, accumulating wealth will be a piece of cake.

On my 54th birthday, my long-awaited alchemy began.

Everything on that day was blurry and chaotic. I can no longer remember the details of the time. Only the feeling of terror and pain flashed through my memory.

When I regained consciousness, I came here - Ju Mo Island.

This is not my world. Those two hateful liars sent me to another world and to an evil god.

Xingshi, the supreme god of the Xing clan.

I was used as a sacrifice and teleported to his dimension, kneeling at his feet...

Then, I learned a ridiculous, sad, and extremely terrifying fact - Xingshi was just a prisoner on Ju Mo Island.

However, it was still easy for this prisoner to subdue an opponent like me.

My magic was like a juggling trick in front of him, and it disappeared in an instant.

He "sewn" me to a huge mocking tree. Stitch by stitch... with my own tendons.

He cursed me.

I... finally got immortality.

True immortality that even suicide cannot achieve.

Time flies, and I don't know how many years have passed... I have merged with the tree behind me.

At first, I felt that the venomous remarks of this mocking tree were a torture. But later... I got used to it.

Until one day, it died.

The mocking trees also have a lifespan, and they will die. When the time of death comes, they will stop talking and turn into pure rotten wood.

That day, I cried, but I couldn't shed tears.

From that day on, I was accompanied only by endless loneliness. Even a curse became a luxury.

I remembered when I was a kid, I heard a down-and-out wandering poet singing this ballad on the street: "Wine, sex, money, anger, are all illusions. Fame, wealth, and status, are all fleeting."

A person's life is long enough. What can never be filled is human desire.

People ignore the things that are really important and chase after those illusions, so when they die, they leave nothing but regrets.

I paid the price for my greed, but fortunately... it's all over.

Ah... it's about to break, just a few more axe cuts will do.

What I see now, these clear memories, are just a revolving lantern...

Eh? Are you the god of death? Great, I've waited for you for too long... too long... (To be continued...)