Chapter 28

#SerialKiller 

"Even if it is as you said, I learned about resentment and if you killed so many, they would have hated and resented you, following you to your next life. Either the people that died didn't resent you, which is too rare of a case, or you killed them too fast for proper resentment to build up, leaving only a slight hate towards you for killing them, but this kind of resentment is relatively easy to remove.

My guess is that it's the latter, in which case I don't care much. No matter what, the past world is the past, and in this world, who didn't kill many conscious entities? It's better not to dwell on small things."

Ludwig laughed aloud "Truly truly, a fellow earthling will always be an earthling. If I had to give one attribute to earthlings, it's their nonchalant attitude to anything that doesn't affect them!"

Nyx didn't react but seemed to agree, then she switched the topic "Why did you ask for me to come here? if it's only to talk, I would be happy to do so, but it seems you have different intentions, so it would be better to talk about them early."

There was no need to act shy, so Ludwig explained "It is indeed so. I belong to the Stardust Clan, a local clan here focused on expansion via branches, it's an interesting concept, so I wish to participate in it.

Trading with the monster clan seems to be a very easy way of building a branch, my idea was to start with the night cat tribe and gradually trade with all the monster tribes on their side, this branch should grow well under this idea."

Nyx thought about it and agreed "This isn't bad for the night cat tribe; I will mention it when I talk with the clan. As for how well it works, your branch will have to work on it yourself..." then they thought for a second before adding "Pills are something that would be popular, especially great quantities of lower-grade pills."

Ludwig smiled "I will tell the branch leader this."

The two talked a bit more before Nyx seemed to think of something "I will have to go. It is nice to see a fellow person, but some things can't be delayed, I hope you can forgive me. Let's talk another time, maybe if the branch is successful, we will do so more often."

Afterwards, Ludwig took Nyx out of the residence and bid farewell, the others looked at him, but no one said anything and waited till the night cat was out of range. Once this was the case, Ludwig called everyone into the central yard of the carriage.

"You might have questions, but I won't answer them." He started the talk with this but didn't bother to continue on this front "We have a connection to the night cat tribe for now, at least talking with them in the future about a possible trade is possible. For now, search for a place and open the branch."

Wei seemed to still be confused and wanted to say something, the same was for the other people behind them, but Ye just accepted this as a fact and said "Alright, prior to coming here, the elders already made a calculations and it seems that the northwest of the battlefield is full of opportunities, we are currently in the south west, so the north west isn't too far away."

Ludwig listened to this and nodded "Alright, then let's go to the southeast."

Ye seemed confused, but Ludwig answered before the question was said "If simple calculations can give us an opportunity, then that means other people were there already. Since it's in the northwest, the north and west probably also have some benefits, going to the southeast, the opposite of northwest, should be more successful.

Even if we find nothing, at least we will find a safe place to lay a good foundation. Opportunities are good, but they are also fought for, we don't need this just yet when we are barely opening a branch."

The others nodded, and Ludwig commanded his custodian outside to fly towards the southeast. Everyone went back to their rooms, after all, the battlefield was huge. The only reason they arrived so fast at the southern wilderness is because the guardian beast happened to be close to it. If this wasn't the case, they'd need much longer to arrive.

As Ludwig was in his room, he thought 'Why do they seem so familiar? Maybe a person I met in my previous life? They are… I should know them, definitely, I should! But… I can't seem to think who it might be. It's as if something restricts me… my soul? Some memories of my past life still seem fuzzy, maybe I saw the memories of too many lives, making some of them fuzzy… but they are definitely from my past life, else the reaction wouldn't be so strong… Someone close to me? The next time I meet them, I will find out! That's for sure…

…

On the other side, when Nyx left the building, she thought to herself 'Weird, why does he smell so familiar? This shouldn't be, this is the first time I met him… maybe in the past world? But… these memories, if only I gained them fully! It feels as if a deeper part of my soul forgot my whole identity of who I was before I came to the upper world.

The only reason I came here was because the clan elders talked about how ascended people would lose their memories once they ascend, but all night cats that ascended in the past centuries have already gained their memories back, changing the race is possible but only through specific request.

Although I like cats, I would never have wished to be one, it is not that I detest this, but doing something so extreme? I would have stayed any race I was… why can't I regain them!'

She was depressed 'It must be because I'm too weak, this person… his soul is extremely strong, so he might not have that issue… but something must have happened in the past, before I reincarnated, for my soul to be so weak as to restrict a part of my memory to ensure my continuity.'