They all call me Great Master

Arthur looked at the 'Entry-level Atlas' in his hand.

The fat, plump Orange Cat that had crushed the bed boards with its huge body, pinning the dragon, fierce tiger, savage bear, and lone wolf beneath it, unable to move, now stirred.

From sprawling flat on its back, it flipped over.

Arthur felt a surge of benevolent 'spirituality'.

It was warm and gentle, just like a cup of warm water.

Reacting to this, Arthur tried to make contact.

The next moment, the scene before his eyes changed again—

Mimi!

Still Mimi!

But this Mimi was different from the one Arthur had seen before.

The agile, slender body was gone and had become bloated and tall; it also learned to walk upright like a human, wearing a gray linen poncho, holding a long, thin pipe, embroidered with the pattern of round copper coins on the back of the poncho, neatly combed whiskers and hair on its head.

It was wearing a pair of leather boots and had a rapier at its waist.

At this moment, Mimi was puffing on the pipe, looking solemnly into the deep blue eyes of its good friend Aeolia.

"Are you really going to do this?"

Mimi asked in a deep voice.

"What else?

Leave the future matters to those who come after?

I'm not that shameless!"

Aeolia was as heroic as ever, his laughter as jubilant as ever, his face brimming with boldness, yet his body bore hundreds of different depths of wounds.

These were left after his skirmish with those bastards from The Holy Court.

The shallower ones were just skin deep.

The deeper ones revealed his internal organs.

The deepest one had light showing right through it.

Anyone seeing Aeolia at this moment would understand just how severe these injuries were.

Never mind the deepest one.

Even the slightly deeper wounds were life-threatening, keeping him lying down, awaiting rescue.

But Aeolia wasn't, he was like nothing was wrong, grabbing the barrel of wine beside him, laughing while chugging it down.

"Drink less."

Mimi frowned, trying to persuade its good friend.

"Hahaha, can't cut down!

If I did, I'd have regrets!"

Aeolia laughed heartily, waving his hand and bringing out another barrel of the hidden wine Mimi incurred through its business.

"Is it just the wine you regret?"

Mimi didn't understand.

Over the years, it always failed to understand some of its friend's actions.

It always thought its friend was very...

Silly!

Yes, silly!

There were many strategies to fight The Holy Court, yet he chose to charge into battle himself and explode the enemies with his punches.

Despite suffering such severe wounds, he didn't have a tiny bit of regret.

Instead, he was arguing over some wine here.

"Of course, it's not just the wine!

It's also the food—I regret not having tried all the delicacies across the continent the most!"

Aeolia answered seriously.

"What about those guys?

The ones who left you with these wounds?"

Mimi was even more puzzled.

Aeolia paused, then laughed even louder.

"What's there to regret?

The guy called the Pope, I exploded him; twelve Cardinals are almost dead; the head and deputy head of the Religious Tribunal, twenty-two arbitrators have all turned into nothing. What more could I possibly regret?

Compared to them, I'm much more fortunate.

I am here drinking with you and can still laugh loudly.

As for what you're thinking?

It doesn't exist!

I've said it before, this matter is between me and The Holy Court.

Either they kill me.

Or I finish them off.

Others?

It's none of their business!"

As he said this, Aeolia guzzled down the wine with a gulping sound.

Another barrel of wine was finished.

Aeolia stood up.

Mimi immediately spoke.

"Wait!"

"There might still be a way!

I've already notified the old man, and he's on his way..."

"We can't wait!

If the old man arrives, he will definitely stop me from doing this, and I owe the old man a huge favor, so I will definitely be dissuaded.

So, I must act ahead—

The bald bastard from The Holy Court used the 'God's Lock' to seal the 'Stairway of Ascension' at Cat Hole, though those guys didn't say anything, but I can't just stand by and do nothing.

I...

have to repay this favor!

I am going to prepare to reopen a stairway."

Aeolia said, clenching his fist, and spoke word by word—

"I will use my fist to open a new stairway for the guys at the 'Cat Hole,' a better and broader stairway than before!

So, Mimi, don't stop me!"

Aeolia lowered his head, looking earnestly at his good friend.

Mimi, squinting her eyes and clutching a pipe, looked up at her towering friend.

"Get lost, you nonsensical man."

Having said that, Mimi turned around, no longer facing Aeolia.

"Haha!"

Aeolia laughed loudly, a golden light shining in his eyes.

The current 'Orange Cat' searching.

The next moment—

"Found it!"

Amid his shout, Aeolia's whole body erupted in golden light and he disappeared from the spot.

The instant Aeolia disappeared, Mimi turned around, her eyes brimming with tears.

Using blood as the guide.

Using flesh as the path.

Using bones as the steps.

Orange Cat...

Seventeen Order!

As an Orange Cat who entered the stage with the 'Great Orange,' Mimi instantly felt the 'God Ascension Ten Stages' Aeolia had re-laid.

No!

Not Ten Stages!

It's Seventeen Order!

"Ten Stages is divine, but you want to achieve Seventeen Stages, you bastard, do you really want to prove yourself that much?"

Mimi murmured softly.

Then, she turned her head to look at the three people who suddenly appeared beside her.

The current 'Black Cat.'

The current 'Raccoon Cat.'

The current 'Flower Cat.'

The two men and one woman felt the change, having ascended, they sensed it much more clearly than Mimi, so—

"I will also carve a new stairway for my 'Black Cat Faction'!"

The current 'Black Cat' said coldly, raising his hand, and the air of netherworld concealed the new 'Orange Cat's Rank.'

"If he can do it, so can I!"

The current 'Raccoon Cat' was even more defiant, similarly raising his hand, the power mixed with the Breath of the Dragon added a new layer of disguise over the 'Orange Cat's Rank.'

The current 'Flower Cat' was a lady who looked delicate and fragile.

Her beautiful face dazzled all beings, even the mother cat, Mimi, was unconsciously attracted.

At that moment, the lady smiled gently.

"We meet at the peak,"

Having said that, the tri-color lady disappeared.

They are not going.

She is not going either.

It's not that they can't change, but that they don't want to.

She has her own path to follow.

Moreover—

Born a cat, pride is etched in their bones.

The current 'Black Cat' and 'Raccoon Cat' exchanged smiles, then also disappeared.

Only Mimi remained, puffing on her pipe and exhaling smoke continuously.

Being born a cat, she felt she was less pure than the three of them.

As for that guy?

He's a bastard.

So, Mimi put away her pipe and spoke softly—

"Old man, may I ask a favor of you?"