NOVEL NEXT Chapter 22 Sooner or Later
"Calamity? No... cough cough, at least in my judgment, it wasn't something related to calamity. That voice wasn't malicious, otherwise I would have said something long ago."
Qiara Rudnev said this. She rubbed Yila's head like she was petting a cat... In Vera's shocked gaze, Yila obediently lowered his head, accepting his mentor's touch.
Vera: What? Yila is so well-behaved?!
Vera, thinking something mischievous, reached out her hand towards Yila's head, but withdrew it in frustration under Yila's stern gaze... *Well, it seemed that as Yila's mentor in his initial transcendence, Mentor Qiara was special.*
"That was a long, long time ago... cough cough cough, back then, I was just an emerging mage."
Although Qiara Rudnev said this, everyone actually knew that Mentor Qiara was already quite famous at that time... The chief mage of the combat system might not leave a significant mark in history.
But during that period, she was definitely quite renowned... because she was very good in combat and had abundant martial virtues.
One could tell what she was like as a student from her current attitude of frequently hitting people...
"Afterwards, from a certain day onwards, I started hearing the voices of Mana... not the particular voices of certain Mana, but the voices of all Mana. To be honest, it was quite cute."
Qiara Rudnev sighed softly as she said, "I didn't gain any benefits from it, didn't grow stronger, nor did I become as special as you."
The "you" here naturally referred to Yila, who was listening attentively. The so-called "special person" could be crudely described as —a cheat.
"Cough! They (the Mana voices) expressed different emotions, either joy or sorrow... Although they weren't malicious in themselves, they were indeed very noisy, extremely noisy, and did indeed bring a burden to my body."
Qiara Rudnev laughed lightly and pointed to herself, coughing twice again: "Cough cough, the main reason was that I didn't sleep well at night... If you don't sleep well, it's easy to cough or feel nauseous."
"..."
"..."
Given that, it really wasn't a big deal... Previously, we thought Mentor Qiara's coughing so badly, as if close to dying, was because her body was extremely weak. It turned out it was just poor rest.
"Because of the noise in my mind, I couldn't help but cough..."
Yila muttered, looking at Qiara's head with some concern, "Although you say *'they aren't malicious,' in my understanding..."
*This falls under the category of 'Calamity.'*
"I understood."
But Yila still said this, seriously looking at his mentor and nodding: "After all, you are my mentor, and I trust your judgment... Take care of your health; if things get tough, find a way to sleep quickly."
Qiara nodded with satisfaction... as a mentor, she felt proud of Yila.
————World Tree Divider————
"Huh? Didn't you tell Qiara... something like 'I trust your judgment'?"
The snake woman in pajamas said this, looking at Yila sitting before her. With sleepy eyes, she looked at him, changed from her pajamas and the mattress beneath her to her usual outfit.
For her words, Yila crossed his arms, casually looking at the woman in front of him with a helpless expression, simply saying: "Trust and verification are two different things."
The argument made sense, but looking at it together, it felt rather amusing...
"That's not calamity... rest assured."
The snake woman straightforwardly told Yila the truth, resting her chin on her hand: "Actually, her situation isn't uncommon in the world, quite the opposite... So-called 'Mana Adaptability' appeared because of the disappearance of the gods."
She spoke casually, sharing secrets from the divine era: "After the gods died, people's differences started to appear right from the beginning... Before that, except for 'Divine Descendants,' there was no division between common and noble bloodlines."
"..."
That was indeed a rather unimaginable period... If there were no noble bloodlines, those distributing benefits would be individual Divine Descendants, and undoubtedly, the power of the Divine Descendants would become nations.
The strongest Divine Descendants would be an exception...
"In other words, if the gods hadn't died, exceptions would be highly responsible individuals?"
Yila said, pondering, connected the dots: "You mentioned before that exceptional humans had grown into forms capable of clearing calamities. In other words..."
*Yes, it was precisely the gods' death that triggered so many chain reactions...*
*Ah... huh?!*
(Artrox: Huh?!)
"Isn't that your fault?!"
Faced with Yila's questioning, the snake woman turned her head lightly, saying nonchalantly: "Well, you can say that... But blaming it all on me is excessive. I recommend treating me, your Golden Finger, better."
*What kind of Golden Finger are you?! You're a villainous boss, a dark plotter!*
"Sigh... I understand, I'll go to the Spirit Realm to find a body for you later. I hope you appreciate my kindness. By the way, do you know what the 'Evil God's Followers' are?"
For Yila's words, the snake woman nodded with satisfaction, guaranteeing: "Alright, alright~ I promise not to cause any trouble... Regarding the Evil God and his followers, I think you should seek the truth yourself."
"You can send people to find the Evil God relics; there should be some sealed records in there. Until you understand everything, don't rush to eliminate all the Evil God's followers... However, apart from your intervention, achieving this will take quite a while."
Don't eliminate all the Evil God's followers for now?
"Why?"
Yila asked, slightly furrowing his brows and looking at her with some helplessness: "Do you think saying half and withholding half is fun?"
Of course, it was fun.
"Oh, don't worry about it. Just have your subordinates help find the Evil God relics while you go to the Spirit Realm to find an unclaimed body for the soul within you... Anyway, you'll eventually learn the truth yourself."
Yila: "..."
*Feeling utterly speechless, Yila had no choice but to sigh and turn away from the World Tree...*
"..."
"You'll realize eventually, I'm not your enemy."