Find a Troubled Girl after leaving the Guild

"..." Li Ang looked at them expressionlessly.

The sound of thunder in the sky became more intense.

"I am indeed the master's slave, but I am willing," the White Wolf said firmly.

"Even if he deceived me, I am willing," Dorothy snorted softly.

"Don't make it sound worse," Li Ang sighed.

"I wasn't deceived by Li Ang," Zoe shouted to the Celestial Dragon, "I was born able to connect with the Star Soul. Originally, I was going to be devoured by Xiaohan, who's now my companion. It was Li Ang who saved me when we met, and that's why I'm willing to strive for his dreams!"

Andasu said solemnly, "The master provoked the Crimson Demon in the effort to rescue the Yunxiang Race and remove the curse. You have a misunderstanding about him."

Li Ang said to the Celestial Dragon, "I don't know why we gathered here, perhaps it's just a coincidence, or maybe it's destiny's arrangement."

Li Ang looked at Zoe's exquisite face, Dorothy's charming features, Andasu's elegant demeanor, and Alulu's innocent face. Them being here is truly a twist of fate.

But perhaps not so much; his meeting with Zoe seemed like a joke of fate, and as for the succeeding three, if he hadn't been a witch, hadn't made certain choices, they might not have become a team.

Li Ang also has selfish motives; it is precisely because they are special that they met his initial requirements.

The ultimate outcome is indeed filled with the fitting touch of fate.

If forced to explain, Li Ang could only attribute the world to a card-drawing game, where the logic seems to be that characters like Zoe will always form bonds with others wherever she goes, causing these people to be drawn out from the card pool, hence they are here.

Li Ang said, "About the demon we encountered before, it seemed to know her too. Do you have any connections with the demon?"

At least Eden never mentioned the demon.

Alulu raised her shield and stood at the forefront.

Since Xiaoniu reached the peak, she has been rather silent, her light purple eyes trembling slightly, showing her inner turmoil, but her defensive stance remained firm.

"I-I willingly follow my brother, becoming his companion."

The Thunderstorm Celestial Dragon paused.

It didn't look at Alulu; its gigantic eyes reflected the figures of the young girls, seeming to brew with nostalgia and compassion.

It exhaled a cloud mist, akin to a sigh.

"They are not lured by the demon's power, nor am I a demon."

Li Ang pointed towards the mountain's base, "Those Saints also bear many curses, you should know."

"Moreover, as Alulu's teacher, you should know her nature and understand her true heart."

Li Ang's words caused low exclamations of surprise from Zoe and Dorothy, but the astonishment only lasted a moment.

They knew that the Star Soul could transform into a human. All it took was connecting the information already in their heart to comprehend.

Li Ang also, based on prior discordances, combined with the fact that the giant dragon at the summit is indeed the Thunderstorm Star Soul long residing on the island, contemplated the capabilities of the Star Soul to make this guess.

His words left the Celestial Dragon completely silent.

Similarly stunned was Alulu.

"Lulu, are you alright?" Zoe asked with concern.

Xiaoniu's shoulders trembled slightly, saying, "Act-actually, when I heard the Great Dragon speak, I felt as if... regardless of tone or accent, it seemed like the teacher, but I... I didn't dare believe such a thing."

"Yes, the Star Soul can become human."

She pointed to the giant dragon, "You are really impressive, turning into a human to roam among mortals, then faking death to escape, right?"

Dorothy's tone rose with each word, as if venting the turmoil she felt upon reaching the peak and facing the power of Level 9.

"You have such immense power; how did you nurture Alulu? Letting her be bullied by those around her, go hungry, and suffer poverty?!"

The Half-Elf's indignation was intense.

Thunderstorm Star Soul Bally remained silent for a long time, so long that the people confronting it adjusted their postures.

"Through the long years, the people and events I have encountered are countless. In the eyes of the Star Soul, they all pass in an instant.

"Even the goddess you speak of, even the so-called Saints, are mortals who will die. No one is an exception, separation is simply an inevitable part of life, there's no need for attachment."

After speaking, the dragon's roar emitted a deep hum.

"Teacher... can I still call you Teacher..."

Alulu sniffled, asking with a crying tone.

Bally neither responded nor refused.

"Since you don't refuse, I'll continue to call you Teacher."

Alulu wiped her tears, but the sobs were unstoppable.

She cried, "Do you just treat me as a passerby? You took me in and raised me, I see you as a father, but in your eyes, could you just throw me away one day?

"Sob, even if Fan Gen and the others cursed me, I wanted to give you a dignified burial. They turned into monsters by the cultists, if not for meeting Zoe and Brother Li Ang, I wouldn't know what to do?

"Am I truly despised by everyone? You're still alive, but want to leave me forever? Sob..."

Bally remained silent.

Li Ang sensed its emotional spirituality fluctuating.

He said to the Star Soul Dragon, "Alulu once talked to me about living in the Thunder Mountain Church, before you chose to fake death, you guided her to find companions, didn't you? Not just the people around her, but the so-called 'true companions'."

Li Ang's words made Alulu tremble, she turned back to look at him, then with hope toward the Celestial Dragon.

Li Ang continued, "You care about her too, don't you? Otherwise, why do such a thing?"

Gregory chuckled softly on the side, "That's just how the Holy Dragon is, I also——"

The young bishop's words were interrupted by the Star Soul's hum.

Bally finally spoke.

"The life of the cleric named 'Zephyrinus' has ended."

It spoke like an observer.

"Zephyrinus experienced birth, youth, middle-age tranquility, and old-age farewell; though his life ended, it was a complete life, no need to continue."

Gregory said, "The Holy Dragon's situation is somewhat different from what you think. Its body truly reached the point of death, not intentionally faking death to escape."

"Wasn't that merely the human incarnation of the Star Soul?" Li Ang asked.

"I created a human shell with the Power of Life, then separated the spirituality and merged with it, thus becoming truly human," Bally said.

"Really? Why?"

Though Li Ang asked why, he surmised aloud, "Was it to preserve the power of the Star Soul?"

"That is exactly it."

Bally said, "The Light of the Star Soul inevitably weakens over time, yet I am a storm incarnate. In Nebis' sky, I can absorb power to slow the weakening.

"But even that wasn't enough, so I used this method of reincarnation, hiding my true form within the Thunder Realm, patrolling the heavens while accumulating the Power of Storm to preserve strength."

"So the Thundercloud Stream is your true form?"

"Yes."

Bally spoke, to prevent the spiritual essence and true form from being unable to reunite, each year the true form must return to the Thunder Peak, then the human self goes up to synchronize power.

"Isn't the Oathkeeping Festival closely related to the Thundercloud Stream?" Dorothy suddenly realized, "The Oathkeeping Festival appeared two thousand years ago, so for those two thousand years, you've been doing this?"

"Yes."

The Thunderstorm Celestial Dragon said, "Before the Wotam Sect, even before the birth of the so-called goddess you speak of, the cloud mist over Thunder Peak was already my Star Palace."

"The Goddess?" Alulu and Dorothy stifled their voices, shocked.

Gregory sighed, "Ah, the Holy Dragon before us, also walked beside the goddess and saints, a savior hidden in history. I regard it as a true saint, a Divine Envoy still present in the world."

"This is the Star Soul..."

Zoe murmured to herself.

Eden previously on Frost Heaven Island, too, was a local faith incarnate.

The Star Souls have endured countless centuries, not only were they witnesses to history, they might very well be history itself.

Thunderstorm Star Soul Bally gazed at those before it, speaking slowly:

"The Weapon Master, Powerful God, Elf Lord, Beast God, Star Divine Child you believe... long before today's sky took its shape, I fought alongside them against the Crimson Demon."

This Star Soul was much more ancient than Li Ang imagined, perhaps even Eden was but a little girl in its eyes.

Suddenly, he recalled the language muttered by the demon during their previous battle.

"In that case, do you know the language the Crimson Demon used?"

Li Ang internally recalled the strange language's phonetics; at the time, he had the Spiritual Activation support, even his memory spirituality was enhanced, so he memorized the language's pronunciation by heart.