NOVEL NEXT Chapter 105. Just How Old Is He?
With [Divine Intervention: Urge] in hand, Cedric sent his mental power to Lacius's location.
Inside the Crystal Cube world, Lacius seems to be checking information about the strong combatant of the elven race. He also came into contact with news about the dwarves, which is why he has still not made a move until now.
After shaking his head to clear away unnecessary thoughts, Cedric sent out his mental power and imbued the [Divine Intervention: Urge] in his palm with the idea of 'Nicely ask Elisa for a training method.'
Once he input that thought, Cedric waited for the suitable moment to use the [Divine Intervention: Urge].
After imbuing the [Divine Intervention: Urge] with his thought, Cedric continued to observe Lacius.
Just like before, Lacius is still using the computer to browse information related to the elves and the dwarves.
Every day, Lacius browsed the elf's internet while helping other villagers. It lasted for a whole year before Lacius made a change in his daily habits.
If not for Cedric's patience, which has grown from living for so long, he probably wouldn't be able to watch Lacius's NEET life for a whole year.
Watching him browse the internet and help other villagers every day is barely better than watching him while he's in a petrified state.
After so long, Lacius started packing his bag and decided to leave the village.
While Lacius is packing his bag, Cedric hears him mutter something dangerous.
Should I destroy this village to erase my trace? The people here are the only ones who know I acted as a mute. If I make an enemy in the future, they might be able to follow the trail back and find this place. At that point, they could realize I was not an elf and connect it to the village's location that's extremely close to the southern mountain range, to find the human's area." Lacius muttered these insane words while gently detaching his computer plant's roots from the ground
Perhaps feeling a bit tired, Lacius stretched his body and moved toward a nearby window.
Watching the familiar people passing by beyond the window, he fell into silence for a few minutes.
"Maybe I shouldn't do it. The chance of that event happening is too low. Instead, killing the villagers might cause more negative consequences."
Lacius continued looking out of the window for a few more minutes before continuing to pull the computer plant's root.
The moment all of the computer plant's roots were detached from the ground, he put it together with several other related plants into a wooden luggage. This way, he could replant the computer plant somewhere connected to a special plant that worked like a cable that transmitted information between computer plants.
'Whoever came up with this computer plant is a genius. If possible, I'd love to have a few copies planted at the temple.'
'But with the distance between the temple headquarters and this place, I doubt the internet would even connect.' As Lacius thought that, his mind started to wander, recalling all the things he had picked up from the internet.
During his stay in this strange place, there were plenty of things that left him amazed.
While he's browsing the internet, Lacius not only learn about the surrounding geography and strong people. Most of his time is spent on learning about the elves' and dwarves' technology.
Unlike humans, who focused on advancing the alchemy techniques he had invented, the elves and dwarves pursued entirely different paths.
For one, the dwarves' metallurgical technology was already several generations ahead of the humans. Just looking through their list of furnaces was enough to make Lacius feel the vast difference in technological levels between them.
Furthermore, there are also cannons and guns, a war weapon with power beyond common sense. From the description he read, those items actually allow normal creatures to fight a blessed on equal level.
Except for weapons, the peak of dwarves' technology is said to be a steam engine with an unknown function.
He tried to search for more information, but no matter how hard he searched, he couldn't find a single clue.
As for the elves, they actually found a means to direct a plant's evolution to create a trait they wanted.
Lacius felt this technology greatly complemented the path of alchemy he invented. That's why he has made up his mind to seek out more knowledge in the related field.
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Furthermore, the peak of that technology is the mysterious internet he is using right now.
He has tried to find knowledge related to the internet's creation. But, just like the dwarf's mysterious steam engine, knowledge about how the internet is created doesn't seem to exist.
'I guess the related knowledge should be held by the leader of their respective race.'
'First, I'll see the so-called strongest creature to try my luck and obtain material to advance to Level 4, and knowledge about metallurgy and plants. If it didn't work, I'll think of a way to find the leader of the two races.' Lacius drafted his basic plan while picking up his luggage.
With his luggage in hand, he left the house where he had stayed since arriving at the village.
After greeting the villagers and bidding his farewell, Lacius walked a few distances away before controlling his faith energy to fly directly toward Elisa's city.
Once he could see the city with a towering tree at its center, Lacius descended from the sky and slowly walked toward the city.
He fixed his hair that had grown longer during his stay in the elven village to cover his ears. This way, his appearance won't attract too much attention.
Once he arrived at the city, Lacius passed by the wide city gate and entered it.
Because the elves are mostly gentle in nature, they have an extremely low crime rate and have never had a civil fight. This led to the city guards only existing to protect the city against demon attack.
Lacius secretly glanced at the elves wearing metal armor standing around the gate. Those elves only stood guard while holding a weapon in their hand, without stopping any of the elves walking to and fro in the city.
After easily passing by the gate, Lacius felt a bit surprised. 'Although I've learned about it from browsing the internet, watching the guard didn't even do the most basic check on the city's visitors still surprised me.'
Now he was already inside the city. Lacius followed the crowd and walked at an even pace toward the center.
The closer he went toward the tree, the more he could sense how powerful it was.
It's not a direct sense, but more like an instinct that the creature in front of him is actually more powerful than he is.
When Lacius arrived at a deserted area, he wore a thoughtful look on his face.
In the Divine Space, Cedric saw Lacius's thoughtful look as he gazed at Elisa.
Cedric guessed that Lacius should be planning his next move. So, he felt it was a suitable time to use the [Divine Intervention: Urge] to affect Lacius's thought.
He activated [Divine Intervention: Urge] and controlled it to reach Lacius. When the energy inside [Divine Intervention: Urge] touches Lacius, he shows no external change. That lack of response made Cedric feel a bit nervous.
"Now, I can only hope this [Divine Intervention: Urge] worked as intended," Cedric muttered while observing Lacius, who soon continued moving toward the city's center.
While Cedric nervously watched, Lacius arrived at the city's center and slowly walked toward Elisa, who had been busy watching the drama.
When Lacius stepped within a hundred meters of Elisa, she paused the drama she was watching and rustled her leaves.
Instantly, Lacius could feel Elisa's attention. 'Is it looking this way? It's quite difficult to see where this Elder Elisa is looking because I don't know which part is the front and which part is the rear.''
While Lacius was thinking about useless things, Elisa saw the unfamiliar Lacius and asked in curiosity, "Who are you? Why did you come here?"
Her words attracted Lacius's attention. He already had a plan in mind and immediately answered, "I am a blessed who seeks a training method to advance my power. I've heard that you're the strongest in the world, so I wanted to seek your advice."
Elisa responded to Lacius's answer, "Then, shouldn't you go to the school, or the palace where they store the copies of the training methods?'
"Those methods are no longer of use to me. I've reached the limit of the third level, and need to seek the training method to reach the fourth level." Lacius shook his head.
Elisa's branches rustled as she asked in surprise. "The limit of Level 3?! There's actually someone so powerful here?"
"Also.." Suddenly, Elisa controlled a plant nearby Lacius to move toward the side of his head.
In surprise, Lacius instinctively used his blessed power to directly flip part of the ground nearby him to create an earth wall. At the same time, he also retreated by directly jumping a few meters backward.
Only when he has landed does Lacius frown while looking at Elisa.
Elisa quickly responded, "I am sorry if I surprised you. When you're shaking your head, I can barely see your ears, which seem to be much shorter than the elves'. So, I tried to take a better look.'
Before he could respond, Lacius heard Elisa ask another question. "Anyway, are you a human?"
"You know about humans?" This time it's Lacius's turn to be surprised.
"Yes. It might be hard to believe, but I actually came from another world, and I was human there. I've also heard about humans from the one who calls himself the god of this world, but even after a hundred years, I haven't found a single trace of them."
Perhaps because she was too excited about finally meeting a human, Elisa ended up letting extremely important information slip.
The sheer amount of information bombs Elisa released made Lacius's brain short-circuit. He even pushed aside the main reason he had approached her and instead asked, "You've met the creator god? Then… are you another hero from Earth, brought here by the creator?"
After processing Lacius's words, Elisa became interested, "Are you a transmigrator too?" The feeling of meeting a fellow earthling in another world is making her excited and melancholic.
Feeling Elisa's excitement, Lacius actually wanted to lie and said he indeed came from Earth. But his knowledge about Earth, where the heroes came from, is extremely limited. If Elisa talked about something only those who have lived there know, his lies will easily get exposed.
Although he felt it was a pity, Lacius still answered truthfully. "No, but I've met some heroes sent by the creator before."
"Are they in the human's area?" Elisa asked with excitement.
"Yes. But they had died several centuries ago."
Lacius's casual answers made Elisa speechless. 'Just how old is this guy?'
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In the Divine Space, Cedric wore a motherly smile as he watched Lacius and Elisa's conversation. "It seems my [Divine Intervention: Urge] activated correctly. Lacius actually chose to talk with Elisa instead of attacking her."
"The conversation also seems to flow smoothly, so it's unlikely it'll take a dangerous turn that'll lead to battle. Now, as long as Elisa shares her training method with Lacius, then the first meeting between the leader of humans and elves will end on a good note."