Chapter 1033: The Bewildered King of Ancient Ice Remains
Even in this extremely tense standoff, not only the wizards, but also the elves and holy angels understood what was happening.
The witches did not seem to be lying to them.
In the Core Realm’s Blood Slave Peninsula, someone had initiated a self-destructive blood ritual beneath the Blood Slave Academy.
Such a massive life blood sacrifice was not merely a means of slaughter, but a way of extraordinary absorption.
The enormous blood energy, mixed with the chaotic soul material of sea brightness, was enough to allow a marquis blood clan’s bloodline to revert to its ancestors, rapidly increasing its life level to extraordinary, transforming into an extraordinary blood clan!
Blood clans were not considered extraordinary races; at least this blood clan group in the Main World was not. Their racial limits were extraordinary ancestors, which was merely extraordinary holy realm. Any duke blood clan that rose to extraordinary had fallen one level lower, existing beneath extraordinary.
They had not anticipated that a mere Blood Slave Academy could stir up such a big commotion!
But… so what?
If this incident had previously been considered a major event, the Witch Academy once alarmed due to a little witch sensing such a level now had many lives lost, making it hard to turn the page.
But is it really harder to turn the page? Is this matter less important than what is happening now?
People from the Main World can be reborn; if the Main World loses their place to exist, what does it matter if ordinary people from the Core Realm perish?
What they want now is an explanation from the Witch Academy!
They demand the cessation and destruction of the experiment that just triggered silence, and that witches should not be allowed to conduct similar affairs again.
This was their bottom line.
But to say it out loud, witches would find it completely unacceptable.
Aside from the fact that the three extraordinary races controlled the lifeblood of the Main World, what leverage did they have to negotiate with the witches?
Nothing! Absolutely nothing!
But really… enough is enough.
After all, those without shoes do not fear those who wear them; if pushed too hard, the other side may do anything crazy.
And just as the conflict was about to ignite, the entire Main World trembled!
The material space of the Main World had shaken. Such a high-level anomaly could not even be sensed by those above the surface of the Core Realm.
But the genuine and radiant extraordinary could clearly feel the tremor of the Main World’s material space.
The disturbance originated from the void beyond the Main World!
Extraordinaries were ignoring the extraordinary limits and forcefully breaking into the Main World!
No matter what kind of world, there is a limit to how much extraordinary life it can bear.
The Main World would theoretically be no exception, especially since it was already in a fractured state, unable to endure an excess of extraordinary life.
Forcefully intruding would bring indelible effects to the Main World, potentially leading to its destruction due to an unsustainable quantity.
As for why the three extraordinary races did not use this method to threaten the witches… that was because the witches had the ability to kill extraordinary beings in the Main World to a level that the world could bear before it was destroyed!
Is the life of the extraordinary not life?
“Damn! It’s you, Betraying Witch! What are you doing!”
When all the extraordinaries arrived at the source of the disturbance, their expressions changed dramatically!
“Pfft… weren’t you arguing? Why do I need to be targeted like this by you?” Sheryl seemed to be oblivious to any wrongdoing, speaking as if she was just having a casual chat even in the face of so many extraordinaires.
At this moment, her so-called “few friends” had already appeared at the boundary outside the Main World in a hazy figure.
“Damn Betraying Witch! Do you even know what you’re doing? Are you trying to destroy the Main World?!”
At this point, Tusk lamented, forgetting everything else. Even though he had just threatened Mei Linde with mutual destruction, something crazier had appeared, compelling him to act to stop it.
When he yelled this, he seemed to see the slightly raised corner of Mei Linde’s mouth and realized that he had completely lost the threat.
No matter if this Betraying Witch was playing along with Mei Linde in a performance, he could not take that gamble.
Because even if this was merely a ruse between the Betraying Witch and Mei Linde, the Betraying Witch could stab Mei Linde in the back, turning a fake into reality; they couldn’t endure the emergence of two or more Betraying Witches in the Main World.
This standoff was utterly lost; even though they were fearless, they feared madness…
The witches had too many powerful cards, and with just one move, they were overwhelmed.
This time, the Witch Academy’s plot had likely succeeded thoroughly, and they didn’t even know what the witches had achieved.
The blockade of the Expanding Realm was such that even ordinary extraordinary witches could not pass, so it was normal for them to be unaware for a time.
All they knew was that the witches had secretly transferred the Qi Observation Technique project to the Expanding Realm, and then there was no further news.
Such a large-scale action even involved the Betraying Witch; they understood that whatever the witches were doing was definitely not simple.
Anger, unwillingness, disdain…
All kinds of emotions constantly swirled in Tusk’s mind.
But there was nothing he could do about it.
Once Tusk had figured all this out, the matter was essentially over.
………
Expanding Realm.
After simply explaining its doubts to the King of Ancient Ice Remains, the other party fell silent.
It was calmer than any of the witches had anticipated, seemingly quickly accepting its existence.
What supported it in doing so was fundamentally… the earth vein of the Main World.
After connecting with the world’s earth vein, the King of Ancient Ice Remains had already proven one thing: it was accepted by the Main World.
The locality of the earth vein was an impassable barrier that no one other than those of earth vein life could cross.
It finally became the world protector in the name of the Main World.
Its ongoing actions continually guided the fortune movement of the Main World, with each anomaly resonating in my heartstrings.
Because I knew that my calm dialogue with the King of Ancient Ice was possible only because many Witch Sisters were buying me time.
However, at this point, being anxious served no purpose.
I understood that at the moment consciousness was gestating, I had only one task left.
The transaction.
“Since you have understood almost everything, then I want to ask once more, are you the agent of the will of the Main World?”
“This is the second time you are asking me this question. Is this question very important to you?” The King of Ancient Ice looked at me without giving a direct answer.
Since awakening, it had not been long, yet it had already surpassed the thinking pattern of answering questions as they were asked.
“Yes, this question is not only important to me, but also to you… as well.” I nodded, not explaining further but including it in the question for the other party.
“Why?”
I looked at the King of Ancient Ice before me. The fact that it could ask such a question indicated that it knew nothing about it.
But this was quite strange!
The next step of consciousness’ gestation, the involvement of fortune was an important reason for the birth of the King of Ancient Ice’s consciousness.
It was precisely because of this that I felt the other party was likely the agent of the will of the Main World.
It could even potentially be the transaction medium for this deal, after all, the world’s consciousness could not converse directly.
“Because I have a transaction with the Main World.” After a long contemplation, I finally spoke to the King of Ancient Ice.
“Transaction… what is transacted, does it relate to me?”
“It does not relate to you, but rather… it is you.”
“I do not understand.”
“Initially, you were a life clone of mine; I made a transaction with the Main World, wherein I obtained a piece of information, and the Main World required you.”
“What does the Main World want me to do?”
“To have you…,” I raised my head to look at the King of Ancient Ice, not rushing to respond and elongating my voice.
Although the King of Ancient Ice possessed powerful strength, its consciousness was as naïve as that of a newborn.
When I sensed the other party’s heart, it was so pure and unguarded. I could feel its urgency; it seemed to know something, but it did not understand what that was or what it meant.
Now that it had heard my words, it had a possibility to learn the truth!
“He wants you… to become the guardian of this broken world.”
As soon as my words fell, I had completely read its essence from its heart.
At this moment, it seemed that it had pondered through many things, and for a time did not respond to me.
And I quietly waited for the other party to organize its thoughts because I was also waiting for its answer.
After a long wait, not only I but even the witches beside me showed no signs of urgency.
“Why me?”
During the silence, the King of Ancient Ice attempted to speak several times but forcefully silenced itself, ultimately asking the first question, which was not what it most wanted to know.
“You want freedom?”
“You haven’t answered my question.”
“Being the guardian of the Main World can also be your freedom; no one demands that you must do something.”
“You haven’t answered my question!” The King of Ancient Ice’s tone became urgent, even carrying a hint of rebellious anger.
Faced with the momentum of the King of Ancient Ice, I believed I understood the Ancient Ice clan better than the King of Ancient Ice before me.
After distilling my words, I spoke without hesitation:
“Because you are the king of the Ancient Ice clan! You will lead your kin to awaken in the Main World! The Ancient Ice clan was born for power; power… will always have its home, whether in the rivalry it extinguishes or in the guardianship it endures. Tell me, do you want freedom!”
Newborn life will always waver between self and race, but to pursue the meaning of life, one must eventually step out of the cage named self.
If you find something that you can’t even explain why you’re doing it, don’t delve too deep, because that’s probably the significance of life’s search.
“You didn’t tell me this before.” The King of Ancient Ice’s imposing momentum faltered, and its tone became complex.
“Because that is not something you should think about right now.” “Of course, mainly because you didn’t ask.”
“So when should I think about it?”
“When you have experienced life, understood what confusion is, and earnestly question, that is when you should think; otherwise, just like at this moment, everything I say will leave you in a fog.”
“I still don’t understand; I just want to know the truth…”
“Really? You only began to contemplate after having recognition and arising doubts, just like you grasped a power you don’t understand. After hearing the answer I told you, you realized: you became the guardian of the world because of a transaction.”
“I never told you this…”
“But I can guess; I can even boldly assume that in your consciousness, there might still be an obsessive recognition leading you to do certain things… Looks like I was right?” I looked at the King of Ancient Ice, and although it had no so-called micro-expressions, the feedback from my heart could not deceive me.
It truly was the agent of the will of the Main World, only it was unaware of it.
And then…the technology of the Main World to hold and retain individuals was still so striking.
I should have seen this from the beginning, from initially resisting fortune, refusing to be the Child of Fortune, to Tan Jun also resisting Fortune Seeds.
Humans… no, it’s better to say the will of life is difficult for even the world’s consciousness to fathom.
“The world consciousness is still the same, treating its own children so harshly.”
“Is that meaning in my consciousness the so-called world consciousness?”
“Consciousness and will are not the same; the meaning in your consciousness only represents the expectations of the Main World. She could have engraved this will into your cognition, but she did not do so because she expects you to become such a being from the depths of your heart.” I began to eloquently persuade.
No matter how it goes, no one can prove that what I said in this segment is deceptive unless you can bring the consciousness of the Main World out to confront!
Moreover… this is indeed a kind of freedom allowed for the other party, isn’t it?
From the beginning, when that consciousness was birthed, I was already ready to engage in another dialogue just like I did initially.
But I did not expect the final outcome would turn out this way.
“Expectation…”
Listening to my casual remarks, the King of Ancient Ice seemed to fall into contemplation after hearing a certain word.
I waited again, not knowing how long it would take.
“Then… what is needed to become the guardian of the world?”
“There is nothing to do, nor should there be a burden of doing something.” I shook my head and said, “It’s just like we do not need to deliberately do anything for a home; rather, doing something will make you feel it is home; the Main World is the same.”
“A home…”
“Instead of suffering from unknown thoughts, it is better to properly experience what life is in the Main World, and then face the questions you once misunderstood; many questions are just self-imposed difficulties, just like you never asked why you are an Ancient Ice since your birth, and not a witch.”
“Then… why am I an Ancient Ice? Not a witch?”
“……” My face remained expressionless as I casually took out a Magic Source, “You can also be a witch; by accepting this Magic Source, you can become a preparatory witch. Want to give it a try?”
“…… No, I seem to know why I am an Ancient Ice now.”
“Why?”
“Because I still don’t want to be a witch.”
