Chapter: 68. It Really Works! (4K)
Of course, Xue Fei had her own plans by allowing Timani to listen in.
It is impossible to confirm whether the stories from the mythological era are exactly as Aimeres said, but at the very least, it is a universally recorded fact in various countries that there were gods existing in four corners, each overseeing their domain.
The records vary, but the general idea is similar.
There is more than one deity in the world, which means that the deities should be mutually influencing and restraining each other.
Timani’s background is likely related to information about the Dragon God, so allowing her to hear relevant intelligence about the [Human God] Aimeres might trigger her memory about the information from the Northern Region’s Fire Dragon Clan.
Of course, there is a bigger purpose in letting her listen.
—That is, to help peel oranges.
During this time, Ailer recounted her journey and purpose for going to the Church State, explaining that this trip was authorized by the Demon King.
“I just find it interesting~ Even that fearless Royal Brother Dizna explicitly instructed me to act cautiously when exploring, which indicates the enemy is indeed very strong, right! That suits me just fine! No wonder he’s my biological brother; he gets my personality!”
Ah, yes, yes, yes, no wonder he’s your biological brother—he dares to let you face a deity without any information, doesn’t he worry that his sister may never come back?!
And besides, he told you to be careful, but you kicked down the door as soon as you got there, didn’t you?
However, there must always be pioneers.
It is precisely because of the lack of information that Ailer is taking action.
When talking about Aimeres’ abilities, Ailer’s expression finally tinged with seriousness.
This was a rare expression in her combative bloodline, indicating the enemy’s difficulty.
“Her abilities are quite incompatible with mine, Xue Feiya, I heard from your father that you had a brief meeting with her as well? So you should know, right? Her phasing state in normal existence, which has no physical form and cannot be touched.”
“Yes.” Xue Fei accepted the oddly-shaped peeled orange that Timani handed over and tossed the whole thing into her mouth, “Mmm… so sour!”
“Exactly! It’s so sour! That ability is way too unfair! When I want to hit her, I can’t touch her, but when she wants to hit me, she can reveal her true form at any time and launch an ambush, there’s no time to react, isn’t that cheating?!”
“Uh… I mean the orange is sour, you… wait, are you saying she can reveal her true form at any time? Aunt, you’ve already faced her true form?!”
“Isn’t that right! Look, her true form is just as short as that creature over there! But the magic power contained within is as deep as an unfathomable trench!”
Ailer’s example was vivid, and everyone turned to look in the direction she pointed.
The Little Holy Sword was propping up the door panel with immense strength, on her tiptoes, tossing her hammer aside, and directly pounding nails into the door with the back of her hand, quite fierce.
She seemed to have heard everyone talking about someone short?
So she turned around to check behind her, finding no short people, shrugging her shoulders, expressing that everyone was really strange.
But as soon as she let go, the door leaned forward again, crushing the little holy sword underneath!
“Wow…! This door! It’s plotting against us! Fixing doors is so hard!”
Ailer retracted her finger and stopped pointing at that creature.
Not too bright, rather pitiful.
Princess Belis pondered for a moment and, combined with the previous information provided by the Queen Sister, drew a rough conclusion.
“Looking like a child… the Queen Sister mentioned before that the so-called [Human God] emphasized that her seal has not been lifted, so I think appearing in a child’s form should indicate that she hasn’t completely regained her powers.”
“Well, I don’t know about that; anyway, I truly didn’t realize it when that guy’s true form appeared. The last time I felt this way… was when I was accompanying Xue Feiya to practice new magic, cough… but you made me feel even more nauseous back then.”
“Hey hey… can you be a little more polite when you speak? Just because we’re family doesn’t mean you can say whatever you want.”
That was true; Ailer often spoke indiscriminately when practicing magic with Xue Feiya.
Of course, this indiscretion referred to the rainbow-colored vomit.
Ailer had to say… her little niece’s talent was frighteningly high; Xue Feiya’s magic power reserve unconsciously made her feel dizzy.
You have to know that Ailer had always touted “overcoming magical intensity with physical strength” as her magical philosophy.
Even so, she had no intention of seriously confronting Xue Feiya.
Ahahaha… high physical strength, but that doesn’t mean you can bully yourself, right? You can recover, but being pierced by magic still hurts a lot.
“And then there’s the strange magic she released in the end. Xue Feiya, Belis, have you ever heard of it? It can be activated instantly… no, it’s not even just instant activation; it’s more like a lightning strike extending directly from your heart. The moment this magic appears, it means the heart has already been pierced—not just piercing the heart, but directly manipulating attack magic on the heart; that’s the most unfathomable and difficult part to deal with.”
“Have you tried defending against it with defensive magic?”
“I can’t! I don’t know magic!”
“……”
Oh right, that’s true.
Xue Fei almost forgot that her aunt’s reputation in the Demon Race was that of punching the elderly and kicking children; it was quite terrible.
However, she didn’t just hit everyone.
Anyone who mocked her in front of her, whether old or young, had been beaten by her.
In a sense, she was the “natural disaster” closest to the Demon Race.
But it was indeed a bit petty to hit a child who didn’t know better, right?!
Now, in the entire Demon Race, no one dared to say anything against her.
The once inferior feeling of not knowing magic had been forcibly turned into a sense of pride.
Hmm… from this perspective, Xue Fei actually admires her quite a bit.
Upon hearing the description of this “instant lightning strike” magic, Belis’ expression also turned serious.
While being watched by Xiya with wide-open eyes, she unconsciously stroked Xue Fei’s hand.
Not only because of being a good sister, but really out of worry.
“Sister, have you heard of this kind of magic?”
“How do you know I’m well-informed.”
“So you have heard of it?!”
“No, I just want to say that I’m well-informed; I never said I’ve seen everything.”
“……”
Sister, you’re being so mischievous that Belis wants to do something extra!
But now she needs to hold it in.
Because Belis thinks this matter, this information, is extremely threatening and cannot be taken lightly.
Belis knows her sister is strong.
But… isn’t there a saying?
—There are always ships that capsize in the gutter, right?
Let alone the opponent is not just in a small gutter, but an unknown entity claiming to be a deity.
Thinking about this… Belis actually feels quite fearful.
She is not afraid of facing deities.
But she is afraid of losing her sister.
“Sister faced her alone before… We know too little about her. If she had used this attack method then…”
“It wasn’t a solitary encounter; Xiya was there at the time too.”
“Don’t say that annoying name right now!!”
“Ah?!”
I’m correcting your mistake factually, and you don’t want me to say it!
But… Xue Feiya can sense that Belis’s hand seems to be trembling out of worry.
Just this point alone makes it impossible for Xue Fei to say any more scolding.
All in all… thank you for worrying about your sister, Belis.
Xiya finds it hard to join such high-level discussions. Don’t be fooled by her serving tea to everyone; her thoughts are also spinning along.
She may not be able to join other topics.
But on this matter, she instinctively thinks of protecting her family.
And she wants to confirm more information as much as possible.
“Aunt… could you think a little more carefully about the details of that magic? Is it really instantaneous? Is there not a moment of preparation time? Might there be a flaw we overlooked?”
“Hmm…? I don’t think so… Hey, I’m telling you, calm down! You spilled boiling water on me!!”
“Sorry…!!”
Worry leads to chaos, and a fool leads to more chaos.
They say a dead pig doesn’t fear scalding water; Ailer’s ability level means that boiling water can’t affect her.
But that doesn’t mean she’s like a dead pig, right?
Timani clumsily peeled the oranges; she actually found it quite miraculous.
Aren’t humans supposed to fear death…?
But Princess Belis and Xialet’s anxious inquiries don’t seem to be for their own safety.
They instinctively huddle around Xue Feiya.
As if, if such a magic really exists, and if they truly don’t have a solution, they would prioritize protecting the angel in the middle.
Timani’s mind flickered with her parents’ helpless gazes and laughter before they passed away—expressing their hope for her survival.
“Ugh…”
She covered her head with one hand, closed her left eye, feeling a sharp pain in her head.
Such complicated and incomprehensible emotions…
Is this really the right thing…? The ones who survive do not feel absolutely grateful but continue to live in pain…
Ailer caught a glimpse of the fire lizard behaving somewhat abnormally.
She quickly looked away and shrugged, speaking the truth.
Ailer didn’t want to lie; she could see that they were all very worried, but this situation must face reality.
“It’s exactly because there are no flaws found that I hurried to tell you all this… that magic, at least for now, I haven’t thought of a good countermeasure. But, I also realized that the opponent doesn’t have much strength left either.”
A hint of a victorious smirk appeared on her face.
As if she was not the loser from last night, but the one who narrowly won.
“That person called Aimeres must know that I’m still alive, yet she didn’t pursue me further. I noticed… she only had the energy to activate that magic, and after it was cast, she quickly retracted her true form. And you mentioned that her proficiency… called the [God-fearing] domain, right? In that domain, the magic quantity is limited to less than one-tenth? That doesn’t affect me at all because I don’t have any magic~ I meant she has no true form to suppress me, and I also suppress her!”
This barely counts as the first piece of good news heard today, right?
Aimeres’ seal is genuinely in place; otherwise, she wouldn’t have invited Xue Feiya to meet, attempting to persuade her with words to break the seal and regain freedom.
Ailer’s adventure last night further confirmed this.
Xue Fei sat silently in the middle, mostly in a state of silence, only occasionally making remarks.
Even though Ailer kept talking about her experiences, her attention was still focused on observing her little niece’s expression changes.
Heh… Xue Feiya, you really can keep your composure.
You must have thought of some countermeasures, haven’t you?
Ailer knew her; this child was quite clever. Whenever she was silent, it definitely meant a calm before the storm.
At this moment, everyone was looking at Xue Fei who sat in the middle.
This shift in attention was natural.
After all, whether it was Xiya, Belis, Xialet, or Timani, Xue Fei is everyone’s backbone.
Rather than hearing Ailer’s news, they actually hope to hear Xue Fei’s opinions.
But, Xue Feiya didn’t say anything.
She didn’t speak—but she took action.
Suddenly, Xue Feiya slowly stood up, looking in the direction of Xialet, specifically at the door that Xialet had just repaired.
Lifting her left hand, she nudged her thumb and ring finger together, but didn’t let the two fingers fully close, leaving a tiny gap in between.
Lifting this gap to her eyes, Xue Fei’s gaze aligned through the tiny space at a nail on the doorframe.
Then, an unexpected change occurred.
—Thud.
Originally, everyone was puzzled, watching Xue Fei’s strange posture.
But hearing the sound, they all turned their heads towards the source.
And then… their eyes all widened slowly.
On that small nail, a very thin, nearly invisible purple magic thread had pierced through.
And that wasn’t all.
There were not just one nail on the door; Xialet was proactive in her work and had nailed dozens of them to secure the frame.
In just the blink of an eye…
As Xue Fei moved her fingertips again, all those nails inexplicably extended with needle-thin purple magic threads!
Ailer was definitely watching closely this time.
When this magic first appeared, she suspected it might have been shot out from Xue Fei’s hand, just a little too fast?
But with this sequence of displays, her powerful dynamic vision confirmed.
That magic appeared as if originating from the nails themselves!
So, if that wasn’t a nail… but a heart, and the magic’s power was enhanced…
Could it achieve the same effect as Aimeres?!
Her heart was filled with joy, yet disbelief more so.
“Xue Feiya…! It turns out you’ve known about this magic all along? Seriously, if you knew, you should have told me earlier! I’ve wasted half the time struggling.”
“Hah…? I didn’t know at all! Would I have said something if I did?”
“You didn’t know? Then what was that just now…?”
“I just learned it! Aunt, your description was already precise enough. I wanted to see if this magic could actually be used, and you won’t believe it—it really works!”
“Ah?”
