Chapter: Chapter 536
Relatives? That crystal lotus? The only thing Leticia could recall that might have a familial relationship with this voice was that crystal lotus, which was completely disobedient and only wanted to kill all the gods.
Was this figure the same as that crystal lotus? Then wouldn’t that mean she was prey in front of this guy?
Leticia had deeply experienced the crystal lotus’s ability to suppress gods. It was no exaggeration to say that this thing was a special attack weapon against gods. Even the strongest gods were like chicks in front of it.
“No need to be afraid. I am only an consciousness appearing here. Unlike that violent sister, I can see the fire of kindness in your heart. Moreover… you bear an imprint left by our creator, which means you have gained her recognition.” The phantom figure pointed to the four imprints on the back of Leticia’s right hand and said word by word.
Gaining that person’s recognition meant that Leticia was not her enemy. This goddess was fundamentally different from the gods of the past, so different that she could entrust such a crucial task to Leticia.
“In the past, before my creator fell into slumber, she glanced into the river of time, and then she left behind four books of prophecy and created us four as the last resort. If all four of us are awakened one day, she will also awaken from her deep slumber, and by then, this world will truly be beyond saving.”
“Don’t make that expression. The reason this world hasn’t collapsed yet is because our creator used her own body to forcibly stop the process of world collapse. If she awakens from her deep slumber, even a slight movement will break the hard-won balance, and this world will slide into a terrifying abyss of destruction.”
“But I’ve seen her before! She even spoke to me.” Leticia raised an objection. She had clearly seen that woman in that small cabin, and she didn’t seem to be sleeping at all.
“Her consciousness might be awake, but her body is unable to move.” The phantom offered a calm explanation. What Leticia saw should have been the mental body of that mysterious woman. “There is no need to discuss this issue. I can perceive that one-quarter of the runes on your hand have been activated, so have the books of prophecy from the demon world been collected?”
“It’s the beastmen’s. I have a way to collect both the human and demon world’s books of prophecy, so only the elves’ book of prophecy remains.”
After hearing Leticia’s words, surprise clearly appeared on the phantom’s indistinct face. It seemed she had not expected Leticia to act so quickly.
With her eyesight and the information she had previously obtained from relatives, she could naturally deduce Leticia’s original race. Therefore, she thought that Leticia, who was now in the elves’ territory to collect the book of prophecy, must have collected the demon world’s book of prophecy.
But she never expected that the first book Leticia collected would be from the beastmen. Was this considered completing the most difficult step first?
If so, at this rate, she might collect all four books of prophecy within a few months.
“A few months? If things go smoothly, I can get all four books within a month.” Leticia looked underestimated when she heard the phantom’s guess. With the difficult books of prophecy from the elves and beastmen already in hand, how much time would it take to collect the books from the demon and human worlds?
For the human world, she had Bai Ling as a fallback. With Bai Ling, Leticia felt it wouldn’t be difficult to persuade Sang Zhitong to hand over the book of prophecy. As for the demon world, it was even simpler; it was Leticia’s backyard!
One month… Ah, this speed is indeed a bit too fast.
The phantom’s expression changed again. This time, her expression turned to respect. This speed fully demonstrated Leticia’s dedication to this matter. It seemed her creator had indeed chosen the right person.
“By the way, since you are related to that woman, do you know what will happen after I collect all four books of prophecy? How can I save this world?”
This question silenced the phantom. Although she was a life created by that woman, she knew nothing about this matter. She, like Leticia, was completely in the dark.
After all, from the beginning, her purpose in being created was to eliminate disobedient and troublesome gods. Saving the world was not the job of these violent machines.
“I’m sorry, I don’t know the answer to this question. Perhaps after you collect all four books of prophecy, she will appear before you to answer your questions.” The phantom shook her head and gave an answer that made Leticia somewhat disappointed.
Ugh, this feeling of not knowing anything is quite annoying. Leticia ruffled her hair and threw another question at the phantom, “Then I can take the book of prophecy now, right?”
The phantom nodded. Actually, Leticia could have taken the book of prophecy from the beginning. There was nothing in this temple that could stop Leticia’s progress. She was just a phantom and could not interfere with the real world.
However, if the book of prophecy were taken away, she would also disappear due to the loss of energy supply.
“You can take it anytime. You are a qualified, even excellent, savior. Perhaps the prophecies recorded in the books of prophecy are all correct.”
“Actually, I really dislike being called a savior. I’m just a demon king who wants to save my own life. I’m unlucky to have gotten into this mess, and if I don’t solve it, I’ll die.” Leticia sighed. If possible, who wouldn’t want to lie at home and slack off? But when things came to her, and she happened to have the ability to solve them, she could only reluctantly become this warrior.
“If someone could take over for me, I would be eternally grateful.”
“Haha, but perhaps you are the only one in this world with this ability and will.” The phantom’s voice carried a hint of a smile. Despite being naturally antagonistic to gods, she found the god in front of her so pleasing at this moment. “Go quickly, take the book of prophecy. The future of this world is entrusted to you!”
“Hey, don’t make me sound so special. I’m just an ordinary demon king.” Although she said so, Leticia’s actions were not hesitant at all. In a few leaps, she jumped in front of the book of prophecy and reached out her hand towards it.
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“Well, so the elves’ book of prophecy is in hand. What should we do next?” Seeing another rune light up on Leticia’s wrist, Infeno, with her legs crossed, lounged on the large sofa without any pretense and asked Leticia.
They had asked Yin to pick them up in half a month, and there were still several days left before Yin arrived.
They couldn’t just lie around in the palace doing nothing, could they?
“I need to digest the contents of that book of prophecy. I can’t take you guys out to play.” Leticia, looking exhausted, covered her forehead and leaned against the soft cushion, like a celestial being who had stayed up for several nights. “Why is the information in the elves’ book of prophecy so vast? Is it so much more than the beastmen’s?”
Could it be because the beastmen were too embarrassing, so their book of prophecy was also assimilated to be so embarrassing?
When Leticia had previously obtained the beastmen’s book of prophecy, she only felt dizzy for a short while. Now, after obtaining the elves’ book of prophecy, the dizziness had lasted for almost half a day.
“That little bird looks like she can’t wait to go out and play. Why don’t we have someone take her out for a stroll?” Flora, the only one in the room who still had some semblance of composure, held a cup of black tea and couldn’t help but glance at Yuan.
The little blonde girl was lying on the ground, staring blankly at the ceiling. Anyone could see the emptiness in her heart. Perhaps it was time to find someone reliable to take this little one out to relax.
Otherwise, this girl might develop some kind of illness from being pent up.
“Good idea. Let Evangeline make the arrangements. I need to rest, just for a while.” Leticia didn’t have any objections, as long as her rest wasn’t disturbed.
Oh dear, Flora’s expression stiffened. Evangeline didn’t have time to make arrangements for such matters now. After that earth-shattering reversal, the elves’ territory was in a mess, and Evangeline was almost bald from dealing with those affairs.
Forget it, I’ll do it myself, Flora said, standing up and walking to Yuan, whispering to the little phoenix.
After a few words, Yuan, who had looked completely exhausted just moments ago, jumped up from the ground and happily left the room, which had been specifically designated for the gods to interact and build relationships, with Flora.
Not long after Flora left, the gray-haired young goddess walked in from outside. As she entered, her face held an expression of disbelief, likely because she had seen Flora and Yuan walking together on her way.
“You actually dared to let Flora take care of a child.” Ash said to Leticia as soon as she entered the room. “Everyone that guy brought out is a scoundrel with two tongues. Your little one isn’t suitable for that kind of upbringing.”
“We should look at things from a developmental perspective. Isn’t Flora doing pretty well now? Besides, with Xiao Yuan’s personality, I don’t think there will be much of a problem.” Leticia shifted her lying position and replied in a muffled voice, “How’s the handling of matters?”
“It’s all done. Those troublemakers will suddenly fall ill at an uncertain time recently. You can rest assured that I’ve handled it.”
When Leticia asked Ash to accompany the Grand Elder to raid the homes, she didn’t just ask Ash to raid the homes. Ash’s main task was to deal with those troublesome elders, making them die quietly and without a trace.
It was too difficult to reform them. Leticia estimated that Evangeline didn’t have that ability either. So, she decided for Evangeline to cremate these elders.
With the goddess Ash taking action, it would be impossible for ordinary elves to notice anything unusual. They would only wonder why the elders were dying one after another due to accidents and would not suspect that someone had conspired against them.
“Speaking of which, Evangeline plans to exile all those leading elders, right?” Leticia had also asked Evangeline how she planned to deal with the elders before, and the answer Evangeline gave was exile.
This was a conventional way of handling things. It was just that the place Evangeline chose this time was a bit further away. She asked these elders to take their supporters to open up new territories.
And that direction of attack, coincidentally, was the direction from which Leticia and the others had come.
Yes, it was the direction where the tiger-girl was sleeping.
If these exiled elves were lucky, they would be dealt with directly by their former rivals, wouldn’t they? What a perfect way to die.
“Some are exiled, and some are placed under house arrest. Those elders with significant influence cannot be released. Aren’t those the elders you asked me to deal with?” Ash sat on the chair, poured herself a glass of water, and drank it in one gulp. “I have to say, this kind of meticulous work is quite exhausting.”
Evangeline absolutely could not exile an elder like the Grand Elder, who had grown powerful, and let him be a threat again. Leticia was also happy to help Evangeline deal with these difficult individuals. Wasn’t it just creating accidents? It was simple.
The Grand Elder was so old; it was normal for him to die of illness. Elves only had slightly longer lifespans; they also aged and died. The Grand Elder’s age was about right.
“Sigh, then the elf side is settled. The next step is the human world. I hope Bai Ling has persuaded Sang Zhitong. As soon as I go to the human world, I can get the human book of prophecy, and then Kira will bring the demon book of prophecy, and then all four books will be collected…” Leticia pressed her forehead, envisioning a beautiful future.
But halfway through her daydream, a terrifying energy fluctuation that made all the gods present palpably uneasy suddenly came from high above.
“What happened?!” Infeno was the fastest. She quickly ran to the window and pulled the curtains open. “Good heavens…”
“I remember it’s still morning, right?” Ash murmured, looking out the window. “Why is it suddenly dark?”
Ash remembered very clearly that the sun was still in the sky when she returned, but in less than ten minutes, the sun in the sky had disappeared, replaced by a brilliant starry river that spanned the entire sky.
The starry river flowed slowly, and terrifying energy fluctuations surged and erupted from it, causing the gods present to show serious expressions.
They had never encountered energy of this magnitude before.
“Starry river… Did something go wrong with Bai Ling?!” Leticia stumbled to the window and looked up at the sky, thinking of the white-haired girl.
