Chapter: Chapter 539
“She came back completely unharmed? Are they really that easy to talk to?” Silver, who was waiting in the wilderness, looked at Leticia, who slowly emerged from the air, with an increasingly incredulous expression.
She had imagined what Leticia would look like upon her return – perhaps fleeing with pursuers, or stumbling back in a sorry state. She had never expected Leticia to return so easily, as if she had encountered nothing at all.
It was as if Leticia had truly had a peaceful exchange with the people of the God’s Throne.
But were the people of the God’s Throne so reasonable? Silver, having been ganked by the God’s Throne multiple times, found this unlikely. Just look at the night sky and the river of stars overhead, which hadn’t changed for days. Only when that disappeared would she believe that the God’s Throne was easy to talk to.
“Are you hoping I wouldn’t come back? Isn’t it better that I returned safely?” Leticia snorted and said to Silver, “Let’s go back, we don’t have much time.”
“Not much time? What does that mean?”
“We’ll talk about it when we get back. If I tell you now and then again when we get back, it’ll be too much of a waste of breath. It’s better to say it all at once.”
“So lazy.”
“This is called saving time!”
Perhaps because they had become quite proficient after several trips, the spatial rift Silver tore this time was stable. Walking through it was like crossing a large bridge. Before Leticia could even fully grasp the situation, she had already returned to the elves.
After taking some time to return to the City of Spirits, upon entering the city, she heard news that the Grand Elder of the elves had suddenly fallen ill and passed away not long ago. According to the doctor’s examination, the cause of death was preliminarily attributed to discomfort from the recent failure, coupled with Ashes’ somewhat poor demeanor during the house search, which had further increased the Grand Elder’s fear.
Ultimately, combined with the current celestial anomaly, the Grand Elder’s body could no longer withstand the multiple blows and fell into a fatal illness, leaving the elves.
Of course, this was the publicly stated cause of death; the truth was that Ashes had made a move.
But no one dared to speak such words. Sometimes, ignorance is a form of wisdom.
Under normal circumstances, Leticia might have gone to Evangeline’s place to celebrate with her, but with the current critical situation, it was better to focus on getting things done.
She gathered the deities on her side, and Leticia recounted her conversation with Bai Xing in detail, informing the deities of the intelligence she had gathered.
“So, you’re saying I misunderstood them? They actually want to be heroes who save the world?” After hearing Leticia’s account, Silver, who had a very bad relationship with the God’s Throne, snorted, “Heh, I still think they have ill intentions.”
“Even if their intentions were good, can such a plan achieve the results they envisioned?” Infenor appeared more rational. She looked up at the starry sky outside the window and raised an unavoidable question, “Compared to a mortal, I trust that person’s words more.”
The existence who had Leticia collect the prophecy books was powerful. In the past, he had suppressed all the gods in the world single-handedly. For all intents and purposes, Infenor trusted that person’s plan more.
In terms of strength alone, the gap was very obvious. The God’s Throne side was led by a mortal accompanied by a group of deities, while Leticia’s side directly received revelations from that person. It was obvious which side was more reliable.
If we fail, will your God’s Throne plan succeed?
Do you really think you can compare to that person!
Infenor’s thoughts were shared by the other deities present, except for the little one, Yu. She didn’t know how terrifying that existence was.
When that person was casually killing gods like plucking weeds, Yu’s previous life, Huang, had already been dead for a long time. By the time she was revived, it was not long ago, perfectly avoiding the events of that year.
However, for Yu, Leticia’s thoughts were her thoughts. Whoever Leticia said to burn, she would burn.
As for Leticia, her thoughts were even simpler: she didn’t care if the God’s Throne wanted to save the world; having a Plan B was always good. But if they wanted to move Bai Ling, that was unacceptable!
Even if their leader was Bai Ling’s biological mother, it wouldn’t matter!
Today, I, Leticia, will tell you that this is the era of the young!
Let the old folks retreat to the background and watch the show. I will save this world, and I will save Bai Ling. Why must someone sacrifice?
“The success rate of disrupting their plan is very, very low. Our combat power is inferior to theirs, and fighting them would accelerate the world’s collapse.” Sitting on a chair, Leticia propped her chin with the back of her hand, her eyes flashing with divine light. “So, our task now is simple: gather the four prophecy books and obtain another world-saving plan from that person.”
As long as this plan’s success rate was higher than the God’s Throne’s, Leticia believed she would have a chance to persuade that woman to abandon her inhumane plan.
During their recent exchange, Leticia could tell that this woman was not devoid of humanity. If there was a way to save everyone, she surely wouldn’t want to sacrifice her two daughters.
After all, Bai Ling and Bai Ya were her children!
Even a tiger wouldn’t eat its cubs. Could this person truly be so heartless? Leticia truly didn’t believe it.
If she couldn’t persuade her, then they would fight. They would use their fists to prove who was right and who was wrong.
“I plan to go to the demon realm first to get our demon realm’s prophecy book, and then return to the human world to negotiate with the humans… or directly snatch the prophecy book. After collecting all four books, we’ll see what that person can do.”
“A good choice, I agree.” Flora nodded, thinking Leticia’s plan was excellent. “I won’t accompany you to the demon realm. Evangeline still needs my help here.”
“Yes, I won’t encounter any danger in the demon realm. Ancestor and Yu can accompany me. Ashes, what about you? Are you planning to stay in the elf realm or come with us to the demon realm?”
Ashes, who had been acting as background, raised an eyelid. “I don’t want to be alone with this one.”
Even though they were now on the same side, Ashes still wasn’t fond of Flora. In her words, she had nothing in common with such a hypocritical person.
It was unclear what had caused their feud in the past, as Flora seemed quite sincere now.
“Alright, so it’s the four of us going to the demon realm, and Flora staying in the elf realm to help Evangeline?” However, now wasn’t the time to dwell on such matters. As long as the two of them didn’t start fighting directly, it would be fine.
The team heading to the demon realm was thus decided. In reality, Leticia felt that such a large group wasn’t necessary. That was her home base; she could go alone without any problem.
But she couldn’t leave the others behind. Bringing them along wouldn’t be too much of a burden for Silver.
“Then we’ll depart tomorrow morning. Pack your things tonight, and I’ll replenish some nutrients for you, Silver, later.” Leticia clapped her hands and said to everyone.
The others naturally had no objections. After expressing their agreement, they each left to do as they pleased.
Only Yu and Silver remained in the room. Yu had nowhere else to go; for this little girl, staying by Leticia’s side was the happiest thing. As for Silver, she was waiting for Leticia to replenish her fuel.
In her current physical state, even making a few world transfers a day was strenuous. Today, having brought Leticia back and forth to the human world, she felt her body was at its limit. If not for this, Leticia would have already dragged Silver to work overtime and sent her directly to the demon realm.
“I suspect this is also part of those scoundrels’ scheme, to injure me and disrupt our action speed. Hmph, I knew those guys had malicious intentions.” Silver crossed her arms and snorted coldly, not hiding her distrust of the God’s Throne at all.
The deities didn’t have such broad minds. Silver still held a grudge for being defeated by the God’s Throne back then. If it weren’t for those bastards from the God’s Throne, she would have likely been released from her seal by now, instead of having to reside in this body.
It was a body whose usage could only be measured by frequency. If used too many times without timely repairs by Leticia, this body would likely be beyond repair, simply breaking down.
“Ha, I don’t think they’re that ingenious. They probably wanted to directly obliterate you, an uncertain factor, at that time. Your escape was something they didn’t anticipate.” Leticia gave an awkward yet polite smile and comforted her, “Alright, just lie down here. I’ll replace your broken parts for you.”
“Then shouldn’t I hate them even more?” Walking to a bed that Leticia had specifically moved over, Silver took off her clothes and tossed them aside, then leaped onto the bed and lay down. “One part of my heart is beating a bit irregularly, and my left lung also seems to have some problems…”
The two teleports today had damaged more components of Silver’s body. Fortunately, the damaged parts were all new components that Leticia had prepared to replace old ones. These were not expected to last long.
Walking up to Silver without averting her gaze, Leticia lightly drew a slit on Silver’s chest. Then, she gently pulled the slit open to both sides, and Silver’s chest was opened.
The internal organs, in operation, came into Leticia’s view. The scene was quite grotesque, but what kind of person was Leticia? Without batting an eye, she began her work.
She reached in and removed the organs that were not functioning well, then inserted the prepared replacements. This scene looked like some evil scientist in a movie performing horrific experiments, but Leticia was no evil scientist; she was a great demon king who cared about all living beings.
The organs that were no longer needed were casually tossed onto the ground by Leticia. Yu, with some curiosity, poked the chunks of flesh on the ground that still retained Silver’s body heat, her eyes filled with a certain desire.
“You absolutely cannot eat this, even if it’s roasted!” Leticia preempted Yu’s thoughts and warned her before she made a decision.
Although from a certain perspective, these chunks of flesh were just ordinary pieces of meat, they wouldn’t be poisonous. In fact, because of Silver’s divine power, they might even taste better, and eating them could potentially improve one’s physical condition.
But no matter what, eating a part of one’s good friend’s body was a bit… well, weird.
“Since they’re all unwanted, might as well let her eat them instead of dealing with them?” Silver held a different view. She had no feelings for the parts removed from her body. If they tasted good, she might even eat them again herself.
Hearing this, Leticia, who was in the process of replacing Silver’s heart, almost caused a medical accident and squeezed the large blood vessel next to the heart by trembling her hand. The thoughts in these deities’ minds were truly beyond her understanding as a mortal.
Forget it, forget it. If you great deities are happy, then so be it. I won’t interfere anymore, won’t that do!
“If you want to eat them, remember to borrow a grill from the kitchen and bring some seasoning back.”
“Ooh!” Yu’s eyes lit up. With a cheer, she rushed out the door.
By the time she returned pushing a pile of things, Leticia had already closed up Silver’s chest and gathered the discarded parts on the ground, placing them on a plate.
Seeing Yu return, Silver happily called out to her. The two deities then lit a fire in the room and began roasting those parts.
Hey, you know, after sprinkling on some spices, they actually smelled quite good.
Evangeline, who happened to pass by, was captivated by the aroma and shamelessly walked into the room wanting to see what delicious food was being prepared.
“Want some, Evangeline? They taste pretty good.” Leticia beckoned to a bewildered Evangeline, gesturing for her to come closer. “Though I can’t eat this stuff myself.”
“Huh?”
