Free Web NovelChapter 1471: Chapter 920: The Historian
The golden Divine Power poured down, enveloping the Elf Forest.
The wounds brought by the Great Saint battle slowly healed under the vast Divine Power.
Looking at the forest flourishing once again, the elves were excited, kneeling on the ground, constantly chanting the true name of the Mother Goddess.
The devout praises echoed over the forest...
Eve’s Divine Power transformed, once again taking the form of Divine Favored Zero, walking through the forest.
The post-war city was fervently being rebuilt, and in front of the ruins of the destroyed Elf Village, players and elves were bustlingly clearing the debris, rebuilding their homes.
The battle to pursue the Eternal Legion was nearing its end, and in this forest full of lush tall trees, the players were the masters.
No one understood the terrain and map of the Elf Forest better than they did.
To escape their pursuit here, one would at least need to be a legendary figure.
"Gentlemen elves... no, elf friends, please listen to me, I am truly not an Eternal believer! Believe me!"
The tense shouting and struggling sounds caught Eve’s attention.
Turning her gaze, she saw a few Golden Rank players escorting a bound old mage along the path deep in the forest, heading toward the Chosen City.
It was a mage who looked quite aged, his gray-white robe was worn out, his tangled beard and hair were a mess, who knows how long he had been fleeing blindly.
He had a swollen black eye, obviously punched hard by some player.
"Stop with the nonsense! Escaping together with the bishop of the Eternal Church, and still claiming you’re not from the Eternal Church?"
A player escorting him sneered coldly.
"No... I truly am not! I... I was also coerced by the Eternal Church!"
The old mage widened his eyes and hurriedly explained.
"Yeah, right, who doesn’t know humans are craftier than one another."
Another player ridiculed, forgetting that he himself was human too.
Seeing one of the escorting players curiously leafing through a clearly player-unsourced ancient scroll, Eve felt a stir in her heart.
Without a sound, she walked over and inquired:
"What’s going on?"
"Lord Ling (Big Sister)!"
The players exclaimed in surprise and eagerly bowed with excitement.
"While hunting down the stragglers of the Eternal Church, we caught this guy. He was acting somewhat oddly. After some reconnaissance, it seems he’s not an Eternal Church believer. We thought there might be some hidden plot, so we captured him."
They said.
Hearing the players’ words, the old mage widened his eyes:
"Wait... turns out you already knew I’m not an Eternal believer, so why capture me?"
"Enough with the talk, Lord Ling is talking, why are you interrupting!"
One player, clearly the grumpy guy, glared fiercely at the old mage.
The old mage obediently shut his mouth.
Eve’s gaze swept lightly over them, looking at the disheveled old mage, her eyes showing a hint of amusement.
Though the old mage was down and out, his eyes were bright, even slightly excited.
"Who are you?"
Eve glanced at him and asked.
"Offnam! Beautiful Elf Lady, my name is Offnam! I am from the Holy Mania Empire... um... I am a historian from the Human World!"
The old mage broke free from the players’ grip, respectfully bowed, and spoke.
Afterward, he cautiously glanced at Eve with a hint of anticipation and asked with some excitement:
"Black skirt armor, beautiful appearance, strong power... Beautiful Elf Lady, are you the legendary Goddess of Life’s Divine Favored, Lord Ling?!"
Eve looked at the self-proclaimed Offnam with surprise, not expecting her alias to have spread so far.
She remained noncommittal, glanced at the ancient scroll in the player’s hand, and asked again:
"What are you doing in the Elf Forest?"
Noticing Eve’s expression, the player next to her eagerly showed a fawning smile like a sycophant, presenting the seized loot with both hands.
Eve took it and flipped through it, seeing the ancient scroll’s cover engraved with several gilded words in ancient Mania language: "A Brief History of Humans."
A Brief History of Humans...
Feeling the scroll, despite having lost most of its power, still carried traces of Divine Power, and connecting it to the old mage’s identity and appearance in the Elf Forest’s timing, Eve had some guesses.
Opening the scroll, she read the records of human history, from ancient legends up to the recent Great Saint battle.
Moreover, as her curiosity piqued, after a sneaky assessment, she discovered the scroll was not merely a historical record, but a rare True Divine Artifact!
[True Divine Artifact: Lies of History]
[History is filled with lies, when lies abound, they become true history...]
[Effect description: This is a Divine Artifact left by the God of History Mira, possessing the ability to alter any recorded history. All history documented on this Divine Artifact can be changed to the holder’s desired form, though the effect is immune to beings stronger than the holder...]
Looking at the various descriptions of this True Divine Artifact, Eve’s heart stirred:
Lies of History...
So that’s how it is!
This was probably another scheme left by the Eternal Lord!
Though the scroll bore no mark, it was clearly blessed by Divine Power, and its previous owner was likely the Eternal Lord.
In other words, this should have been the tool used by the Eternal Lord to alter history, and this historian old mage was recruited by the Eternal Lord to document true history as a tool.
If back then she hadn’t merged with the Segis World, the Eternal Lord might have used the records made by this old mage to change human history, obscuring his loss of control over the human population in the Segis World...
Then, he could quickly gather a human Divine presence and try ascending to greatness!
Unfortunately for him, his fate was sealed from the start.
Whether it was the Starry Sky Guardian Rigdar, or herself, strengthened by her connection to Blue Star, Yiteo would ultimately have gotten nothing.
However... she had become the strongest entity in the current Segis Universe and would soon summon players on a large scale. Perhaps this old mage would be useful for her upcoming plans.
Wasn’t Rigdar documenting the whole history of Segis? Now it seems, the stele might not just be a record of Segis’s history, likely more of a monitoring and adjustment tool.
"Since that’s the case... I’ll start afresh, documenting a history involving players, imprinting it deep within Segis’s Original Law, strengthening players’ interference with the creator’s revival mechanism!"
Eve had an idea in mind.
Thinking of this, she suddenly lifted her head, smiled slightly at Offnam, and in his surprised and delighted expression, said: freēwebnovel.com
"Lord Offnam, since you aren’t an Eternal believer and are a historian, would you be willing to serve the Elf Forest and assist the elves in compiling a history of the elf civilization?"
Hearing Eve’s words, the old mage paused slightly, then rejoiced:
"Of course! Lord Ling, the Life Church and elves have always been subjects of great interest to me. I am willing to compile a history for the Elf Clan!"
