Mage Manual

Chapter 1753: Chapter 1299: Next Stop, Heaven

"Now we are certain that Level Six of Hell lies above Ruby Mountain and below Seven Heavens, but beyond that, we have no other information. More importantly, if Level Six of Hell truly is the destination for Five-winged Mages, it means there exists an unimaginable force forcibly keeping us demigods on earth... Even the Supreme Star might not be able to do that, right?"

Vishi couldn’t help but complain as he spoke: "What kind of trouble has Ash gotten himself into? Why would he go to such a place?"

"What should we do then?" Freyja’s eyebrows drooped immediately after hearing Vishi’s analysis, clenching her fists, her face full of worry: "Ash must be really scared being alone in a place like that, right?"

"According to the monologue in the diary, Ash seems to have no desires apart from a certain inclination, trouble always finds him, rather than him finding trouble." Weiser leaned against the wall, saying calmly: "And this shouldn’t be a sudden incident, he left after the Bride’s Night, perhaps feeling no regrets, he willingly stepped into Hell."

Diya bit her fingernail, with slight discoloration at the ends of her hair: "What exactly is the trouble that just getting involved in it could completely erase his existence?"

"Although we don’t know, it can be inferred from the diary’s content."

Siflin patted the photocopy of the diary in her hand:

"When he was One-winged, he resolved his death crisis whose impact was limited to Shattered Lake Prison, which can be defined as a city-level disaster; when he was Two-winged, he helped you, the Witch, to seize the throne, freeing from the threat of the Gospel Divine Being, which can be defined as a regional-level disaster; when he was Three-winged, he got involved in Silver Lamp’s plan to annihilate Senluo, attempting to save all living beings there, defined as a national-level disaster; when he was Four-winged, he was imprisoned in the Kingdom of Allstars, and based on what Vishi said, Ash later ran around to save the Kingdom of Allstars, which can be defined as a continental-level disaster."

"Ash is not a saint who shoulders all responsibilities, on the contrary, he defines himself as your accessory, most of the time he wants to rely on you. If it were just a city-level, regional-level, national-level, or even continental-level disaster, even if he couldn’t handle it, there’s no reason he wouldn’t use your power. With your current team’s combat power, dealing with the Divine Lord isn’t out of reach, a continental-level disaster wouldn’t be worth mentioning."

"For Ash to have to leave you behind and solve it alone, it means the trouble he is facing far exceeds your abilities, and coupled with the fact that the presumably existing Level Six of Hell, like him, has been completely erased..."

Siflin took a deep breath:

"It can only be a world-level disaster."

The room fell into silence for a moment, and after a while, Freyja softly said: "So, Ash voluntarily erased his existence, fighting alone against an apocalyptic disaster unknown to anyone to protect us?"

She cupped her blushed face with both hands, her eyes turned into heart shapes, and everyone seemed to see pink bubbles popping up over her head: "I knew he wouldn’t leave us without any reason, it turns out that’s the case, no wonder we all like him—"

"Only you like him!" they couldn’t help but say in unison.

"But Miss Freyja is right about one thing." Felix said: "In the Senluo Chapter of the diary, Ash had intended to let Silver Lamp destroy Senluo. He’s not the type to charge into every disaster. If he doesn’t know about a disaster, he wouldn’t care; if he knows but is powerless, he wouldn’t care either. Later, because Black Crow intruded into the Silent Spiral, he was forced to get involved in Silver Lamp’s apocalyptic plan—this means that if he knows about a disaster and is powerless yet still determines to intervene, the only reason is because it would affect the people he cares about."

"He doesn’t care about this world," Felix looked at Sonia and the others, saying softly: "He cares about you all."

"And me, me too!" Freyja raised her hand.

"Alright alright, you too." Siflin pressed down the excited Meiwa, saying: "Though I’m a bit touched too, but... why is Ash the one saving the world?"

"Indeed." Sonia also found it odd: "Even if Ash is very capable, he couldn’t be more so than the Supreme Star, right? Otherwise, we would have already conquered the world from Heaven. In such world-ending crises, with an entire layer of the Void Realm wiped out and even we notice the clues, can it be that the Supreme and them are unaware? If they are aware, why aren’t they handling the crisis? If the heavens collapse, shouldn’t the strongest take the responsibility?"

Freyja puffed her cheeks angrily, saying: "Because they are all bad people, only Ash is a good person! They shirk their duties while only Ash, the best in the world, is willing to save it!"

"That’s unlikely." Dedarose slowly shook her head: "It’s not about good or evil. To the Divine Lords Supreme, this world is theirs. They are like the owners of a building. If it collapses, the owners wouldn’t be spared. At least on this matter, we can trust that the Divine Lords Supreme would stand united."

"There are three possibilities," Weiser analyzed: "First is that the Supreme stars don’t know; the second is they know and are solving it, fighting alongside Ash; the third is they know but think it’s solved or can be postponed to later, only Ash knows there’s a greater crisis, thus fighting alone."

"Regardless of the situation, it makes no difference. The reality is that Ash went up to bear the weight of a collapsing sky. Even if we want the Supreme stars to replace Ash and handle the world-ending crisis, we have to find Ash first."