Free Web NovelChapter 1714: It’s Coming
"So, what do you want to tell me?" Elysion smiled, trying to assure Bianca that he wasn’t dangerous.
"I don’t know how to use my innate abilities." fгeewёbnoѵel.cσm
"Oh?" Elysion raised one finger. "It’s definitely a challenge, but it’s not a big challenge. You have the potential, and I think you can do it. It will just take some time to get used to it."
"But do we have that time? From what I’ve been hearing, it looks like we don’t have much time left."
"I can’t really tell you whether we have time or not. Everything has been a speculation for the time being. That’s why we can’t say whether we have time or not, but in the worst-case scenario, yeah, we don’t have time."
Elysion didn’t want to give up hope. At the same time, he didn’t want to deny the possibility.
Bianca looked down. She said, "When my adoptive father and uncle were still alive, they had always told me how much they loved this world. That’s why I’m planning to fight... Can I really do it?"
"That’s..." Elysion crossed his arms. "I am supportive of your decision, but I don’t know if it’s the right thing or not."
"Why?"
"Because you have been marked."
"What does it mean?"
"It means everything. Our enemy is so strong that the moment you are marked, everything about you... your existence... even your thoughts will be coming to that being.
"The only way to escape from that existence is to completely erase your existence from this reality.
"My student... I mean, your teacher has done it. He has tried so many times but failed every single one of them."
Bianca looked down. "I heard that this mark can be shared if you stay with someone long enough..."
"Yes and no. The mark can multiply and affect the other beings. At the same time, the mark won’t target anyone unimportant."
"Does that mean that, because we have a plan to defeat our enemy, our enemy will know about it? Like right now... Doesn’t that mean we need to know less about our own plan?"
"Indeed, but currently, it’s alright. I’m sure that Nathan knows it as well. Everything he has talked about is not the core of the fight. It’s simply a schedule. The true plan hasn’t been revealed. You don’t know it, he doesn’t know it, and I don’t know it. That’s why it’s safe for now. We’re also safe for discussing it."
"..." Bianca paused for a few seconds. "In that case, if we want to fight, there is nothing we can do? We can’t even fight alongside those who matter."
"That is indeed true."
"But I have heard that he can make us invisible."
"He can, but it doesn’t last long. As I said, your teacher gave up his life and erased his existence so that the mark vanished alongside his soul.
"He might have given up the fight, but the battle hasn’t been decided yet. During the summoning ritual, he vanished and summoned a familiar... a ghost... to replace him in this fight.
"He twisted his luck so that it could protect him from the enemy, making him the only person who was truly invisible. This might be the only way to escape from that being.
"Of course, that being knew about him. That was why they had been fighting all this time. A thousand elite class aliens, these Ancient Ones... All of them were an attempt to remove it or mark him.
"That was why he wanted to leave this world so that he could bring the fight elsewhere, protecting all of us.
"Unfortunately for us, we couldn’t do anything. If we stayed with them, we would end up causing him to lose this war."
Elysion also wanted to fight, carrying the will of his former disciple. Unfortunately, he couldn’t escape his fate.
His power was far from being a burden, but his existence was something that shouldn’t come near him. fɾeewebnoveℓ.co๓
That was why Elysion had a pained look. Despite wanting to fight, he couldn’t.
Bianca asked, "So, what should we do? I don’t want to be useless. Just like what my uncle said, I want this world to continue. Seeing all the people dying because of the global catastrophe was hard enough, but we were not going down without a fight."
"I know." Elysion waved his hand. "There is only one thing we can do. Even after they leave this world, the aliens won’t simply pull back. In fact, they will most likely come at us with much greater intensity.
"That’s why Nathan has been trying to help all the continents. They want to let them have the strength to fight the aliens so that they won’t be wiped out after he leaves us.
"This is a place where he will return, so our role has changed from fighting by his side to fighting so that he will still have a home when he returns from his fight."
Bianca clenched her fists. "What do I need to do?"
"Are you sure you want to do this?"
"I do. I have heard various things. It might be related to the past that I don’t even know, but it’s true that he has saved my life. Although I have lost my uncle along the way, I know that this is the best course. That’s why I want to repay him, even a little, for this man who I used to call ’Teacher.’ To do that, I need strength. You are strong, right?"
"Fortunately for you, yes. I don’t like to brag, but I believe that I’m currently the strongest person not just in this continent, but in the entire world." Elysion nodded. "If you want strength, I shall grant you strength."
Bianca politely bowed to him. "Please help me to get stronger."
"I am not a gentle teacher."
"If that’s what it takes to get stronger." Bianca smiled.
Unbeknownst to them or Nathan, blood-red eyes shone in the deep, dark ocean.
A deep voice echoed.
"It’s coming..."
