357 Raven, the Strange Person (2/2)
Raven sighed as he said this, of course he knew about the event he's talking about. It was him who caused that even after all so how could he not know?
”I am grateful for the help since I am helpless against that pest. But the visit of that deity was uncalled for. One wrong move and her presence alone could've destroyed me, along with my citizens. I am weakened by age, it won't really take much before I kick the bucket, but of course I don't want to die. So that sudden visit scared the life out of me. Thankfully, the process went smoothly and I had gained a little bit of my freedom due to that as well.”
”But that raises some points that I don't quite understand myself.” The old man continued, ”Who in the world summoned her spirit? Who the hell knew how to perform the proper ritual to such a thing? I don't recall any existences that could've done such a thing, so imagine my surprise when it actually happened.”
”What's more is that even I didn't feel when the ritual began, the whole visit was done before I knew it, and I didn't even have the time to formally welcome or bid goodbye to Her Majesty at all. She left without saying a word. I only knew about what she did after she left but the reason of her visit shocked me as well.”
”She is a deity, normally she wouldn't even spare an ounce of attention on what's going on in the lower realms. But not only did she made time to visit a plane like this, she even personally descended and allowed someone to be her vessel for a short period of time just to deal with an ant compared to her status.”
”None of those made utter sense to me. Not at all.”
As Raven listened to the words of the old man, he was laughing wryly in his mind. He thought:
'Yeah, summoning a deity as a reinforcement is really excessive. I understand your conundrum old man, but I had no other options at that time.'
”I investigated once again. I even visited the place where it happened, but to my shock, I found no leads or clues to who the summoned was. I couldn't even find the vessel Her Majesty used! This bothered me to no end but alas, I couldn't do anything about it so I just had to let the matter go.”
The old man paused and sighed, not too long after that he continued speaking: ”Then I discovered yet another change that I wasn't responsible for.”
”One treasures I have, a tree that rebelled from its path, suddenly turned a new leaf without me knowing. Again.”
'Oh dear…' Raven thought to himself.
”It was supposed to give dreams, not eat others' dreams. I've tried convincing it before but it never listened to me. Yet all of a sudden, someone came and did the same thing that I couldn't accomplish. How astonishing was that?”
”I treasured this tree for the longest of time. Even though it rebelled, I didn't have the heart to erase it. Yet it willingly corrected its ways and is now amidst a great evolution. I don't know about others, but this is a big deal to me. And what made me even more grateful is that, the one who's responsible for that change finally left a trail that I can follow.”
'Oh boy…”
”I followed him and I could've caught him earlier but I decided to observe his actions. And I must say, his actions really surprised me. He even had the audacity to defy and threaten the Kraken Priestess! I was so impressed! She told me that he used her sister's life as a bargaining chip against her. What a man this person was! I don't know if he's an idiot that's not aware of the immensity of the heavens, or he just doesn't care at all.”
”The Kraken Priestess even told me that he had no interest in the inheritances left by Ancient Sects of the Divine Realm as well as the chance to ascend. He was just there to capture an ingredient and then he leaves. At first, I didn't want to believe it but I got the chance to witness it with my own eyes.”
The old man then faced Raven and asked: ”You are a strange person indeed, Young Raven.”