Chapter 155: What next? (2/2)
'Dang, how can she be so adorable?' Layn thought while staring down at Irea's deep eyes. Even though Sitra just attempted to put a small wrench in their relationship, Layn could only see trust, affection, and unending loyalty in her pupils.
”Well, what kind of man would I be if I didn't do my best to make my girlfriend happy?” Layn asked out before shaking his head. A natural smile returned to his lips. ”What Sitra was trying to force me to tell is that the moment I killed the Overlord of Origin, I became a ruler of sorts of the area that used to be governed by that monster,” Layn explained while shaking his shoulders before casting a sharp look on the girl in question.
”What? How did you...” Sitra couldn't hold back her shock caused by Layn's words. She only managed to stop herself from revealing more when she noticed Layn's cold gaze.
”While you didn't teach me even a shred of the magic of your tribe, it doesn't mean I'm an idiot,” Layn stated with the same cold tone as the coldness in his eyes. ”I know more about magic than your entire tribe combined. As such, it was pretty easy to figure out where the influence of the Overlord of Origin comes from,” Layn added while squinting his eyes.
'Well, I said that, but it wasn't easy at all,' he thought, going back to the memories from just a few hours ago.
Ever since he left for this scouting mission, he was absorbing the energy from the space around him, as if he still had some magic particles roaming around his blood flow or flesh.
'Yet, I'm positive that I burned through every last particle when fighting that wolf-like overlord,' Layn thought, actually going over the entire notion just now.
A major part of Layn's image of someone capable of everything was the fact that he never really revealed his full capabilities to anyone. As such, in a situation like the current one, no one doubted the claims he made, even though they resulted from the logical analysis he did on the go.
'As such, there is only one way for me to gather the energy from the area passively... And for some reason, I was unable to suck the mana anymore once I stepped into the area of another Overlord.' Layn lined up all the facts before coming to a conclusion.
A conclusion that would be unimaginable if he wanted to just guess it, but quite practical and logical now that he did the background work for it.
”So, you know...” Sitra spoke in a disappointed tone before hanging her head to the back and releasing a deep sigh. ”Well, that defines how far we will be able to go once our negotiations start, am I right?” she said as she looked sweetly at Layn.
”Partially, but let me explain it to others first,” Layn said as he nodded his head.
”Basically, this entire place is split between spheres of influence. Each of those spheres is controlled by an Overlord of Origin. What they are, where they come from, and why one needs to fight them to own the area on its own... I have no idea,” Layn said and smiled at the same time as if he wanted to nail the point down that this lack of knowledge didn't bother him in the slightest.
Which, for people that knew Layn long enough to understand just how massive his thirst for knowledge was, would easily find out to be a lie.
”The thing is, the entire area that was under the influence of the Overlord that I killed is now under my influence,” Layn announced with a wide smile that soured pretty quickly. ”I don't have any idea how I can use this influence, whether the area I can control is going to change... There are so many questions to which I don't have answers right now,” he added before taking his time to calm himself down.
”In the end,” Layn spoke up after a moment of silence, ”the idea for the academy is no longer plausible. Even if we ignore the entire spheres of influence stuff, the lake by which we have settled appears to be the only water source in the area. As such,” Layn raised his eyes and looked coldly at Sitra. ”If we want a massive amount of people to migrate here, we will have to use every last ounce of strenght, manpower, resources, and geography around us to prepare.”