801 Decision (1/2)

”A new Fire Elemental God? That's something incredibly important. Why didn't you report it?”

”I did report it five days ago. However, I've yet to receive a response even now. Did something happen at the Cloud Tower?”

Naturally, Moti's report wasn't going to receive any response, as the Truth Symposium was extremely busy ever since five days ago which was the battle that ended in Sophocles' self-destruction. The Truth Symposium naturally wouldn't have the free time to respond to an ”unimportant” report.

However, this news was incredibly important to me.

”The new Fire Elemental Goddess has such a strange name. Apparently, she's called Alyssa.”

Alyssa? If the new Fire Elemental Goddess was Alyssa, then I would be Ronald. Still, it was rather normal that names would sometimes be confused due to translation and pronunciation.

Still, rather than surprise or confusion, my first reaction was a strange feeling of ”it really was her after all”.

Elisa was the Flame Sea Marchioness to begin with. She also had the abilities to control fire, ice, and devour and evolve abilities. Due to all this, since the Fire Elemental Plane was filled with ”delicious food” everywhere, as long as she had enough time, abandoned all limits, and ”constantly evolved” herself, she would likely become an existence that no Fire Elemental Lord could possibly defeat.

However, I was rather frustrated and even sad, due to something else…

”It seems that she still doesn't trust you. No, perhaps it's precisely because she trusts you that she chose this path.”

Sometimes, I really didn't know how to respond to the silly cat's comments. This time, my response was silence as a form of tacit admittance.

The death game between the Chaos Girls was probably nearing its end. Any Chaos Girl who was still alive would absolutely not be easy to deal with. Even I wouldn't be able to absolutely guarantee Elisa's safety.

Karwenz's scheme was at its end now. The few remaining Chaos Girls had all become ”precious” combat resources. The most common method for dealing with such important resources was that if your side couldn't have them, then the resources would be destroyed rather than letting your enemy have them.

If Elisa asked me for help, I would of course do my very best to protect her. However, fate was always unpredictable. There was always the possibility that the worst could happen.

”If the worst occurs, and only by sacrificing Elisa can the world be saved, what wouldn't you be willing to sacrifice since you're the type who's willing to even sacrifice yourself… That silly girl, she was afraid that you would have a hard time, or she didn't have confidence in you? Probably both,” Harloys commented.

Or, perhaps she was afraid of me making a choice…

When danger arrived, only you would be the most trustworthy person to take care of yourself. Although I had indeed taught Elisa such a concept, I was still rather hurt to be treated like this at such a time.

”That girl is underestimating me too much. If the world can only be saved by sacrificing a woman, then this world might as well just be destroyed.”

I was no saint. Nor was I someone who held the power of life and death over others. Living itself was a type of value. Every life had its own weight. Apart from the person themselves, nobody would have the right to request someone else to sacrifice themselves.

I respected courageous warriors who were willing to sacrifice themselves. That was because there were indeed things which were more important than life in this world. However, I really hated bastards who said things like ”a large number of deaths are only a statistic”. I truly hoped that such people would become a ”statistic” just like what they talked about.