563 Glory Dimension Part 2 (1/2)
Nailisi took matters into her own hands and chided Erbai. Saleen only nodded his head in agreement with what Nailisi said.
Erbai wanted to cry, but no tears would come. Saleen said, ”Jola, Su, keep this a secret.”
Eleanor recovered from her meditation. Saleen and her exchanged glances. Eleanor then said, ”If I were to leak this out, may I never receive my ancestors' acknowledgement and may my soul be buried in the seventh abyss!”
Seeing how Eleanor made such a vow that was considered the most vicious thing that an elf could swear on, Jola immediately said, ”My Lord, if I were to leak out even half a word, may I turn into a woman!”
Saleen smiled. Jola's vow was not a joke. Nailisi had the full capability to turn him into a woman and could even make him give birth. For a man as chauvinistic as him, this was even worse than going to hell.
Su was stunned for a moment before saying, ”My Lord, I am willing to leave my clan and become your most loyal bodyguard.”
Saleen was stunned in return. Just as he was about to refuse his offer, Su already took out a half-sword and plunged it directly into his left arm. There was no blood, instead the wound split open and a small creature flew out. Without any hesitation, Su grabbed the creature in his hand and squashed it into a bloody mess.
Once this was done, Su's wound was already patching up and blood finally flowed.
Su's face was pale. He explained to Saleen, ”This is the soul-delivery beast of my clan. If I die, it will teleport back to the holy land of my clan with everything that has ever happened to me in my life. Nothing will be a secret at that point in time.”
”Why are you doing this?” Seeing how Su had destroyed his clan's spiritual creature, Saleen knew that Su had no wish to turn back anymore. That spiritual creature was his only chance of going home. Now that he has ruined it with his own hands, there was no way he could go back to subcontinent plane, unless Saleen was able to reach grade-12.
Su hesitated before saying, ”I want to become stronger. The subcontinent plane may seem like a dangerous place, but it has actually already achieved balance. On the other hand, the mainland dimension, is also called the glory dimension. It is still growing. I must know there is no more turning back in order for me to break through my psychological barrier and really settle down here.”
”Glory dimension?”
”It is a saying of the subcontinent plane. The humans on the subcontinent plane supposedly came from Myers Mainland in the beginning as well. Clans with very long histories have all passed down all sorts of legends about the mainland dimension. Although the humans in the mainland dimension are weak, the dimension is still growing. It is the only one that is doing so. It is where humans originated from.”
Su was incoherent, but Saleen understood most of it. The humans of the subcontinent plane no longer had any chance to advance, but the humans on the Myers Mainland dimension were just about to welcome the second era of glory. This was also predicted in the arcane literature. At that time when Saleen read it, he thought that humans just could not accept their failures and were looking for excuses. Now, it seemed that the Myers Mainland had been simmering for a while now and the time for a breakthrough was about to come.
If humans could get rid of the Lord of Glory's religion and stop any Gods from leeching off this dimension anymore, they might just have a chance of going back to those glory days.
”My Lord, the Myers Mainland belongs to humans. No matter what, it must never…,” Su did not continue. A tint of strange colors flashed across Saleen's eyes.
Were past glories so important to humans? Even a human from the subcontinent plane took pride in them.
If the devils' armies were to come knocking on the doors of the Myers Mainland, the strong humans would still find a way, but the average person would easily become the demons' food. Demons were just like any other creature; they feared the strong and preyed on the weak. To the demons, if you were weak, then it would not matter even if you were related to the strong.
The demons would find it easier to accept if only the strong ones were left instead. Long ago, the demon dimension was also a force to be reckoned with in the war between humans and Gods. Demons had been used to humans being strong, so if one was weak, the demons would not even treat you as a human.
Simply said, the demons did not judge one by bloodline, but by abilities. Saleen was acknowledged and followed by the four demons only because he possessed the badge capable of killing a supreme demon and his formidable crystal finger. Without these abilities, Cuisi and the rest would have thought of ways and means to get out of the bond without any punishment. They might even have killed him off.
Now, Cuisi and the rest were focused on how to help Saleen get stronger so that he could lead everyone to conquer this dimension.
Saleen felt a bit helpless when he thought about the outcome the demons were working towards. He was still too weak and he could only rely on his clan's badge. Every time he used the badge, he would have to wait for another half a year before he was able to use it again. The amount of waiting time would have been longer if not for the Goddess' necklace which contained twenty-four lightning dragon hatchlings that provided him with electrical energy.
Neither demons nor humans of the subcontinent plane could forget the glories of the past.
Saleen could never empathize because of his background. Even if he were to become a grand mage, deep down he was still the same orphan that had no one to depend on. Even the warmth that Jason had given to him had never changed that aspect of him.
When a person's only goal was to survive, there was simply no room for ambitions nor for glory.
Every day, there must be bread to eat. It had to be white bread and not the coarse black bread. Maybe that was what Saleen once wanted. The other things that came after were never really what Saleen truly wanted from the bottom of this heart.