1379 Persuade to Stay Part 2 (1/2)

”You mean you would have become Nailisi's slave?” To Rafel, this was inconceivable.

”Yes. At that time I was only level-1. Even if Nailisi was down to her last breath, she could have still eaten me up. If she had exerted some effort, she could have defeated me,” Saleen said slowly as he recalled his first encounter with Nailisi.

”When did this happen?”

”Around 10 years ago,” Saleen replied. His answer was imprecise because of the century he spent in the temple and his stint in the Astrology Tower, where the passage of time was different from the Myers Continent. He could no longer calculate exactly when this happened.

”How enviable. In a decade's time, you've attained power that poses a threat to me. Is this humanity?” Rafel sighed. She had already lived a few million years. If the gods hadn't died, she would have continued to live on. As for the present, even if she could no longer advance, she could probably still live a few million years.

She didn't understand the meaning of life. She knew nothing about struggle, pain, frustration.

The pair kept moving ahead. Saleen suddenly sensed a magnificent force within the power. It originated from the magical tower, which was connected to everything in the forest. No wonder Fycro's attack had been so challenging. The forest was part of the magical tower.

When Rafel first arrived in this interdimensional space, she wracked her brain to design this magical tower. It was considered a miracle. For many years after its death, the forest grew, the magic beasts multiplied, the magical tower continued to fulfill its purpose.

Such calculation abilities embarrassed Saleen. Even though he gathered all the enchanters right now, he would not be able to arrive at this point.

Rafel also felt this peculiarity. The spear in her hands channeled a strange vibration, causing her heartbeat to follow the pulsing of the spear. She was thinking about rejecting it when strange objects resembling twigs began growing on the spear, gently twining around her hands.

A wonderful feeling permeated through Rafel's body. It was like when the gods had just created her and she had not yet needed to battle. At the time, the angels all lived in a huge metal ball, like humans in their mother's abdomen.

From the six eyes on the spear, godly power rushed to her insides. This was different from the Metal God's godly power. Nature godly power was peaceful and inoffensiveness. It was godly power that was entering Rafel's body. Not only did it not cast out the parts within her body where some of the Metal God's godly power remained, it even restored body parts that had been injured in battle.

Rafel had experienced far too many battles: She lost count of how many she had fought in.

The Metal God was unique: It could evolve without consuming other gods. But the other gods would come to attack the Metal God's divine kingdom. The position of the Metal God's divine kingdom had been favorable, thus the Metal God would also let the angels clear out the dangerous divine kingdoms nearby at fixed intervals. Once there was a god who had evolved, angels like Rafel would rush over as quickly as possible.

Eliminating countless kingdoms—That had been Rafel's life.

The Metal God was not skilled in healing. It was difficult healing the metal angels. Their tough bodies appeared to be perfect, but in reality, they were filled with scars from long ago.

The godly power of the Goddess of Nature was healing Rafel's old injuries. She felt that her body was about to regain the status of a battle angel but strongly suppressed it. It was precisely in this state that she permitted the Goddess of Nature's godly power to flow within her body and even modify her body structure.

The six sets of power became greater and greater, putting Rafel's body into order one time. Because she had not regained the appearance of a battle angel, her body was strongly set into its previous state.

”Finally, I can stop changing back and forth.” Rafel smiled slightly, feeling the power in her body.

Though the power surge was not great, the godly power had not been wasted at all. It was stored in her heart. Her body also became more complete. Every inch of its structure was under her control. She could now mobilize the entirety of her power to engage in battle.

Born a battle angel, Rafel was sensitive to the structure of her body, because she knew that the Metal God would not give her any more power. Rafel directly changed her image into its previous appearance. Even the bones in her body changed accordingly. They had originally been silver-gray but were now permeated with green-tinged Holy Prose. These were the words of the Goddess of Nature.

Angels had no marrow in the hollow of their bones: they had crystallized godly power. Bones that had originally been empty were now brimming with greenish crystals.

”How do you feel?” Saleen discovered the transformation of Rafel.

”From now on, I can also tap on the Goddess of Nature's godly power, but...”

”But you're still an angel. Since you belong to a different godly race, you'll be the first to be discovered by the Goddess of Nature. Isn't that right?” Saleen asked.

”Mm.” Rafel felt a bit dejected. Humans could steal the gods' power and it was hard for them to be detected, but she couldn't do that. Once she stole a god's power, she immediately incited a god's wrath.

”That doesn't matter. The Goddess of Nature won't come looking for trouble with you. If she tries pulling a stunt like that, I'll whack her,” Saleen jeered while smiling.

”Really?” Rafel looked full of disbelief.

”Have you ever seen a mage lie?”

”Alright, but, I don't understand...”