Chapter 815 After Growing Up (1/2)

”Weird. Which impudent fairy has been spying on us?”

Joshua said suspiciously, scanning the sights around Fairyland before shrugging. ”Energetic little fellows.”

”The world would be so much interesting if humans and fairies were equally energetic.” Pope Igor's clone smiled beside him. ”If it wasn't for their inability to live in low-energy realms and the risk of diminishing after living there for a long time, they might have been the race that pioneered the spiritual aspect.”

***

It was now Starfall Year 840, the 14th of April—more than half a month since Yolanda came and left.

Compared to other Legends who have other duties, the elderly pope and the warrior were relatively idle, and able to split a clone to discuss recent events.

Before being disturbed by the little fairies (both men did not consider things seriously), Igor and Joshua had been talking about some friendly communications sent to them by certain foreign Void civilizations.

”They seem to be survivors of the Final Battle.”

With the Church's warship Fort Glory patrolling the Void throughout the year, its surveillance station known as the 'Saint's Eye' easily discovered the envoy fleet from other civilizations, which was why the Seven Gods Church received most transmission sent by other civilizations.

The pontiff had been very pleased over the matter—the presence of those Void civilizations might reflect some of Mycroft's lost history. However, he soon realized regretfully that most of those civilizations had escaped the Evil Gods' indiscriminate decimation of all intelligent creatures in the Final Battle because of various measures they implemented themselves, and had basically skipped that part of history. They hid in their own shelters over thousands of years, only to be stimulated by Mycroft's recent high-profile resurgence, granting them the courage to return to the galaxy that was once filled with Evil Gods and Chaos.

All of them self-proclaimed to have established relations with the Glorious Era, just as the Unified Archives certainly contained such information. Even so, after a thousand years or perhaps more than that, the pontiff could hardly decide such matters for the entire world.

In the end, compared to those Void civilizations that hosted social bodies which were long unified, present-day Starfall Era had yet to be unified.

”Unification is at hand—in fact, we are actually already united. Empire, White Tower, various small kingdoms… the boundaries of those factions had long since mattered.”

Being an Imperial Noble, Joshua spoke self-deprecatingly without holding back. Then, noticing the pope's stare, he simply continued matter-of-factly, ”I'm not saying anything wrong. If all Legends be willing, one day is all we need to bind the world into a loose alliance. After all, the power of mortals and Void fleets are insignificant compared to our power—in fact, we are the main force of our civilization in sheer firepower.

It was not wrong: every Legend's power is more than the sum of every non-Legend combined. Even those Legends not adept at fighting was completely different from normal humans in terms of fundamental living essence and could hardly be harmed by mundane measures. Be that as it may, Joshua would never underestimate them for that reason, since only powerful civilizations could groom powerful Legends without end. In comparison to foreign foes who were immeasurably formidable and had inexhaustive Void resources, civil strife was laughable and depressing, and would at most nurture some competition.

That was why Joshua would say that the world of Mycroft had already been unified: every Legendary champion had already been allied, an accord far more effective between any faction and nation.

”Regardless, since those civilization came on friendly terms, we should return their diplomacy.”

Igor could not help feeling a migraine when he thought about it, and waved his hand to end that conversation. ”As long as our plan isn't affected, those civilizations could do what they want—by the way, how many times have you been visiting Fairyland lately?”

Even as he spoke, the elderly man looked up at two fairies who were hiding behind some bushes nearby, watching them carefully. ”Could it be that that's your type?” He laughed quietly.

”Type? What type?”

Joshua shook his head, and simply pointed at one Silver Fairy which had been flapping its wings as it diligently moved some cobblestones. ”I'm here for those kids.”

***

Silver Fairies were brand new species, with most of their population moved to Fairyland from their native world, Karlis. The four Fairy Queens had wanted to use them as a template to complete Fairyland, just as Joshua wanted to entrust them to the Queens, instructing those creatures that were essentially newborns.

Now, regardless of what the Silver Fairies had learnt, it appeared that at least they were very compatible with the local fairies… In fact, they had already assimilated!

Joshua narrowed his eyes. He saw a Silver Fairy and a Flame Fairy putting their arms over each other's shoulders as they flew around in Brownian Motion. It was natural since flying around with wings and a rocket ejector was already fine, much less with stability.

”I wish to move some Silver Fairies to live in my world if they are willing.”

It was when one of those fairies fell to the ground with a thud that Joshua withdrew his gaze and said quietly, ”I am one of their creators after all; my world is the best world for them.”

Even if the world of Karlis was rejuvenating, it was basically no different from a post-nuclear fallout land. It was difficult for insects or moss to survive there, not to mention that Silver Fairies which require demanding environments—if not for the favor from Karlis's Steel Python, they might have a hard time to even stay alive.

On the other hand, while Fairyland was certainly a fine location, it still had no Steel Strength. Silver Fairies would hence be a class below Elemental Fairies, which was not a good symptom.

”Moreover, those kids are being idle.”