570 Opening the Passageway Between Universes (1/2)

”That was a great speech.”

Tofesh was laughing while Yale descended.

Since he knew the truth, he couldn't avoid laughing at how the whole universe had been fooled by his friend.

”It wasn't that impressive...”

Yale was depressed when he descended, which Tofesh found too strange.

At that moment, Yale was checking the system due to a notification obtained while speaking before.

[Minor Lie Divinity: Makes the lies said by the user easier to believe.]

Yale never expected to obtain such a shameful Minor Divinity due to that speech.

He was so ashamed that he didn't feel proud at all by his previous speech.

In fact, he decided to never tell anyone about that Minor Divinity.

”Big brother, are you alright?”

Wyba heard from Tofesh that Yale was going to leave, so she had been waiting there from the start.

Of course, when she heard about it, she told that she was also going, but Tofesh managed to convince her that she must remain behind to take care of the country.

Wyba was just an eighth level immortal, and in case of danger, she didn't have Tofesh's life-saving methods.

Moreover, Wyba was Yale's weak point. If an enemy caught Wyba, and then she was used as a shield when battling against Yale, he wouldn't be able to battle properly.

”Yes, don't worry. I am perfectly fine.”

Usually, given Yale's face, no one would believe that he was perfectly fine like he said, but everyone believed it due to the Minor Lie Divinity.

”That is great. I can't go with you this time, but you must promise me to return here after you finish!”

Wyba forgot the previous topic and hugged Yale while speaking about her condition.

”I will come back after I finish, but I don't know how much time I will need.”

On that occasion, Yale was being honest with his words. He really wanted to finish and return as soon as possible, but he couldn't say how long it will take until he finished.

While Yale was speaking with Wyba, Clair walked shyly towards Tofesh.

”Have a safe trip. Don't worry about this country because I will protect it with my life.”

She spoke words that fitted her job, but her shyness made those words difficult to believe, although she was being serious.

”I prefer if you flee and survive than if you die. As long as you are alive, everything can be obtained back, but if your soul is destroyed, it will be your end.”

Tofesh felt that Clair's intentions were good, but those were too self-destructive. In case of danger, it was better if they fled through one of the portals of the palace.

The Otref Kingdom, the Weapon Spirit Tribe, and Tenir's castle were all connected to the palace, and those places were very well protected, so as long as they fled there, nothing bad would happen to them.

The city was also protected with a lot of spells, but since it was more stable than a separate dimension like Tenir's castle, the traps aren't that powerful, and the same applied to the Weapon Spirit Tribe.

The Otref Kingdom wasn't much better regarding defensive traps, but their army was more than enough to ensure their safety.

Of course, with someone considered a Great God as the king, Tofesh didn't believe that someone would be as foolish as to mess with Yale's Kingdom even if the king himself wasn't there.

”I know, but how can I flee? I don't want to be considered a coward.”

Tofesh sighed when he heard her reason.

”Listen. It is better to be a wise coward than a reckless fool. If there aren't any chances of victory, battling is foolish. A retreat in time is also considered a victory, don't forget that. Isn't your job protecting Wyba? The best way is fleeing with her to a safe place rather than dying in front of her and let her die just after you.”

He had met a lot of soldiers with mentalities that focused on dying on the battle rather than retreating if wining was impossible, and those soldiers never obtained any kind of responsibility because knowing to retreat was also very important.

If someone with that mentality could give orders, the whole army could get annihilated pointlessly.

Yale's Kingdom didn't have a real army, and even the royal guard was inexperienced compared to other countries, so Tofesh felt that he needed to change Clair's mentality as soon as possible, or there might be stupid deaths if someday there was any problem.

”Is that alright?”

Clair didn't want to die, but the weight of the responsibility of her job made her thought that it was her duty.