Chapter 602: An unprecedented situation

White strokes began to shimmer on it… forming characters…

“Su Yuan.”

Silence.

Total, complete silence.

Time itself seemed to stop.

No one spoke. No one breathed.

Xilonen was the first to break:

“Why… Why would this happen!?”

“It was strange enough that Su Yuan could receive an Ancient Name at all…”

“But now it’s even stranger!!”

“Why is Su Yuan’s Ancient Name… just his own name???”

“In the entire history of Natlan, this has never happened!!”

“The Ancient Name is supposed to be a name of the past, passed down through the ages!”

“Su Yuan has never been in Natlan! He has no deeds recorded in the Kingdom of the Night God! So how can his Ancient Name… be his own name!?”

Su Yuan was stunned too.

If his Ancient Name was just his own name… wasn’t that basically nothing?

And even Xilonen couldn’t explain it.

So how could he?

But at least it wasn’t embarrassing or weird-looking.

So… fine.

“Well then, Xilonen—when something can’t be understood, don’t force it. None of us are all-knowing.”

“Getting stuck in a dead end is just draining yourself for nothing. It’s not worth it.”

“Thank you, truly. Go rest. If there’s payment needed, just ask Aether. What’s his is mine, what’s mine is his.”

Aether felt something was a bit off, but still responded, “Yes. And if I don’t have enough, Paimon has a small secret savings stash we can borrow from.”

“Hey!! How did this suddenly involve me!?” Paimon flailed her legs in indignation.

“Yes… I really am tired…” Xilonen nodded.

“I’ll find a big soft tree to sleep in near the tribe.”

“Kachina, go with her.” Aether said.

“We’ll report at the Adventurers’ Guild. Then we’ll wait here for Mavuika to return.”

“If we need help, we’ll go find that volunteer we saw at the entrance… Bayajida, I think?” Paimon added.

So Kachina and Xilonen left.

Su Yuan reminded Kachina:

“Let Xilonen rest first. Don’t mention anything about the eerie existence yet. Tell her when she’s recovered.”

Then Su Yuan, Aether, and Paimon went to find the Adventurers’ Guild.

The layout inside the Sacred Flame Arena was confusing, but after asking around, they eventually reached Katheryne.

She seemed the same as always—nothing unusual.

But after chatting for a while, Katheryne suddenly said:

“Traveler, the Flowing Springs Assembly has reported an attack from Abyss creatures and has requested support from the Adventurers’ Guild. May I ask if you can help them?”

“Heh, do you even need to ask?” Paimon laughed proudly.

“We’re allies of justice! We’ll never let evil have its way!”

“Let’s go. We’ll head out right away. It’s also a good chance to meet this ‘Mualani’ that Kachina mentioned,” Aether said.

“Mm, let’s go!” Su Yuan nodded.

“The Flowing Springs Tribe is located directly south of the Sacred Flame Arena,” Katheryne reminded them, handing Aether a map.

“Just keep heading straight south, and you’ll see their iconic buildings.”

…

After leaving the Sacred Flame Arena, Su Yuan and the others headed south.

Crossing over a tall mountain and a steep cliff, they finally saw the Flowing Springs Tribe’s settlement in the distance.

“Wow, Katheryne wasn’t kidding. Every tribe in Natlan really does have its own unique architecture and culture!” Paimon couldn’t help but say.

Su Yuan nodded.

The architecture of the Flowing Springs Tribe—how to describe it?

It resembled fins, or maybe ships—basically, everything looked like it was modeled after water.

It reminded him of the Sydney Opera House from his original world…

However, now wasn’t the time to admire architecture.

They needed to hurry and support the tribe before the Abyss inflicted too much damage.

But when they arrived, they saw clear traces of a battle…

Yet no Abyss creatures remained.

Instead, many people were cleaning up the battlefield.

Su Yuan’s group froze for a moment.

Even though they had hurried as fast as they could…

Were they still too late?

Had the battle already ended?

And if the tribe had needed help badly enough to request aid from the Adventurers’ Guild…

Just how many casualties had occurred while they were still on the way?

Just as Su Yuan was thinking this—

“Hm? And you are?”

A woman with flame-red hair and sunglasses stepped toward them.

“Judging from your clothing, you must be outsiders, right?”

“If you came here to visit the Flowing Springs Tribe, then you may have picked the wrong time. We only just repelled a wave of Abyss attacks, and there are still many areas that need to be cleaned up.”

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