Chapter 133 - 132: Li Ye and His Girl Group

Chapter 133: Chapter 132: Li Ye and His Girl Group

"Okay," Luo Ao agreed readily. "I’ll assign some people to you. They’ll take care of your daily needs and help you understand this world."

For him, having Li Ye leave was the best option.

He was the Commander-in-Chief of the Three Armies. He could use Aragon’s reputation to mask the impact of his own failure, but he absolutely could not allow this unstable element to remain on the front lines.

’Otherwise, who would the soldiers listen to? Him, or Aragon?’

Aragon was indeed a bit clever, but he was impulsive and reckless. With someone like that in a high position, any single decision could bring irreparable losses to the Human Alliance Army.

Instead of keeping him in the army, it was better to toss him to the rear and let the politicians there whip him into shape.

Once he was more seasoned, he could be sent back to the battlefield to become a sharp dagger to plunge into the Undead.

"Marshal, even if you hadn’t mentioned it, I was going to bring it up." Li Ye’s eyes lit up. "The people you assign me had better be young, beautiful girls. The purer, the better."

"..." Luo Ao thought of Elise, whom Li Ye deliberately kept by his side. He gave him a meaningful look, then suddenly smiled. "Fine."

’It’s not a problem if someone is exceptional. The problem is when they have no weaknesses.’

’Arrogance, impulsiveness, and pride were already flaws in Aragon’s character. If a lustful nature was added to the mix, he’d be even easier to control.’

"Aragon, indulging in women will hinder your cultivation." Quade was an upright man and didn’t want to see Li Ye go astray. "I think you should remain on the battlefield. Your abilities are enough to serve as a role model for many and decide the outcome of a war. Anyone can search for the Children of Destiny..."

Before Li Ye could speak, Luo Ao interrupted him. "Quade, Aragon is right. A war can never be decided by a single person. His status is special. He’s better suited to the rear, cultivating more geniuses for the Alliance."

"That’s right. My master never acts without reason. Since he sent me to this era, my mission must be here." Li Ye puffed out his chest. "I will do everything in my power to drive out the Undead, lead all the races, and restore the glory of the Ancient Era."

...

「A few days later.」

News that Aragon, disciple of the Ancient Legendary Mage Gandalf, had been sent to this era by Forbidden Magic spread like wildfire throughout the fortress.

Just as Luo Ao had predicted:

A series of resounding titles—"the twenty-one-year-old All-Element Forbidden Mage," "the man closest to a god," "a physique as tough as a Giant Dragon’s, with strength to match," "Forbidden Magic cast without incantations," and "the man who captured the Marshal and a Forbidden Mage from the midst of an army"—successfully catapulted the name Aragon to legendary status.

In a world that had been oppressed by the Undead for three years, people desperately needed a hero to appear and save them.

Aragon possessed a legendary background, immense power, and a spirit that defied authority. Most importantly, he was young. Youth represented hope; it represented the future. Such an image fit the role of a Savior perfectly.

The most crucial part was that tens of thousands of people had witnessed Aragon’s feats with their own eyes. This was what mattered most.

It proved he wasn’t some fictional character; he was the true hope of humanity.

The Alliance’s morale soared to unprecedented heights.

Along with Aragon’s fame, word of his mission to find the Children of Destiny also spread.

Gathering the Children of Destiny to fight the cataclysm was as mythic as a Dragon Slayer Warrior leading his companions to save a princess.

But at a time like this, it was exactly what people wanted to believe.

After all, Aragon had returned from the Age of Gods, ten thousand years in the past.

In times of despair, fatalism was more likely to give people hope.

In the legends, Prometheus stole celestial fire for humanity; God guided Noah in building Noah’s Ark...

The heavens had helped humanity escape one disaster after another.

This time, the one who would help humanity survive the cataclysm was Aragon. The Legendary Mage Gandalf had foreseen the disaster and deliberately sent his beloved disciple here to save the world.

Because of Li Ye, even Gandalf’s status had been elevated.

...

No sooner had Li Ye set off on his journey with a group of pure and beautiful young maidens, than Luo Ao sent all the information on Aragon—along with his own plans—to the Alliance Headquarters, so they could prepare to deal with this Child of Destiny who had appeared out of nowhere.

Luo Ao didn’t believe for a second that Aragon came from the Ancient Era. Forbidden Magic that could cross ten thousand years was just too absurd.

’After all, even the Gods had fallen.’

’If such Magic existed, why didn’t the Gods travel through time to this era to escape the calamity?’

’Could it be that the power of a Divine Spirit was less than that of a mere Forbidden Mage?’

Moreover, he had thoroughly investigated the entire encounter between Linton Squad and Aragon, and their conversations were riddled with inconsistencies.

Aragon had initially said he’d traveled a few hundred years, and then claimed he couldn’t sense the presence of the Gods.

The Undead only needed corpses; they didn’t destroy documents and records.

Even if Aragon had appeared near the Dragonbone Mountain Range and couldn’t find any records of the Gods, he should have become suspicious on his own. Instead, he had to be reminded by Elise. It seemed more like he was just fishing for information from Linton Squad, and everything he said about the distant past was vague and evasive.

Aragon had even chosen to cause a huge ruckus at the fortress out of fear of a soul inspection, which only further proved he had something to hide.

’If he had just passed the soul inspection and proven he was truly from the Ancient Era, he would have won everyone’s trust, even if he were just an ordinary Mage.’

’And then there was that suspicious black hair of his...’

All in all, there were too many suspicious things about him.

Yet this fraud possessed an unbelievably immense power.

This was what puzzled Luo Ao the most.

However, he was certain that Aragon was not a spy sent by the Undead.

If the Undead had such a powerful figure, the human fortresses would have been breached long ago. The Undead already held the upper hand in their war against humanity, so there was absolutely no need to go to such lengths to infiltrate him into the fortress.

’Most importantly, he and Peter had already been captured by Aragon.’

’If he’d killed me, the Human Alliance Army would have descended into chaos, and the Undead could have attacked. But in the end, nothing happened.’

Aragon had merely used him to legitimize his identity as Gandalf’s disciple.

’Everything was just too strange.’

Luo Ao felt that he had handled the Aragon situation as best he possibly could. The rest was up to the politicians in the rear.

’Let’s hope those politicians don’t disappoint me.’

At this critical moment, they had to seize any hope of turning the tables, no matter who that person was.

...

Li Ye was surrounded by twelve lovely, chattering maidens.

Among them were a Magic Girl, a maiden from the Elf Race, a Beast-eared Maiden, and a young woman with a greatsword on her back...

These young women had all been carefully selected by Luo Ao. They were young, beautiful, and flawless. It was said they were all candidates chosen to search for Divine Fragments.

’This third crossing is the one I’ve enjoyed the most.’

’My first crossing, I was surrounded by a bunch of stinky men who played soccer, and they were all ugly as sin.’

’My second crossing, the Cultivators around me were much easier on the eyes, but they were still mostly men. How could junior brothers ever be as sweet as junior sisters?’

...

"Your Excellency, what was the Ancient Era like? Have you seen the Gods?" Elsa asked curiously, her big blue eyes blinking.

She was a Fire Mage with beautiful brown hair.

At eighteen, her skin was as white as snow. When she spoke, a blush would unconsciously creep onto her cheeks, making her look shy and adorable.

She bore a great mission: to learn more about the Ancient Era from Aragon’s lips.

In fact, before being chosen as Aragon’s companions, Luo Ao had instructed all of them that they must satisfy any request Aragon made, no matter what it was.

No one objected to this order.

They had witnessed Aragon’s power with their own eyes. He was young, handsome, and possessed an unparalleled charm. He didn’t even have any strange odors, making him so much better than the slovenly men back at the fortress.

"The Ancient Era also had wars. But the Divine Spirits constantly watched over the Mortal World and would often descend to play among mortals," Li Ye said. "God King Zeus, for example, would often transform into a handsome young man and go to the Mortal World to seek out beautiful women and couple with them.

"That’s how many Demigods were born. Heroic Hercules, for instance, was the child of the Divine King and a mortal woman. It’s said that right after he was born, he crushed to death two poisonous snakes sent by the Celestial Empress Hera to kill him..."

"The Divine King’s name is Zeus?" Elsa asked.

"That’s right!" Li Ye said.

"Is Michael one of his subordinates?" Elsa asked, confused.

"No, Michael is God’s archangel," Li Ye said. "There isn’t just one Divine King in the Divine Realm. There’s another Divine King named Odin, who lives on Olympus Mountain;

"There’s another Divine King named Brahma, who created writing and taught the people of the Ancient Era how to live;

"The Divine Spirits above my master, Gandalf, are the Vera. They are powerful Divine Spirits created by the Creator God Ilúvatar..."

’Ever since I learned that the Chaotic Heaven Silk was a demonic artifact and that the mythological figures of this universe were related to Earth’s legends, the whole system of mythology has gone completely off the rails.’

He was just spouting nonsense off the top of his head to placate these inquisitive girls. In any case, with the cataclysm ten thousand years ago and the fall of the Gods, there was no way for them to verify any of it.

The more he said, the more mysterious his origins would seem. When others wanted to move against him, they would have to be more cautious.

’I know my identity as Gandalf’s disciple is full of holes,’ Li Ye thought. ’But my objective has been achieved. It’s time to add some new identities for myself.’

"So many Divine Kings?" Elise frowned.

"The human world has many kingdoms and is divided into Elves and Beastmen, right?" Li Ye said. "The kingdoms of the Gods are just like those of humans. How could there be only one Divine King? If there were only one, how could a war among the Gods have happened?

"In fact, wars frequently broke out between the divine kingdoms.

"I just never expected that all the Divine Spirits would have fallen. That’s something that should be simply impossible. That’s why I must return to the past and prevent this disaster. Humanity cannot exist without Divine Spirits..."

"Your Excellency Aragon, the Gods didn’t rule over just one world, did they?" Joey, the young Swordsman with the greatsword on her back, suddenly asked.

"Of course not," Li Ye said. "The universe is vast and boundless. With so many Divine Spirits, how could they possibly rule over just a single world? Wouldn’t that mean there are more gods managing the world than there are people living in it?

"Logically speaking, my master is a Maia, so the continent of Ounide should be ruled by the Vera. I don’t know why Michael’s Divine Format would have fallen here... unless he was an invader..."