Chapter 406: Incomplete Information

"Everything seems to be proceeding according to the original plan. We are gradually eliminating the beasts, but the situation on the wall doesn’t look good," Lindwurm reported, monitoring everything from the air.

He couldn’t get too far away from Auric, but fifteen meters up in the air was still possible.

Lindwurm could see a lot more in that position.

’Really?’

"Yeah. The instructors manage to patch the holes in the wall, but there are simply too many instructors over there. In addition, we have spies who are acting as instructors roaming the streets to get you. At the same time, there are instructors who are trying to stop you.

"Because of those, the wall ends up not having enough men. Some air support has hit the beasts, but the beasts have become quite close to the wall. If they bombard them, the wall will also take damage.

"They’re currently using some helicopters to rain a barrage of bullets down on them, but it won’t last for too long.

"We need to find a new balance if we want to stop the beast wave. Just loitering around the street won’t help," explained Lindwurm.

Auric frowned. He never thought that the situation had become this bad. If this continued, the wall would be breached in thirty minutes.

’I guess we have to go back to the wall, but we won’t make too much of a difference. As long as the instructors are still on the street, it will still be hard to turn around the situation.’

"Exactly." Lindwurm nodded in agreement. "Ah!"

Auric was startled. Why would Lindwurm suddenly react that way?

"Stop!"

Auric didn’t know what was going on, but he followed Lindwurm’s instructions. ’What’s going on?’

Stella, who was running alongside him, was confused by Auric’s sudden stop. "What’s going on, Boss?"

Lindwurm was gesturing for him to turn around.

Auric was confused at first, but when he turned around, he found a familiar figure.

"!!!" Stella was startled when she saw the person as well.

"Mom?!" Auric ran toward her. "Mom? What are you doing here?"

Stella didn’t expect that Natalia would appear here. She couldn’t help but remember why she was here in the first place. In that instant, she started getting a bad feeling about her sudden appearance.

"Hi, honey." Natalia smiled.

Auric just hugged her. "What are you doing? I miss you. I know you helped Glor—I mean, Stella, but you’re still here?"

Natalia smiled gently while saying, "I just want to say goodbye."

"Goodbye? Good. I can handle the situation here. You just wait for me at home. I’m going home soon." Auric nodded firmly.

"No. I’m talking about goodbye goodbye. A real goodbye."

"Huh?" Auric suddenly turned pale. "What are you talking about?"

Natalia closed her eyes for a moment. "In a few months, I will cease to exist."

"What?"

Stella didn’t say anything, but she felt Natalia’s words sounded a bit weird. If she didn’t have much time left, it must be because she was sick or something.

In that case, she would tell her that she had an illness or something along those lines. Yet, she had actually told him that she would cease to exist. It was as if she hadn’t died, but simply disappeared from this world.

Natalia let out a long sigh. "You will learn this story in a few months after you successfully rank up all your elements to Rank 3. Unfortunately, I can’t also reveal that information to you.

"However, I can tell you that I will cease to exist once you reach that point. After all, the moment you know the truth, my existence can’t be maintained any longer."

"I don’t understand." Auric started growing restless.

"For 17 years, I have been your mother. I can say that it’s a very fulfilling role. There are a lot of things I want to do. Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem that I can fulfill the last item on my bucket list because you are simply too good of a boy.

"Still, I don’t want to steal you from her. At the same time, after living for so long, I get a little greedy. I don’t want to disappear that easily.

"Rather than disappearing because you learn the truth, I want to use the time I have left to do something for you."

"Mom! I really don’t understand. Please explain everything from the start!" Auric was trying to stall for time, trying to figure out what to do when his mother said a lot of random things.

Natalia smiled. "I am your mother. At the same time, I am not. That’s all I can say. If you want to know the truth, you need to rank up first.

"I’ve been watching you for the past 17 years. You’ve grown into such a gentleman. Make sure that you continue to treat people who deserve it with your kindness and deal with your enemies with your hatred.

"It’s true that after living as a human for so long, I have begun to look like a human. I started feeling like an ordinary mom, and Mom wants to do something for you.

"Yet, it doesn’t look like Mom can do anything without your help. Are you willing to help Mom?"

"Y-Yes. Of course." Auric was having a hard time processing everything that was currently happening. "How can I help you?"

"The little guy will be starving because of this."

"!!!" Auric widened his eyes. He had always thought that his mother couldn’t see Lindwurm, but it looked like she could see him.

Lindwurm had already perched on Natalia’s shoulder, transferring as much energy as possible. This way, Lindwurm could only last for a week. After this incident, Auric really needed to prepare a lot of food for himself.

Auric suddenly realized something. As soon as Lindwurm transferred his energy, he noticed that the energy in his mother’s heart contained two elements—the light and unique elements.

Natalia continued, "Your father was a coward. At the same time, he was just a clueless guy who was trying his best to become a father. After that mistake 17 years ago, he still couldn’t forgive himself.

"Whether he made the correct decision or not, you were the only one who could judge it."

"My father? Who is my father?" Auric clenched his hands into fists.

Natalia could only smile. She couldn’t say anything further.

"I couldn’t say anything about your father, but I can say something about your mother. Your mother... was a kind and cheerful woman who had saved your father. It was unfortunate that she could never see you, but I can definitely tell you that she’s currently happy watching over you. You’ve truly grown into a man she can feel proud of. After all, I’m born from her image. So... as your mother, I shall transfer the ability she used to possess to you."

Auric was startled. "Wha—?!"

Natalia moved faster than Auric could react. Without him realizing it, Natalia’s finger was already on his forehead.

Suddenly, a lot of words came into his head.

"Aaahhhh!" Auric suddenly dropped to his knees while clutching his head. "Aaahhhh!"

Natalia turned around as if she was planning to walk away.

"M-Mom!" Auric was trying to stop her, but an avatar had already appeared on her back.

She simply said, "Watch. This world is already so dark that I’m merely giving it a bit of hope."

The avatar flowed into her body, turning Auric’s mother into an angel.

The light energy burst from her body as she disappeared.

A massive light gradually formed in the sky.

This light turned its shape into that of an angel. It looked like Auric’s mother, but there were some accessories, a blindfold, and a few other things that made people unable to recognize her.

Still, her appearance made the men’s hearts flutter and the women feel inferior. With her otherworldly beauty, she took the world’s breath away for a second.

"!!!" All the people couldn’t help but widen their eyes. Even the Rank 6 humans didn’t understand what was going on.

"This power..."

"What the hell is this?" Supervisor Jacob sucked in a cold breath. "We don’t have any information about this..."

"An ally? An enemy?" Mr. Green frowned. "Is this really a power of Rank 6? The intensity feels different."

The angel raised both her hands. On her right hand, a massive golden light formed. On her left hand, a thumb-sized gray energy appeared.

"!!!"

"A light element?"

"She’s also using a unique element?"

Suddenly, the angel joined both hands, combining the two energies.

"Elemental Fusion?!"

"What?!"

There weren’t many people who could use Elemental Fusion, especially when it came to unique and light elements. No, was there even anyone who could combine those two elements in this world?

The angel then lifted up the combined energy further.

This sphere flew upward.

As soon as it reached the sky, the light burst and shone as if the sun had descended onto this planet.

The shining light enveloped the entire city.

Almost all people could actually feel the power of this technique.

"!!!" Maya saw all the wounds on her body disappear at a speed visible to the naked eye. Meanwhile, Head Instructor Ryan remained covered in wounds.

The soldiers and students experienced the same thing. Those whose limbs had been severed by the beasts saw their limbs regrow.

The instructors who were fighting the beasts or other enemies within the city felt a surge of their energy as though they had just recovered all their energy.

"This..."

"What kind of power is this?"

They had never seen anything like this before. They had heard about healing abilities, but even Selena’s element wouldn’t be enough to regrow a limb. At most, she could probably reattach someone’s limb if she managed to reach Rank 6 in the future.

Auric gritted his teeth and extended his hand, having a hard time maintaining his consciousness because of all the pain in his head from having received so much knowledge. He had never heard of a technique that could transfer one’s knowledge like this.

Then again, he had heard from Stella that she used her power combined with her father’s element to change her face.

It was no wonder that she could even do this.

Still, he was utterly confused because of the incomplete information he had received from his mother.

He was wondering why his mother would actually disappear if he ranked up his elements.

Why was his father a coward? Why would he suddenly ’go on a business trip’ after he awakened?

What was the secret they had been hiding from him all this time?

There were a lot of questions in his mind, but he genuinely didn’t want his mother to disappear.

Stella was standing by his side, while watching the kind of power being unleashed by Natalia. She knew that this kind of power couldn’t be unleashed by a normal Rank 6 human.

And all those secrets were centered around the person she was supposed to protect, Auric.