Chapter 6: They Come from Beyond the World
Madam Mercury’s tumour reference represented all the deities in the current dual-coloured realm. Because the dual-coloured realm initially lacked deities and wasn’t meant to have them.
The moon overhead, the face on a giant’s chest, the vibrant tree rooted in the earth…
The people revered all these as deities, deriving power from them. In reality, they were parasitic growths in the dual-coloured realm. They didn’t originate in the dual-coloured realm but came from a distant star.
Beyond this world, unknown alien worlds exist. These arrivals were like seeds on fertile soil, continuously taking root and sprouting.
By now, they were worshipped by ignorant people. Only a few, like the dragon clans, were aware. Unfortunately, natives couldn’t defeat deep-seated tumours. They erode the dual-coloured realm and seize its powers. To some extent, they were considered part of it.
The ten sages recruited individuals like Ron to eliminate these tumours. Ron, from another world, lacked the natives’ limitations. For instance, he wasn’t bound by the truth ring or subject to misfortune. However, the reality differed significantly from their expectations. The arrivals lacked the motivation and often the capability to help.
Efforts to nurture them yield far from envisioned results. The system was training a new traverser, seemingly fragile like before. Madam Mercury couldn’t sense any noble sentiments from Ron. If told he needed to eradicate tumours, she estimated he’d run.
This didn’t surprise her, having seen the noblest and most despicable. She’s an old dragon, guiding one traverser after another. Now, as a new traverser, she’s lost the earlier enthusiasm.
Hope rested on this traverser, surviving longer and bringing surprises. After all, once others knew Ron would be an enemy of the gods, he’d become a foe of the dual-coloured realm. And there were hardly any individuals who could assist Ron. Not even the dragons could offer much help.
Because ninety percent of the dual-coloured realm’s inhabitants believed that those tumours were gods, the best evidence was that the “divine” powers and knowledge all came from them. Of course, Madam Mercury and others prefer to call these entities the Outer Gods.
Initially, Madam Mercury hoped Ron could keep a low profile and not be discovered early as an enemy of the future gods. This way, he would have enough space to grow and perhaps an opportunity to try dealing with a particular god.
“If that’s the case, why don’t you tell him anything? You haven’t even explained the common knowledge of this world to him,” the dragon pondered for a moment and said, “I can’t imagine how he’s going to survive in the dual-colour realm.”
Ron is completely ignorant of the dual-colour realm.
“Telling him everything at once may not be a good idea,” Madam Mercury said.
If you tell him too much at once, Ron may be unable to digest it.
“Previously, I tried telling the time traveler too much at once, which frightened him too, and in the end, he turned against us,” she said helplessly.
After he turned against us, the system disengaged from that time traveler. Moreover, after turning against us, the time traveller only lived for about a week, and we didn’t suffer any losses.
“You don’t need to worry too much about any complications. I’ve already sent a very reliable person to assist Mr. Ron. She will inform Mr. Ron of everything he needs to know.”
“Now, the final issue is the person you sent over.” The small and exquisite water dragon spoke.
“Why did you specifically choose Lillian to monitor that human?”
You can choose anyone as the monitor, but it shouldn’t be Lillian, this restless little dragon.
The great dragon has taken on many missions given by the Ten Sages, including monitoring the travellers.
The travellers themselves are indeed weak, but ultimately, they are bound by the “system” created by the Ten Sages.
Once they lose control, they pose a significant threat to the dual-coloured realm, so monitoring them was essential.
Theoretically, they should send mature and stable elder dragons to monitor Ron, but Madam Mercury chose a young white dragon this time.
Lilyka, this dragon who has just come of age, spent daily learning useless knowledge from the human world.
How can she possibly bear the heavy responsibility of monitoring Ron? She can’t make a correct judgment on things at all.
“Perhaps energetic young ones are more suitable than old dragons like us.” Madam Mercury has no problem with her choice, “Don’t underestimate young dragons too much.”
“I can’t agree with that statement, Madam Mercury,” the flying dragon said in a deep voice, “That’s not called energy.”
Lilyka, this dragon who has just come of age, spent daily learning useless knowledge from the human world. In his view, Lilyka wastes time, which has nothing to do with energy.
“Don’t you know she belongs to the faction of dragons that detest humans?”
The dragon paused, “If she kills that traveller, everything will start anew.”
“In fact, that child doesn’t really hate humans.” Madam Mercury patted the small head of the flying dragon.
Madam Mercury watched Lilyka hatch from the dragon egg, so she understood Lilyka well. Lilyka simply had too high expectations of humans and was ultimately disappointed by the ugly side of humanity.
“How can you guarantee this new traveller won’t disappoint her?” The dragon sighed.
He had seen far more bad humans than good ones, making it impossible for him to have any expectations for humans. Actually, he had long wondered why to bring humans from another world.
Can’t we bring a dragon from another world? Aren’t dragons stronger than humans?
“You forgot something very important,” Madam Mercury said, “He saved a witch in a black mud state.”
This time, the flying dragon didn’t say anything further, as if acknowledging something.
