The young lady stretched out her arm and held Rhode’s right hand.
Along with this action, magical radiance emanated around them and a summoning ritual appeared under their feet. A green brilliance and chilly death aura unique to specters emerged from the summoning ritual, coalescing into a green card that landed in Rhode’s palm.
That card appeared to be hallucinatory. In the hazy radiance, its entirety seemed so unclear. The card was translucent and seemingly a product of fuzzy, frosted glass. One could see the indistinct figure of a young lady on the card, and there was nothing else apart from that. Fortunately, the system prompt had popped up in front of Rhode’s eyes, assisting him in confirming the card’s identity.
[Received Holy Sword: Queen of Blades——Five. Death isn’t the end, but the beginning. Roaming between the lines of life and death, when the Queen of Blades flourishes her sword, mortals will be sent into the ice-cold abyss of death. Imaginary Property: LV 3 (Ability to turn holder into spiritual form). Lightning Strike: LV 3 (Extreme Speed +5). Deadly Assault: LV 3 (Upon hitting the enemy, there is a certain chance to inflict a deadly curse and sever the enemy’s body)]
“…”
Gazing at the introduction of the card, Rhode put up an amused expression. Judging from her ‘specter’ characteristics, even though this card was meant to deal with mortals, he was surprised that her abilities were so transcendent. Also, what was up with the ability to ‘sever the enemy’s body’? Could it be that this card gained this ability after she and Shira ‘killed each other lovingly’ for a long time? For some unknown reason, upon looking at the details, Rhode felt like there was a subtle, malicious intent…
Come to think of it, she didn’t even have a name and the system interface only showed that her name was ‘Five’. Was it because she was in the fifth seat? Judging from her appearance, Rhode couldn’t help but rub his chin and narrow his eyes at the specter young lady.
In this case, I might as well call her Little Five. Yes, that sounds smoother, doesn’t it?
“…”
Unsure if the specter young lady realized that Rhode was imagining things, she glared at him coldly. However, Rhode wasn’t afraid of her stare at all. Even though the aura that the specter young lady exuded was terrifying, it piqued his curiosity instead. He squinted and sized up the young lady. Both of them exchanged looks for a few moments. Then, the young lady turned over and vanished into the air silently. Up until that moment, Rhode shifted his gaze to the side.
“Alright, that is all for today. Go wash up and call it a night.”
He continued.
Based on the current situation, even though the matter had clearly come to an end, it wasn’t exactly over for Rhode. There was some crucial information brought back by Angelina. If what she said were true, this stalemate would be improved over time. But to Rhode, in order to improve the situation, there were many things he needed to do… And one of them was rather adventurous. But despite that, he had no choice but to accomplish it.
“Have you decided, Big Brother?”
Upon hearing the gentle voice of his younger sister, Rhode turned around and gazed at a face that he couldn’t be more familiar with. The delicate and tender face blushed in a pink complexion. The young lady curled up in his embrace with half-shut eyes. Rhode felt her warm and soft, smooth skin as they laid together. Perhaps due to the ‘intensive exercise’ earlier, the young lady panted slightly. Rhode even felt her heart pounding. He couldn’t help but stretch his arm and wrap it around her slim waist. Upon sensing his touch, the young lady trembled, but quickly relaxed and reclined into his arms.
“Yes—almost. According to Angelina’s intelligence, as long as we defeat Ion, everything will go smoothly. I don’t want to stir up a hornets’ nest around Chaos. In this world, there is no future in going against Chaos. As long as we transmigrate the entire Dragon Soul Continent to the solar system, everything will turn out well.”
“…”
Upon hearing his words, the younger sister nodded gently. Rhode was right. In this world where Chaos dominated, there was no point in going against Chaos. Although the Creator Dragons did their best to create the Dragon Soul Continent to defeat Chaos, they barely survived the disaster. Of course, such wars could last for hundreds, thousands, or hundreds of thousands of years. But what was the meaning behind them? If Rhode or any other Creator Dragons were to answer this question, there was only one answer.
There was no meaning at all.
Even though external influences might force others to stop conflicts between races, factions, and faiths, and make them join forces temporarily, when everything ended or took a short-term break, they would release all of that pent-up pressure. Wasn’t that how the Creation War came about?
Back then, in order for the Dragon Soul Continent to stay away from the threat of Chaos, the Five Creator Dragons abandoned their bodies and headed to a new world. But despite that, their heirs in the Dragon Soul Continent started the Creation War. This was the irrefutable evidence that they just couldn’t have enough of wars. Even if Rhode were to unite all five dragon soul heirs like his younger sister did in the past and fight against Chaos, how long could they last? They couldn’t possibly eradicate all Chaos. If that continued for a few more centuries, even though it might be possible, there wasn’t any meaning to it. And if Rhode and the rest were no longer around, would their successor start a similar war like the Creation War? There was a possibility for that, and a high one indeed.
History always spiraled. Humans were forever making the same mistakes and the Creator Dragons clearly knew about that. They were unable to stop wars and conflicts of lives, but could do their best to eliminate external threats. It was like how parents often hoped for their children to lead blissful lives. Of course, perhaps the path that their children took wasn’t as planned out by the parents, but parents would still shelter their children from storms and do their best to aid them in their strenuous journey.
“I will get ready tomorrow. As for manpower… I will bring Canary and Icy Snow along with me and leave this place to you.”
“Can’t I go with you, Big Brother?”
“For safety’s sake, you’re better off staying here. After all, those guys are a touch bunch. Besides, according to Angelina, the Darkness Capital became really dangerous. We’re heading there to rescue someone this time and aren’t there to attack Ion. If possible, I hope to not invite too much trouble.”
Rhode’s top priority was to rescue Erin. That was the decision he made: set his battle line in a defensive formation, lead his men to save Erin, and consider how to lure out Ion.
Rhode was confident in luring out Ion. As long as Ion learned that Erin escaped the Darkness Capital, he would surely give chase. When that happened, Rhode would join forces with the rest, annihilate him, and everything would turn out fine. Even if he couldn’t lure out Ion with this move, at least he would be able to rescue Erin.
Due to that reason, Rhode wouldn’t bring too many people with him. Only the few essential ones were enough.
“Alright then… I will stay here with Christie…”
The young lady said. She closed her mouth and lowered her head. Looking at her reaction, Rhode let out a helpless sigh.
After bringing the younger sister back to the Dragon Soul Continent, she met Christie several times. Even though Christie was surprised by the presence of his younger sister, she still gladly accepted her as a ‘big sister’. But Rhode clearly knew that it was conflicting for his younger sister to face Christie. Although the younger sister doted on Christie, she was hesitant on whether she should confess her true identity to Christie. Rhode empathized with the younger sister on this. Up until this moment, it was due to this complicated feeling that he also didn’t inform Christie that he was her father. And according to his younger sister, she also didn’t feel comfortable confessing to Christie that she was her mother. As for whether she should even tell Christie the truth, she was hesitant about it…
It was especially so after hearing from Rhode about the harsh environment that Christie grew up in. The younger sister felt guilty and was conflicted. She wanted to care for Christie like a real mother, but was afraid that Christie wasn’t willing to accept her after learning her identity. As Rhode empathized with the younger sister about this, he felt like he didn’t have the rights to instruct her. That was why both of them were at a loss… They didn’t know what they should do.
“Alright, don’t overthink it.” Rhode said, stroking his younger sister’s longer hair. “When the time comes, there will naturally be results. Let’s focus on the issue in front of us now.”
“Okay…”
Curling up in his embrace, the young lady nodded gently and sank into a deep slumber.
Rhode let out a sigh in response and also closed his eyes.
“This situation sure is troublesome,” he mumbled under his breath.
