Chapter 498 - 496: Showing Hilia the Cruelty of the World

The dragon riders have done nothing so far except maintain order and persuade others to leave, as well as collect money at the door where a conflict occurred.

It’s very subtle.

Very strange.

Anthony didn’t know what was going on.

Although he was good at noticing details, he was only a Tier Two Mage himself and had no ability to gather intelligence on Dragon Island, after all, they were only there as tourists.

So he knew nothing, only sensed danger, and told Pamisha to leave early, also bringing along two cat girls.

Hilia’s curiosity was piqued, and after much hesitance, she finally decided to ask Rose.

Rose chuckled lightly, "Because of the setup by the Tower of Descent."

Hilia was stunned, "Are they secretly fighting against the Tower of Descent?"

Rose shook his head, "No, they are indulging the Tower of Descent to cause trouble."

"Ah? Why?" Hilia was dumbfounded.

It was something she hadn’t expected.

Even the wasteful Northern Alliance only indulged in cult behavior due to low administrative efficiency, but after calling in High-tier Mages to oversee it, efficiency increased significantly as well.

But Dragon Island... why would they indulge a cult? Do they also want to destroy their own capital?!

Rose smiled, "The Tower of Descent wants to seize the Fire Spirit, why do you think they want it?"

Hilia thought for a moment, "Legend has it that the Fire Spirit allowed Erina to break through her limits and reach Tier Seven, could it be their leader also wants to use it to break through to Tier Seven?"

Rose nodded, "Yes, that is the purpose. They don’t know how Erina broke through, only that she did so successfully by relying on the Fire Spirit after obtaining it, so they want to recreate the scene."

"The scene back then..." Hilia was shocked, "Are you talking about that disaster?"

"Yes."

"Then the dragon riders..."

"They also want to get a second Tier Seven Mage." Rose smiled slightly, "Perhaps even Erina herself doesn’t know whether it was the Fire Spirit that allowed her to advance or something else, so they don’t mind trying again. Compared to the Tower of Descent, their success rate is much higher."

"Will they succeed?"

"Of course... impossible."

Hilia blinked.

Rose said calmly, "Knowing how to break through the limits now will only do you harm and no good. Those methods are probably already locked by Zeus, making it ten times harder to break through than before. I haven’t personally witnessed a mage breaking through to Tier Seven, so I’m not sure, but once you reach Tier Six, maybe you’ll understand."

"Okay."

Hilia felt a bit disappointed.

She muttered to herself.

Why does knowing now do more harm than good? Haven’t the Ascension God Stairs already told us the end point? Isn’t this something that should definitely not be withheld?

Rose felt Hilia’s thoughts and smiled gently, saying nothing.

Because it would really have an impact.

The difficulty from Tier Six to Tier Seven has always been high. Tier Six involves mastering the creation of Subspace, while Tier Seven consists of converting the rules of the invisible world into one’s own rules and preparing to evolve into the Gods’ [Authority].

This knowledge is not suitable to be explained to Hilia now.

It’s worth mentioning that Tier Seven is the condition to safely enter the Abyss. Zeus would not refrain from locking the stairs between Tier Six and Tier Seven in the Divine Realm to prevent someone from entering the Abyss to rescue him.

Of course, Rose is only speculating and hasn’t confirmed it.

Looking at Zeus’s arrangements, the likelihood of the speculation being correct is very high.

To avoid affecting Hilia, it’s best not to speak recklessly.

"So, the Dragon Rider Corps is not making any moves now; they’re waiting for the disaster from a hundred years ago to recur, to once again have a Tier Six Mage descend from the sky to quell the strife, seize the Fire Spirit, and advance to Tier Seven?" Hilia guessed.

Rose nodded, "Not far from the truth."

"Are they not afraid of things going wrong? Using cults is so dangerous, what if they accidentally cause a more serious disaster?"

Rose said calmly, "That’s up to the Tier Seven Erina to decide, you just need to watch the show."

Actually, there is still a chance to stop all of this.

It’s just incredibly difficult, Hilia’s tier is too low, even if she had someone take over completely, there’s still a significant chance of failure.

After much consideration, Rose decided not to say anything and chose to give Hilia a hint.

Indicating that she should understand her strength is too low and that she can’t accomplish anything, thereby encouraging her to work hard after returning, and to advance to Tier Four as soon as possible.

The candidates for the Holy Daughter are very kind, to put it another way, they’re like saints.

She certainly wouldn’t like watching countless people die before her eyes, but Rose just wants her to see that she’s too weak to save anything.

Intervening in another country, to save others from disasters deliberately guided, is equivalent to directly opposing the other party, this sort of thankless task can only be done when one is strong enough to make the opposing party hold back anger, otherwise, just watch.

Rose hopes for a beautiful world but will not be as pained by life and death as Hilia is; the old times were made bright and sunny through iron and blood.

What revolution comes without bloodshed?

A peaceful revolution would only leave unending, unsolvable pain.

Hilia fell silent, understanding that she couldn’t accomplish anything either.

Things didn’t stop due to her thinking.

The suction force above the volcano’s crater gradually formed a fiery humanoid shape, with two peculiar things, one red and one white, floating around it.

The moment this humanoid appeared, everyone around showed signs of fanaticism.

They hadn’t seen this thing before, but everyone knew what it was.

The companion of the Bathing Fire Essence—

The Fire Spirit!

When the Bathing Fire Essence is born, there is an extremely low probability of the Fire Spirit being generated, and the appearance of the Fire Spirit makes the Bathing Fire Essence and Star of Ice reconsolidate, increasing the quality by another tier.

The Bathing Fire Essence and Star of Ice are the unique elemental artifacts floating beside the Fire Spirit.

The Fire Spirit and Bathing Fire Essence absorb a large amount of Molten Fire and heat from the air, causing the surroundings to become cold, especially the absorption center, which has the lowest temperature, and the Star of Ice is born from this, absorbing all the cold and neutralizing the environmental temperature.

This accompanying form is very peculiar and makes the two the most cost-effective materials among all high-grade materials—after all, it’s a buy-one-get-one.

As the temperature around the Fire Spirit slowly rose, someone finally couldn’t hold back.

A Tier Four Mage, eyes red and breathing heavily, as if enchanted voices were whispering, tempting him to move.

Then, he moved.

The shadows cloaked him, and he believed his Shadow Magic would certainly let everyone overlook him.

If he touched the Fire Spirit, he could take it away.

As he got closer and closer to the Fire Spirit, the joy on his face grew bigger.

"Hahaha, I’m taking the Fire Spirit!"

puff!

A light sound was heard, and with a mere meter away from the Fire Spirit, he stopped, slowly lowering his head, seeing a dagger pierced in his chest.

boom!

Like the first domino piece being toppled, the whole scene quickly turned chaotic.