After work, start to speedrun the other world-Chapter 486 - 189: The Battle Between Jed and Letixia_2

Chapter 486: Chapter 189: The Battle Between Jed and Letixia_2

"Speaking of which, there’s something I’m quite curious about," the Splitting Demon, incarnated as a blade, glanced at the hollow where the Ash Fire burned, "With your ability, you should be able to save the All-Knowing Saintess, right?"

He asked so.

"Use my power to separate the All-Knowing Saintess from the Tree of Omniscience."

"Do you think your power can reach the extent of splitting worlds?" Xi Mu countered, silencing the Splitting Demon.

Unless he reached the level of the omnipotent, no... the stature of the King of Ash, it would be impossible to elevate the ability to split to the extent of splitting worlds.

It had nothing to do with whether Ahtal was strong or not; it was that his very performance did not support splitting worlds, and the Tree of Omniscience, being everywhere, was on a scale equivalent to a world.

"Don’t be too confident in your own abilities," Xi Mu added mercilessly, "This world is filled with powers stronger than yours, but in the face of the world-scale Tree of Omniscience, they all seem very... insignificant."

Indeed, let alone splitting the Tree of Omniscience, even for the Splitting Demon to challenge a Universal Level being was an extremely difficult task. Once one reached the realm of omnipotence, even instincts could resist the influence of splitting.

And for an entity of the scale of the Tree of Omniscience, even if the Splitting Demon used its power non-stop, it would be impossible to split the world-scale Tree of Omniscience.

This was like someone slashing at the ocean; it indeed could cause a certain scale of damage, but it would have no effect on the boundless sea.

...

...

In the current world.

Sky City.

Letixia pushed open the window, her emerald eyes reflecting the burning great tree in the sky, its dazzling flames mirrored across the whole world.

What on earth has happened to this world?

"Are you the little girlfriend of the King of Ash?" A dubious voice suddenly came through, making Letixia cautious as she turned to look. A petite girl was sitting in midair, waving a greeting at her.

"Goddess of Theft."

"..." Letixia hesitated for a moment, then quickly regained the composure of a queen and asked the Goddess of Theft, "You might be mistaken..."

"There’s no mistake," the Goddess of Theft interrupted with a wave of her hand, "Ahtal is now the King of Ash. After you lent the Sword of Light to Ahtal, he stepped onto the destiny of becoming the King of Ash."

The atmosphere suddenly became silent.

Letixia seemed to doubt her ears; she could not, in any way, associate Ahtal with the King of Ash— that man simply could not become the King of Ash.

About this, she was absolutely confident.

"The one burning the tree is Ahtal," the Goddess of Theft pointed at the sky, "Your denial is futile."

She stated, looking at Letixia.

"Human, don’t you plan to take responsibility?"

"Wait!" A flustered voice came through as Jed hurried over, standing by Letixia’s side.

She gesticulated wildly with her hands.

"The boss is a good person; he would never burn the tree."

"It’s not strange for his thoughts to change after being infected by the Ash Fire," the Goddess of Theft casually countered, "Letixia, you need to remedy the mistake you made."

"Even if the boss has become the King of Ash," Jed mustered courage and pulled Letixia behind her, "there’s no way for Letixia to make amends!"

The Goddess of Theft carelessly eyed her fingertips: "Ahtal still retains his humanity right now, and as Ahtal’s little girlfriend, you still have value to be utilized."

The situation had now reached desperate measures; the All Gods were willing to do anything for a glimmer of possibility.

They might not win through direct combat.

That meant resorting to some rather despicable means, such as exploiting someone with a good relationship with Ahtal to influence him directly.

"Letixia, don’t you want to see Ahtal for one last time?" Her words were full of seduction, "That man’s humanity is nearly burnt out. If you don’t see him now, you might only meet the pure King of Ash in the future."

Her figure vanished from the spot.

"If you plan to atone for your mistakes, come find me at the square."

"How could that be possible," Jed grabbed Letixia’s wrist, "The boss will never turn into the King of Ash. You have to believe in him, Letixia sis."

Letixia sighed, with Jed’s figure reflected in her emerald eyes, and asked, "Sleipnir has been to Sky City, hasn’t he?"

Jed turned his head away.

"With Yasiraqi’s skills in persuasion, she must have extracted a lot of information about Ahtal from Sleipnir," Letixia said calmly, "You often went to see Yasiraqi, you must have learned quite a bit as well, right?"

Jed turned his head, avoiding an answer.

Indeed, through Sleipnir, she had learned some intel—for example, that Ahtal intended to kill the Flame Giant, and that Ahtal was the only one in history to control the Ash Fire Demon, and the legendary All-Knowing Saintess wanted Ahtal to... burn a tree.

This kind of secret information that ordinary people couldn’t know was spoken by Sleipnir under the mature guidance of Yasiraqi’s conversational skills.

"So it’s true?" Letixia confirmed the truth in the words of the Goddess of Theft through Jed’s reaction.

"It’s false," Jed refuted, "And even if the boss becomes the King of Ash, it would be the result of destiny’s guidance."

She grasped Letixia’s shoulders.

"This is not related to you, Letixia sis. Even if the boss wasn’t affected by you with the Ash Fire, there would have been..." Before she finished speaking, she saw Letixia’s complexion suddenly turn pale and immediately realized she had said something wrong.

If it were said that Ahtal became the legendary King of Ash, then the initial cause must be Letixia. If it weren’t for her giving the Sword of Light to Ahtal, then the Flame Giant Surter wouldn’t have been unsealed, and if it weren’t to help Letixia reclaim the Iris Flower Kingdom, then Ahtal wouldn’t have been afflicted by the Ash Fire.

The atmosphere suddenly turned silent.

Letixia’s delicate face turned so pale it lost all its color, she clearly also realized why the Goddess of Theft said she was the cause of the King of Ash’s birth and asked her to correct her mistake—if Ahtal’s transformation into the King of Ash was indeed to help her regain the Iris Flower Kingdom.

Then she truly had an inescapable connection.

"I’m sorry, Letixia sis." Seeing her reaction, Jed pulled a dagger from under her skirt and thrust it towards Letixia’s thigh.

But it was caught by Letixia in advance.

"Jed, what are you trying to do?"

"I made a promise to the boss." Jed’s grip on the dagger loosened, and as the dagger fell, she caught it with her other hand and stabbed down towards Letixia’s shoulder.

Letixia hastily stepped back, and the dagger grazed past her chest.

"If one day the boss turns into a Shura, I will definitely risk my life to stop you from seeing him, Letixia sis." Jed tested her dagger-holding stance, taking up an offensive posture. She had promised Ahtal in the Underground Kingdom that if he ever became a Shura, she would definitely stop Letixia from finding Ahtal—now was the time to fulfill that promise.

"Jed, do you understand what you’re doing?" Letixia’s gaze hardened, usually enough to make Jed cower before her.

But this time was different.

Jed was unwavering, showing the sharp decisiveness of a mercenary without a trace of hesitation.

"Letixia sis, have you forgotten I’m a mercenary?" She initiated the attack, the dagger swirling with her wrist, aiming for Letixia’s limbs.

"The most important thing for a mercenary is to complete the mission!"

"Jed, you’re not a mercenary anymore." Letixia dodged the incoming dagger, but Jed did not falter, her hand wielding the dagger without hesitation.

To fulfill her promise to Ahtal, even if it meant crippling Letixia’s ability to move, Jed would not hesitate.

Although morally she should support Letixia, she was just a mere mercenary, not some well-educated noble young lady who understood righteousness and benevolence.

To her, a promise was the most important thing.