novelraw Chapter 348 Mist Empire’s Rise:- 346: Will You Come to the Western Plains With Me?
Chapter 348 Mist Empire’s Rise:- 346: Will You Come to the Western Plains With Me?
Elves and beast tribes were born with incredible power. Compared to them, humans seemed weak and helpless.
Only a small handful of human mages could stand up to beast tribes and elves. That power imbalance meant humans lived in constant fear.
How could you let potential threats sleep beside you? If they didn't find a way to drive out the beast tribes, what would stop them from one day deciding to slaughter humans for fun?
Who dared bet on someone else's goodness? There were definitely man-eating beasts among the beast tribes. The infamous red dragons loved snatching human babies and lambs to fill their bellies.
Maybe at that celebration Aldrich prepared, beast tribe members really did eat human children.
Whether Aldrich deliberately allowed it or the beast tribes were just bloodthirsty by nature—after two thousand years, who could say?
Different positions meant different perspectives.
There was no denying Aldrich's massive contribution to humanity.
Without him, humans might have been driven back to the Wastes long ago, struggling to survive on that barren land.
Aldrich had planned everything perfectly. Even though he'd been dead for two thousand years, the world kept moving along the path he'd set.
The Goddess of Life had fallen. The elven race had vanished from the world. Beast tribes were nearly extinct. Even the statue of the Goddess of Justice was just an empty shell now.
Luo Wei didn't know how many of the seventeen righteous gods had actually fallen. The ones she could confirm hadn't—besides the Sun and Moon Gods and the Goddess of Love—were only the Fire God and the God of Wisdom.
Thinking of the God of Wisdom, a thread of doubt crept into her mind.
Was Aldrich really the God of Wisdom's son?
Why would he rather promote the Sun and Moon Gods as supreme deities than honor his own father god?
Besides, the God of Wisdom clearly didn't get along with the Sun and Moon Gods. Last time K saw her, K had even greeted her politely—none of the other gods were that courteous.
After thinking it over, Luo Wei asked the dark elf directly, "Loren, was Aldrich really the God of Wisdom's son?"
She wasn't hopeful about his answer.
The dark elf was only a thousand-something years old. How would he know about events from two thousand years ago, unless elven history recorded even these minor details?
But the moment Luo Wei finished speaking, the dark elf answered.
"No, Aldrich wasn't the God of Wisdom's son. Western Plains epics always have lots of errors."
"Aldrich was once blessed by the God of Wisdom and received a trace of K's bloodline."
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"The God of Wisdom has no sons. But Aldrich's youngest daughter, Philomena, is a descendant of the God of Wisdom."
Luo Wei said curiously, "So Aldrich's wife was a descendant of the God of Wisdom?"
The dark elf nodded. "Yes. His first wife bore him three sons and two daughters. The first four children all died in battle. Only Philomena survived."
Luo Wei caught the key point. "First wife—there was a second?"
Dark elf: "Philomena was his second wife."
"Wait," Luo Wei doubted her ears. "You're saying his second wife was Philomena, his youngest daughter?"
The dark elf didn't understand why she was asking again, and answered with some confusion, "Aldrich's wife grew old and couldn't bear children, so he remarried Philomena, hoping she could give him descendants with purer bloodlines."
"Later he forced Philomena to mate with their son. When she refused, she fled to the northern lands and disappeared."
What kind of fucked-up family drama was this?
Luo Wei's rosy filter of Aldrich's "brilliant ambition" shattered into pieces.
She suddenly thought of the child she'd rescued in that stone castle on the frozen plains—Yage Augustnaya. Could he be Philomena's descendant?
Still, Luo Wei looked at the dark elf curiously. "How do you know all this so clearly? Didn't Jörmungandr separate this place from the outside world?"
Dark elf: "Jörmungandr sometimes lets some sea creatures through. The sea serpents and sirens told us these things."
Luo Wei: "Sea serpents and sirens?"
Dark elf: "Sea serpents live in the western sea. Sirens and merfolk live in the eastern sea. They were once captured and kept by the Western Plains Church and royal family, so they know many human secrets."
Sea serpents and sirens hated humans and feared land. For thousands of years they'd lived in the eastern and western seas of the Misty Plains, never interacting with the outside world.
If the Tree of Life hadn't withered a thousand years ago, the elves wouldn't have gone to the sea to disturb them.
"If Jörmungandr lets your kind pass, why don't you go to the Western Plains?" Luo Wei asked, confused.
She'd thought the dark elf couldn't leave, which was why he was willing to stay here doing unpaid labor for her. But from what he said, elves had ways to communicate with Jörmungandr—otherwise K wouldn't have come to guard the Misty Plains.
He could leave, but chose to stay here alone enduring loneliness. Why?
The dark elf was silent for a long time before answering in a low, hoarse voice, "I don't want to go. I won't go. This is my home."
Humans weren't his kind. He was a dark elf—humans wouldn't welcome him.
His people were all buried in the underground palace. He had to guard their graves, protect elven lands, and copy elven history to preserve it throughout the Misty Plains.
He feared that if something happened to him one day, the elves' existence would truly be erased. No one would remember the elves—that would be true death.
Besides, he'd heard the divine decree. He had to build a kingdom for the deity.
Seeing the rejection in the dark elf's eyes when he mentioned the Western Plains, Luo Wei thought, "Shit."
At this rate, the dark elf probably wouldn't agree to return to the Western Plains with her, and wouldn't agree to bring humans to this land either. What about her plans?
Whatever. Might as well rip off the bandage. Luo Wei asked directly, "Loren, what if I order you to come to the Western Plains with me?"
"My Lord, you're going to the Western Plains?" The dark elf looked shocked.
Luo Wei's tone was natural. "I still have some things to do in the Western Plains. The Church and the Sun and Moon Gods want to deal with me—I need to eliminate them before I can rest easy."
"Also, I have many followers in the Western Plains. I need to bring them to the Misty Plains. My subjects are trapped in time—they can't get out yet. This continent needs more people to help build it."
The dark elf suddenly understood. The divine lord had just said K's avatar was the queen of the Time Kingdom.
The God of Death and Time. The Time Kingdom. The divine lord wielded the authority of time. Death wasn't an endpoint for K, because time meant eternal life.
He'd thought of so many ways to save his people, but in the end he had no solutions—because his people were already dead.
But what if the divine lord could change time?
K could bring them from a time when the elves weren't dead yet and send the living versions to now, changing the time of their deaths!
The great God of Death and Time—K's authority was so powerful. No wonder the supreme gods of the Western Plains feared his lord!
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