novelraw Chapter 884: Do You Want to Watch My Past?
Chapter 884: Do You Want to Watch My Past?
"Wait, before all that reading memory stuff, are you the one they call the Spirit King?" I asked the slightly bigger than average spirit. He looks just like other spirits, but he’s a bit bigger.
"Yes. I can use all kind of element. Though most of them are weak. And it has gotten much weaker since I haven’t used many of them for a long time. In the past, humans used to worship me. Then, humans started to want to exploit my power. So I escaped from humans and built this place called paradise for spirits to come and stay," the Spirit King said.
I see. Then, it will be hard to ask for his help since he had terrible experience of being exploited by humans.
But the Spirit King hasn’t finished talking about his past. For now, since I might need his help, I will endure his chat.
No matter what, he’s still the reason why Victoria and the others are sleeping. He is dangerous.
In fact, I even got caught in the illusion. I was just lucky that I got out. If I didn’t think that it was truly for the sake of my wish being granted, I won’t have the courage to sacrifice my limbs just for climbing the wall.
And even if I can kill the Spirit King, I don’t know what the other spirits will do. They took Victoria and the others as hostages. So I need to be patient and see if I can somehow get out of this situation while also getting the most benefit out of it.
I remember about the spirits being chased. Not only for cultivating, but also for sport. Like how Timmy would go after spirits, release them, and chase them again. That’s what I heard from Airy and Breezy.
"Then one day, someone appeared and saved me. He was a weak Aura user. But he could still help me and let me escape from being put in a cage forever. That’s why I always have admiration for Aura users," the Spirit King said.
Though one of the Aura users played with spirits so much. I guess Timmy was just the weird one. And it was lucky that Timmy and the Spirit King never met.
I just asked him if he’s the Spirit King, but he told me all about his past. It’s just weird.
"So, how will you read my mind?" I asked.
"Using illusion magic and mind magic. I can make an illusion appears in front of me and show me everything that has happened in the past of those who got affected by the illusion. I can just target my magic on you, and your past will be shown," the Spirit King said.
"I can’t trust you to put me in your illusion again. I will just break out of the illusion if that’s the case. How about you wake up my friends first so they can see that you really won’t do anything to me. Also, if you can really projected an illusion about my past, I’m sure that they would be interested to watch my past," I said.
If what he said is right, then it won’t only be my past of this life that they see. But about my past life. Though I don’t know if it’s possible or not. But if it’s possible, then I might have clues on where to find the Evil God from my past life that I forgot.
"Wait, I have one more question. Will the memory you read is only about the things I remember, or even the past that I have forgotten?" I asked.
"The illusion work as my mind is connected to yours. So everything in your memory, even if you have forgotten it, can be seen. I actually helped humans a lot in the past by letting them see the memories they forgot. But humans became too greedy and wanted to exploit me and my ability," the Spirit King said.
That’s good. So the things I have forgotten can be seen again.
And since I don’t know if I could remember them all again after this, it’s best to get the others to see it.
And if I could have Victoria and the others wake up, I no longer have to worry about them since they would be able to protect themselves.
"So I can see my past that I have forgotten then. That’s good. I forgot many things," I said.
"Though you can’t see it since you will be sleeping. Our mind will be connected, so if your mind is affecting me, it will show the thing you want to see instead of your real memory. That’s why it’s best for you to go to sleep," the Spirit King said.
"That’s why I need my friends to see my past since I can’t trust you. I’m not a centaur after all," I said.
Even if he sees my past, if I’m asleep, then I can only hear about it from his mouth. And I don’t know if he will be lying or not.
"Fine. You can pick one," the Spirit King said..
"One? All of them," I said.
"One."
"Fine, three."
"One."
"Three."
"Sigh... okay. Two."
"Three."
"Two or this conversation never happened," the Spirit King said.
"Fine, two. The Black Slime and the human. Wake the two of them," I said.
At least I can get both Victoria and Shirley to see my past. If it’s the two spirits or the ghost, I don’t know what will happen.
But still, to think that he knows how to handle hostages. He’s a smart one.
If he just naively do as I said and wake even Sonia, Airy, and Breezy, then I would be worried because he’s too naive for someone who have lived for a long time and had been exploited by humans in the past.
It’s great to doubt. Because I can tell that the other party is thinking about something.
If possible, I want to get Albert or the centaurs here. But if I call them here, the Spirit King might think that I’m calling reinforcement.
I need to remember that he had been exploited by humans. And the only reason we can have this conversation is because I’m an Aura user. Someone with similar ability of the person who saved the Spirit King in the past.
Soon after, I can see that Victoria and Shirley woke up.
They were confused at first because this is an unfamiliar place for them to be. So I calmly approached them to tell them about everything.
"Wait, so everything is illusion?!" Shirley shouted.
"Not everything. Part of the climb is true," I said.
"So what do you want?" Victoria asked after she cleared her mind.
"For now, I don’t know whether the Spirit King can truly grant someone’s wishes outside from using illusion. So we might not be able to receive anything after all the things we went through. But if there’s some chance that we can find anything about the cult from my past, then I want you to check it. Also, it’s still possible for the Spirit King to help us if he learn that the world is going to be destroyed. Since I can’t do anything in my sleep, I need you two to protect me in case anything happen in my sleep," I said.
"I see. Though I don’t think we will see anything useful about the cult since you’re mostly a village doctor, we can still be able to find anything useful. Like someone who will grow into a powerful force in the future, or any other things. Though if we do find anything about the Evil God, I will kick your ass because we could have finished everything earlier if you had just remember," Victoria said.
"Yeah. If there’s any clue about the cult leader at all, I also want to kick my own ass," I said.
"Then what about Sonia, Airy, and Breezy?" Shirley asked.
"Let them continue dreaming. I don’t think the spirits here will do anything on them while they’re under the illusion spell," I said.
In fact, the three of them were sleeping with happy expression on their faces.If the spirits didn’t look like children, and I can touch the ghost without worrying about exorcising her, I would have kicked them already.
Stop being so happy in your dream! I’m so jealous of you since I woke up before the happy times started.
We finished discussing our next step.
"Are you done?" the Spirit King asked.
"I want to ask something. What will happen when Roy is under the illusion?" Shirley asked.
"He will fall asleep. Then, the surrounding area will change to an illusion of what he experienced in the past. From birth, to now. But don’t worry, since time won’t pass that quickly. The illusion actually affected your mind, so you can still watch everything as if the time is moving at the same speed as usual, but in fact, the illusion moved faster. It’s just that your brain will be able to perceive things faster. So, for example, if we see someone’s entire past for the last ten years, it will be just about one hour since we started," the Spirit King said.
Ten years equal to one hours? How long have I lived if I include my past life?
I think Shirley will get hungry watching the entire thing. Good thing I brought some snacks before we climb. And there are many fruits growing here. She can ask the spirits for some to eat if she got hungry.
Well, they will see my past. Is there anything that I would be embarrassed to be seen? I don’t think so. And they already know enough that I’m quite a shameless person. So it should be fine.
...I hope.