A strong wind pulled Taline to Zabel’s lap. He seed to have no intention of apologizing, only allowing her to curl up like a kitten, laying her head on his chest.
“I’ve told you many tis before. If you can reach the Immortal Saint Realm, I will take you as my wife and ld our souls as one. You spend the most ti with , have you ever seen touch another woman?
“Many know of our relationship, but have I ever disrespected you in that way? They are all very aware that you are my one and only woman. We are Immortals. My hesitancy is sothing we all understand. Why are you allowing the words of a mortal with no perspective on such things to bother you?”
Taline didn’t respond, only ekly lying there and listening.
“You have to put your anger aside. The fact he’s so skilled likely ans he’s already seen through the fact that you can’t possibly be a Higher Venerable.”
Taline shuddered, biting her lip.
“It seems I don’t have to say much more. Spend more of your ti using the resources your status as a Higher Venerable net you. That knowledge will one day help you beco worthy of your status, so don’t take it for granted.
“There’s also no need to bury your anger too deeply, either. If his performance is really as you said it was, neither you or I will need to take personal action. You’re unaware of this, but there is a leader board for the certification exam. This was why I had you pass the initial exam yourself before helping you reach the Higher Venerable title. If you have cheated on the first, it would have been too obvious.
“This boy likely entered at least the top 1000. He’s also probably the only mortal in that range. Even if there’s no one who cos to snatch his Innate Aurora, there are many more who would want to take him down a peg.”
Though Zabel was more inford than Taline, it was clear that even he didn’t know much. He knew Dyon’s performance was good, but in his mind, there was no way a mortal could crush immortals to such an extre. As a result, despite knowing Dyon’s test results, he just assud that other immortal geniuses could do what he could too.
But even with this being the case, he was still correct. It was just that Dyon had no idea.
Truth be told, even if Dyon was aware, he’d only be pissed that he didn’t know earlier. Not because he was scared of the coming backlash, but rather because he couldn’t stand the idea of placing third. If he was going to be targeted anyway, why would he suffer through such a thing for a asly third place.
“Will he really face those consequences in this place?” Taline finally spoke in a soft voice. “Even I’ve escaped scrutiny by staying in this small world. How will they know he’s here?”
As a small sliver of protection, if it could even be considered that, the location in which the certification exam took place was hidden. This was why no one was able to verify that the reason Dyon chose such poor pills was because of the restrictions of the land he was in.
“They will. Mount Volare will be erupting soon.”
Taline froze. “What?!”
“In all likelihood, our Overseers will be making their way here to reap the rewards. With the arrogance of that boy, we won’t have to do much of anything before he exposes his fangs. Even if he’s smarter than we give him credit for, a few well-tid sentences will be enough for them to connect the dots. Once the world realizes that he’s the Dyon Sacharro mortal who appeared on the leader board, there won’t be any bottling it up anymore.”
“But… shouldn’t we tell the people? No one is preparing for this.”
“There’s nothing that can be done. When that devil erupts, half of this world will be covered in a sea of lava. It’s not possible to move so many people. And, without a Spiritual Sage with enough prowess to scan deep under ground, it’s impossible to tell where exactly it will erupt from until just monts before.”
Mount Volare was just a single mountain peak. However, it was a deep interconnected network of underground volcanic activity. When it erupted, it didn’t just spell disaster for its main peak’s vicinity, but also for whichever lived around the volcanic nodes that were unable to bear the pressure.
This bubble world was naless, but if it were to be given one, it wouldn’t be a world of desert… But rather a world of lava.
The last ti Mount Volare erupted was several million years ago. But it seed that its next eruption was rapidly approaching.
However, with this eruption ca opportunity. The two main resources of this land, Volcanic Ore and Mist Glass, were easy to ignore for higher level worlds. But, it was a different matter when Mount Volare erupted.
The resources buried too deep to reach by normal ans would bubble up and shoot the surface. Those even deeper than that would finally co up enough for reaching them to be viable.
As a result, as a subordinate world, this bubble world’s Overseer would most definitely send so of their own here to take advantage of the situation.
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