439: Chapter 7 – Troubles of The Sea Race_1 439: Chapter 7 – Troubles of The Sea Race_1 Lanna’s expression changed subtly, and a voice as tempting as a dream ca out: “You knew my mother?”
The three girls, hearing this voice for the first ti, looked at Lanna in surprise.
Growing up, they’d heard various folktales and were well aware of the charm of a rmaid’s voice.
But without having actually heard it, they could never have imagined that her voice had such an irresistible allure.
“So beautiful.” Catherine was sowhat bewitched and exclaid softly, “Miss Lanna, your voice is like a dream that one does not wish to wake up from.”
“Thank you for your complint, but on land, this voice of ours can often be troubleso for our race.” Lanna said shyly, her cheeks reddening as she cast her eyes down.
“But is what this gentleman has said true?
Does your friend know my mother?”
“Ahaha, he might.” Pannis gave a vague and uneasy laugh, “Perhaps he heard it from his other friends and was just boasting about it to .”
“Is that so?
What a pity.” Lanna sensed that Pannis was not being completely truthful, but she didn’t press any further.
“Your friend must be extraordinary.
After all, my mother has not left the deep sea for more than a hundred years and has only been known by her priestess title since she beca a priestess of the ocean.
Knowing her real na is very difficult.”
“Mm, yes, yes, very difficult.” Pannis nodding furiously, “So he was obviously just boasting, hahaha.”
“Enough, stop laughing like an idiot.” Catherine cast Pannis a disdainful glance and then turned to the two mbers of the Sea Race, “Let’s get to business.
The Sea Race is much more powerful than humans, but you two ca all the way from the deep sea to find us.
I am guessing that there must be sothing which the Sea Race finds inconvenient to handle or perhaps the incident occurred on land.
That’s why you sought our help, right?”
“Indeed.
There’s been an issue in the ocean.” Lanna nodded, “The matter has alard the Storm Temple, so we’ve co to land seeking aid.
Under ordinary circumstances, we could handle it ourselves.
But currently, there are other issues in the northern sea territories that need to be dealt with.
The Storm Temple could not spare the power to tackle our issue, so we hope to enlist the aid of our friends on land.”
“By telling us this, shouldn’t you be concerned?” Catherine asked, confused, “Isn’t this a private matter for the Sea Race?
Won’t it be inappropriate to share this with outsiders?”
“You don’t have to worry about that.” Lamia took over the talk to relieve Lanna, “The princess is not accustod to communicating verbally on land.
The reason you were approached is that we found that your race on land seems to be troubled by the sa issue.
Therefore, resolving this problem would not only be of help to us but also to you.
If not addressed tily, it may result in deteriorating relations between the land and sea.”
“An issue troubling the land dwellers?” The three girls sat politely while Pannis was sprawled out comfortably on the table, his chin resting on his arm.
Squinting one eye, he said, “Let guess, you’ve encountered the sa problem as the elves did recently.
mbers of your race have mysteriously disappeared on shore, and you couldn’t find their bodies, right?”
“You’re correct.” Lamia fell silent for a mont before nodding in confirmation, “Nine of our people have disappeared due to this.
However, it’s not that we haven’t found the bodies.
The bodies of three were found on the shore.
We could then confirm that they were suffering from the sa kind of attack as the people on land because their bodies also showed signs of stolen ti.”
“Wait a second.” Pannis interrupted Lamia, sat straight and asked, “What did you say was stolen from them?”
“Ti.” Lamia spoke without any change of tone, “All the remaining ti in their later lives.”
“How did you determine that their ti was stolen?” The adventurers looked at each other; each had thoughtful expressions.
After a mont’s silence, Catherine asked, “Could there be another possibility?”
“We are not entirely sure.
It’s just a guess.” Lamia replied, “After the bodies were returned to the deep sea, the clans deliberated about this issue.
This was the preliminary conclusion.
To put it simply, soone seed to have taken the entirety of their ti from the mont of the incident to the point of their death, reducing them directly to a state of aging and death.”
“Hold on, we don’t understand.” Catherine appeared to be confused and shook her head, “Let think.
This is a little hard to grasp.
Um…
Can ti be stolen?
How can such a conceptual thing be stripped from a person?
Other than deities, no one can do this?”
“Regrettably,” Lamia stated without showing any signs of regret, “we consider this as the most logical assumption.”
“Catherine, it does make sense.” Pannis nudged Catherine’s arm and explained, “I had never thought about it before, but listening to what they’ve said, it really seems to make perfect sense.
I have a mage friend who once told that there’s a type of magic known as ti magic in the world.
No one knows what this magic can do now, but judging by its na, it must be related to the manipulation of ti.”
“Like this?
Is there anyone who can still use this kind of magic?” Catherine asked urgently.
“My mage friend has been studying ti magic for a long, long ti now.
I heard that he’s made so progress, and he should be the person who has the deepest understanding of ti magic in the world.
However, even he would find it difficult to do sothing like this.
At present, he can just about manage to borrow his own ti to cast a spell five tis.” Pannis explained, “However, just because he can’t achieve it doesn’t an nobody else can.”
“The friend you’re talking about is Master Philarx, isn’t it?
One of the thirteen lords of the Kingdom of Mages?” Vivian asked, a little taken aback, “He’s one of the heroes from over a hundred years ago, the pride of the mages, and has used ti magic to embed himself in a temporal crack slowing his own ti by several tis, that’s why he’s still alive.”
“Yes, it’s him.
I happened to et him by chance.” Pannis nodded, “I heard he’s quite a powerful mage.”
“Of course, he’s a demigod mage, and a partner who fought alongside Lady Nellie.” Catherine’s eyes lit up at the ntion of Nellie, but she still managed to control her emotions and asked, “You said he has the deepest understanding of ti magic and he can’t do it, but then you said soone can, isn’t that contradictory?”
“Vivian, you know about the origin of ti magic, right?” Pannis asked.
“Yes, I know that it originated from the… ” Suddenly, Vivian stood up abruptly and exclaid, “I understand now, that’s how it is.”
“What do you understand?
You startled !” Catherine tapped Vivian on the head and urged her to sit back down, “Speak clearly, what did you rember?”
“Just because a human can’t do it doesn’t an a magic array can’t.” Vivian knocked on the table and said, “Do you rember the magic array we found in Diersalem City?
The one that caused so many people to die horribly?
Pannis, didn’t you once say that the array has the sa origin as the Sacrifice Array of the Divine Servant?
And about the Sacrifice Array, you ntioned it originated from the First Epoch, and the inscriptions on it are divine script.
Does that an the magic that steals others’ ti also originated from the First Epoch?
Since ti magic just happens to be the most powerful magic of the deities from the First Epoch, the suppositions from both ends fit.”
“That’s why I think the conjecture of the Sea Race is the most reasonable.” Pannis nodded, “No wonder the organization is called Sands of Ti, it turns out they aim to steal others’ ti.”
“So, can we consider these two groups as one entity?” Catherine asked, “As their ans are of the sa origin.”
“I’m afraid not.” Lina spoke up, “I rember quite clearly, in City of Innocence, the ghoul of the Divine Servant said before its death that they were rely allies, not a unified entity.”
“Perhaps what drew them into an alliance is precisely the ti-stealing magic array.” Catherine felt her ideas beca more and more coherent, “This clue apparently needs to be disclosed to all our contacts.
We might be able to… oh, sorry, we got so caught up in our discussion that we forgot about the two of you.
Princess Lanna, this information was provided by the Sea Race, may we relay it to various Guilds and nations?”
“Certainly, we don’t mind,” answered rmaid Lanna, seemingly quite delighted despite being overlooked, “How wonderful that even you people on the land could accept such speculation.”
“Princess Lanna, it’s alright to refer to you like this, right?” Pannis suddenly grew serious, sitting up straight with his chin supported by his clasped hands, and said earnestly, “Let’s get straight to the point.
If you had done a detailed investigation, you would know that we simply cannot solve this problem for now.
It’s not a matter of lacking power, but no one has found a key lead on the two organizations: Divine Servant and Sands of Ti.
I’m not ashad to say that right now, all the forces are being toyed with by Sands of Ti.
Hence no one could possibly complete your mission – at least not at the current stage.
I believe this is sothing you must be well aware of.”
“You’re right,” Princess Lanna admitted shyly, keeping her gaze averted from Pannis’ eyes, “Please continue.”
“Nevertheless, you still ca to see us.
This implies that your true mission is not what it appears to be on the surface.
Otherwise, you’d just be wasting your ti.” Pannis honed in, “And to present this question as a mission, I believe there are three intentions.”
“Which three?” Lanna, her head still lowered with a slight smile on her lips, asked.
“Firstly, to test whether your conjecture might be accepted by the people on the land.
Secondly, to test our capabilities, not in battle strength but in handling complex problems – whether we can quickly sort out the right line of thinking.
And thirdly…” Pannis paused, raising a third finger, “If this lead is revealed by us to all the other factions, it would noticeably boost the reputation of our adventure team – this acts as a form of advance paynt.”
(To be continued.
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