Chapter 238 Descent Completed
It was crucial that Nial was able to converse with Valvian, and possibly with the other elves as well. He was extremely happy about this, simply because it was a great advantage.
But others looked at him with a deep frown and suspicion.
'How the hell does he know how to converse with them??' Most of them wondered.
At first, they were enraged about Nial's sudden strides toward the tropical forest. However, the Originals quickly noticed that Nial ended up in front of the Elf, who was the first being to emerge from the green, levitating portal.
Instead of fighting, they seemed to be showing each other some signs, which was the biggest reason for many Originals to grow suspicious about Nial.
'It should be impossible for him to know how to converse with a foreign race. He didn't already have a connection to them before, right?'
'His Innate ability could have provided him with memories, which are coincidentally about sign language…but how high are the chances that this is really possible?'
'Maybe…he is one of….no that cannot be…'
While most Originals were confused and unable to tell how Nial was able to easily converse with the silver-haired Elf, Silvian's eyes were bloodshot.
'This bastard really wants to get to know them?! Isn't he betraying his entire existence as the God of Darkness through this??' Silvian was not even able to find the proper words right now. He was simply too angry.
To the God of Saints and Devil, it was obvious that the elven races were bad news. That was not only the case for himself but actually also for the God of Darkness.
After all, both he and Damian had faced so many issues due to the Elven and human races that they shouldn't even care about them anymore.
Silvian didn't care about the human race, and the only thing he would regret whenever one of his underlings died was the fact that the resources used to nurture them had been wasted.
While he was enraged at first, Silvian quickly realized something he had missed out on noticing earlier.
'Wait…as long as Damian can suppress his hatred against them…it should be fine for him, I guess…Elves adore humans due to their similarities to themselves and the slight differences that allow Elves to be superior.
Humans are cute from the point of view of Elves, so…maybe even I can make use of that? I never released the 'Devil' side of my power since I incarnated on Jundra. Maybe…just maybe, I should make use of it as well?'
Even if he had been angered at first, Silvian could tell that it might be advantageous to make use of the given situation.
The mana density in the tropical forest was extremely high in comparison to everywhere else. Staying there would make it much easier to advance in the ranks, and become strong enough to achieve all the plans he had already set up in his mind.
'It shouldn't be that dangerous either. Nial has no problems speaking with the Elves as well, and he has only destructive abilities! His mana should show old remnants of the destruction which he caused with the use of mana!!'
The more Silvian thought about it, the more he felt relieved. If Nial was able to converse with the elves, it shouldn't be a problem for him to do so as well.
Silvian knew the tradition and hand signs of the elves as well. He hated them to the core for a very long time. Thus, it was only obvious that he knew their secret language, and knew what they had signaled to each other when they had been fighting on the battlefield.
With that in mind, he steeled his heart and made his way toward the tropical forest.
But even before Silvian reached the tropical forest, he saw the silver-haired Elf looking over to him. His gentle and warm eyes turned ice-cold all of a sudden.
'What?!'
Because of this unexpected change, Silvian halted in his tracks. However, even before he knew what was going on, he heard many noises from behind him.
Turning his head, Silvian's eyes narrowed.
'These shitheads. Do all of them want to get a piece of the cake?!' He cursed in his mind while seeing that several dozen Originals had begun to move the moment Silvian took the first step.
They had just been waiting for someone else to take the first step because they didn't dare to do so despite seeing that Nial was already in a conversation with the silver-haired Elf.
However, Valvian didn't like the fact that so many human Originals dared to approach them so nonchalantly.
Many of them were neither good-looking nor favored by mana. In fact, most of them had destructive abilities that were used to shed blood and kill.
It angered Valvian that so many humans dared to approach the Forest of Life so easily.
But even then, he wouldn't actually do anything against the Originals, who dared to approach them. Only after he could clearly perceive their intention were they allowed to do something against the 'bad' Originals.
'The mission might be harder to fulfill than I expected. These humans are different…different than the other human races we have encountered so far…' Valvian was not sure how to explain it because he was not able to understand it as well.
Yet, what he could tell was that most of the humans in his sight were far away from being considered cute.
There was even a certain sense of danger he perceived from a total of three humans, and only one of the three humans was actually a Prometheus Original!
-"Do you wish to enter the Forest of Life?"- Valvian suddenly asked Nial, who had not expected to receive an invitation.
However, Nial had sensed that many other Originals had suddenly begun to move.
'Does he want to continue speaking with me, while avoiding the others?' He wondered, not sure if his thought made sense.
Despite that, Nial just nodded his head before he answered,
-"It would be an honor for me!"-
Once he said this, Valvian turned back to the Forest of Life before he made his way toward it. With every step he took, the greenery around him parted aside, creating space for him to walk.
This baffled Nial for a moment but he hurried after Valvian Hy?ert to enter the Forest of Life.
When Nial passed by the first barrier of the flourishing nature, the bushes, roots, and other plants began to move once again, recreating the barrier that prevents unwanted guests from entering it.
Of course, one could resort to violence to enter the forest, but every single Elf would attack the being who dared trespass the Forest of Life, their home, without the slightest hesitance.
'Is my Mana Sense overwhelmed?' Nial realized the moment he stepped inside the Forest of Life. He had already noticed that the mana density and its purity were much higher than anywhere else on Jundra.
But what Nial could perceive inside the Forest of Life was that his entire body felt invigorated. It was as if the Ankh was glowing brightly, releasing the invigorating sensation, and that the mana naturally moved toward him.
Jundra had yet to awaken its planetary core, and the only mana humans had sensed yet, was released by the dungeon portals, and the dungeons.
There had yet to be a place where one could sense the naturally generated mana from the soil, the trees, and plants.
Nial had memories of the sensation of natural mana. However, these memories belonged to the deceased God of Darkness, and not to him.
Thus, Nial's expression lit up the moment he sensed natural mana for the first time in his life.
"That's amazing…" He could only mumble, not believing that the sensation was so exhilarating.
'And Jundra will be like this once its planetary mana core awakens? That would be great!'
Once again, Nial understood why the memories of the God of Darkness said that the Prometheus rank was nothing special.
If everyone grew up with such a high mana density, not only was it likely for the majority of humans to awaken their origin, but it would also be laughable if they wouldn't be able to create a few Origin rings, at the bare minimum.
Even with low talent, they would be able to enlarge their mana core a few times. Even forcing their way through the enlarging process would be much easier as long as they had an overwhelming amount of mana around them, in addition to a few other preparations.
At the thought of Jundra's planetary mana awakening, Nial felt goosebumps erupt all over his body. He got excited because it was obvious that his strength would increase by leaps and bounds with the awakening of the planet's mana.
For a moment, Nial forgot about the potential dangers the planetary mana awakening would bring along. He merely thought about the good things that awaited him.
Thinking positively without a single negative thought in his mind was something Nial had never been capable of. However, right now, he was feeling amazing.
His mind and heart were at ease while he followed Valvian, and the Midnight Elf could clearly feel this.
'Even if he is a Destroyer, Life seems to be close to him as well…Could he have received the Blessing of Life? No…I would have sensed that…' Valvian thought, and his interest in Nial increased the more he got to know the young blind man.
His mission was not to please the human Originals around him. It was only obvious but it would be advantageous for them to build a connection with some natives to get to know the rough situation of Jundra.
However, it was actually not something mandatory. After all, they knew that the planet only allowed Prometheus existence to emerge on the planet. And even for those existences, it was difficult to emerge on Jundra without the help of a God's Divinity.
At that moment, Valvian sensed that the last Elves had emerged from the green, levitating portal.
It glowed brightly one last time before dimming down.
The green color of the portal continued to slowly fade before it turned into a grayish mass. The levitating portal descended to the ground, disappearing into the thicket of trees, bushes, and other plants.
Nobody was able to see the portal anymore, but both Nial and Silvian had sensed something in particular.
'The plateau has now truly completed its descent!'
With that realization, both noticed something else.
'The portal didn't disappear, it merely lost its energy!'
What this meant was quite easy to explain. The portal that had allowed close to 1000 Elves to teleport from their home planet to Jundra didn't disappear. Instead, it merely lost the necessary energy to teleport something or someone through it.
However, if one used enough energy to supply the portal with it, one could teleport back to the Elven planet, or more Elves could come to Jundra.
This was quite interesting, especially because something like that should not be easy to achieve, not on a planet that had yet to awaken its mana!
Yet, instead of feeling suspicious about the situation, Silvian's eyes gleamed brightly. After all, he had just seen the most important treasure of the entire Forest of Life!
'So is that how we're going to play? Well, I'm in!'