Chapter 240 First Step Into Chaos
"How the hell are we supposed to become their teachers?! They literally understand nothing without your signs…" Mathias grumbled as his voice cracked a bit.
He had been overjoyed at the prospect of teaching the Elves at first. However, teaching them was certainly more difficult than he could have ever expected.
Mathias was not a good teacher, and the language barrier between Mathias and the Elves didn't make things easier.
At first, he had been motivated and excited to teach one of the races he had only heard numerous stories about in his past life.
However, Mathias' excitement quickly evaporated when he realized that the Elves were more arrogant than he could have hoped for.
It looked like they weren't even trying to learn what he was trying to teach them.
He had come up with an idea wherein he would speak to them in the human language from Jundra while Nial would simultaneously show them the hand signs that translated his spoken words.
But the result after a few hours was not exactly promising.
"I don't know how much you thought they would improve in a bunch of hours because I'm quite satisfied with how much they progressed." Nial tried to reassure his flustered friend.
It would be weird for someone to be able to learn an entirely new language in a matter of hours or even minutes.
The Elves, including the Midnight Elf, Valvian Hy?ert, were also the youngest Elves to have ever been born on the planets that were ruled by the Elf Empress.
They might look as if they were already adults, but most of them were even younger than Mathias. And those who were older had been forced to restrict their strength, and to prevent their rank from reaching a threshold Jundra would reject.
In the end, the most important mission of the Elves from the descended plateau forced quite a few of them to stop absorbing mana. They had to be at or below the Prometheus rank to be able to pass through the rift of the green teleportation portal.
Thus, many Elves were frustrated because the prime time to advance in the rankings was when one was fairly young.
While the prime age to advance and to keep improving had a rather wide duration for Elves due to their naturally long lifespan, the prime age for humans to advance was considered much shorter, and around the age of 18.
The higher one's rank the longer the prime age to keep advancing. This was basic knowledge for everyone, and it was also the reason why some of the older Elves would rather advance in the ranks instead of learning the human language.
Preserving their potential and improving was most important to them, right now!
Nial understood this, which was why he was quite satisfied with the result they achieved after a few hours.
"Well, you're not wrong. It looks like they have many other things to do as well. They just reached Jundra, after all…" Mathias agreed reluctantly before changing the topic as a trace of interest appeared on his face.
"By the way, do you know what exactly they're doing right now? I saw a large number of Elves flying in all directions to scout the surrounding area earlier, but only a few have returned since then.
We are merely teaching the youngest and weakest Elves, not the ones with a higher ranking…well, and the Midnight Elf, or whatever you call him, as well."
In response, Nial merely smiled and shrugged his shoulders.
'The youngest Elves were rather displeased about what they saw outside the Forest of Life. That is actually not something one can hold against them. The wilderness looks like a big mess, and the mana richness is utter garbage if one compares it with the Forest of Life's mana density.' He thought while adding inwardly,
'Though…I wonder what the other Elves are doing. They haven't returned yet, and a few hours have already passed. Are they scouting such a huge radius?'
Nial didn't know the answer, but he told himself that it was not that important to know.
In his opinion, creating a strong bond with a few Elves would be the most important so that they might be allowed to stay in the Forest of Life for the time being.
A few months would be enough for Nial to create his primary Ancient Origin ring. This would elevate his strength by leaps and bounds!
Mathias was also more than just a little bit fine with the amount and quality of mana inside the Forest of Life. He loved it here, and if it was not for teaching the young Elves the human language, he would have been content with sitting on the ground, absorbing every single bit of mana.
Meanwhile, the Originals outside the Forest of Life didn't stay idle. There was no way for them to report the current situation to the other shelters.
After all, the entire abandoned shelter had been destroyed, and the network system device that connected the Originals Bracelets to the network of the Originals association of all shelters had been destroyed by the descending plateau as well.
"Hand over the teleportation stones. They have been fixed, right? Give me the remaining inscription solution, a Champion ranked Inscription pen, and Champion ranked Origin crystals, and I will improve the teleportation circles!" Silvian demanded while speaking to the other Prometheus Originals.
He was in an extremely bad mood right now. Initially, he had high hopes of being able to enter the Forest of Life. However, from the moment Nial had disappeared inside the Forest of Life with his friend, Mathias, there hadn't been a single sign of the two young Originals.
But that was not even everything. There might not have been any signs of the two young Originals for the last few hours, but others had hoped to be able to enter the Forest of Life as easily as both of them.
Everyone had heard of Nial's warning, but some had believed that it was just a prank. That was why there had been a few Originals, who attempted to enter the Forest of Life.
To their misfortune, the thicket didn't split up for them, and even after trying to squeeze their body through the thicket, the plants, and the big trees, it was impossible for them to keep advancing.
At one point, they were stuck because the Forest of Life acted instantaneously against intruders, pinning the few Originals without ill intentions against a few trees for several hours.
As for those with ill intentions, they were injured and thrown out of the forest immediately.
On the other hand, Silvian didn't even try to enter the forest. He merely stood in front of it for quite a while and observed the scene as an involuntary shiver ran down his spine.
'Damian, you piece of shit!! Why didn't you take me with you as well?!? Did you realize that I am not on your side anymore?? I just want the Empress' manifested Divinity fragment…nothing else.' He cursed inwardly while the others handed him everything he had just asked for.
"And you are sure that you can improve the teleportation circle's range of teleportation instead of accidentally breaking it? I don't want to be lost here…" Tyson, the tall and bulky Prometheus Original suddenly remarked before adding,
"Furthermore, it's not necessary to increase the teleportation circle's range of teleportation. After all, we will have to make a stop at the Hall of Teleportations. Only when we reach the Hall of Teleportation can we teleport to the closest area to the shelter to report everything!"
Tyson, and many others were not sure what exactly the Sacred Knights leader was doing. However, it looked like Silvian wouldn't accept it if anyone were to disturb him right now.
His presence was frightening, which was also the reason for everyone to meekly hand over whatever he wanted.
"This is not a permanent configuration. You guys can use the teleportation circle to teleport to the Hall of Teleportations after I use it."
There was no further explanation provided by Silvian who simply returned his focus to mending the teleportation circle once again.
He was not inscribing runic constellations on the teleportation circle. That wouldn't turn the creation made out of numerous runes into a teleportation runic constellation, after all.
Instead, Silvian used his Innate ability, and mana, followed by the mana stored within Champion graded Origin crystals to temporarily change the configurations of the teleportation circle.
He changed the coordinates and various other configurations, including the range of teleportation.
While the range of teleportation was increased to the maximum limit, only one individual was able to use it instead of 100.
Once Silvian was done, he didn't waste any time. He glanced back to the Forest of Life, precisely in the direction of the manifested Divinity fragment before turning back once again.
'Elves…I wonder how much nourishment they would bring to it! And the Divinity Fragment…you will be mine, sooner or later!!'
With that thought, Silvian activated the teleportation circle. It began to glow in a holy white light and a somewhat vile dark type of energy.
After it glowed up, Silvian, who had been standing in the teleportation circle, disappeared, leaving behind the teleportation circle in its original state.
"He didn't lie about it changing back to its old state…but where the hell did he have to go in such a hurry?" Tyson asked out loud, feeling doubts arise from the deepest parts of his conscience.
He had yet to realize what was going on, but his conscience began to doubt the Sacred Knights leader's motives.
And that was not without reason!
"Probably to the closest shelter to report the current state." One of the other Prometheus Originals answered in a casual voice, not feeling interested in the actions of the Sacred Knights leaders.
However, Kirlia, who had noticed Silvian's abrupt departure, felt a little bit weird as well.
'Wouldn't he just use the teleportation circle back to the Hall of Teleportations before altering the configuration of the teleportation circle there? I doubt that it was possible for him to teleport straight to any of the eight shelters…'
But even before Kirlia could continue with this train of thoughts, she was distracted by the remaining Prometheus Originals.
"We should go back as well. The fastest Prometheus Originals should just dash through the wilderness. That way, they would only require a day to cross the distance we took 10 days for as a huge group!" The Original from Titur suggested.
Tyson and the others could only nod their heads.
"I think five Originals should go. If something happens to one or two, the rest will still be able to report everything that happened since the plateau descended… The Sacred Knights leader might already be in the headquarters of the government reporting everything but we can never know… maybe something bad can still happen." Tyson said, feeling a little bit creeped out.
Something was bothering him, but he had no idea what it actually was. There was an ominous feeling that spread through his entire body, and this feeling meant bad news most of the time.
Thus, he felt that it was even more important for everything that had happened in the last days to be reported in detail to the headquarters.
The fastest Originals, including Windbreaker Sam Anderson volunteered to do as proposed by Tyson. Without wasting their time making too many preparations, they left the others using the teleportation circle.
After this, two days passed in the blink of an eye. The five Originals, who had been sent out to report everything, had long since reached the shelter they had chosen as their destination.
All five of them reported everything about the descending plateau, the Elves, and the fact that two Originals had been allowed to enter the place that was called 'Forest of Life'. Following that, the news quickly spread through the shelters like wildfire.
There hadn't been any news about the Sacred Knights leader but that was not something anyone could be concerned about at the time.
The news that the Elven race had appeared on Jundra, all of a sudden, and that they wanted to learn the human language was far more important.
It attracted everyone's attention, and excitement along with a trace of hope filled everyone, who hoped that strong and healthy relations with the Elven, who were labeled as extremely powerful, could change mankind's fate.
However, while everyone was excited and brimming with hope, there was one person, who could only frown upon hearing the news about the Elven race for the first time.
"You…want to tell me that Nial and Mathias are within the Forest of Life…that these two rascals are the ones, who entered the Forest of Life without knowing their language at all?! Are they just plain stupid, or simply love getting their butts whopped by me whenever they can?!?"
In anger, she got up from the chair she had been sitting on, and walked outside her office, leaving Gianna alone.
"Master, where are you going?" Gianna could only ask in confusion.
"To the Forest of Life, where else?!"
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