139 Arrives

Upon hearing Nedeli's question, Yuan Chen nodded and casually replied:

"The materials are all in Yishuaoken. I'll give them to you when I get back."

"Then forget it."

Upon hearing this, Nedeli shook her head and said:

"My territory in the Miasma Jungle is not yet secure. Without me, the pride might be attacked by some magical beasts before we complete our bloodline advancement."

"Then let's accept them together."

Yuan Chen said:

"We're just about to face another large-scale battle, and we're short-handed."

Upon hearing Yuan Chen's words, Nedeli frowned.

It wasn't because Yuan Chen wanted to bring the lion pride into the battle.

On the contrary, while Nedeli worried about attacks on the pride, this concern was limited to retaliatory strikes by some young or adult wyverns after they realized she was gone.

Under normal circumstances, Nedeli wouldn't interfere much with any injuries incurred during a lion pride's hunting activities.

The survival of the fittest in nature is the wisdom of the wilderness and a necessary order to maintain the balance of the world.

If Nedeli's understanding of this survival of the fittest was previously limited to the knowledge gained from the Wilderness Blessing, now, after changing her class to Dawn Bringer, Nedeli understanding of order has deepened further.

So-called order is much more than just following rules.

Or perhaps, anything involving such fundamental forces cannot be clearly expressed in just a few words.

Although it had been a while since they last met, Nedeli had not forgotten Yuan Chen.

She clearly remembered that Yuan Chen didn't like to use underhanded tactics to accomplish his plans. More often, he would use shared beliefs, interests, and ideals to tightly bind people involved in a matter together.

For example, the Lupe Family, the Fleshfang Hunter, the village, and their own herd...

These are four completely unrelated groups. Apart from the Lupe Family having some connection with the village, the others have never even heard of each other.

However, under Yuan Chen's guidance, the four groups combined their power into one at an unimaginable speed and successfully accomplished the great feat of slaying the dragon.

Thinking it over, Nedeli asked decisively:

What happened? Why are you so serious?

"The revenge of a group of enemies from 3,500 years ago, the common enemy of all people in Runeterra... Uh, have you heard of them? About the Void?"

Yuan Chen said, sounding a bit of a headache.

Besides his complete ignorance of the Void, another reason for his headache was that Nedeli herself had absolutely no idea what Void Creature were...

Ultimately, when Yuan Chen confessed to Nedeli about Oshirresh, Nedeli knew nothing about it and relied entirely on the reactions from her Wilderness Consciousness to make secondary judgments.

Now, however, the Void is involved...

Just as Yuan Chen was pondering helplessly how to explain the origin of the Void, after a moment of contemplation, listening to the mountain wind blowing past her ears, Nedeli seemed to remember something and said:

Are they a special kind of creature?

Upon hearing Nedeli's words, Yuan Chen paused slightly, then said:

"Have you met him before?"

"Hmm... I've seen it before." After a moment's hesitation, Nedeli tried hard to recall, following the clues given by the wilderness:

"That was before you... a long, long time before I met you, when I was only about six years old. I saw my mother fighting with a purple bug that had accidentally wandered into our territory."

"The insect was covered in purple carapaces, and the flesh beneath them was an eerie dark color. Although the insect was indeed difficult to deal with, it had very low intelligence, and after a fierce battle, my mother managed to kill it."

"I'm not sure if that's the Void."

Nedeli shrugged and said:

"But the wilderness tells me that's what you call 'the Void'."

Upon hearing this, Yuan Chen blinked, then asked, "So that's the Void... But compared to that, what happened next? How did you deal with that Void worm?"

"Dig a hole and bury him."

Nedeli shrugged and said:

"Although that insect had very low intelligence, it had a very hard exoskeleton and great strength. After a fierce battle, we dared not eat its flesh... because both its appearance and the color of its flesh seemed poisonous."

"After a fierce battle, we were battered and exhausted. But as the victors, the final spoils weren't even enough to fill our stomachs... This unprofitable deal left the lioness sulking for days, and I remember it vividly."

Putting yourself in that shoes, it really does make... a lion angry.

Nodding in agreement, Yuan Chen, having learned how Nedeli knew about the Void, prepared to explain the origins of this Void War.

But just as Yuan Chen was about to say something, Nedeli, as if sensing something, suddenly widened her eyes. Her golden hair moved without wind, like flowing gold or a blazing flame.

A pair of eyes shone brightly as they gazed at the other side of the sea. A delicate, pretty face was filled with vigilance and anger, like a feline instantly entering a hunting state, ready to launch a fierce attack.

Seeing Nedeli's actions, Yuan Chen quickly realized the reason and immediately spoke up to stop her without hesitation:

"Don't worry! It's a friend! It's my friend!"

Hearing this, he was slightly taken aback.

Nedeli's wariness lessened slightly, and she turned to look at Yuan Chen beside her, saying hesitantly:

"Your friend... is a demon?"

"Not a demon, but... okay, a demon, but not purely demonic, more like me!"

Yuan Chen didn't know how to introduce Nila, so after thinking for a moment, he simply said:

"She's about the same as me, only she did it even better! She's completely controlled the demon's power and suppressed her will!"

As Yuan Chen spoke, a small black dot gradually appeared on the distant horizon.

Because of the distance, it really is just a black dot.

However, with Yuan Chen and Nedeli's sharp eyesight, they could clearly see just how large that so-called black spot actually was.

A gigantic, ferocious ancient dragon, with a mouthful of fangs and Sharp Teeth, whose half-body was nearly a thousand meters long and floated on the water, was being dragged on the surface of the water like a mountain.

The dragon was dead... its two enormous fleshy wings had been smashed off, and the thick bone fragments were exposed straight into the air.

Its eyes were unfocused, its scales were shattered, and its enormous body was covered with crisscrossing scars. Wherever it passed, even the ocean was dyed a vast expanse of crimson!

And right in front of that enormous dragon corpse was a smiling young girl, hopping and skipping along, dragging herself across the water!

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From now on, each chapter will be 2,000 words. Under normal circumstances, I will guarantee at least 3 updates per day, keeping the total number of words the same, but I will make it easier to add extra updates.