yournovel Chapter 81 Evidence of Living Erosion
Chapter 81 Evidence of Living Erosion
Chapter 81 Evidence of Living Erosion
Nan'an waved his hand, and Oka Oka understood. With a command, the various weapons brought by the goblins were carried out from the temporary stronghold and placed on the open ground.
"Weapons, take them or leave them."
"The method is not limited; magic, physical skills, and the abilities granted by the fragments of gods and demons on your bodies are all permitted."
A low murmur arose from the crowd.
"Forget about trying to show off your power and establish your authority. We just want to live like normal people. We don't intend to challenge your authority; we just want to obey you, right?"
Nan'an looked in the direction of the voice and saw a human male who looked to be under 20 years old, with faint dark red and bluish-purple lines visible on his arms.
"name."
The man put his hands in his pockets, ignored the whispered warning from the living erosion beside him, and nonchalantly took a few steps forward.
"The guys who experimented on me called me 'Air Slasher.'"
Qi Zhan's nonchalant attitude as a young man made Oka frown. He subconsciously gripped the hilt of his sword and took a step forward.
Openly offending Southan is unacceptable to goblins.
The moment the sword was drawn, Nan'an raised his hand and blocked Oka's sword hilt, slowly pushing the half-drawn sword back into place.
"Senior, he—"
Stepping off the platform, Nan'an Du stood before Qi Zhan, who had already straightened his back slightly, showing no sign of backing down.
"You're wrong. I don't need a competition to prove my strength. Hundreds of years ago, I knew my own strength very well. I've sold more heads and killed more people than you've ever seen in your entire lives." Nan An glanced at his hands in his pockets. "It's you who need to prove yourselves to me."
"We have already pledged not to abuse the power of gods and demons, that we are willing to be bound, and that we are willing to abide by the laws of Soliz. Is that not enough?"
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"That's just what a normal Nora should do, don't make it sound like a constraint imposed on you Living Eclipses."
"Who do you think you are?" Nan An glanced coldly at Qi Zhan. "Are people who have been touched by the black mist entitled to special treatment?"
"You were kidnapped and used as experimental subjects when you were young, you deserve sympathy, so should the standards be lowered as well?"
"The laws of Solitz are not for you, but for everyone. Farmers who follow them need not be praised. Craftsmen who follow them need not be commended. Merchants who follow them need not be treated differently."
"Why does the Living Eclipse consider itself special? Is it because it possesses divine and demonic power that ordinary people cannot and do not want to possess?"
Nan'an's gaze swept across the crowd.
"You're simply following it; you're doing what you're supposed to do. Don't talk about it as a favor or a concession."
He pointed to the border of the Rostarek Black Fog.
"Those who consider themselves special can leave now."
Qi Zhan stood behind him, his expression changing repeatedly.
"So what exactly do we want?" His voice rose a few decibels. "We've already promised not to cause trouble, promised to work, promised to follow the rules. If that's not enough, then what is?"
Nan'an turned around and faced him again.
Qi Zhan, his neck stiff, demanded, "Explain yourself."
Nan'an spoke in a flat tone.
"If you want to become normal people, if you want to integrate into Solitz, if you want to live a life where you are not looked down upon—you need to come with me and the Mistbreakers, enter the Black Mist, and fight against the Nightmare God."
An even greater commotion erupted from the crowd.
Qi Zhan froze, then his face flushed red: "You, you're forcing us to our deaths—we're naturally drawn to gods and demons—"
"Then control it!"
Nan'an's voice interrupted Qi Zhan's explanation, drowning out all the commotion. Qi Zhan's words were stuck in his throat.
Nan'an looked at him, at the growing crowd, and spoke each word clearly.
"If you are attracted to and alienated by gods and demons, that is enough to prove that the Living Eclipses are inherently flawed individuals and can never get along normally with the Nora. Nobody likes a group of uncontrollable self-destructing potions."
He then turned to the living erosion group.
"Don't misunderstand, the Senate's permission for you to live on this land is not free."
"Every bite of food you eat, every tool you use, and the land you live on did not fall from the sky."
"That was the land that the Nora people fought hard for after the Black Mist Era, shedding countless tears and blood to fight against the gods and demons."
"As temporary residents and outsiders, what right do you have to directly enjoy the land that the Nora ancestors cultivated for their own children? Just because you are living erosion?"
"Of course, you can insist on the idea that 'not abusing divine and demonic power is a contribution,' but that's meaningless."
Nan An sneered as he stared at Qi Zhan.
"It doesn't matter if you don't enter the black fog. The Senate put me in charge of you, but I didn't give you any specific tasks. You can slack off, and so can I. It's just that I'm raising you like pigs."
Qi Zhan gritted his teeth, making a cracking sound: "We just want to live an ordinary life, is that what you call giving up?"
"Yes," Nan'an replied without hesitation, "because you are living erosions."
Qi Zhan clenched his fists and roared, "It wasn't our choice to go down this path! Who asked us?!"
Upon hearing this, the living eclipses could be heard sobbing faintly.
Nan'an's voice softened slightly, but remained cold.
"I sympathize with you, but I also want to ask you—"
"Imagine you are a Nora, whose ancestors toiled in the fields and were brutally and indiscriminately killed by the Living Erosion."
"What would you think if you suddenly learned that the Senate had passed a bill despite criticism, allowing the Living Eclipse to also have the right to share a piece of land with you?"
Qi Zhan gritted his teeth and remained silent.
"I ask you again, if you were still that Nora who witnessed the tragic deaths of your fathers, and you learned that these Living Eclipses could be supported by the Senate without any effort—would you feel that the land your fathers cultivated had been stolen?"
Qi Zhan looked away: "We didn't do that."
"Ordinary people don't have the ability or the means to distinguish between good and bad eclipses. In their eyes, news related to you has never been positive, so labeling you is the most appropriate thing to do."
"But at least you can do basic empathy." Nan'an looked at his turned profile, her voice softening. "Anyway, you want to be an ordinary person, but in your eyes, are Nora, a law-abiding ordinary person, considered human?"
"Are you considering their feelings?"
"Since you want to integrate into Nora's existing society, the Eclipses need to interact with the outside world. What do you have to convince ordinary people to see you as normal? Just by clinging to your small circle in Sicklewater Town?"
Nan'an raised his voice, declaring resolutely, "I told you, you have to prove yourselves!"
"Nora's ancestors have been fighting against the Black Mist since the first year of the Black Mist Calendar. Many of the nobles you see as high and mighty have paid blood taxes generation after generation!"
"Why should those people's descendants accept you?"
"Because you can cry? Because you didn't do it voluntarily? Or because you say you want to be ordinary people?"
After the rousing climax came a long silence.
Seeing that no one spoke, Nan'an shook his head in disappointment and turned to leave.
"There are many children here, and their divine and demonic powers may not be suitable for combat."
The speaker was a middle-aged man from Huoshili.
"If you think your child shouldn't go to war, then as an adult, you have to take responsibility; otherwise, you're just cowardly using your child as a shield."
A commotion arose in the crowd, and the middle-aged man left the queue and walked forward.
Qi Zhan suddenly raised his hand, stopping the middle-aged man who wanted to step forward.
"I'll go first."
He strode up to Nan'an, finally pulling his hands out of his pockets and letting them hang at his sides.
"I wasn't convinced by you," he said, his voice hard and unyielding. "I just wanted to see if the examiner, who kept demanding we 'prove ourselves,' actually had the ability to back it up."
Nan'an's lips twitched.
Strength?
It's a real shame that Alma Hearn wasn't there to share her experience.
The goblin soldiers set up a perimeter to keep other living worms out and prevent the aftermath of the battle from harming innocent bystanders.
Once the engagement distance is confirmed, the Ki Slash takes its position.
"My ability is just like my name, I can—"
Nan'an interrupted with a smile, saying, "Level 3 Living Erosion has a major flaw in its divine and demonic power. When using the rapid-fire divine and demonic power that can compress and cut air, it will cause bloodshot eyes and a significant increase in blood pressure."
Qi Zhan was stunned: "You—"
"I memorized all your information on the way here." As a former top test-taker, Nan'an has a good memory.
Unlike magicians, the rating for Living Eclipse is only from 1 to 6.
Level 5 has always been considered equivalent to gods and demons.
As for number 6, it is a speculation that if gods and demons exist, then gods also exist.
The power of gods and demons is unlike magic; there is no complete and unified verification and evaluation system.
The standard set by Ellu is a comprehensive scoring system that combines "risk" and "side effects".
Almahern, who had mastered the Demon Eye, was placed at level 4 and 5 by Erlu because the power of gods and demons had no side effects and was extremely powerful.
Between levels.
She is close to a god or demon, yet she still retains a human form.
And Qi Slash?
He is a typical case where "the side effects outweigh the power of gods and demons".
That side effect can even interfere with the normal release of abilities.
Performing magic will cause high blood pressure, and when blood pressure rises, it becomes difficult to remain calm.
After casting spells continuously, he saw stars, then everything went black, leaving him with no ability to sustain a prolonged battle.
The most efficient application scenario is probably assassination.
But even assassination was not something he could do well.
The evaluation report clearly states that although air atomizers cut quickly, they will show a distinct semi-transparent arc blade before the shape is formed.
The violently shaking air will quickly alert a mage, resulting in only an instantaneous shield.
Few of the experimental subjects that could be discarded by those who study gods and demons behind the scenes are normal people.
Nan'an believes that the other party deliberately abandoned the idea and then used Solitz and Onze to execute it, thereby severing any remaining hope of survival.
Assuming Solitz and Onze see through the deception and willingly accept the live erosion, it would be a good thing for them to fish in troubled waters, and would significantly increase management costs.
"Knowing something doesn't mean you can defend against it!"
There was no warning.
His hands, which he had just pulled from his pockets, suddenly slashed at his side—
The sound of the air being torn apart was sharp and piercing.
A semi-transparent arc blade shot out from the fingertip, causing the air around its edge to tremble violently, like the surface of boiling water.
The curved blade formed from behind Nan'an, moving so fast it was almost impossible to see with the naked eye.
At the very instant the Qi Slash was unleashed, Nan An also vanished from his spot.
Almost in the blink of an eye, Nan'an's figure rapidly expanded in Qi Zhan's field of vision, and a pair of huge hands pressed down on his face as if covering the sky.
boom!
A dull thud echoed in the center of the open space.
Before Qi Zhan could even react, he was already airborne.
Nan'an's large hand, pressed against his face, violently sent him flying. At the same time, a gentle force spun around his back, dissipating most of the impact just as his head was about to make intimate contact with the ground.
Qi Zhan's back slammed heavily into the ground, raising a small cloud of dust.
He stared blankly at the blue sky and white clouds, as if it were a beautiful painting, without blinking for a long time—it really had been a long time since he had looked up to appreciate the sky above him.
This blue sky is truly blue, and these white clouds are truly white.
After a long period of blank stares, Qi Zhan finally felt his departed soul return to his body.
In the instant the crowd erupted in gasps, and the moment Nan'an's large hand grabbed his cheek, he truly thought he was going to die—
"So fast."
He swallowed hard, and when he stood up, he stumbled and collapsed to the ground.
Nan'an didn't laugh at him.
Ultimately, they are children who have never experienced life-or-death battles. They have been treated as experimental subjects since childhood, and the cruelest thing they have ever done is probably the daily testing of the side effects of divine and demonic power.
Once identified as a worthless individual, it enters the garbage time waiting to be discarded.
They didn't even have the chance to experience the high-pressure tests prepared by the mastermind behind the scenes for the excellent live erosion.
"Do I still need to prove myself?"
Not long ago, Qi Zhan, who was still holding his breath and trying to salvage some dignity, swallowed hard.
Nan'an didn't dwell on it, but he knew very well that what he had just done was a sneak attack.
He made the first move before anyone had confirmed the start of the competition.
But Nan'an just didn't care.
"Come here!" With a hint of awe, Qi Zhan rubbed his back.
He did not launch an attack, perhaps harboring a sliver of hope that the release of divine and demonic power earlier had amplified his senses due to his stiff body.
Perhaps Nan'an's speed is not that fast.
"Oh, not going to launch an attack?" Nan An's lips curled up. "You don't really think you have a chance if you concentrate on playing a defensive counter-attack, do you?"
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"Bang!"
Oka rubbed his eyes.
Before the afterimage of Nan'an in his field of vision had completely dissipated, he and Qi Zhanren appeared not far away, with Qi Zhanren himself lying on the ground with his mouth open and eyes closed.
"My ancestor's dearest friend—can't he even achieve fame like this?!"
Oka was shocked.
I knew that the end of the Gray Star would usher in an era of great strife, a time when heroes would shine.
However, in Lord Tata's description, this is nothing more than a dry history, lacking any depth.
Seeing Nan'an repeatedly ravaging a pitiful living creature, he suddenly had a more concrete connection to the legends of his ancestors.
To stand out in that era and become famous for slaying dragons—our ancestor was too powerful.
Lord Nan'an is even more terrifying. His ancestors were easily transformed by his guidance, and he himself has even joined the ranks of heroic spirits. Could it be that his legendary attributes are obtained by teaching people?
Nan'an was unaware of the little drama Oka was imagining. He gently patted the cheek of the bewildered Qi Zhan.
"Hey, are you still going to fight?"