"Pope?"
Lin Yi looked curiously at the figure before him, a figure who reigned supre over the Nine Nether Continent:
"What brings you here?"
Had Lin Yi not t him before, no one would have associated this amiable middle-aged man with the highest authority of the Light Church.
Lin Yi couldn’t fathom what such a Main Divine Level being would want from him.
Could it be related to Rek’sa or the Demon Dragon?
After all, both had ntioned this person to Lin Yi in the Demon Forest.
Given the Pope’s power, he surely must be aware of this matter.
Frederick, with a smile in his eyes, looked at the bewildered Lin Yi at the door, then gestured to the seat beside him:
"Sit."
Lin Yi nodded in response:
"Thank you!"
As Lin Yi stepped over the threshold into the room, the door automatically closed behind him:
"Creak, thud~"
Lin Yi paused briefly, then walked over to the seat on Frederick’s other side and sat down.
As soon as Lin Yi sat down, Frederick began to speak:
"You’ve been in the Nine Nether for a while now, so you should have so understanding of this place."
"Can you tell your view of the Nine Nether?"
Perhaps fearing that Lin Yi might not understand the question, Frederick added:
"It can be about anything."
His view of the Nine Nether Continent?
Lin Yi looked at Frederick in astonishnt, not understanding why he would suddenly ask such a question.
When it ca to the Nine Nether Continent, Lin Yi certainly had his thoughts.
He was particularly resentful of the indifference of the higher-ups towards the lives of ordinary people, which filled Lin Yi with deep dissatisfaction and indignation.
Ever since Lin Yi arrived in this world, he had been ’hunted’ by the rcenary corps in the Demon Forest;
Then at the Feather Spirit City auction, before he revealed his strength, he was threatened for his life;
And after entering Jialan City, he inexplicably faced hostility from Ao Sheng Empire’s Prince Charles, which escalated into pressure and provocation from a Divine Level.
If not for Lin Yi’s formidable strength,
Perhaps he wouldn’t have even made it to Jialan City and would have been discarded in the wilderness.
To be honest,
Lin Yi understood the survival of the fittest law of the jungle.
But having grown up influenced by social ideals, Lin Yi found it hard to accept this world’s tendency to regard human lives as expendable, abusing power at the slightest whim.
However, Lin Yi did not voice his thoughts because he didn’t feel that saying them would change anything.
Besides, Frederick probably didn’t co here to listen to ramblings.
His presence made Lin Yi irresistibly curious, prompting him to ask:
"Are what Beast God Rek’sa said true?"
Lin Yi’s biggest curiosity about the man in front of him was his true intentions.
Could it be, as Rek’sa said, simply to drive the people of the Nine Nether Continent to doom?
Though he may not give him the answer,
Lin Yi was surprised when Frederick seed fully aware of his eting with Rek’sa, calmly saying:
"You must know that Rek’sa, as the Beast God, is the least dishonest among the gods."
"So what he says is naturally true."
"You!"
Lin Yi stared at Frederick, stupefied that he admitted his actions so openly.
If what he said was true, then the premature end to the Divine Son competition ant the first seal had been...
Confronting that possibility, Lin Yi suddenly inhaled deeply:
"How many survived this ti’s competition?"
Frederick replied without any emotion:
"There should be around eighty or ninety, haven’t counted exactly."
"What!"
Hearing this, Lin Yi was so shocked he stood up, blurting out:
"Over two hundred people died!"
Rek’sa claid that breaking the first seal only needed the blood of a hundred prodigies?
How could so many more have died?
There were only 298 participants in the Divine Son competition to begin with.
If what Frederick said was true, then excluding Lin Yi’s group of over eighty, the rest had virtually been wiped out!!!
The thought of over two hundred prodigies being buried forever in that mysterious forest in less than half a day sent shudders through Lin Yi.
Seeing Lin Yi’s agitated look, Frederick seed genuinely surprised and asked:
"Do you really care about their lives or deaths?"
"You must know many were prepared to eliminate you during this Divine Son competition."
Listening to Frederick, Lin Yi found himself unable to face such an exalted being.
Perhaps, to him, those two hundred lives were rely numbers.
He would never foresee the imnse sorrow those lost lives would bring to countless individuals and families.
Lin Yi, though no saint, could never be as indifferent as Frederick to the deaths of so many.
Suddenly.
Lin Yi realized that he and the person in front might not be on the sa wavelength at all.
What he cared about was discarded by the other like rubbish.
And what the other cared about might be what he detested.
Thinking of this, Lin Yi no longer had the interest to argue and instead asked rather disinterestedly:
"Pope, just tell your purpose for coming this ti."
"Otherwise, I’d like to rest."
Frederick suddenly turned his head, staring intently into Lin Yi’s eyes, as though trying to see through Lin Yi’s soul.
But Lin Yi fearlessly t his gaze.
Others might fear this terrifyingly powerful ruler, but Lin Yi felt no fear.
Maybe it’s because Lin Yi didn’t belong to this world.
Soon, Frederick withdrew his gaze and said sothing that startled Lin Yi:
"I hardly recognize you."
As Lin Yi pondered what that could an, Frederick abruptly shifted the conversation:
"Let ask you a question."
"Do you think it’s a loss to exchange their sacrifice for a slim chance of survival for billions on the Nine Nether Continent?"
Lin Yi:
"What do you an?"
Frederick chuckled:
"Everyone has a path they believe to be right."
"Beast God Rek’sa has his convictions, Demon Dragon Austin has those he needs to protect."
"Likewise."
"I also have my choices."
"Many things are done, they happen, but the question of right or wrong isn’t always clear."
"Because only the ultimate victor’s beliefs will be deed true."
Frederick suddenly looked at Lin Yi and said:
"Today, I ca to tell you sothing."
"Telling you this doesn’t an you must follow our path."
Hearing this, Lin Yi suddenly trembled.
Frederick seed unaware of Lin Yi’s reaction as he stood and continued:
"In tomorrow’s Divine Son competition, only the survivor will be selected as the Divine Son."
"You can decide for yourself whether to participate."
With that, Frederick vanished instantly from Lin Yi’s room, leaving Lin Yi sitting motionless in a daze.
Finally, Lin Yi kept replaying Frederick’s last words in his mind:
"Only the survivor will be selected as the Divine Son!"
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