Chapter 344: The truth

Translated by: La0o9

Proofreader: Arya

The Fate beast’s horrendously large mouth closed down completely.

Before it could chew or even crunch down, before any blood was spilled at all, a ‘boong’ echoed from its mouth.

The void of space around the Square stirred intensely!

The numerous Disciple candidates didn’t understand at all, but none of the Guru had any mind to pay to them.

Excited voices hurriedly came.

“My god!”

“Are my eyes deceiving me?”

“Is this real?”

“How many years has it been since we last had one!?”

“Goodness, this was the first time I’ve seen it, so they are real!”

Their discussion shook the space.

Because —–

At the very moment that the Fate beast closed its mouth, a pure white mist came drifting out from between its cavities.

The mist floated, then slowly condensed to become humanoid.

Bright eyes, foxlike canines and extraordinary physique.

Su Xue Er.

She directly overcame the crunch of Fate!

Accordingly, a change occurred on her body.

Her originally blue silky hair had turned a silver white.

She was wearing a pure white robe, scepter in hand as she appeared in the Square!

Su Xue Er herself was also shocked.

She looked down at her clothes ——–this isn’t what I wore today.

But it looks nice.

Very quickly, she no longer paid any attention to her clothes.

Because the scepter in her hand only shook a bit before it released 7 cards.

Su Xue Er understood.

So I did awaken a card-type God’s Chosen Skill.

The 9 Lords’ ancestor, that Protector was also a card user.

Su Xue Er casually took a card in hand to observe it.

The card depicted water, fire, earth, wind on each corner, while the center was blank.

At the bottom, the card’s name and description were written.

[Originator of all things]

[Note: When you carry this card with you, every hour you will receive 1 Soul Points]

[Use: Carry it on yourself for a continuous effect]

A really good God’s Chosen card!

Su Xue Er’s lips slightly curled up.

As smart as she was, she understood that she probably just succeeded.

Manifesting 7 cards at once, this was rare even with Fog Isle’s history.

I’ve finally changed my fate to become a God’s Chosen!

“Su Xue Er!” an old voice called out to her.

Su Xue Er looked around, aside from the group of candidates, she didn’t see anyone else.

“The white robe and the scepter holds a special meaning”

The voice continued: “Seven is a magical number, destiny has given you seven cards, and so you’ve received a unique expectation from destiny itself”

Su Xue Er silently listened.

The voice kept going: “You have completely won against yourself, becoming the master of your own fate, and so you’ll receive a special privilege”

“What privilege is that?” Su Xue Er asked.

“Making you study under any other Guru is disrespect towards fate itself, and so, you may choose from one of the 7 Elders to study under them”

Su Xue Er stayed silent for a bit, then asked: “Is there a difference between the Elders and the Gurus?”

“Of course” the voice explained, “all of the Elders are the masters of their own world, not only are they strong they can use the power of the cards to create a cycle of saviors, helping their world’s people fight against the demons of the Apocalypse”

“Now, make your choice”

Su Xue Er didn’t hesitate and answered right away: “I choose the Sentinel Elder”

The voices of discussion within the void of space started becoming loud.

A hoarse voice abruptly rang out.

「 Silence for a bit! 」

When this voice came, all the other voices calmed down.

The master of this voice ——-Lord Bloodcloak appeared from the air.

Very rarely will he appear in such public occasions, but today’s situation has already gotten out of everyone’s expectation, so he has to step out to deal with it himself.

「 Why is it? Why did you choose me to become your Guru? 」Lord Bloodcloak asked.

“Because you are my mother’s teacher” Su Xue Er smiled and replied.

Lord Bloodcloak had expected to hear a list of reasons, like his impartiality, his strength, how he holds the most amount of scrolls, or been through the most worlds, or the most knowledgeable… so on and so forth, but he didn’t expect such a simple answer.

「 Because of only that? 」 Lord Bloodcloak was surprised.

“That’s right. When I was young, mother used to tell me a lot about how she studied under you, she was especially fond of asking questions, so she bothered you a lot, every time class started, you would always have to tell her to stay silence first”

「 She told you a lot about her past, didn’t she? 」Lord Bloodcloak asked.

“Yes, she felt very nostalgic whenever she mentioned that period of time, especially the period when you had brought her to fight against the Apocalypses”

Lord Bloodcloak sighed and spoke: 「 That is true, I have to say, those days were exceptionally nice, they were my fondest memories 」

His hesitation only lasted for a blink of an eye.

「 Very well, from now on, you will become my Disciple 」Lord Bloodcloak decided.

This was a significant thing, even to him.

He also felt glad making this choice.

Ever since that calamity, he hasn’t considered taking in another student.

But now, like his dear student who has passed, her daughter had once more came to him, asking to be his student.

This girl carries an implication of a passed torch.

——–including the nostalgic memories of the years he held dearest.

Lord Bloodcloak was about to descend from the air to receive his new student.

Then suddenly ————

“Wait a minute!” an angry female voice came.

A woman completely shrouded in black mist appeared.

Above her head was a bright glowing halo.

Guru Isa.

「 What is it, Isa, are you against me taking a student? 」Lord Bloodcloak’s tone became cold.

“I am not against it, but she has already become my Disciple” Guru Isa answered.

She was silently gritting her teeth.

Detestable!

This little girl has such a fortunate destiny, how enviable!

More importantly, if she lives, that world will stray further and further from my hands.

She has to die!

「 What? Your Disciple? 」Lord Bloodcloak was a bit shocked.

“That’s right, she had directly agreed to become my Disciple, my apologies” Guru Isa slowly but calmly spoke.

Lord Bloodcloak went silent.

A feeling of dread started to boil deep from everyone’s heart.

The ground itself began to shake.

The Fate beast turned into a giant tooth before escaping from the Square.

In the void of space, countless hidden figures could be seen moving about.

They were going to escape before anything else.

Isa herself was a bit panicked.

The opponent is too powerful, enough to squish me like a bug.

She hurriedly explained: “This was Su Xue Er’s own choice, she had come before me and begged to become my Disciple, you can ask her if you don’t believe”

Lord Bloodcloak turned his head, glancing at Su Xue Er.

「 Is that really the case? Su Xue Er? 」he was almost roaring when he asked.

Su Xue Er shook her head: “That never happened”

Lord Bloodcloak shook a bit, then burst out laughing: 「 It seems one of you have decided that it was a good idea to make a fool out of me, come, come, come. Let us see the real truth 」

He looked at a certain direction and asked: 「 Dean, what do you say? 」

An old voice replied: “That indeed should be the case, Isa, Su Xue Er, please prove your words”

Isa hurriedly pulled out a card from the air and raised it for all to see.

“Here, this card, it has witnessed mine and Su Xue Er’s conversation”

She infused it with power and threw the card in the air.

A scene began to play.

Su Xue Er and Isa stood on the mountaintop.

Their conversation followed.

Isa spoke with a gentle tone: “Su Xue Er, are you willing to accept me as your master?”

A few breaths later, Su Xue Er’s voice came.

“I am willing”

The scene stopped here.

This was evidence.

Isa pulled the card back and loudly spoke: “You’ve all heard it, this was her wanting to take me as her master, now she tried to fool the Sentinel as well, clearly her personality is faulty!”

From the voice of space, quite a few voices came:

“Such a person would become trouble later on”

“Yes, immediately abandoning a Guru of her own choosing when she found a better path, who would want to teach her?”

“Execute her, even if someone like her were to achieve power, it wouldn’t bring our Fog Isle any good”

Everyone discussed loudly.

Then they suddenly stopped.

Large demonic spiders came into the Square, surround Su Xue Er.

Her end is one that doesn’t need to be told.

The old voice spoke: “Su Xue Er, what else do you have to say?”

Su Xue Er answered: “I truly did come to see her, but that was from her summon”

“Please believe me, I have never accepted her as my master”

She looked at Lord Bloodcloak, shedding tears as she spoke: “Sentinel, I have just gone through being framed, do you still remember?”

While Lord Bloodcloak was boiling with killing intent, his rage dissipated as he heard that.

「 That is correct… some female candidates had accused you of studying heretical techniques… 」

Lord Bloodcloak suddenly remembered something from his youth.

At the time, he was only 10 years old when a Guru’s son framed him.

It wasn’t until his death that a good-willed Guru couldn’t help but investigate the truth.

When the truth got out, everyone found that he was innocent and was actually set up.

But he was already dead.

Fog Isle is a miraculous place.

Only here do you have hope to be reborn after death.

But even this hope is limited.

He had already died once to make it from the ocean of corpses to Fog Isle.

Being devoured by the Fate beast, he had died once again.

He couldn’t be reborn anymore.

The only way for him to revive was to become a skeleton.

That was his destiny from before.

From then on, he had taken an oath to never let any unjust happen before his eyes ever again.

Lord Bloodcloak contained his anger, then rethought the entire thing from the start.

He spoke in a low voice: 「 Isa, for the sake of an impartial judgement, your card will have to be checked by the Dean 」

“Of course” Isa said without much thought.

She had the card hover in midair.

It began to fly.

From the voice of space, an old wrinkled hand came and took the card.

“A simple test is all it takes for us to see the truth” the old voice echoed.

From the void of space, the Dean’s other hand appeared.

He was holding a long fang in that hand.

A pack of wolves was carved on this fang.

“Go, find the two voices’ master” the old voice spoke.

The fang disappeared.

Replacing it, a pack of grey wolves jumped out.

A few of them quickly ran to Guru Isa’s feet, smelled it and stopped.

A few others came at Su Xue Er.

Everyone understood.

Sure enough, it was Su Xue Er ———wait a minute, that can’t be right!

The wolves ran past Su Xue Er and didn’t even bother to look at her once.

When the wolves reached the borders of the Square, they stopped.

Sitting down on the ground, they howled at a location deep in the Institute.

The old voice came once more.

This time, he sounded much stricter.

“You can see for yourselves, the results are there. One of the voices was Guru Isa’s, the other had disappeared from the Institute, no longer possible to find”

Lord Bloodcloak looked down at Su Xue Er again, this time his gaze was gentle.

Sure enough, the truth always has to be pursued to the end to come out.

Having regained his calm, Lord Bloodcloak slowly spoke: 「 From the looks of it, the other voice did not come from Su Xue Er, the scene just now has been tampered with 」

“That’s right, the wolves had not made any mistakes for a few hundred years”

The old voice sighed, then continued: “This child was wrongly accused”