For Ai Li, this was just a small episode in the journey. After dealing with this little trouble, she took the others away and continued on her way. Originally, Ai Li wanted to send Miao directly back to her hometown. But after Miao heard about the Wanhua Valley, she also wanted to take a look, so Ai Li decided to take Miao to the Wanhua Valley first to see the situation there, and then take her home.
After all, if Muu himself is not in a hurry, then there is no need for Ai Li to be in a hurry either, right?
“Wow, it’s so beautiful…!”
As expected, when Miao arrived at the Valley of Flowers, she looked at the beautiful alien flower fields in front of her, and her eyes lit up and she was extremely excited. Watching Miao running around in the flower fields, curiously admiring the appearance of the flowers, Ai Li also smiled - at this moment, a voice sounded from behind her.
"Ah, Miss Ellie, you are finally back."
"Hello, Mengmeng."
Ai Li turned around and saw Meng Meng standing behind her, looking at her with a smile.
"Nothing happened here, did it?"
"Well... basically everything is normal..."
"basically?"
Hearing this, Ellie frowned.
"So is there anything else?"
"There's just a small problem... Or rather, it's just in time that you came back, Miss Airi..."
"????"
Because it was rare to see Mengmeng with such a complicated expression, Ai Li was quite surprised. However, when she was taken to a room by Mengmeng and saw the two girls in front of her, she immediately understood why Mengmeng said that it would be better for her to handle this problem.
Because the two girls in front of him were dressed very similarly to Ellie - they were wearing a loose coat and a pointed hat. Yes, you could tell at a glance what their profession was... they were both witches.
And one of them he knew.
“Ahahahaha… Hello, I’m the Gray Witch Irena…”
Looking at Irena in front of her, Ai Li was completely speechless. Did she still remember that Fang Zheng had sent her back to her original world, but now she was teleported here again?
According to Meng Meng, both of them emerged from the gateless tower, but the situation was slightly different. Irena still remembered her name and could use magic, but she had lost her memory. Upon hearing this, Ellie couldn't help but complain about how unlucky this narcissistic witch was. She was forced to travel to other worlds from time to time, and this time she even lost her memory...
As for the other one...
"Um...excuse me, where exactly is this place? How can I return to my own world?"
Compared to Irena, the other witch, Azisha from the plateau, is better. Like Ai Li, she has retained her memories, but she doesn't know why she is here. From this point of view, this witch is much stronger than Irena, but this is not surprising, because according to Xiaobai's [Identification], Azisha's level is the highest Lv99, second only to Ai Li. With such ability, it is no wonder that she can resist brainwashing.
They were also the ones who had recently emerged from the Wumen Tower. Now, representatives from the Wanhua Valley and Orudana were stationed at the Wumen Tower. They would explain the situation to the time travelers who had emerged from the Wumen Tower, and then make an invitation - there was no other way, after all, Orudana could not beat the Wanhua Valley, and it was obvious that the other party was here to snatch people, so they had to use this kind of job fair-like method to decide the winner.
Since then, two groups of time travelers have appeared. After losing a large number of volunteers, Orudana has learned its lesson. Their representatives will welcome the time travelers to this world and complain to them. In short, Orudana is now facing internal and external troubles, and needs a large number of brave warriors to help them defend the city. If you can come to Orudana, you will definitely get a generous reception, etc... It's basically no different from companies fooling recent graduates.
The Wanhua Valley explained directly that it was established not long ago, and all the residents in it are people who have traveled to this world. They are looking for a way to go back, and they are also trying to recover their memories. Not only that, in the Wanhua Valley, you can survive as long as you work hard, and you don’t need to fight hard... and there is also a powerful witch to take care of you...
Comparing the two, most people chose to go to the Valley of Ten Thousand Flowers. Although some time travelers were deceived by Orudana's sweet words, when they entered Orudana and found out that they were doing the life-threatening job of an intern, they immediately gave up decisively - for most people, it is not worth it to fight for their lives.
The two witches chose to come to the Valley of Flowers from the beginning, and it was obvious that they were particularly interested in the witch Ai Li. According to Yazisa, she wanted to chat with Ai Li and ask about the situation in this world.
As for Irena...
“Is there any easy and profitable job for me to do?”
Looking at Irena staring at her with shining eyes, Ellie sighed silently.
As expected of you, you still look like this even after losing your memory.
"That's great. I have a lot to say. Let's all come together."
After that, Ellie gathered everyone, including the two witches, to the conference room and explained the current situation to them in detail, including the battle between humans and demons in the Kingdom of Barbagia, the summoned messenger of God, and the reincarnated person with a system discovered by Xiaobai.
After listening to Ellie's story, everyone fell into deep thought.
"How strange."
The Plateau Witch Yazisa was the first to speak.
"That is to say, the gods of this world summoned a group of people from another world to come here to fight against the race called demons, but they were not us. And according to Miss Ellie, the war between humans and demons is in the south, but why were we summoned here?"
"Also, only those who appear in the tower will lose their memories. It is also strange that those who are summoned by the gods or reincarnated retain their memories clearly."
Mengmeng also frowned and raised her own questions.
"There are many possibilities. For example, since gods can summon powerful and genuine time travelers, then the countries that believe in them may also have similar technology. However, due to lack of technology or some other reason, they can only summon time travelers who have lost their memories and have no systems, and are no different from ordinary people. Therefore, they are abandoned."
Ai Li also expressed her opinion.
"So the tower was abandoned?"
"It's just a possibility. After all, apart from us, there haven't been any particularly powerful adventurers here. Even those travelers who have become stronger through training, according to the information I have collected so far, are far inferior to the messengers summoned by the gods. If this is the case, then it is only natural that they were abandoned."
Ai Li shook her head, but Xiao Bai raised his hand silently.
"But what about those reincarnated beings? The war between humans and demons is imminent, but these reincarnated beings are still infants. It will take at least ten years for them to grow up and become effective fighters."
"I can't really say for sure, but if I were to come up with a hypothesis... I think it's very likely that more than one god is involved."
"Why?"
Hearing this, everyone was surprised.
"is that so?"
"Yes, we also know that this world believes in many gods, and the Kingdom of Barbagea believes in summoning gods to make the Supreme God. Since the Supreme God has this ability, it is not impossible for other gods to have similar abilities. In this case, it is not difficult to explain why different reincarnations and time travelers appear here in groups."
Ellie reached out and tapped on the blackboard.
"The gods think differently...?"
“That’s also a possibility.”
Of course, Ellie's guess is not impossible. If this guess is true, then the Supreme God who summons the messenger is like a quick attack in the early stage. No matter what, he will attack quickly after the base is deployed, while the god who summons the reincarnated intends to climb the technology tree and develop in the late stage. If there is such a difference in "play style", then it is understandable that the world has become like this.
"But, Miss Ellie, didn't you say that those gods have very powerful powers? With them around, fighting against demons or the alliance of kings won't be a problem at all."
Meiya Kurosaki asked her question in confusion, and Ai Li shook her head.
"It's hard to say. Although they are God's messengers, they are just high school students in their teens. If they suddenly possess powerful strength, they might lose their balance. In fact, I killed one with my own hands before returning to Wanhua Valley."
"Why?"
Everyone was shocked to hear what Ai Li said, but soon, Ai Li and Yue explained the situation to everyone. After listening to their description, the expressions of others also changed slightly.
"Indeed... This is not impossible. Since they have no ties to this world, they can do whatever they want. Plus, they have great power. If they are not handled properly, they will become a difficult enemy."
"Yes, that's it."
Ai Li nodded. This is the difference between a time traveler and a reincarnated person. For a time traveler, it takes a long time to establish a bond with a completely new world. It takes a lot of time, and he may not necessarily accept the customs and habits of the other world. For many time travelers, the other world is like an amusement park. It is fun, fresh, and interesting. But after enjoying it, they still want to go home and live their lives.
But it’s different for the reincarnated. Being born in this world is equivalent to experiencing life all over again. Whether they like it or not, they have a deep connection with this world. Therefore, if this world faces any crisis, they will not choose to stand idly by like the time travelers, but will take the initiative to stand up and protect it all... maybe?
"But these have nothing to do with us. We just need to focus on finding a way to go home."
Ellie decisively put the matter of life and death of the world behind her.
"In fact, we already have a way. As long as we conquer the seven labyrinths and obtain the magic of the Age of Gods, we can find out the location of the God's Realm, open the God's Gate and enter the God's Realm, find the God of Creation and ask him to send us back."
"But... that's the God of Creation, right? What if he refuses?"
"Then kill him, or beat him until he begs for mercy."
Ellie said this quite calmly, as if she was saying "If the cuckoo doesn't sing, kill it", which is chilling.
"Wow... It sounds like we are the villains..."
"But there's nothing we can do!"
Yazisa thought for a moment and nodded vigorously.
"If this can allow me to go back, then I will not hesitate even if it means becoming the enemy of the God of Creation! After all, if I suddenly disappear, my daughters will surely be very worried about me..."
"Hey——!? Miss Azisa has a daughter?!"
Hearing this, everyone present looked at Yazisa in surprise. After all, she looked only sixteen or seventeen years old. Could it be that she already had a daughter?
And it’s plural?
“Ah, no…!”
Noticing everyone's surprised looks, Yazisa quickly waved her hands.
"My daughter is that...slime that turned into...that..."
"...Ms. Yazisa, are your preferences a little special?"
"I don't want to comment on other people's love, but... Miss Yazisa, you married a slime and gave birth to a child... This is too..."
As she spoke, Mengmeng's face became redder and redder. She stared at Yazisa, as if she was imagining the girl and the slime doing this and that, this and that...
“No way!!!”
After that, Yazisa finally cleared up everyone's misunderstanding and told them that her two daughters were elves formed by the resentment of the slimes after she killed the slimes for three hundred years. Hearing this, the girls were speechless.
"You actually killed a three-hundred-year-old slime. Miss Yazisa, do you have a deep hatred with slimes?"
"Could it be that Miss Yazisa once had a bad memory of being violated by a slime, so every time she sees a slime, she can't help but want to kill it?"
"No! I'm just used to it. In order to prevent the slime clan from becoming extinct, I also control the number of slimes I kill every day, okay?"
"Wow...what kind of deep hatred does this guy have for slimes?"
Yue also looked pale at this moment.
"Instead of completely wiping them out, they left them there on purpose, and then made them endure more than three hundred years of torture and fear... This is the behavior of a demon king... No, it was indeed a witch."
“Tsk tsk tsk, you killed the slime that had lasted for three hundred years, and even recognized the elf formed by the slime’s resentment as your daughter. Isn’t this just recognizing a thief as your father… No, you’re recognizing a thief as your mother? Hmm? Could it be that you are the Master of Yihua Palace? What kind of story of two peerless heroes is this…”
"No way!!!"
At this moment, Yazisa was about to cry.
Of course, after a while of quarreling, Ellie returned to the point and invited the two witches to travel and adventure with her. After all, they were all very powerful. Azisa was needless to say. Although Irena had lost her memory, she still remembered how to use magic and was also a powerful helper. It would be a waste of resources to keep them here.
But regarding Ellie’s invitation…
"Eh? I think it's better to stay here. Wanhua Valley is very comfortable here - no, it's very dangerous. I think as a witch, it's better for me to stay here and help defend..."
Irena silently shifted her gaze and said with her head down, but fortunately, Ellie already had a way to deal with Irena. She stretched out her hand and waved it forward, and then a huge pocket fell in front of Irena with a "bang".
"This is……?!"
At this moment, Irena jumped up quickly, opened her pocket, and was dazzled by the gems and gold inside.
“This, this…”
"This is your reward, Miss Irena. As long as you are willing to accept my commission, all of this will be yours."
“…”
Looking at the glittering jewels in her pocket, Irena swallowed silently.
"No problem, I'll take it!"
So, who is this beautiful girl who is full of confidence and is as dazzling as the jewelry?
That's right, it's me.