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Chapter 252 - Chapter 252: Too Short

It wasn't that Stelle didn't trust Levi, but if he wanted her to trust him, shouldn't he at least show some corresponding judgment?

Levi suddenly spoke up, "Go left. Another fish just came ashore."

Instead of following Levi's words, Stelle hugged the fish in her arms and looked at him.

"Don't think you'll trick me again into... Ah!"

"I told you to go left, didn't I?"

Picking up the fish that had smacked Stelle, Levi looked it in the eye, then chose to put it back into the Ancient Sea.

"What did I say?"

Looking at the pained Stelle, Levi thought for a moment.

"If you don't listen to Qingque, you'll suffer right in front of your eyes."

'Stop saying that, you're turning me into some kind of fortune-telling fraud.'

Qingque spoke up, wanting to beg Levi to stop.

'Stop it, Levi. Fu Xuan is everywhere outside.'

But now wasn't the time to talk about that.

'The urgent matter is finding a way to deal with that guy called Shuhu.'

"Trust me..."

Though it was a bit difficult...

Before he could finish, Jing Yuan's grave voice came from the side.

"I've already sent a message to the Alliance. The other Xianzhou ships will arrive with reinforcements soon."

"At present, all civilians of the Alchemy Commission have been evacuated elsewhere. We must hold this place at all costs and absolutely cannot allow Him to reach the other realms!"

The Cloud Knights quickly moved into action. Jing Yuan looked toward Jingliu, Blade, and Dan Heng.

"Everyone!"

"I'm counting on you!"

After a long silence, Jingliu spoke first.

She picked up the sword in her hand, Transience.

"This sword was born to strike at Abundance... It's time to collect some interest."

Blade said nothing. He simply walked to the shore and quietly looked toward the Ambrosial Arbor.

Meeting Jing Yuan's gaze, Dan Heng spoke, "I have no obligation to help you, but... let's just say... anyway, I will stay as a Nameless."

His words paused several times. In the end, Dan Heng chose to stay and face the enemy together with them.

In a very short time, Jing Yuan completed the deployment for the Alchemy Commission.

Meanwhile, Levi was dragged away by Fu Xuan.

If it was just something small like dealing with the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus, letting him participate in command wasn't a problem.

Even if he made mistakes, the remaining members of the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus had no way to resist the suppression of the Cloud Knights.

But now, an enemy had appeared whose threat was hundreds or thousands of times greater than the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus.

Naturally, Jing Yuan wasn't going to hand command of the army over to Levi at a time like this.

"So this is just distrust, huh~"

He had at least foreseen Shuhu's appearance and saved everyone present.

Otherwise, that old man Jing Yuan would have been dead long ago.

How would he still be acting all mighty now.

"Sigh~" Levi let out a breath. "No love... Pah, pah, pah!"

What love could there be between him and Jing Yuan.

Noticing Fu Xuan's ugly expression as she walked ahead, Levi spoke to comfort her, "Lady Fu Xuan..."

"So now you've changed your tune and call me 'Lady'? No longer calling me Lady Fu?", Fu Xuan replied coldly.

"Well, our positions have changed~" Levi scratched his head. If he were still in command, he'd definitely still call her Lady Fu.

"Anyway, Lady Fu Xuan, you don't need to worry too much. Let me tell you a secret."

"Oh?" Fu Xuan raised a brow. "What secret?"

What secret could possibly make her stop worrying right now?

Levi mysteriously looked around. After confirming no one was nearby, he leaned close to Fu Xuan's ear and whispered, "Shuhu's appearance was planned."

'No kidding! Would He have appeared without a plan?'

Fu Xuan rolled her eyes at Levi.

"Enough nonsense. Hurry up and come with me to the Matrix of Prescience!"

It wasn't safe enough with only her.

But with Levi helping, the two of them together could bring all possible futures into view.

"Don't rush, don't rush."

Levi, who was being pulled along by Fu Xuan, covered her eyes with his hand.

"What are you doing!"

Levi turned Fu Xuan's head toward the Ancient Sea. She kept struggling, but surprisingly, her strength was very weak.

'Since when did this guy become so strong!'

"Let go! Every second we're late to the Matrix of Prescience could change the future!"

"Lady Fu Xuan, I can only tell you this. This whole thing is just a performance."

'A performance?'

Fu Xuan's struggles gradually slowed.

She couldn't understand why Levi would say something like that.

"Do you remember what the Stellaron Hunters said at the Alchemy Commission?"

Although he hadn't been there at the time, he knew what Kafka had said.

The first ones to discover these people were probably that woman Kafka and her group.

Levi stared straight toward the Ancient Sea and said to Fu Xuan, "Lady Fu Xuan, don't use your eyes to see."

His right hand moved from her eyes to the eye on her forehead, his fingertips lightly brushing over it.

"Use this to see."

Following Levi's words, power gathered around the Divine Eye, allowing Fu Xuan to see a group of people who looked like tourists visiting the Luofu.

They floated in the sky, quietly watching everything happening in the Alchemy Commission.

Judging from the various masks on their faces, they were undoubtedly Masked Fools.

But how could ordinary Masked Fools manage something like this, hiding in the void without being noticed by any of them?

"Because they've got a big shot leading them."

In an unremarkable corner, there was an empty chair. Resting against its back was a mask.

Anyone unaware of the truth would probably think its owner had left it there to reserve a seat.

"Hehehe..."

Faint laughter echoed by his ears. Levi ignored it and continued speaking softly to Fu Xuan.

"Maybe because they missed Phantylia's show last time, they weren't satisfied, so they came here to personally organize a performance."

"Hmph!"

Coming back to herself, Fu Xuan coldly said, "It seems the Alliance needs to reassess its attitude toward the Aeon of Elation."

But the Aeon of Elation was always like this.

Wherever there was fun, there was Him, or His avatars and followers.

Whether that fun was a tragedy or a comedy.

He would never refuse it.

For example, blowing up the Astral Express. Pom-Pom had cried over it for years, yet He had never gone over to apologize.

"I'm going to tell the General immediately!"

"Hey, hey, hey!"

This time, Levi was the one dragging Fu Xuan toward the Divination Commission.

"Don't tell him. Otherwise, the performance won't go well. And if the performance goes badly, He'll come after the two of us."

The reason he told Fu Xuan was, first, because she was his superior, and he was close to her both professionally and personally.

Second, because she wasn't someone fighting on the front lines.

She didn't need to participate personally.

She just needed to stay behind the scenes as background.

Back at the Supreme Elixir Chamber, he had spent half the day acting without saying what should be done.

Wasn't that so he could retreat backstage and watch the show with these people?

Anyway, it was a happy ending story.

No rush.

"No!"

Even knowing this play came from the hand of Elation and that there had to be a solution, Fu Xuan still couldn't bring herself to leave.

To hide in the dark and watch.

Besides, the Luofu, a faction of the Hunt, had never had the habit of bowing to outsiders.

Even if an Aeon descended in person, They would still have to taste the Hunt's fangs.

Looking at Fu Xuan rolling up her sleeves as though she were preparing to throw down with the Aeon of Elation, Levi thought for a moment.

"Lady Fu Xuan, do you know..."

"General Jing Yuan has actually been lying to you."

Fu Xuan froze, "Lying to me? About what?"

Levi put on a conflicted expression, "Well... it's just..."

"Spit it out already!" Fu Xuan frowned immediately.

"General Jing Yuan actually never planned to pass the position of General to you!"

"...?"

"He said you're too short. If you became General, you wouldn't have enough authority. You wouldn't be able to intimidate outsiders, and you wouldn't even be able to intimidate your own people!"

"..."

"It would damage the dignity of the Xianzhou Luofu throughout the universe!"

"..."

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