CHAPTER 714: CHAPTER 709: EXPLAINING THE AWKWARDNESS

"Elder, this is Mr. Ronald."

Entering the camp of Sorato, supported by a caster who had previously conveyed messages, a white-haired, venerable old man came forward to greet Ronald and his party.

With his seniority and grasp of real power, the elder naturally understood the significance of an Adler.

Upon hearing Ronald’s voice.

The old man merely glanced at Costate, quickly realizing everything, and came over with a smile.

"So, you are the chief of this generation’s Adlers?"

"Unexpectedly, a matter concerning Yizi has alarmed a person of your stature; I truly appreciate the effort."

Faced with such an enthusiastic elder.

Ronald naturally returned the greeting with a smile:

"After all, Kulpis is adjacent to Yizi Forest; if such a crisis were overlooked with indifference, it would be rather unwise."

"Mr. Ronald, please allow me to express on behalf of the Sorato School..." the elder began to praise Ronald further, but when his peripheral vision caught sight of Il standing behind Ronald, the elder’s pupils suddenly narrowed, "Mutant life!"

The next second, the elder retreated two steps with speed that belied his age.

In the instant when a surge of Magic Power welled up in him, the smile that had been on his face turned into caution.

"Mr. Ronald, are you aware of the identity of the members in your team?"

"In the current Yizi Forest, the ’people’ you encounter may not all be human; there are also some malevolent beings with ulterior motives, disguised as humans, at least well-meaning travelers."

This stream of warnings was swiftly understood by Il following behind.

However, this lifeform evolved from plants clearly didn’t care about the old caster’s attitude, instead seriously correcting:

"The term ’mutant life’ is not very accurate."

"Rather than that label, I think we, who are influenced by the original tomes, should be called Spell lifeforms from the human perspective; and from our own perspective, wouldn’t Evolver be more appropriate?"

"..."

As soon as Il spoke up, the air around the camp nearly turned ice-cold.

To those who live a hard life in Yizi Forest, such mutant beings posed the highest level of threat.

Now there was the example of Il, who had passed through the Reconnaissance Spell

And then arrived at the heartland of the main camp...

For anyone in Sorato, this was an absolutely unacceptable and terrifying fact.

At this instant.

It wasn’t even necessary for the elder to issue an order.

Every caster around who heard Il’s words, once they understood, started to activate their spells.

Battle was on the brink of breaking out!

"Everyone, wait."

"Let me explain!"

At this moment, Ronald certainly couldn’t just stand by.

He raised his voice to halt the dangerous mood, his words already imbued with significant spiritual power.

"I had previously subdued Il."

"She is not the kind of Evolver that would harm humans."

Ronald quickly explained the situation in a few sentences and immediately withdrew his spoken spell’s effect to show sincerity.

"..."

The atmosphere on site was still tense.

But due to Ronald’s timely explanation and the display of his immense power that momentarily controlled the entire scene, no caster from Sorato dared to make a move.

Several seconds passed.

Finally, it was the elder with the leadership role who spoke up:

"Mr. Ronald, I have also heard a bit about the customs of the Adler family."

"However, in the current Yizi, such ’special beings’ are too significant for us; please explain in detail."

The elder was exceedingly polite in his choice of words.

But there was clearly no room for compromise in his tone.

His meaning was very clear—there was no third option.

Either Ronald would give a suitable answer, or he would take Il and leave Sorato’s camp immediately.

Naturally, Ronald chose to explain:

"It’s like this—during the past few days while investigating the Yizi matter, we came to Banica and, after some events, discovered the puppeteer behind Banica, who is Il before you all."

"Although there were some disputes at first."

"But now Il is completely subservient to me and will absolutely not engage in any actions that could harm humans."

As soon as he finished speaking, Ronald waved his hand towards Il with a single gesture.

Then...

A somewhat awkward situation occurred.

Ronald had intended for Il to make her stance clear and to prove that she no longer posed a threat to humans.

Il had understood Ronald’s idea, but not entirely.

Based on her understanding of the behavior of animals in the forest, Il unhesitatingly came to Ronald’s side, then exposed her belly.

"..."

The air became unprecedentedly still.

Il gradually sensed something was amiss and then inquired:

"According to my understanding, exposing the belly should be the correct act of showing submission, yes?"

Faced with Il’s question at this moment,

Ronald was truly at loss for a perfect way to respond.

But next to him, Costate, with an indifferent expression, spoke up without any mental burden:

"Il, humans consider themselves to be superior beings; such primordial behavior is actually not very acceptable in human society."

Il’s eyes widened:

"But when I made Orland submit to me before, he honestly lay on the ground and exposed his belly, didn’t he?"

"That’s because he was scared of you!" Ronald couldn’t help but blurt out.

Il jerked to her feet from the ground and then obediently crouched beside Ronald.

"Then I’ll listen to everything you say."

"Whatever you say goes, sir."

"..."

Ronald felt somewhat helpless.

He considered himself to be a serious and solemn person most of the time, and the behavior of Il and Costate both matched their respective circumstances. But just in this situation, which was entirely problem-free, his own people were acting a bit like they were performing in a comedic dialogue.

"Ah—"

Ronald sighed deeply.

With a resigned attitude, he turned his head again to look at the elder:

"As you can see, Il is quite obedient... You can tell, right?"

"..."

Sorato’s elderly caster had seen much.

But in his decades-long career, he had never encountered such ’guests.’

His aged gaze swept back and forth several times over Ronald and his companions, before he finally asked a rather important question:

"Now that this Il has been taken by you, what then of Banica?"

Ronald immediately replied:

"Banica had previously been attacked by enemies, and the entire camp was utterly destroyed in a severe explosion. Now the original leader Orland is dead, and its members have scattered throughout the entire Yizi Forest."

"..."

The complete annihilation of Banica obviously exceeded the old man’s expectations.

He stood thinking for a long time.

Finally, he made a decision and replied:

"I understand, Mr. Ronald."

"Let’s talk about the Yizi issue inside, at length."