"What nonsense is this? Cyrae struggled for decades over whether to take revenge, and you dismiss her as just a tool? How can you say that?"
I was so annoyed my nose almost went crooked! I patiently reminded Cyra again:
"Don't forget what you said! You joined the True Church because your father's revenge was fulfilled. Now that Cyrae admits she did it, you have no reason to keep believing in some god who had nothing to do with it and never showed up!"
"Who says there's no connection? In a way, he did show up... well, at least his voice did!" Cyra argued back stubbornly.
After thinking a bit, she said confidently:
"Remember the Divine Revelation I told you about? I got more instructions from the Lord later. The most recent one was right before I came back to Earth. That Divine Revelation is why I'm here now!"
"Divine Revelation? What Divine Revelation?"
I really didn't expect her to bring this up. I was confused for a moment.
After a while, I vaguely remembered Cyra telling me once in Edenmere about suddenly hearing a voice. But I forgot about it later and didn't think much of it.
But how was this Divine Revelation related to her return to Earth?
"Actually, when that space portal suddenly grew bigger, I had enough time to run away..."
Seeing I didn't understand, Cyra sighed and explained more:
"At that crucial moment, I suddenly 'felt' the Lord's voice! It wasn't in any language, but I'm sure I understood his meaning directly: The Lord told me the true answer I'd been seeking was on the other side of that portal! So I followed the Lord's will and didn't run away. In the end, I came back to Earth!"
"...Huh?"
What did she mean? So Cyra got swallowed by the space portal on purpose because she listened to a Divine Revelation?
I was stunned. It was hard to accept this crazy story. Things developed beyond what I could imagine. I stuttered and asked again:
"What's really going on? Does your... your whatever... Lord actually exist?"
"Of course he exists! I've told you many times, you just don't believe!" Cyra rolled her eyes at me, then sat back down in her chair and started her live streaming.
To be honest, after all this time, I had almost given up on whether the so-called Lord of the True Church existed.
Even though we faced many strange things during our adventures after leaving Edenmere. Especially that Pope Cysper - the mystery of his background, the various unexplained things about him, and his sudden, puzzling sacrifice at the end! But even so, we still couldn't find any direct proof that Yawee existed! We didn't even know if there was any connection with the God of Light Beluto.
But now, Cyra suddenly told me she had received Divine Revelation more than once? I always thought it was just her imagining things because she was too into her role.
Unless something was really wrong with Cyra's brain, the same kind of hallucination couldn't happen over and over, right? And why was it only her could hear the Divine Revelation? Why had angels like me and Nicola, and even Reed, never experienced it?
I felt like my brain couldn't handle it. Seeing Cyra about to turn on her camera, I quietly left the room, my mind in chaos.
Just as I got back to the living room, Cyrae was waking up from her nap on the sofa. Thinking that she might have some of Elara's inherited memories, I hesitated for a moment, wanting to ask her more about this Divine Revelation thing. But then the front door open - Adrian and Raydwin were back from their morning exercise.
"Master is really amazing! I can't believe that on just the first day, I could easily run 2000 meters non-stop. It's super impressive!" Raydwin ran over to us excitedly as soon as he entered, eager to share the good news.
"2000 meters... you?" I looked him up and down in disbelief.
Sure, running 2000 meters isn't a big deal for many young folks. But for a couch potato like Raydwin, even running 1000 meters might kill him! How could his stamina improve so much so quickly?
He must be joking, right?
"Well, it's not just my effort. It's mainly thanks to Master's amazing skills! He poked me with one of his arrows, and suddenly I felt full of energy. I could run the whole way without getting tired at all. Isn't that cool? Master is truly incredible!"
Seeing my confused face, Raydwin didn't hide anything. He happily showed me a small wound on his palm, still going on about how awesome his master was, not caring that the wound wasn't healed and looked quite painful.
"That's cheating!"
It must be because of Adrian's Battle Qi ability! If I'm not wrong, he probably used words like "heal" on Raydwin. But sadly, these effects are usually temporary. If that's the case, Raydwin won't really benefit from the exercise, so what's the point of him going out to train so early?
"I didn't directly apply my Battle Qi ability to him! Raydwin's stamina is really poor. Using the usual training method might take a lot of time. Considering that the ultimate goal of training in our world is to build up enough energy in the body - whether you're a warrior, mage, or Battle Qi user - I thought of a quick method we could try on him. It's also to test a theory..."
Adrian came over to explain, seeming to read my mind. To prove his point, he took out an arrow with a word on it and showed it to me.
The word on it clearly said 'absorb', which means absorbing energy.
"Remember I said I felt my Battle Qi was more abundant since coming to this world? It feels like my Battle Qi is endless, like I can use it without running out. So I've been wondering if this world might be full of Battle Qi, but Earth people just can't use it directly."
"Earth itself has a lot of Battle Qi?"
After hearing his further explanation, I think I understood what he meant.
It was really unexpected. To be honest, I had never thought about it this way before! After all, angels can't sense Battle Qi, and ordinary humans probably can't either. Who would have thought that Earth, a world with no magic, might be full of Battle Qi? Of course, we can't be sure if it's really true. I guess only a Battle Qi awakener like Adrian would know for sure.
"But isn't it too risky to use Raydwin to absorb Battle Qi from the environment to test this theory?"
However, I didn't agree with his method. After all, experiments of infusing Battle Qi into normal people had been done before. The Battle Qi Academy in Crescent City had records of this, and it was even taught as an important point in classes.
The research results were not good. There were all kinds of side effects during the experiments. If it had been successful, it would have been used all over the continent by now, and there wouldn't be so few Battle Qi awakener.
"I think it's worth a try!"
Surprisingly, before Adrian could answer, Cyrae spoke up from behind. She had much more knowledge and experience than us. She walked over, put her hand on Raydwin's head, and closed her eyes to sense for a moment. Then she opened her eyes, nodded confidently, and said:
"As I thought, I don't sense any signs of light element imbalance in this child! The essence of Battle Qi is actually a fusion of all elements. Only when the ratio of each element is perfectly balanced can they gather and fuse into Battle Qi. If you suddenly infuse it into a human body, it usually causes imbalance due to differences in individual element affinities, leading to various side effects like element disorder. The key point is that this child is a pure Earth human. He doesn't have any element affinity in his body, so he won't show any side effects. Simply put, he's just like a Battle Qi awakener."
She finished speaking and gave Adrian a meaningful look.