Evolution begins with an ant colony

Chapter 194: It’s Strange

As the elders led Akun through the halls of the tree castle, they came into contact with Princess Rinalef. She was just exiting her parents’ chambers, and her eyes widened with disbelief as she mumbled, "Elders, behind you. It’s Akun. He somehow got back in the castle again."

Akun’s eyes shone brightly as he spoke with a serious tone, "I don’t think that is any way to address your master." Suddenly, with a wave of his hand, she fell to her knees.

The elder Aelorin suddenly rushed to her side as she began to beg on her behalf, "Young liege, please be merciful."

Akun gritted his teeth as he suddenly released her from the weight of his aspect power. He then walked past her; Elder Sylara, Thalanor, and Nyressa followed behind him.

As they walked past Rinalef, she slowly turned her frightened gaze at Elder Aelorin and asked while stuttering, "Elder, what is he doing here, and why are the other elders following behind him?"

Elder Aelorin smiled as she said, "Things have changed, my child. You should be more respectful of him from now on." She patted Rinalef’s head and added, "He has come to lift the curse from your parents."

Upon hearing Elder Aelorin’s statement, Rinalef calmed down as she asked, "Really?"

Elder Aelorin smiled as she continued to pat her head and brought her in for an embrace, saying, "Really, so all of this will be over soon."

Slowly, tears gathered in Rinalef’s eyes, her cheeks turned red as she began to cry.@@@@

"There, there," Elder Aelorin continued to pat her head.

Observing the whole scenario play out, Akun mused, "I’m having conflicting emotions and thoughts.

Observing the whole scenario play out, Akun mused, "I’m having conflicting emotions and thoughts. Because the dryads were responsible for the deaths of my people back in the original timeline, the thought of them just roaming in this one free made me slightly infuriated. I wanted them to suffer, so I decided to enslave them all.

But then I was also curious as to why they did what they did to Oliver that caused the massacre in the first place. So, I tortured the princess, and I was able to learn they did everything because they were forced to; the lives of their ’beloved’ rulers were on the line.

The system replied, [Due to the fact a player who owns the skill has hidden their skill description, the curse’s description isn’t available to the player.]

Upon hearing the system’s reply, Akun became very confused. He questioned, "The player who owns the skill? Are you saying there are other people with a system other than me?"

The system replied, [The system isn’t certain.]

Akun then asked inwardly, "What do you mean you aren’t certain? If there are other players, you should have told me."

The system then responded, [And as the system stated earlier, it is not certain.]

Inwardly, Akun replied, "If you aren’t even certain, what was the point of telling me? Way to go, giving me a reason why I shouldn’t sleep at night."

Akun then let out a sigh as he gazed at Elder Sylara and asked, "So, you tried all sorts of healing spells, and it didn’t work?"

She nodded.

Akun then inquired, "Including Grater Heal?" Find more to read at novelhall.Côm

She nodded again and added, "But it consumes a large amount of mana."

Suddenly, Akun heard the system’s voice echoing in his head, "[Ding!! †Great Xtreme Chaos† has detected fragments of an †Authority† in the designated targets.]"

"[Does the player wish to consume it?]"

Upon seeing the system message appear before him, Akun felt a chill run down his spine. He mused, "†Great Xtreme Chaos†... Why did it attempt to consume me back then? I thought it was supposed to be my †Authority†, but it feels like it has a mind of its own."