[Silver Ash] - Become The Strongest In Another World
CHAPTER 200: The Garden on the Fog (2)

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Since the last conversation, almost an hour has passed.

Previously, right after ten minutes of their conversation, they had all agreed to venture out into the place, in order to find a way out that would bring them back.

Now, they're on a ghost ship they found floating in the waters.

Apparently, the fog-filled garden was one of the valleys present in this large area. Its size likely covers only one small island, making it not difficult to explore. Only, that gray fog was truly dangerous as it caused their visibility to be drastically reduced.

The ghost ship they found also looked like a long-abandoned abandoned ship. When they first found it, there were many human skeletons lying on the deck of the ship and various rooms, along with a supply of food and drinks that had been damaged in quality.

They all boarded the ship, and made it sail around for almost 40 minutes.

Currently, the ship they were riding on was in an area of water that had a thick gray fog covering it.

The ship had enough room, so that they could rest in turn to perform the duty of guarding; and now, it was Noelle and Olivia's turn to watch over her.

At first Noelle pairs up with Cryll, but Olivia decides to swap that rotation because she has something she wants to talk to Noelle about.

He had already decided on it, that he would tell Noelle about what he saw in the area with where it was dirty.

Noelle was sitting quietly in the middle of the deck, focusing all her focus on detecting all kinds of existences that were around the ship. However, he did not find anything that seemed dangerous.

It makes him more relaxed.

Noelle leaned her body on the large wooden pole, and heaved a sigh of relief. "Luckily this ship can drive itself … "

It was truly a blessing to her and everyone there. In fact, none of them could pilot the ship. If they forced to try to drive it without understanding the navigation system, then it would only cause chaos.

" … Strange Sea … "

The memory of the map he and Norman had found in the captain's room suddenly flashed through his mind.

He had already recalled almost all the details on the map, making him vaguely understand its location right now.

It seemed, they were all sailing in the area of the Senor Sea right now. The rumored sea had many unknown dangers, and was never explored even by the knights and the church.

The air around the sea was really heavy, making them gradually suffer mental damage. No matter how high their stats or resilience were, their psychologies would erode bit by bit when entering this place.

That might not be a problem for the reincarnator group who had the goddess' blessing, but some other people like Cryll, Stella, Chloe and Levina had rather miserable conditions.

They were all lying down right now, trying to lessen the negative effects that were invading their minds.

However, in Levina's case, she didn't seem to be particularly affected.

Just then, the perception of Noelle's presence was slightly triggered, and she looked back. Behind her, there was a figure of Levina who appeared together with Olivia.

Olivia had a warm smile on her face, while Levina looked a little anxious.

"What are you guys doing? "

Putting aside Olivia who was indeed on her guard schedule, Levina should be in the room right now, lying down and sleeping with Chloe and Brackas.

Of course, that's assuming Levina is exposed to the effects of the air around the sea causing mental damage. Levina is a creature referred to as an Archon, and although its origin is still unclear, the constitution of her body is definitely not like a normal human.

He might have some resistance to this effect of air and fog.

As Noelle pensively thought of her answer, Olivia had already sat down next to her, easily placing Levina's body on Noelle's lap.

The still confused Noelle barely responded, only when she realized the additional burden on her body did she finally look down.

Levina sat on her lap, posing politely and as if holding herself back from putting any additional burden on Noelle. Moreover, her face looked somewhat nervous, and she would occasionally glance at Noelle, likely wondering about what Noelle was thinking.

After all, Noelle just let out her breath. He then pulled Levina's body closer to his own chest. The little girl was now leaning right on Noelle's chest.

Ignoring Levina's shock, Noelle strengthened her embrace of Levina and turned to look at Olivia.

"Is this what you want? "

Olivia did not cover up the truth as she nodded with a warm smile. He likes it when he sees Noelle can be close to Levina. So far, the most interacted with Levina is only her and Chloe, while Noelle who should have the most intimate relationship with her is a little shy.

Noelle once again sighed and looked down. Just then, he found Levina whose expression was almost as usual. Only, Noelle could clearly tell that she was happy.

If Noelle had not noticed him, Levina might have already swung her legs by now.

The sight made a faint smile appear on Noelle's stone face. He looked to the side, waiting for Olivia to say something.

She had gotten used to all of Olivia's gigs, so she knew the difference when Olivia wanted to say something, or just wanted to sit around her.

This time, Noelle was convinced that Olivia wanted to say something. The topic might be something that wouldn't be a problem even if Levina heard it.

After a moment of silence, Olivia finally nodded her head. "Noelle, there's something I want to talk to Noelle about."

"Whatis that? "

Olivia replied, "It's about what I actually saw in that collective dreamland."

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"The battle of the gods, the filthy haze of His power', and the remains of the battle that still imprint in this place .. I think I am beginning to understand it … "

Almost 20 minutes passed, and Olivia had already told Noelle about everything she saw, including some random conclusions she had found.

During the storytelling process, Noelle only obediently listened while occasionally asking for details that Olivia did not mention, while Levina who sat on her lap just happily played with the little doll that Noelle gave her.

Finally, Olivia finished telling her everything, waiting for Noelle to share her thoughts with him.

There was also about the reason why Olivia did not tell this in front of Kaira and the others, Noelle already knew the answer, so she did not ask anything.

About why Olivia waited for the right time to just tell Noelle, the reason was simple. Actually, she didn't want to risk anything, so she was just going to tell Noelle about this. That way, all kinds of risks will be minimized, and all kinds of negative effects from this story will only target both of them.

This could almost be called a form of self-sacrifice, but the other reason was actually because Olivia was curious.

He did not tell the others because he knew they would give a different answer than he thought. So, for a while, he would only gather his own thoughts and Noelle to later be compared to the other thoughts.

He secretly made a structured plan for the future, while Noelle had already raised her head as if she had been enlightened.

"Maybe .. Formerly this place was indeed the location of the battle between the gods. We don't know for sure how powerful the gods were, but clearly, it must have been so great that the remnants of their power are still here today."

"From your explanation, there are six gods involved, one of which is the Goddess of Fertility. Most likely, the rest of their strength that was still here caused many anomalies to this place."

The Goddess of Fertility is a lesser-known goddess, and is only part of a minority religion. However, in some countries in the south, the figure of 'Hya' is highly respected, especially in places that use the agricultural and livestock sectors as a support for their lives.

About what power she symbolized, Noelle still did not know. However, seeing from the events some time ago, Noelle was sure of a few things.

The first, the power that made them enter the dreamland must have been caused by the remaining power of the Vesperi Goddess Zelica imprinting in that place. Vesperi Goddess Zelica herself is known as the Night Guard Goddess. 'He' also has other titles in the form of 'Queen of Dream World', and 'Horror Empress'.

Based on the name of that honor, it was very easy to determine the relationship that 'She' had with the power that drew everyone to the dreamland.

Then, the second one was an anomaly that was most likely caused by the remnants of the power of the God of Tempest, Dargon, who was also known as the Storm God.

The power represented by 'His' is 'irrationality'.

Storm God worshippers are often referred to as a bunch of lunatics. There was also a reason for that, actually it was because of his honor' name'.

The Storm God had several honorary names, one of which was 'Powerful Tyranny'. It matched the 'irrationality' that Noelle thought of.

Irrationality itself can be found directly around the Senor Sea.

It was manifested with wind and fog that slowly eroded the sanity of living beings, and left them all mentally damaged after a while.

Then, there is the God of Knowledge, Gerben, who is also often referred to as the God of Knowledge, or the God of All Knowers. In one of the lines in his holy book, there is a paragraph that states that 'He' is the embodiment of intelligence and knowledge possessed by God, or the True Creator.

Briefly, it can be said that His existence is the closest to the manifestation of the True Creator.

The anomaly represented by His' was most likely a 'whisper of knowledge' that only Werli could clearly hear.

The information about this was a little vague because Noelle did not know the details, but she quite understood that the whispers Werli heard were becoming stronger in the dream world.

About how he could tell that Werli had the ability to hear what no one else could hear, Norman and Kaira had already told him first, making him vaguely understand the outline of the matter.

However, from that information, Noelle still felt that there was something strange.

From the way Werli explained it, the whisper could become stronger in the dreamland not because of Anastasia's blessing that pressured her into weakening, but because the whisper itself became really powerful, she said, much stronger than usual. That caused Anastasia's blessing which normally muffled her, to be somewhat useless.

In this case, it could be concluded that the whisper was most likely an anomaly related to the God of Knowledge, Gerben.

Its power overlapped with the rest of the powers of the Vesperi Goddess Zelica, thus causing it to fuse into an anomaly that would only appear in dreamland.

"The rest is only the Sun God and the Light Goddess … "

Of all things, these two parts are what makes him confused.

Based on the name of his honor, it was clear that the True Sun God Qulhod, and the Holy Light Goddess Lumine had the same element, which was light.

Whereas something that represents light does not appear in the collective dreamland, nor the real world.

Red moon? Most likely it has nothing to do with it. After all, the True Sun God Qulhod and the Holy Light Goddess Lumine had absolutely no name or honorary title relating to the red moon.

The only god or goddess with a faint connection to the red moon is Vesperi Goddess Zelica. 'He' has the additional title of 'The Light of the Night', which clearly states that 'He' is the moonlight. However, 'He' had no honorary name that could explain about that red moon …

Noelle gradually began to get frustrated because of her inability to arrive at a conclusion.

His thoughts were stuck, and he was unable to give his views any further. He was silent while thinking about this matter.

Shortly after, he finished thinking, and looked at Olivia.

"I think we can save this. For now, we already know the connection between the three gods and the power that exists in this ocean. But, it's good to be careful with the rest of the power."

Olivia nodded seriously. He then glanced slightly at Levina who was still sitting quietly on Noelle's lap with her eyes slowly drooping.

"She'll fall asleep soon .. It would be best if Noelle let her stay any longer."

Olivia wants to make Levina happy by giving her a warm hug from Noelle before actually falling asleep.

She did not want to be a selfish woman, so she would share the warmth she usually felt that way to Levina.

After confirming Levina, she looked back at Noelle in confusion. "But, Noelle .. Even though we've found the answer to that ... How are we going to get out of this ocean? "

Noelle did not respond to him immediately. He paused for a moment, then replied, "About that .. I've actually thought about it. But, I don't know if this will work or not … "

The method Noelle had thought of was quite simple. It was by reversing the ritual process that made him and everyone enter the Mist Garden earlier.

It was possible that, reciting the honorific name of 'He' who created the dungeon, would make them return to their original place.

After all, Noelle had not tried it, so she did not know if it would work or not. It all depends on luck.

Noelle silently prayed for everyone's luck, before finally seeing Olivia who had moved to a position closer to her.

He was still sitting beside her, but both of his rather short arms could easily hug Noelle through her stomach.

His face was brought close to the ears, and his chin was propped up on Noelle's shoulder.

" … What are you doing? "

Noelle was used to Olivia's behavior, but it was still surprising for her to suddenly act this way.

"Just replenish my energy. Noelle and I haven't seen each other for quite some time, and it just feels so unpleasant. I lost a lot of energy, so let me recharge here. I'll also help Noelle get rid of the fatigue that Noelle is experiencing."

" ……… Do as you please."

Noelle just doesn't know how to respond.

Meanwhile, Olivia smiled triumphantly. His embrace became even stronger, and he drowned his face in Noelle's neck, naturally sticking his fangs in there.

"If we were alone and were in the room, I might have pushed Noelle right now .." he said after licking the few drops of viscous blood left on his lips.

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