Revive Rome: Wait! Why not make the empress fall in love with me first?-Chapter 517 - 27 Each Own Path

"Do you need my help?" Nora asked in surprise.

"Yes, Miss Nora," Raphael replied, "in the short term, the means most likely to kill it are possessed by your companion, Miss Peggy."

"However," Raphael continued, "according to my calculations, Miss Peggy’s current level and spirituality are not sufficient to completely kill the Source Tree that is infinitely close to Lv.40. And any means that fails to kill it on the first attempt will likely lead to the Source Tree evolving resistance to that method subsequently." 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

"Therefore," Valian took over from Raphael, speaking gravely, "the Church Court cannot place all its hopes of destroying the Source Tree on your companion Peggy."

"At present, the environment suppressing the Source Tree consists of high temperature, high radiation, and high corrosiveness. However, as the Magic Tide disrupts electronic components, we were forced to shut down the nuclear fusion reactors during the last rise of the Magic Tide, leaving only the highly corrosive environment. This has caused the Source Tree to develop a certain resistance to this type of corrosive damage over the past century."

"If this continues, once the corrosive damage completely fails, the Church Court will lose the capacity to suppress and contain the Source Tree. And should the Source Tree break out, even in Raphael’s most optimistic estimate, the entire Italy would turn into a dead zone!"

"So, what do you need me to do?" Nora asked, now fully grasping the gravity of the situation.

"According to the information collected by Raphael, your bloodline should be that of a Life Songster," Valian said solemnly, "The Church Court hopes you can level up soon and solidify the Law and Domain of ’Evolution.’"

"Once you level up to Lv.30 and ignite the Divine Fire in your Domain, you can counteract the Evolution Domain of the Source Tree with the same Evolution Domain. With your weakening support, Peggy, who has also leveled up to Lv.30 or above and ignited Divine Fire, will have a high probability of using her Domain to completely kill the Source Tree in one go!"

At that moment, Valian’s forceful voice still echoed in her ears, Nora suddenly lifted her head, only to realize she had walked onto a pedestrian overpass.

She couldn’t help but turn her head toward the direction of Ratlan Palace, where she could see the Giotto Bell from this location.

The clock hand was pointing at 7 o’clock.

It was said that each arrival of the Magic Tide would cause the clock hand to move clockwise by 2.5 divisions. This meant that when the Magic Tide was at its lowest point, the hand would stay at 6 o’clock.

But who would think about what the 6 o’clock signified? Why not 0 o’clock?

The leap from 0 to 6 o’clock could be due to how many hidden and insane entities are threatening the survival of human civilization. How many of these are caused by Transcendents above demigods losing control and falling?

"Nora. Transcendents are not all evil, but the very existence of Transcendents constantly poses the greatest threat to human civilization."

As she left the room where the Source Tree was kept, her brother’s words echoed again in her mind.

At the final stage of Level Promotion, can any Transcendent truly avoid falling into madness, losing control, and mutation?

As Nora was lost in thought, she suddenly heard someone calling her from behind.

"Nora!"

She turned around and saw Mia and Miel running toward her, one after the other.

"Did you two just come back from outside?" Seeing the energetic and charming little girls in her group, Nora’s anxious mood somewhat improved.

"Yeah, Nora, did you just come back from the Church Court?" Mia asked with a cheerful smile.

"My brother works at the Church Court," Nora responded with a smile, "I just saw him come back."

"Then does he conduct scientific experiments?" Miel asked.

"Uh, probably not," Nora replied, "He’s already at the Bishop level, so he generally doesn’t personally lead experimental projects."

"Oh," Miel said.

The trio continued walking towards the Lysine Building, each lost in their own thoughts, with little mood for conversation.

Could Transcendents really threaten the continued existence of human civilization? Nora pondered silently, gradually becoming somewhat melancholic.

Would the Church Court really try to kill all the Transcendents? Miel quietly thought to herself, slowly growing fearful.

What steak should I eat tonight, fillet or sirloin? Mia calculated in her mind, quickly becoming a bit hungry.

"Mistress Nora," Miel suddenly asked, "if sometimes we are faced with two choices, one clearly worse and the other seemingly not so bad at the moment, but uncertain if it might get worse later?"

"How should we choose?"

Nora looked at her in surprise. Should she say, Miel is indeed precocious? Was she already thinking about complex philosophical questions at this time?

"If it were me," she thought seriously, and then took Miel’s hand gently, saying, "I would choose the latter."

"Because humanity, after all, instinctively pursues a brighter future."

"Even if the pursuit of light might bring deadly flames?" Miel asked, puzzled.

"Yes," Nora smiled, "Even if it may be flames, humans are like moths..."

"...will never stop chasing the light."

"I understand," Miel nodded, her expression thoughtful:

Maybe Rasul has hidden something from us, but at least so far, the Church Court indeed harbors strong animosity towards Transcendents; it’s just a matter of whether it’s shown or not.

But to become enemies with the Church Court over this doesn’t seem like a strong enough reason. I’ll go back and ask Aske.

Miel made up her mind quietly.

On the other hand, after comforting Miel with gentle words, Nora again fell into contemplation:

Not all Transcendents could be wholly evil, but according to the information available, high-Level Demigods are prone to losing control, even falling and mutating, thus posing threats to humanity. Moreover, the higher the Level of the Transcendent, the more severe the damage after their fall.

If there were some way to effectively solve these dangers, that would be good. I’ll go back and ask Aske.

Nora sighed inwardly.

Unaware they had fallen behind, Mia, touching her slightly hungry belly, quickened her steps to catch up with them, her mind already filled with the sizzling sound of steaks.

Although the sirloin steak is chewier and juicier, the fillet steak is more tender! It’s really a hard choice.

Right, can I order both steaks at the same time? Wouldn’t that solve the problem? I’ll go back and... No! I shouldn’t ask Aske; I will secretly talk to that very nice butler grandpa.

Mia grasped Nora’s other hand, feeling her drool almost spill.

In this way, Nora led Mia and Miel by the hand towards the Lysine Building. Under the setting sun, their hand-in-hand silhouette seemed to paint a beautiful picture.