Text Game: It All Began when a Cat-eared Girl Took Me In-Chapter 198 - 167 Liya: This young man has a decent character (4k)_2
It was just like finally achieving the true end in a game, only to be informed by an online guide that there was a hidden ending, which might be a surprise during gaming but was now pure terror for Luo Xi.
After great difficulty, they had finally killed Noss, the disgusting rat, and even met Wei’er’s and Aina’s mother, confirming she was still alive. If they could all get out together, then it would be a happy ending. (Probably)
But what’s the deal with Hiss?
Luo Xi turned to look at Liya, observing a face that resembled Cat Cat’s and quickly realizing something.
Three years ago, Liya had agreed with the old City Owner to catch all those with ill intentions in a sweep after the Festival. She had already come into contact with the True Canon of the Winter Divine Tree but at the last moment, she sealed the True Canon away and trapped a group of people inside the Winter Divine Tree with her.
All the changes occurred after the former City Owner Hiss was thrown into the Winter Divine Tree. Could it be that Liyana sensed something back then, which is why she made that choice?
Luo Xi directly asked, "Lady Liya, I have a question. Why did you do that back then?" 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮
Before Liya could respond, the fat man interrupted from the side, "There aren’t so many whys. It’s all the doing of that old dog Hiss. He had a good position as the City Owner, yet he became a bishop of the Disaster Church. If Liya hadn’t reacted quickly and taken us with her to wreak havoc on his advancement, no one would have been able to stop his ascension to Tier Five, which would have brought a Snowice Disaster that would freeze all lands near Winter City, leaving no one alive."
The red-haired woman walked in and said, "Indeed, we owe our lives to Sister Liya, or we would’ve died long ago."
Liya looked at the woman and silently said, "Uli, you... you don’t blame me?"
"Actually, there’s still a little... ah." The fat man mumbled, only to be kicked aside by the red-haired woman.
"Why should we blame you?"
The blond middle-aged man also came in and added, "Even those brothers who died wouldn’t blame you. If we had allowed Hiss to ascend smoothly, that would be our dereliction of duty. Instead, you made the choice that had nothing to do with you. You could have chosen to ignore the situation in Winter City, but you still made that choice."
Liya remained silent.
Nothing to do with her?
In fact, she did hold some responsibility,
The Omen of Hiss’s ascension was partly related to the Winter Divine Tree and partly to certain individuals. She thought she was using the people from the Church of Truth, but Hiss was also using her, pretending to madly pursue her to lower her guard in other areas.
When several members of the Church of Truth ambushed Hiss and smashed him into the Divine Tree, Liya easily obtained the True Canon and that’s when she realized something was wrong.
On the True Canon, there was an unidentified Omen, which Liya had once seen in a desolate small town that had been completely sacrificed, the handiwork of the ’Disaster Church.’
The Calamity Walkers or the envoys of the Origin Disaster, these were the aliases of the Transcendents within the Disaster Church, an even older and long-forgotten sect than the Church of Truth.
It was only after coming here that Liya deduced the path Hiss wanted to take for his ascension.
Hiss was a Tier Four ’Lord of Snowstorm,’ and if he were to ascend to Tier Five ’Snowice Disaster,’ it would definitely attract the attention of Snow Disaster Mislat.
At that time, Liya had considered simply leaving. Even if Hiss’s ascension was swift, it would take at least one day, ample time for her to take her daughters and leave.
Yet... she couldn’t bear to see so many people die just like that.
Not just the thirty thousand people of Winter City, but once the real Snow Disaster occurred, people in towns and villages within nearly a hundred kilometers would die.
In the past three years, Liya had often thought that if she had been a heartless person, she might at this moment be leading her daughters towards another country, living a peaceful life at the very least.
Luo Xi muttered from the side, "Um, Lady Liya, may I ask, what did you originally want to do with the True Canon of the Divine Tree?"
The loss of memory in Liya’s Rune Projection could only mean that Liya deliberately hid that part.
Liya glanced at Luo Xi and said, "I won’t tell you, but how did you know I wanted the Divine Tree’s True Canon? Even Wei’er and the others shouldn’t know."
Luo Xi: "..."
He suspected that if he kept asking questions, Liya might see right through him, down to his underwear.
The fat man cried with a tearful face, "Can we only watch Hiss advance in Tier? Liya, you should have some backup plans, right?"
"There’s nothing more I can do. I’ve done everything that I could. The rune world that I constructed is also at its limits, and those traces born from his omens cannot be erased anymore."
Liya looked toward the blurred human silhouette at the icy valley’s horizon and said gravely, "Unless someone from the Shining Country intervenes, but it’s been three years, and no one has come to check. This means that the message I sent out back then was either not discovered or was deliberately intercepted."
The middle-aged man sighed softly, "Perhaps, this is the fate of us people here, that ice tomb that buried them is also our final resting place."
The red-haired woman, the fat man, the middle-aged man, all fell silent.
In the three years, nearly a hundred people have died in this rune space. Many died while trying to erase those traces of the omens, while many others starved to death.
Now the few that were left were all above Tier Three in strength because Transcendents of Tier Three could maintain their body’s energy circulation through the flow of Yuan Su and survive without food.
Liya could use rune skills to create food, but rune skills were just a type of skill, not truly capable of creating food.
The genuine act of creation belonged to the realm of gods.
"Is there really no other way?"
Suddenly, Luo Xi’s voice echoed insistently through the bitterly cold wind and snow, drawing the attention of the four to him.
Luo Xi looked at the text prompt that appeared before his eyes.
[Ding! Traveler, you have triggered the free mission: Snowice Disaster]
[Mission Brief: Inside the Winter Divine Tree, you have met Liya who ’died’ three years ago, and you also understand the reason behind her actions three years ago. The old City Owner, Hiss, wishes to use the Winter Divine Tree as an ’ovipositor’ to offer up all of the people and Transcendents of the entire city to the coming Snow Disaster, in order to become a Tier Five ’Snowice Disaster’. Traveler, what can you do when you’re involved in this?]
[Hint: This mission is connected to the legendary level mission—A Chance Encounter with Snow Disaster Mioslite. Your actions may trigger the legendary mission to start prematurely, end, or be canceled.]
[Reward: Pathway—’Lord of Snowstorm’ transformed into ’Snowice Disaster’ omen, random talent extract chance x1]
[Note: Pathetic Traveler, feeling powerless and lost, unsure of what to do? Here’s a hint for you: feed that thing with your body, and perhaps you can break the deadlock here~ Saving your future mother-in-law and gaining her favor begins this moment! (Or, Traveler, perhaps you should consider the path of Cao Zei? Being a mere loli-con with animal ears holds no future.)]
The Damn Text’s mockery could be mostly ignored.
However, when the Damn Text gave suggestions, Luo Xi felt it was trustworthy; who knew what was lurking behind it.
As for feeding something with one’s body, anyway, their lives as Otherworld Travelers in the Dream World weren’t worth much.
Liya frowned and asked, "Do you have a way?"
She did not believe that a young newcomer could have any methods to prevent Hiss’s advancement.
Even she could only rely on various rune skills she had researched to erase those traces of the omens within the Divine Tree, which were now no longer containable.
Luo Xi flipped right out the window, "I don’t know, but we have to try something. I’m going to check outside first."
The middle-aged man sighed, "This young Varient seems quite good, pity about the bad luck, coming here."
Liya watched Luo Xi’s departing figure, nodding, "His character seems quite good."
Three years passed in an instant.
Wei’er and the others have also made friends, huh.
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Already into the shadow hall, hehe
