The Ordinary Me is Worshipped as a Deity by the Extraordinary Them-Chapter 29 - Crystal Winged Dragon

Su Li thought he had imagined many possibilities, but he never expected this person could be so bizarre!

Forget about the typical lifeless eyes of a wage slave – the fact that his heart was still beating at this moment felt like a miracle.

It was beyond words.

Or perhaps this was the legendary verbal weapon, the art of building a three-bedroom apartment while walking?

After super evolution, would it become the art of building the Forbidden City while walking?

Goodbye!

Su Li thought to himself that he must be an assassin, feeling his heart as cold as fish that had been killed for ten years at a supermarket. Finally, with an expressionless face, he asked the confused Mark for a piece of cloth and stuffed it into the Son of Light’s mouth.

If he heard one more word from him, Su Li felt his soul would suffer a critical hit.

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So when Egbert and Lan Zhe finished fighting, what they saw was the Son of Light tied up into a ball with his mouth gagged.

However, this Son of Light, without any filter whatsoever, somehow managed to convey a “my heart is breaking” feeling. His gaze at Su Li was like looking at some innocent child, full of… affection?

Lan Zhe signaled to Egbert with his eyes: What’s wrong with this person?

Egbert understood and replied with his eyes: Don’t assume I can communicate telepathically with other Sons of Light just because I used to be one.

Lan Zhe: Ah, well…

“Let’s hurry and find the Crystal Winged Dragon,” Su Li felt genuinely exhausted.

He didn’t want to think about whether this Son of Light’s existence meant the Church was about to collapse or if there was something else bizarre going on.

He didn’t want to think – just wanted to be useless.

The fighting duo exchanged glances, sensing Su Li’s anxiety. As usual, one carried a ball, while the other carried Su Li on his back.

Only Mark, while carrying the seemingly unwell Cyril, took a second to consider that Su Li probably wouldn’t be able to eat dinner tonight, having been thoroughly disgusted.

At a cliff deep in the Beast Forest.

There was a cave there, which was the Crystal Winged Dragon’s lair.

Before facing this legendary creature, Su Li had imagined many possibilities in his mind. However, since this was a Western fantasy world, his expectations for dragons weren’t particularly high, which made the actual encounter feel like it broke through his stereotypes.

True to its name “Crystal Wings,” the Crystal Winged Dragon didn’t look like a living creature, but rather like an ornament made of crystal – transparent and gleaming.

The Crystal Winged Dragon was about ten meters long and as tall as a single-story building. Its predominant color was like the ocean under clear skies, emanating a shimmering blue radiance. Its body lines were extremely fluid, and when its wings spread out, they gave off a mechanical wing coolness like something from a sci-fi film.

However, what left the deepest impression had to be those eyes that resembled the starry sky.

Those eyes not only reflected the primitive Beast Forest but also made one feel the sense of freedom that flying creatures feel when yearning for the sky.

“Incredible…” Su Li’s eyes widened slightly as he looked up at this being that should have inspired fear in him, but instead only filled his heart with admiration.

Setting aside his amazement, rationality prompted Su Li to establish the capital between both parties before formally conversing with this non-human life form, in order to conduct a relatively fair dialogue.

“Hello, madam,” Su Li used a formal address he would normally never use, to demonstrate his respect for an intelligent non-human species.

“The purpose of our visit is to complete a simple plan we casually made not long ago,” Su Li lowered his voice to make it sound deeper, his pale finger pointing at the Son of Light who was tied up like a ball.

“If things go as expected, his importance to the Pope should be enough to lure your real enemy, the Cardinal of the Church of Light, to this place.”

Su Li gave the Crystal Winged Dragon plenty of time to think, until it suddenly emitted an ethereal sound that reminded one of the sky and white clouds.

“How can you be sure everything will go according to your plan?”

A fully intelligent being indeed… Su Li paused for a moment, but still shared his recent vigilance and speculations about this hidden Son of Light.

“In my view, he possesses an incomparable uniqueness to the Pope.”

“The value of 100% Light element affinity hasn’t appeared again in a thousand years. This talent alone defines who he is.”

“Moreover,” Su Li turned his gaze to the Son of Light ball who, despite not being ugly, still hurt his eyes to look at, “whether sophisticated or simple-minded (stupid), an heir who poses no threat is the most suitable choice for the Pope.”

When Su Li was truly struck speechless by this Son of Light’s peculiarity, he also considered that the Pope might have already harbored thoughts of disposing of Egbert.

Firstly, Egbert was young, around twenty years old, basically equivalent to a fresh college graduate in modern society, with unlimited potential. Yet his power was already among the top tier in this world.

Secondly, Egbert’s ability to protect an entire city at such a young age was itself something that those in power would find concerning.

Comparing him to this ball beside him… Su Li glanced at the Son of Light who had stopped crying but still had that strange look in his eyes.

Before facing this ball, Su Li had assumed he and the Pope were natural allies who would protect each other’s interests, maintaining a delicate position that was neither too prominent nor too weak before inheriting the position.

Su Li had even labeled this ball as someone who must be skilled in scheming and deeply calculating.

Although the reality wasn’t just different but completely opposite to what he had imagined…

That didn’t mean his previous deductions were entirely useless.

“Being sophisticated means he understands how to be practical, while being simple means deceiving him is as easy as eating and drinking.”

Either way leads to the same result – easy to control.

However, there was one possibility Su Li didn’t mention.

That was, as the first-ever possessor of 100% element affinity, he might have special abilities that no one at this level had ever understood before.

Su Li squinted at the ball.

If there was even a 1% chance that this ball had the ability to influence others’ hearts, making the Pope genuinely submit to his innocent halo, then he possessed a danger that couldn’t be ignored.

Su Li hadn’t completely lost his ability to think independently just because he was thunderstruck by this bizarre person who seemed to view everyone through ten layers of filters.

So he clearly told the Crystal Winged Dragon. “But you don’t need to worry about any of that.”

“What you need to do, and want to do, has always been revenge.”

As for being vigilant about this ball, Su Li would pay some attention to it himself, as a weak person without self-protection abilities.

The Crystal Winged Dragon, whether understanding or not, closed its starry eyes and calmly said, “Then let’s do as you say.”

From the corner of his eye, Su Li noticed that Lan Zhe, who had been standing beside Egbert, ducked behind him after the dragon reopened its eyes.

“Why are you hiding?” Though the dragon’s vertical pupils were beautiful when opened, they now carried a beast’s ferocity, “I’m not going to eat you.”

After looking at the Crystal Winged Dragon for a while, Lan Zhe defeatedly lowered his head and asked, “Before, why did you drive me away?”

“Beasts and humans fundamentally cannot be friends.” The Crystal Winged Dragon looked at Su Li, who was of cub age even among humans.

Among the six humans before it now, only this seemingly youngest one didn’t evoke any extra emotions from it.

A calm dialogue, peaceful exchange, and in those deep green eyes, a guilt that perhaps even he hadn’t noticed himself.

This was human guilt, from one who had caused harm.

Although he was merely part of the human category, still too weak to possess any ability to harm others.

But those eyes seemed to continuously say: “I’m sorry.”

The Crystal Winged Dragon had always believed that humans and beasts couldn’t be friends, because it was destined to never have a good ending.

Just like that child who, at this moment, couldn’t even make a sound…

“Come, let’s talk inside,” the Crystal Winged Dragon said to Lan Zhe, then ignored everyone else and turned to enter deep into its lair.

But Su Li, after receiving that overly complex look from the Crystal Winged Dragon, chose not to ponder its meaning. His attention was completely focused on Cyril, who had collapsed directly onto the ground. Since entering the Beast Forest, Cyril’s behavior had seemed off.

Initially, when Egbert and Lan Zhe were fighting, Su Li chose not to intervene not only because he couldn’t stop them, but also because he wanted to let Cyril, who didn’t look well, rest a bit.

However…

He had actually fainted.

“What’s wrong?” Su Li immediately rushed to Cyril’s side, placing his palm on his forehead.

The perfectly normal temperature made Su Li’s brow furrow even more.

Mark quickly came to their side as well. Having learned some medical knowledge during his training with Euphemia, he checked Cyril’s eyelids, only to reach an incredibly bizarre conclusion.

“He… he’s asleep?”

It was a conclusion that even the person making it could hardly believe.

Who would carelessly fall asleep in such a dangerous place as the Beast Forest?

Moreover, Cyril had always believed he needed to set a good example for the younger Su Li, so he had never stayed up late.

Egbert, also sensing something was wrong, had already started channeling Light elements into Cyril’s body for healing, but it showed no obvious effect, and Cyril showed no signs of waking up.

As the three were at a loss, the tied-up ball made “mmph mmph” sounds.

At this moment, Su Li completely ignored the horror this ball – no, this Church’s Son of Light – usually inspired. He immediately freed Mr. Ball’s gagged mouth and asked, “Do you know what’s wrong with Cyril?”

The latter also didn’t apply his usual filters to Su Li, perhaps noticing his anxiety, and immediately explained, “This child…”

“Has undergone atavism.”

TN:

返祖了 (fǎn zǔ le) refers to “an atavism” or “throwback,” meaning a reappearance of ancestral traits in an individual that are not typical in their parents or recent generations.

返祖 (fǎn zǔ) literally means “reverting to ancestors” and is used to describe when certain traits from distant ancestors, such as physical characteristics, behaviors, or genetic markers, resurface in a modern descendant. It’s often used to explain unexpected traits that seem to skip generations, like an old family feature or ability coming back.