The Ordinary Me is Worshipped as a Deity by the Extraordinary Them-Chapter 52 - The Unusual and the Usual

“Stop reading.”

As soon as the first word appeared, Su Li had a bad feeling, but he never expected that what Lan Zhe continued to read would be even more outrageous.

The letter, when unfolded, dragged along the ground in a pile, its densely packed text making Su Li’s eyes hurt just from a glance.

Meanwhile, Lan Zhe’s continuous verbal assault filled the air.

Lan Zhe wasn’t reading the letter word for word, but rather jumping between sections. “Even if Lord Su Li is perfect in every way, you can’t ignore that there will always be some muscle-heads who might harm him.”

Then skipping to: “The Lord’s wisdom is unparalleled, observing the world from a mortal’s perspective, possessing both wisdom and courage, facing any situation with composure…”

Su Li spoke up again. “Stop reading!”

If this continued, Su Li felt he might start planning how to destroy not just the letter, but everything associated with it.

“So, will you slack off next time?” Lan Zhe seized the opportunity while crumpling the eye-offending letter into a ball.

Lan Zhe deliberately chose certain parts of Egbert’s letter to read aloud.

While this only caused Su Li extreme embarrassment, it didn’t reveal any speculation about Su Li’s background.

Even when seeing lines like: [Have you become so useless that you can’t even protect the Lord even if staying by his side? How could you let him face another kidnapping incident! Or have you learned nothing about wisdom despite following Lord Su Li for so long?]

[You bunch of idiots.]

[Just wait until I get back.]…

Lan Zhe was already prepared to end Egbert.

Moreover, after praising Su Li, the letter continued: [You idiots, don’t you know to guard the Lord 24 hours a day?]

[Even if you can’t watch during biological necessities, at least stand guard nearby.]

[Everyone around Lord Su Li must be thoroughly investigated, as danger could lurk in any corner.]

[These are all reasonable plans to protect Lord Su Li’s safety, absolutely not because I want to watch him 24 hours and make him only see me.]

[Also…]

[Even the sewers near the building must be regularly patrolled, understand, you fools?]

[…]

Lan Zhe: Perhaps such scum shouldn’t continue living. harmonious smile.jpg

As for Su Li, he helplessly waved his hand and agreed with Lan Zhe.

“I understand. Next time I won’t let Cyril carry me while running.”

Su Li left himself some wiggle room with these words – if he couldn’t be carried… well, being piggy-backed was different.

There were always ways to slack off.

Lan Zhe didn’t realize that Su Li, who was skilled in rhetoric, was also adept at finding loopholes in words. Satisfied with Su Li’s seemingly deflated appearance, Lan Zhe maintained his expression and quite frankly stepped on the large paper ball that the letter had become.

Perish, Egbert!

Lan Zhe was already contemplating how to rush to Jisuo Town overnight and give Egbert a beating with a sack over his head.

Meanwhile, in Jisuo Town, a battle scene was unfolding.

As usual, it was in the familiar Beast Forest, but unlike the previous Crystal Winged Dragon incident, this time it was humans taking the initiative to attack.

****

Not long ago, a massive level-nine monster beast soared in the sky, casting an overwhelming shadow as it dove towards Jisuo Town. The mercenaries inside, along with the patriarchs who had been pushed forward by the Pope (whether as cannon fodder or defensive support), all witnessed this.

The imposing pressure not only accelerated heartbeats but also caused an inexplicable stinging sensation on the skin.

Everyone in Jisuo Town tensed up in defensive positions. Euphia’s father immediately joined forces with Dean Asa to construct a massive elemental barrier to defend against the level-nine attack.

However, this barrier, built by two of humanity’s top powerhouses, could barely withstand three rounds against the monster beast’s attacks.

No one knew what the giant black bird, about ten meters long, intended to do, but weaker elementalists were already bleeding from all orifices and collapsing after just one of its cries.

“There’s no way we can win against something like this, right?” Euphia’s eyes widened.

Euphia had believed that with all the talented individuals gathered in Jisuo Town, they should have stood a fighting chance regardless of how powerful the enemy beast was.

Yet when several dark element blades leaked out amid the beast’s cry, everyone, including Euphia, was forced back dozens of meters.

“This approach isn’t working.”

“I’ll go,” Egbert wiped blood from his mouth corner, attempting to move forward before the next attack.

“Don’t be ridiculous! Even with your strength, you’re not powerful enough to completely suppress it. How is this any different from suicide?”

“Who are you looking down on?” Egbert’s head rushed with blood, his blue eyes tinged red. He responded carelessly to Euphia’s questioning voice mixed with dissatisfaction and agitation, “Listen, when it comes to battle, even though Lord Su Li hasn’t truly faced it himself, his wisdom is enough to construct virtual battlefields in his mind.”

“Our strength might not be accurately judged since it hasn’t been truly displayed before Lord Su Li. But he’s already shown us how the weak can resist the strong.”

Though to Su Li, Egbert’s question had simply translated to – how can a low-level player solo a max-level boss?

This wasn’t particularly challenging for a game designer.

A max-level player using a newbie account could defeat a boss without forced “story cutscene invincibility” buffs through skillful movement – difficult, but not impossible.

Moreover, light element attacks had far more variations than imagined.

Blinding, heating, converging, isolating, exploding… various forms.

Both attack and control skills could be used creatively.

Compared to this world’s accustomed style of broad, sweeping battles, Egbert had truly discovered a new world of possibilities.

Previously, with Lan Zhe being of similar strength and not an enemy, and the Crystal Winged Dragon not counting as an enemy either, Egbert had never truly displayed his full capabilities.

This battle was his debut showing his strongest form against an enemy.

Even if he couldn’t win, he would fight beautifully.

Egbert muttered. “I constantly imagine kneeling beside Lord Su Li’s chair, being patted on the head by him.”

Euphia’s expression suggested both “you pervert should just die” and “I’m a fool for worrying about you.”

However, this battle truly showcased Egbert’s abilities to many.

While he didn’t dominate the level-nine monster beast, holding it back alone for three minutes demonstrated his growth in strength.

Moreover, he was truly young, only in his twenties.

Aside from the Church’s patriarchs’ post-battle vigilance, both the Mercenary Alliance Guild Master and Dean Asa repeatedly expressed, “The young are formidable.”

Egbert’s three-minute defense directly allowed the two elders to execute a combination technique that broke through the level-nine monster beast’s defenses.

The blood that fell from the monster beast’s wings melted bottomless holes into Jisuo Town’s ground.

This retreat also signaled the level-nine monster beast’s inevitable return.

Monster beasts were always vengeful creatures – how could they willingly accept defeat?

While everyone was preparing defenses and plotting strategies to kill the level-nine beast, Egbert received a letter from Lan Zhe just after all preparations were complete and the final planning meeting concluded.

The letter first briefly described Su Li’s recent situation, then mentioned making a new friend at the academy, another kidnapping incident, and the possible implications of the kidnappers’ identity. Of course, it also included Cyril’s complete analysis.

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Predictably, Lan Zhe’s two pages of information instantly ignited Egbert’s previously calmed mindset that he had prepared for battling the level-nine beast.

The earlier meeting had discussed tomorrow’s preemptive strike.

But upon receiving the letter, Egbert, filled with boundless rage, wrote a lengthy critique of these events, while thoroughly cursing Lan Zhe as a useless fool.

Jisuo Town had many hunters and mercenaries – people who lived on death’s edge, never certain of tomorrow.

Living in the moment, they were quite uninhibited in their speech. Having spent considerable time there, Egbert had mastered their entire vocabulary of insults.

As for Lan Zhe’s response upon receiving the reply: ...Drop dead, scum! 🙂

Dawn broke.

While Su Li was suffering through physical training, Egbert had already prepared himself to knock the level-nine beast off its pedestal.

After all, beasts of this level were universally acknowledged as powerful.

If Egbert could hold his own against a level-nine beast, his strength would be enough to inspire fear in others.

This would make protecting Su Li even more convenient.

Egbert had considered what might happen if someone saw Su Li as a threat to themselves…

The conclusion was that anyone who dared move against Su Li would quickly become one with heaven and earth – ashes to ashes, dust to dust.

At that time, in the Monster Beast Forest.

The group choosing to strike proactively was small, only about a dozen people.

Ignoring the two patriarchs who made up the odd numbers, most were from the Mercenary Alliance.

Egbert would serve as support for a long portion of this battle.

Regarding light element applications, after Su Li said he didn’t mind sharing, Egbert gladly taught others the novel techniques he’d learned, strengthening their side.

Others only commented, “Please, never ever become an elementalist instructor in this lifetime.”

Because when Egbert said, “Continuously output light elements to a single point, control element condensation, increase element quality, then explode this high-quality light element. Light and heat involve increasing concentration and element density…”

Nobody could understand a word.

Then he’d mockingly add. “Anyway, it’s all very simple to understand, you get it, right?”

Complete with an expression suggesting “if you don’t understand this, I can’t help you.”

Euphia smiled, forcefully controlling her fist’s desire to make intimate contact with Egbert’s face, and said warmly…

“Get lost.”

Egbert gave her a “you’re being unreasonable” look.

For a moment, Euphia had already decided where to bury Egbert’s grave.

She maintained her elegant feminine posture while speaking most inelegantly. “You idiotic former Holy Son, you dog obsessed with Su Li, even God of Light’s stinky socks aren’t as filthy as your gaze, kneeling beside Su Li’s chair letting him pat your head – I should just wring your neck off!”

Egbert looked at Euphia in confusion, seemingly not understanding why she suddenly became angry.

This made Euphia even angrier.

Then she suddenly thought, why bother attacking this fool whose intelligence only shows when facing Su Li?

Normal people shouldn’t waste time arguing with idiots.

After that, Euphia felt better.

After all, everyone except Egbert would be the main damage dealers this time.

Just go play support!

......

Until the battle began.

No one expected the level-nine beast, typically most relaxed and powerful in beast form, to appear in human form.

The Beast Forest’s environment, as always, made ordinary humans feel its overwhelming presence. Today, dark clouds covered the sky, and the light filtering through tree branches only made the ground appear more gloomy and heavy.

They found the level-nine beast beside a deep green lake.

It – no, he – stood by the lake, smooth raven hair falling naturally down his back. Initially facing away from them, he slowly turned around when hearing their footsteps.

At first glance, his most striking feature was his pupils without whites – so dark that just looking into them felt like staring into a bottomless abyss.

His upper body was bare, wearing only simple knee-length shorts. After he fully turned, others noticed a wound like rotting flesh on his left shoulder.

That was the injury caused by the combined technique of Euphia’s father and Dean Asa.

Element combinations could produce miraculous power.

But few people trusted others enough to completely open their elemental domain.

The elemental domain refers to the high-concentration field formed when an elementalist draws out large amounts of stored elements from their body.

If this domain is struck by an opposing element without its master’s approval, forget combination techniques – it would kill their own ally first.

The two elders had different reactions to the effects of their first such attack.

“That wound probably hasn’t healed since that day,” the Alliance Guild Master observed the bloody, festering wound with little emotion.

“Seems we’re not so useless that we must rely on the younger generation, hohoho.” Dean Asa was rather pleased he hadn’t been outdated yet.

But others beside the two elders immediately showed vigilant expressions.

Whether in human or beast form, a level-nine beast wasn’t something they could fight alone. Thinking they could easily win just because the opponent had an unhealing wound would only speed up their journey to meet the gods.

“Now’s not the time for chat.” Euphia stared intently at the figure in the distance.

In battle, fire elementalists always showed more enthusiasm than other elementalists.

Though facing a level-nine beast they couldn’t fight alone, well…

Wasn’t this exactly why they chose to gang up instead of fighting one-on-one?

As the main attacker in yesterday’s battle plan, Euphia charged forward first.

****

In Sadina City, at Su Li’s side.

Lan Zhe kicked Egbert’s letter into the small building like a football.

He planned to let Roy take a look later, hoping it might make Roy half-dead with anger too.

However, Lan Zhe’s focus remained on Su Li right now.

“You’ve done one lap today, so let’s count that as today’s exercise. But starting tomorrow, you’ll run three laps around these identical buildings while carrying at least ten pounds of weight.”

Su Li tried to refuse. “Three laps would kill someone my age! That’s well over 10,000 meters in total length, running a marathon with weights… I’m only 12 years old and still growing.”

Please don’t be such a devil!

At this moment, all thoughts of being an adult, having a mature soul, or having lived half a life before transmigrating – those were all meaningless.

Like a ball of yarn that becomes completely lost after a kitten swats it once.

Lan Zhe: “Then make it two laps.”

Su Li finally agreed with a pained expression.

Lan Zhe watched with amusement as Su Li’s eyes darkened in color.

He didn’t show at all that his original target for Su Li had been two laps all along.

This distance would leave Su Li half-dead but would also maximize the effectiveness of the medicinal herbs he had prepared to improve Su Li’s constitution.

No one expected Su Li to outrun bad guys when facing danger, but…

Being healthy and not getting sick was still important.

The two places were like two different worlds.

In the Beast Forest, the combined battle of top experts who could be openly deployed ultimately forced the Level 9 monster beast, which had appeared human-like, to revert to its original form.

Humans and monster beasts are different – this was the same thought that appeared in the minds of both sides.

Whether victorious or not, Egbert sincerely looked forward to returning to Sadina City after this incident ended.

And fulfilling what he said… having his head patted by Su Li.

Breathing heavily, Egbert abandoned his support role.

With a flushed face, as the thought in his mind intensified, he shouted at the enemy beast. “I will definitely, definitely succeed in having Lord Su Li pat my head on his own initiative!”