The Ordinary Me is Worshipped as a Deity by the Extraordinary Them - Chapter 142

Understanding Bartholomew’s existence, which was specifically aimed at dealing with Leia in the future… Su Li actually gave himself some time to think about what would happen next, which seemed instantaneous to others but was actually enough for him to think through the upcoming developments.

For example, what would happen after he revealed this truth.

There were two most likely developments. First, Elvi would still maintain her inclination to cooperate with Leia, but out of wanting to obtain greater benefits, she would choose to protect Leia. Second, Elvi would directly abandon the possibility of cooperating with Leia, watch the mermaid being killed by the unicorn, and prioritize self-preservation.

Bartholomew’s ability seemed too much like it was specifically designed to counter Leia.

Elvi, as a member of the monster beasts, would certainly understand the strategic significance of Bartholomew being specifically used to target Leia.

Therefore, if Bartholomew was really only there to kill Leia, he could have simply acted directly when this mermaid was following in Elvi’s footsteps on the journey toward human society.

Rather than waiting until they reached human society, after Leia had already leaked various pieces of information, to take action in this way.

But if, conversely, Bartholomew himself was meant to appear at this particular time, then this unicorn’s behavior was quite thought-provoking.

Leia had actively shown goodwill to Elvi, indicating his desire for cooperation, and Bartholomew appeared at this delicate moment, targeting Leia who was already in a weak position…

In that instant, the dragon realized that Bartholomew was forcing her to choose sides at this very moment.

How powerful was the dragon? Without reference to the powers behind her, Su Li could not be certain.

But the fact that Leia didn’t seek out other powerful monster beasts under other Winged Tribe Kings, but specifically came to find Elvi, actually indicated that Elvi’s own strength was not small.

Perhaps relying solely on the dragon clan, rather than the entire winged tribe taking a position, could improve the current situation of the water tribe…

Could Bartholomew kill the dragon and mermaid alone?

This question wasn’t necessary to consider.

The timing of his appearance, since it was when the dragon and mermaid had already shown a tendency to cooperate, meant that what he wanted, or what he wanted to achieve – could be either Leia’s death or Leia’s survival.

Whether Leia died or didn’t die, perhaps in Bartholomew’s view, wasn’t the most important thing at all.

This wasn’t a judgment based on reality, but rather something more like a sixth sense, or rather, an assertion that the purpose of monster beasts’ actions couldn’t possibly have only a single option – this was the “logical” development that Su Li could think of.

Moreover, once Elvi learned what Su Li said, or more accurately, realized that Bartholomew’s purpose in coming was specifically to target Leia, all those unclear cooperation plans that might have been deliberately dragged out because the dragon thought she wasn’t the King of the Winged Tribe, would be fully defined at this moment.

Cooperation or non-cooperation–

Su Li was also anticipating Elvi’s final choice.

However…

When he saw Elvi’s left hand, already transformed into a dragon’s claw, gripping Leia’s throat, while her right hand forcefully blocked Bartholomew’s close-range attack, Su Li suddenly realized that this dragon had also learned to think outside the situation.

After the attack, Bartholomew retreated several meters. He ignored the fresh blood that was constantly seeping from his forehead due to his broken horn.

Bartholomew just stared fixedly at the scene of Elvi gripping Leia’s throat, without saying a word.

“Want to kill Leia?” Though the dragon lady’s figure was in a sorry state, this seemingly mocking remark still very much carried her personal, um… personal monster beast style.

“Let me guess the reason you want to kill him…”

The cessation of the battle actually meant that Bartholomew’s desired outcome indeed included the possibility of Leia surviving.

As Su Li sighed, he also couldn’t help but be surprised in his heart.

Elvi’s learning ability… wasn’t it a bit too strong?

Previously, Su Li had disrupted Elvi’s rhythm of action by thinking from a monster beast’s perspective under the premise that the Raven didn’t care about humans. This approach had more than once caused the dragon to question… but now, Su Li suddenly understood more deeply his joking description of Elvi as having the intelligence of three Ophelias.

The solution Elvi chose to break the deadlock was neither to ally with Leia nor to cooperate with Bartholomew.

In a situation with two choices, she had forcibly created a third option, Choice C.

Had she chosen either of the original options, Su Li would now be able to see clearly how the situation would develop.

Option One: Leia dies, then the alliance between the Water tribe and the Winged tribe would inevitably fall apart.

Under the premise that the Water King was like a dog being manipulated by Leia, a dog whose master had died would inevitably feel displaced anger.

The Water King would certainly be furious, wondering why Elvi hadn’t chosen to protect Leia.

This meant that cooperation would be impossible, and he might even end up hating Elvi as well.

There’s a saying that goes, “The weak wield their swords against the weaker.”

At this point, a Water King who had been manipulated to the point of mental instability and possibly had psychological problems, could easily be guided by people from the Beast tribe to directly unite the two tribes to attack Elvi instead.

And the Water King’s thinking would very likely be guided by the Beast tribe people into believing that after killing the Winged tribe first, the Water tribe and Beast tribe would then cross swords with each other later.

This was the possible future if Leia died as a result of Elvi choosing to abandon him.

But if Elvi chose to protect Leia, the situation would change to an alliance between the Water tribe and the Winged tribe.

Then Bartholomew’s goal would no longer be simply to kill Leia.

It was very likely that Elvi herself would completely perish under the unicorn’s attack.

What right would a dead person have to explain the meaning of their actions?

Bartholomew could easily blame Elvi for killing Leia, and the Water tribe would still very likely ally with the Beast tribe to attack the Winged tribe.

No matter what, since the Winged tribe would most likely be the ones in trouble, it was worth considering whether the original purpose of the Beast tribe behind Bartholomew might actually have been to bypass the Water tribe and prioritize attacking the Winged tribe.

In other words, what Elvi needed to guard against wasn’t just the situation she faced now, or the possible encirclement she might face later.

But rather…

Was it possible that Leia had pre-emptively allied with Bartholomew, and from the very beginning had been acting out a desire to cooperate with her, when in reality they planned to ambush this dragon in human society?

“How fascinating.” Su Li was no longer focusing on what Elvi would say.

From the moment Option C existed, Options One and Two essentially became nothing but air.

They no longer had any effect.

They were nothing.

All of the Water tribe intelligence came from Leia himself; Elvi only knew about the mermaids from what she’d learned on the battlefield; and Su Li could only understand the other world from what he heard from the mermaid and the dragon.

In other words, if Leia had been misleading them from the beginning, then Elvi, once she walked the inevitable path of choosing between the two options, would be the only one to die.

Conversely, the moment she grasped Option C, even if she would still be tormented in the future by the situation of the Water tribe and Beast tribe jointly attacking the Winged tribe, at least now she had protected herself.

Moreover, she could even turn the situation around by killing Leia and framing Bartholomew, countering the current predicament.

After all…

Bartholomew had stopped his attack.

Su Li couldn’t help but stand up and applaud. “This is truly eye-opening.”

Even Su Li had thought for a moment that there were only two options.

But when Option C appeared, everything indicated that within the monster beast world, the level of wisdom was absolutely not inferior to the crystallized wisdom accumulated by humans in modern society through conflicts across dynasties.

Su Li felt a shudder at this, yet couldn’t suppress his excitement.

In his view, while Elvi gripped Leia’s throat, she could even render the mermaid completely unable to move.

Su Li guessed that was perhaps the effect of wind elements used to their extreme.

At the same time, the dragon slowly explained her reasons for acting.

Whether it was the possibility that Leia had initially allied with Bartholomew to snipe her, or the final developments that Options One and Two led to, as well as the previous role played by the mermaid ruler who had lived even longer than she had – that of a being in a weak position….beast setting.

After Elvi clarified everything, she still firmly controlled Leia’s ability to move.

The dragon said to the unicorn, “You are strong.”

“But your strength, and the fact that just your existence seems to naturally target Leia’s position, all seem to mislead me in various ways.”

The performance was excessive.

Or rather, because it was too real, it seemed fake instead.

“I’m not sure if you really want to kill Leia, but I have to thank the human boy for providing me with a way to break the deadlock.”

Elvi continued on her own.

“Su Li was right, Bartholomew Christian’s goal is to assassinate Leia Somorfeld. Under normal circumstances, that child would never address another person’s surname.”

“Because for humans, only in extremely rare noble lineages would they have complete surnames and given names.”

“So, what Su Li said wasn’t telling me that Bartholomew came to assassinate Leia. Rather, that Bartholomew, backed by Christian, or the entire Beast tribe, wanted to create the scenario of Bartholomew assassinating Leia.”

“And Su Li’s addressing of Leia’s surname as well meant that the Beast tribe and the Water tribe wanted the scenario of Bartholomew assassinating Leia to be displayed before the Winged tribe, before me.”

Elvi calmly analyzed her thought process.

Su Li, however, couldn’t help but gape.

The dragon continued, “I cannot trust any of you. After all, for all of you, each of you has lived hundreds of years longer than I have.”

“But for that human child, if he dared to deceive me, I would only need to move my finger to kill him.”

Elvi’s smile was so exaggerated that it was uncomfortable to look at, but Bartholomew didn’t dare to look away.

“I suddenly understand why that stone was placed on him.”

Su Li knew that Elvi’s last sentence referred to himself and Na’an, as well as that red and blue mingled final work.

But he really wanted to say, it wasn’t me, I didn’t do it!

He really hadn’t thought that quickly, nor had he anticipated so much before all the changes appeared.

Su Li had only thought about the existence of Option C after seeing Elvi’s performance.

But could he say that?

Absolutely not!

It was fine that Bartholomew needed to keep his eyes on Elvi, but at this moment, that tightly controlled mermaid ruler was continuously shooting daggers with his eyes at Su Li.

Su Li: ……………………

This was really like seeing a ghost!