The Ordinary Me is Worshipped as a Deity by the Extraordinary Them - Chapter 143

What happened afterward? Su Li no longer wanted to think about it.

He even wished he could completely erase that memory from his mind, pretending that he was still an ordinary, unremarkable young man.

At that time…

Elvi was like a villain who explained herself to buy time for the protagonist. She recounted her entire psychological journey, but whether unfortunately or fortunately, she didn’t act like those mindless villains who end up being killed by the protagonist.

Instead, she firmly maintained control over the mermaid ruler, preventing the unicorn from advancing any further.

Any possible approach by Bartholomew would have caused Elvi to immediately kill Leia. Then, she would have turned the tactics that the beast tribe might have used against her back onto the beast tribe itself.

The King of the Water Tribe, that mad dog, was a double-edged sword through and through. If others could wield it, Elvi certainly wouldn’t ignore its potential.

She acted as if the unicorn didn’t exist, turning her head to watch the mermaid ruler continuously glaring at the already innocent Su Li.

She then said, “This was indeed an unsolvable conspiracy.”

“But your biggest mistake was not understanding humans.”

If Elvi had never met Su Li before, or if Su Li had never existed, the Raven staying in the monster beast forest would never have attempted to enter human society.

As a natural monster beast that grew up in the monster beast forest, the Raven would likely have stayed in the forest for a few more days out of nostalgia or to pack up belongings. This delay would have meant that Elvi might have died directly under Leia and Bartholomew’s conspiracy and schemes.

All these changes occurred because of Su Li, and it was through his previous methods that Elvi could think of taking Leia’s life into her own hands to break the deadlock.

—— That young man was truly extraordinary.

This information was easily deduced from the current counter-situation.

Elvi freely admitted that she admired Su Li’s intelligence, but was equally generous in praising her own thinking regarding trusting Su Li.

If Su Li hadn’t been weak enough, Elvi wouldn’t have believed what he said.

Similarly, precisely because he was weak enough, ordinary monster beasts wouldn’t have believed what he said either.

Rather than saying Elvi trusted Su Li, it would be more accurate to say that Elvi trusted her friend Na’an, who had been dead for a year.

She believed that her friend could influence the final creation at the end, meaning there were no regrets.

And the human youth who left Na’an without regrets certainly qualified as trustworthy.

Elvi felt that Su Li’s value could be maximized further.

If previously Su Li’s nominal value was just as a stud to breed offspring with only one type of monster beast bloodline for monster beasts, then now Su Li’s value was probably…

Being controlled in the hands of the dragon, making him a strategic resource that would be fought over by all tribes or all monster beasts.

This meant that perhaps because of Su Li, a mere human, the entire monster beast society’s landscape would change…

Elvi hadn’t cared about the value Su Li might produce before.

Because humans, in the eyes of monster beasts, were inherently a foolish race.

No monster beast would think that humans, who could only live for a few decades, could create anything remarkable or produce any breathtaking wisdom.

Especially in Su Li’s case, where he had no self-protection abilities.

Letting such a foolish being become a strategic resource would only waste large numbers of monster beast guards, rather than truly allowing Su Li to become a resource that could be exchanged for benefits.

But now it was different.

Given Su Li’s level of intelligence, Elvi was completely willing to deploy large numbers of monster beasts specifically to protect his growth.

His value had changed.

Elvi was even amazed by the words that came from Su Li’s mouth.

This human youth with platinum hair and green eyes didn’t use the simpler terms of beast tribe and water tribe, but directly used the surnames of the unicorn and mermaid as references.

Elvi even felt that if she hadn’t revealed the deeper meaning represented by Su Li’s words, the unicorn and mermaid, although they might have had the idea that he was a clever human, would not necessarily want to bring a human who could potentially change the monster beast society’s landscape—though not necessarily for the better—into monster beast society.

And it was precisely because of this that the dragon chose to inform the other two of the deeper meaning of Su Li’s words.

—— First let these two know Su Li’s value, then expand Su Li’s influence in the future to exchange for more benefits.

Elvi had already assumed that Su Li would definitely stand with her in the same position.

This was understandable; the Raven’s significance to the dragon was merely to provide genes after reaching a certain strength.

When the Raven’s strength reached level ten, and after Elvi optimized the influence of the [Madness Disease], the Raven’s value would become purely that of a hostage used to threaten Su Li into cooperation.

Perhaps she could also choose to directly use all the people in this city to threaten Su Li?

Elvi had too many ways to restrict Su Li.

Moreover, she could also guarantee that Su Li could only stand on her side.

The youth’s value before reaching adulthood was simply not enough to cause the other two tribes to fight over him.

For beings as fierce as monster beasts, Elvi dared to guarantee that the other two tribes, knowing that Su Li had the potential to become a strategic resource for the dragon tribe, would think only of murdering him rather than snatching him away and patiently waiting for him to grow.

This was the typical behavior of monster beasts.

Besides, hadn’t Su Li told her about Bartholomew and Leia’s conspiracy when she was in a weak position?

The dragon lady assumed that Su Li had prioritized her among the three forces.

So she was even more generous in praising Su Li’s intelligence.

“Ignoring him was your biggest mistake.”

Su Li: ………………

He didn’t even have a chance to refute now.

More accurately, he couldn’t refute.

If he claimed he didn’t understand, his value to Elvi would drop on the spot, and the dragon’s implicit intention to protect him would become less than thin air.

Similarly, once Bartholomew and Leia found an opportunity, they would both send him straight to heaven.

After all, regardless of whether what Su Li said had the meaning Elvi thought it did, wasn’t it because he added the surnames of the mermaid and unicorn when he called out that Elvi could think of it?

Su Li also couldn’t say that the reason he added the surnames in his call was just that he thought longer names would make the monster beasts who were fighting hear more clearly…

Although now, thinking back to that momentary subconscious thought… Su Li felt he had been truly foolish.

Why would he think that a group of monster beasts, a group of walking natural disasters in human form, wouldn’t hear a human’s words?

But if he claimed he understood, Su Li couldn’t bring himself to admit a lie.

Since he hadn’t foreseen everything from the beginning, how could he pretend to be clever when he only reached the conclusion through reverse reasoning at the end?

Su Li now very much wanted to curse.

The originally favorable situation where humans could fish in troubled waters had somehow, under the influence of a single sentence, pushed him to the forefront…

Su Li could only choose to respond with a smile.

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He could still hold on.

He could still hold on, right…?

This was really going to be the death of him. Why did it have to be like this!?

Su Li watched as Elvi bound Leia, as Bartholomew stared at him for a full three minutes before choosing to retreat.

Afterward, Su Li staggered down from the city wall.

This monster beast society, with Elvi deliberately saying those things, was no longer a place he actively wanted to go to, but a place that would inevitably pull him in as well.

Su Li took the crow that was nestled on his head into his arms. The excessive mental pressure made him bury his face in the Raven’s belly fur with a bitter expression. The tears he squeezed from the corners of his eyes even made the Raven frantically rub his cheeks with its wings to comfort him.

Su Li buried his face in the Raven’s belly for quite a while before he recovered.

At the same time, he didn’t forget to reassure Egbert, who might have seen his fake crying.

Su Li said, “I’m just a bit mentally exhausted, don’t worry, nothing else.”

As he spoke, Su Li looked toward Leia, who was tied up like a dumpling.

He really couldn’t understand why, even after the situation had developed to this point, Leia still glared at him.

If he had pretended more thoroughly, showing obvious doubt and disbelief when being choked by Elvi, the current situation wouldn’t have developed to such a ridiculous extent.

It should be noted that when this mermaid was choked by Elvi, he directly put on a face that seemed to say “I’m done for.”

Su Li could understand this; after all, this expression was normal.

But…

Not understanding the principle that a qualified actor must first act to himself, and rigorous deception must first deceive oneself…

What use was he?

Su Li gave up continuing to glare at Leia.

Instead, he said to Egbert, “Tonight we’ll have grilled fish.”

Concerns about civilians possibly panicking due to developments outside the city?

Concerns about people inside the small building possibly becoming apprehensive as more humanoid monster beasts appeared?

Let all of that go to hell!

Su Li would definitely eat grilled fish tonight.

And he would do it right in front of Leia, who was tied up like a dumpling.

But the mermaid paid no attention to this gesture.

He even directly questioned the meaning of Su Li’s behavior.

“Constantly waving food in front of me, are you asking whether I, as a prisoner, also need to eat?”

“If you have this thought, it’s just too funny,” Leia said expressionlessly. “Monster beasts aren’t like weak humans who die if they don’t eat.”

This mermaid couldn’t feel that Su Li was trying to provoke him at all.

Never mind eating fish in front of a mermaid; even eating a mermaid in front of a mermaid wouldn’t necessarily bother Leia.

Su Li promptly abandoned his useless action.

He suddenly felt that whether human or monster beast, as long as it was an intelligent life form, attacking the mind was always the best strategy.

Su Li tossed away the skewer with grilled fish and deliberately provoked the mermaid ruler, “Can you tell me why, as the Water Tribe’s ruler, you allied with a unicorn under the Beast Tribe King’s throne to conspire against Elvi under the Winged Tribe King’s throne?”

Leia immediately showed an expression as if he had eaten something strange.

The internal strife within the Water Tribe that he had revealed earlier was not false.

Of course, this also meant that Leia was truly and genuinely forced to cooperate as a weak party who couldn’t resist.

Was there any possibility of Elvi cooperating with him again to deal with the Beast Tribe?

Definitely not.

After nearly being backstabbed, to trust him again would require an extraordinarily big heart.

And Bartholomew’s previous lack of attempt to rescue Leia…

This indicated that the mermaid ruler was, in the eyes of the Beast Tribe, inherently dispensable.

Come to think of it, with the Water Tribe’s king already turned into a mad dog, if Leia died, there would certainly be many vying for control in the Water Tribe without a strong oppressor.

In simple terms, the current individual stances were that the Beast Tribe wanted to use Leia, whose life or death was inconsequential, to murder Elvi.

This was a business without capital investment.

And Leia needed to ensure his own safety through the act of murdering Elvi.

The fact that Bartholomew could reach cooperation with Leia itself meant that Leia was in a controlled position.

If the zero-capital business succeeded and Elvi died, Leia would be able to continue ensuring his own life safety in the short term.

And if Elvi didn’t die, and discovered the truth, then Leia would no longer have the possibility of cooperating with the Winged Tribe to save himself.

Putting it this way…

The mermaid ruler was, in all aspects, at the bottom of the three tribes.

In terms of life safety, he had Bartholomew specifically targeting him, and his potential cooperative partner had become someone he absolutely couldn’t cooperate with…

Miserable, Leia was miserable.

But, Su Li also very subtly realized that he was actually in this position too, and even lower than Leia…

He was human, a human who, to monster beasts, had no chance of entering the game.

Even if he entered, he would only be used as a tool, not as an actual chess player controlling the pieces.

Just…

So everyone was miserable.

Su Li smiled while watching the grim-faced Leia raise his head and say, “Do you think I had a choice?”

“What if I say you did?” Su Li smiled.

In fact, he really did.

Leia was naturally already in the game. Although he was weak and his life or death didn’t matter to the Beast Tribe, it wasn’t the same for the Winged Tribe.

Generally, captured prisoners could of course be killed, but the value of the mermaid ruler was obviously different.

At worst, Leia could become a tool for the Winged Tribe to exchange resources with the Water Tribe.

In other words, Leia was actually already in the position he wanted—one where he wouldn’t easily die.

But as a bottom-tier mermaid, he obviously hadn’t seen this clearly yet.

This was exactly what Su Li wanted to exploit.