The Ordinary Me is Worshipped as a Deity by the Extraordinary Them - Chapter 181.2

He felt that Su Li had no need to explain these things to him at all.

So what even if he had spoken out? For the mermaid, those things were no longer possibilities long ago.

Humans should consider their own interests more, let alone non-human monster beasts.

Let alone non-human monster beasts…!

The mermaid’s eyes became so moist they were about to shed tears.

Leia could certainly refuse to acknowledge his own tragedy. However, how could he possibly disguise the heart deep within him that, no matter how much it was buried and trampled upon, did not want to become a mermaid?

Why did he have to become a mermaid?

Because mermaids were legendary miraculous and beautiful creatures?

But what did that have to do with Leia?

So what if transformed monster beasts were powerful? But what did that have to do with humans?

“I chose to stop the war. Wasn’t the purpose of stopping the war for peace?” Whether it was Su Li’s expression, body language, or even those eyes that had never shown much change or fluctuation, everything revealed a kind of tranquility.

Quietly observing the world’s turbulent waves that never ceased.

“What I wanted was simply that after stopping this war, the transformed monster beasts would not attack new humans anymore.”

Having the bloodline of monster beasts, no one could be free.

“I also didn’t want to one day truly become a so-called breeding stallion, becoming a reproductive tool.”

The idea Elvi had conceived to restore the dragons’ power was, from beginning to end, creating more tragedies.

“Monster beasts are history denied by the times. Transformed monster beasts are the ‘inevitable’ real ending that the world must bear.”

Existences that were too powerful consumed the life force of the entire world. The appearance of transformed monster beasts was an accelerator driving the world toward destruction.

“But humans are not part of it.”

“The so-called inevitability is merely the common sense and logic of this world.”

“From another world’s perspective, from my perspective—inevitability itself is an existence meant to be broken.”

Su Li gently exhaled, and anyone could clearly see that on the face of the youth who had always maintained a peaceful demeanor, there appeared an undeniable determination.

Knowing his own path ahead, understanding his own needs; clear about the “if not me, then who” sense of responsibility that existed within his true self; certain of what his real self wanted to do, and absolutely would not retreat, nor would he regret—such will.

He seemed to be shining with light.

Not the kind of irresistible attraction to beauty that arose from facial features. But rather, an indescribable light that could only be seen through the soul, belonging uniquely to humans—not competing with the blazing sun, not contending with the cold moon—a candlelight.

Wind could not extinguish it, water could not drown it.

“I stopped this battle; I commanded you not to continue fighting; I bore all the hatred of the transformed monster beasts who were destined to be destroyed; I refused…”

“I refused all deaths not permitted by me!”

Because he was strong enough, because the transformed monster beasts could hear his voice.

And also because they dared not disobey.

That was not killing intent, nor was it some massive aura.

The monster beasts who sensed it still could not describe it in words.

But they could not look away.

Even Elvi finally understood that the so-called “cannot be looked upon directly” was just like the characteristic that humans could not look directly at the sun.

They would die.

This was what both reason and reality told them together.

It was a reality that emotion and cognition could not deny.

Su Li truly would kill them.

But there was no terror, no fear.

Just like martyrs who knew the path ahead was death yet still chose to walk forward.

Without any fear, just a clear understanding of the facts.

“I should say something, I feel I should say something…” Whether it was nonsense or not, Elvi still chose to interrupt that candlelight that was trying to invade her heart.

“But, but I seem to have no idea what I should say…”

The muttering voice disappeared, and Elvi forcibly squeezed her brain, speaking out various words of resistance. “You’re clearly just a human, merely a human. What business do you have with monster beast affairs? Moreover, as a pure-blooded human, you fundamentally cannot become a transformed monster beast. Why bother concerning yourself with those humans?”

“No matter how many transformed ones there are in Rota County, those people haven’t affected the survival of human nations.” Elvi knew she was speaking nonsense.

But she couldn’t stop.

“The battles between the Beast Tribe, Water Tribe, and Winged Tribe are ultimately only unfolding in the monster beast world. Why must humans get involved?”

“For you, possessing such power, no matter what kind of life you want, what kind of status, what kind of glory, you would ultimately be crowned and others would kneel in submission! So what exactly are you still dissatisfied with…?”

Elvi actually wasn’t unable to understand.

She just couldn’t accept it.

She couldn’t accept that a human possessing such powerful strength would join this kind of battle situation that fundamentally couldn’t bring him any benefits.

After all, what did the Beast Tribe declaring war on the other two tribes have to do with humans?

Chaos squeezed Elvi’s brain. The figure of Victoria following behind her, the figure of the black dragon helping her handle various matters, the girl-like fellow dying in her arms…

Broken mountains and rivers, large numbers of fallen dragons, the sea surface dyed red with blood and severed limbs—it had always been like this in the past.

This was common sense…?

This was wrong!

This wasn’t wrong… it was… it was…

“What exactly is it—!?” Elvi forcefully gripped her own head with both hands, her fingertips fiercely digging into her scalp. Blood continuously flowed down her fingers and head, and the other two monster beasts’ expressions instantly showed shock.

“What’s wrong with her?” The first to ask this question was Lan Zhe, who had some understanding of basic human health.

After being stunned for a moment, Leia frowned and said, “Has Elvi… gone mad?”

“Not to that extent yet.” Bartholomew’s lips appeared pale and bloodless. “But Elvi herself isn’t exactly a normal monster beast.”

“Is it [Madness Disease]?” When Su Li inquired, Bartholomew had already quickly moved to restrain all of the dragon’s limbs.

The two-star mercenary Roy cooperated seamlessly, taking out hemp rope from his alchemy tools. While tying up the dragon who had no resistance capability, he said, “If there are no accidents, it’s this kind of condition.”

“Didn’t we say before that compared to monster beasts who died in war, more monster beasts actually died from suicide?”

“Is it a gen… genetic problem?” Roy wasn’t quite accustomed to some of Su Li’s terminology. He originally wanted to use the phrase “brain problems.”

But he felt that would be somewhat impolite.

“That should be correct.” The Raven, whose entire existence was treated as medicine to some extent, said, “Previously, Elvi’s regard for me, though not equal to her treatment of Su Li, wasn’t much different.”

The latter was an existence that, after his value was confirmed, these monster beasts determined could influence an entire species.

In Elvi’s view, that the Raven’s value could compare to Su Li’s was indeed because the dragon’s current need for the Raven was higher.

“Rather than solving Elvi’s current episode, it’s more important to stop those dragons who want to attack.” Egbert said while glancing toward the far rear of Elvi’s location.

Those dragons, each one like loyal dogs, after breaking free from the sea’s entanglement, all stayed there.

Now, discovering Elvi bound tightly, no matter how much cold sweat flowed down those dragons’ faces, they still looked ready to attack at any moment.

“That won’t happen.” Bartholomew glanced at Su Li.

As long as Elvi wasn’t killed on the spot, those dragons couldn’t risk total annihilation to actively launch an offensive against Su Li.

“So how should we deal with Elvi now?” Lan Zhe stroked his chin, staring at Elvi’s skull with a look that somehow suggested he wanted to crack it open and study it at any moment.

“Knock her unconscious.” Bartholomew actively pushed the restrained dragon toward Su Li’s direction.

Su Li: …………

He really wanted to say: Do you believe that if he slapped down, it definitely wouldn’t be the dragon who passed out, but his own hand bones that would break?

Of course, Su Li couldn’t say anything now about why Bartholomew didn’t do it himself.

The unicorn’s body was currently limited to at least ninety percent of its abilities. Even if his hand bones wouldn’t break from striking the dragon’s neck, he absolutely didn’t have the strength to knock someone unconscious.

As for the other humans…

That the body couldn’t be controlled by consciousness didn’t mean the body lacked its proper strength…

Everything seemed to fall into a deadlock.

Su Li couldn’t open the ring again just to knock Elvi unconscious.

Subsequently, the youth could only take a deep breath, hold it in his lungs, then pinch Elvi’s neck and turn the unconscious dragon’s head to face him.

“Want to know why I must participate in everything that has nothing to do with me?”

When this rhetorical question appeared, a moment of clarity flashed in Elvi’s eyes, but it was immediately covered by chaos again.

Red stained the dragon’s eye corners. If her body weren’t difficult to fully control, how could this dragon possibly be restrained by hemp rope bindings? She would have already begun raging wildly.

Su Li calmly stared into Elvi’s eyes: “If you want to know the answer to this question, then don’t let that will of yours that fundamentally cannot control your body be controlled by your body instead.”

Had thinking ability and the immobile body already been cut into two parts by massive elemental force? The essence of Elvi’s sudden madness was merely that after consciousness fell into chaos, the already uncontrolled body completely lost all control by consciousness.

And if consciousness still wanted to control the body, then probably like Bartholomew, she could manage to rush more than ten meters before collapsing.

With Su Li’s gaze falling, Egbert and Roy, who cooperated seamlessly, immediately lifted the humanoid dragon from left and right.

The youth, who deeply felt he had become a villain again, looked at the dragon whose head was forced back, accepted the handkerchief Lan Zhe handed over, and wiped his fingers clean bit by bit.

This extremely stimulating physical action restored a certain amount of Elvi’s rationality.

Before this portion of rationality was struck down a second time by anger, Su Li gave the answer to the question.

“Why must I participate in everything that has nothing to do with me?”

“That’s naturally because… I’m willing to.”

Su Li looked into the dragon’s eyes and smiled.

That smile fundamentally didn’t match the peaceful demeanor the human youth had always maintained. Even when he had previously raised the Fantasy Sniper of wind elements and shot through Elvi’s eye with one shot, Su Li’s expression hadn’t been so mocking.

“Why must we consider the deep meaning behind things? When hungry, one must eat; when thirsty, one must drink. I want to do something simply because I want to or don’t want to. Because I want to, and I also possess the ability to overturn this chess game, having the decisive power to determine the victory or defeat of this chess game, so I choose to participate.”

“This…” Su Li gripped Elvi’s chin through the handkerchief.

The youth’s smile brought indescribable fear to the dragon whose consciousness was unclear. In her vision was entirely that face her brain continuously screamed to not look upon directly. “Is it hard to understand?”

To prevent his hand bones from fracturing, Su Li exhausted all the acting skills of this lifetime.

The result was that all intelligent life, including humans, felt boundless pressure.

There were stark differences between one kind of arrogance and another.

The arrogance of winning a marble game versus the arrogance of being able to destroy the world—could these be mentioned in the same breath?

No.

So everyone’s thoughts at this moment all became…

Cannot resist.

Could only pray, just as humans knelt on the ground praying for divine protection.

They could only pray that this existence, who clearly had a human body yet was more filled with inhuman sensation than monster beasts, whose power could rival gods, would not bring down punishment upon them.

Heads lowered.

—And could never be raised again.

Elvi regained consciousness.

Bartholomew silently untied the ropes for her, but then said nothing.

Finally, when Su Li showed a puzzled expression, not understanding why everyone had stopped talking, Leia said with a bitter smile in a tone of reflection, “Just now I even felt that if I dared to question, my bones and flesh would turn to flying ash in an instant…”

The kind of death that wouldn’t leave even dregs behind.

“I’ll consider it recognition of my acting skills for now.” Su Li was very certain he was talking about acting skills, but others showed even more fearful, avoidant expressions.

Not wanting to continue in acting mode, Su Li cleared his throat and then said, “I’ll be going to the Winged Tribe shortly.”

“With all the monster beasts participating in the war between the Water Tribe and Beast Tribe having fallen, I don’t think you’ll be able to receive intelligence that the Beast Tribe might transmit to Bartholomew in the short term.”

“In other words, to know what stage the battle there has reached; whether those humans in Rota County who already show monster beast characteristics might be killed early by the Beast Tribe because some show Winged Tribe features; or whether humans who already show Beast Tribe characteristics might be used as supplements because the Beast Tribe chose to go to war and lost members… all of this needs investigation.”

After clarifying future matters, Su Li made a fist with his right hand, opened his left palm, and decisively struck up and down.

Then he said, “But before that—”

“We should still restore Leia’s power.”

The mermaid was stunned.

If not for Elvi’s sudden madness disease reaction, Leia wasn’t certain whether he could have escaped that sensation of being seen through and then shrouded by boundless shadows.

However, now that other strange emotions had been suppressed, Leia could already converse with Su Li in a natural manner.

“Only restore my power?”

“I’m not certain that after recovering abilities, I won’t directly kill Bartholomew and Elvi on the spot.”

Killing intent permeated the air as Leia’s face took on a cruel smile.

Having escaped what Leia considered an emotional mode that shouldn’t exist, he was still that mermaid who wanted to kill the dragon and unicorn.

“I controlled you once, so I can control you a second time.” Su Li’s expression remained unchanged. “You also needn’t consider whether choosing to restore your power is because stopping the battle between the Beast Tribe and Winged Tribe still requires the Water Tribe’s strength.”

The human directly exposed the mermaid’s inner subtext.

“I chose to lift your control simply because no one is more suitable than you for giving them practice in this kind of place.” Su Li directed his gaze toward Egbert.

Leia: “……”

“…Even if I know you don’t have much good feeling toward all monster beasts under the group of transformed monster beasts, you needn’t directly show an attitude of wanting to treat us as tools.”