Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 2030 2002. Torina is Michaela!

A powerful force often has a visible impact on the surrounding environment.

Just like at the foot of the golden tree, all the vegetation on the entire Asian Plateau, regardless of its original species, has turned golden.

In Lienia, plants often have the distinctive bluish-green glow of pyroxene.

This principle also applies to demigods and gods.

Take Malenia for example; her strongest and most well-known power is none other than [Crimson Corruption].

If she stayed in one place for even a little longer, even if the crimson decay on her body was suppressed and did not leak out, it would certainly have enough impact on the surrounding environment.

This is the trace of power.

Although there were no rumors of Michaela demonstrating his 'power' in the borderlands, he was ultimately a god-like being burdened with the law.

The power of the law is never insignificant.

According to Marlene, wherever the blood of Michaela is poured, the buds of the Holy Bloodwood will sprout.

These wood buds are very small, just like Michaela herself, remaining in a seedling state and never growing large.

But those bright red leaves seemed to carry a sacred light.

It is a top-quality plant material.

Michaela's own power wasn't really displayed in the border region, but his flesh and blood possessed such power, making him practically a human treasure.

“The characteristics are still too vague,” Lann said, frowning as he mounted his horse. “But let’s start searching! Shall we go together, Marlenia?”

The Valkyrie's feet are both golden prosthetics, making a metallic sound as she steps on the obsidian.

Without hesitation, she followed in Qilin's footsteps and prepared to leave together.

But before she left, she stopped Finley, who was trying to follow her.

“I’ll go myself, Finlay. But…” Marlenia said, her calm tone turning icy as she turned her winged helmet toward Rodel, “If I return empty-handed, then prepare for war.”

"As ordered."

The Knight of the Corruption had no objections to Marlene.

Lan En's expression remained unchanged, although he knew that Marlenia's words were most likely directed at him.
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The flowing red hair and the pale mane of the Qilin were both fluttering in the wind stirred up by their extraordinary speed.

The Valkyrie's martial arts and physique are geared towards speed-type warriors, and she can easily keep up with the running speed of the ancient dragons of the New World.

Two figures swiftly swept across the large expanse of obsidian ground in front of the city gate of Rodel and stepped onto the golden grass of the Yatan Plateau.

Since the primary suspect was Lacad during the siege of Rodel, the two of them headed straight for the ruins of the demigod alliance's camp, which had been destroyed earlier.

Because of the crushing defeat in the surprise attack that night, the vast majority of the demigod alliance did not even have a chance to return to their camps and were wiped out in the open field.

The lucky ones who remained in the camp fled in panic.

All that remained was a camp that had been ransacked during the escape.

When Lann and Marlenia burst in, all they could see were dilapidated, overturned cart frames, wooden walls, and deflated tents.

They searched through the charred remains of the camp, but found nothing. They didn't know if the Sacred Bloodwood Sprouts had been burned along with the camp or if they never existed there at all.

Marlenia's prosthetic knife sliced ​​through the tents like cheese, cutting them in half with a single wave of her hand!

As her search yielded no results, she became increasingly cold as she took action.

But as he searched, Lan En seemed to have an idea.

"Michaela's power, besides the Holy Bloodwood Sprout, can actually stimulate and influence other plants, right, Malenia?" Lann stood on the golden tarpaulin of a collapsed tent. "I remember there's also a plant called [Michaela Water Lily]?"

Not far from him, the velvet ball was directing the qilin, instructing it to use its pointed horn to lift the overturned carriage of a large cart, producing a muffled boom.

He had never actually seen the Sacred Bloodwood Sprout, so finding it was naturally quite difficult.

However, when it comes to the recent plant mutations in this area, he does remember some things. He was afraid that these mutations might not actually be related to Michaela, so he asked Marlenia for more information.

Marlenia had just swung her prosthetic knife when the sharp blade sliced ​​from her hand all the way to the enemy camp! The entire cut was terrifyingly smooth and clean!
As if she had calmed down, Lan En's words seemed to make the Valkyrie think and weigh the matter, and in the end she nodded.

“Michaela, as a god… is too successful.” Marlenia’s thin lips parted as she spoke, “Even before he presented his laws to the Law Circle and covered the entire world, the power of the laws within him was enough to influence many things.”

"Just like Queen Marika in the past."

"Then, what about the Torina water lily?" Seeing Marlenia's slight hesitation earlier, Lan felt he had asked a crucial question. "As a new plant species that appeared in the world at the same time as the Michaela water lily, isn't that too much of a coincidence?"

Marlenia's mind was entirely focused on Michaela, and yet, at this critical juncture when Michaela had been kidnapped and disappeared, she hesitated when asked a question by the person in charge of tracking her down.
Based on this alone, Lan En felt something was wrong.

After another brief silence from Marlenia, her words completely confirmed Lann's feelings. "If you find the Torina Water Lily, then it's essentially the same as finding the Michaela Water Lily."

"What do you mean?" Lan En already had a guess in his mind, but he still asked seriously, "No metaphors, analogies, or allusions. Marlenia, we are looking for your missing brother, and this requires precise professionalism. I hope you understand."

The Valkyrie's prosthetic hand trembled slightly, and the golden blade extending towards the tiger's mouth snapped back behind her elbow.

“Torina is Michaela.” This time, her words were as crisp and clean as her blade. “[Saintess] Torina is my brother, Michaela’s other half.”

"Therefore, both the Michaela water lily and the Torina water lily are new plant varieties that appeared at the border at the same time after his birth, influenced by him."

"Meow?!"

"Hiss?!"

After rummaging through the carriages, the velvet ball and the unicorn, who had run nearby to listen in, both exclaimed in amazement at the Golden God Clan.

The Palicoes and Ancient Dragons from the New World still hold very simple and honest views. Unlike Lan En, who has witnessed many astonishing and morally reprehensible things while exploring so many worlds.

'really. ’

Lan En was not surprised at this moment.

On the contrary, being with Mentos felt somewhat predictable.

After all, they already knew from Melina when they were at the foot of the Golden Tree that Radagan was Marika.

This event had a far greater impact on the entire Golden Dynasty than the discovery that "Torina is Michaela"!

Michaela is the child of Radagan and Marika, so it's understandable that she inherited the ability to create separate entities of different sexes.

"It would have been much better if you had said so earlier. Qilin, Rongbuqiu, let's go!"

Lan En ignored the abandoned demigod alliance camp, mounted his horse, pointed out the direction to Qilin and turned the horse around, while talking to the bewildered Marlenia.

"I don't know where the Holy Bloodwood buds are, but I saw a place before where the Torina water lilies around it were growing incredibly fast!"

Upon hearing the accurate news, Marlenia immediately snapped out of her daze and followed the unicorn's hooves as it galloped into the distance.

Lann headed straight toward the hiding place where he and the Rhodel Knights had previously concealed themselves.

Previously, Dolores had easily discovered the supposedly rare Torina Water Lily nearby, replenishing her nearly depleted Torina Arrows.

This was actually quite unusual at the time.

Rare plants may have powerful effects, but they are rare precisely because they are difficult to grow and slow to mature.

During that period, the water lilies around the troop hiding place were like weeds.

This anomaly should be noticeable even to perfumers who don't study or cultivate herbs.

However, at the time, everyone's energy was focused on the battle against the demigod alliance, and even though everyone knew that this was abnormal, they did not have the time or energy to investigate it.

But now, Lan En clearly knows the reason for this anomaly—it's quite possible that the "Saintess" who is the source of Torina's lotus name was actually nearby at that time!
Both Qilin and Marlene are fast enough, and the hiding place was not far away when they were ambushing the demigod alliance.

In the blink of an eye, Lan En arrived at the place where he and Dolores had previously handed over their shift to pick Torina's water lilies.

However, the number of Torina water lilies here has decreased significantly compared to the previous period.

This could also be interpreted as Torina being further away from this place.

But this is not a big problem.

Mentos was launched just as the growth of the Torina water lilies was discovered to be declining.

'Recording the growth and distribution of Torina water lilies, comparing it with the most recent memory of Torina water lily harvesting at this location, discrete distribution data is being integrated for probability calculation... Calculation complete. Probability is a good thing, sir.'

'Received, Mentos.'

Upon receiving a probability analysis from the bio-engineering system based on the distribution and growth of the flowers, Lan En looked in the direction with the highest probability.

He raised an eyebrow.

Meanwhile, the Valkyrie, who had followed him all the way here, stood on the golden lawn covered with about twenty purple water lilies. Following Lan En's gaze in the same direction, she suddenly seemed momentarily disoriented.

The direction that Mentos analyzed as having the highest probability of success points to their original troop hiding place.

At first, Lan En led the way, but the closer they got to the small ravine, the more familiar Marlenia seemed with the way.

In the end, she didn't even need Lan En; she just ran ahead on her own.

(End of this chapter)