Becoming Their Guiding Spirit

”It doesn’t matter. You can learn. I, too, started as a terrible player and lost for a full hundred years until I became unbeatable. I have not met a worthy opponent in a long time. Your divinity and characteristics are similar to mine. Sir, you should be just as skilled at learning as I am. There is a saying in Yan: learning is endless.”

”I can accompany you. Ten years, twenty years, a hundred years, two hundred years are all fine. For us gods, time is the one thing we have in abundance.”

Two hundred years!!

Closure almost fainted, saved only by the Nine-Colored Deer supporting her.

Two hundred years!!

Although she, like Warfarin, was a Vampire and living for a thousand years wasn’t a problem...

Still... two hundred years was a lot.

”Is Gomoku okay?” Lucas asked, scratching his head. ”I’m pretty good at Gomoku. I was at least in the top 100 of my neighborhood tournament once.”

”Hmph, a child’s game. We will play Yan Go.”

Sigh...

I’m sorry...

Lucas sighed and slowly stood up.

”I don’t have this much time to waste with you, Mr. Second Brother.”

Even though Lucas didn’t say anything, Surtr understood his intent.

She took the initiative to hold Lucas’s hand.

”I have no interest in Go, and I have no interest in your games. I’m not from Yan; I’m just a passing bystander. So, you can play your game, but don’t involve me. I just want to live my life in peace.”

”Hmph!”

Suddenly, the second brother snorted coldly.

”Just like a human?”

”Your way of thinking is exactly the same as my foolish younger sisters. We are gods! The moment we possess a human heart is our greatest failure. Human nature is selfish, it is ignorant. You saw it for yourselves. What did this Nine-Colored Deer receive after helping these ignorant villagers? Curses and eviction... This is the human heart.”

Throb~

A large cross-shaped vein popped on Nian’s forehead.

Lucas finally understood why Nian said her second brother had absolutely no friends.

”Have you ever considered the possibility, Mr. Second Brother?”

”When you have this kind of mentality, you are even closer to being human than Nian. After all... you are now trying to understand humanity, while Nian is purely wandering the mortal world, looking for her own fun. Or perhaps, you are more human than the sisters you consider foolish.”

Lucas’s tone was incredibly sharp.

Nian immediately gave him a thumbs-up.

Lin Qingyan also nodded in admiration.

”Impossible, absolutely impossible!!”

The second brother became agitated.

”See, you’re getting flustered. The Nine-Colored Deer wasn’t flustered even when so many people misunderstood her, yet you’re getting agitated over a simple sentence from me. What more do you want to deny?”

”Besides, human nature isn’t as simple as you think, Mr. Second Brother. I suggest you observe the mortal world more. Don’t just deliberately look for the evil; you should also discover the beauty.”

With the surging flames.

Lucas fully unleashed the power of Laevatain, and a terrifying divine pressure enveloped the entire Painting World.

”Since Lin Qingyan’s master could break the painting with force, I should be able to as well. After all, Second Brother, you are only one of many soul fragments.”

With that said.

Lucas summoned all his power.

Intense flames erupted over the surface of the headless, pitch-black monster’s body. Some of the flames even formed into armor covering its form.

The greatsword of fire was thrust violently into the ground.

In an instant.

The ground of the Painting World began to collapse. Countless streams of lava erupted from the earth like a volcano.

Instantly.

The Painting World disintegrated piece by piece.

The second brother didn’t resist. He knew that resisting with this soul fragment was futile. Lucas had no intention of killing his soul fragment either; after all, he was Nian’s brother, and Nian was his friend, so they were somewhat related.

The Painting World shattered like a torn piece of rice paper.

Lucas deactivated the Laevatain state, and his soul returned to the Doctor’s body. Lin Qingyan had already gotten used to supporting the Doctor’s body whenever Lucas left it.

The world around them changed again.

It returned to the appearance of the original village.

The second brother’s aura had vanished.

He must have left of his own accord.

The villagers were in a state of panic.