Death... and me
chapter-1921-30041322

"Let's go back to the previous topic, then," said Roan. "Now I know demon beasts can't use Void Shattering Pills to reach the Void Tempering Realm. That explains why you sent Red to the Mortal Realm since he would gain sentience at a lower cultivation realm as long as he was there. Yet, I don't see why you wanted him to gain sentience that quickly. Don't most Divine Demon Beasts simply wait to reach the Transition Realm?"

Red agreed with Roan, telling him, "That's correct. However, I needed sentience earlier than cultivating all the way to the Transition Realm. Why do you think I have Elder Flan protecting me?"

"Could it be that you're an important member of the Golden Drohare Race?" Rean asked back.

"That's correct." Red immediately confirmed. "To be more specific, I'm supposed to be the next Golden Drohare Race's leader. It was something that was decided even before I was born."

Roan narrowed his eyes in response. "There's more to that, right? It still doesn't explain why they sent you to the Mortal Realm."

"Because I'm not the only one," Red continued. "There were three more Golden Drohares in line to be the next Golden Drohare Race's leader. That being said, the Golden Drohares, who supported my side of the race, came up with an idea. Demon beasts don't gain sentience before the Transition Realm in the Realm of Gods. That means it's hard to get them to train hard to cultivate faster. Their intelligence is just too limited."

"I see..." Rean understood the issue. "So the best thing to do was to send you to the Mortal Realm and have you gain sentience. From there, you could return and cultivate faster than the competition with your intelligence."

"There's one more problem, though." Roan was still confused. "You didn't know if you would be able to return to the Realm of Gods after that. Wasn't it too much of a gamble?"

"That's the part where things didn't go as expected," Red explained. "I wasn't supposed to end up on the Zasfins' planet. Instead, I was supposed to be in another world altogether."

Flan nodded. "We don't know how that happened. However, we think Red's arrival point was messed with by his rival's elders. That's how he ended up on a planet that didn't have a way back to the Realm of Gods. One can still use one's cultivation to come here from the Mortal Realm, but that would take way too long. It would have been several times better to simply stay in the Divine Realm."

"That's why the real destination, Uruderop Planet, had a functional spatial gate that could send Red back to the Realm of Gods. Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned," Flan concluded.

Red smiled after that. "I have to thank you for finding a way to come here. If not for the things you did on the Zasfins' planet, I would have spent countless years reaching the Transition Realm. Plus, ascending to the Realm of Gods wouldn't have been easy either. You still remember the Phoenix, Black Tortoise, Fenrir, and the Basilisk, right? They were at the Peak Stage of the Transition Realm and they still couldn't come here on their own."

"So that's how it all happened, huh?" Rean finally understood everything that had happened to Red. And it was probably true since there wasn't really a better reason to head to the Mortal Realm. One must remember Kentucky's meeting with his father when he explained how high the price of sending someone to the Mortal Realm was. Of course, there was a small chance that they were lying, but neither Rean nor Roan would insist on that.

"Alright, Red. That explains everything. Now, what about Qia, Calina, and Zuo? Do you know anything about them?" Rean changed the topic.

Red nodded, telling Rean, "I already told the Dragon Race everything I know about the two girls and Zuo. The city they teleported to, their appearance, the time, etc... It all depends on the search of the demon beasts now. It was quite incredible that I ended up meeting you before them through sheer circumstance. I wasn't even trying."

Rean found it funny. "Yeah, they should have stayed with you. But then again, we wouldn't have waited either. Let's wait and see if we get any information."

"By the way," Rean continued. "What about these rivals of yours? Did you earn the privilege of being the next leader? We did spend quite a few years on the Zasfins' planet. Is your cultivation higher than theirs?" Rean could see that Red was also in the Void Tempering Realm. It's just that he was in the Late Stage. That wasn't surprising for Rean and Roan since Red got the support of his race when he arrived. Unlike him, they had to cultivate on their own. On top of that, they needed more Divine Energy for breakthroughs.

"Hehehe!" Red couldn't help but feel proud. "Don't worry. We still came back way before any of them could reach the Transition Realm. Although my cultivation lagged behind a little during my time there, I did surpass them quite easily. A demon beast's cultivation speed is completely different when they have sentience."

"What exactly are the criteria to become the next Golden Drohare Race's leader?" Roan got a little curious after that.

"That I can't tell you." Red shook his head. "However, you can be sure that my higher cultivation was the reason why I succeeded in that."

"A higher cultivation never goes wrong. Hahaha!" Rean laughed in response.

Flan then looked at Red before asking, "So, did you finish everything? If you don't have anything else to discuss, we will take this opportunity to leave."

Red was a little surprised since Flan was also curious about the twins. However, he shook his head in the end. "Nope. I said everything I wanted."

Flan didn't waste time. "Good! Then let's go back."

However, before they could even get up, Azitia received a Divine Sense message. "That's quite a coincidence. It seems like the three humans you were looking for have appeared."