Versatile Mage (Web Novel)
chapter-356

"Is that why it appeared, but didn't destroy a single building, nor did it cause any casualties?" asked Mo Fan.

The news was already public. The Skyscraping Snake did not trample a single building, nor did it kill a single person. As a matter of fact, for a gigantic beast like it, it would have to specifically position itself to avoid trampling on the ant-like humans.

Tangyue nodded.

"The government knows about your village, and knows it's your god, so they have decided to hide the truth?" asked Mo Fan.

Tangyue continued nodding.

"But...don't you think...it's...it's..."

"It's terrifying, and if it were to lose control, it would bring utter destruction?" Tangyue giggled.

"Mm, it's able to appear and disappear in the busiest district without anyone noticing. I believe if it were made public, the people of Hangzhou City, or even the entire nation, would go mad. After all, your village might be familiar with your god because it's protecting you, but the others would only be overwhelmed with fear of unknown. This fear is enough to drive people to do some crazy shit..." said Mo Fan.

Mo Fan was a Magician who had been through a lot recently, and it was fairly rare for him to be afraid of something.

Even he was left with a great shadow looming over his heart after seeing it, let alone the ordinary people who did too. Surely many were admitted into the hospital after for traumatic shock?"

"We're rather confused, too. The situation seven days ago was, in fact, the first in many years. We have no idea why it would appear out of nowhere. Normally, it would only do so when it sensed a huge threat in the city. I've brought you here because I want to know more details from you. Yo were present when it all happened. Did you notice anything out of place, like what it was looking at..."

Mo Fan recalled the scene, but he could not remember anything out of place, because the entire situation was extremely weird to him!

If there were anything in particular, he could only think of how the snake was staring at the building he was in. It looked like it was staring at his floor, right at him.

"I feel like it was watching me," said Mo Fan honestly.

"Are you sure?"

"Not really, its eyes were so huge. Maybe something in the building was making it feel uneasy. I couldn't really tell," said Mo Fan.

Meanwhile, Mo Fan was wondering if it had anything to do with the Demon Element.

The power granted to him when he demonized was outstanding. If the Skyscraping Snake were a guardian, could it be that it had appeared after detecting the restless demon blood in his body, but left straight away when it realized that he did not pose any threat?

But, it still did not make any sense to Mo Fan. Even when he demonized, his strength would only be comparable to a Commander-level demon beast.

The Skyscraping Snake's level was surely higher than the Commander-level. It was not necessary for it to show itself.

Maybe, there was, in fact, something in the building that he was in?

Tangyue fell into deep thought. She was not worried about how the Skyscraping Snake had shown itself in front of the public, but rather the reason why it had appeared!

"So, is the snake like a guardian?" asked Mo Fan in a serious voice.

"Mm. It used to look after a village, but that was thousands of years ago. Now it looks after a city, and the city is called Hangzhou," said Tangyue.

Mo Fan opened his mouth wide. It stayed open for quite some time, as he could not find a word!

Who would have thought that such a gigantic beast that had brought such fear to the people, turned out to be the guardian of the city? It was definitely the most unbelievable secret he had come across so far!

"Why haven't I heard of it before?" said Mo Fan.

"You must have heard of totems, right?" Tangyue went up to another wall and pointed at the painting on it.

"Totems… it sounds rather familiar. A long time ago, human tribes had their own flags, and the flags were drawn with Totem Guardian Beasts… Are you telling me that the snake is one of them?" Mo Fan immediately came to a realization.

The textbooks of his History classes did mention the term totem before. In ancient times, humans worshiped these totem beasts in exchange for the peace of their habitat. These totem beasts were not real demon beasts, nor were they Summoned beasts. They were rather a unique existence, one that did not have the lust to kill humans, but were willing to coexist, or even protect them.

Unfortunately, these Totem Beasts had only existed in legends thousands of years ago. With Magic becoming a part of humans' daily lives, they had learned to protect themselves. They only had contact with Summoned Beasts instead of Totem Beasts...

"It's an ancient Totem Beast. Our people have been protecting it, while it protects the city. Many of the Magic Associations are still rejecting them, as they were afraid of their overwhelming power. Besides, most of the Totem Beasts are now history, thus the remaining few will rarely show themselves. Humans no longer accept them. I believe only a few people like us are protecting the Totem Beasts," Tangyue sighed softly.

"A Totem Guardian, I didn't know Miss Tangyue also held such a special identity. How about your role in the Magic Court?"

"The two don't conflict with one another. The Magic Court is well aware of its presence. By the way, the Head of the Magic Court is my eldest uncle..."

"..." Mo Fan was left speechless. It appeared that his Miss Tangyue was even more extraordinary than he thought. Putting her identity of a Totem Guardian aside, her identity as the niece of the Head of the Magic Court was enough for every renowned family, association or the military to treat her with due respect.

"On that note, why were you at Bo City?" Mo Fan recalled an important question.

With her rather formidable background, it did not make sense to send her to a small place like Bo City.

"It's because there might have been a group of Totem Guardians like us hiding in Bo City, too," said Tangyue.

A thought crossed Mo Fan's mind when he heard the words.

If he remembered correctly… Xinxia did mention to him that the people of Bo City were the descendants of some guardians appointed by an ancient emperor. But, weren't they protecting the Underground Holy Spring? Why would the Underground Holy Spring have anything to do with the Totem Beasts?

"So does that mean, the Black Vatican didn't choose Bo City as the victim of their calamity randomly just to get their revenge from the society?" Mo Fan finally grasped the true intention behind the Black Vatican's attack.

"We did suspect that they were targeting the Totem Beast that had been lost, but we eventually found out their other goals… unfortunately, I wasn't told to keep going with the investigation."