Titan King: Ascension of the Giant - Chapter 592

Chapter 592: She will be a great asset
Orion fell silent. He understood; this was the real reason Edward had come to Soraya City.

“She is a Holy Spirit, innately able to discern malice.”

“She can tell if we harbor ill intent towards her.”

“Back then, if you had harbored even a trace of malice towards her, she wouldn’t have appeared, nor would she have followed you.”

The Deputy Commander’s voice sounded again. He looked at Elara as if gazing upon a flawless gemstone.

“She belongs to magic; you cannot teach her.”

“If she grows to her potential, the Valkorath Realm will gain at least one more demigod.”

Orion didn’t respond to the Deputy Commander, instead looking towards Elara.

“Elara, do you like Edward?”

“Daddy, Elara doesn’t dislike Edward!”

Meeting Elara’s eyes, Orion sought her own opinion.

“Then does Elara want to become Edward’s disciple? To learn magic knowledge from him—knowledge that can make Elara powerful.”

Elara looked at Orion, then at Edward, and finally nodded.

“Deputy Commander, Elara agrees!”

Orion turned his head, looking at Deputy Commander Edward.

This was Elara’s choice, and Orion respected her choice.

“Elara, in that case, you should call me mentor now.”

Deputy Commander Edward was in a good mood and began to playfully tease little Elara.

“Mentor!”

Elara was very clever, her voice sweet and childlike, quite endearing.

Orion handed Elara to Edward, who paused for a moment.

Edward smiled slightly, accepted Elara, and placed her on his own neck, just as Orion had done before.

“It’s not as serious as you think. She saw you first; she recognizes you as primary.”

“She doesn’t need to follow me constantly either. I don’t have that much time to spend with this little one.”

Hearing this, Orion finally felt a sense of relief in his heart.

“Recently, I will find time, come every few days to give her lessons, to build her foundation.”

“It’s still better for her to stay with you all. When she grows up, letting her integrate with us then is the best choice.”

The Deputy Commander’s words were suggestive, yet somewhat unclear.

It seemed like he was reminding Orion of something, but not stating it directly, remaining vague.

“Since you treat her as your adopted daughter, treat her as family. Her perception of the world depends on the education and environment you provide her.”

“Cherish her well. In the future, she will be a great asset.”

These final words were transmitted mentally by Edward to Orion; this too counted as a form of guidance.

Orion nodded, accepting the advice.

“These are the things I promised you before!”

The Deputy Commander tossed a jar-sized container to Orion. It was a spatial storage container, filled with the life essence Edward had accumulated from clearing fungal creatures during this period.

Orion glanced at the resources inside the jar, his pupils contracting slightly; the quantity exceeded his imagination.

“The Valkorath Realm needs to recover quickly. You need to pick up the pace!”

Orion understood the implication of this last sentence.

The addition of a new member would certainly mean she would share in this wave of benefits. Edward was reminding him not to waste precious time, to act faster.

Although they were all members of the Champions Alliance, there was a distinction between old and new, and relationships varied in closeness.

Compared to Isabella, Edward currently valued Orion and Kraken more.

“The Grey Mountains bordering the Moonveil Plains—you should occupy them as well.”

“I placed a Moon Well deep within the mountains. The elements there will become increasingly concentrated. Elara will surely need that place for cultivation later.”

Clearly, Edward, as a mentor, was seeking benefits for his disciple.

Orion nodded and transmitted the order to Soraya, telling her to dispatch scorpions to occupy the Grey Mountains.

Simultaneously, she was to select a site and construct a city for Elara within the Grey Mountains.

With everything arranged, Edward took Elara off his neck and handed her back to Orion.

“Little Elara, mentor will come see you again in a few days!”

“Mentor, are you leaving?”

“Mm, I need to return to meditate, to cultivate magic. Elara, if you miss me, you can call my name out to the heavens.”

Under the watchful eyes of Orion and Elara, the Deputy Commander turned, his figure vanishing as he teleported back to the central region.

“Did Elara miss daddy?”

Orion placed Elara back on his neck. It was hard to imagine that this foundling daughter he picked up was actually a Holy Spirit, an existence with the potential to become a god.

“Yes! Elara missed daddy very, very much!”

Orion continued to stroll around Soraya City with Elara, occasionally giving her equipment useful for magic training as rewards.

In corners, on city walls, Elara’s joyful laughter echoed everywhere.

…

Early the next morning, Orion walked out of Dusk Castle and, using the teleportation array, went directly to the frontline of the battlefield where fungal creatures were being expelled.

The wolf is a beast that combines ferocity, cunning, savagery, wildness, and agility; the frost wolf is a prime example among them.

Awooo!

Wolf howls rose and fell continuously; it was the frost wolves of the guards Dace, Otho, Beyn, and Torba communicating, coordinating.

Grrr…

A low warning growl, the ferocity of bared teeth; the roar and savagery erupting from the frost wolf’s throat exploded in an instant.

Crack!

The crunching sound of teeth biting into bone; Windfrost, Dace’s mount, launched an attack.

Immediately following, cracking sounds came from other directions.

Clearly, the other three frost wolves had also launched successive attacks.

The four frost wolves attacked from different directions, biting to death the Alpha peak slime mold parasitic creature before them. Dace, Otho, Beyn, and Torba combined their efforts, easily dispatching the enemy.

Collecting the life essence, Dace’s face relaxed somewhat.

He didn’t know when it started, but ever since the four guards could jointly encircle and kill Alpha peak fungal creatures, their coordination in this expulsion campaign had become increasingly seamless, and their own strength had grown ever greater.

“Good job!”

Dace lightly patted his frost wolf’s head, signaling the giant wolf, which was still biting the parasitic creature, to release its grip.

This was their understanding, and also their hard-learned lesson.

Previously, there was an incident with a special twin fungal creature. It had feigned death after yielding one clump of life essence, deceiving Dace and the others, resulting in him and two giant wolves suffering heavy injuries.

Since that time, the four giant wolves and the four guards had formed an understanding: never release the bite until the enemy is absolutely dead.

“Soon, Blackstone City and Stoneheart City will enter winter, won’t they? I really want to go back and see!”

Otho, Beyn, and Torba formed a triangular formation, guarding Dace as he searched for spoils, protecting him while also preventing any possibility of the enemy reviving and escaping.

“Soon. Probably about two more months!”

Beyn observed Rendall’s distant battle and sighed similarly.

“Speaking of which, our mood is somewhat conflicted. When we’re staying in Stoneheart City, we want to come out and improve our strength; now that we’re here, we’re thinking of going back to show off.”

This was Torba’s teasing remark, directed at himself and also at his companions, adding a touch of amusement to the otherwise tedious battle.