Chapter 511 - 501: Uncontrollable Talent
"The reason the Royals have been able to stand strong to this day is because of the blood that flows in their veins. To be more precise, it’s the human blood within them."
Seeing Jeanette Norris still looked confused, the Silver-Ringed Witch continued to explain, "In the Federation, only those with over thirty percent Human Race blood can be called part of the Human Race. The concentration of human blood in the Royals’ lineage, however, is generally as high as forty percent."
"But Master, I still don’t understand. Is the blood of the Human Race really that important? In all the previous studies, they weren’t top-tier in speed, strength, or command."
The Human Race was one of the oldest races in the Federation. You could even say that, to some extent, every citizen now had the blood of the Human Race flowing in their veins.
But even so, she didn’t think much of it.
Hearing this, the Silver-Ringed Witch shook her head with a look that said, ’you don’t understand’. The strength of the Human Race lay in its incredible adaptability and malleability.
"In the Federation, love between different races isn’t forbidden. But the children born from the union of two different races are always fraught with uncertainty. You could say the bad outcomes are the majority, while the good ones are as rare as a phoenix feather."
"The Human Race, however, doesn’t have such worries. Their descendants are strong, intelligent, and calm. You said before that the Human Race has no outstanding traits, but they also have no weaknesses. In fact, whether it’s strength, speed, or intelligence, they can improve all of them through cultivation. They are a terrifyingly formidable race."
"Hughes, the half-elf, is so powerful he could crush the current Elf King. If he weren’t uninterested in the throne, he would be the king of the Elven Race right now."
Jeanette Norris fell silent after hearing this, but she quickly recovered. "Master, weren’t we just talking about the creator of the Annihilation Arrow? Does she have some connection to the Royals?"
The Silver-Ringed Witch shook her head. "No, not really a connection to the Royals. But that person is a pure-blooded human, with the purest and most ancient human blood flowing in her veins."
Jeanette Norris felt like she’d been shocked too many times today, but after hearing her master’s words, she couldn’t help but be stunned once more.
"Pure-blooded humans... Didn’t they disappear a long time ago?"
Don’t get the wrong idea. When Jeanette Norris said "disappear," she didn’t mean they were wiped out. Rather, the pure-blooded humans of the past continuously fell in love and had children with other races, causing their bloodlines to become mixed with too many others.
The Silver-Ringed Witch shrugged. "Who knows? In any case, that’s what my investigation led to. It’s why I’m warning you not to act rashly. Humans are social creatures."
This was all but saying outright that the target wasn’t the only pure-blooded human; she might be surrounded by a whole group of them.
Although her opinion of the Human Race wasn’t going to change overnight, Jeanette Norris still abandoned her original plan to find the person.
After all, the Human Race had an old saying: listen to your elders, or you’ll pay the price.
Thinking of this, Jeanette Norris glanced at her master and asked, "Master, can you stay a little longer this time? It would give your disciple a chance to show her filial piety."
The Silver-Ringed Witch shot her a look but said nothing.
「Meanwhile, elsewhere.」
Moira Lynch was lying in a hammock strung between two trees. Warm sunlight filtered through the gaps in the leaves, dappling her face. Her body swayed gently, the picture of contentment.
Below her, a few Treasure Chickens were foraging for food.
Ever since moving here, Moira Lynch had been raising her Treasure Chickens to be free-range.
Treasure Chickens raised this way had firmer, more delicious meat. The only downsides were that they were harder to catch and it was a hassle to collect their eggs.
But since Moira Lynch didn’t have to do any of that herself, it didn’t matter.
"Patience, what’s the situation on Caelus?" Moira Lynch suddenly asked.
"The temperature on Caelus hasn’t dropped, but it’s not showing any signs of rising either. However, the underground installations in all of Cathaya’s bases are nearly complete. Although the overall temperature of Caelus hasn’t risen, the temperature within Cathaya’s borders is steadily increasing."
"They’re now planning to divert water from Calidia to Caelus. The first hot spring park is also under intense construction, and a location has already been chosen."
’Truly the infrastructure fanatics,’ Moira thought. ’Handling both Veridian Prime and Caelus at once.’
After hearing Patience’s report, Moira Lynch nodded in satisfaction. She had once heard of outdoor air conditioners and had been shocked at the time, thinking rich people truly had more money than they knew what to do with.
Now that Cathaya had created open-air ground heating, Moira Lynch finally understood. The feeling was just so damn good.
Although she hadn’t built the heating system herself, it was important to remember that Calidia was registered under her name.
That’s right. Although the matter of Calidia was decided by several people together, the planet was officially registered under Moira Lynch’s name.
After all, she had put in both the money and the effort. Shane Rhodes, Kai York, and Hugh Finch held some shares at most.
Knowing that everything on Caelus was stable, she could finally relax. Now, she was considering another matter.
Back on Aquaria, when she had used her Ice Talent in battle for the first time, she had noticed something strange.
At that moment, a diamond-shaped icicle materialized in Moira Lynch’s hand.
As the icicle appeared, the surrounding temperature plummeted. A layer of white frost even formed on the leaves of the nearby trees.
Seeing this, Moira Lynch immediately dispelled the icicle, and only then did the surrounding temperature begin to rise again.
"I still can’t control it." Moira Lynch’s expression was a little dejected.
According to the information she’d had Patience look up, known Talents with the Ice Element should be able to control not just the ice itself, but also the surrounding cold air, to avoid accidentally harming their teammates.
But she couldn’t control it at all.
’Is it because I leveled up too fast and my hardware can’t keep up?’
Moira Lynch racked her brains but couldn’t figure out why. In the end, she had no choice but to give up thinking about it.
After all, she had no other solutions. If she couldn’t control it, then she would just have to learn how. In any case, the cold air couldn’t cause her any harm.
At worst, when she fought using this Talent in the future, she would just have to stay far away from other people. She believed that one day, she would be able to gain full control.
Just then, the sound of running footsteps came from a distance.
Turning her head, she saw Hugh Finch riding on Black Wolf’s back, heading toward her. He stopped right below her position.
Seeing him, Moira Lynch subconsciously asked, "Is it time to eat? But it’s not time yet."
Hugh Finch dismounted from Black Wolf and said, "It’s not time to eat. Someone’s looking for you. It’s that guy, Redlight. He said he has something important to discuss with you."
"Something important?"
Moira Lynch hopped down from the hammock, a puzzled look in her eyes.
"Yeah, something important. What have you been up to lately?"