This was plain to see—anyone could sense the difference!

After all, the basic requirement for the Divine Power wrought by Shen Yu through the Gray Mist was to make people feel a power far beyond ordinary divine might.

Without this, it would not be enough to give anyone the confidence to oppose the Divine Spirits.

"I've already said it," Wizard Shen Yu looked at Aivlette, "That is the Divine Spirit from my soul's homeland."

"The homeland of your soul…" Aivlette completely understood. There was an irrepressible joy in her eyes as she cupped Wizard Shen Yu's hand. "Those deities, those great Divinities, are willing to help us?"

"They're not helping us." Wizard Shen Yu shook his head, letting out a gentle sigh. "They can only help me."

Aivlette was stunned.

"The Divine Spirits from my soul's homeland don't like meddling in others' affairs, especially the troubles of a distant place like this. But on account of me being a compatriot, they're willing to help me—or rather, they treat this as a Trial for me." Wizard Shen Yu turned, grasping Aivlette's hand in return, gazing into her eyes, and spoke with utmost seriousness: "I can choose to give up, take a handful of people—like you—and escape this Plane, to another world without those deities. Aivlette, do you want to run away?"

"…Run away?" Aivlette stared blankly at Wizard Shen Yu.

The answer was already obvious.

She had never thought of fleeing this nation. Even knowing danger approached, and everyone was at a loss, all she wanted was to hurry here and tell her fiancé, pleading with Wizard Shen Yu to escape.

"You are my student, Aivlette," Wizard Shen Yu chuckled twice, "No one understands you better than I do. Likewise, no one understands me better than you. If there was no chance of victory, I would flee. But you wouldn't."

Aivlette was not another Wizard Shen Yu.

While she had learned much from Shen Yu, she had also received a noble's education and gleaned many virtues from it.

For example, honor and responsibility.

So she truly would not run—even if this country was headed toward ruin, even if she was powerless to stop it, she would meet destruction together with her nation.

This was the honor of being the third Princess of Violet, and her responsibility to every citizen of this land.

Thus, in this moment, Aivlette completely understood her fiancé's intentions.

"I understand," her voice quivered, but the hand grasped by Wizard Shen Yu steadily firmed, even beginning to swell with an immense longing. "In your eyes, the gods are not truly invincible, so you will not run either, right? What should I do?"

Yes, she truly understood.

Why had her fiancé wished her to sense that vast aura of divine power from the other side?

The gods may not be able to be defeated by mortals—but it is possible for them to be defeated by a stronger Divine Spirit!

As long as that possibility existed, the person before her would never flee.

As for herself—was there anything she couldn't do?

"I want you to start a rebellion," Wizard Shen Yu stated his thoughts crisply and straightforwardly. "The gods' first method has already descended: plague. At this rate, in one or two days it will spread throughout the entire Violet Duchy. But don't you find it odd? With the power of the Divine Spirits, why destroy the world in such a clumsy way?"

"Because it's more convenient?" Aivlette reacted quickly.

"Exactly. Maybe what they intend to destroy isn't just a single Plane!" Wizard Shen Yu's mind raced. "Using Divine Power to directly wipe out a city or a nation—a deity could do it. But I don't believe it would come without cost. Treat the gods as stronger mages, and you'll understand: any grand display of Magic comes with an equally tremendous cost in Magic Power."

If the World of Gods took action, wiping out humankind with unreasonable Mighty Power…

Needless to say, all Wizard Shen Yu could do would be to flee with those dearest to him.

Escape wherever possible, then find a way.

But plague?

A laughable method.

If the gods wished to destroy the world in a way that conserved their Divine Power, then he could also preserve the Gray Mist to block the deities.

To a certain extent, so long as he had enough Gray Mist, all Shen Yus could become Divine Spirits!

"I understand." Aivlette did not ask how Wizard Shen Yu would block the Divine Spirits in the days to come. She simply gazed quietly at her always-mysterious and erudite fiancé, her voice softening and a trace of shyness flickering within: "One last question… are you a god?"

This time, it was Wizard Shen Yu's turn to be stunned.

"You hold no reverence for the Divine Spirits—not only in the past, but even now as you speak of those great Divinities from your soul's homeland," Aivlette pursed her lips. "And why would a god help you? Test you? Even if you refused to give up the Trial, you'd still be permitted to run away with those close to you… This is too lenient for someone with no respect for the gods."

"…You truly are perceptive." Wizard Shen Yu smiled and sighed slightly.

Ordinary people could never be so attentive to detail when overwhelmed by such dense and immense shocks of information.

And come up with such a bold guess.

Actually, it was not just that Wizard Shen Yu brought Aivlette a sense of mystery and erudition—Aivlette also often gave Wizard Shen Yu the feeling of discovering a rare treasure.

In any world, in any civilization, there always seemed to be people who were born extraordinary.

"So you really are…" Aivlette felt as if her breath was about to stop.

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