Chapter 552: Crown Jewel

Arba and Aston led him inside, where they first talked. The room remained the same and Arba seemed to become a bit lazier when she reached the room.

Kai saw her leaning her back on the wall while stretching her body with a yawn as if she planned to sleep.

Aston, on the other hand, glared at her while coughing. "Ahem, Arba. What are you doing?"

"We are going to have a long talk, you know. Why would you be that formal? It's not like this is a business talk or whatever." Arba shrugged and added, "Of course, if my king doesn't like me acting this way, I will talk to you politely."

Kai chuckled and said, "It's fine. Talk to me normally. It's not like there are any other people here, so you don't need to put a farce. Also, what I want to talk about is rather important, so if you can explain it to me in a way I can easily understand, that is enough for me."

Listening to Kai's words, Arba scratched the back of her head and straightened her back. "I understand. I shall answer your questions to the best of our ability."

Kai nodded. "Then, first question, what is the Crown Jewel?"

Aston and Arba exchanged looks, realizing that their king never wasted any seconds and quickly went to the point.

Aston was the first to answer. "Crown Jewel is the manifestation of extra energy from Earth. Just like the sun keeps producing energy, our Earth also produces such energy. Of course, the quantity is far different.

"And the sun is releasing its energy to its surroundings while Earth has its own layers and crusts, preventing the energy from being sent to outer space. Hence, to let that amount of energy, the Earth produces the Crown Jewel."

Arba raised her hand and continued, "After a long period of time, this Crown Jewel finally found its way to the surface through cracks and other gaps. It's more complicated since no one knows how it can go up, but the principle is like a volcano."

"Is there a reason for the Crown Jewel to be wielded by a certain race?" Kai asked. "I mean, I have heard multiple times from people saying the Crown Jewel and the altar are for a certain race. So, I am wondering why it's that way…"

"Certainly. That pure energy source is obviously too strong for any living creatures. For example, you can think of it as a human wielding nuclear power. It's hard to imagine, right?"

Kai nodded.

"This power is the same. The Crown Jewel contains a high amount of radiation coming from the Earth's core itself. A race that finds it begins to evolve and evolve until their body is strong enough to withstand the radiation.

"At the same time, the radiation inside the jewel gradually disappears, leaving only a complete power supply. And due to the special radiation, that particular race has become the only one suited for that power."

"So, humans also have evolved from our own Crown Jewel's radiation?" Kai asked.

"Yes. To put it simply, evolution theory is indeed true. However, we don't know which race is our ancestor yet." Aston shook his head helplessly.

"I see. So, we are the result of evolution and this Crown Jewel is for us. In that case, what happens if humans further evolve to another species? I mean, even in the past, there was a giant human or something."

"The core is still human." Arba shrugged. "Normal evolution process changes the outer appearance and structure, but the evolution coming from the Crown Jewel is all about the fundamentals. Unfortunately, we don't know what the fundamental of our own being is… Why are we called humans? Why did we first call other races Spider Race, Snake Race, and others? No one knows, but the result is already in front of our eyes."

Kai looked down, falling into deep thought. "I can understand the situation. Still, I really want to say this, it's truly ridiculous… To the point if it's someone else telling me this kind of information, I would have denied it and distanced myself from him."

"At least, my king didn't react like Arba." Aston chuckled.

"Oi!" Arba glared at him, telling him to shut up.

Meanwhile, Kai already said, "Ho? That's interesting. Tell me."

"When she first—Huup!" Before he started talking, Arba already grabbed Aston's and covered his mouth.

"You old bastard, do you want to die?" Arba gritted her teeth and released her killing intent.

"I'm just answering my king's question." Aston used his Mind Magic to send his answer through their minds.

Arba's body shook as she looked at Kai with pleading eyes.

"She tried to assume herself as monkeys, spiders—" Aston continued, ignoring her pleas.

At the same time, Arba's face was darkened, so Kai waved his hand and said, "That's enough. I thought teasing her, who always acted nonchalantly, would be fun, but she is almost burst into tears, so we better stop."

"Certainly," Aston answered without hesitation, changing the topic in an instant. "Either way, we can search the past later and our future generations may find the answer too."

Arba was taken aback and gritted her teeth, glaring at these two who teased her. "Aston, you're dead."

"Why me?" Aston widened his eyes and pointed at Kai. "I'm answering his question."

"In any case, you're dead. I will kill you later." She snorted and looked away.

"Haha." Kai laughed and asked, "So, the only one  who can wield our crown jewel is me?"

"Yes. This is related to your own core. Every generation, the Earth will bless a child of any race with excess energy. And with the fact there are already so many Crown Jewels on Earth, the planet can't produce more than that and choose to bless the child of the race.

"This blessing will allow them to be connected to the planet. That's why they will always have extraordinary hearings and we are telling people that these people can hear the Earth's cry. Actually, it's not your hearing, but that fundamental thingy that gets enhanced, allowing you to hear more than you're supposed to." Arba explained with a nonchalant tone.

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Author's Note: We're already in the last arc. To commemorate this achievement, I'm commissioning an art for this novel. It's down below on the comment.