Chapter 254 Tampered. Forgotten. Forgiven
"Humans started the war?" Rudy asked in an emotionless voice.
"Not the humans, but the one hundred evolved humans," Nyxia responded. "Do you want to know what they did after acquiring the powers?"
"What?"
"They became greedy. They wanted more powers. It was natural, after all. But the races asked them to wait for a few months to see how the humans cope with the powers. However, the humans didn't have patience."
"They began to— by 'they', I mean the evolved humans, by the way." After a brief pause, she continued, "They began to hunt the other races and used their blood, flesh, tears, hair, nectar, and the other things to feed that to the other humans."
"Hence, their army grew day by day. They even made the merge two races. But of course, that didn't end there. The hunt continued until the leaders of the other races found out."
"The war was inevitable at that point..." Rudy muttered.
"Yeah."
"What about the lord? If he wished, he could have stopped them, right?"
"Back then, the Lord also wished to live between us. But that also changed," she uttered with a distant smile on her face.
'Hmm? Us? Why did her story change from third person perspective to second person perspective?' Rudy wondered.
"They will eventually forget about you all, and you all will forget about them? You will live in a world where your existence wouldn't be known by them. Forgotten for forever?" Rudy asked in a solemn voice.
"That's the plan."
"That will never happen," he sighed. "You see, the myths were once legends, and legends were once tales. If someone stops telling stories, they become a legend that is known and admired by others. Once the legend is forgotten, it becomes a myth, which is strongly believed by some, but not all. What do you think happens when the myth is forgotten too?" Rudy asked with a knowing look on his face.
"What? They become history?" Nyxia responded with a random guess.
"To be honest, I don't know the answer myself," he scoffed while laughing.
"Boy, you truly are an interesting human, I will give you that. But I don't understand why I am feeling attracted to you. Tell me, boy. What have you done to me?" Nyxia asked with a calm yet distant look on her face.
"I haven't done anything to you. Also, I think you are just horny. When was the last time you... uhh.. relieved yourself?" Rudy asked with a straight face.
"Hmm~ That pleasure is temporary. It has no feelings, no love. Playing with myself leaves me with regret and a sense of loneliness that I can't get used to even after thousands of years," she said with a wry smile.
"If others heard this, they would be crying in the corner," Rudy chuckled. "I think I get what you are trying to say. But I can't understand... ummm... accept? I don't know."
He shrugged.
"When I was young— although I am still young— around Jane's age, I was a rebel!" She looked at Rudy and uttered, "Did I mention I am royal blood? My husband was a commoner whom I married, and you..."
She sighed and shook her head before murmuring, "Nevermind. This is a useless conversation."
She curled up and hugged her knees before burying her head between them.