Strange Voyage: Summoning the Fourth Disaster.

Chapter 708 How do you choose?
Apart from the story of Ava and Dolan.

The suicide note also mentioned a very important name.

"...This might be difficult for you, but I still hope you can find an opportunity to persuade this poor little girl, Kenara. She hates her own ugliness and is too obsessed with her appearance and other people's opinions, which is not a good thing..."

"...Finally, please take good care of this forest where we live. Of course...most importantly, take good care of yourself. You've sacrificed so much for me, and you're the one I worry about the most, my love..."

The suicide note ends here.

After reading it, the two couldn't help but look at each other in bewilderment.

"Holy crap, Ava... Dolan... So that's how that ugly elder Ava Dolan got her name? She's a woman?"

Li Miao was somewhat surprised.

Even if there were already suspicions about the hidden details of the matter.

But he never expected that the ugly boss in the forest was actually a woman, and judging from the contents of her husband's suicide note, she used to be very beautiful.

"Hate your own ugliness?"

"Kenara was actually ugly?!"

It was unbelievable that I got ashore.

Li Miao rubbed her temples and glared at him: "Luckily I didn't listen to you and do something reckless."

He came ashore with an embarrassed smile.

Then, glancing out of the corner of his eye, he seemed to have made another discovery. After letting out a soft exclamation, he bent down and picked up something from the ground.

"...blood-stained skull spikes..."

"...Trial participants who cannot accept that they have made the wrong choice..."

"Hiss, could this be referring to the remains of that trial participant we found before?"

After getting ashore and glancing at the contents, he handed it to Li Miao, who was standing nearby.

After glancing at it, Li Miao slowly nodded: "I'm afraid it should be correct."

"It seems that the owner of that skeleton also came here... That's why he felt guilty and couldn't accept his actions, so he chose to commit suicide?"

"Um……"

Li Miao seemed to be deep in thought.

At this point, most of their previous doubts and questions have been answered.

The ugly elder Avadoran of the forest was a testament to her husband's will and was also a part of the trial at the request of the Long Night's Fire.

Kenara was also acquainted with the couple, and was also part of the trial.

As for the remnant spirit inside the abdomen, it must have chosen to kill Avadoran without knowing the truth.

Later, after arriving here and learning the truth, he chose to commit suicide out of guilt...

"Was it necessary for the trial participant to commit suicide?" He scratched his head, not quite understanding. "He's already done it, and Avadoran isn't incapable of being resurrected."

"You think everyone is as shameless as you?" Li Miao rolled her eyes.

"Alright, let's not talk about this anymore. Let's go find the Ugly Elder and take this will with us; it might come in handy."

After packing up, the two set off again, continuing their journey through the forest.

This time, they happened to encounter a group of lives they had seen before.

This group of creatures, somewhat resembling deer, surrounded a pregnant member of the herd, seemingly awaiting the birth of a new life.

The two stopped to watch.

As new life is born, tiny specks of light, imbued with vitality, rise from the surrounding earth and fall into it.

As the tender cries of the newborn rang out, all the creatures knelt down in one direction, bowing their heads and chirping softly, as if expressing their gratitude.

Li Miao seemed to be deep in thought.

Before long, the two arrived at the place where the ugly elder was again.

"Wow wow wow!"

The little shrub spirit was overjoyed to see the two arrive, squawking loudly, but its roots did not detach from the earth.

Sensing their arrival, the ugly elder reappeared as the ground trembled.

Upon seeing them, the ugly elder seemed to have anticipated it and nodded slightly.

"Do you want to take my heart?"

"bring it on."

The ugly elder seemed quite used to this. "No, that's not why we came here."

At this moment, Li Miao shook his head and took out the suicide note in his hand.

"Could you please enlighten us?"

Seeing this, a hint of surprise flashed in the ugly elder's eyes. After a moment of silence, he nodded.

……

The birth and death of life constitute a cycle, while the reconstruction and allocation of resources determine whether this cycle can operate smoothly.

Therefore, in the trial grounds completely isolated from the outside world, the ugly elder must maintain the "balance" of life in order for the forest to continue to function.

Only by consuming life that is about to die of old age can vitality be given to newly born life.

The losses incurred were borne by the ugly elder himself.

Although it won't kill you, it will still consume a lot of your energy.

Of course, as the dominant force in one of these places.

The ugly elder can also choose, like Kenara, to adopt a laissez-faire attitude towards the territory under his jurisdiction, ignoring it and focusing on his own affairs.

But the ugly elder cannot do it.

This was the place where she and her husband had lived for a long time, and she couldn't stand by and watch it turn into a barren wasteland.

So even if it makes her ugly and horrifying, she doesn't care.

however.

The trial participants are visual creatures.

They usually don't have time to understand why an ugly elder is ugly.

After receiving Kenara's "warm hospitality," they usually lose the ability to think further.

Or, even if something feels wrong, you're too lazy to find out why.

After all, either the ugly elder or the desolate beauty has to die.

That being the case.

Of course, it should be an ugly death.

The ugly old man was already used to this.

She didn't complain about it; she just remained calm.

Her husband, Ava, is dead.

Neither her beautiful face nor her alluring figure mattered to her.

In contrast, Kenara, living in the desolation, cares most about beauty.

She draws the life essence of those who come and go through trials as nourishment for her beauty, and revels in seeing them basking in her glory.

Of course, this is a mutually agreeable arrangement.

Strictly speaking, Kenara didn't do anything wrong. The "desolate corpse" ended up in such a state because of its own actions.

"...That's how it is."

After the ugly elder finished speaking calmly, he nodded slightly to the two of them.

"The ability to see beyond the surface to the inner self is a valuable quality and wisdom; you have already surpassed many who have undergone trials."

"but……"

The ugly elder chuckled softly.

"That being said, you will still have to make a choice in the end."

"If you want to pass the trial, you must obtain either my heart or Kenara's heart."

"tell me……"

"How will you choose?"

The ugly elder's gaze fell upon the two of them.

"Ah this..."

He felt somewhat awkward about getting ashore.

Even though it was just a game, he shouldn't have been able to raise a knife against the ugly elder without any remorse after learning the truth...

(End of this chapter)