In Elhesen's view, those who pursue the throne of heaven are simply pursuing some perverse ideals or are extremely persistent. Elhesen has seen too many such people in the Academy. The more knowledge those scholars acquire, the more they want to explore, especially the unknown. In the process of exploration, they can cause all sorts of trouble.

The existence of disciplinary officials is precisely to obstruct this type of scholar.

Unexpectedly, there were such guys not only inside the Kyoto Institute, but also outside of it, and they even came from Inazuma.

Being entangled with such a guy is what gives Elhesen the biggest headache, because you never know what such a person will do for their own purposes.

"If you want to pursue the throne of heaven, I think you can go to the Council of Sages and find the six sages. They may be able to give you more help."

El-Heinz responded coldly.

“No, they can’t respond to me. It’s you, Elhesen, who can help me.”

Ehrlich didn't want to argue with Li Yue about this, so he chose to change the subject.

"Putting aside whether I can help you, what I care more about is why you know that I'm going to investigate the Grand Disciplinary Officer's warrant for my arrest."

"Oh? As expected of Elhesen, very perceptive."

Li Yue smiled and raised her right hand, and then, right in front of Elhesen, a green single-edged sword suddenly appeared in her right hand.

"Ok?"

Elhesen stared at the familiar one-handed sword for a moment, then immediately drew his own weapon.

If your weapon is in your own hands, then what is the opponent's weapon?

El-Hysen immediately thought of a possibility.

"You did it?"

"No, to be precise, you did it."

As Li Yue spoke, she transformed into Elhesen's appearance, with short, gray hair, a strong body, a cold expression, and the weapon in her hand—she was clearly another Elhesen.

Now Elhesen understood why Seno was so determined to capture him.

The man in front of her had transformed into her likeness, used the exact same weapon, and done something against the rules, which was why Seno had taken action to arrest her.

"why?"

Al-Hysen already regarded Li Yue in front of him as an enemy.

Although it's unclear how the other person could so easily transform into other people's appearances and weapons, the fact that they deliberately impersonated me to cause trouble, resulting in me becoming a wanted criminal, suggests that they must have had their own motives.

"Why are you doing this?"

Do you want me to explain why I did this?

Li Yue smiled and asked in return.

So are you willing to tell me?

"What you said is fine. After all, I've already taken this thing. You no longer have the chance to make me tell the truth and then use that truth to clear your name."

As Li Yue spoke, she raised her free left hand, revealing a virtual terminal in the center of her palm.

"when!"

Elhesen touched his ear and found that his Void Terminal was gone; clearly, the other party had his Void Terminal.

In other words, the plan was intended to provoke the other party into revealing their true intentions, but the plan recorded using the virtual terminal was exposed by the other party.

No, it should be said that the other party made preparations in this regard from the very beginning, and took away the Void Terminal without our knowledge. How did they do that?

Transforming into one's own appearance is one thing, stealing the Void Terminal without one's knowledge is another. With such abilities, wouldn't it mean that the other party could easily disguise themselves as anyone and do anything?

Elhesen even began to imagine the other party becoming a great sage, entering the Church of God, and then conducting various researches by controlling the Church of God.

"Why did you choose me?"

After realizing the danger posed by the other party, Elhesen was puzzled. If the other party had the ability to infiltrate the Council of the Church, it would be very easy for them. There was no need for them to cause him any trouble. He was just an ordinary scribe, not one of the six sages in the Council of the Church. It didn't make sense for them to target him like this.

"Because I need some people to help me."

Li Yue opened her arms.

"This country is corrupt, and the corrupt Church rules this country. However, as a research institution, the Church has no idea how to govern this country. They simply hold power in their own hands and are incapable of bringing any future to this country."

“As a scribe, Elhesen, you must have seen many documents. How long has this country remained unchanged since the Great Tree King died 500 years ago?”

Elhesen was prompted to think about what was being said.

Seeing that Elhesen was thinking, Li Yue added another sentence.

"Or, to put it another way, does Mount Sumeru really have a grass god?"

"Um!?"

El-Heinz paused for a moment.

"What do you mean?"

"My meaning is very simple: in my eyes, Mount Sumeru is a godless kingdom!"

Elhesen was somewhat shocked, but he did not show it.

"Where's the evidence?"

"A god who hasn't appeared in 500 years?"

"..."

El-Heinz fell silent, and after a while, he chose to change the subject again.

"But what does that have to do with me? I'm just a lowly scribe. Matters concerning the gods are not my concern."

"Is that so? Is that what you think?"

Li Yue smiled and looked at Elhesen.

“That’s right, that’s what I think. I, Elhesen, just want to live a peaceful life.”

“Indeed, as a scribe, you have no right to interfere in matters concerning the gods, but what if Mount Sumeru is destroyed, making it impossible for you to live a peaceful life anymore?”

Li Yue pushed up her glasses.

"Elheisen, you don't want Mount Sumeru to be destroyed either, do you?"

237. Al Heysen chose to go undercover.

Al-Hysen was persuaded.

Although he didn't like getting involved in those trivial matters, he had to get involved when it came to the destruction of Sumeru. After all, while he believed he could protect himself in major events, he didn't want to end up as a refugee in another country after the fall of his nation.

"Speak, what exactly do you want?"

Inside a coffee shop on the Treasure Street in Sumeru City, the desert mercenary [Eisen] leaned back in his chair with his arms crossed, asking Li Yue and Nasida, who were sitting opposite him, a question.

After going around in circles, Al-Hysen finally arrived at the coffee shop he had wanted to visit since early that morning, but his identity was completely different from that morning.

In the morning, he was Elhesen, the scribe of the Order of the Monarchs, who was respected by the ordinary people of Sumeru. Now, he is Eisen, a mercenary from the desert who is looked down upon by the people of Sumeru.

As for why he was with Li Yue and Naxida, the reason is simple: he couldn't beat Li Yue.

After Li Yue said that Sumeru was destroyed, Elhesen chose to take action. He planned to subdue Li Yue and then force him to reveal the information he knew.

As a result, Li Yue simply raised his hand, and a whole bunch of trees attacked Elhesen. He couldn't cut them down at all by swinging his sword alone, and even using elemental power was useless. He couldn't even beat those few tree branches!

After being defeated by the tree branch, he was not discouraged. Instead, he chose Nasita, who was next to Li Yue. He thought that this seemingly weak girl could be controlled. In order to get the information he wanted, Elhesen had to take action.

The result was that he discovered that, apart from Li Yue, he couldn't beat this little girl called "Hinamori" either!

Even more direct and swift was Hinamori's action. She immediately had a large number of branches bind him up. What even the Grand Disciplinarian Seno couldn't do, she did. She used branches that suddenly sprouted from the ground to bind him, then dragged most of his body into the ground, leaving only his chest and above on the ground, and looked up at the two of them.

After realizing that he couldn't defeat any of them, and that they didn't seem to intend to kill him, Elhesen chose to temporarily submit. Although he didn't know what they possessed, he figured that by staying by their side, he could at least slowly learn something. So, Elhesen pretended to accept Li Yue's invitation and joined them.

"Do you remember what we talked about before?"

In response to Elhesen's question, Li Yue raised her chin at Elhesen, mimicking the upward gaze Elhesen had made when he was buried in the ground.

Elhesen's expression was somewhat unpleasant, but he still responded.

“Mount Sumeru is a kingdom without gods.”

"so what?"

"Therefore, I will ascend this throne of heaven."

"You want to be the god of Mount Sumeru?"

El-Hysen was somewhat surprised.

"Yes."

"What does this have to do with what you said before about Sumeru being destroyed?"

"Because if I don't become this god, I will destroy Mount Sumeru!"

Li Yue's words surprised even Elhesen.

No, what kind of logic is that?

You can't become the god of Mount Sumeru, so you want to destroy Mount Sumeru? What kind of lunatic is that?!

Is this the reason I wanted to ask you something outside the city?

However, the thought of Li Yue and Nasita's strange ability to control trees made him a little apprehensive. In the Sumeru Rainforest, what was the one thing they had in abundance? Trees!

There are trees covering the mountains and fields, and they are all kinds of huge trees. If Li Yue can control these trees, then Li Yue's power will be terrifying.

However, in Elhesen's view, the most troublesome thing was Li Yue's ability to transform into anyone.

He transformed into Elhesen right in front of him, and even committed crimes in that state.

Elhesen, now back in Sumeru City, understood what he had done that morning: he had killed a scholar in front of a peddler, and after the peddler saw it, he arrogantly went to a coffee shop for tea, only to be caught by the Grand Disciplinarian, Seno.

However, after Elhesen escaped, a strange thing happened: the body of the murdered scholar disappeared.

Elhesen understood that the so-called murdered scholar was probably a fake, and everything he had done was to slander him, Elhesen.

"I'm still very curious as to why they chose me."

Elhesen really didn't think he was anything special. He always kept a low profile in the Order of the Church and didn't do anything special. So why was he the one chosen?

"Because I believe you have the ability."

"I don't think I have that ability."

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