Starting with the sentries on the frontier

Chapter 131 The Chosen One

Then, with just those two words uttered, the earth instantly expanded outwards from where Zag stood, creating a white frost area several square meters in size, the same size as the second [Frostbite] spell cast by Liam!

Even the surrounding temperature suddenly dropped significantly!

Liam's usually expressionless face was suddenly filled with astonishment and disbelief. He quickly stepped forward, squatted down and carefully observed the white frost that Zag had condensed. It was thinner than the one he had released the second time, but about the same as the one he released the first time, but the range was much larger.

More importantly————

"What language are you speaking? I've never heard of it before!"

In fact, Zag was also stunned.

Honestly, he genuinely wanted to imitate Liam to cast [Frostbite]! But for some reason, the incantation came out in Chinese!

Moreover, he was almost unable to defend himself when Liam questioned him!

Zha Ge was utterly exasperated and couldn't believe his brain. Quick, share this! Think of a way to smooth things over!

This is not something you can just brush off by blaming Flint!

"I----"

Zag spoke with difficulty, trying to cover up his embarrassment: "I don't know how to explain this—"

At this point, one could either expose oneself as an outsider who had "usurped" Zag's original special identity and gamble that Liam would believe that one is innocent and harmless and would keep the secret.

Or, I'll bet on the big cat—cough, I'll bet that Snowball's most trusted mother goddess won't kill me out of respect for Snowball, and that I'll pretend to be a lucky person favored by Agora, because Agora is not only the mother goddess of fairies, but also has the authority of magic and spirituality, and is inextricably linked to magic, able to explain many inexplicable things; in short, she's mysterious enough.

Although theoretically demons are far more uncontrollable than humans, emotionally, Zag decided to trust Snowball.

"One day, I suddenly received Agorah's blessing—I don't know if it counts as a blessing, but anyway, I suddenly became very strange—for example, after just glancing at Flint's spellbook and seeing him cast spells, I learned the [Fireball] spell, and I was able to sense some special beings—"

Zag deliberately feigned a confused expression, putting on a very convincing performance, and tried hard to think of how to make the story sound even more mystical, so that it would at least sound like he was blessed by Agorah, a legitimate one of the Nine Holy Spirits, rather than some otherworldly visitor or cult member.

But before he could say anything more, he saw that although Liam had regained his composure, a complex expression appeared on his face.

"The chosen ones."

He said.

"What?"

Zag was taken aback.

He just made it up; is there really any explanation for it?

Then, just as he had thought, Liam explained: "According to records, during the Dragon Age, the Holy Spirits—or rather, the Demon Gods—in order to compete for faith and believers, would often select a few lucky individuals as their chosen ones. This was not a simple blessing, but rather the bestowal of special abilities and divine artifacts."

"Almost all the artifacts on the Dawn Continent today were brought to the Dawn Continent from the Annihilation or the divine kingdoms of various demon gods at that time, including the scepter of Friggia that you saw."

"So—" Zag pointed to himself and asked, "Am I a chosen one of the gods?"

Liam frowned, his expression turning serious. "According to your description, it should be, but—since the end of the Dragon Slayer War and the signing of the Dawn Protocol, no new Chosen Ones have appeared, and the previous Chosen Ones have gradually aged and died. If the records are correct, you should be the only living Chosen One of the Dawn Era, albeit a newly emerged one."

Zag scratched his head: "Can even those favored by the gods die? I thought they were all blessed by the gods, at least gaining abilities like immortality."

"Those favored by God have merely received divine grace and favor, but it is difficult to change the state of their lives unless a curse is placed upon them."

Curses—you know, God's curses aren't good things. Like werewolves and vampires, they gained immortality, but they also became monsters.

After answering Zag's question, Liam paused slightly, then his tone became increasingly serious: "What I'm more concerned about is why new Chosen Ones have appeared. The reasons for the emergence of Chosen Ones in the Dragon Age are multifaceted. Besides the demon gods vying for faith and followers, they are also vying for power and status, and even for the purpose of driving out the dragons."

"No matter the reason, it's no small matter. So, if new chosen ones begin to appear on the Dawn Continent, it means that something big is about to happen."

No, actually I made it up; it just happened to fit the description of "the chosen ones."

Zag glanced away guiltily and noticed that the tide, which had been some distance away, was getting closer and closer. The latest wave even touched the soles of Zag's boots. He quickly took a few steps back and reminded Liam, "The tide is coming in. Let's back up."

Liam followed him and walked a few steps away from the sea before speaking earnestly to Zag: "You are probably a chosen one of Agorah, and what you have gained are probably gifts such as powerful spirituality and a keen sense of magic. Don't waste such gifts. Since you can learn new spells so easily and quickly, let's try a few more. This may prepare us for the unknown challenges that are coming."

The "upcoming, unknown challenge" that Liam mentioned was clearly what he had previously thought was that the appearance of the Chosen One would inevitably be accompanied by "big events," which even made Zag a little nervous if he hadn't known that he had been lying all along.

However, Zag wouldn't refuse to learn more spells. Therefore, he didn't refute Liam's guess, but instead...

He nodded and said, "I'll give it a try."

Liam then explained two practical combat spells, [Ice Spike] and [Frost Wall], which clearly shifted from a conservative approach to an aggressive one, and two notifications successfully popped up in Zag's field of vision.

I have learned the Ice Spike technique.

I have learned 【Frosty Wall】.

The former involves shooting out an ice spike—if it were just an ordinary ice spike, its destructive power would be average. However, as everyone knows, the frost released by all frost-type spells is not frost in the ordinary sense, but frost imbued with magic, just like the freezing effect that Liam released when he used Frigga's scepter at the cult's headquarters. The cold brought by this magic cannot be resisted by simply wearing more clothes.

The latter creates a magical ice wall, the effect of which is currently unknown, since Zag hasn't tried any of his spells yet.

Divider [Snowball's Popular Science Theater]: The Dragon Era, as the name suggests, is the era when dragons ruled the Dawn Continent. At that time, all humans were slaves of the dragons, and even pure-blooded elves could only bow down and submit before the dragons.

Moreover, the dragons have their own dragon gods and do not consider demon gods worthy of worship. This is probably why the demon gods are willing to join forces with humans to drive out the dragons.

"Why is it called the War of Dragon Slayers? The Northrends are just patting themselves on the back!"