Only her mother truly understood Moli, and Xuan Can had casually surpassed the standard of the Jellyfish Species above the sea vortex.
"Thank you, Mom. I will diligently study weapons and that knowledge... After I go ashore, I won’t go to Mr. Fischer first. I will travel to other places to focus on enhancing my strength. I’m worried that if I go to Mr. Fischer, I might become complacent, and then I won’t achieve my goal. Is that alright, Mom?"
"Um, so... should I leave now?"
Watching Xuan Can, whose face lacked expression but clearly showed she was upset, Moli smiled helplessly. Her armor once again transformed into liquid, flowing toward her forehead to form a golden crown that secured her flowing blue hair. After seeing her mother nod, she did not leave immediately; instead, she pursed her lips, swam up to Xuan Can, and opened her arms to embrace her mother.
Maintaining her previous posture, Xuan Can was slightly stunned. For the first time, her movements were somewhat erratic. She also reached out to embrace Moli, pressing her into her own embrace, just like when she was a child...
"I’m going now, Mom. Time passes quickly on land; I will work hard to become stronger."
"... Just take care of your safety."
After saying this, Moli released Xuan Can and, with a flick of her tail, quickly swam towards the outside of the Golden Palace, passing by the Whale-man Race still awake. She swam upward through the ocean without looking back, soon disappearing from sight, leaving only Xuan Can in the vast Golden Palace, watching as her daughter grew farther and farther away.
Xuan Can then placed one hand on the armrest, supporting her cheek, her gaze flickering slightly, and her expression becoming somewhat colder. It was not until she felt that Moli had left the sea trench that she suddenly spoke coldly to the expanse of emptiness in the palace,
"Ramasitia, what exactly do you want with my daughter? That human, Fisher Benavides... he carries the scent of that friend of Moli’s father, that rebel who liked demi-humans, who has been missing for so long and yet has appeared again. I thought that madman had died in the war."
"What exactly is the situation with Fisher Benavides? Is he another mad outsider like him?"
In the golden hall, an old woman’s frail voice softly spoke, expressing denial,
"Xuan Can, outsiders are not the source of disaster but a manifestation of the disasters that arise. They appear here and bring chaos to the world for other reasons. Your husband’s friend was one of the most exceptional among them and initially had the most hope of solving the Doomsday Prophecy, but outsiders will always be outsiders, and they are not the answer..."
In the hall, the old woman’s voice changed, becoming steadier, deeper, the low male voice full of magnetism,
"The Red Dragon Queen will rise first and incinerate everything human with her wrath..."
Then, like passing a baton, another frivolous female voice echoed,
"The Mysterious Sea Child will stir up great waves to erase the sins of humanity..."
Xuan Can’s breathing momentarily faltered, and her eyebrows deeply furrowed, a very dangerous oppressive feeling surrounding her,
"Moli? The prophecy is related to Moli..."
The frivolous female voice shifted to an ageless, gender-neutral child’s voice, yet with an uncharacteristically mature tone,
"The Sky God will leave the remnants with no place to hide, nowhere to belong..." Newest update provided by NoveI[F]ire.net
A second later, the voices around her completely overlapped, sounding like ten thousand people, like countless individuals of different genders, races, and ages speaking in unison,
"The Undead Witch will use magic to write their epitaphs."
Xuan Can’s expression turned serious as she looked up at the upper reaches of the hall,
"This is the prophecy of human destruction, the inevitability of human failure and extinction, and also the reason I avoid war..."
Ramasitia laughed playfully from the shadows,
"Hehe, Xuan Can, who told you that the remnants of the Sky God’s destruction are human remnants?"
Xuan Can’s pupils slightly contracted, and the entire ocean gradually calmed down, rendering the world under the moonlight eerily silent.