Chapter 680: The Main Reason

"What kind of beings are dragons?" Daniel asked while flying through the sky, glancing at the distant horizon.

"On the outside, they are cold, serious, bad-tempered, and authoritative. But on the inside, they can be warm and kind beings, of course, if they like you," Evangelin answered without hesitation.

An hour ago, they had opened a spatial rift inside the palace toward the Divine Forest. However, unfortunately, they could only use that rift to reach the entrance of the forest.

To go any further, they had to fly on their own. And from the looks of it, the dragons lived in the deepest and farthest point of this continent.

Finn was flying alongside them as well, right behind them.

"You’re sure they won’t kill me, right?" Daniel asked seriously. No matter how powerful he was and how many trump cards he had, he seriously doubted he could escape from dragons.

"No."

Evangelin’s answer only made him more worried. There truly was no certainty that the dragons wouldn’t kill him.

Evangelin had already spoken to the dragons about this matter, and they had agreed to talk with Daniel. But there was no guarantee they wouldn’t kill him.

If a conflict broke out, she would do everything she could to protect this boy, but she couldn’t make any promises. She was certain that deep within the dragons’ territory, there was at least one False God.

An existence just below the true gods, the most powerful beings beneath them. Even she had no chance against such an entity.

Of course, there aren’t many False Gods in this world. In the current era, she only knows of one, and that one is of the dragon race.

Most of them were forced to ascend. After the Mother System’s mechanism gained absolute control over the world, it compelled any being that could pose a threat to security to ascend by force.

However, she couldn’t understand the reason behind such a decision. Wouldn’t it have been better to have stronger beings in the world who could defend it? And why is there still one left?

"I guess I can only hope they’re reasonable," Daniel sighed. They had come this far, and he had no plan to turn back.

"Can I ask why you really wanted me to fight Eva?" he then asked curiously.

He wasn’t stupid. With his experience in politics, he could tell that this woman’s purpose in asking him to fight Eva wasn’t only to break that girl’s pride.

There was definitely a more important reason. Eva’s arrogance was just an excuse.

Evangelin wasn’t surprised. Her face remained as indifferent and cold as ever. She knew Daniel was a smart boy and might figure it out, so she wasn’t really shocked.

"That old man I asked about the fragments told me that you might be the Fallen himself, not his heir. I wanted to make sure."

Unlike her, Daniel was stunned and even a little shocked.

Him? The Fallen himself? Seriously?

"First of all, how did you even think that was possible? Second, how did a sparring match make you sure I’m not him? Third, even if I were, I thought the Fallen was a beloved god among humanity, or at least he used to be." In the end, he couldn’t control his curiosity and asked.

First, he was certain that he himself wasn’t the Fallen. Second, he didn’t understand how a battle could make others certain that he wasn’t the Fallen.

And third, according to the story from the Prophet of Eternity, the Fallen was more of a hero than a devil

"You are too talented. For your rank, you are far too powerful. The peak of what a genius can be is Eva, but compared to you, Eva is like a weak, powerless, lowly insect, even though you are almost the same age."

"You have the blood of a god, but so does Eva. You can use a Supreme Law, but Eva can as well. So why are you so much stronger? That old man said it’s impossible for a human to achieve the things you have achieved," Evangelin explained.

"I also began to doubt, so I decided to test you. A fight with that girl. If you were truly the Fallen himself, I would have realized it during the battle."

"How?" Daniel asked.

"It’s simple. Eva uses the Law of Destiny. The Law of Destiny has absolutely no effect on the existence and soul of a Supreme God. None at all."

"Even though your current body is mortal, if your soul were that of a god, or if your existence itself were that of a Supreme God, there would be no way those skills could affect you."

"And yet they did. You had to either neutralize them or break them with power," she added.

"As for your third question, the Fallen is indeed a beloved god. But he was also the most unpredictable, the most dangerous, the most ruthless, and the most powerful god among all mortal gods. During his war with the gods, he destroyed many worlds because of his rage. I doubt he would still be the same as he once was."

"If you’re upset or angry about what I did, I apologize. But I had to make sure."

Daniel fell silent and said nothing. Evangelin’s explanation was logical and convincing. On the other hand, he didn’t know exactly what the Fallen had done during that war.

The Prophet of Eternity had only given very brief explanations. At that time, he had realized that the Prophet was definitely hiding things. But the idea that the Fallen had personally destroyed countless worlds...

Naturally, having such concerns was normal. Even he had been extremely worried when he found out that a god might be hidden inside his body.

And now, the possibility that the Fallen might not be the same being he once was... wasn’t impossible.

"Don’t you think it’s possible that I knew all of this and just acted like the Law of Destiny affected me?" Daniel asked sarcastically.

"It’s possible. But I prefer to believe that’s not the case," Evangelin replied in the same indifferent tone, though there was a hint of hidden warmth in it.

Before Daniel could say anything more, she added:

From the very beginning, she had completely opposed that old man’s words and did not accept them at all. She was certain that her master would never acknowledge a man who posed a danger to the world as the new Eternity.

Not only her master, but also the Hero of Death and the sword, The Heavens Honor.

However, that old man was the overseer of the Hall Of Fame, a man recognized by the Mother System itself, and she had no choice but to consider such a possibility and make sure.

Fortunately, Daniel was not the true Fallen himself, but his heir. And even if he were, that wouldn’t necessarily mean he would become an evil and dangerous devil.

Before that war, the Fallen God had been like a savior to humanity and this world. It was only during that war that he committed questionable acts.

And that was because rage had blinded him... She did not think that the thirst for blood still existed within the Fallen God.

"We’ve arrived. This is the dragons’ territory."