thebusnovel Chapter 304, Section 303: Mysterious Island, Titan Creation
Chapter 304, Section 303: Mysterious Island, Titan Creation
Chapter 304, Section 303: Mysterious Island, Titan Creation
Above the turbulent ocean.
When Ian finally broke through the last barrier of thunderstorms and reached the core, he saw an island surrounded by thick fog, seemingly isolated from the world.
As he slowly approached, the surrounding scenery gradually became clear: towering trees, colorful flowers, and a strange fragrance permeating the air.
All of this felt both unfamiliar and intriguing to him. Ian hurriedly landed on the island at the heart of the storm, before he could even shake off the rainwater from his feathers and transform back into human form.
"Splash~"
A round stone ball suddenly flew towards his face. Faced with the attack, Ian certainly couldn't let a fist-sized rock smash directly into his forehead.
The stone ball wasn't moving very fast.
Even if someone bullies him because he's a child and tries to ambush him, he can easily dodge it. After all, Ian isn't an old man in his fifties or sixties, so he doesn't have to deal with the reduced reaction time caused by practicing the Lightning Five-Strike Whip.
He easily dodged the stone ball.
The stone ball rolled into the grass beside them. It hit the coconut tree behind them with a crack, making the tree sway and shake, showing that it was definitely not light.
"Holy crap! A sneak attack?"
The raven form instantly dissipated, and Ian saw a little girl with pigtails jump out of the bushes. He walked forward, somewhat confused, to pick up the stone ball.
"strangeness."
The little girl who emerged from the bushes muttered to herself.
She picked up the stone ball and examined it carefully.
"Why is it not working? Didn't you say that this would allow me to catch magical creatures?" The little girl seemed incredulously confused about the knowledge she had learned.
"..."
Ian grabbed her head and pressed it down.
"You're treating me like a Pokémon, aren't you?" He was genuinely bewildered, and the bewilderment a child feels when a bird turns into a person is no less than that of Ian.
"Oh my god! You can turn into a human!" The little girl was completely stunned, her face filled with disbelief, and her eyes were filled with shock as she looked at Ian.
"And it can even talk!"
The little girl's eyes widened, and the stone ball in her hand fell to the beach with a "plop." There was no magical aura about her, so she probably didn't know that Ian had used Legilimency to obtain a new language system from her little brain, which was why he was able to communicate with her without any barriers.
Ancient languages were truly complex, and Ian developed the habit of learning a language for every species he encountered, though such languages would likely be of little use in later generations.
Most of these languages are buried in the long river of history as time goes by. They don't contain any power; they simply exist as languages on their own.
"I didn't become a human being; I was a human being from the beginning," Ian corrected the little girl's incorrect statement, even though in his eyes she was still a child.
She was about seven or eight years old.
This made it difficult for Ian to bring himself to beat the other person up – after all, he was an older brother who grew up in an orphanage, and Ian was always quite tolerant of children younger than himself.
While living in the orphanage, there were quite a few naughty little brothers and sisters. Ian couldn't punish them every day, so he was quite tolerant in this regard.
of course.
When faced with truly unruly children, Ian would still step in to teach them a lesson. However, this was clearly not the case now; the little girl in front of him had mistaken him for a magical creature.
It was a misunderstanding.
This misunderstanding just made Ian feel a strong sense of déjà vu. He was just in the storm, feeling that the long snake looked like Rayquaza, and now that he's in the heart of the storm, someone is trying to capture him with something that looks like a "Poké Ball"—it's a good thing this world doesn't have Nintendo Hell, otherwise a lawyer's letter would definitely have been mailed to ancient times.
This is absolutely infuriating.
"Wow, no wonder I couldn't catch you, you're not your average magical creature." The little girl didn't listen to Ian's explanation at all; she seemed to have her own interpretation in her little head.
"Oh my god! I've encountered a legendary magical creature!" She suddenly became so excited that she danced around, and what she said made Ian feel like his head was buzzing with a dreamlike sensation.
"Can you stop treating me like a Pokémon?" This was the second time Ian had reminded the other person. He wasn't a magical creature, so why was the other person acting like he had a cerebellum and couldn't understand?
Perhaps it's because none of the people living on this island possess magic, nor have they ever seen or even heard of it, so they inherently believe that it's impossible for a person to turn into an animal.
But even so.
What's with all these copyright infringement warnings?! Such jarring and misleading statements left Ian speechless. It was utterly absurd; he even felt like he was under a spell.
"what?"
Upon hearing this...
The little girl paused for a moment, then blinked her big eyes, her face full of curiosity: "What are Pokémon? I only know about magical animals."
Ok.
This statement confirmed to Ian that he hadn't experienced another time travel during the storm and ended up in another Hui-jie's world, which only existed in fantasy works.
"It's a video game where you catch monsters. It also has an animated series."
Ian suddenly choked up.
"What are video games? I only know how to play hide-and-seek and peek-a-boo. What are cartoons?" The little girl clearly had some difficulty understanding the terms Ian was using.
After all, they were ancient humans.
Of course, they wouldn't understand some of the concepts from later generations.
"It's just a fantasy anyway."
Ian gave a brief explanation.
The little girl stared in shock, her mouth agape.
"This is practically our life!"
Her words silenced Ian once again.
"Can you tell me what this stone ball is?" Ian remained silent for a long time. There was a communication barrier between him and the other party, so he decided to first understand the situation before him.
"Oh, this is our treasure for capturing magical creatures." The little girl said, proudly holding up the stone ball, its surface covered with ancient runes. "Every child receives a stone ball when they turn 12, which allows them to capture a magical creature in the wild to be their lifelong companion."
Upon hearing this...
The sea breeze whipped up sand and slapped it against Ian's stiff face.
The air became quiet again.
"Lifelong partners? Is this how people live here?" Ian asked incredulously, his eyes wide. He believed that the Department of Justice in Hell could travel through time.
They'll sue this island until it goes bankrupt.
"Yes, it's part of our tradition." The little girl, completely unaware of Ian's inner thoughts, nodded, her eyes shining with pride.
Ian's lips twitched.
"My name is Sprout!" The girl completely ignored Ian's attitude, excitedly tugging at his sleeve. "Are you from outside the island? How can you turn into a magical creature?"
"Could it be a resonance of souls? But where are your companions?"
The noun she used.
It also gave me the feeling that I couldn't understand it at all.
"My partners are law and justice," Ian said expressionlessly, continuing his questioning, "So you use this ball to catch all the magical creatures here, right?"
talking.
Ian's gaze fell on the stone sphere.
Say something.
The runes drawn on it looked somewhat like Titan creations, and he suspected that all of this was the work of the Titan who had been driven away, but he couldn't understand where that Titan got such a wild idea from.
"Yes, yes!"
The girl, Xiaoya, seemed to have no defenses against Ian.
Perhaps the people here are quite naive.
She counted on her fingers.
"My cousin got a fire-breathing lizard, and our neighbor, Qiang, got an invisible octopus. But the most amazing one is Grandpa Mayor, who tamed a thunder dragon when he was young!"
talking.
The girl, Xiaoya, looked on with longing. Ian, recalling the long worm in the storm, suddenly understood why that guy had been so agitated when he saw him.
As a magical creature.
The other person must have been challenged by others who rode magical creatures, and maybe even tried to capture them, so that guy probably has PTSD.
Thinking about this...
Ian forgave the reckless pirated Rayquaza.
"Your customs..."
Ian carefully chose his words.
"How long has this been going on?"
He suspected that these people were also creations of the Titans, just like Zeus and his contemporaries. He just didn't know whether these people became extinct in later generations or evolved into other species.
"It's been like this ever since our ancestor founded the village! But I don't know how long ago that was, anyway, we've always lived like this."
Xiaoya answered without any suspicion.
"Can you tell me more about this place?" Ian decided to delve deeper into this mysterious island, knowing he was probably very close to the remnants of the Titan.
"sure!"
The little girl said excitedly, "We have all sorts of magical animals here, and everyone has their own partner. You can go into the forest to catch them, or participate in competitions to show off your skills."
"A competition? What kind of competition?"
Ian had a very bad feeling about this.
as predicted.
"It's a battle between magical creatures to see whose partner is stronger. It's a kind of training, a training to challenge the raging storms beyond the world."
The little girl explained.
She pointed to the massive storm that was protecting the area in the distance.
"..."
What else could Ian say?
"It sounds like a gladiator match."
He could only try his best to help these pirates make sophistry.
"Not only that, we also hold various festivals and celebrations, and everyone celebrates with their friends," the little girl continued, her eyes sparkling.
"Your lives are so colorful," Ian exclaimed.
"And you? Where did you come from?" the little girl asked curiously.
“I come from a different world, where there is no way to communicate with magical creatures, and no challenges like yours,” Ian replied.
That's such a shame.
The little girl said regretfully.
I have no idea what she's regretting.
"However, I'm quite interested in your world now," Ian continued with a smile, not mentioning magic. "Could you show me around your town?"
perhaps.
Start by getting to know this town.
Ian was able to find out what the Titans had done and from whom they had stolen the idea to build this kingdom—Ian already had a guess at the answer to this question.
but.
Further verification is needed.
"Of course, no problem, but wait for me!" Xiaoya agreed without hesitation, her eyes sparkling as she looked at the coconut trees by the roadside. "I need to bring back some drinks."
Before Ian could react, the little girl with pigtails had already hopped to a coconut tree that was as thick as two people could hug. She took a deep breath.
The little fists pounded away fiercely.
boom! boom! boom!
A dozen straight punches slammed into the tree trunk, causing the canopy to shake violently. Accompanied by a teeth-grinding cracking sound, the coconut tree, over twenty meters tall, slowly tilted.
Finally, it crashed onto the beach with a loud "boom," kicking up a cloud of dust.
"Done!"
The little sprout happily pried open the tree trunk and easily took out several intact coconuts, just like peeling a banana.
Ian's eye twitched violently.
This scene is like Ash's superhuman strength has traveled into reality—no, it's even more outrageous than that, since there's no ten-year-old girl in the game who can eat a coconut tree like it's sugarcane.
That Titan was really too faithful to the original story!
"On your island."
Ian's voice was weak.
"Is everyone this aggressive?"
"Huh?"
Little Sprout tilted her head, looking completely innocent. "Isn't this basic? My little brother, Amao, could do it when he was three. I'm a girl, so I'm a bit weaker."
Her words once again left her speechless.
Ian was completely stunned.
Ian gazed at the distant town with its rising smoke, and suddenly gained a completely new understanding of the Titans' perverse sense of humor. His reaction did not affect the girl, Sprout's, mood.
The little girl skipped and hopped forward.
"Would you like to come and see our town?"
She turned back and extended an invitation to Ian.
"That would be wonderful!"
Ian quickly followed. Led by the little girl, Ian entered a vibrant town. The streets were lined with all sorts of shops.
Some surprises.
This place has a level of civilization comparable to that of the Middle Ages.
Instead of eating raw meat and drinking blood.
Right.
After all, the clothes the little girl was wearing also required some degree of civilization. Of course, unlike the civilization Ian was familiar with, the development of civilization here seemed to have gone slightly astray.
At the market, a burly man is competing in weightlifting with a gorilla.
In the teahouse, ladies were having afternoon tea with their little elves, but the most startling sight was a couple kissing their crystal snails on a park bench.
"What are they doing??"
Ian's voice even changed tone.
"To build a relationship!"
Little Sprout said it as a matter of course.
"Blood-related partners are naturally inseparable; some are even blood-related. I've heard that the mayor's family had an ancestor who truly rode a dragon and even married one."
Her words made it seem as if everything made perfect sense.
And at this moment.
Ian suddenly had a flash of inspiration.
"Wait, you just said we're connected by blood?"
I don't know why.
Ian's mind conjured up images of pure-blooded families with special bloodlines in later generations.
For example, the Dumbledore family, who can communicate with phoenixes.
and so.
Are the unofficial histories of the wizarding world true?
(End of this chapter)