Ellie said, "The moment you discovered something was off about me, I felt this was the correct course of history. After all, among these people, you're probably the only one who could detect my abnormality. Besides... I don't plan to spoil any future events for you, so this won't cause a paradox... probably (whispers)."
"Is that so..." Sir Xia Na pondered for a moment, then looked up and asked.
"So, by letting me know all this, are you asking for my help?" Sir Xia Na asked.
Ellie explained, "Yes, I know it's too difficult for me alone to guide history onto its correct path, so I need companions."
"If that's the case, wouldn't it be better to just tell everyone everything? Tell them they're saviors or something... I think they'd be happy to accept it, right?" Sir Xia Na said.
Perhaps her gamer brain was acting up again. She must have read many transmigration stories about heroes fighting evil. While heroes usually get a happy ending, the ending awaiting you heroes isn't the most perfect one, at least not for you.
Ellie dropped her earlier playful demeanor and asked in a very serious tone, "If I told you that after saving humanity, you saviors still couldn't return to your own world and had to remain in this world until you died, would you still want to be saviors?"
"..." Sir Xia Na didn't answer. After a long silence, she finally spoke, "Tell me, how do we all die in the end?"
Ellie reassured her, "You die peacefully of old age. Within my knowledge, that is. After all, your story, to me back then, only existed in storybooks and legends. As far as I know, after saving humanity, you all lived normal lives and eventually died peacefully of old age..."
"Is that so? That's wonderful," Sir Xia Na whispered. Although the 'that's wonderful' was very, very quiet, it didn't escape Ellie's unusually keen ears.
At this moment, Ellie felt a pang of guilt. Dying peacefully of old age was only true for the normal humans in the cave. As for you... Sir Xia Na's ending... she would ultimately be killed by the Eight Greed Kings in solitude. Seeing Sir Xia Na's relieved expression now, Ellie couldn't bear to tell her her true personal ending.
The time that followed was mostly spent in casual conversation, mainly discussing game knowledge about the World Tree. This was also Ellie's preparation to pull off her deception.
Although Sir Xia Na, still a bit cunning, would occasionally interject a question or two, trying to trick Ellie into revealing information about the future.
However, Ellie saw through all of it and skillfully deflected her. After all, Ellie didn't know much herself; even with the official guide she left for herself, the description of the Six Great Gods event was only a few brief sentences.
It should be said that the guide she left for herself was actually extremely unreliable, basically only stating what major events would occur at specific points, with no other explanations whatsoever.
It basically boiled down to one sentence:'Since you are me, you'll definitely understand.' Understand what, for crying out loud? Why not just write it clearly? When did her personality become so twisted?
Didn't she hate it most when people deliberately played coy? Although she had done plenty of such things herself when tricking others.
They didn't chat for too long, until dawn. The Uncle was the first to wake up. As soon as the Uncle got up, he immediately ran out to check on Sir Xia Na.
Seeing Sir Xia Na and Ellie chatting happily, he seemed to relax and let out a sigh of relief. It was clear that the Uncle was very worried about Sir Xia Na.
However, despite his worry, having just experienced transmigration and being chased by dragons, normal humans still couldn't escape the inherent flaw of their species: the need for rest, sleep, and physical recovery.
Of course, if they had the previous 'Vigor Gauntlet' to eliminate fatigue, it would have been fine. Generally speaking, such equipment would be considered trash in a game, but in this world, this piece of equipment was indeed top-tier for the human race.
Although the others had also woken up, seeing Arute and Lan with dark circles under their eyes, it was clear they hadn't slept well all night, having gone through such an ordeal.
However, Livia-san, who had been constantly worried and scared, was stretching and looked completely satisfied. It seemed she was quite a character; she was the most timid, yet also the one who slept the soundest.
After everyone woke up, it was time to discuss their next move. After all, this wasn't a game world; there were no quest-giving NPCs.
Ellie couldn't just overtly tell them their mission was to save humanity, and she also didn't know their current location.
Although she had a map of the continent from six hundred years later, generally speaking, the topography shouldn't change in six hundred years, so it could still be useful.
But the prerequisite was knowing her current location, and the letter she left for herself didn't say where to go... So, Ellie was quite lost regarding their next actions, but that didn't mean she had no plan for their next move.
Lan suggested, biting on a piece of jerky, "Without a map, and not knowing where we are, the top priority is definitely to gather information about this world. We can't do anything without information. According to transmigration novel rules, we should first find a populated village to gather intel."
Arute also agreed, "No map, no idea where we are. The most important thing right now is indeed to gather intelligence about this world. We can't do anything without information."
The Uncle also agreed, "Then let's decide which way to go..."
However, Ellie, who knew the plot, was naturally aware that at this point in time, there couldn't be any populated villages. Because the only places where humans existed now were the "Ranches" managed by the Dragon race.
This was mentioned in the letter she left for herself, which said she absolutely had to visit the "Ranch" to see how humans lived six hundred years ago.
However, that was the only sentence, with no mention of where that "Ranch" was. And it deliberately said that with her incredibly smart brain, she would definitely find the place.
It was such a simple matter to just point a direction, yet she had to play coy. She truly hated her future self from a few hundred years later.
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