Their decision to stay underground during the era of Origin waters kept them safe from the conflict but it also made them one step behind the battle sage monkeys. That lag increased until they have no world god while the other races do. This conflict for Origin energy might be their chance to progress. War is bad but it creates heroes, it also brings the actualization of potential.
The prince's shoulders fell after he read the note and his head drooped in disappointment. If they don't participate in the competition then none of their talents can have access to the high concentration of Origin energy. They have to fight with the other races both native to the plane and immigrated from other planes for the leftover areas.
Soverick asked. "Now, that that has been taken care of. What do you have for me, Salvini?"
She didn't say anything. She smiled, took out a sheet of paper, and gave him. He frowned when he saw the paper but he took it. There is something written on the paper that he began to read.
"As you know, the competition will be hosted by a world god. You might not know what that fully means. For one, the competition won't be held in the Virut plane. It will be held within a special artifact that the world god built. The artifact will ensure fairness. Only skill will be tested. The reward for becoming the first in the competition is sure to change your mind about participating. You can ask the world god for anything including allowing the moles to participate in the competition, learn the art of making world fragments, or even ask for my hand in marriage *wink*."
Of his four eyes, only one read the note. The rest were busy with other stuff but all of them were frowning after he read the note.
He took out the sixth note he wrote in the forge and gave it to her. He had written his answer on it. He knows why she came here and that she must have a very convincing reason to change his mind. He prepared this sheet just in case. He can't pass up the chance to ask a world god for something.
Salvini's read the note. It said, "I Will Participate."
Then she smiled at him and gave him another note. This one said, "The note was my idea and so were the rewards. I knew the rewards will change your mind. I might not know what you will do, but I can predict and anticipate it."
All four of his eyes focused on her. He said, "You spent 93.2 hours coming up with this idea."
He doesn't have another note so he had to speak. He didn't predict that she will try to bost to him especially when he doesn't find anything impressive or worth bragging about her notes.
She gave him another note which read, "You're correct."
"I assume you're going to read too much into this." He said to her after reading it.
She have him another note in reply. "Yes. This proves that we are meant for each other. We are soul mates who know each other's mind."
He scoffed. "This means nothing."
Her eyes twinkled as she gave him another note. "We'll see about it."
Then she turned to leave. The others followed after her. Some bowed respectfully and others like Jarkon only gave him a very venomous stare. Salvini gave Jahkon a note which he passed on to Soverick.
"I'll see you in the competition. Then I'll avenge my brother."
Soverick ignored the foolhardy guy. So he killed the guy's brother. He should get over it. It's his brother's fault for being around the wrong crowd. His brother was at the wrong place at the wrong time and he got beheaded for it. You shouldn't hate the beheader, hate the blade.
Soverick is more concerned about the exchange of notes. He gave them notes and they happened to have prepared notes for him too. What are the odds of that? He gave them 6 notes and he received 6 notes in return. It is a little on the nose.
"What a charlatan." He said unimpressed with the display.
The event seems like she predicted his actions and prepared the notes but they are not as magical as it looks. She prepared for numerous scenarios by calculating the odds of some things taking place and then planned for them. She spent 93.2 hours preparing for this meeting with him whereas he came up with using notes on a whim not to waste time.
He gave them 6 notes and she gave him 6 notes in return. Her aim is to wow him but he is not fooled. He is not impressed despite the amount of time she spent on it. The notes are just one of her various preparations and she didn't even do it well.
"Something is up with these notes." He muttered to himself as all his eyes focused on the sheets of paper.
He feels a different mana resonance from each of them. The sheets themselves don't have any physical difference. They are all white and have the same physical dimensions. They might look alike but they have varying types of mana at different levels of concentration. It is also not the normal and random discrepancies that you will expect in nature during production.
He finds it odd that there's a significant difference in the composition of mana in each paper.
"Fire, earth, water, air, light, and finally darkness." He muttered to himself as he observed the sheets of paper.
He was able to quickly identify which element of mana is the highest in each paper. Each sheet has an element that stands out while the rest of the elements are the same quantity. It is odd because each paper has one element for each of the basic elements of mana while the rest are equal in concentration. It is like each sheet represents the 6 basic elements of mana.