Against the Fate

Translated by: La Phong
Edited by: BE_EP

Chapter 34: Obsession

Cui Ming asked: “Isn’t it because you have some of your own secrets?”

“Of course not, how can pray in the temple fix wrongdoings? No, as you said, the best way to atone for it is to do more good. Naturally, I am staying in the temple because of cultivation needs. When I was young, I was eager for success, and due to my excessive greed, I forcefully cultivated the Arcane Constellation magic of the Mana Type which led to a disaster, so I left the Alliance College and gave up magic, changed into specializing in the Martial Type. Although Master Yuan Hai is an ordinary person, he is a senior martial artist. Under his teaching, I was finally able to open the door to a new world.”

Listening to these words, Cui Ming realized: “In your heart, you want to return to the Aura Alliance and do more good things to atone for your sins. But…”

“In the heart of North Luna, even though she hated her father, she still hoped that there were reasons making her father not be able to save her mother from the fire. Both of these mentalities have been plaguing her mind, which has led her to seek the truth. In order to seek the truth, she had to join the Aura Alliance, which became her obsession.” Li Qingdao said: “She may not feel that she herself has become ruthless because of her obsession. A ruthless captain cannot lead the team and pass through the assessment.”

Cui Ming did not agree: “Although I have just met her not long ago, I think North Luna still has her own principle in some things.”

Li Qing laughed: “Younger brother, ruthlessness is not cruel, it doesn’t mean immorality. It has been a few days since younger brother has been in contact with North Luna. Do you have a close relationship with her?”

“No,” he said the truth.

“She is ruthless, the players she chose are naturally ruthless too. The captain is the core of the team. ‘The tower near the water gets the moonlight first’, I have seen the four assessments in college, a promotion team must have a bond even if the four players have conflicts with each other, but they all trust the captain, so they are equal. The examination match is not that simple. The first time North Luna talked about this with me, I did not refuse it immediately but secretly investigated her.”

This was rather true. From a dozen days of training, North Luna had paid attention to the cooperation of team members but never communicated with other teammates. Cui Ming asked: “It looks like there is nothing wrong with North Luna’s team. As long as we fight for our common goals, we need not be friends.”

“Haha, my younger brother, why are the temporary five-man teams assembled and there are almost no successful examples of assessment? After they formed the team, they also conducted training and cooperation. The temporary assembly team paid more attention to the ability of the members, that is, the overall strength of the temporary team exceeded the average. The reason is that the Aura Alliance does not choose members just based on fighting power. Responsibilities, honors, bravery, etc. are all standards, and I remember that once an assessment was made, a temporary team was able to defeat all the other teams. In the last test, the captain has two choices: bring a companion to challenge the test A, 50% may pass, and bring all members to participate in the test B where they will face enormous difficulties and the chance of clearance is only 20%.”

Cui Ming smiled: “The Aura Alliance’s examiner is very dark, this is completely provocative.”

“Yes. For example, in North Luna’s case, you are an employee with a contractual relationship. In a moral sense, you can abandon it. Of course, I don’t know what she will do.” Li Qing recalled: “The team captain brought the strongest team member to the A task, which was very simple: the two fight and must defeat the other within the specified time, the winner directly becomes a member of Aura Alliance. The outcome is ironic, the captain chose the strongest member for combat effectiveness. Assuming the two were friends, they could still negotiate, and one person could admit defeat. But they were not friends, leading to the embarrassment that they would rather lose themselves and not let the other win. ”

Li Qing said: “The contents of the assessment are varied. Under unfavorable circumstances, the captain may choose to sacrifice himself and send players to cross the border. He may also choose to sacrifice his team members and pass the examination alone. The assessment is not only a test of the team’s ability but also an assessment of human nature. Just my one-sided view but North Luna is not such a person, I’m not sure. But if I have a choice, I will not choose to join her team.

Do not blame Aura Alliance for its harshness. There is a reason for this and there will be no real danger in the assessment. However, after joining the Aura Alliance, the privilege will have been achieved and the responsibilities will also be great. On the Eternal Planet, the unknown area is still very large. There are lots of unknown dangers. Seven years ago my mentor passed away when he went to the Antarctic continent to eliminate the red dragons that attacked civilians. I told you these things to remind you that you must take the assessment seriously. Otherwise, after becoming members of the alliance, you won’t be able to face real danger. Sometimes it’s better to give up the assessment and become an ordinary cultivator.”

Cui Ming said: “My brother, my thoughts are slightly different from yours. I think North Luna is a good girl. I just think that being obsessed and with the weight of too many responsibilities leaves her with less time and effort to care about the people around her.”

“Yes,” Li Qing said: “Unless she is taking a good look at herself, give up the obsession, and cherishing the people around her and cherishing life. Otherwise, joining the Aura Alliance would be very difficult.”

Cui Ming said: “There is another meaning in your words. You say that if North Luna is holding an obsession and joining the alliance, it is better to be an ordinary cultivator.”

“Well, her father is a well-known member of the alliance. Whether her father killed his wife and abandoned his daughter, or was forced to not save his wife, this is not something that can be solved by North Luna alone. If she still holds such an obsession, joining the alliance is equivalent to destroying herself.”

“Haha.” Cui Ming laughed. “You have another meaning, brother, you hope for me to pass your words on to North Luna.”

Li Qing chuckled and began to say Zen’s talking: “Yes and no…”

“I realized, I know.”

What Li Qing said was true, it was a bad thing to join the alliance with that kind of obsession. Through the ability of Aura Alliance, she would find her father or his enemy and would have new obsessions after she knew the truth. No matter who the enemy was, it wasn’t what North Luna could handle. More so, the greater the obsession, the greater the possibility of destroying oneself.

But how could he say it? He was unfamiliar with North Luna and the truth was always hard to hear. Li Qing obviously knew that he could not say this to North Luna, but he had no choice. One could not blame her for this obsession. Imagine suddenly losing your home and your parent was dead or missing, you do not even know who the enemy is, no one could bear that.

The best way to put down obsession is to have a hobby. Ding Ze’s laziness was also a hobby. But North Luna didn’t have one. No drinking, no gambling, no shopping, no pursuit of dresses, no diet, no pursuit of art, no pursuit of music. To play cards and enjoy food as hobbies, that didn’t make sense…