Roa nodded in affirmation.
Gal didn't say much more, nodding and saying, "Alright then, go as you please. But you must come back once in April. I've asked the Water God to prepare you to face experts of the Water God Style."
Roa didn't refuse, noting the matter down.
The two had previously discussed information about the Dragon God together.
What Gal said to Roa was simple, just one sentence.
"If you don't have absolute certainty of defeating your opponent, you absolutely must not strike first."
"If you strike, but fail to defeat your opponent in one blow, then you will be the one to fall, even you."
Roa had never seen Gal so serious, his expression and tone conveying an absolute certainty as if stating a fact.
The Dragon God's Water God Style had reached the Divine level, and was at the very peak of it.
Even the current Water God couldn't compare to the Dragon God in terms of mastery of the Water God Style.
The Dragon God was that terrifying.
To this end, Gal had rarely written a letter, sending it to the Asura Royal family. The Water God was in the Asura Kingdom, serving as a Great Elder-like figure.
The reply was simple: she was also very curious about the new Sword God and would come to challenge him.
The Water God Style was like this: except for the Water God who defeated a Sword God Style expert hundreds of years ago, every challenge from the Water God to the Sword God had failed in the centuries since.
For their generation, becoming the orthodox school of swordsmanship had become the Water God's dream.
The Water God wouldn't refuse the old Sword God Gal's invitation. To be precise, even if the Sword God hadn't invited the Water God to the Holy Land of Swords, the Water God would have actively sought out Roa and initiated a challenge.
Even if the Water God's chances of winning were slim, they would still do it.
The current Water God was an old woman, older than Gal, though not by much. They could be considered peers.
The old Sword God picked at his ear, casually saying, "That Water God is already useless. Even if you can defeat her, it's not something to be proud of. But being able to defeat the Water God doesn't mean you can defeat the Dragon God."
Gal didn't continue, sighing and waving his hand, "Forget it, you'll understand when you see them."
Roa didn't leave immediately. After having a decent lunch at the Holy Land of Swords, he packed his luggage and prepared to depart.
Running off right after becoming the Sword God was a bit inappropriate, but with Gal still at the Holy Land of Swords, Roa was happy to be idle, feeling no guilt about being a hands-off master.
When he left, many students saw Roa with his luggage. Some of the bolder ones, who usually got along well with Roa and knew he was easy to approach, mustered their courage and asked, "Good afternoon, Teacher Roa. Are you going out?"
Roa glanced at the speaker, a young boy with some acne on his face, around twelve or thirteen years old. He was of average appearance, not particularly handsome, but usually a very cheerful boy.
Roa nodded, "Yes, I have some things to take care of."
The boy nodded, then curiously asked, "So, will you be coming back?"
Roa shrugged, "Probably after a while. Even if I finish my business, I'll choose to spend the winter with my family. After all, I have two younger sisters and my wife at home."
As soon as Roa said that, the boy's eyes lit up, and his gossip soul seemed to awaken. He quickly asked, "Um, Teacher, I wanted to ask, who is your partner? You're so young and handsome, I didn't think you'd get married so easily."
"Child, asking so much isn't good for you."
Roa looked at the boy with a smile, patted him on the shoulder, and left without paying him any more attention, heading towards the road in the distance.
There were quite a few students like this. At first, Roa would answer a few questions, but later he simply nodded as a greeting and didn't bother explaining.
Unknowingly, he had been at the Holy Land of Swords for over a month. Time really flew. The season was approaching the end of autumn, and winter was coming soon. In some ways, Roa preferred winter.
Roa liked the feeling of being surrounded by silver. In winter, the whole earth would be covered in snow. The silvery-white snow would sparkle in the sunlight.
At that time, Roa could have snowball fights and build snowmen with Eris, Roxy, Mitsuri Kanroji, and his sisters.
It was funny, whether in his previous life or in this world, it wasn't the first time he had seen snow, but in both periods, he was alone, sitting in the courtyard, watching the snow falling outside. No matter how beautiful the snow scene was, there was no one by his side to accompany him.
Now it was different, he was no longer alone.
Whether it was Roxy, Mitsuri Kanroji, Eris, Norn, or Aisha, they were all good children.
Once his business here was settled, it would be time to get together.
Lost in thought, Roa had already walked out of the Holy Land of Swords. Roa's footsteps moved forward, heading into the distance.
Walking out of the gorge, through the bustling crowd, the noisy hawking sounds faded away behind him. As usual, Roa found a random place to duck into and opened the system panel.
[Current Temporal Power: Six thousand five hundred points.]
[A four-star small world can be opened. Search?]
"Search." With a thought, Roa heard the system's voice in his mind.
[Search successful. This search consumes two thousand Temporal Power.]
[The time ratio between the three-star special world and the current world is 4:1]
[Please select your method of entry: 1, Soul Projection (requires control), 2, True Body Transmigration]
[Note to Roa: Soul projection death only injures the soul. True body transmigration death is true death.]
[Note 2: Soul projection can only obtain a portion of the current world's experience (distributable) after world settlement.]
[Note 3: Please participate in the plot as much as possible to obtain a large amount of Temporal Power to prepare for the next transmigration.]
[Note 4: Checking that your small world is in a fragmented state, you may need a large amount of Origin Power.]
[Note 5: Four-star special worlds contain higher-order beings. Please try to avoid provoking them.]
As usual, Roa clicked on True Body Transmigration.
The familiar voice of the system rang in his ears.
[World coordinates located successfully.]
[Please select the identity you will play in this invasion.]
[a. Transmigrator]
[b. Transmigrator]
[c. Transmigrator]
[Note to Roa: This choice will slightly affect your talents. Please choose carefully.]
[Note 2: True body transmigration will be bound by the world's rules, falling into a brief period of weakness. Please try to avoid using powers that do not exist in the world. If the world's consciousness detects you, you will be kicked out of this world.]
In a deep mountain forest, Roa stood under a crooked tree, looking at the system panel in contemplation.
Logically, this place should be full of mosquitoes, but at this moment, the forest was eerily quiet. If a passerby came here, they might be unnerved by the silence of the forest.
Of course, Roa's thoughts were still focused on the identity selection on the system panel.
"Transmigrator?"
Roa read the three options a, b, and c on the system panel.
All three options were the same identity, all transmigrators. Did that mean that the identity he would transmigrate into this time was uncontrollable?
Roa frowned, beginning to ponder the meaning behind it.
After thinking for a moment, Roa didn't get any clear information. He thought about it and turned on the time flow.
Calculating it, he would stick to the old rule and prepare to stay there for five years. After a slight conversion, it would be 1:40.
Actually, choosing this was a bit of an overestimate, because Roa didn't know how long he would choose to stay there, but on the off chance that he was short on time and it delayed things later, it wouldn't be worth it.
So Roa still chose to adjust it to five years. There were benefits to doing this. Staying there longer wouldn't hurt. When the task was completed, he could rest there. If it really didn't work out, he could just run away.
That's what Roa thought.
And that's what he did.
[This transmigration consumes a total of four thousand Temporal Power.]
Not bad, not as much as Roa had imagined. At least he still had two thousand points left.
Roa shook the bundle on his body, put the things aside, took a deep breath, and prepared to welcome the upcoming blow.
[Transmission begins…]
Roa's head was suddenly struck hard from behind. The powerful force stunned Roa for a moment.
He didn't know if it was because his life level was higher now and his mental power was much greater, but this time the blow didn't knock Roa unconscious.
Then Roa's head was hit twice more, and his eyelids closed involuntarily. Roa lost consciousness.
When he opened his eyes again, he found himself sitting on a long chair.
The chair was soft and felt comfortable. Roa's head was still dizzy, and his vision was still blurry.
Roa rubbed his eyes and pressed his temples. His mind was still a mess. This transmigration had really messed him up.
"From another world… Hmm, why can't I see your memories?"
A voice came from across from him. Roa subconsciously looked in the direction of the voice.
But this one glance made the boy even more confused.
It was a very beautiful girl. The girl had blue hair that flowed down to her waist. The girl's features were delicate, even a bit too delicate in some ways.
And at this moment, this overly delicate girl was staring at Roa without blinking.
"Aqua?"
The thought flashed through Roa's mind. Although he was still a bit confused, Roa gradually sorted out his thoughts.
Roa began to look around. The surroundings were empty. Besides the girl and the chair he was sitting on, and the long table in the middle, there was nothing else.
Not only that, but Roa could feel the laws of time and space here.
Because of Moment, Roa was extremely sensitive to the flow of time. In this place, Roa had an indescribable sense of strangeness.
Looking at the girl in front of him, Roa fell into thought.
If he wasn't mistaken, the girl in front of him was Aqua.
Her ahoge was standing up, she was crossing her legs, not caring at all about the scenery that was almost exposed under her skirt.
The girl's dress was very fashionable, a blue uniform and a blue mini-skirt, making the person in front of him look a little sexy.
But when the girl was dignified, she gave people a feeling of holiness.
But was that really the case?
If it was someone who had just arrived, they might really be fooled by Aqua's appearance, but in Roa's eyes, this familiar but unfamiliar face gradually overlapped with the annoying face behind it.
Even though she looked very holy now.
Roa's silence didn't affect Aqua. Aqua stared at Roa with an interested expression on her face.
"Hey, why aren't you talking? I can't see your memories. It's really strange. I've received so many transmigrators, but you're the first one who's so special."
Aqua looked at Roa's cheeks, staring carefully.
"And, it's rare to see someone so handsome. It feels like you're too handsome."
Roa sighed. Having understood what had happened, he said helplessly, "Don't you want to explain what's going on?"
Aqua was slightly stunned, then seemed to remember something. She straightened her face and said seriously to Roa, "As you can see, this is the world of the dead. I am Aqua, the goddess who guides the way for humans who died young."
Aqua made a holy expression, a smile on her lips, and looked at Roa with a hint of pity, continuing, "Although I don't know what you've been through, there's no doubt that you're dead. Now you have two choices."
"One, go to another world, become a hero, and defeat the Demon King."
"Two, I'll send you to heaven, but heaven is something that old men would choose, right? You're so young, and your life was too short. I believe you won't choose this path. Besides, who would choose this path if they could live again? Don't you think so?"
Saying this, Aqua winked at Roa, a gentle smile on her face, but from her words, Roa couldn't feel any kindness at all. It was full of marketing tactics, and Aqua's appearance made Roa's teeth ache.
The options didn't need to be said much. He would definitely choose the first one, but looking at Aqua's MLM expression, Roa had a bad feeling.
Aqua didn't seem to notice the change in Roa's attitude and continued to say to herself, "Of course, I won't let you go to another world empty-handed. You're a hero, so how can you not have super awesome, super strong skills or weapons? You can choose one item from your previous life to take with you!"
Calming down, Roa began to think about what he was missing.