It took Valdel about two days to find the cave where he met s.h.i.+n. As even for Zwei who could sense the presence of powerful individuals found it hard to sense s.h.i.+n"s presence since he was trying his hardest to suppress his power. Still no matter how hard s.h.i.+n tried to suppresses it as long as it doesn"t disappear entirely Zwei could still somehow sense it. Now that Valdel was in front of the cave he cautiously walked inside. The moment Valdel entered the cave, someone appeared before him.
"What brings you back here, young hero?" s.h.i.+n appeared in front of Valdel out of nowhere. Though this was shocking, and Valdel wasn"t able to sense s.h.i.+n approaching, Valdel remained calm as he already guessed s.h.i.+n would do something like this.
"I have a question I wished to ask of you great hero," Valdel spoke as respectfully as he could.
"I see... I knew you would come back." s.h.i.+n then raised his hand and snapped his fingers. Valdel felt a wave of mana surround him and he couldn"t do anything about it. He was then teleported back to the room where he and s.h.i.+n last had a conversation. It was the room full of priceless artifacts and gold.
Once they were in this room both Zwei and Nika took their human form and stood behind Valdel. s.h.i.+n then gestured for Valdel and the two girls to sit down. Valdel sat down but the two remained standing.
"So were you able to give the horn to your friend?"
"Yes."
"I see, did he say anything about it?" s.h.i.+n looked at Valdel with curiosity as he too sat down.
"He really didn"t say anything."
"Hmm, well I guess that"s just like him. So young hero you came back and wanted to ask a question, what is it?" s.h.i.+n mumbled the first part of what he said so Valdel was unable to hear it.
"Actually, I"m feeling weird..." Valdel then proceeded to tell s.h.i.+n everything that happened to him after the fight with the Elder Lich.
"Hmm, so Kretos was able to change Valdel"s fate to such a degree that the young hero could actually feel the changes."
"What"s happening to me?" After recounting the events that transpired Valdel looked at s.h.i.+n with pleading eyes. Watching the current Natural-born hero of this era act this way made s.h.i.+n sigh. Once Kretos died the quality of heroes seems to have had a huge decline.
"I have a guess about what"s happening to you. I"m not really sure about it since there hasn"t been a case like yours before. Though my situation back then, feels a bit similar but at the same time different. Well, in any case, I do have an a.s.sumption on what is happening to you, do you want to hear it?"
"Please, I trust your wisdom, Sir s.h.i.+n." Valdel bowed his head as he asked s.h.i.+n to share his wisdom with him.
"Fine, but before I give you my view on what"s happening to you, I first need to inform you about the truth about heroes. Since it seems that you like most of the people in this world have misconceptions about what a hero is."
"First off before I can explain to you what a hero is, I need to tell you about the different kinds of heroes. To my knowledge, there are six types of heroes, the Transmigrator, the Reincarnated, The Summoned, The Chosen, The Prophesized, and the Natural. You and I are considered Natural Heroes, I will explain what that is a bit later since I first I need to explain about the other types of heroes, I won"t explain in full detail, just a general outlook"
"The most common Hero that you hear in fairytales, are the Transmigrator Heroes. These types of heroes could be beings of another world, from a different timeline, from a different reality, from any place that has a mortal soul. So basically these Heroes are wandering souls that died in their original places, and then inhabited the body of a recently deceased person. After incorporating their knowledge into this world, these people become powerful individuals that will become heroes that are praised throughout the ages."
"The second most common type of hero is the Reincarnated Heroes. Now, these heroes are a bit similar to the Transmigrators as they also came from varying places. The difference between them and the Transmigrators is that Reincarnated people are born into this world. Unlike the Transmigrators who have their souls transferred in another person"s body, the Reincarnated heroes were born into this world naturally, but with memories of their previous life."
"Now next are the Summoned Heroes. Sometimes a country or a person in times of chaos, figure out how to summon beings from different dimensions or worlds. Using this knowledge they summon individuals with powerful abilities. Sometimes these people were already powerful in their homeworld, but other times they only became powerful because they were summoned."
"Now onto the next type of hero, the Chosen Hero. These heroes are people chosen by divine beings, they are warriors granted incredible power by a specific G.o.d or G.o.ddess. In my point of view, they are more like representatives to the G.o.ds than heroes, but to be fair they do some heroic things every now and then, so calling them heroes is right as well." s.h.i.+n shrugged his shoulders.
"Second to the last are the prophesized heroes. Now, these heroes are a topic of controversy, others don"t even consider them heroes. They are only called heroes because they were usually prophesized to do some great deed or another, in the foreseeable future. Among all the hero types they are the most likely to die. The cause of their high death rates is because of the prophecy itself that stated them being a hero. Since most of them believe that them defeating a monster that is going to terrorize the land in the future is a done deal, these heroes indulge in all manner of vices. So when the time comes when they are to face the monster they were destined to defeat, they usually die and another hero needs to step up and finish the job."
"Finally there is the Natural Hero. The Natural Hero is born with the disposition of being a hero. He or she from birth has already a carefully mapped destiny that he or she will follow until the day they die. Unlike the prophesized heroes, the Natural Hero"s destiny is harder to break. Since the Natural hero has a disposition of being a hero, he or she is more likely to have the mentality of wanting to become stronger so that he or she can help everyone in need."
"Now unlike the other heroes, the Natural hero has practically no free will. Even the Chosen heroes who are representatives of G.o.ds have more free will than a Natural hero. At this moment you might think all the actions you have taken, all the righteous justice that you are feeling, came from your own self. But the truth is, you"re just being controlled. The reason you are feeling something is wrong is because you are slowly breaking free from your destiny. The control they have on you is weakening."
Valdel looked at s.h.i.+n with mixed emotions, as he tried his hardest to try and understand what was just said to him. His ideals, his very self, his raison d"etre were being questioned here. The amount of information he was given and the content within it was mind-blowing.