Chapter 1188 - 1191: Legacy (2)

Among these returnees from Continent Z, Riya was the only one who was truly low key and hard to find.

Even those from City A Base alone might not know Riya's name.

But they knew that she's the rune master who has been helping Continent Z greatly and even improved their lives.

It was just that her name remained largely unknown.

Well..

At least, that was how it should be before the grand magic beasts' tide.

Because Riya had a conflict with the magicians from the Magic Association and then with the Tarun Family, she has become more well known in the Capital City.

At the same time, the profession of rune master had become much more popular.

As a rune master, Riya basically thrashed those magicians from the Magic Association easily.

And when people saw these people were transported from dozens of kilometers away with a wave of a hand… it could be said that Riya had become the idol of many young people on Continent Z.

Magic is truly that amazing.

Many people hoped to be as strong as her, but they also knew that without both talent and hard work, it would be difficult for them to reach the level Riya managed to reach.

"So the higher ups have decided not to suppress the news instead," Ruben continued. "At least, in Continent Z, this is the decision."

For the other continents, they might have different opinion because of the situation of their own returnees.

Country W has no problem promoting Ruth and this might even be their plan after they found her 'missing.'

To be honest, no one knew where Ruth is.

The only one who knew was the alchemist Jonas Nolan, but he refused to say anything about this matter.

Some people felt that Ruth had died.

Some others still think that she's still alive somewhere.

But most doctors were not optimistic because they have seen how Ruth fared when she was hospitalized. She attacked the passage using the strongest attack method that she could possibly muster, basically destroying her own body in the process due to overload.

It was tragic.

Her fate remained unknown until now.

However, the voice of the people from Continent W remained relatively consistent because the image of Ruth using that one arrow to pierce through the portal remained ingrained in their mind.

Such a big movement and coupled with some suicidal reporters around, they managed to capture the image perfectly.

So the higher ups simply chose to push along the waves.

Besides, a dead hero is nothing to them and they could even use her name for their own uses.

Ruben felt disgusted when he saw some of their plans, but at the very least, many people would still respect Ruth for what she had done for them. To be remembered and written down could be considered to be an achievement in its own.

But the price was….

*sigh*

Whether they thought it was worth it or not, Ruben didn't know.

But as a person, he truly respected these returnees who truly saved the Green Planet in their own way.

Perhaps some of them didn't really want to do it and was forced by the situation.

Some others deeply understood the consequences of their action and still chose to do this despite the immense price they have to pay.

It was just…

As the one left behind, Ruben felt that it was truly painful.

His friends were out there and he couldn't really do anything to help them. It was even unknown whether they could still meet again in this life.

But life has to go on.

"At least, in Continent Z?" Stephen repeated. "This meant that other continents don't really want to spread the deeds of the returnees?"

"Yes." Ruben played with the glass in his hand and sighed. "Continent Y vehemently refused since their returnees are a bit… well, you know."

The two people nodded and both felt sympathy for Continent Y.

Their returnees were the most troublesome bunch among the 12 returnees on the Green Planet.

It was quite a miracle that the passage there could still close down in the end.

"As for Continent X and Continent W… Continent W agreed to promote Ruth but they refused to promote Jonas Nolan who's still alive. It's said that there's a tension between the two parties, but I'm not particularly aware of the details. Considering the Nolan Family is a big family in Continent W…" Ruben felt that it would not be peaceful on Continent W anytime soon.

But it was not their business.

The Nolan Family would never let their little prince to be mistreated by Continent W while the higher ups have their own plans towards these returnees.

When a conflict of interest happen, the two sides will definitely clash fiercely.

Ruben only hoped that he would not be embroiled in the mess.

Anyway, it happened in Continent W, so it was unlikely for anything bad to happen on Continent Z.

"…Let's skip this." Stephen felt that he didn't want to hear about family conflict anytime soon again.

The Carson Family had left quite a lot of mess for him too.

Arnold also nodded because he didn't think that they needed to care about things that happened so far away.

"For Continent X, they didn't want to promote Pena, the necromancer," Ruben added the explanation so that they could know who it is. After all, Pena was living a recluse life when he was in that island and no one knew what he was doing.

While Pena eventually helped Continent X eliminating the magic beasts, many of them were done at his convenience.

He didn't bother contacting the higher ups.

So now that Pena is gone… Continent X would rather erase his name from history rather than promoting him.

"…The situation of these returnees are quite complicated," Arnold remarked, feeling lucky that he was in Continent Z.

While there was an annoying person like Murin, the rest were people who were good and willing to help Continent Z as much as they could.