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Chapter 418: Weaving Tales Without Blinking
🕑 Added 2025-10-16 09:22:13 +0000 UTCNoah really didn't think he was ruthless. While there was a mentor-apprentice relationship, the essence of it was simply a fair exchange. As a mage, Noah rarely did anything for free. Equal-value exchanges were what Noah did most often. Even if he could take things for free, Noah probably wouldn't miss the opportunity, but afterward, Noah would compensate in other ways.
He briefly glanced at Cal and Merrin, who were fighting the mysterious fallen Jedi Knight. More accurately, Cal was fighting while Merrin hid nearby, ready to provide support. Noah found it quite interesting. Especially Cal, though he was initially getting beaten black and blue by the mysterious fallen Jedi Knight, he constantly escaped danger with Merrin's assistance. And most importantly, Noah noticed that this guy truly grew stronger with every setback, with slight improvements in his techniques and the power he wielded during each battle.
This made Noah feel somewhat incredible. Could this guy be the protagonist of this world? And what he and his team were doing was reorganizing the Jedi Order! Isn't that clearly the fate of a protagonist?
Why had Noah never heard of this guy in the future?
Could it be that they failed in finding this navigation
instrument and then they died? Noah stroked his chin.
This possibility was not impossible, because ultimately, this parallel universe was indeed controlled by that Empire. These Jedi Knights were just a group of rebels; it wouldn't be strange if they were wiped out.
While Noah was contemplating, Cal burst out again. He directly defeated the fallen Jedi Knight named Taron Malicos, and then Merrin buried him on this planet, forever staying with the mysterious power he yearned for. After dealing with Malicos, Cal finally acquired the navigation instrument hidden on the planet Dathomir.
Honestly, Noah found it very strange why the Zeffo species would place this navigation instrument on a planet considered to have such strong dark power in this world.
This truly baffled Noah. However, after much thought, Noah considered that the Zeffo species was almost extinct, and he roughly guessed the reason. It was clear that these Zeffo ancients might have tried to control more, to control more things, but the result of doing so often led to devastating blows. Noah speculated that the original purpose of this navigation instrument was actually to seek out Force-sensitive children within the Zeffo species.
And Noah thought further: the galaxy had become like this, and these Jedi Knights were living on borrowed time. What would happen if the Jedi Order was rebuilt?
Noah turned to look at the extremely excited Cal. This guy was someone who had experienced the Great Purge, and one of Cere's disciples was also like that. One of them barely survived to this day, while the other was tormented into mental instability and joined the Empire.
Of course, both of them were still lucky. Perhaps more Jedi apprentices were actually similar to what Anakin did in the movie directly killed one by one, even infants!
Noah shook his head. This world was sometimes quite cruel, and Noah's expression suddenly became strange.
"Could it be that the Jedi Council was never rebuilt precisely because they anticipated such an outcome, and thus destroyed the navigation instrument themselves?"
Noah's mouth twitched slightly, because the more he thought about it, the more likely this possibility seemed!
To protect the safety of those younglings, this was probably the most reasonable and safest choice. As for whether these younglings could become Jedi Knights?
"Perhaps, this group of people intended to let the Force choose? In a word, only trust the Force?"
Shaking his head, with various inexplicable emotions, Noah followed them back to the Mantis and began heading towards the planet Bogano. During this time, Greez also complained about having another person, but after learning it was Noah's apprentice, he no longer dared to complain. Honestly, Noah still had a slight fondness for the planet Bogano; after all, it was the first planet he entered in this universe. And its natural
environment was also good; Noah quite liked that place.
"Your Excellency, can you... can you tell us about things from twenty-five thousand years ago?" Perhaps out of boredom or excessive curiosity, Cal asked before the spaceship entered hyperspace.
"Oh? Don't you have records?" Noah raised an eyebrow.
He knew nothing about twenty-five thousand years ago.
Thor and Loki also exchanged glances involuntarily; they seemed to feel things might be bad.
"Sorry... after all, so much time has passed," Cere, sitting beside him, also shook her head. "All we know now is that the galaxy merged twenty-five thousand years ago;
other than that, we're probably not very clear."
"Is that so?" Noah tilted his head. He felt he could only make up stories now. "What do you want to know?"
"Your Excellency, what is your attitude towards the Force?" Cere looked at Cal, then directly asked. This was also the most perplexing question for Cere and Cal, because they could see that while Noah and his companions respected the 'Force,' they didn't do so in the same way they did. They seemed to treat the 'Force' only as a friend, a comrade-in-arms, or perhaps just a very useful tool.
Such a distinct attitude was almost heretical in this era, but it had to be said that their 'Force' was terrifyingly powerful! Most importantly, both Cal and Cere could see that in their eyes, there was no such thing as a Light Side or a Dark Side. Just as they themselves said, they were a balanced sect; their power was not distinguished by Light or Dark, and could be used easily.
It could be said that this group of people was truly a refined shade of gray!
"Can't you see or feel our attitude?" Noah replied strangely. "Any other questions?"
"Your use of the Force..." Cal hesitated. "Why is it so terrifying? Is it because, twenty-five thousand years
ago, you didn't use external tools?"
Hearing this, Noah basically understood what they meant. What was even more interesting was that Noah pretty much knew what Cal and Cere were thinking. This made Noah feel amused. Although Noah himself didn't know what twenty-five thousand years ago was specifically like, it was clear that they didn't either. Now Noah felt he could make up stories.
"Are you talking about lightsabers?" Noah asked playfully. "Do you think we had those in our era? In our time, the use of the Force was divided into three categories: the easiest was the Dark Side of the Force, the moderately difficult was the Light Side, and then there was our balanced side, whose difficulty depended on the individual."
Noah immediately began to weave a tale. Anyway, these few individuals in front of him were clearly not historians, so tricking them wouldn't be a problem. And what Noah said wasn't entirely false.
The so-called balance, in Noah's eyes, was essentially being able to use both extreme powers, and this situation required a certain mindset not to be deluded by power! While achieving this wasn't incredibly difficult, it was truly challenging for some individuals with obsessions.
For example, Kaecilius, although he didn't become a slave to magic, he fell into darkness due to his obsession. In Kamar-Taj, he was also one of those not allowed to use 'high-dimensional dark powers,' because he already had many problems, and allowing him to use that would only accelerate the outbreak of those problems. Although a power bank has plenty of charge, you also have to see if the interface is suitable.
"Three Force beliefs?" Cere nodded. This statement was very correct. "So, why aren't your names heard now?"
"Because it's too difficult," Noah shrugged. "In our era, there weren't many people in the balanced sect, but each one was capable of 'solving a war by themselves.' And we weren't allowed to participate in these disputes, which is why we entered the void." Noah's words plunged Cere and Cal into silence, while Thor and Loki couldn't interject, because they found that Noah was truly capable of weaving stories without even blinking! To be honest, he was very serious about it, and those who didn't understand couldn't find any flaws.
"So, only three of you are left in your balanced sect?" Cal suddenly asked at this point.
"Of course not. Although the balanced sect doesn't have many members, reproduction is at least not an issue, especially since our lifespans are very long..." Noah tilted his head, completely ignoring the somewhat exasperated Thor and the keenly interested Loki. "There are tens of thousands of us."
"Uh, is that so? In your era... did you all use the Force as a weapon?"
"More or less, but not entirely. For example, Thor here prefers to use hammers and axes."
"Alright, so how did you... return to this universe?"
"Because we conducted an experiment that opened a spatial channel. I feel that the spatial channel's gate will open again soon, and we'll have to go back."
Along the way, Noah casually chatted with them, and then Loki very naturally joined in these conversations.
Loki's adaptability was very strong, and he particularly felt that Noah's 'pranks' were very much to his taste.
Thor, on the other hand, couldn't completely relax; he probably wasn't used to telling such lies. So, throughout the journey, he remained relatively silent, just listening to Noah and Loki BS, while he accompanied them with a forced smile.
The spaceship's speed wasn't fast, but with hyperspace jump technology, even slow speeds could quickly reach a star system. Therefore, after they had chatted enough, they directly switched to fast mode, and soon after, they once again set foot on the planet Bogano. Meanwhile, Noah also began contemplating teaching this girl, Merrin, and incidentally seeing if he could trick more people...
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