Chapter 75: This Is The Power Of The Star Performer
"You're not actually planning to try communicating with magical beasts, are you?"
After using illusion magic to create a decoy for Noah, Mary watched as he teleported directly away from Selkirk Territory and headed deep into the northern regions. She couldn't help but voice her question.
"I intend to give it a try."
Hearing Noah's response, Mary was momentarily at a loss for words.
After all, the suggestion about communicating with magical beasts had originally come from her... though she'd only said it in jest, Noah seemed to be taking it seriously.
Who in their right mind would believe they could actually communicate with magical beasts?
That was Mary's thought on the matter.
If she were possessing anyone else, she'd probably be trying to talk them out of this suicide mission by now.
But considering it was Noah, after careful thought, she ultimately decided to say nothing.
Because...
—He couldn't die.
Even if he ventured deep into a massive horde of magical beasts, he wouldn't die.
Not only was he carrying Caliburn, giving him the ability to fight his way out of any beast horde, but Mary could also sense that Noah seemed to share some special connection with the island of Britain. This connection was even deeper than that of Uther or Morgan, who both possessed the island's power, allowing Noah to teleport freely across the island.
Under these circumstances... if he wanted to try, she might as well let him.
What else could she do anyway?
She couldn't stop him.
When he actually failed, he'd understand naturally.
Since he wouldn't die, it would just be a learning experience.
That was Mary's reasoning.
With no opposition from her, Noah used Britain's vision to locate the gathering hordes of magical beasts.
The first group he found consisted of white wolf-like magical beasts. Upon spotting Noah, they immediately assumed attacking postures and emitted low growls full of hostility.
This wasn't the first time Noah had heard such sounds.
Back when he served as the Knight of the Dawn, he frequently dealt with magical beasts, with his main duty being to help villages defend against them. So he had considerable experience in handling magical creatures.
When magical beasts behaved like this, they typically attacked together.
The fact that their growls still sounded like ordinary growls to Noah disappointed him somewhat.
But even if he couldn't communicate with or control the magical beasts, Noah still had ways to utilize this great beast tide. Under these circumstances, he decided not to waste time here and prepared to teleport back.
However, when Noah activated Britain's vision, enhanced by the Will of Britain, his spiritual power and perception surged dramatically. To his astonishment, the magical beasts' growls gradually transformed into comprehensible speech in his hearing.
The meaning of those earlier growls had been:
This human looks tough, let's attack together
Right, assume attacking positions, wait for the others, we'll all strike together
Even if we attack together we probably can't win, but we don't need to fight head—
The magical beasts were roughly expressing such thoughts.
After understanding their meaning, Noah decided to try speaking to them.
"Don't panic, I think we can talk."
Seeing Noah like this, though Mary remained silent, she couldn't help but feel somewhat exasperated.
Because she knew very well that these magical beasts couldn't understand any language. When they saw you speaking, they would only interpret it as roaring—just like how you perceived their low growls.
Whether it was species from the Age of Gods or later-evolved primates, everyone seemed completely opposite to these magical beasts.
These creatures either originated from something abandoned by the gods, or were invaders that never belonged to this world.
Communication was absolutely impossible!
Just as Mary was thinking this, the magical beasts gradually lowered their attack stances and then started calling out to Noah.
Witnessing this scene, Mary who was attached to Noah widened her eyes in shock.
Could it be... that Noah could actually communicate with these magical beasts?
Noah originally thought he might need to talk more with these creatures to gain their trust, but in reality, after he became able to understand their language, it seemed they could comprehend his speech as well.
Once these creatures could understand him, they immediately dropped their hostility and even recognized his identity.
You can communicate with us. Are you Mother's new creation?
No, he's not. He clearly doesn't come from Mother...
If he doesn't come from Mother yet can communicate with us... ah, he must be a Performer.
Performer, what brings you here?
Noah had some understanding of the "Mother" they mentioned.
The mother of these magical beasts could only be that Primordial Goddess.
Thinking carefully, it made perfect sense. Only someone wielding the authority of that Primordial Goddess could control magical beasts on a large scale, and only the Primordial Goddess herself could make these creatures submit willingly.
While Noah wasn't surprised that these magical beasts knew about the Primordial Goddess, he didn't expect them to recognize him as the Star Performer.
So he proceeded to ask them: "What do you know about the Performers?"
Hearing Noah's question, though the magical beasts couldn't understand why a Performer would ask such a thing, they still answered his question.
——Because a Performer's inquiry cannot be refused.
Of course we know. Performers have the right to obtain information from us, and as beings capable of communicating with us, we will protect and assist Performers to the best of our ability—provided that the Performer asks for help in a language we can understand.
...
The magical beasts continued speaking, but the general meaning remained the same.
They didn't know more detailed information about the Star Performer, but they understood that whenever a Performer communicated with them and asked questions, they couldn't refuse. If a Performer sought their help, they must provide assistance.
As for the reason...
This is Mother's command.
Hearing this, Noah suddenly felt that his identity as the Star Performer had become even more mysterious.
If it were just about being the primordial poet, that would be one thing—merely something highly mysterious with some special abilities at most.
But now it appeared this identity was somewhat different from what he had imagined.
It had some connection with that Primordial Goddess...
For the moment, Noah couldn't tell whether this was a good or bad thing.
But in any case, according to Vortigern, during the Age of Gods, the gods did not reject the Star Performer either.
They even left records about the Star Performer.
Looking at it this way, it doesn't seem to be a problem.
Moreover...
Since the Primordial Goddess gave such an order, at least for him now, it is very advantageous.
So Noah adjusted his mindset and then spoke to these Magical Beasts again.
"I do need your help."
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