novelraw Chapter 397: Collapse
Chapter 397: Collapse
"The Stormsea Sanctuary has already fallen, then doesn't that mean... Wuu-waaa-ahhh! No, not something like that! The Holy Progenies must still be there, wuu-wuu-wuu!"
Meanwhile, the Eimhart suspended in midair blanked slightly before collapsing onto the deck of the boat as if breaking down. He began to roll around like a tantrum-throwing child, shouting with his trademark drake-like voice as he rolled,
"What should I do? I've searched for so long... Why don't I remember anything? Fisher, wuu-wuu-wuu!"
Fisher sighed and picked him up from the floor. Looking at the sniffling Eimhart before him, he couldn't help but feel a bit puzzled as well.
"Wait, logically speaking, sentient Relics like you should be the highest-tier items the Angels could create. You should have been treasured and kept by their side. How could you not even know when the Sanctuary was destroyed? Oh right, didn't you meet Pandora's Prosthetic Eyes before? Did you ask them?"
"No, she didn't even greet me and completely ignored me, so how could she answer my questions? However, I think I've encountered other Relics similar to me, but they all seemed a bit silly. They either answered with irrelevant things or completely didn't know what was being said. Only that pair of eyes felt like they could communicate normally."
"Is that so? Regardless, once we enter the Stormsea, you'll know what exactly is going on with your Holy Progenies."
"Mm... Wait, I want to hide inside your clothes. That way, if I see something I don't want to see later, I'll just shrink back."
Burying one's head in the sand, huh?
Fisher watched speechlessly as Eimhart shrank his body little by little and hid inside the lining of his suit jacket, exposing only a single eye to look at the Spatial Turbulence ahead.Fisher then turned to look at Renee, or rather, the Purple Lightning Waterweed Material she had bought earlier beside her, and asked,
"So, the Purple Lightning Waterweed Material can bring us into the Stormsea?"
"Mm. Actually, using a high-ring Lightning magic can also temporarily disable the Relic forming the Spatial Turbulence, but nobody knows this secret. Even if someone used Thunder magic, they wouldn't know the exact location of that Relic. After entering, I plan to completely detonate that Relic, completely exposing the fallen Sanctuary to the eyes of everyone. Anyway, those Relics are of no use staying there... Hehe, that Alagina probably won't give up this opportunity, right."
"..."
Fisher didn't respond, but he suddenly thought of something. That was, Muxi and Black had once reached the Stormsea. Hearing Renee just now, he had thought they were lucky individuals who had stumbled in, but now it didn't seem to be the case, because the Blessing Muxi possessed was precisely manipulating Thunder.
Could it be possible that Black wasn't that lucky individual at all, but rather Muxi brought him into the Stormsea?
Just as Fisher was pondering, the Renee before him picked up all the Purple Lightning Waterweed Material she had bought earlier. Then, she suddenly let go, and that bag of Purple Lightning Waterweed Material instantly vanished from the spot, entering the Crevice.
"Zzz, zzz, zzz~"
Following a crisp sound of electric current flashing, in the next moment, the Spatial Turbulence ahead violently dissipated, opening a massive gap. Above the originally pitch-black and quiet sea surface, the sound of thunder suddenly crackled. Upon the expansive sea ahead, a bizarre scene seemingly enveloped by thick, heavy layers of dark clouds abruptly appeared.
The radiance of countless, overlapping layers of Relics—a quantity that even all the Relics Fisher had seen in his entire life couldn't compare to a single corner of—could be seen rising and falling within it. Although Renee said it was the ruins of the Sanctuary, Fisher didn't see any remnants of artificial architecture. Everything here was obscured by a heavy, dark cloud crackling with the perilous light of thunder.
"Those dark clouds... are they also constructed by Relics?"
Eimhart poked out an eye and almost didn't dare to look again at the scenery outside. Renee didn't reply to Fisher's question, but he instead spoke up,
"That's highly probable. Long ago, when I was traveling in a small country east of Kadu, I once saw humans using a Relic that could artificially create small patches of dark clouds to simulate rain. Those minor branches of the Mother God Religion used that thing to scam quite a few believers. But from the looks of it, this one in the Sanctuary is the complete version, and one that can truly create a torrential downpour at that."
"Let's go, Fisher, let's row the boat inside. I sense there are human ships nearby, probably only about thirty nautical miles away. Once they notice the situation here, they should come over very soon."
"Mm, alright."
Fisher immediately gripped the wooden oars. Pushing his thirteenth-rank physical stamina to the absolute limit, he rowed the wooden oars even faster than a steam engine, allowing them to quickly enter the rumored Stormsea through the gap in the Spatial Turbulence.
Within that pitch-black space wreathed in dark clouds, numerous indistinct silhouettes whose concrete forms couldn't be clearly seen appeared to be standing upon the countless islands constructed from dark clouds and thunder. They all stood blankly in place, gazing from afar like statues at Renee and Fisher who had entered here. And amidst a not-so-large patch of dark clouds, the Purple Lightning Waterweed Material Renee had thrown earlier was scattered all over the ground, surrounding a contraption flashing with pale blue light.
That contraption was extremely bizarre. The device on its body emitted the radiance of a Relic, but Fisher couldn't be more familiar with that glowing pale blue light. He murmured,
"Cardinal..."
"Huh, it really is. The light glowing from that thing is very similar to the light from those Turan Family knights earlier. Huh, wait, so the Holy Progenies could actually make this kind of thing? Why don't I have any impression of it..."
Hearing this, Eimhart also immediately affirmed Fisher's conclusion. That's right, the Relic forming the Spatial Turbulence truly shared the same marvelous principles as the Cardinals manufactured by the Lord Cardinal. However, it looked far more refined, and that sense of bizarreness was even stronger, not as simple as the ones manufactured by the Lord Cardinal.
Did the real Lord Cardinal learn the method to manufacture Cardinals from the Angels, or did the Angels learn it from the Lord Cardinal?
"Fisher, break that thing. Then the Sanctuary will be opened from now on."
"Mm."
Fisher extended his Fluid Sword and aimed it at that Cardinal. As the mercury-like liquid blade extended outward, that Cardinal-like Relic was instantly pierced and destroyed by Fisher. The Spatial Turbulence on the periphery also vanished entirely, completely exposing the home where the Angels who perished during the Mythical War lived...
It was just that, right now, there wasn't the slightest trace of the beautiful appearance described by Eimhart here.
Renee paid no heed to the indistinct silhouettes standing on the surrounding shores. She merely gently reached her hand into the seawater beneath the boat once more, slicing open a Crevice leading toward the Spirit World, and brought the small boat to shuttle through this space once again.
The space ahead was sliced open bit by bit, and Renee, sitting at the bow, spoke again. She said,
"We are heading to the center of the Stormsea now, and then make some preparations there..."
"Preparations?"
"Mm, Fisher, what I'm going to say next is very important. Listen well, it is regarding how to escape the pursuit of Death."
This traversal through the Crevice took much longer than the previous times. Fisher didn't know if it was influence brought upon by the surrounding Relics, but right in the middle of their traversal, Renee in front earnestly turned her head to look at Fisher.
"Of the few remaining existences in the world who have reached the apex of living creatures, only Xuan Can is left, but she cannot help you. The Gods are even less likely to violate the ironclad Rule of absolutely never interfering with the world to lend you a helping hand... I cannot help you directly, as that would harm you instead. Therefore, I can only find a new path and use another method to bring you in front of someone who can help you..."
"Fisher, regarding the Rules established by the Gods, I don't know if you understand them well. The Rules of Life and Matter are the easiest to comprehend, as they can be interacted with at any moment. You also have a somewhat comprehensive understanding of the Rules of the Crevice and Death. Only the Rule of Destiny seems the most abstract. Destiny makes the space and time of the world constant. It is these two [Concepts] that determine what has happened and what is about to happen in this world, allowing all things to be recorded and predicted..."
"And right now, in this era where these apexes of living creatures have perished, escaping Death is absolutely impossible. The only method is for me to completely shatter the Destiny Rule measuring Time around you, sending you back to the time when they still existed. As long as you find the Chain of Heaven or the World Tree there to lift the Death command upon you, you will similarly be able to escape Death."
Fisher and Eimhart were both stunned. Looking at Renee before them, who calmly spoke of "shattering the Destiny Rule around you," they temporarily didn't know what to say. It was only after several seconds passed that Fisher said blankly,
"I roughy understand your meaning... But Renee, allow me to make a guess. The fact that you have the ability to completely shatter Rules indicates your origins are not simple. And the reason you haven't revealed your true identity is not because you don't want to, but because of the [Oath with the Gods] you mentioned earlier, right?"
Renee nodded helplessly. Tapping her red lips with her finger, she replied,
"Mm, sorry, Fisher..."
"It's fine, that isn't the crucial point. The crucial point is, since the content of the oath is to maintain secrecy and not interfere with the world, yet you are still helping me shatter the Rule of Destiny, doesn't this also violate the oath? Will you be okay?"
"Relax, as long as nobody knows, it will be fine. Therefore, we must hurry... When it's time to go, I will be the one acting to shatter the rule, but when it's time to return, you will have to do it yourself. Do you see that symbol on your chest? That represents my Divine Authority."
Renee extended her finger and pointed at Fisher's chest. Under the clothes there, a purple "infinity" symbol was still twisting.
"Use Soul power to detonate it as if detonating magic. It will shatter the Destiny around you once again and slingshot you back to the time I marked. But you must absolutely only do this after you have escaped Death, understand? Otherwise, if you lose its efficacy, Death will catch up to you in an instant."
Fisher glanced at his own chest. Countless thoughts and reflections regarding Renee flooded into his brain at this moment. Of course he wanted to know everything about Renee, but merely by guessing, he could know that her Rank definitely exceeded his imagination. Therefore, he absolutely had to shake off the Death upon him first before he had the capital to seek out the lover before him.
"Crack, crack!"
Just in the next moment, the small boat suddenly reached the shore. Drifting out from the Spirit World, they stopped beside a patch of dilapidated ruins that looked rather abrupt amidst these endless dark clouds.
"We've arrived, Fisher."
Renee scanned the surroundings with a glance and spoke as such.