Chapter 87: Whose Words Remain

It’s strange, no, it’s too strange.

Why do I recognize a script I’ve clearly never seen before?

Firstly, this is certainly not the script of the Blue Star, nor is it some prank left by a time traveler for their descendants; it features a beautiful yet solemn, rigorous yet romantic style that recounts a story.

Or rather, a warning.

“No matter how painful, how unforgettable a memory is, it will fade away with the passage of time and the changing of the years. Therefore, I left inscriptions in the place of sealing to warn those who come after.

Oh, you who come, before you is an error concealed beneath another error, a past that should not be, and cannot be, unlocked.

Her power and beauty are enough to make the sky weep and the earth sing of revival, but she is also the source of all disasters, as the world brings malice, turning the beautiful into deadly poison.

Alas, alas.

Thus, we seal her away.

The war of dusk is about to come, and I shall step onto the battlefield where everything falls, perhaps this is the last time I will breathe the air of this land; only her, I cannot let go.

Turn back! There is still time to turn back. What blooms before you is not a god who can grant wishes, but rather the abyssal demon that brings destruction and wailing to the land.

—The final admonition from one rejected by the world.”

“Rejected by the world…?”

Miss Vilyric fell into a long silence.

For some reason, this inscription, engraved in a special language, did not provide a detailed account of the events that happened then, nor did it clarify the identities of the sealed object and the sealers, merely warning later generations to leave at once in some obscure manner.

If it were an ordinary person, even if they were lucky enough to decipher the inscription on the stone platform, they would probably be left confused by this ambiguous wording.

But recalling the Southern Disaster, the Abyss Beast, the Abyss Worm containing fragments of Xi Fu, and that nameless book obtained by chance at the auction which had the Earth Mother Goddess’s essence fragment removed, as well as Xi Fu Lin’s warning before sleeping…

All these encounters and experiences from the journey point to three interrelated existences: the God of Sky Minerva — the Earth Mother Goddess Xi Fu — the Abyss.

Miss Vilyric has ample reason to suspect that within this Omoland, guarded by the Brown Bird Tribe for generations, the altar housed in the spiritual chamber also seals a fragment of the Earth Mother Goddess’s Divine Spark.

If that is indeed the case, could it be that the Abyss’s actions, that mysterious figure’s main purpose, is to collect the scattered, sealed fragments of Xi Fu?

Is the Divine Spark from the nameless book what it took?

But what is its relationship with the Abyss, and what is its objective, or rather, what is its attitude towards these fragments?

Do they wish to resurrect the deity? Or perhaps, do they merely wish to use them as convenient tools, just like creating Abyss Worms?

And who engraved this inscription? Is it the God of Sky Minerva? It feels similar yet not quite the same, and why am I able to comprehend this entirely obscure writing?

So many doubts.

Of course, it’s also possible that what is stored in this wooden shrine is not at all what Miss Vilyric expects, but rather, as described in the Brown Bird Tribe’s legacy, a “great demon” from the Abyss.

It seems the key lies in clarifying the identity of the one who came here, who was able to enter the spiritual chamber and take away the sealed object from the altar without having the “key.”

Current clues may have run dry, but it doesn’t matter; the Abyss can’t just sit idle; they will act again, sooner or later, we will meet again.

Miss Vilyric eagerly awaits that moment; next time, she will not let the other party escape.

This spiritual chamber made of luminescent stone has no other valuable items aside from the stone platform and the altar that once sealed something; while the luminescent stone is indeed precious, it holds little significance for the few present, particularly Miss Vilyric.

After lingering in this forbidden area of the Brown Bird Tribe for a while, the group left.

Gugasaha did not run around with them; the Brown Bird Tribe on Omoland, along with the various magical beasts, suffered heavy losses in this attack, and as their leader, she had many important tasks to attend to.

Here, finally, a lot of reinforcements formed by magical beasts and monsters began to arrive from the surrounding islands. From them, Miss Vilyric also confirmed that the distress signal had indeed been obstructed by some special force.

Perhaps it was due to the departure of that mysterious existence that this obstacle finally dissipated.

Because the situation was unclear, Sigrid was uncertain whether the Abyss Beast would return, so after regrouping, they spent another night on Omoland with Miss Vilyric and the others.

At dawn, a large number of Winged People’s regular army, urgently dispatched under the orders of the Wing Emperor, arrived at the small island, and no new Abyss creatures appeared nearby, allowing the Captain of the Guards, Miss, to gradually feel relieved.

After explaining the situation here to the Winged leader in charge of the troops, Sigrid’s group left, as they were merely passing through and had limited travel plans.

In aiding the battle at Omoland, many Winged warriors under Sigrid’s command also sacrificed themselves. Despite bringing only elites to reduce casualties, accidents like falls from the sky still led to significant losses; over three hundred, a full fifth, would forever remain on the battlefield.

Fortunately, during the fall incident, they had not yet dispersed due to Miss Vilyric’s intervention, and after landing, a large portion maintained formation; otherwise, those unskilled in solo combat, particularly the Silver Feather Magicians and ranged classes who lost mobility due to wing injuries, would have little chance of survival.

After reporting all this to the Wing Emperor far away in Sky City, Sigrid continued on her way with the envoy.

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The capital of the Kingdom of Azure, known as Sky City, or Sky Island, is a floating island located in the southern part of its territory, soaring over six thousand meters high, making it the highest and largest floating island in the world.

Given the current location of the envoy group and the average flying speed of the Son of Leviathan, it would likely take at least half a year to reach.

After all, the total area of the Kingdom of Azure’s one hundred thousand floating islands is already comparable to the entire territory of the United Kingdom of Humanity, not to mention that these islands are mostly scattered across the sky with vast gaps between them, often further apart than their actual size.

If forced to state, the Kingdom of Azure might be the largest nation in terms of territory range worldwide, as its airspace is several times larger than that of other major nations combined.

Thus, aside from short to medium-distance flights, there are also corresponding means for long-distance treks across vast national borders.

What is referred to as spatial leap.

   

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