volume 3 - Chapter c251 (2/2)
”The Pendulum Golem and I were Master’s summoned from Master’s Card of Fates. He brought us along his travels across multiple worlds, starting from one called Don DeKas in a kingdom known as Hiarza. The tin can was Master’s first summon and had been by his side for far longer than I am. But I was his most important aide, as, in terms of strategic planning, I was far superior to that guy with only screws and trinkets for brains.” As she spoke from memory, she could not help but laugh.
”Our journey was not monotonous, and we had experienced many interesting events: From battles to romance and friends.h.i.+p. As we moved between worlds, Master began to age and traveling through worlds isn’t as easy as it was before. But we knew Master was always searching for something, and did not care to battle enemies that got ever so stronger. But as to what he was looking for, we, his summons, had not a single clue to what it was, except that it had some connection with some fight with another powerful existence. Golem knew more about it.
And then, we arrived here, Vaunte to witness a battle that shook even the heavens. And after the fight, Master just decided to remain in this world. He spent his time to build this Magical Formation beneath our feet right now. Took all of us ten years to complete it. The tomb outside was nothing but a facade, one to cover up the underground work we were doing down here. A n.o.ble, one very interesting human, helped us in the efforts to keep all of it a secret. And after several decades, he pa.s.sed to an illness and was buried here.”
Brendel listened attentively. He knew that the game, The Amber Sword was set in the Vaunte continent. But never did he expect the world to be so much bigger. After the second era, people began to understand that there lied other realms beyond the fog in the Dark Forest. While he was unsure whether the realms were as big as Vaunte or even if they were protected by Marsha, but Brendel was quite certain that it was only Planeswalkers who could traverse these realms.
But they just stayed as rumors, nothing more.
“After that?”
”And then Master decided to slumber here for eternity. Planeswalker will not die of old age. In reality, a Planeswalker’s life is seemingly infinite. But he was gravely injured and had no choice but to rest here. Before pa.s.sing, he bestowed me and the Pendulum Golem the breath of life and even gave us part of his powers: the abilities to use some of his Cards. But there were limitations as we were not actual Planeswalkers.
He also gave us another mission, the last mission: to protect this place and not let anyone intrude it. He also added that someone with powers similar to his will arrive here one day.” Ina stared deep into Brendel. “That’s you.”
”Me?” Brendel was surprised. After all, it was coincidences that led him here.
There must be some sort of requirement that he met for him to be here. For example, if a player from the Madara faction were to deliver the message from Amandina’s dad to her, Amandina would definitely not follow the player.
That was because some factors decided the operations of an NPC. There were no certainties set in stone.
”And so, what is the purpose of this hall?”
“To be honest with you, even we have no idea. Master was just super cautious about this place. All I could manage was that, besides Master, there were two other powerhouses that sacrificed their lives for its construction.”
”Were these two people Planeswalkers.?”
”Nope,” Ina shook her head, ”I had seen one of them in action before. She was so powerful I was sure she would not lose to Master in a fight.”
Brendel drew in a cold breath. There were individuals who could best a Planeswalker? If Kelsie was able to conjure a projection of Emrakul, his abilities were already way beyond anyone he knew. Besides, he never believed that there was someone who could rival a Planeswalker besides the Darkness Dragon since the beginning of the era. At least not in any legends he had ever heard of.
And he was sure the Darkness Dragon was not a woman.
Looking bask, this hall took the lives of three people at the level of Kelsie, but for what exactly? He doubted that it was so his predecessor could pa.s.s on Paradise of Adversity to him. There must be something else down here. However, looking at Ina’s expression, he doubted that she was hiding anything from him. Maybe she indeed did not know what was here.
”Do you still remember the era when you arrived here?” Brendel asked after some thought.
Ina was thinking about the matter meticulously. It was such a distant memory that she needed more than just a jog of memory to remember it.
”Alright. It may not have been the same calendar as it was now, but according to the ways of locals back then, it should be the 540th Aucas year.”
Brendel drew a blank. The Kirrlutz used ‘Eras’ to measure time. The recordings began since The Azure Knights broke through the heavens in the Second Era and were widely used since then. It was said that it was the brainchild of the greatest genius of Miirna, Planeswalker Tuman. However, the recordings only reached until the War of the Holy Saints.
”I admit, I’m unfamiliar with such a method of recording time,” Brendel sighed and his shoulders fell. Upon another thought, he asked, ”Were there any famous names that you could remember from back then?”
”The woman I mentioned before was such a person, It was just that I forgot her name. The other is someone you and I know, like my master, he was a Planeswalker as well, just way stronger than both of the people mentioned… Dude! You possess his legacy!”
”Tuman!” Brendel nearly jumped into the air, ”Tuman! Dear Marsha! You guys came when Tuman was still alive? How many years has it been? Three thousand? Four thousand years…! Wait... Wait a minute......”
He pressed his forehead, feeling the ache in his temples, ”If I recall correctly, the Darkness Dragon Odin was still alive at the time......”
”Odin.”
Ina looked at him, ”I've heard of such a name.”
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