Chapter 316: History of the Dark World (1/2)

Although she tried asking the World's Will to confirm that it wasn't just a myth, she couldn't get an answer. In fact, Alwyn believed that the World's Will decided to give its denizens a silent treatment. For who knows how long, it never appeared before its denizens.

When she said that, I kept to myself how I was summoned by the World's Will. Perhaps it's also part of their set-up not to divulge the connection between the World's Will and Illiana so I stopped myself from commenting, especially about Remilia, and just continued listening to her about the Dark World's history.

As an Exalted, she probably doesn't have the necessary clearance to more important information. Even in this Dafirae tribe, she's not the Tribe Sovereign but just one of its Exalted Champions.

Illiana ordered her personally without telling much about me except my identity as a Mortal World Transcendent and her task to send me back to a Mortal World. Alwyn didn't even have any idea who brought me in that Irreverent Dungeon.

Also, even though she's curious, she's neither asking me about my connection to Illiana nor planning to do so.

Being personally given a task by her was most likely considered the highest honor for her that she would follow it unquestioningly. It's even a secret that she couldn't tell her Tribal Sovereign.

Halfway through her educating me about the history of the Dark World, she suddenly stood up from in front of me to pick up a telepathic message from someone.

For that telepathic message to pass through despite the layer of screens she put up… I guess the Formation she activated isn't that strong. Also, this is just one of the common rooms given to the Rank 1 Transcendents to rest in. The Formation was only up to that level.

Alwyn looked at me apologetically before replying to whoever sent that message. A few minutes later, she released a sigh before sitting back in front of me, telling me the gist of that conversation she just had.

”The three irreverent from the same Dungeon as you will be monitored closely while you're in this world, especially Klement. You don't have to worry about them suspecting your identity and divulging it to someone else.”

I see. Although she said that she was personally tasked to help me, there's someone else tasked by Illiana to make sure that nothing will go wrong. And that someone will neither appear before me nor meddle with Alwyn's task.

”I understand. Do what you think is best.”

The two already sent me the vague message not to worry. However, verbal assurance like that wouldn't really hold so I didn't comment about Alwyn and whoever's working with her to watch over them.

With a confident smile on her, Alwyn nodded vigorously.

After that brief pause, she continued about telling me the rest of the Dark World's history.

Because there were no clear records, they could only estimate when the World's Will left hibernation. Their best estimate was between 2000 years or 1500 years ago.

And because of that, the limit of the Dark World denizens' Pathways to stop at Mortal Pathway was removed. They called that period of time as the Myriad Doors Era which pertained to how the denizens living at that time go about their day with a lot of Doors of Transcendence hanging above the sky almost everyday…

Although there were a lot who failed their Transcendent Trials, with how big the Dark World is, it's still enough to produce a lot of Transcendents who became the strongest entities at that time.

As more and more Mortal Ranks completed their Transcendent Trials, a new period began along with the lessening of the Door of Transcendence hanging above the sky.

At that time, they started fighting to see who's strongest among the Transcendents. And so, after the Myriad Doors Era, the era where Transcendents kept on dying from their duels came to be known as the Transcendent Fall Era.

During that era, the 30 tribes of today came to be established. It started with one Transcendent who looked for allies to befriend and fight with. Although there were already those instances before, it was between close family or friends they already had before reaching Transcendent Rank. Following his example, the others soon started forming groups as well, even former enemies joined hands to take down a much stronger Transcendent.

Instead of a one on one duel to see who the stronger one was, the norm became group battles where it seldom ended with a death anymore.

With a lower death rate, the groups started to swell in numbers. They started claiming territories for themselves that were previously held by the Mortal Ranks who came into power during the Mortal Gate Era, the era after the Transcendent's Disappearance.

With Transcendents settling down in town, cities or any other form of large societies, it became somewhat peaceful. However, it didn't last that long. Some Transcendents used the premise of claiming the other group's territory much like what's happening at the World of Barbarians, with their tribes and chieftains.