584 A Little Presen (1/2)

While Roland was busy having trouble in the desert (he deserved it), he didn't expect that out of everyone in his adventuring party he summoned to meet him on the 100th level, he would be the last to arrive… But when considering his pathetic luck stat, this seemed only natural. In that case, when he left first before any of his companions, this was actually a smart decision by him?

Adam and Margaret's vacation in the far north had finally ended three weeks ago. This wasn't because Adam had finally admitted that he had zero sense of direction. Instead, Adam and Margaret had experienced various difficulties, and accomplished deeds that no ordinary person possibly could have. They successfully reached a location that should have been impossible to reach. At the farthest northern point of the world, they proved that the world of Eich was round… er, cubic.

”Is this the legendary end point of the Endless Sea? The border of the entire world?”

After climbing over countless mountains and having fun wrestling with the northern snowmen (well, Adam thought that they were wrestling, but the snowmen actually wanted to eat him), and playing around with the ice ogres (again, the ice ogres actually wanted to eat him), racing with white and snow dragons (the dragons failed to hunt him down), Adam and Margaret crossed over the Ice Wall of Sighs which would have impeded any ordinary living being progressing forward. They finally arrived at the farthest northern point of the world, where they saw something that they would never forget in their lives.

They saw endless cliffs with nothing but an infinite void beyond them. Walking even one step forward here would result in falling down forever.

The sea water here was already frozen solid. When peering at the infinite void beyond the cliffs, even someone like Adam instinctively felt afraid.

The Creator Goddess's knowledge created the world. Goddess Eich had believed that the world should be a perfect cube. Thus, the world of Eich really was a perfect cube. It would be completely unknown what would happen if you stepped off the face of this cube.

The majestic ice river here created the most orderly ice plains and ice cliffs in the world, with the infinite void beyond them. A human would seem like nothing more than a speck of dust here.

The Creator Goddess's miracle was displayed right before them. Even someone as coarse as Adam was astounded by the sight.

And then, he immediately took out a memory crystal to record the scenery.

”You're actually taking in the sights here?”

Margaret thought that there was something wrong with Adam. He actually wanted to record some vacation memories? Wasn't he always the type to just have fun with whatever local residents? He actually had the artistry in him to enjoy the scenery?

”Oh, I think that this might help Roland if he saw this. This is probably what the true Ice Aeon should look like…”

However, Adam's casual explanation made Margaret somewhat aggrieved. Adam never paid that much attention to Margaret…

But then, Margaret smiled faintly. She had been together with Adam so long already that she could accept him for who he was. Adam had different ways of treating Roland and Margaret, which was perfectly fine.

Adam kept running around everywhere, snapping pictures with his memory crystal. Meanwhile, Margaret began to craft a small house out of ice and snow, intending to stay the night here.

After only recording for a few seconds, Adam found out that he had wasted all his efforts. It was too cold here for the memory crystals to function. The memory crystals instantly shattered right after bringing them out.

Since there was no way forward anymore, Adam hesitated on whether or not to suggest heading back while it wasn't dark yet. However, he kept feeling like that would be rather boring, having spent so much effort to reach this place but being forced to go back.

”Eh, what's this?”

Adam then suddenly noticed a gigantic sign of ice on the border of the world.

This gigantic sign of ice reached all the way to the clouds. However, it was impossible to see until you got very close to it. There was something miraculous about it.

”This is the end of the world. There is no path forward. But, in praise of the brave travelers whose courage and sacrifices brought them here, as well as praise for your fearlessness in not turning back, anyone who reaches this location may carve their names and the place they want to go on this sign. I shall use my powers over Creation itself to instantly teleport you anywhere that you wish to go.”

On this gigantic sign, there was nothing else apart from this strange inscription, other than a paltry two names written approximately one meter up on the sign.

Such a strange sign with no other words written on it made it seem like a random prank.

However, the words written on the sign were clearly written in an unknown language. Yet, someone as coarse as Adam was still able to understand the words. There was clearly something miraculous about the sign.

Of course, the divine signature at the bottom of the sign's inscription made everything clear.

”Your Mother, Eich.”

Just as how many video game programmers enjoyed programming Easter eggs into their games, the Creator Goddess who created this world named after herself had also left her own trace here, unknown to all. Everyone had previously thought that Eich had left no traces of herself anywhere.

But, in this location that could be called the most difficult place to reach in the world, she left behind a teleportation portal capable of taking you to any location in the world that you wanted to go. Perhaps Goddess Eich wasn't as strict and traditional as she appeared to be in the myths about her after all. Perhaps she had also once proudly looked upon the world she created, and then happily left behind her own signature and miraculous teleportation portal as a surprise gift for the bravest adventurers.