Chapter 143 - 140 : Open Your Eyes, Learn The Truth (1/2)

Looking at the long slash he engraved on the World Tree. Arthur proudly smiled and said

”Is that all you got?”

His question was met with silence, an eerie silence that even made Arthur a bit uneasy. He didn't unsheathe his katana and instead held it with both of his hand while raising his aura indicating that he's not giving up.

The more time he waited, the better it was for Arthur to recover some of his Mana and think of some measures in case the World Tree goes all out.

”..... It is always said that curiosity killed the cat, so tell me mortal, don't you fear death? Or are you foolish enough to die because of the stupid thing you call curiosity?”

”Hahahaha, it's true that curiosity killed the cat but it's also true that satisfaction brought it back.”

”... What you'll experience may not kill you, but sometimes.... the truth can be deadlier than a blade in the heart. Are you still sure you want to be foolish and learn how insignificant you really are?”

Arthur just shrugged his shoulders and stored his katana away. It didn't seem that the World Tree was angry on wanted to still fight. He didn't know what it will show him but he was intrigued and wanted to know what all of this was about.

Very soon, a green light covered Arthur, who was about to resist but was stopped by the voice.

”Do not resist, let it enter you.”

Albeit a bit hesitant, Arthur tsk'ed and didn't activate anything, leaving his body exposed.

'If this a trap, I'll cut that tree, I swear!'

The feeling was pleasant and in just seconds, Arthur felt his mind calm down and a wave of serenity cover him. He could no longer move and found himself in a white world with only him and a blue blob of light floating in front of him.

”What you're about to see is... what I am and... what happened.”

The white blurred and the surroundings warped becoming a mix of gray and red until Arthur found himself in an extremely large broken ship. A fog was all around it and the atmosphere was gloomy with some ghostly wails emitting from its inside.

Seeing Arthur becoming cautious and trying to activate Dark Barrier, the World Tree, which took a form of a blob of blue light, spoke

”You do not need to worry, we're only viewing events of the past, whatever you do will not affect what's happening, neither can anyone see you or feel your presence.”

'Anyone?'

No matter how much Arthur inspected the surface of the ship, he could not see a single living being except the few ghostly and creepy wails coming from the inside.

Two shadows suddenly appeared a few meters away from Arthur, the distance was close and albeit the presence of the dog, he could see their features.

One was an old man holding a purple box in his hands, he had a thick black and white beard and wore a black robe. The other person was a middle-aged man with a long red staff. He had a domineering presence and a long brown-hair, sword shaped eyebrows and a pointy nose. What's special about this man is that he had three horns sticking out of the back of his head, each had a unique color.

Arthur's knowledge about races was quite fast due to the enormous amount of corpses he possessed, he was not one hundred percent sure but he had a strong guess that this man was from the Demon Race.

Most of them had pale white skin and an appearance very similar to Humans but some strong Demons have horns which are a way to show off their powers. He only knew that the Demon Lord on Astria had one horn, as for two horns, he never saw or heard of anyone like that.

”Ha... those ugly beats were sure a pain in the ass.... it's all thanks to you, Zodiak.”

The demon patted the old man's shoulder and then shifted his attention to the insides of the ship. He held his staff in both of his hand and the weapon was instantly emitting a red luster and in some weird way, it began stretching and bending around but at a second glance, it returned to its normal appearance.

'Zodiak?'

Arthur assessed this old man who had the same name as that skeleton. There cannot be such a coincidence, he never saw Zodiak's real appearance so he was confused. The robe was not the same so he couldn't ascertain his guess.