Chapter 635 - News (1/2)
”What's this Valiant Heart Zone?” Leonel asked.
”Oh, I keep forgetting you're a freshman…” Kaela looked Leonel up and down as though observing some kind of extraterrestrial creature. ”… The Valiant Heart Zone is the world the Valiant Pillars gate.”
”It's a Zone?”
”Well… Yes and no. There are four types of Zones, normal types, Mythological types, Variant Types and Unique Zones. Valiant Heart Zone is a Unique Zone.”
”Aren't Unique Zones…”
Leonel was confused. He was certain that Unique Zones were Zones where outside interference caused their difficulty to multiply several times over.
It was only after he heard Kaela's explanation that he understood the definition of Unique Zone was far broader than he thought it was.
The strict definition of a Unique Zone was any Zone that was influenced by outside forces. In this case, it encompassed both the Zone which had to deal with Shield Cross Stars interference and apparently this Valiant Heart Zone.
According to Kaela, organizations of a certain level kept and refined certain Zones for different levels of benefits. Sometimes these Zones could perpetually produce resources for an organization, almost like a respawn rate in a game.
Zones kept for that purpose were an easy income source for worlds and could act as a renewable resource.
However, the Valiant Heart Zone wasn't this kind of resource Zone. Rather, it was a training ground.
”… Yes, the Valiant Heart Zone when it first appeared was a Variant Zone. In the past, Valiant Heart Mountain was on the brink of destruction and it was because of one of our Ancestors and the appearance of this Zone that we were able to survive.
”According to legends, our Ancestor brought back a treasure that allowed us to monopolize this Variant Zone for continuous use. Those treasures are the pillars that guard the mountain pass.”
Leonel's eyes widened. If he was a betting man, he would certainly put no small amount of money on the fact this Ancestor was the very same one that Sael had mentioned.
He didn't know what level of treasure it would take to claim a Zone for yourself, let alone a Variant Zone which was known to have the greatest treasures.
Kaela spoke of the treasures so simply, but wasn't she a Crafter? Shouldn't she know how difficult it was to construct such a treasure?
Leonel might not understand much about the Dimensional Verse, but what he did know about was Force Crafting. Any treasure on this level couldn't be from the Fourth Dimension. It was a surprise that Valiant Heart Mountain had lasted for so long letting such a secret become common knowledge amongst its disciples.
Or maybe… That was exactly the point.
'Are they using the prestige of the Morales family as a protective covering?'
Thinking to this point, Leonel almost wanted to laugh.
He couldn't blame them. They gave up tens of thousands of their members for the right to use this shield of protection.
But, that only made things more ironic. It was because of this sacrifice that they were able to enjoy such spoils. And now what? They suddenly weren't willing anymore?