Chapter 422 (2/2)

“Amur” Y’zaks said as he basked in the dim light of the star, with his hands crossed. “It’s also known as the Vault of Amur, a gaseous planet. I think it’s about as big as Jupiter in the Solar System, but it has a much gentler climate. Cadeceus floats on in orbit of this giant gas planet. In reality, Cadeceus is what remained of a planet that had been blown apart, similar to it. The planet was formed before it could fully take a spherical shape. As such, it is now an arcing space continent. The other parts of the planet have mostlikely been dragged into the atmospheric storm of Amur. Maybe we will find some clues in the clouds. There’s a very strong gravity well deep within Cadeceus, or perhaps its a planet-destroying high density space object. It had destroyed Cadeceus as a planet, but had created a strong enough gravity field on what remained of it, and locked in the atmosphere.”

Hao Ren blinked as he digested how imposible the land beneath him came to be. He was at awe by the amount of wonders that would show itself on this planet. Y’zaks was still explaining about the plane without much of an expression on his face. “Cadeceus is orbiting along Amur’s orbit, and is maintaing some sort of rotation along the orbit. As the sun sets on the west, Amur will appear on the east. This is a scene unique to Cadeceus. Thus, the nights here are never fully dark. Like my seventh plane, there is always one giant planet illuminating the night.”

Still awestruck by the scene before him, Hao Ren could only manage a word, “Why?”

“Yes, why?” Y’zaks looked towards the majestic clouds around Amur. “Why Cadeceus torn apart? Why did this shattered planet and incomplete star system exist? Why did this impossible, unnatural wonder exists?” Why was the dimension separated into various bubbles, isolated from one another, yet so many dimensional gates still linked the realms together? Why did the realms, separated for thousand of years, still developed the same way as others? Why couldn’t we see the stars, but we could find traces of cosmic radiation in some old ores? Why did the old man’s calculation of thesize of universe was so strange?”

Y’zaks threw out a string of whys, and almost had Hao Ren in a daze. He then crossed his arm, and looked up to the sky, “I wnat to know why. I’m the strongest being in this world. I don’t want to squirm about knot knowing anything. That’s why I want to invade the sky, to use everything in this world to push me skywards. I need, nay, have to know the truth, and those who do not wish to be earthbound, they should too pursue these truths too.”

“If I could turn back time, and have another go at this, I will raise a new army and conquer the whole world again. I know this is the only way to have the world under my grip.” Y’zaks looked down towards the city. “If they were given a chance, they would ally again, raise a new army to protect their homes and traditions. No matter how many times, it will be the same. Heroes are heroes, demon kings are demon kings. The only difference is our victories and defeats.

“I’ve seen many ageless beings,” Vivian gazed deeply at Y’zaks. “You’re the purest of them all. As you say, there’s no right or wrong. It’s all because you wanted the do it, you needed to do it. It seems like no matter how many times, there is no place in this world for you.”

“Of course.” Y’zaks smiled as he shrugged. “That’s because I’m the demon king.”

Hao Ren went back to his room, and blew the lights out. He noticed Amur’s gentle glow coming in from one of the windows of his inn room. He was fascinated by the mysteries of this world. He felt that even if they did nothing of note here, just by being here itself was an fine reward.”

Something then rang in his mind, and Hao Ren opened his Dimensional pocket and placed a big fish bowl on the floor. He carefully scoop Lil Pea out of the water and brought the little one to the window.

Lil Pea excitedly looked at the outside world, and she tapped her tail happily on Hao Ren’s arm. Pointing towards Amur which by now had covered almost a third of the sky, she exclaimed. “BIG MOON! BIG MOON! I WANT TO GO TO BIG MOON!”

“If there’s a chance, Daddy will bring you to even more interesting places.” Hao Ren softly patted Lil Pea’s tail. “I’m so glad I signed up for this!”