Chapter 1274 - Communication Resumes (1/2)
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
There was high ground in the north of White City, separated from the urban areas and protected by a circle of extra wall. The most elite guards and most potent magisters of Taros swore with their lives to guard that highland forever. A permanent ‘no-fly’ zone had been running over the plateau for three centuries. No matter if it was a dragon or a bird, nothing could fly over the high ground, where there was only one avenue extending from the Royal Palace. It could lead to the entrance of the highland, but such a secure measure was to protect one thing: the foundation of the Kingdoms of Order, the Sunscorch Tower.
The tower stood proudly on the highland. It was grander than any building in White City. Even the highest point of the Palance of the Golden Roses was only at half the height of the Sunscorch Tower. Constructed with the purest enchanted moonstone, the white wall of the tower had engravings of ancient runes, which only the sanctum scholars could interpret. The blue and gold crystals inlaid on the outer wall of the tower formed a powerful energy field and immersed the highland with magic. At the top of this sleek white tower, three large white crystals were circling the sun crystal on the apex, spreading the powerful energy of the Order from the tower internal into the sky day and night.
Unlike other sacred objects of Order, the Sunscorch Tower did not release a visible and robust light column. Apart from a circle of shimmer, this holy and powerful huge tower would not give off any extra light. The Sunscorch Tower was not to light the Barrier of Order. Its more important function was to serve as the energy redistribution center and power hub of all the towers of Order in the kingdom, including the Furnace Tower and the Spire of Flames. Inside the kingdom-level Barrier of Order, all the towers were connected. Their power formed a sea of energy in another dimension that was invisible to human eyes. The real form of the Sunscorch Tower was hidden in this sea of energy, where it shone and controlled all the powers of Order.
The scholars of Collow had constructed this knowledge through various calculus models. In fact, in the eyes of human beings, the connection between Sunscorch Tower and the others was completely invisible.
But Hao Ren could see it.
With Rudolph III, the princesses and the prince, Hao Ren came before the Sunscorch Tower. Looking up, he saw beams of silver light crisscrossing at the top of the tower as if a net covered the entire sky above the high ground. The light beams faded gradually outward and disappeared into the distance.
When Rudolph III came to the entrance of the tower, he placed his hand on the door made of Mithril and whispered the vow left of the ancestors of Collow and the Goddess of Creation. The door slowly ground open to both sides with a rumble.
Inside was a space full of light.
The crisscrossing light beams in the room were refracted by air and curved along an invisible medium, forming a complex and varied mysterious three-dimensional pattern. Suspended in the air in the center of the lights was a white crystal continuously reflected various bizarre pictures as it spun. Below the crystal was a pool, about two meters in radius, filled with crystal-clear liquid that looked condensed light.
Hao Ren took a careful look. Something was floating above the liquid. It took him a while before he realized that it was a silver flame that was extremely thin and translucent and almost invisible.
The flame was burning quietly above the liquid as if it was ready to go out.
“This is the sacred flame of the Sunscorch Tower.” Rudolph III came to the pool and quietly looked at the phantom-like silver fire. “My blood has been burning here for the last seven years. I could engulf the entire white crystal when the fire was at its peak. But now…”
Hao Ren thought for a while and decided to tell of his opinion euphemistically. “I think, the flame will go out soon.”
“Veronica will enkindle it, and the inheritance of the Kingdom of Talos will live on,” Rudolph III said, looking to his only descendant who still had the power of the caretaker. “Veronica, the moment you light it, you will take over my scepter and become the new ruler of Taros. As a queen, you should use your power cautiously, and not be as reckless as before.”
Veronica was stunned. The knight princess had never thought about it. “Father, you didn’t tell me before…”
“You should know what it means to ignite the sacred flames.” The king waved. “I brought you here not for fun, but for you to see the destiny of the kingdom. Veronica, darkness has come. The mainland, even all the Kingdoms of Order will die out in the long night. Taros is likely to be the last lighthouse in the long night. It is a difficult time, but we have no choice. Perhaps our kingdom will eventually go out one day, but you, you must be the guardian of the kingdom, at least let her spend the last century in peace.”
Veronica’s lips twitched. The strong knight prince had rarely flinched, but now she was reluctant. “Father, I… I feel that I am not going to be a good king. Ania is much smarter than me. I am only good on the battlefield but dumb at other times.”
Rudolph III quietly looked at his eldest daughter for a long time. The old king then smiled. “I know,” he said.
Veronica coughed. “Father, you can be more euphemistic.”
Rudolph III sighed. “Having thought about it for a long time, I really couldn’t find you your potential of being a king.”