Chapter 1292 - Gears In Motion (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Hao Ren had no idea what had happened during his travel from the “outside world” to the Collow dimension. But from the words of Calaxus, he was pretty sure that his ‘crossing’ had triggered an observable phenomenon, which the Sanctum people saw.

He made some careful calculations based on the investigation team’s departure time from Sanctum and found that it coincided with the time he fell into the Cassouin Grand Temple.

Things had taken a dramatic turn and caught Calaxus by surprise. At first, the high-ranking monk was still pondering how he would across the danger-laden wilderness and locate the lost ancient temple, the next moment, the target of his mission, Hao Ren, was already standing right in front of his eyes.

“Seriously?” Calaxus could not believe what he heard. “Did you really come out from the Cassouin Grand Temple?”

“That’s true, I woke up there,” Hao Ren replied while his mind was racing, trying to decide whether to continue using his cover as an ancient guardian before this true Sanctumese.

Hao Ren decided against it. Firstly, he used the name of the ancient guardian to ease his movement in the Kingdom of Taros and at that time, he also did not have the opportunity to tell Veronica about his true identity. But now, he no longer needed this convenience.

Calaxus was here to look for a miracle, and Hao Ren, the stranger from the outside world, was the miracle the high-ranking monk was searching for.

Of course, the more important reason was that Hao Ren knew it would be difficult to pretend in front of the native Sanctumese. What if Calaxus could smell him out? Hao Ren thought.

The high-ranking monk continued to look at Hao Ren suspiciously. “Why did you appear in that place?”

“Did you know how Alpha appeared on a floating island?” Hao Ren pointed at Lily, who was kneeling on the ground trying to gorge out a stone from the altar as a souvenir. Her ears flickered when she heard someone mentioning her name. “Arf?”

Calaxus’ brows knit together. “Alpha said she came from a faraway place and lost her way. When she woke up, she found herself already on the floating island. Ahem. She has always been vague in her words.”

Hao Ren spread out his hand. “It’s very simple; because I come from the same place that she comes from—outside of Collow.”

Calaxus was stunned.

“Unbelievable. Can you prove what you say?” The high-ranking monk became even more skeptical than before. “At least prove that you have woken up in the Cassouin Grand Temple.”

Hao Ren scratched his head. “The trouble is that no one would believe a lie and even the truth here. Can this world leave a space for the honest? It would take me a great deal of trouble even explain the multi-universe to you. But I can prove that I have gone to the Cassouin Grand Temple. Here you go!”

As Hao Ren spoke, he released an autonomous robot from the dimensional pocket. The robot raised its tentacles and projected a set of holograms in the air. Earlier, Hao Ren had captured the images in the Cassouin Grand Temple.

“Unless you have not seen the Cassouin Grand Temple before, you should know it when you see it.”

Calaxus looked at these holographic images with astonishment. He had not been to the temple before, but he got all the information about the Cassouin Grand Temple, from detailed written records and stone rubbing of images from the pope before he left Sanctum. So he knew how the temple looked, and the image before his eyes matched what he knew.

“This… this is indeed the temple,” the high-ranking monk muttered. “The murals and sculptures are the same as in the records. But whose hand is this? What does this hand gesture mean?”

While the hologram was displaying its few last images, in one of the images, a hand making a V sign, suddenly appeared at the bottom of the picture.

Hao Reng hemmed a couple of times and quickly turned off the holographic display. “That’s my hand. It means important information, but I can’t explain it to you.”

Hao Ren’s heart missed a beat; had he switched the hologram off two seconds later, the high-ranking monk would see him standing on the porch of the temple and posing like a dumbass tourist.

Lily looked up and began to say loudly, “Oh, Mr. Landlord, isn’t that—”

Hao Ren glared at Lily. “Shut up! Otherwise, there will be no more meat for you!”

Lily’s ears drooped. “Arf.”

“Okay, let’s not harp on the details. So now is your mission accomplished?” Hao Ren looked at Calaxus and embarrassedly steered away from the topic. “What are you going to do next? Take me to Sanctum?”

Calaxus thought for a while and looked at Hao Ren, feeling unsure. “If you are really that ‘light’ that the pope has said, how would you save the holy mountain Asurmen?”

“That depends on what troubles your sacred mountain has encountered,” Hao Ren said. “You may not believe it, but I’m indeed an expert in fixing (blowing up) divine artifacts.

Seeing that the high-ranking monk still hesitated, Hao Ren pointed to Lily again. “Look at the alpha, the Light of Order in her body is already powerful enough to protect millions of troops across the Black Forest. But she is my house sitter.”

While saying, he secretly winked at Lily, hoping that the husky maiden would cooperate. But without waiting for Hao Ren to finish, Lily was already nodding her head. The dog maiden had not been paying attention to what her landlord said; she had zoned out.

Calaxus was startled and suspicious at the same time when seeing the alpha’s reaction. The high-ranking monk then nodded to Hao Ren and said, “We shall urgently return to Sanctum.”

Hao Ren’s brows arched. “By airship?”