Chapter 1676 - The Dark Valkyries Gift (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The return of the goddess of creation was the best news for the surviving guardians and sprites. After the collapse of the old era, nothing pleased them more than the safe return of their “mother”, who had shaped the glory years. Even the ever-serious conservative giants held quite a grand celebration this time—right at the Heart of Destiny, around the new shrine of Yggdrasil.

Although the threat of the Mad Lord still existed and was more pressing than ever before, the celebration was needed. It would not only dispel the lingering gloom in everyone’s mind but also boost their fighting spirit for the coming battle. And more importantly, if there were any surviving planets in the universe that still held belief in the goddess of creation, then those who struggled in the dark could find comfort in the celebration.

In Holletta, for instance, all worshippers were told about the goddess of creation’s return, and far, far away in the dark depths of the universe, the guardian giants received a couple of messages too. While the news was a far cry from the glorious days of the past, it provided a spark of relief.

At least, they knew that many of their people had survived.

However, after a brief celebration, the goddess did not continue to play with the merry sprites. Instead, she returned to the depths of the shrine alone.

At the center of the shrine, the textbooks from the Galacticus Lords had been removed from the box and placed neatly on the shelves nearby. Right then, there were a few busy sprites among the shelves.

Rheia approached one of the bookshelves. According to the timetable Hao Ren left, the books had been arranged by subject and difficulty; she just had to follow the study plan so she did not pay attention to the books around her but merely pulled out the first book in the first row.

“Introduction to Gods…” Rheia rubbed the cover of the large leathery book and read the words lightly. She then carried it to her desk. “Hopefully these books will work well…”

A few sprites came bounding over to the desk. “Goddess! You want to read?”

“Goddess, do you want to play first?”

“Goddess, don’t forget to have another lesson and practice once you’ve finished your self-studying—Hao Ren told us!”

Rheia gently pushed the little ones away. “Go and watch at the door. If there’s nothing particularly important, just tell whoever it is that I have to do my homework and I don’t want to be interrupted.”

After the sprites left, she opened the book with a mixture of anxiety and curiosity, then concentrated her mind on the title page with a touch of divine power.

An unexpected passage suddenly appeared.

“To my child whom I have never met:

“By the time you read this, I should be fighting on the distant frontier to prevent the abyss from eroding and destroying the World of Order. I should have taught you and shown you how to use our great power, but power meant duty, so I could not leave the front. I could only deliver these books to you in the hopes that they may help you.

“My child, you have inherited a strong and glorious bloodline. The history of this bloodline can be traced back to the time when the infinite void was first established. At the beginning of all history, and even before it, our bloodlines have existed, and our ancestors have defended the balance of the orderly world with courage, strength, and wisdom, mainly the first two of course—but it does not matter.

“What you need to know is that from the moment you inherited this bloodline, you were destined to be a fearless warrior. It is our way of survival, to fight endlessly on the path we have taken. There are no thoughts of setbacks, no thoughts of victory, no thoughts of defeat, no thoughts of obstacles, and no thoughts of desperate situations. Well, I admit that this is not my way of speaking, but anyway, my central message is that our family tradition is to ‘keep fighting’. If you can keep your determination and your will burning, turn the page.

“—Your Mother.”

Rheia was clueless.

Well, she wanted to close the book and put it back on the shelf at that moment, but she could not help turning the page.

As she flipped the pages, Rheia fell into a trance and the space around her turned upside down. Even her powers as a true god could not stop the change. When everything settled down, she found herself in a strange space.