Chapter 664 (1/2)

Book 6, Chapter 56 – The Boundary Portal

The Tean to open very slowly At this pace it would take four or five days to open completely

Ani It was vigilant for any changes nearby Any who attedevoured by the frightening creature

The High Priest and all her folloere enough to overcome the divine beast, but what then? This wasn't any ordinary creature, but held inificance For a thousand years it was the Temple's protector and bore a close connection to Mount Sumeru Likewise, the power Selene inherited had come from the home of the Gods as well If her actions were the will of the Gods, would getting in her way be tantamount to blasphemy?

Could the Temple disobey the actions of the Gods?

The disquiet in Aquaria's heart greith every passing e and unexpected

“All oracles and Templars, fall back Leave the chamber Take no action without h Priest!”

The Temple faithful did as they were told Aquaria ith theriffin to the military headquarters as fast as possible

The best of Skycloud's talent had withered terribly as a consequence of the war Skye Polaris, Arcturus Cloude, Ramiel Caelestis… they were all dead Few others remained to consult in the face of this probleuidance from the Commander-General of the ar Skycloud's elite that Auaria trusted After all, they had worked closely for many years

Phain had taken residence in the Polaris family mansion, vacated after their ouster fro traces of the forreat man who once called this place home

This here Phain Mist chose to work It filled hiravity and pressure He was under no illusion that he was any fraction of the man their fallen War God had been Nor could he compare to the War Saint, whose position of Grand Prior he'd taken when Vulkan fled to the wastes Even after becoreater man than Phain Still, he was tapped to lead Skycloud's ar with administrative matters His attire was much different than it had been when he served in the Teraceful raiant and noble servant of the Gods Today, his austere clothingsas strapped to his side and his head was covered with a gauze-lined cap The cloth concealed his hideously deforured appearance was a result of Arcturus' ire, much in the same way the old drunk and Cloudhawk had suffered His injuries were not insurmountable and he was expected to make a full recovery, but he would be forever scarred by the attempt on his life [1]

It would serve as an eternal reh Priest's sudden arrival came as a shock to the Commander-General He fell silent after Aquaria relayed as happening

“You knohat the city has been through in the last few years,” Aquaria said “The situation is complex and precarious If that door opens a portal to Mount Sumeru, hoould the Gods react to our citizens?”

Phain understood what Aquaria was getting at She didn't want that door opened for she distrusted anything that would come from it

With brow furrowed, Phain answered “That door has never been opened ever in recorded history We have no way of knohat it is or what purpose it serves If we try to stop it, we risk offending the Gods”

Aquaria cast aside her h Priest for thethen they are already offended”

Arcturus had conspired against the Gods here in their own city Blasphe as Arcturus had been, he was nothing in the face of Mount Su's successor flourished Gods and demons were reement with the wastelanders their wrath would be immense

Of course, this was all speculation They had no proof that this portal had any connection to Mount Sumeru Because Ramiel had died so suddenly, h Priest to another were lost forever Aquaria didn't even knoas Selene had acquired these strange powers, nor whether it was her place to stand in her way

As the two struggled for answers a powerful wave of h A voice echoed in their ht that wasn't theirs, a foreign will A powerful creature was linked directly to theh Priest and Grand Prior felt a location, somewhere outside of the city of Skycloud Near the miraculous waterfall Whatever creature had connected to them did so from a distant hundreds of kilometers away Far beyond the scope of anywas Without ato deny the call, Aquaria and Phain left for the signified location