Chapter 599 - Young Man, Wish You a Beautiful Life (2/2)

With the help of the Soul Furnace, Link was able to focus completely. His soul entered an indescribably calm state. It was as smooth and flat as the surface of a mirror.

Right now, Link’s heart had no disturbances. He didn’t have any emotions. He was completely calm.

There were many reasons why he could reach this state. Firstly, there was the Soul Furnace, a Legendary battle technique. Secondly, Link had the pure Realm Essence. It was abnormally perfect and basically gave Link zero disturbances. More importantly, Link had high control over his soul.

In this calm, Link could sense the tiniest shred of abnormalities. Now, he could feel several strange thoughts in his soul. After sensing carefully, he found three. Two were clear. The first was that he couldn’t use transmission spells while getting to the piece. The second was that he couldn’t fly in the valley.

These were the requirements given by the protector.

Another thought was blurry. Link sensed it carefully and discovered it was very fuzzy evil intent. It came from the protector. It was hard to explain, but it activated Link’s stress mechanism.

After this was activated, the changes in his soul influenced his entire body which affected his power. After this avalanche-like chain effect, Link’s body thought that everything in the environment was harmful and subconsciously rejected absorbing the power.

All existences in the world have hearts. If one’s heart is blinded, the world will have no light.

The sword spirit’s voice rang in Link’s mind again. This time, it dawned on him. A ray of sunlight appeared in his clouded soul.

Once the light appeared, it sliced apart the clouds like a sharp sword. The world in Link’s eyes brightened too. At the same time, he discovered that the looming ice walls had changed too. They looked cloudy, like a white mist.

It suddenly dawned on Link.

The protector’s illusion wasn’t actually that powerful. Most of his tricks were on the aspect of one’s soul. Most of his surroundings weren’t real. Other than the outermost walls of this icy valley, everything was fake.

Exhaling, Link looked back at the protector’s figure. He realized it was an illusion too. Looking closely, he saw that the air around it was wavering. Its power was actually quite weak. It was practically just air.

“You’re just the remnant of an ancient lord’s consciousness. Now, you can no longer stop me.”

With that, Link walked towards the Book of Creation piece and picked it up. During this, the protector retreated automatically. He smiled faintly. When Link picked up the piece, he bowed slightly. “Young man, you passed the final test.”

Link no longer had any doubts. Looking at the piece in his hands, he said, “It won’t turn me into the ruler or even give me any power, right?”

“Of course. It’s just a broken piece. If it really could turn someone into the sovereign, it wouldn’t be abandoned here.”

“Then why was it passed down through the millenniums?” Link asked.

“It is a key.” Light appeared in the protector’s hands. When it dissipated, all illusions in the ice valley disappeared.

The freezing wind, icy snow, and extreme frigidity appeared one by one, showing the true appearance of the extreme north.

Whoosh, whoosh. Freezing wind blew endlessly, scraping Link’s face like knives. He was forced to cast a Level-5 spell to fight against the cold.

The protector’s illusion wavered in the wind and snow. He pointed at the tall mountain behind him. “Do you see the mountain path covered by thick snow?”

Link looked. Through the heavy snow, he saw a mountain behind the protector. A path snaked across it, but it was covered with snow. If not for the fact that the snow piles were very smooth, he wouldn’t be able to see the path at all.

“Follow the path up. At the peak, there is a cave with a Level-19 eternal seal. The key is in your hands… Young man, I wish you a beautiful life.”

After that sentence, wind blew and the protector transformed into snow, melting into the tundra.

Link glanced at the corner again. The game system’s mission was still there, but it didn’t flash anymore. The blood-red color had turned gray too. Behind it, it said “discarded.”

This surprised Link slightly. The God of Light…can be wrong too?

He’d always thought that the God of Light was very powerful and knew practically everything about Firuman. Apparently, he was wrong.

Thinking back, this wasn’t the God of Light’s first mistake. Back at the Yabba city, he’d been fooled by the God of Destruction.

It seems that the God of Light isn’t as powerful as I thought. He can’t control Level-19 strength in the mortal world.

This detail helped Link see the God of Light’s bottom line. He was powerful but not impossibly so. He had many flaws in his control of Firuman.

Of course, Link was still too weak. It was too soon to think of this. Shaking his head, he tossed the thoughts to the back of his head. Activating a levitation spell and Void Walk, he followed the mountain path to the peak.

Seconds later, Link was before a ten-foot-tall ice crystal. At a glance, it was just a normal block of ice. At closer inspection, Link saw that it was covered in runes. They were innumerable and complicated. He felt like his head would crack apart at just a glance, so he gave up.

When he walked up to it, the piece in his hand brightened and buzzed. It started shaking, almost leaving his hands.

Link let go, and it immediately floated to the crystal door. Then, like water fusing into a river, it disappeared. A few seconds later, the crystal door shone too. Five seconds later, there was a soft poof, and the door disappeared. A tiny hidden chamber appeared.

Pale blue light came from it, as well as a lovely and ethereal sound. Link walked in, and his eyes widened.

He saw two people inside the room. No, more correctly, it was two dried corpses.