Chapter 183 Do Not Simply Open the Dimensional Rift. That Is Common Sense (2/2)

The aftershock of the huge outburst of the enormous power had blown away all of the remaining snow and black dirt from the ground. The tyrannical impact had swept across the entire surroundings. Other than the small piece of ground right underneath Joshua's body, the entire area, having him as the center point of the radius area, was scraped off by a layer. Dust and dirt were stirred violently into the air, shrouding the shadow of the warrior as if the dust had engulfed him whole.

The impact gradually subsided, and the smoke and dust had also gradually dispersed away.

In the meantime, as the dust was settling down in the area, a voice was heard.

”It ain't budging and it can't be broken.”

Knitting his brow intensely, Joshua was standing right in the middle of the piece of ground that was not scraped by the impact of his power. He stared at the book which did not even get a scratch after all that. Then he muttered to himself, ”I've not even thought of opening the book. I only thought of tearing it into half to prevent it from causing more catastrophic incidents in the future. But I've never thought possible that it would be ineffective… It seems that this book truly has a connection with the demons from the dark abyss, or even with the Evil God. I believe that even if a Supreme-tier mage appears right before me and cast a magic barrier, that magic barrier will not be so tough as well.”

The surge of the power of a Gold-tier champion could reach the point where ordinary people could not have imagined possible. The gate of the main city of Moldavia was a gigantic solid steel block that was made by the rune dwarves back in Black Steel Remelting Furnace that was located underground. The steel door was approximately 4,500 tons in weight. When this giant object was pressed down, even solid iron blocks would be pressed into flat pieces of steel biscuits and sink into the ground. However, Joshua could actually single-handedly lift that piece of steel up when he was bursting into his full power form.

But even with such level of power, he did not manage to tear the book open at all- Hence, there was no doubt that this was not just some powerful insane spellbook written by some powerful mage. This must be a book that came from Chaos or the Evil God.

”The material of the book itself is not mysterious. They are merely pure goatskin and ape skin…”

Joshua no longer planned to use brute force on the book. He narrowed his eyes and carefully examined the material of the book. ”The bottom of its cover is actually made of patches of human skin. So this is truly a book of evil, it seems that I'm right. The book itself is not special. However, the things that are inside of the book, the information, must be special.”

In this world full of magic power, combat aura, holy light, and daemons, words could also be a powerful tool.

According to legend, at the beginning of the ancient times, the [Rune] that was born from the Initial Flame claimed to have the power to make all phenomena in the world to reappear. Meanwhile, the [Inscription] that emerged on the Primordial Steel had the ability to fulfill wishes.

Well, putting these aside, regardless of the ancient language of the Ancient Dragon, the superior Elvish language, or the human's primordial language, all of these languages would also have similar magic power. Hence, same goes to the words that were passed down by the Evil God who was wandering in the void.

Whatever item or book with words tainted with the power of Chaos would become even more difficult to destroy even if it was the most fragile thing in the entire world. That was also the main reason why the Church of the Seven Gods would focus on using the holy light that purifies. That was because they wanted to focus only on those Chaos artifacts that were extremely hard to destroy.

”The existence of Evil God cannot be known by normal people. The more people know about it, the more people would become embracers of the Evil powers in the names of evil. These corrupted existences could also be obtained through sacrificial ceremonies and depravity to obtain the forbidden power. However, the Evil God would also take advantage of this opportunity to spread the power of Chaos across the entire world.”

Lightly repeating what he had known from the old butler about the Evil God long ago, Joshua could not help to have a deeper understanding of those words. He thought of the Corrupted Black Dragon that he slew previously, and the last remaining of its corpse that turned into a shapeless daemon, ”These terrible beings have powers to infest everything. Even though it was merely some recorded words could make a normal book so powerful and tough. If the number of people that know about the Evil God and the number of people getting corrupted becomes too many, these monsters will invade directly.”

Looking at the book in his hand, Joshua nodded slightly and muttered to himself again, ”I now roughly understand now. Because it contains some information about the Evil God and it had acquired the forbidden power. So the book has acquired certain instincts of its own. It was trying to get away from me because I have the power of Order that could be used to destroy it.”

”Ling, you hold the book.”

”Oh, me? Alright.”

The black-haired young man who stood far from his master heard his order. He could not help but be momentarily stunned. However, he immediately reacted and ran up to Joshua right after that and took the book from Joshua's hand.

At the same time that the book was handed to Ling, the presence that was surging across Joshua's body was instantly reduced at a very rapid speed. Before this, the presence of the warrior was blazing hot like the heat of a volcano. The scorching heat was unparalleled, and it was eye-catching. However, now, he looked like a small match that was barely burning- under the sky where the sunlight was a little brighter, even if one had put effort into looking at him, that person would definitely not be able to see him glowing.

Meanwhile, as Joshua's presence had completely vanished among nature, right in the hand of Ling, although the book was a little unsettled, however, it did not attempt to flee as it used to. Even though the warrior was just standing by its side, it remained calm now.

”Try opening that book.”

Joshua instructed Ling. He seemed to show an interest in what was to come next.

Ling followed the instruction given by Joshua—Even though the black-haired young man had some doubts in his mind… He saw that his Master could not open it up even after he had gone full power. He was merely a Divine Armament, would he be able to do it?

However, in truth, he had opened up the book with ease, just like how an ordinary human opens up a book to read.

As expected, the book was opened.

Joshua looked at what just happened. He could not help but think quietly in his mind, ”As long as it is not me?”

Meanwhile, at that moment, time and space, fluctuated once.

In a distant land, in the middle of a forest by the mountain range, a white-haired man paused his job to examine.

Nostradamus who was looking for a suitable location to build his Mage Academy in the land of the North raised his eyebrows. Then, he turned around and looked at the directing his back was facing. He looked a little puzzled.

”This is… the presence of the Dark Abyss?”

The old mage kept muttering to himself, ”How can this be? It would still be relatable if it was the presence of the Evil God. But why is there a presence of the Dark Abyss in the land of the North…”

In the midst of the void, a huge rumbling roar came echoing through as if there was something monstrous, evil and yet huge was crossing through the dimensional passage and into this world.

Along with the Book of Eibon being opened up, waves of strange dark and red mist were flowing right out of the book, shrouding into the surroundings, giving out a terrifying pressure all around.

Rumble

A series of rumbling footsteps were heard all over the place.

Shreck!

A sharp claw appeared.

Under the corruption of the dark mists, the dimensional rift that was gradually becoming weak had been torn apart.

An unparalleled ferocious presence was beginning to expand. The dimension was torn apart so much that a large tear could be visibly seen in the middle of the air. Meanwhile, two large red lights were seen emerging in the middle of the dark mists. A gigantic horrifying daemon in humanoid form walked right out of the dimensional rift, staring at the world before it with cold eyes.

However, it saw Joshua who was standing in the middle of the dark mist right before the crack of the dimension.

This monster was so bewildered that it stayed rooted to the spot.