Chapter 189 The Prelude of the Era Is Gradually Revealed (1/2)

Standing on the ice layer on the Nissia Lake, the silver-haired young girl was blinking her green eyes as she quietly looked through the ice in an attempt to observe the bottom of the lake.

Under that translucent layer of ice, the ice lake looked crystal clear and deep, quiet and peaceful. Up in the sky, a gleam of sunlight was seen escaping through the clouds, which looked like a radiating sword plunging the surface of the ice layer on top of the freezing water. Among all that, there was also the reflection of colorful lights gleaming around the scene.

Nostradamus and the other dwarves that Moreila brought along were also observing the situation below the layer of ice. However, their sights were different from Ying's. The dwarves had a doubtful and confused look on their faces.

Why haven't they come up yet?

That was what everyone was thinking. Could it be that they had encountered some problems down there?

Exploring the bottom of the lake should not be a difficult task at all. One should know that, regardless of whether it was Joshua or Moreila, both of them were actually Gold-tier champions. Right before the two of them, as long as they were not looking at the absolute dark abyss that was tens of thousands of meters deep, then they would not encounter any problem that they could not handle. Even if an ice lake had a magic disruption, the two of them would have scouted ahead and be done with their exploration by now.

However, in reality, they had not emerged back to the surface after a long time.

”Could it be that there's something special down there? Maybe Master and Lord Baron couldn't contact us in time before they started studying the things on the spot down there all by themselves?”

One of the dwarves could not help but start talking. He was one of Moreila's apprentices. He did not seem old though. There were two small rings hooked on his beard. With a doubtful look on his face, he said, ”Or maybe the lake is too deep, or the bottom is too vast that they can't complete scouting the place just yet…”

”This is just an ice lake. How deep can it be?”

Another dwarf grunted and frowned, ”It's already been more than ten minutes now. With the experience of Master, even if this is a sea, he wouldn't have taken such a long time to…”

Ying and Nostradamus did not speak a single word at all. They just let the dwarves to have their own discussion among themselves. One of them was concentrating on observing the situation beneath that layer of ice, while the other one was drifting away with his own thoughts as if he was thinking about something.

Time passed. Even the dwarf that seemed to be the calmest one had begun feeling a little uncomfortable about it. Even Ying began to frown. The old wizard also moved his line of sight over to look at the situation beneath that layer of ice. However, at that moment, a sudden burst of slight tremors and rays of radiance were seen beneath the layer of ice.

Then, under the gaze of everyone, the colorful rainbow lights of magic rose straight up, shining through the lake water, making their way through the layer of transparent ice. After that, glorious radiances began to glim unpredictably.

Not only that, the magic radiances were emanating out one stream after another like billowing light, tempestuous and blinding at the same time. Everyone in the vicinity was surprised as they had their jaws dropped. Immersed in the beautiful sight of the scenery, they also heard the sound of ice layer breaking, followed by the appearance of two shadows breaking their way out of the layer of ice, making their way up to the surface of the lake.

It was Joshua and Moreila. They had a serious look on their faces.

Because they had been using their Combat Aura to protect themselves, the clothes that they were wearing did not even get wet by the water in the lake. The old dwarf rejected the act where his apprentice was trying to put a coat on him. He followed the warrior and both of them walked up to Nostradamus.

The old mage had noticed the serious expressions on the faces of the two men. He understood that both of them must have encountered something strange down there. And that occurrence must be involving something big. It seemed that something big was about to happen.

Of course, because at this time, the magical rainbow lights had begun spreading up towards the horizon up in the sky. Above the sky, there were also traces of faint auroras and rainbows. Looking at the huge changes in the surroundings, one could tell that something important was bound to happen soon.

But even after he had mentally prepared himself for the matter, Nostradamus could not help but tremble after listening to Joshua's description.

”Six hundred meters deep—a palm print?!”

The old mage inhaled deeply with his eyes filled with surprise. His white beard began to tremble, expressing how shook up he was currently. ”This power! I have nothing to comment… Also, Moreila, are you sure that this lake was born a thousand years ago?!”

”Yes.”

Moreila nodded, and he touched the ring of metal that was hooked on his beard. His golden eyes were lifted slightly, and he looked very grim. ”I swear by the name of the Sons of the Earth, and by the name of my beard, based on my experiences over many years, the geological changes in this lake had indeed appeared around a thousand years ago.”

”I can't see any geological information though.” Joshua just stood aside and shrugged. He looked very calm. Maybe that was because he had experienced the surprise before this already. ”But, even if it is really a Supreme-tier Aragami, even the strongest opponent that I've met, would not have the capability to create such a trace here. It's impossible.”

”This is a problem related to the gathering of power and control.” He commented seriously regarding combat and battles, ”In terms of sheer power, the powerful Supreme-tier and Legendary-tier champions could possibly do such a thing. However, it's no doubt that the mountains of Nissia that was just right beside it would be dragged into this. Even if the mountain would collapse, it would not be a strange and bizarre phenomenon. However, the palm print has been engraved onto the surface of the ground just like that. Even the magic crystal veins that were located below at the bottom of the lake were not crushed. Such control would be terrifying. That would be like putting a thread through the needle head with the strength that's enough to crush and flatten steel.”

”Indeed… such control… Even Isreal, the current Emperor might not be able to do this… furthermore… this was done a thousand years ago…”

Upon listening to the analysis of the two men from two different sides, Nostradamus lowered his head and looked at the ground as he gave it some thought. With a serious look on face, he started talking slowly, word by word, ”Now is already Starfall Year 832. Meanwhile, 1,000 years ago… that would be the Three Hundred Lost Years.”

Upon hearing those words, Joshua and Moreila instantly narrowed their eyes. Obviously, that was not the first time they had heard that term.

The meaning of that term had really carry too many mysteries.

During the Age of Three Hundred Lost Years that was right between the Glorious Era and the Starfall Era. There were too many historical incidents; too much information that was wiped away. Because that age was the time when mankind, at their most prosperous time, was hammered all the way back to the ancient times. Because of that age, countless superior technologies and skills were broken and lost along with the passing of time. The humans could only start research from the beginning again. That was an era after the destruction, that was an era before the recreation was initiated. That was an era lost in the mist where many things remained unanswered.

Meanwhile, this palm print appeared during that age. The implication contained with it was surely confusing.