Chapter 631: Celestial Mirror of Omniscience (1/2)
Somewhere several hundred miles east of the Human Domain, a beautiful floating island hun in the high skies of the Neutral Zone.
However, no one could marvel at its beauty as it was situated in a place that cannot be seen by the rest of the world.
At the same time, it was equipped with a near-invisible stealth ability encompassing the entire floating island like a protective barrier.
On the beautiful floating island, a tower-like golden temple stood out from the rest of the exquisitely designed infrastructure that surrounds it.
Inside of the golden temple, an old man stroked his long dragon beard while in deep thoughts after using an ancient mirror-shaped artifact to peer into distant places on the surface.
”Interesting... I didn't expect this young man's senses to be so sharp as to sense my gaze from so far away...” the dragon-beard old man muttered on the top floor of the golden temple.
The so-called golden temple was an old observatory that was used in the past by the ancient civilization. But now, it was treated as a holy temple in which only the strongest of humans in the Human Domain can gather and stay.
”Old Kaiser, it's time to switch! It's my turn to use the Celestial Mirror of Omniscience,” another old man suddenly spouted upon arriving.
Old Kaiser gave the old man glance for a moment before he nodded. Before he moved away from the big artifact, he swiped his hand and erased his search history.
”Here you go,” Old Kaiser casually responded before stepping away, making room for the other old man to use the ancient artifact.
”Hoh? You removed the search history? Why did you do such a thing, hmm? What are you hiding, Old Kaiser?”
”Nothing you to need to be concerned about,” Old Kaiser spouted before adding, ”On the other hand, it seems like your kingdom will be overrun soon if you don't lend your help, Old Thunder.”
”Kek, are you trying to send me off? Nice try. Even without any of us intervening, the Geyser Kingdom will do just fine with the Sea Emperor around,” Old Thunder stated calmly.
”Those little fishes will never prevail with their meager strengths. The Geyser Kingdom's might is simply that strong.”
”Complacency will be one's undoing.” Old Kaiser shook his head as he differed in opinion, ”The Boundless Sea is vast and mostly unexplored territory. Who can say there isn't any strong sea monster out there?”
”With the coming of the Cataclysm, it is hard to guess what changes it will bring to the creatures of the sea.”
”I suppose what you said makes some sense. But that is not enough to convince me to change my opinion.”
Old Thunder stated firmly before adding, ”The sea monsters might be getting stronger, so is our human race.”
”Since you have said that much, I won't try to persuade you to change your way of thinking further,” Old Kaiser said with a shake of his head.
With each passing day, more sections of the Boundless Sea are explored, and more treasures and ancient heritage of the past are uncovered one after the other.
While this was a good thing, they were also encroaching on the territory of potentially frightening sea monsters that rule those waters.
”Good.” Old Thunder nodded.
Shortly after, Old Thunder rubbed the ancient mirror and inserted his spiritual sense to use the Celestial Mirror of Omniscience and peer into location within the Human Domain.
The Celestial Mirror of Omniscience was like a gateway to the mirror world. By projecting one's spiritual sense into the other side of the mirror, one would feel like they have been teleported into the selected area, allowing them to see everything happening as if they were there in person.
The destination choice of Old Thunder was a region that belonged to one of the lords in the Geyser Kingdom.
”In my honest opinion, the emergence of the Demon Worshippers is a greater problem to be concerned about. This force had suddenly appeared throughout not only the Human Domain but even the Wildlands.”
”Oh?” Old Kaiser paused his steps as he was leaving before turning around to say, ”Well, you're not wrong there. I also agree.”
”We don't have a single piece of useful information of these Demon Worshippers such as their strengths, their numbers, or even their purpose. Nothing. We don't know anything.”
”That's right. If they are truly minions of demons, we must destroy them at all costs and not give them a chance to grow,” Old Thunder nodded.
”Demons has always been the bane of all life—or at least, that is how they are portrayed throughout history.”
”They sow chaos and kill everywhere they go. If one is discovered, we must eliminate them immediately,” Old Thunder stated firmly.”
”Un.” Old Kaiser nodded before he suggested, ”Since you have said as such, why not leave the Celestial Mirror of Omniscience to me and just go down to the surface to hunt them all?”
”F*ck off. The Geyser Kingdom already has able people carrying out the investigation,” Old Thunder snorted with rolled eyes.
Old Kaiser simply has no shame for consistently trying to make him give up his observation time.
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In the Geyser Kingdom's eastern waterfront, battles with the sea monsters are consistently fought off the coast.
Military camps and outposts were set up on offshore islands.