Chapter 689 (2/2)

Randidly shook his head vigorously. ”Not at the moment.”

Annoyed, Trentyon pulled two scrolls out and set them in front of Randidly. He indicated a specific passage on them both. “The details are highly contested on what the great Calamity was, or how the Spearman dealt with it, but it is clear that he was successful. Victorious, the Spearman returned to Illuminauct, his citadel. This portion, the histories agree. After returning to Illuminauct, there was a grand banquet. During which, there was another message from the world. Another Calamity must be overcome for the world to survive.

“A strange portal opened up in Tellus to another place, where the puppet-like Wights emerged from. They were all completely manipulated by their Propagators, and a great war was fought. All of Tellus rose in support of the Spearman. It was a war that makes the current invasion seem like border disputes. Rivers ran red with blood. 50% of the population was rumored to have perished. Most historians state this was the time where the Halo School was destroyed and the Spearman’s faction was dispersed through the others. But despite it all, the Spearman was victorious.

“Once more, he returned to Illuminauct. He conferred upon his three apprentices great prestige and power. To congratulate them, another great banquet was held. And once more, a message from the System came down: to survive, our hero must ascend to a higher place...:”

Tapping his finger against the same line in both scrolls, Trentyon said, “At that point, the Spearman went pale and said this ‘In order to protect my people… I must leave, immediately.’ Without waiting for the banquet to end, the Spearman departed. Most assumed that he was ascending to a higher land because not a whisper of the Spearman was to be heard. But, after a year, another notification came. But it gave no information. It was only the word ‘Warning’. No one could find the Spearman. Since then, Tellus has been waiting for word of what had happened, but no one can tell. That, Mister, is the context for all this.”

Randidly just looked at the bright-eyed Trentyon with something approaching shock. There was too much strange from the historical account of things. If the first Calamity was truly the first Calamity, what was going on before? The System wasn’t even present? That obviously wasn’t possible, unless the way the System work had changed drastically since the fifth cohort.

What seemed more like was that Tellus had somehow failed a test, maybe to do with a Danger Zone, in a way that affected the world similar to the drought of energy caused by the Raid Dungeon. Was there another task for the world when enough Zones connected?

That was worth thinking about. It might not just be so simple as the Calamity’s arrival. After that, the First Calamity was defeated, and then the great war started when the Second Calamity came. Just that information was valuable because it seemed to indicate that the fear reflection created by the Second Calamity was something that could reasonably annihilate the world if a transcendently powerful image wasn’t used.

It gave Randidly a headache to think of Donnyton becoming a war zone.

But those were thoughts for another time. After beating the Second Calamity, it seemed that they received the notification that the Patron of Ash had mentioned with the year time limit to ascend. At that point, the Spearman disappeared. It was unfortunate that the story didn’t provide any concrete clues regarding Randidly’s suspicion regarding the Second Calamity: that it could only be overcome by condensing a ‘Greater Fate’ by reaching Level 100.

That was a clue obtained from clearing a Danger Zone, so Randidly had hopes clearing more would be more illuminating. But he also had hoped Tellus would be helpful, which had not yet been the case.

Cursing himself, Randidly wished he hadn’t been so torn apart by the painful image of ash at the time, and thought to ask more concrete details regarding what would be coming. But, he supposed, it had been a rather harrowing experience. It was to be expected there were questions he would miss.

Randidly looked up at Trentyon with a frown. “What about the Spearsource? What is it?”

Trentyon smiled. It was a wide and smug smile. “Huhuhu, finally a good question. What actually is it? It was rumored to be the personification of Tellus’ will that enabled the Spearman to bring the System. Others say it was a blessing gifted by the Gods to the Spearman when he found the one true Path. Most agree that it was the weapon with which he slew the first great Calamity.”

Then Trentyon leaned forward. “...however, there are numerous problems with this interpretation of historical events. After all, of all the contemporary primary sources that speak of their encounters with the Spearman… none mention the Spearsource.”