Chapter 936 - The Meaning of Fate is… (2/2)

“Yes, they want to build a Dimension Gate in my territory, but I don’t agree.”

Rhode continued to scan the metal egg in front of him and answered without turning around. It was also due to this reason that he didn’t notice the glint in Marlene’s eyes as soon as she heard ‘Dimension Gate’. However, Canary witnessed everything.

“Is anything the matter, Miss Marlene?”

“Ah, Miss Canary, I…”

Marlene appeared flustered. Although she could easily defeat Canary now after awakening the powers and wisdom of the Deity Warden, for some unknown reasons, she felt instinctively uncomfortable. According to Mini Bubble Gum…

It looked as though Marlene was a concubine who felt inferior to Canary, the primary wife.

Fortunately Marlene couldn’t understand what she meant.

“… Rhode, I think that you should agree to build the Dimension Gate. After all, it has an irreplaceable role against Chaos.”

“Oh?”

Rhode turned around curiously. Although players were mostly familiar with the Dimension Gate, this was the first time that he heard that it was useful against Chaos. Could it be that he could summon an army of radish-looking robots and make them self-destruct at the Chaos Creatures?

“If I recall correctly, the Dimension Gate is a channel to the outside world but we won’t know which outside world it will be connected to. Don’t you think that there are too many strange creatures in our territory? It won’t be good news if the Dimension Gate summons some troublesome monsters.”

The effect that alien species had on the erosion of native food chains could be seen from the rabbits in Australia.

Marlene gave a surprising answer.

“That’s not the case, Rhode. The Dimension Gate isn’t used to teleport alien species to our world. Instead, it is used to send ourselves to the outside world.”

“Why must we do that though?”

Not only Rhode was astonished, but Canary also looked at Marlene curiously. The purpose of the Dimension Gate was still too strange for him. Marlene smiled and cleared his doubt.

“The Dimension Gate is a one-way channel that won’t crumple to the attacks by Chaos. It is due to this reason that a long, long time ago, it served as an escape route that was only used as a last resort because Chaos would disrupt the entire world’s Order as soon it descends. All teleportation spells would become unstable due to the influence and erosion of Chaos. So when one finds oneself trapped by Chaos and can’t escape, one can open the Dimension Gate and flee to the new world with one’s remaining family members. As the Dimension Gate uses a unique strength of Order that is unlike ours, the Chaos Creatures can’t give chase and in turn, the ones who escape can’t return to our world…”

I see. I didn’t know that the Dimension Gate has such a purpose.

But… Why does the Mage Tower want to build it? Do they have the intention to use it for that purpose?

“Alright, I’ll speak to that old fella and see what he plans to do exactly. I will need your strength if we are to build the Dimension Gate, Marlene.”

“No problem, Rhode.”

Marlene revealed a confident smile before shifting her gaze dubiously to the metal egg beside him.

“By the way, I wanted to ask you about that rescue cabin, Rhode. Where did you get it from?”

“Rescue cabin?”

Rhode and Canary widened their eyes in shock at this advanced technological term. Marlene explained, albeit with some doubts.

“Yes, if I recall correctly, this is a life-saving device created by the first nobles. Whenever they faced a disaster, they jumped into it and sealed themselves inside until the disaster was over. As this rescue cabin uses a high density star-iron and is enhanced with the protection of an Order barrier, it won’t be damaged by anything.”

“In other words, there are residents from the first age in this rescue cabin now?”

Rhode’s and Canary’s eyes glinted with curiosity. The official website of the game merely walked through the background of this game without too much detail. If there were residents from that era inside that thing, it would be a huge discovery! At this moment, they felt like archaeologists who unintentionally discovered a hibernating dinosaur from the Cretaceous period!

“Can you open it?”

“Erm… I can…”

Marlene was slightly startled by Rhode’s anxiousness.

“But…”

“But?”

“… It gets its source of power from the core of the tinder but it seems to have been removed from the core a few centuries ago… In other words, it is already spoiled and even if there are people inside, they would have been…”

“…”

Rhode and Canary went into silence. Then, Canary gazed at his hands.

“Leader, please stay away from equipment with your ‘unlucky looting hand’… I’m pretty sure I’ve told you this more than once.”