Chapter 950 (2/2)

Rhode suddenly recalled a mission that he completed with Marlene. Back then, he unintentionally entered the ruins and that was when one of his cards awakened. Not only that, but he also gained new strength. According to Marlene, it was one of the ruins of the Fassicarl Kingdom and it was just as Alice had mentioned. Its ruins and signs of civilization were distributed in every corner of the Dragon Soul Continent. If it were just as Alice mentioned,that Dragon Soul Continent only had one kingdom, this mystery was then resolved. But…

“Since that’s the case, why did it split up later on?”

“It didn’t split up. It was merely entrusted to others.”

Alice spoke and flipped the page.

“You still don’t understand, Your Majesty? Why did we build the continent?”

“Why? Isn’t that simple…” Then, Rhode came to a sudden realization. Indeed, he had never considered this important question. Although he found many clues and answers in the past, he realized that things weren’t as simple as he imagined until Alice laid out all the facts. The establishment of the Dragon Soul Continent was to resist Chaos and give a survival space to the people of Order. The dragon soul protections built Order like an egg shell, at the same time resisting Chaos. Once the dragon soul protections lost their effects, Chaos would infiltrate through the gaps. This was common sense for players and they experienced it in the later stages of the game. But… Rhode discovered that he had neglected the fact that perhaps this continent was much more fragile and dangerous than he had imagined.

Take Earth, for instance. With the protection of the atmosphere, humans were able to live on the surface. But if they lost the atmosphere, without the support of devices, they couldn’t survive in a vacuum. On the contrary, unless humans destroyed the atmosphere themselves, they would hardly feel threatened.

So what if the Dragon Soul Continent was Earth while the universe was Chaos?

The universe tried to eliminate the atmosphere and destroy all creatures on Earth. If that happened, would Earth survive? On the contrary, the Dragon Soul Continent had been fighting against Chaos, so just how much Chaos were they facing?

Unlimited.

Rhode felt a chill run down his spine. A scene that had his hair standing on end instantly appeared in his mind—a beautiful globe floating in the universe while all around, the universe was shifty, turbid Chaos. It was as though a marble was thrown into a dangerous sea of raging waves and reefs. What made things worse was that the sea was also filled with the consciousness to destroy the marble.

Under such a circumstance, the fact that the Dragon Soul Continent hadn’t been smashed to bits by Chaos was too miraculous.

“Yes, it is just as you think, Your Majesty. The day will come when the Dragon Soul Continent fails to stop the end of the past and future and crumples. This world ultimately isn’t a temporary shelter and can’t exist forever. What the five Creator Dragon Souls had to do was find an alternative path for survival. For that, they left this world and their powers behind to preserve the dragon soul protection. This was how the dragon soul heirs came about. Although they were named dragon soul heirs, they were only vessels to maintain stability and absorb power.”

After plainly describing the dragon soul heirs without the use of respectful speech, Alice flipped the page again.

“But the will of life can be changed. When the time is long enough to erase warnings of the past, foolish and meaningless battles will resurface. They forgot about their responsibilities and indulged in meaningless battles and evidence, wreaking havoc and doing despicable things with powers that don’t belong to them. But… this is just the desires of mortals and… Isn’t worthy of a mention.”

With just those last five words, Alice obliterated the hard work and results that all the dragon soul heirs achieved ever since the Creation War.

“So everything that you did in the past was for…”

Rhode spoke.

“Since it was inevitable for the world to perish, it only meant that the trajectory of fate for the Dragon Soul Continent was fixed. As long as history repeats itself over and over again with sufficient changes to make a difference, it may crumple the trajectory of fate, which in turn gives us the future that we desire. As a result, we return to the past repeatedly and take different decisions, hoping that the trajectory of fate will shift. That was our plan.”

“So, did you succeed?”

Rhode said.

This time, Alice didn’t answer immediately. She pondered for a long while.

“We won’t have our answer until the real results are out.”

The black-haired young lady spoke with an unwavering tone.