Chapter 1126 - Chaotic World (1/2)
Gazing at the young lady who grinned wittily while looking back at him proudly, Rhode was completely speechless. He extended his hand and held his forehead helplessly. Not only was he having a headache, but his stomach was also starting to turn…
“Welcome back, Your Highness Erin. I’m glad you’re safe.”
“Yes, I’m back, Your Majesty Rhode. I didn’t expect you and Her Highness Lydia to pick me up personally. I’m overwhelmed with gratitude.” At this moment, Erin no longer looked like a BOSS capable of destroying an entire international metropolis without batting an eyelid. On the contrary, she seemed like a lively, playful, and gorgeous young lady. Rhode didn’t want to comment on her disastrous actions because what’s done was done. Besides, no matter how much this young lady looked like a human now, she was still a genuine dragon and ordinary humans were mere lowly creatures in her eyes. Even though she often grinned and was friendly toward anyone, that was precisely her way of looking down upon the inferior humans. It was just like how humans treated cats and dogs. One might smile and caress an adorable cat or dog, but it didn’t mean that one treated them as smart creatures who could communicate with one on equal footing. And now, humans and pets were no different to Erin.
“Where’s the slate?”
Rhode got into business quickly. Since it wasn’t his country that was attacked by her, but was a region on the other side of Earth instead, it didn’t matter to him even if they plunged into an abyss of misery. That was why Rhode changed the topic and began asking about proper matters.
“It’s right here, Your Majesty, including the other three I’ve got.”
Erin said with a chuckle. She stretched out her hand and four slates appeared out of thin air above her palm, hovering silently before their eyes. Gazing at the four Akashic Slates, Rhode knitted his brows and sized them up. Then, he extended his arm. Along with this movement of his, the last piece of slate appeared over his palm. Shortly after, there seemed to be some force of attraction between the five slates as they began to overlap gradually, stacking up like building blocks and becoming a brand new presence.
“This is…”
Looking at this scene, Erin, Lydia, Canary, and the rest widened their eyes in astonishment.
In a bright, flashing radiance, the five pitch-black slates fused into one, losing their plain appearance and transforming into a huge, three-meters-tall, black stone door. The stone door and its two doorposts were engraved with an array of ancient symbols and markings. A blue radiance surged from the inside and the huge stone door instantly exuded a mysterious and primitive vibe. Even though it was erected on the spot, it made one feel like one was inside a historical site, where even the gentle wind brushing against one’s ear was filled with the murmurs of time. Not only that, but also at a glance, the ceiling and floor also seemingly gave off a sense of solemnity that bore the weight of a long antiquity.
“I see…”
Gazing at the stone door, Rhode finally understood why the five original Creator Dragons, including his younger sister, transmigrated their closest subjects to this world along with the slates. It was because after the five slates merged together, the true information of this stone door emerged before his eyes.
[Door of Akashic (Creator. Legendary. Holy Artifact. Projection)———it belonged in the crevice of past, present, and future, born at the birth of all things, and records and transmits the information of all things. It created everything, and everything shall all eventually return to its embrace]
[Akashic Records———Communicate with all things (Ability to change the world)]
[Direction of Order———Designate Plane Projection (Ability to connect the planes)]
[Origin and end———Ability to create/destroy space (Unuseable by projection)]
Oh my…!
Rhode was flabbergasted by its details. Although he expected its strength to be exaggeratedly powerful, he didn’t expect it to be this insane. All in all, this thing was entirely a game modifier, where it could effortlessly change anything after locking onto the target. Be it 65536 or 99999, there was no stress at all… Hey, is this game still playable? Are there any GMs around? I want to report a situation!
But…
“Is this thing really that powerful?”
Perhaps the information displayed on the system interface was over-exaggerating, even Rhode refused to believe it. He puckered his brows, sized up the Door of Akasha, and asked dubiously. Shortly after, he heard his younger sister’s response.
“Yes, Big Brother. This isn’t the real Akasha. I suppose you’ve seen it for yourself that this is only its projection, which is really hard for us to obtain. Besides, the power of Akasha is exceedingly strong. Without our power of creation, even the current dragon soul heirs would be devoured by it immediately if they forcefully activated it. After all, Akasha isn’t a product of Order, but is one between Chaos and Order. Back then, we sealed our powers in the five slates, hoping that our children could activate their dragon soul powers after transmigrating to a new world and opening up a plane channel. After they succeeded, we would then be able to arrive at the new world and do whatever we wanted. But…”
Rhode’s younger sister didn’t finish her sentence, but he figured what she was about to explain. Based on the details about the Door of Akasha, this object was the ultimate creation artifact. The five Creator Dragons had a great scheme. As long as they opened up the plane channel, transmigrated to the new world and cut off all connections to Chaos, they would have been able to create a brand new continent with this creation artifact. This plan should have been perfect. Besides, since the five Creator Dragons were willing to hand over such important artifacts to their subjects, it proved that their subjects were powerful and loyal to them. But for some unknown reason, not only did they not open up the channel like the Creator Dragons instructed after they transmigrated to the new world, but they also went different ways and buried the slates deep under the moon’s surface. This was just too intriguing.
“Alright then, the reason why those people who headed to the Dragon Soul Continent in the past and were able to open up the plane channel was…”
“Based on the current situation, perhaps it was the results they got after researching the Akashic Slates. But ordinary people aren’t able to use the power of the slates, so even if they created a similar plane channel, they need the slates to give them directions. This is also the reason why Miss Erin and us showed up near the location of the slates.”
“In other words, we can head back now?”
“Theoretically speaking, yes. But…”
The younger sister was obviously in a tough spot. After hearing ‘theoretically speaking’, Rhode knew the situation wasn’t as simple as it seemed. And indeed, the ‘but’ that he anticipated came up.
“But?”
“Even though the Door of Akasha is complete, we haven’t found the most important key! How is it possible that I can’t detect its location? The key should have been merged with the slate as a pair. But now, we can’t activate the Door of Akasha, which means that… could it be… no… why…”
“What’s wrong?”
Rhode’s heart sank upon hearing the rare fluster in his younger sister’s voice. Upon hearing his doubt, the younger sister tried to calm herself down, let out a sigh, and muttered softly under her breath.
“Big Brother, just like I said. Our subjects didn’t possess the power to activate the Akashic Slates, which was why we stored our power in them for activation. The key should be fused as a pair with the fifth slate, which is the one that Miss Erin brought back. But the slate doesn’t have any signs of a key. This means that it has been separated. The only person capable of doing that is…”
The younger sister’s voice turned a little deeper.
“My then dependent, who is also the Presence Deity Warden, Marybelle.”
Although his younger sister didn’t speak further, Rhode fully understood what she meant. He had always been curious as to why only six Deity Wardens were in charge of the Seven Fantasy Boundaries. It seemed like one of them followed his younger sister’s order and transmigrated to another world with the slate. But due to some reason, the mission failed and the seven Deity Wardens lost one of their members and only six of them remained.
But…
“Presence Deity Warden?”
“Yes, Big Brother. Among the Deity Wardens, Marybelle mastered ‘presence’. She is able to judge the existence of all things in this world. If she thinks that it doesn’t exist, then it doesn’t. The reason why I created her was to prevent illusory boundaries that would lead to invasion of Chaos. She and Christie are my favorite children. She was also the strongest among the sisters…”