Chapter 219


    “If...” murmured Jonathan before he paused to gather his thoughts. “Lah, if Master Gideon really is


    the one responsible for your parents'' death, what will you do?”


    Lah nced at Jonathan. She didn''t answer right away because that was a tough question to begin


    with.


    “I... don''t know,” Lah replied.


    Jonathan sighed inwardly, for he knew it would be best if Lah truly was just a random orphan that


    Gideon had brought home. If Gideon was the one who murdered Lah''s parents, she would be


    devastated since that would make it impossible for her to exact her revenge.


    Jonathan could imagine just how powerful Gideon was. After all, thetter had dozens of skilled fighters


    working as his subordinates.


    If Lah were to betray him, she wouldn''t just be making an enemy out of Gideon''s men. She would


    also have to deal with everyone else in the Divine Realm.


    If nothing else, the mark that the Divine Emperor had left on her was more than enough to make it


    impossible for her to flee.


    The mere thought of the consequences got Jonathan to tremble in so much fear that he couldn''t


    breathe.


    At that moment, he was just a third party empathizing with Lah. Things would be much worse and


    more frustrating for her.


    Everyone had their own scars, and every family had its fair share of problems.


    Jonathan had problems of his own that he couldn''t avoid as well.


    However, his hardship was nothingpared to what Lah would have to face in the future.


    She couldn''t confirm what had happened to her parents, but she had her suspicions.


    The truth probably wasn''t that far off, either. What Lah needed was confirmation.


    “If there is no fighting back, why not just ignore it and turn a blind eye?” Jonathan sighed. “Lah,


    clueless people are sometimes the happiest.”


    Lah said calmly, “It''d be fine to turn a blind eye if I am actually clueless, but that is no longer an


    option since I have learned too much. I would be lying to myself if I turned a blind eye.”


    Jonathan understood that Lah was right, but he was still upset because he was an honorable man.


    He was a hero who couldn''t sit idly by and let injustice happen. It was in his nature to fight and help


    others.


    Unfortunately, he couldn''t do anything if the truth turned out to be unfavorable, and Lah would have


    to deal with something so cruel and painful.


    He couldn''t fight against the Divine Realm because he was not alone. He couldn''t risk destroying


    himself to help Lah.


    That was why, despite his dissatisfaction, he had no choice but to remain quiet at that moment.


    He thought it would be rather pretentious of him to say anything tofort her.


    In fact, Lah had never thought about asking others to help her. She was simply overwhelmed, and


    that was the only reason she talked to Jonathan about this.


    “Lah, I can promise you this. Everything we discuss today will be kept between the two of us,” said


    Jonathan after a while.


    He probably never imagined that there woulde a day when he would fight against the Divine


    Realm with Lah by his side. They would narrowly escape death, and their story would be a


    legend.


    Lah nodded and asked, “Do we still have any drinks left?”


    “We do.” Jonathan tossed her a can of beer.


    Lah continued drinking away, but Jonathan refrained from doing the same. He said, “I still need to


    driveter.”


    Lah didn''t push him.


    She got drunk at around midnight and passed out because she didn''t do anything to stop the alcohol


    from getting to her.


    Jonathan felt they should leave when it was about one in the morning. However, Lah was sound


    asleep on the couch. Jonathan, surprisingly, didn''t feel any desire for her. All he felt was pity and


    heartbreak. He simply left to get a nket and draped it over her.


    Just as he was deliberating if he should wake her up, Lah suddenly sat up.


    Her beautiful eyes shone with rity. She stood up and said, “Let''s go.”


    Jonathan was stunned for a moment there, but he caught up soon after.


    Everyone had a biological clock, and an expert like Lah could set a biological rm. It wouldn''t


    matter how much alcohol she consumed, as she would still wake up at that precise moment.


    A Celestial Soul expert like her had full control over her body. That was actually a defining trait that


    granted her the rank of Celestial Soul.


    The moon was bright that night, and the sky was beautiful. Even the cloud couldn''t eclipse the stunning


    view above.


    Jonathan sped toward Serity Monastery in his Mercedes-Benz, and they reached their destination


    about thirty minutester.


    Serity Monastery looked majestic under the night sky, and the entire ce exuded a regal aura that


    was unique to Barsm.


    Leslie showed up mysteriously moments after Jonathan and Lah arrived.


    He didn''t say much. All he did was greet them and asked them to follow him.


    They did as told.


    With Leslie as their guide, both Jonathan and Lah made it into Serity Monastery without any trouble.


    The religious atmosphere here was very strong, as the people who visited the monastery were


    Plutorians.


    Serity Monastery was a rather famous site, so the ce was actually open to the public. Many tourists


    would visit during their trip to Yeringham.


    The front doors of Serity Monastery were made of red sandalwood, and a vast yard would reveal itself


    once those doors were opened.


    A few simplemps sat on the grass and illuminated the ce.


    There were also a few sycamore trees that were full of leaves, filling the air with a pleasant scent.


    And on the floor were some fallen leaves.


    Missionaries worked the night shift in Serity Monastery, and there were surveince cameras in every


    corner.


    Leslie knew a way around all of that. He was, in a way, a tour guide who earned his ie by taking


    others to the Holy Boulder. Naturally, he had to share that ie with the bodyguards to sneak in


    safely.


    Jonathan and Lah got into the monastery without running into any trouble.


    The security in Serity Monastery was rather tight, although there were no sculptures of any deity inside.


    Leslie led them and made quite a few turns before they reached a dark and humid basement that was


    rather eerie.


    He turned on his shlight after everyone was inside, then pressed a button and revealed an entrance


    hidden under the floor.


    As he pointed at the entrance, he said, “Climb down thisdder, and you will reach the Holy Boulder


    soon. You have thirty minutes.”


    Jonathan and Lah nodded, then climbed down the steps.


    The basement they were in was about three meters underground.


    After that, they fell into a tunnel, which was so narrow that it could only fit one person.


    Hence, Jonathan and Lah could only go one after another.


    There were some cushions on the ground, and that made it morefortable to crawl around.


    It seemed that Leslie and the others had truly gone all out just to make more money.


    Lah led the way, with Jonathan followed closely behind.


    They only had a shlight to light the way, but Jonathan could still see the way Lah''s buttocks


    moved. His eyesight was simply that good.


    He felt his desire burning once more.


    Fortunately, he was behind her. His reaction, therefore, wasn''t visible from her angle.


    The tunnel was about fifty meters long.


    As Jonathan crawled forward, he cussed at Leslie internally.


    Reach the Holy Boulder soon? B*llshit!


    Jonathan, however, understood why Leslie never rified anything. Thetter had only given them


    thirty minutes to make the trip. They would surelyin if he were to tell them they would have to


    travel that far.


    Nevertheless, Jonathan did not take the half an hour seriously. What is he going to do if I don''te


    back out on time? It''s not as though he canin to someone about it. This is his secret, too!


    About ten minutester, Jonathan and Lah got to the end of the tunnel.


    All they saw was a ruined pce.


    It was almost as though the entire pce had sunk into the ground.


    Huge pirs had fallen, and there were even pieces of shattered statues.


    Jonathan and Lah stood there and took everything in.


    For a moment there, Jonathan felt as though he was embracing history and was sensing the glory, the


    war, and the fall that had taken ce there.


    Debris had blocked the road ahead, and the ce was in horrible shape.


    Yet, the most obvious thing in this dpidated ce was the Holy Boulder in the middle.


    The legend of the Holy Boulder was something else.


    It was said that the religion of the Plutorians was founded right there when the prophet stood on that


    bolder and received a message from an angel. Legend imed that even to this day, the prophet''s


    footprint remained visible on that boulder. That was how it gained its name as the Holy Boulder.


    Underneath the Holy Boulder was an entrance to a cave. It definitely had enough space to hide the


    Sinai Bible and the Holy Chest away.


    Once, there were a few Ustranasion adventurers who had tried to find the Sinai Bible and the Holy


    Chest upon learning the views of the schrs. Like Jonathan and Lah, those adventurers had bribed


    the missionaries at Serity Monastery and snuck into the cete at night. In the morning, they would


    move some rocks around to hide the entrance of the cave. They did that for a few consecutive nights


    before they were eventually caught. After that, they fled the country and never returned.


    Jonathan knew a thing or two about the Holy Boulder.


    He and Lah first went to the entrance of the cave under the Holy Boulder.


    True to the records, there was another tunnel down there.


    Legend imed that both the Sinai Bible and the Holy Chest were buried somewhere inside.


    Lah went forward and jumped into the cave.


    Jonathan didn''t follow. He didn''t believe that the Sinai Bible and the Holy Chest were actually there.


    He thought that those items would have been long gone if they were there.


    In fact, the location of the Holy Boulder was pretty much an open secret.


    Hundreds, maybe even thousands, of adventurers had bribed Leslie and made the same trip.


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    Jonathan thought about it for a bit before he climbed up the Holy Boulder.


    That boulder was about eighteen meters long and fourteen meters wide. It was also about one meter


    tall.


    When Jonathan stood on the Holy Boulder, he saw that there were actually footprints and hoofprints


    there.


    He examined the hoofprints and realized that it was no different from that of a regr horse. The


    footprints, however, were rather strange.


    It seemed to belong to a human, but something was off as it took the shape of a human''s foot and a


    duck''s webbed foot.


    Wait... Does that mean... Are angels real? And they take the form of a bird?


    Jonathan was confused.


    He examined the footprints for a while before he sat down on that boulder.


    There, he closed his eyes and slowly gathered his thoughts.


    The Holy Boulder is real, but the texts and legends may not be urate. Most were just written by third


    parties who heard those stories from someone who heard them from someone else. So what really


    happened here? Did the prophet really ride this boulder to receive God''s messages?