Book 20, The Crown’s Riddle – Chapter 33, Descent
The Divine Light ne. Deep within the vast, endless Godsgaol Sea, there was a quiet little ind...Jadeflower Ind.
This ind had a circumference of only a few dozen kilometers, but over the course of countless years, the surrounding pirates had alle to amon understanding...no matter what, they were not to draw close to that little ind! For countless years, anyone who dared to disturb the peace of Jadeflower Ind, aside from old friends of the ind master, would all perish.
“Rumble...”
In the air above Jadeflower Ind, a wind arose and clouds gathered. A surge of powerful energy coalesced above it, and tens of figures immediately flew out of the ind. The leader was a man, while the others were all female. The leading male was dressed in a white robe, had unbound golden hair, and two whiskers that drooped downwards like a pair of eyebrows. His gaze, however, was fathomlessly deep and cold.
The energy in the skies above solidified into a figure; it was the Chief Sovereign of Light!
“Greetings, Chief Sovereign.” The white-robed, golden-haired man bowed slightly.
“Chief Sovereign.” The women also knelt down as well.
The Chief Sovereign of Light permitted a smile to appear on his face, then walked towards the white-robed man. “Clementine [Kei’men’ting], I’vee today because there is something important I wish to ask you to go do.”
The white-robed man lifted a surprised eyebrow. “Chief Sovereign, if there is something which you cannot aplish, how can I, a Highgod, aplish it?”
“Listen to me first.” The Chief Sovereign of Light smiled. In his heart, though, the Chief Sovereign of Light was rather unhappy. “These Highgod Paragons are all so arrogant. The vast majority of them are unwilling to be Emissaries, and even if they do, they won’t easily be persuaded to go on missions. Linley was so arrogant. This Clementine, despite being my Emissary, is not easily sent on missions either!”
Highgod Paragons were still supreme amongst Deities.
Many of them, in the bottom of their hearts, felt quite dissatisfied towards Sovereigns; what was so amazing about Sovereigns? They were just lucky enough to acquire Sovereign sparks!
Thus, Paragons rarely listened to or obeyed Sovereigns. When Linley had faced the Chief Sovereign of Light’s repeated threats, then finally been enraged and started to snap back, none of the surrounding Sovereigns were surprised...after all, Linley was a Paragon. If he continuously shrank back without fighting back at all, others would look down on him.
The Chief Sovereign of Light began to carefully describe the Overgod talisman matter to this Clementine.
“You now have a clear understanding of what happened here.” The Chief Sovereign of Light smiled. “Now, the red caltrop diamond is probably at the Okerlund material ne. We foreign Sovereigns are unable to enter material nes. Thus, the struggle over the red caltrop diamond in the Okerlund material ne will be up to you Deities! Amongst Deities, Highgod Paragons will naturally...well, you should understand now, yes?”
“Understood.”
Clementine nodded...but he didn’t volunteer himself.
The Chief Sovereign of Light mentally snorted, but he kept a smile on his face. “If youplete the mission, this will be a great aplishment. There is no way for me to give you another Sovereign artifact, but I can give you ten thousand drops of Sovereign’s Might...” Clementine’s facial expression didn’t change. Clearly, he didn’tck for Sovereign’s Might.
But there was no way for the Chief Sovereign of Light to give him another Sovereign artifact.
“I can give you the ten thousand drops of light-type Sovereign’s Might right now. If you fail, then forget it. If you seed in acquiring the red caltrop diamond, when you hand it over to me, then I will give you another ten thousand drops of Sovereign’s Might of another type. What say you?” The Chief Sovereign of Light smiled.
“Don’t worry, Chief Sovereign. I will definitely work whole-heartedly to acquire the red caltrop diamond.” Clementine bowed forward slightly.
“Mm.” Only now did the Chief Sovereign of Lightughed, satisfied. “Go to the Okerlund material ne. If you don’t have enough subordinates, go to the teleportation array and summon a thousand Highgods to follow you.”
“Yes!” Clementine said respectfully. “Then I shall immediately head out.”
Sovereigns, being outsiders, were unable to enter material nes. Although many Sovereigns were intrigued, they could only go ask the various Highgod Paragons to lead their forces to the Okerlund ne. Battles in material nes relied on Deities! Sovereigns could only wait outside for news.
The Okerlund ne. The size of this entire ne wasparable to the Yn ne.
However, 99% of the surface of the Yn ne was covered by water! The South Sea, in particr, took up a region that was a thousand or ten thousand timesrger than the Yn continent! But the Okerlund ne was different. Arge majority of the Okerlund ne was covered bynd!
The Okerlund ne consisted of two vast continents.
They were the Fogdeep continent and the Beastgod continent! These tworge continents both had a circumference greater than a hundred million kilometers. Aside from these two continents, there was only the endless sea.
The Okerlund ne’s Fogdeep continent was governed by humans, while the Beastgod continent was ruled over by beastmen.
Within the Fogdeep continent. There was a terrifying forest that covered an area of more than ten million kilometers...Fogdeep Forest!
Fogdeep Forest had existed for countless years. Its age waspletely unfathomable, and it was simply too vast, causing many who adventured deep within it to be unable to pass to the other side despite spending their entire lives attempting to do so. ording to legend, within Fogdeep Forest, aside from many magical beasts, there were also many primordial races, such as elves, sprites, dwarves, mountain giants, and others.
Deep within Fogdeep Forest. Mount Wiesel [Wei’si’er] was the number one mountain of the Fogdeep Forest, and was more than a hundred thousand kilometers tall.
Mount Wiesel’s peak had eleven enormous teleportation arrays. Aside from these teleportation arrays, there was also an ordinary boulder which had been shaped into an estate. The nar Overseer of the Okerlund ne lived here.
“Nine hundred more years before this assignment to oversee the Okerlund ne ends.” A tall, thin, two-horned man stood at the peak of the mountain, staring at the vast, endlessly Fogdeep Forest. He could easily see that far in the distance, there were two enormous magical beasts that were bellowing at and fighting each other.
Boulders shattered. Trees trembled, then split apart. The two powerful magical beasts seemed to have gone berserk.
An Azure Steelwing Hawk was currently perched quietly atop an ancient tree that had lived for ten thousand years, stealthily watching the distant battle. It seemed to be waiting for an opportunity to strike after both of these magical beasts were injured.
“It’s been only three years. I didn’t imagine that this kid actuallypleted fusing with the magicite core of the eighth rank magical beast, ‘Azure Steelwing Hawk’. It seems that he has be a druid of the eighth rank and should be a supreme expert amongst the younger generation within his tribe.” The tall, skinny man smiled as he watched.
Out of boredom, the nar Overseer had grown to be quite familiar with the eight elven tribes surrounding the area.
There were some elves who were capable of bing druids.
Even for Deities, druids were considered as rather unique. After fusing with a magicite core, they were actually able to transform into magical beasts. Even Deities would find it hard to find any differences between druids and ordinary magical beasts. This was because...after transforming, druids would be a true magical beast!
This nar Overseer had be familiar with the soul aura of this elven genius, which was why upon seeing the Azure Steelwind Hawk, he knew it was the elven youth who had transformed.
“I wonder if this youth will be a Deity during my tenure as nar Overseer, then head to the Higher nes.” The tall, skinny man mused to himself.
Right at this moment, one of the eleven teleportation arrays suddenly lit up.
“Eh?” The tall, skinny man turned to look. “From the Divine Fire ne!”
These eleven teleportation arrays were aligned to the four Higher nes and the Seven Divine nes.
“To travel from the Divine Fire ne to a material ne...the cost is astronomical. A few dozen years ago, that couple returned from the Infernal Realm. Now, someone elsees from the Divine Fire ne.” The tall, skinny man immediately walked towards the teleportation array, and the brilliant, illusory glow of the teleportation array slowly faded.
The tall, skinny man’s face changed.
He saw arge, dense cluster of people within the teleportation array, with the leader being a grim-looking man who wore a long azure robe and whose long, fiery red hair fell to his shoulders.
“So many people. There are more than a hundred! And these people’s power...I can’t see through any of them.” The tall, skinny man was badly shocked. He was a God. For him to be unable to see through them...meant that all of these hundred-plus people were Highgods!
“For a single Highgod to pass through to a material ne has an astronomical cost. For so many Highgods...” The tall, skinny man took a long, deep breath. Whether they hade after paying an astronomical fee or hade for free through a Sovereign, they were not people who he, a lowly nar Overseer, could bepared to.
“Milord.” The tall, skinny man hurriedly bowed.
The fiery haired man’s gaze was like thunder. The nar Overseer just barely looked at him before immediately feeling as though his soul had been struck by a heavy hammer.
The fiery haired man couldn’t be bothered with this God. The hundred Highgods under hismand immediately spread out, and the teleportation array once more lit up!
“Someone else from the Divine Fire ne?” The tall, skinny man was shocked.
Indeed...yet another group of more than a hundred hade!
Because each teleportation array was limited in size, only a hundred coulde each time. Even if they squeezed, two hundred was pretty much the limit. But clearly, many people wereing from the Divine Fire ne! One batch after another...the teleportation array lit up time and time again as more people were sent over...
“How many are there?!” The tall, skinny man was stunned.
Why had so many Highgodse to the Okerlund ne? What were they here for?
A long timeter, the teleportation array finally halted. More than two thousand Highgods hade from the Divine Fire ne! Although, to the Divine Fire ne, two thousand Highgods wasn’t much, to an ordinary material ne, two thousand Highgods was simply, incredibly terrifying.
“There are too many people in this material ne. However...aside from the nar Overseer, there are only two Gods, and one is female, while the other is a beastman-shaped male.” The fiery haired man let out a cold snort.
The tall, skinny man was shocked upon hearing this.
He knew who the two people the fiery haired man mentioned were. One was the number one expert of the Fogdeep continent, the ‘Radiant Goddess’, while the other was the ‘Beastgod’ of the Beastgod continent. But these two continents were extremely far from each other. Even Highgods, in a material ne, were only able to stretch their divine sense to a million kilometers or so. It would be very hard to cover even just the Fogdeep continent.
To be able to stretch and scan the two continents at the same time...what sort of spiritual energy was this?!
“It seems that Brodie has indeed hidden himself quite deeply.” The fiery haired man nced at the tall, skinny man. “What are you called?”
“Milord, my name is Ben [Bi’en]. Okerlund ne’s nar Overseer.” The tall, skinny man said respectfully.
“nar Overseer...then you definitely know about Brodie’s arrival.” The fiery haired man suddenly frowned. Yet another teleportation array had begun to shine.
“They are quite fast.”
The fiery haired man immediately gave an order through divine sense to the surrounding Highgods. “Head out!” At the same time, he released a hint of fiery red energy, grabbing the nar Overseer with it and taking him away as he flew. The two thousand Highgods behind him also followed as they flew away at high speed.
Just as they flew away, another group of Highgods descended. From the teleportation array, it seemed they came from the Infernal Realm.
It was another group of over a hundred Highgods, with the leader being a youth with dark, wavy ck hair and a dark ck robe. His cold pupils were like the pupils of a venomous viper. If Linley was here, he would immediately recognize...that this grim-looking man in the ck robe was that person who had helped Linley once. Dunnington!
“Hmph. I didn’t expect that someone would be even faster than us.” Dunnington swept his gaze into the distance. “Indeed, a Paragon is leading that group.”
The teleportation array once more lit up as one group after another emerged.
Dunnington didn’t lead that many people here, just eight hundred Highgods or so. In reality, though, the fight over the red caltrop diamond would depend on the Highgod Paragons.
“Let’s go.” Dunnington gave the order, and this vast, awe-inspiring group flew out as well.
The armies of the various Divine nes and Higher nes, with Paragons at the lead of almost all of them, began to descend! The light of the teleportation arrays shed nonstop!
The beastmen, elves, gnomes, and other races of Fogdeep Forest, upon seeing these thousands of people fly past high in the sky, were all scared silly.
“So many Saints! More than a thousand Saints. Which power is this? Who possesses such terrifying strength?” Quite a few people who saw this scene believed these people to be Saints. Only the Saints and Deities of the Okerlund ne knew...to their terror and shock...
That they couldn’t sense the strength level of any of the individuals flying within the vast hordes that filled the skies!
The Okerlund ne’s experts all knew in their hearts...
“The gods have descended!”