Under normal circumstances.
The floor of the Dark Tower where Orsaga resided was in a semi-sealed state.
Because his strength was too great, it was not easy for him to come down.
At the very least, he could not come down at will.
After all.
One careless step, and he would crush a whole swath of flowers and grass.
By the same token.
The weak could not reach that place at all.
Therefore.
After the passage of countless years.
In the eyes of the vast majority of people, including Ma Teng.
He was like someone imprisoned on the very top floor of the Dark Tower.
As for who had imprisoned him?
Most people believed it was the Creator of All Things—Gann.
Although they had never seen Gann.
Nor had they received any relevant information from His mouth.
Once such rumors arose.
As time passed, countless versions of the story still emerged.
Among them.
Based on human nature.
Among the many rumors, listeners would inevitably favor the kinds of tales everyone loved to hear.
And for precisely that reason.
When faced with an existence whose power could not be measured, imagined, or even contemplated—an existence whose power they could not fathom the source of.
All manner of seemingly reasonable conjectures.
Naturally came into being...
For example:
Countless people believed Orsaga's power came from the top floor of the Dark Tower.
Some said he was a thief.
That he had stolen Gann's power.
And that was why Gann had locked him inside.
Others believed the top floor of the Dark Tower actually contained some secret, a secret that could grant tremendous power to whoever learned it. That was why Orsaga was trapped there—or rather, unwilling to leave...
In short.
Although there was no evidence whatsoever.
When faced with things they could not