Leaving an Orphan at Sage Mountain (3)

That was a power that even Augustus and Wadsworth struggled to resist, and Qin Chu didn't think Zimmerman and his group had the ability to resist its erosion.

In the worst-case scenario, the twelve Grand Sage would probably have already... vanished into thin air, or perhaps, without Natia's knowledge, they would have been transformed into terrifying monsters and left Sage Mountain.

Zimmerman's strict order for Natia to stay away from the forbidden area may well be Zimmerman last act of rationality, as he doesn't want his adopted girl to follow in his footsteps.

Seeing Natia's anxious expression, with tears welling up in her eyes, Qin Chu wanted to comfort her, but for a moment he didn't know how to start.

After hesitating for a moment, Qin Chu finally sighed and said, "Natia..."

"Think about it another way. You didn't see your masters, but you also didn't see their bodies, right? That means they are very likely still alive, but left for some reason."

Natia pursed her lips, her face still deathly pale.

She knew Qin Chu was just trying to comfort her, but in this situation, Natia also hoped to think in a better direction.

As long as the body hasn't been found, there's still hope.

"I'll go inside and look for it," Natia said softly.

Qin Chu nodded. After some time, Natia returned, carrying only a notebook and nothing else.

Then Natia handed the notebook in her hand to Qin Chu: "This is for you."

"For me?" Qin Chu asked, somewhat puzzled.

Natia nodded, taking a deep breath as if trying to suppress the sorrow in her heart: 'The Grandmaster seems to have foreseen that something might happen to him, and also anticipated that I would disobey the prohibition and barge in.'

"He left a note in the notebook, instructing me that even if I trespassed into forbidden territory, I should never attempt to study the piece of flesh, and also told me to give the notebook to you."

Qin Chu's brows furrowed slightly.

After a brief hesitation, I finally took the notebook and opened to the first page:

"My dear Hero, I'm so sorry, I deceived you."

"I once told you that as long as you help restore peace to the Skyvault Continent, I would send you back to your original world, but that was a lie."

"We can only summon Hero from other worlds, but we don't have the ability to send Hero back to their original world."

Looking at the notes in his notebook, Qin Chu gave a wry smile; he already knew this all along.

The following content records everything about Sage Mountain.

The history of Sage Mountain is even longer than that of the Orwell Empire. In the beginning, it was just a place agreed upon by a group of powerful magicians to gather regularly to discuss magic.

The mountains here soar into the clouds, making it a safe place to study magic with minimal interference from external forces.

Eventually, it evolved into a powerful magical organization, somewhat similar to the Mage Association, but with strict control over its numbers and strength; only mages of the Grand Sage level or above could participate.

At its peak, Sage Mountain boasted over three hundred Grand Sage, making it arguably the most powerful force on the entire Skyvault Continent. Even the major Church paled in Sage Mountain...

In fact, some members of the Sage Mountain at that time were archbishops of various Church, or even popes.

They maintain a very close and friendly relationship.

Sage Mountain houses many ancient texts, but Zimmerman clearly extracted all the most important content and recorded it in this notebook.

The decline of Sage Mountain also began a thousand years ago, and it seems to be inextricably linked to that war between the gods.

A war between gods a thousand years ago caused some evil forces to invade the earth, leading to fierce conflicts between many temples that were originally in harmony.

The temple of the Storm Lord and the God of Fire God was destroyed in that war.

As for Sage Mountain, since a large number of the Grand Sage are important members of various Church, although they maintain quite good relationships on Sage Mountain and are even close friends who often discuss magic day and night, once war breaks out, they can only face each other to the death.

Because of these people's departure, the power of Sage Mountain was greatly reduced.

After the Holy Church and the Church of the Earth Mother Church achieved their final victory, the Sage Mountain was suppressed from many sides, and its influence waned day by day.

By the time it was passed down to Zimmerman's generation, only twelve people remained.

By the time it was passed on to Natia, only Natia remained; the so-called Sage Mountain was now merely a name without substance.

"My dear Hero, if you have managed to read this far, it means you have forgiven my deception. I thank you in return."

Qin Chu sighed helplessly. That old fox.

"Now, what I'm about to say is the most important thing; it concerns a secret from a thousand years ago."

"A thousand years ago, the entire Skyvault Continent experienced decades of Blood Rain... Yes, it was rain that fell from the sky like blood."

Qin Chu narrowed his eyes to slits; that must be the blood spilled when the gods fell, right?

"And then, Magic Creature... were born."

This is impossible!!!

Chapter Two is here; I'll start writing Chapter Three soon.

Chapter 396 The Entrustment of the Sage Mountain (3)

Upon seeing this, Qin Chu's first thought was that this was impossible.

Zimmerman means that the Blood Rain a thousand years ago led to the emergence of Magic Creature?

So, are Magic Creature actually descendants of gods?

Qin Chu didn't doubt that the authority of the gods could cause Witch to go mad and lose control, and that blood could cause strange beings like Magic Creature to appear. What Qin Chu doubted was that Magic Creature had only been around for a short time, probably only in the last few decades, and that they only started summoning Hero when humanity couldn't hold on any longer.

If Magic Creature truly existed a thousand years ago, how could there be absolutely no record of them? Is it really possible for humanity to withstand Magic Creature attacks for so long?

Qin Chu was filled with doubt. He quickly turned to the next page, which was filled with densely packed, tiny handwriting:

"Do not doubt it, the Magic Creature were indeed born from the Blood Rain a thousand years ago."

"There are clear records on the Sage Mountain that some lives, both human and beast, began to mutate after being bathed in Blood Rain. However, their numbers were not large, and they were quickly suppressed by the major Church and nations at the time, without causing much unrest."

"Most importantly, the area where the Blood Rain is concentrated is not above the Skyvault Continent, but in the ocean, and also on the opposite side of the ocean..."

"We don't know what exists on the other side of the ocean."

"But if there are also creatures on the other side of the ocean, that area will definitely be the most severely eroded."

"People often say that Magic Creature come from the Abyss, but in my opinion, Magic Creature may come from the other side of the sea. Perhaps they have simply broken the blockade between the Skyvault Continent and other places through some channel."

Qin Chu frowned. He recalled the dark purple, wormhole-like thing he had seen while clearing the Demonic Beast Lair. Through that strange opening, he could glimpse the scene on the other side.

It was a world engulfed in flames, where the air was thick with filth.

Qin Chu once thought that place was the so-called Abyss.

"Your Hero may not know this, but the people of the Skyvault Continent cannot leave this land. Even if they go out to sea, the maximum range is only three hundred kilometers. Beyond that, there is a dense fog. No matter how skilled a navigator is, once they enter that area, they will quickly lose their way."

"Either be swallowed by the raging waves, or unknowingly return to the distance."

"Even experts whose strength has reached the level of Grand Sage can get lost in it."

"The so-called Skyvault Continent is more like a giant cage, where all living beings live. Of course, on the other hand, this is also a form of protection for the Skyvault Continent. We have lost our freedom, but we have gained life."

The Grand Sage of Sage Mountain are not merely studying magic; they are more like observers, watching and studying the world.

"For thousands of years, the Grand Sage of Sage Mountain has been striving to find the truth of what happened a thousand years ago and what lies beyond the ocean. This is no easy task."

"Each generation gains little, but no one gives up."

"This is a journey with no end in sight, and walking on this road will leave you extremely exhausted."

"We didn't come away empty-handed. We know that the Blood Rain a thousand years ago was related to the Void. A thousand years ago, a mysterious force in the Void eroded this world, and all sorts of bizarre and terrifying things, such as the Bliss Witch Coven and the Plague School, were born at that time. They brought unprecedented disasters to this world."

"However, please do not attempt to peer into the Void lightly. At least forty Grand Sage on Sage Mountain have tried to explore the mysteries of the Void, and all of them have either died or gone mad."

"One of the insane predecessors was the most talented and strongest on Sage Mountain in a thousand years. He even broke through the shackles of humanity. He seemed to have glimpsed the future and made a prophecy: the existence in the Void will bring eternal death to the Skyvault Continent."

"Oh, by the way, a thousand years ago, there were even some of your fellow countrymen who descended from another world to the Skyvault Continent."

"I don't know exactly how many they were. They brought new languages and new technologies, but they also brought new disasters. The vast majority of them became strange believers, becoming the embodiment of calamity and fear."

Qin Chu thought of the stone tablet that Athena brought back. Some of the contents recorded on the stone tablet were clearly written in simplified Chinese characters. Perhaps they were the fellow countrymen that Zimmerman mentioned, who had descended to the other world a thousand years ago.

The reason why these people suddenly appeared remains inconclusive.

"We speculate that it may have been summoned by one of the beings from a war a thousand years ago."

"Some of them even left their bloodline on the Skyvault Continent, and their descendants often possess astonishing talent and strength, far surpassing the native inhabitants of the Skyvault Continent."

"However, after thousands of years, the bloodline should be so diluted that it's probably unrecognizable."

Qin Chu's expression suddenly turned somewhat strange.

Amazing talent and strength?

Qin Chu's first thought was Athena.

In Ileta's words, Athena possesses the most resilient and powerful soul in a thousand years, and her talent in Magic Power cultivation is astonishing.

Even under the suppression of seven evil god Evil God.

Could Athena be a descendant of someone from her hometown?

As I ran my fingers over the pages, I realized it couldn't be such a coincidence. Besides, as Zimmerman said, over a thousand years had passed. Even if some bloodline had survived, it would probably have become so diluted that nothing would remain.

"Just six hundred years ago... Ah, I'm sorry, my thoughts are a bit muddled right now, please forgive an old man who's over a hundred years old."

The notes in the notebook were disorganized and incoherent.

From those chaotic strokes, Qin Chu could clearly see that Zimmerman's consciousness was already somewhat abnormal at that time.

Six hundred years ago, an elder from Sage Mountain encountered a giant heart while traveling...

The one inside the Grand Canyon— Qin Chu immediately thought of that.

He was shocked by the sheer size of the heart, but what terrified him even more was the terrifying energy emanating from it. He remained hidden nearby, observing without daring to approach, until one day, he saw a dark patch on the heart suddenly detach.

"That enormous chunk of flesh, as if guided by some kind of will, crawled away from the ground on its own."

"Finally, they stopped in a jungle, and a little girl was born..."

At this point, Qin Chu had no further doubts about Saya's origins.

"She was just a newborn little girl, yet she already sent chills down that senior's spine. She seemed to sense his presence, but clearly didn't take him, who was already level ninety at the time, seriously."

"In that little girl's eyes, the level 90 senior seemed no different from the little rabbit on the ground, and was even less interesting than a cicada perched on a tree trunk."

"Only after the little girl left did the senior realize that he was soaked in sweat. He then secretly took the piece of flesh from which the girl was born back to Sage Mountain. After some research, he discovered that there was an incredibly powerful energy within this piece of flesh. Once he could decipher its secrets, or even devour it, he would become an unprecedented and unparalleled powerhouse."

"Unfortunately, many more people died on Sage Mountain in the process of studying this piece of flesh; it was truly a tragedy."

"But you know, for magicians, the more bizarre and dangerous something is, the more they want to study it. This is already too late; there's no saving them."

"Similarly, for me, investigating the secrets of this piece of meat is also one of the most important topics."

"Throughout my life, I have devoted a great deal of energy to the research of this piece of flesh, even neglecting my own Magic Power cultivation. Until recently, our research finally made a breakthrough. We discovered that through this mysterious piece of flesh, we can actually open a door, a door leading to the Void."

"Although we don't know what terrifying beings exist in the Void, this is our lifelong dream."

"We will enter the Void to search for secrets hidden for thousands of years..."

"Perhaps we'll die there?"

"But for us old folks, death isn't so terrifying; the unknown is what intrigues us more."

"My only worry is... Natia."

"My daughter... well, although I've never been married, and we twelve old men couldn't even scrape together one wife, it's pathetic for me to say that. By the way, if I had to choose a wife, I'd probably pick Queen Mavis of Wadsworth. She's so beautiful, though I only saw her once, on the Emperor's wedding day."

"In short, Natia is the only one we can't abandon. We're entrusting her to you, Hero. You can take good care of Natia, right?"

"As for the payment... how about we let Natia handle it?"

"So, next, we will step into something we've never touched before... the Void. If there's an opportunity, and if we can still make contact, we will try to inform you of what we know."

"Finally, please allow me to apologize once again for summoning you to this world you do not like!"

"The door is open."

When Qin Chu saw this last paragraph, he was completely bewildered. What was this all about?

The Entrustment of the Sage Mountain's Hill?

Although he was somewhat annoyed by Zimmerman and his group of old men who had deceived him through two separate timelines, these old men were all ruthless individuals.

They knew full well how dangerous the Void was, even that it was a place where death was almost certain, yet they still voluntarily stepped into that mysterious realm.

Perhaps they are the most deserving of the title of adventurer.

Moreover, that old Zimmerman was quite perceptive; he saw just how much his second-time self loathed this world.