Chapter 147 - Already Dead (2/2)
Furthermore, this fused magic circle’s functions seemed to be particularly complex. As of now, Gawain had already noticed more than twenty rune combinations used for control and also a large number of runes that were used for the charging of energy… Such energy-charging runes were rather rare during the Gondor Empire era; after all, most of the magical pieces of equipment were basically powered by the magic from the Well of Deep Blue. There was rarely any equipment extracting energy from the environment which was deemed to be ‘low efficiency’. Yet, this equipment in the shadow realm had a magic circle that was filled with a complex and massive energy-charging structure…
No matter how strange this magic circle was, its size was still limited. As the black smoke continued to withdraw away from Gawain, its core region was finally exposed. Gawain’s eyes were frozen at the moment he saw the magic circle’s core.
Even if we defied the gods… Devouring the flesh of gods… Eat heartily…
As these maniacal words appeared in his mind, Gawain’s line of sight was fixed on that object for a long time without moving.
It was a piece of a man-made crystal that was a square of one foot on each side. It was sealing a piece of some extremely bizarre organism’s tissue inside.
Gawain could only use ‘bizarre organism’s tissue’ to describe what he had seen because he couldn’t recognize what living creature would have such flesh. It was dark red in color, and it didn’t have any blood vessels, tendons, muscles, or anything similar. However, there was a blood-like fluid constantly revolving around its surrounding. It was probably sealed inside the crystal for at least a thousand years but still was still gradually squirming…
It was just like an undying heart.
The truth was at the point of disclosure. Gawain didn’t dare to believe the bold association that he developed in his mind, but if the words on the testing hall’s walls were true, and if those crazy and preposterous manuscript records were true, then there wasn’t a need to suspect what the thing inside this crystal was.
Ultimately, Gawain decided to believe his own judgment as he recalled the ‘battlefield communications’ recorded into the Eternal Stone Slate.
The gods were dead; therefore, it wasn’t hard to imagine that their flesh would fall into the mortal realm.
If there was a pious believer here or anybody with common sense in this place, after they realized what was inside the crystal, they would probably lose all manner of speech and ability to move due to shock and fear. But Gawain was different; he was just worried if this bundle of ‘god’s flesh’ would suddenly jump and drench his face in blood. After all, such bizarre things would always mean great danger, but when Gawain looked at how terrified the bloody mud and black smoke were, it seemed like this bundle of flesh was even more afraid of him…
Gawain used the Sword of Pioneers to carefully poke at the crystal. The organism tissue within the crystal merely shivered a little, but after careful observation, there weren’t any other changes.
In short, it didn’t seem dangerous.
Gawain sheathed his sword and bent over to pick up the man-made crystal cube. It was rather heavy, but it wasn’t anything to Gawain. When the crystal cube was lifted off the ground, the ‘magic-theurgy circle’, the surrounding black smoke, and bloody mud vanished in an instant.
The runes had forcefully operated for a few seconds after losing the core, while the remaining magic crystals on the magic circle rapidly dimmed. Finally, this place was only left with complex and mysterious runes that were nothing more than an anomaly.
“This… What is it…?” Amber looked at Gawain with an anxious expression as he carried a large crystal out. This was the first time in her life that she saw something sparkling but didn’t have the thought to steal it. “Why… why do I feel my blood running cold just by looking at it?!”
“You really wish to know?” Gawain carried this organism tissue that was probably from the gods, and looked at Amber with a dull smile, and said, “With your brains, you should be able to guess something, right?”
“I…” Amber suddenly opened her eyes before taking a deep cold breath. “You aren’t kidding right?!”
“The legends say that there was a war between gods in ancient times, and gods had fallen into the mortal realm, allowing the mortals to possess Beyonder powers including magic. Since the gods’ powers could fall into the mortal realm, how isn’t it possible for their flesh to fall down too?” Gawain laughed but didn’t talk about the actual information he obtained from the Eternal Stone Slate’s shard. Instead, he used the ancient legend of the war between gods to explain this matter. After all, no matter how eccentric and unorthodox Amber was, she was still a local native with this world’s common sense and was also a self-proclaimed pious believer of the Goddess of Shadows. If he was to tell her that all gods might be dead and who knew what the mortals were praying to, she might not be able to accept it. But the legend of the war between gods was something that existed since ancient times. Such an explanation was something she should be able to accept.
After all, it was quite convincing to say that a god or two might have fallen when they were in a conflict. But to say that they were wiped out by some Zenith Galactic Fleet was simply a wholly different goddamned perspective…
Seeing how Amber nodded pensively, Gawain silently decided, ‘If it is necessary, I can also use the explanation to the people ‘outside’.’
He didn’t wish for the talents that he had gathered after all the hard work to completely collapse after hearing his twisted common sense…
Even if they had to collapse, they had to collapse in a proper and orderly manner.