Isekai Adventure in the Dimensional Cube

Chapter 1747 - 1180: The Final Glory (Part 2)

Reiger muttered under his breath as he continued to leaf through the pages.

"『The first to fall was not the royal palace, but the temple that enshrined "God."』"

"『The terrifying "King of Calamity" appeared in the temple without a sound, and struck wantonly at our "God."』"

"『Faced with the terrifying power of the "King of Calamity," the High Priest, whose strength was second only to that of Her Majesty the great Queen, could only barely hold on, yet still failed to protect "God" from the hands of the "King of Calamity."』"

"『By the time Her Majesty the Queen arrived at the temple, the terrifying "King of Calamity" was already clutching our "God" in his hand.』"

Reiger’s brows knit tightly together.

This segment of history was clearly something witnessed with their own eyes by the people of the temple and then recorded down.

So... "God" falling into the hands of the "King of Calamity" should be an ironclad fact.

"『Her Majesty the Queen exerted herself to the utmost, attempting to prevent "God" from being taken away by the terrifying "King of Calamity."』"

"『She succeeded.』"

"『However, our "God" then fell into the rift cut open by the holy sword and vanished completely.』"

That’s right.

"God"... or rather, the dimensional cube, in that very first battle, fell into the rift cleaved open by Moslo’s Sword and could never be found again.

The holy sword possessed the power to sever worlds; when she was alive, Yuloli had clearly used that power to knock the dimensional cube out of the hands of that "King of Calamity."

But for that very same reason—because of the holy sword’s world-severing power—even space on that battlefield had been cut apart, and rifts appeared.

The dimensional cube then fell into one of those rifts and, like Beluti who plunged into the gap between planes, vanished forever.

"So that’s the reason the dimensional cube disappeared?"

Reiger let out another faint sigh.

The High Priest had already told him this once, but he wanted to know it in more detail, which was why he had personally come here to peruse the historical records of the past.

"『After "God" disappeared, Her Majesty the Queen also lost the means to travel to other worlds. After the calamity broke out, whether it was to go to another world to seek a solution or to call for reinforcements and obtain greater power, none of it could be done.』"

"『And the terrifying "King of Calamity," after wreaking havoc in Holy Lance, spread a black mist that could cause people to fall into corruption across the entire continent, causing countless humans to sink into mindless frenzy.』"

"『Fortunately, the radiance of the holy sword could exorcise that black mist which made people fall; in the end, the Frenzied were all saved.』"

"『However, those monsters that had once brought endless suffering to humankind completely sank into becoming the servants of the "King of Calamity."』"

Looking at these records, which read as if someone had personally witnessed the entire process, Reiger finally managed to roughly reconstruct that stretch of history.

The "King of Calamity" first appeared in Holy Lance, in the temple that enshrined "God," seeking to lay hands on "God." Only after being thwarted by Yuloli while she yet lived did he completely run amok, spreading terror wantonly across the entire continent.

The black mist could make people lose their reason and go berserk, but because the holy sword’s power could purge the mist, humanity did not completely fall.

However, monsters had no such ability, and in the end all the monsters on the continent were corrupted by the black mist and became the servants of the "King of Calamity."

Thus, that "King of Calamity" began leading the army formed by the monsters, while Yuloli in life led all of humanity, and the two sides fought a war that took the entire continent as its battlefield.

This war brought about the extinction of the ancient Magic civilization and the death of Reinnaier’s final queen, but before she died of exhaustion, she combined the power of all and sealed the "King of Calamity."

After that... came the birth of the new continental history.

The embers that had fled into the refuges turned this place into an ideal Hidden Land; throughout the eleven thousand years of history, they had always lived here, with only a portion of them having ever left, going out into the outside world to multiply and thrive.

Those people became the ancestors of the humans outside, and after generations of propagation, they finally created the present-day Akasha Continent.

As for that tragic yet glorious segment of history, apart from the people of this Hidden Land, no one remembered it anymore.

"When that calamity occurred, the dimensional cube had already gone missing."

"Therefore, on the murals of any ancient ruin, you will find no subsequent depictions of the "God" that was the sole object of faith for the ancient Magic civilization."

"Long before, eleven thousand years ago, before that calamity fully broke out, the dimensional cube had already left this world, lost beyond the world’s bounds."

Reiger somewhat understood why he had come to possess the dimensional cube.

"It should be because I suddenly came to this world and, before entering it, encountered the dimensional cube that had been lost outside the world, so it drilled its way into my mind, right?"

Reiger only felt that all of this seemed as if it had been preordained.

Just so happened that when he came to this world, he encountered the dimensional cube that had been lost beyond the world.

And it also just so happened that Liz returned to this world in precisely the era when he arrived in it.

The dimensional cube...

Reinnaier...

There was indeed a very close connection between the two.

This connection spanned multiple eras, crossed over distant time and history, to the point that it could be traced back to the era when humankind originated.

However...

"The black mist that drives people mad..."

Reiger’s eyes flickered.

"It really is Abyssal Aura?"

The connection between the ancient Magic civilization of the Akasha Continent and "that empire" of the Source World was already evident from all sorts of angles.

"The "King of Calamity" that brought about the downfall of the ancient Magic civilization is without a doubt related to the Abyss in the Source World; one could even say that the other party is itself an abyssal being."

Thus it could manipulate Abyssal Aura, turning people into the infected, making them lose their reason, and only the Holy Sword Power could restrain it.

Thus it could completely command all the monsters on the continent, because monsters in the Source World likewise had the possibility of degenerating into abyssal beings.

Only...

"The former king who was severely wounded and retreated back to the Akasha Continent..."

"The disaster that broke out in the same period..."

"The source of the disaster coming from the Abyss..."

"And the former king... whose very soul has already been corroded and tainted..."

Linking all these clues together, Reiger finally understood the truth of the whole affair.

The ultimate architect of the ancient Magic civilization’s demise actually turned out to be that person...

"...Sigh..."

Reiger sighed for the third time, shoved the book in his hand back onto the shelf, and turned to leave.

In the library, many people from the temple were also leafing through books; some were so absorbed that they didn’t notice Reiger’s presence at all, while others, upon seeing him, either gave a slight bow or cast unfriendly looks his way.

Reiger ignored these people, left the library straight away, and came outside.

There was still one person here waiting for him.

"Have you finished confirming it?"

The High Priest looked at Reiger, who had just walked out of the library, and asked softly.

"Yeah." Reiger nodded and said calmly, "Next, I’ll have to trouble you to take me to that place."

Just now, the High Priest had not only told him about the dimensional cube’s disappearance, but also another matter.

"Although "God" vanished, in that battle with the "King of Calamity," Her Majesty the Queen unintentionally left something behind."

"Those things ultimately ended up being brought here together with the ancestors who came to the refuge."

"Are you sure you want to go take a look?"

The High Priest asked thus.

"Yeah." Reiger nodded again and said, "Take me to see it."

"You might come back empty-handed, you know?" the High Priest reminded him. "To this day, no one has ever entered that place."

"It’s fine." Reiger turned his head to look outside, as if sensing something, and said, "I should be able to get in there."

"After all... I have the key."