Chapter 140: Asabanor
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Asabanor, the high priest of the ancient Thunder Kingdom. Back when Judge Academy conquered the capital, the only high-ranking person who could not be found was the high priest. Now, after a hundred years, the stone plates they dug up seemed to indicate that the high priest was still alive.
Xiao Lin quickly visualized. The high priest held onto his hatred and somehow got there, filling the entire city with necromantic creatures that he made day and night, preparing to take revenge on the Americans.
However, learning from past mistakes, Xiao Lin was not too confident in his theory. As he was mulling it over, a long sigh was suddenly heard from the sky and the entire world shook.
Xiao Lin rushed out of the building, looking toward the sound. It came from the tall tower that stood in the middle of the city and he suddenly felt something was wrong.
New Washington had a tower, the resurrection tower, built so that colonists could invoke the Law of Immortality every time they died. However, this was not New Washington, based on his earlier guesses. Everything there was made by Asabanor, so the tower could not possibly be a resurrection tower.
It looked quite different from the resurrection tower as well. This tower had a jet black trunk and a conical shape. There was a small room on the top, and the sigh seemed to come from that direction.
He was not the only one there! That revelation astonished Xiao Lin. Obviously, those skeletons in the palaces could not be considered people.
No matter who was in the tower, Xiao Lin felt that it would be best if he did not go near it. With that in mind, he decided to head in the opposite direction, but just as he turned, he saw a white-haired old man standing not far away, looking at him with a curious expression.
Xiao Lin was startled, especially when he noticed that the old man’s feet were a few centimeters above the ground, which is to say, he was floating. His mind immediately made the decision to turn around and flee.
In this deathly still world, there were only skeletons and himself. With the sudden appearance of that old man, it was not a stretch to think he was definitely not an ordinary person, which is why Xiao Lin did not even plan on communicating with the man. He clearly understood his own lack of skill, so he ran ahead without even looking back.
After running for more than twenty minutes, he finally stopped, gasping for breath. He turned around and saw that the old man was nowhere to be seen, but he had not even finished catching his breath when a low voice suddenly spoke up beside him. Xiao Lin’s head snapped back, and he saw that the old man was only a few centimeters away from him.
He frantically retreated, shouting, “Who are you!”
“@#%@%...”
A string of cryptic words came out of the man’s mouth. Xiao Lin could make out that it was Ancient Normese, but with his current grasp of the subject, it was very hard for him to reply.
The old man did not wait for his answer. Instead, he closed his eyes and they began to emit a faint bluish glow. When he opened them again, he started speaking Mandarin. “This language is one of the blasphemous ones. Are you also one of the evil demons from a different time and s.p.a.ce!”
The old man was way too fluent in Mandarin; it made Xiao Lin lose focus for a moment. However, those words meant that the old man was definitely not a colonist, so he could guess the person’s ident.i.ty. He was not certain, so he tried to call out, “Asabanor?”
The old man maintained his calm, casually acknowledging his ident.i.ty, “So you actually recognize me. It seems like your kind fears me as well.”
Xiao Lin had a whirlwind of emotions in his heart. The man the Americans had been laboriously looking for was right in front of him. However, he took offense to what the man said, so he retorted, “Yes, how could we not know of you. The last high priest of the country that could not withstand an invasion for four years. That’s quite hard to forget!”
The old man wore a long white robe, emitting a hazy feeling. He closed his eyes and his tone was as calm as before, “Young demon, you’re trying to provoke me. I’ve been here long enough. That’s not an easy thing to do anymore.”
“Where is this place?” Xiao Lin asked hurriedly.
“The Final Land.”
Xiao Lin did not know what to say. The old man might as well have not answered.
Asabanor seemed to be quite patient, he continued saying, “Your kind would not understand. There was an old myth in my old country. Before the world was born, everything was empty and chaotic. There was no life, no creatures, not even time and s.p.a.ce. Then G.o.d used an immense power to split open the chaos, and from there, the world was born. However, the cradle that brought forth the world did not disappear just like that; it became The Final Land.”
“So, what you mean is that this is the birthplace of Planet Norma?”
“You are correct. Since the world was born, countless people have tried and failed to locate this lost land. I dedicated my whole life to the study of astrology, and through complicated calculations of the interactions between the planets and the stars, I managed to ascertain that this place was not on Planet Norma, but on the moon.”
At that, the high priest finally had a strange expression on his face. “However, discovering The Final Land does not mean it can be entered. This is a place only G.o.d can enter. At the time, my kingdom was being attacked by your kind, and I had no choice but to use my last bit of power to risk opening the gate.”
Xiao Lin mocked, “So, you’ve been living in this world by yourself until now? You’re making those skeletons. When do you plan on launching your attack?”
“Living?” The high priest made an exaggerated laugh. His entire body even started to distort with it, looking nothing like a live body. After a moment the old man returned to his cold state. “Do you think my current state is of someone alive? This is the world’s birthplace. Other than G.o.d, no one can enter as they please in their physical body without consequences!”
The old man did not look human at all, so Xiao Lin understood the point, but he quickly realized something as he started to get worried. “So am I dead?”
The high priest seemed to have a playful look. “No, you’re not dead, and you still have a perfect mental state and body. It’s very strange. Do you know what state I was in when I arrived here? At the time, even my soul was in flux, and I had to use more than ten years to slowly recover my sanity, and then another ten years to slowly form this appearance. However, that’s about as far as I got. I’m not really a human right now, nor am I a spiritual existence. I’ve been trapped here, unable to leave The Final Land.”
Xiao Lin could not help but remark at the inconsistencies in what the high priest said. “You said this was a place only G.o.d could enter!”